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The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
Court Gossip of Interesting
Events on Two Continents

monument Is finished now, all but the
mirror OF water in front OF IL, that Is to
reflect IL and all the trees that are 10
soften the bare outline of green terraces
about it II Is built of dark rough stone,
hewn in huge blocks.
II is a cyclopean monument in the
fashion that Prussian architecture affects
for all its out-Of-door memorials; thick.
square. and solid. intended to impress by
mass and strength. Terraces mount TO II,
on the base is carved a colossal figure OF
81. Michael the warrior archangel. For
the Germans, like the English, are con-
yinced that the celestial powers are on
their side To the right and left OF the
warrior archangel the stone Is carved 70
represent battlefield streWn with the
agonizing dead, while down upon 1t look
diyInIties OF war. Then rises the solid
trunk OF the monument. Beneath the TOP
a square block of stone, with ring OF
colossal figures, encircling II. the strength
OF the people.
Until last year the Napoleonic cen
tenaries that had been coming thick ana
fast for a decade in Europe went almost
uncommemorated. France, for obvious
reasons. did not care to celebrate even
those which are Of its greatest glories.
In 1912 the Russians set about the COM
memoration of the battles that drove the
French Emperor from their country.
Russians say that a common national ip-
pulse prompted those celebrations, and
not a command from the authorities.
Similarly, in Germany this year, the
commemoration Of "the iron year" of
the war in which the Germans regained
their independence and first asserted their
unity is a celebration from popular
rather than official, impulse spring from
the whole people, with emotions stirred
and imaginations touched.
The historical truth is that the Prus-
sian court of 1913 and the bureaucracy
followed the revolt of the people against
the French rather than led II. The
heroes OF 1913 were soldiers like Bluecher
and York; leaders of the people, like
Koerner: commoners. who also were
statesmen. like Stein. 1t was the German
people by a common upspringing and
uniting Of the national will, that drove
| the French out of Germany and recon-
quered their Independence. Then and
there German unity began. and the
source Of il was not the government nor
the army. but the people.
The national popular impulse of ISL:
seems reborn in the commemoration OF
| 1918. II is not the government nor the
federated states that are most ardent
for il: IL is the common people who flock
by hundreds to see the battle monument
and who buy most of the souvenirs OF
1918 who have fought and achieved the
gospel of German civic freedom that
sovereigns have not been too willing tc
respect. In the Germans of 1913 dwell
the power and future OF Germany. 1t is
this mood that is turning the centenary
| of 1913. of hattie after battle, into a gen.
eral exaItation of German democracy
The army shares II. because it was g
| peoples army which conquered in Isl:
and because the army of 1913 is Ger.
man unit FIANEUR-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
What the Rand" Gold Industry Means

The economic value of the South
African gold industry and the conse-
uuences to the world at large, should
a strike ever close the mines for any
length of time, are difficult to estimate.
Last year, according to the London
Chronicle, almost 100000 pounds
sterling worth of gold was taken out
of the mines of the "Witwatersrand."
A large part of this vast sum remained
in the country, to be used to pay the
wages of the $4,000 Europeans en-
ploved in the mines and of the almost
100000 natives.
The recent industrial upheaval in the
Rand has called more attention %
the Reef that supplied the whole
world with the greater part OF its gold,
because the money centers of Europe
openly feared that even a temporary
suspension of work in South Africa
would paralyze the worlds finances.
But. fortunately, this has been averted
by the speedy termination of the strike.
We read in the Spectator that in the
long ago of past ages the Witwaters-
rand district consisted of large lake
surrounded by hills, and that the
waters gradually wore away the rocky
banks. the rocks falling down to the
bottom of the lake bed. We quote
from our contemporary:
Since the gold fields were discovered
something like SI.7o5, 100000 has been
extracted from 2oS,ooo,ooo tons of rock.
1t has been calculated that the Rand
mines will be exhausted IN another
hundred years The rise in tempera-
ture as one descends is so slow in
these mines, compared with what is
generally found in other parts of the
world. that work will probably be pos
sible down to 1000 or 5000 feet YER
ticai
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

them In the days of the westward
movement and the universal opening
of new lands it was impossible for too
many immigrants to pass through our
gates. Today it is becoming increas-
ingiy difficult to absorb them. They
congregate in our cities and form
little Italics" little Greeces," and
the like; they take over the work in
our industrial centers until these places
are like foreign towns. Useful as they
may be economically, their social in
fiuence and power is serious problem.
During the last fiscal year 23I,oI3
immigrants came from Southern Italy;
Iz4.s65 from Poland So,S6s from Ger
many; 2o,65a from France; L55,s22
from England; 7,o23 from Ireland; /;
S,3o2 from Japan 1t is optimistically
claimed that these strange peoples will
fall into the great melting pot" Of
American life and add characteristics
of strength to the American type of
the future. May they not also add
characteristics of weakness? There is
a limit TO what we can absorb, and
religious, social, and political ideals
radically different from those that
form the very warp and woof of our
life will menace the permanence and
continuity OF republican institutions
and raise up ghosts to plague the gen.
erations to come. The political sins
of the fathers will be visited upon
their children.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
LOST 1S YEARS IN TEXAS.
Buck Returns to Find He's Been
DIHinherited.

From the LApOrte Gnd-) Dispatch
After an absence of more than
eighteen years. Otto Buck, heir to the
estate OF William Buck. who died in
January, has Unexpectedly returned to
Laporte. General interest is taken in
the case because OF the worldwide
search for Buck and the fact that sew
eral fake claimants have been present.
ing claims for the estate of $4,000.
Among the most persistent was Carl
Flechner. OF Racine. Wis, found after
investigation to be crazy, who had pre-
sented claims for large estate IN vari-
Gus places over the country Otto
Buck walked into the drug store Of
his cousin. Otto Tanke, on North Clark
Street, Chicago, and il was then that
he first heard of his fathers death
He wept. as he had always enter
tained hopes OF a reconciliation with
his father before the latter died The
two duarreled several years ago, and
the father left Buck a small allow
ance by the terms OF the will. but il
is now probable that there will be
a contest in an effort to get the
$4,000 estate for the son. Through
all the months that a search has been
going on for the man he has been
within easy reach. being in Texas al
the time of his fathers death and
later going to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for
the Bell Telephone Company.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
EM11E YERHAEREN.
French Author, Belgian by Nation
ality and Morse by Temperament.


ality and Morse by Temperament.
o. y. Theis in the North Anedean Review.
Two Of the most significant figures in
recent French literature, Maeterlinck
and Verhaeren. are not French at all.
but Belgian.
TemperamentaIly and artisticaIIy, Yer
haeren is a Norseman. His violent indi-
vidualism, his subjective depths, his
often tragic vision of life, and the rich
ness Of his imagination Indicate this in
almost every line. There is something
volcanic about him that makes II a
curious destiny that he should have ex-
pressed his visions in French, a Ian
guage which Is made rather for delicate
sensations and the rsfnment of rhet-
oric, and where poetry is SO fenced in
by law and tradition That he succeed
ed Is all the more proof Of his extraor-
binary power, for In his sphere he
stands alone and apart from his poetic
generation. Perhaps the very restric-
tions Of French verse were a benefit;
for othrwise what his work has gained
In translucency might have been dissi-
pated in vagueness and eccentriclty
verhaeren is the poet Of modernity,
who, however, does not love the new
simply bcause II is new. Nor is he
modern in the sense of refinement of
analysis, or the oyerwrought nerves
and neurasthenia which find expression
in the pages of Huysmans. in whom the
blood OF the Iowlands also flowed. But
verhaeren is modern, in that he has
seized the rhythm Of his time. which is
different from that Of any other period.
Machinery, democracy, rapid movement
from one part of the world to another.
huge agglomerations Of humanity in
cities, industrialism-these are only a
few OF the new things which differentiate
the present from the past. These he has
made his own both in their outward as
poets an din their esthetic and ethical sig
nlficance.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
NONE ARE" IS FAv0RTTE.
RIChtness or wrongneSs Depends on
Duality and Length of Usage.

RICbtncss or wrongneSs Depends on
Quality and Length of Usage.
From the New York TimeS
Whether or not the use Of plural
verb after the word none is gram
matically right, or even permissible
does not strike US as a question of vital
Importance, but, judging from the num-
Der of letters which our recent remarks
on the subject have elected from Times
readers, 1t has a considerable interest
for a good many people.
Curiously enough, every one OF these
communications has been more or less
strongly defensive of the plural usage as
sometimes correct or at least not moor
rect. II this unanimity of opinion is ex-
pressive of something at all closely ap-
preaching a like consensus of habit and
belief among a large majority of the lit
crates of the day, further argument of
the problem is unnecessary because use
less ANY word in any language means
exactly what the better speakers and
writer's of that language want it to
mean, and. appeals from their decision
to etymology or abstract logic are an
utter waste of time.
II is the same with locutions. Their
rightness or wrongness depends on the
quality and extent of usage, not on rea-
sons at present demonstrable.
One correspondent impatiently asks If
we would say, None is so blind as
those who will not see.'' and evidently
thinks that there is but one answer.
Yet second is perfectly easy. and even
third-the elusive or side-stepping an
swer that to say none either is or are as
blind as some involves an absurdity too
obvious for discussion. So it does, IL
you think twice of the familiar asser-
ton. Another critic quotes authority for
the rule that none is plural when it
means mot any," But when does it
mean anything else?'
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
At the Gate.

Does the fact that during the fiscal
year of 1913 I,Io7.6o2 aliens landed on
our shores present a problem to the
nation? Is there not a possibility that
tfie horde that lands in this country
every year weakens Our social struc-
ture?
Economically they have been useful
in developing our resources. They can
truthfully say:
We've dug your million bitches,
We've built your endless roads,
We've fetched you wood and water,
And bent beneath the loads.
They have done the Iowly labor
which those who have lived for some
time in a new country think below
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
Fielder Wins in New Jersey.

The result of the primaries IN the
Presidents home State must be very
aratifying to MIR. Wilson. It repre-
sents the will of the great masses OF
the voters of the State. In fact, no
fudicious observer has expected any
ding else than the nomination of the
ti1ree men chosen as candidates OF
their parties. Mr.. Fielder, for weeks
past, has been conceded the nudmna-
ton bv the Democrats. Former Gov.
Stokes was by long odds the best man
that the Republicans could have Put
%. and Everett Colby as Standard
bearer OF the ProgreSsives also was by
far the best choice.
IAN the a>pirants Tor the Governor
ship are men of high standard There
Is not one whose competence to fill the
Office could. or would not be conceded
cheerfully. If the purpose of the New
Jersey primary law is to give the mem
bership OF each party free hand and
an open chance to select a candidate
without boss dictation or intrigue, that
purpose was fulfilled. for the best car
didates were chosen.
The President has expressed himself
as not entirely satisfied with the law,
though it was enacted largely at his
own request while he was Governor
OF New Jersey. This disapproval was
caused by the fact that it forbids a
man to vote in the primary of one
party and then support the other party
IN the election.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
ORIGIN OF DUELs.

Judicial Combnts Began with Celts
and Spread to Other Nations
Frun the Kansas City Star.
Dueling took its rise from the judicial
combats Of the Celtic nations The first
formal duel in England, between William,
Count d'Eu, and Godfrey Baynard. took
place in 1896. Dueling in civil matters
was forbidden in France in 1905. Francis
challenged the Emperor Charles V in
vain in ISsS. The fight with small swords
vas introduced into England in 1881.
A proclamation was made in 1879 that
no person should be pardoned who had
killed another in a duel. The custom was
checked in the British army in 1872. and
was abolished in England by the aid OF
public opinion.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
MEDICINAL WEEDS.

From Farm and Firesidr.
ANALYSIS Of our edible weeds shows
that they possess powerful medicinal
qualities. The dandelion- for example -
replete with tonic salts and IS aPerent'
besides being a natural liver mediones
the p1iIlrweed Is a perfect tonic for the
kidneys and a general cleanser OF the
system: the common yarrow Is a good
spring tonic for children: while red
clover is one Of the richest of all nitro
Eenous plants. and nitrogen is one OF the
most STRENGTHENING dement's
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
FOR "I SHOULD WORRY"
United States Motto Proposed by
Booths Granddaughter.

Pittsburgh Correspondence in New York Tribune.
Miss Victoria Booth-Clibborn. grand
daughter of the late Gen. William
Booth. founder of the Salvation Army.
in an interview recently gave IL as
her impression that the motto OF the
United States Is Il should worry"
irresponsible and reckless, but so
sympathetic and generous, are the peo-
pie I meet here" continued Miss Booth
CIibborn. who. with her mother. Mrs.
Catharine Booth -Clibborn, is lecturing
in this country. Few people here
seem to like to think seriously, es-
pecially upon religious or social sub
jects. Conversation is careless and su-
perhciaL No depths are struck. You peo-
pie so dislike to be serious
Mrs. Booth -CIibborn. who is the mother
Of five boys and five girls, observed that
the birth rate Is declining here as well as
in France.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

-ToilnE proEansly around . Eof ours one struSs
behind the Colonel -
orchard The colonel is like other IA
nous men. Many of his most intimate
friends have never. really met him
The colonel for so popular a man Is
singularly quiet He never says anything
at all. However. this is because he sell
dom has a chance His admirers do ali
the conversing while chasing him.
CCopyrShtsd b. GeorEs MEtths1 AdAnA1
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
At the breakfast Table.

'I have a vague yearning for some
thing" murmured the poet. "A con-
slant yearning for something; 1 know
not what"
Maybe it's tripe," suggested the sym
pathetic landlady. we haven't had any
in a long time"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
PONDEROUS PERSONAGES
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of cat Good Old Siwash."

ant results. However. there are many
men who prefer the club porch method
OF meeting the colonel By this method
the golfist sits all afternoon in the shade
OF a tall sheltering high hall and talks
about driving the fourth hole in three
and approaching no yards over a peach
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
Holiday Finnnce.
rom the Kansas City Star.

fton the hansas Iiy star
Mrs. Touchley-I hated 10 do It, but I
had to take some money out of my hus-
bands pockets while he was asleep last
night to pay for his birthday present.
Mrs. Chargely-Mercy! wouldn't dare
do such thing I used the market
money and then had things charged to
him.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

The assertion that free sugar will lower
the price of mules is just as sound as the
contention that the tax on bananas will
hurt the cotton goods industry.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

We have not heard any talk in this
country Of snneXing Canada since the
people up there went so crazy over Harry
Thaw.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

They were brazen enough at first, but
now it appears that Diggs and Caminetti
lack the courage to stand by their convic-
tons.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

Astronomers tell us that the stars in
the Big Dipper are beginning to disap-
pear And We fear that none of our
plumbers will ever get up there to fix it.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

BE sure you are right and then go
ahead" But one discouraging feature Of
life is that so many people who are not
right get ahead.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

One trouble with the world is that so
many people think a thing is not wrong
unless il is found out
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

The Wisconsin Legislature took round
about way of breaking up the sewing
societies when it passed the anti-gossip
law.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
Citing n Case.

What do they mean by altruistic?"
We'll, an altruistic man is one who
will buy you a drink without expecting
anything in return"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
Ladies on Jurles.

Judge" said the forewoman OF the
Jury OF ladies, I'VE want to speak to
you about that sealed verdict we Just
rendered"
Well, ladies'
Can we unseaI it and add a post
script"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
ALTTTLE NONSENSE.
IN AUTUMN.

When the frost is on the drama and the
thriller fails to shock,
We surmise
That the actors amble homeward in a
discontented flock
Counting ties.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

The Democrats now claim that the
Democratic steam roller has been exceed
ing the speed limit
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

After all, why not be patient with Mrs.
Pankhurst? Consider the sort Of folks
she has had to contend with.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

A Texas editor has Just died and left a
fortune of $4,000. 1t was in a bank and
he couldn't get to 1t.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

Some of the men who complain about
adulterated milk will drink any kind of
whisky without saying a word.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

Heigh no! This time next year the
country will be in the throes of another
political campaign.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

4 politician gets into Office by advocat-
ing good roads and then forgets the
roads and goes to looking after fences.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

It is about time for fresh trouble oi
some kind TO break out in California
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

Some men are such dead beats that
they won't even pay a compliment.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
His simmer Girl.

He said he'd write to some fair sprite.
Some summer dame.
But now it's fall, he can't recall
The lady's name.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

We hope they will get the suIzer case
cut of the way before the baseball cham
pionship series begins. a--sz.- 49,.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

Italy has not yet finished her trip into
TripolL.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26

Gov. SuIzer will do we'll II he conceals
his contempt for the court that is trying
him.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
Dressed In.

We wonder if cat feels ashamed who
has to wear a pink bow.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
Thourh1fuI HousemaId.

Mr.. wombat is in the parlor Miss"
Tell him I'm out"
Just as you say, Miss. but he has
beautiful box of candy with him
The Washington herald., 1913-09-26
Good system.

''Old man, you always look bright and
cheerful"
Think so?''
You certainly always look cheerful.
Have you no troubles?
Yes: I have troubles, but never
sympathize with myself"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
LIVER GETTING LAZY?
DON'T sT0P WORKING
Take poassn'a Liver tens and 60 hiaAs TOUR
BUSINESS. II viii Lysn Up Your
Liver Without harm.

A bilious attack orconstipatian fah
H. relieved iaa shoft@hiie by a spaap
.rul II Dodson's Liver Ione- the
mid. vegetable remedy that every
druggist guarantees.
lust asGMc VIA Young about Doa-
sons Liver Tone They Know that II
lsa harmless preparation that starts
TIE liver without violence and puts
sou in 10 shape witont Interfering
With your habits This store euaTan
tees ii 60 he all that, aud VIII give You
your money back if You don't iipd
Dodsons Liver Tone gives you qulc&
essy relief Dodsou's Liver Tone Is ger
both g7own-ups aud children, i has 2
pieasant taste and issafeand reliable
The price is 50 cents Tor alarge bottle
aud your 30 cents back 70 youif y2u
tell McVea Yong that It hasn't been
beniitto you. Don't take'calomeI aa1
don't huy imitationso Dodson's Liver
Tone you may ruoin 70 dangerll ,pa
d.. Buy Dods1n' the medicine that
Mcgea yong Recommends aud guaFa1
ices.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
SYMPTOMS 0E CONSUMPTION
Yield to Vinol.

The med ical profession DO not ne
lieve that consumption Is inherited,
but a person may inherit weakness
or tendency to that disease.
A prominent citizen OF Evansville
Ind, writes: II was III for hive
months with pulmonary trouble, ana
had the best OF doctsrs; had hemorr-
hayes aud was 10 very bad way
Through the advice of friend tried
vinol. and ! feel that 1t saved my
life. 1t is all you recommend Tito be.
l believe 1t it the greatest medicine
on earth. | have advised others 10 Try
Vinol. and they have had the same
results" Name furnished request.)
vinol soothes and heals the inflam-
ed surfaces and alays the' cough.
Vinol creates an appetite, strengthens
the digestive organs and gives the
patient strength to throw of incipient
pulmonary diseases
Try bottle OF Vinol with the un'
Outstanding that your money Will De
returned II it does not help you.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

Restored to Health by Vinol-
Letter to Mothers.

ASIICI W N1OSAA~AS -
Anxious mothers often wonder why
their children are SO pale, thin and
nervous and have so little appetite.
For the benefit OF such mothers IN
this vicinity We publish the following
letter.
]. Edmund Miller, New Haven,
Conn, says: "My little daughter, ever
since her birth, had been frail and
sickly, and was constant source OF
worriment. Several months ago we
commenced to give her Vinol. I'M
mediately noted an Improvement IN
her health and appearance. ! gave
her three bottles of Vinol, and from
the good 1t has done her ! can truly
say it will do all you claim"
This child's recovery was due to
the combined action of the medicinal
elements extracted from Gods livers,
combined with the blood-making
and strengthening properties OF
tonic iron, which are contained in
Vinol. :
vinol will build up and strengthen
delicate children, old people and the
weak. rundown and debilitated. we
return the money in every case wnere
1t fails,
MCVEA Young, Druggist.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
The Ink BAD Scuid.

When the squid Is alarmed the Ink
bag that connects with the siphon
opens its valve and cloud of black
fluid is elected into the water, where
It becomes quickly dlffused, forming
an effectual bar to pursuit. The sqaids
also have a faculty of changing their
color with great rapidity, and when
laboring under great excitement waves
OF color seem to pass over them In
quick succession. Their motions are
extremely rapid. dartlng along with
the velocity Of light, now rushing Into
q school Of small fry tail first. turning
quickly to seize victim and press it
against the birdlike beak, where, by
making triangular nlps, the vertebrae
is generally instantly severed. 1t Is
interesting to note that the bite is al
ways In the same place-the neck
Charles Frederick Holder.