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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-24
Bully Sunday ON Trouble

There is no back but what has its
burden; no heart but has its sorrow.
Trouble is the common lot of all.
There is no one ON Gods earth
that / pity more than the parents of
a willful son or daughter.
The greatest trouble results from
sin.
Troubles make all poor. All are
helpless before trouble.
Standing still in sin is as impossi-
bic as standing still In fire.
Ii you want to read true religious
experiences, read the Psalms.
When a man cries you know he 10
In great trouble.
There is no impossibility with God.
There are not enough devils in hell
or on earth in or out of church to
stop Gods work.
Religious conditions are In a de.
plorable condition and don't you for
get it.
A man in sin is always in the mire
and sinking deeper.
1t is a thousand times easier to
lead a Christian life than to live In
sin.
Gods way is made for man and
man is made for God.
The devils road is mire.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-24
Attention Teachers

There will be a meeting of the
teachers of Seward county at the
County Superintendent's Ioffice,
Saturday, November | at 9 p. NJ.
for the purpose of organizing a
County Teachers Association,
Get the reading Circle books
that you need at this time.
A. B. Fullmer,
ad 2tlO'2ACounty Superintendent.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-24
Presbyterian Church

Sunday School at 9:45a. m.
Christian Endeaver, Prayer
meeting, Ladies Aid and Mission
airy Societies. at their regular time.
A cordial invitation is extended
to everybody.
II. A. NJ HoLsHoUsER. Pastor.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-24
Baptist Church

SERvIcEs---Sunday School at 9A5
iPnreaching at 100 a. m and 500 p. m.
The b. Y. p. U. at 100 D. m.
Prayer meeting, Thursday, 500 D. m.
j. B. FRIsBIE. Pastor.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-24
FOR SALE

300 good yearling and two-year-
old steers.
$50 mixed she stun, all good quail
ity' adj OIL 7-2t
FRED u. HULLET.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-24
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

Deafness Cannot Be Cured
y local applications. as they cannot
zach the diseased portion OF the ear.
ihefe Is only one way 10 cure deafness,
M thut Is by constitutional remedies.
deafness Is caused by an inhamed condl-
don nt the mucous lining OF tile Eusta-
man Tube. When this tube is inhamed
YOU have rumbling sound or Imperfect
hearing, and when IT is entirely closed,
deafness IS the result, and unless the in
Illumination can be- taken ont and this
lube restored 10 its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by Catarrh,
which Is nothing but an infiamed condi-
ton Of the mucous surfaces
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (cbused by catarrhJ that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free
F. j. CHENEY 4 CO. Toledo, Ohio
sold by Druggists 75c
Take HANS Family Pulls for constipation
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
When Patronage Has Been Used.

1t is, OF course, utterly inconsistent
with President Wilson's high ideals of
public honor TO believe for a moment
that he would attempt to make votes
in the Senate for the new tariff bill, or
in both Houses for the proposed cur
rency legislation, by the judicious dis
tribution of patronage. For this rea-
son the Senate investigating commit
tee will either ignore or deny the as
sertions that the President is adroitly
manipulating the Federal Offices and
for the same reason no one would
think of applying Mr. Underwood's
article to the present administration.
At the same time, if President Will
son should deem it both necessary and
wise to influence legislation through
the power of patronage, he would not
be without precedent for such action.
1t is true that the Constitution, which
every President has sworn to preserve,
protect, and defend, vests all legisla-
tive power exclusively in Congress,
but this fact has not deferred many
Presidents from making the will of
Congress conform to their own. Even
Abraham Lincoln, notwithstanding the
sanctity with which his memory is now
enshrined, was an offender. He openly
avowed that he dispensed the Offices
with the view of perfecting the or
ganization of the Republican party,
then newly organized, while the late
Charles A. Dana, who was Lincoln's
Assistant Secretary of War, says in
his "reminiscences that Lincoln, in or
der TO secure the admission of Nevada
as a State, upon which he thought the
fate of the thirteenth amendment de-
pended, authorized the offer of sew
eral good Offices to some doubtful Con-
gressmen to secure their votes" Pres
ident Johnson, when he got into trou-
bic with Congress, used patronage as
lever with which to extricate him
self. Fillmore's manipulation of Of
fees led to a Congressional investi-
cation. In later days it was current
history that Cleveland used the power
of patronage to secure majority in
the Senate for the repeal of the Sher-
man silver purchase law. When
Roosevelt was fighting for lock canal
across the isthmus, as against the sea
level idea, at least one Democratic SEN
ator was given an opportunity to fill a
Federal judgeship, over the protest of
Republican Representatives from the
State. and he thenceforth became an
active partisan Of the Presidents
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
SIGNIFICANT NAVAL FIGURES.

Increase I'm English and German
Naval Armament I'm Ten Years.
From the London Telegraph
In the course of lectures on personal
hygiene at the Royal Sanitary Institute,
Prof. III. r. Kenwood. medical officer Of
health for Bedfordshire. dealt with The
Home" Much might be done for the
prevention OF tuberculosis by the I'M
provement OF the home, he said. Wher-
ever there was dirt, there also was
degradation. But IL was the really IN
visible dirt in the form Of germs in the
, atmosphere or ground that was the
most harmful II was essential in deal
ing with these to make the acts OF
cleansing as simple as possible. and
there should be no heavy pieces Of fur
niture TO move, no nailed-down carpets,
but movable strips and squares and light
washable curtains It should be remenl-
bereI that there is no such thing as dry
cleaning busting was a mere disturb
ance OF particles, unless damp cloth,
tea leaves, or wet sand were employed.
Was there, he asked, anything more
absurd than TO find little house In
shabby genteel street with its bedroom
accommodation overtaxed and the best
apartment used as the parlor-that holy
Of holes, with the odor that might be
called sanctimonious, and occupying Gu
bic space that could be far better used?
This passion for the parlor was almost
like the fetish OF the unciviliZed.
Direct sunshine. with its regenerative
power and germicide effects, should not
be reduced by heavy curtains. II was
the soundest of investments to make the
home as healthy and attractive as posi-
BILE. The cuckoo type of parent. deposit
ing its children at school and expecting
them to learn everything there. should
realize that the true Influences in youth
are those of the home itself.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
Currency Reform Delay.

The opponents of currency reform
must base their argument for postpone
ment of legislation on some plea other
than next December" as a period for
studying the measure.
The details and intricacies of the sub
ject are for the experts. Congress
only has to deal with the fundamental
propositions involved. The aim of the
bill is to prevent money panics. giving
the people a currency whose elasticity
will respond to the demand. Every
other country enjoys not such a privi-
lege. but such a right.
Scratch a member who favors post
ponement and you will find a member
who is opposed to legislation, not only
today, but in the next session of Con-
gress. The cry of centralized power
over national banks was the same in
the COS as it is today. The gloomy
prophecies we're not realized nor will
they apply to the present act framed
half a century ago.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
GIVES AWAY KITTENS.
Shrewd Dealer Then Sells Recfp-
lent MIX to Feed Them.

Shrewd Dealer Then Sells Recfp-
lent MIX to Feed Them.
Prom the Philadelphia Ledger.
Henry Kittleton. milk dealer of Dun
bar. is rapidly driving his two COMPETE
tors out of business. Kittleton some
time ago hit on a novel method OF in
crea sing his business and at the same
time advertising his Angora cats. On
May Kittleton announced that every
customer who had bought milk from him
for one year would receive a beautiful
Angora kitten as a present True to his
word. the milkman presented each of his
yearly customers with a valuable kitten.
Kittleton smilingly told how he hoped
to increase his business by giving away
the valuable Angoras. He said:
In the first place, the more cats I
spread around the more milk l will sell
to feed them, for a time at least. Every
family who receives a kitten worth from
S to SIS will continue to buy milk of
me, hoping to get a kitten each year.
By this method I not only increase the
sale OF my milk and advertise my dairy
business. but I advertise my cattery as
well. I have a big cat-breeding estab-
lishment, and my sales have increased
wonderfully. both in milk and cats. since
! put the plan in operation"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
Congressman Fear
Presidential Disfavor.

The graphic manner in which Mr..
Underwood portrays the White House
tentacles encircling the Capitol is not
an exaggeration. II is. picture only
too true in all its details.
Self-interest compels Senators and
Representatives to obey the Presiden-
tial dictate Not only do they bask
in the light of Presidential favor, but
they are rewarded for their fidelity by
being allowed to name their friends
for Office. Above all, they do not have
to make any explanations at home.
Nothing is more embarrassing to a
Senator or Representative than to be
compelled to inform a visiting con-
stituent that he cannot be accompanied
10 the White House because of strained
relations with the President. Nothing
is more injurious to political prospects
than the admission of the futility of
asking the President to grant even the
most trivial request. Occasionally, as
when, in the case OF the Louisiana
Senators, State interests indorse such
action, there is defiance of the Presi-
Dental will. Sometimes, also, as when
German was attacked by Cleveland,
there is open resentment. These are
notable exceptions to the general rule,
which is that when the Presidential
hook is baited with Offices, everybody
bites.
There is nothing strange about this.
1t is simply human nature. 1t gives
President tremendous advantage,
however, and while the custom de-
serves all the condemnation that Mr.
Underwood heaps upon it. the Presi-
Dental point of view is that the end
iustifes the means
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
Entertaining a Gar.

From the New York World.
II must be wearing on the nerves to be
host to the Car of all the Russias.
When King George arrived In Berlin 10
attend the wedding Of the Kaiser 5
daughter and Prince Ernst OF Cumber-
land he was accorded popular welcome.
He rode through lanes of people amid
"Hochs' and ''Hurrahs!' and what dis
play of soldiery there was was sugges-
tive only Of the pomp and circumstance
of militarism. not of its grim force. But
what a difference when the Gar came!
In a twinkling the capital was trans
formed into an armed camp. For TWEEN
ty-fve miles along the railroad track
soldiers with loaded rifles stood at in
tervals of fifty yards. Troops were
massed in the station in every nook of
which lurked a policeman, while dis
guised detectives served as porters, and
the station approaches, thronged with a
gay crowd when the King and other not
able guests arrived, were swept clean
of spectators by the police as with a
broom" From the station the imperial
guest was driven TO the palace between
lines OF soldiers standing shoulder to
shoulder with fixed bayonets along a
route literally swarming with police"
This is what it Is to entertain the au-
tocrat of all the Russias. the world s
most absolute ruler. over whom hangs
always the shadow of assassination. 1t
taxes even royal hospitality to entertain
a car. but the visit Of Nicholas IL may
serve the useful purpose of giving Ger
mans an excellent object lesson in the
workings OF autocracy.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22

Nashville. the capital of Tennessee and
,ns rsnositorv of most of its history, lies
=, IN. Cumberland
In the writhins cohs u
River in the north centrai part Oh 'ne
state. II is so conveniently situated that
,s.,s. ohoo-cboos leave for Ala
the midnight choo-ehoos
bama, Memphis. and Cincinnati and get
70 these places in time for breakfast
u.,,sor, ora-.rs-tion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
Not n PhiIa nthropist.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Judge Alton B. Parker saws that one
day while he was very busy in his ONCE
a sad and needy-looking individual found
his way somehow to his sanctum.
Well" said the judge, what do you
want"
"A little change" replied the visitor
frankly, about 81, il you please. sir"
The mans manner was somewhat I'M
usual. and the curiosity of the Judge
was aroused.
Very we'll. you shall have it." said
Judge Parker. handing out some change,
and now I should like to know how you
came TO fall so,low in the world?"
We'll, you see, SIR said the man with
a sigh, AL my youth l had counted on
inheriting something from my uncle, but
when he died he left all he had to an
orphan asylum"
Indeed, He must have been a phi.
lanthropist," commented the Judge, and
what did his estate consist OFF,
Ten children" replied the visitor as
he vanished.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
Is. the Power of Patronage Abused?

The question whether the power of
patronage is abused must, unfortu-
nately, be answered in the affirmative
There is no more accurate or con-
servative observer of public affairs
than Oscar w. Underwood, the Demo-
cratic leader upon the floor of the
House. Some ten or twelve years
ago Mr.. Underwood contributed to a
well-known magazine an article entitled
The Corrupting Power of Public Pat
ronage" 1t reads like some of the
testimony recently given in the lob
bying investigation. Mr.. Underwood
describes how the Congressman who
desires to redeem his pledges and Sc
cure recognition for the friends who
helped him finds that the new ad-
ministration has policy which it de-
sires TO carry into effect and which
requires legislation" When the Con-
gresham makes his request che is met
with pleasant smiles and IS told that
his friend seems to be well Endorsed,
but that the matter cannot be deter
mined at present" In the meantime,
according TO Mr.. Underwood, his po-
sition for or against the administra-
ton measure is learned, and if he is
not in accord, there is delay after de-
lay until his people at home cannot
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22

| on last summer. Redheld dropped in at
Democratic headquarters one muzxy
afternoon when both the heat and the
humidity were causing untold discomfort
to one and all and asked TO be nut 10
work He didn't specify what he desired
TO work at-simply wished To do what
e'er his hand found to do and do IL with
his might-like the boy in the reader.
Redheld was so wildly willing to work
for the party that the campaign man.
ayers thought IL would be a rich iok.
to take some of his enthusiasm out of
him. 1t was a mean trick. of course bur
there was Redheld beaminx and tacitIy
defying them to find work too arduous
for him to do. and they couldn't resist
having their little joke.
From time to time thousands of let
tiers had been pouring into the campaign
headquarters relating to the tariff-what
ought to be done to il. what oughtn't to
be done, suggestions and one thing and
another from ready letter writers in all
parts Of the country. There had been
no time to answer these thousands of
letters or classify the information and
transformation they contained They
had been bound into great bales and
stored away in an empty room upstairs
some place.
When Redfeld came In and offered his
services to the party some one immedi-
ately thought of those bales of letters
and what a great time he could have
mulling them over and picking out the
fact kernels that might be useful to the
tariff makers. Redield was known as a
tariff expert: what could be more logical
than for him TO retire to an empty room
and surround himself with those dryern
dust letters and have a rousing good
timer
What is more. Redheld fell for il. Then
everybody regretted the mean joke they
had played and began to feel sorry for
him. But their sympathy was needless
He didn't mind the job, or at least he
didn't mind II much. and before long
he had separated the cha1 from the
ripened grain in a way that brought him
to the attention of the authorities. Now
Redfield has a Cabinet job, and some of
those who helped frame-up the prank
on him haven't any Cabinet job at all.
TITS funny" Champ Clark was saying
the other day. 'how stories are revived
every so often. A year or so ago big
New York paper offered a prize for the
best short new anecdote. The winning
story was the one about the colored
preacher who was reading from a Bible
that had several pages stuck together
accidentally. He started to read a de-
scription of the ark-so many cubits long
so many cubits high, and all that. Now.
had told that story a thousand times
from the stump twenty-five or thirty
years ago. and 1 got it from Col Chris
Ellerbe, of Georgia, a famous story-teller
of his time. He said 1t had really hap
pened.
No one knows how old Il really was
Copyright. 1918. by Fred C. Kelly. AL rights re-
servedl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
THE WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY JUNE % 1919


views. And to come down to the last
administration, every one must re-
member the letter written by Charles
D. Norton. secretary to President
Taft 1t contained this sentence:
While Republican legislation pend
ing in Congress was opposed by GER
tain Republicans, the President felt il
to be his duty to the party and to the
country to withhold Federal patronage
from certain Senator's and Representa-
tiyes who seemed to be in opposition
to the administrations efforts to carry
out the promises of the party plat
forms.
So that, to repeat what has already
been stated. if President Wilson should
deem it his duty to withhold Federal
patronage from Senators and Repre-
sentatives who are not m harmony
with his programme, he has more than
one illustrious example as an excuse
for his action. At the same time, it
is safe wager that neither ne nor
his secretary will ever let the fact be
known.
And it is equally true that the peo-
pie, looking through a moral atmos-
phere that is clearer today than it was
even four years ago, would not tolerate
such prostitution of the Presidential
Office.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
STA SMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

Oscar Underwood walked into his
colleague about a small legislative job
at hand, and remarked: Its going to
be devil of hard thing to do
The moment he said 1t everybody
about the ONCE dropped his or her
work and gssped. For IL was the
nearest approach to swearing that
anybody ever heard coming from Oscar
Underwood. He Is so calm and nu-
rufiied all the day long that swear
words are entirely needless luxuries.
You can cross-examine men who have
been closely associated with the Demo
cratic leader for years and years, and
not one of them can recall hearing
him use language that would not be
perfectly proper in well-regulated
finishing school-excepting only the
astonishing lapse cited above. Under
wood hasn't even by-word with
which to let OF steam. Never SO much
as a Chez escapes his lips.
When the Underwood tariff bill
passed the House a few weeks ago one
would have thought that Oscar, after
the many months he has been occupied
on the measure. would have let out
few EXPLANATIONS of joy that the thing
was disposed OF for a while. He mere
~ went to his Office, sighed a faint
little 'whe-ew," and went to work on
his committee appointments.
Other members OF the Ways and
Means Committee thought it would be
no more than right to take vaca-
ton of a couple of weeks before en-
tering on their job of making out COM
mittees. Some favored a respite of
even longer than that. They put the
proposition up to Chairman Under
wood. Inasmuch as he had been buster
than any other member, those who
wanted a good little vacation thought
he would be with them.
When shall we get at these COM
mittees7"' they asked him, the day
after the tariff bill was turned over
TO the Senate.
oh" said Oscar. in his calm way.
II reckon we might as we'll get right
at them tomorrow morning.
In the office OF Senator Marcus Smith
Of Arizona one will find an assortment
Of about twenty-five high-priced fishing
rods. He keeps a few more al his
house. All the rest Of his fishing rods
are back in Arizona. He has an idea
that a man can't have too many. Some
times he'll go along for several weeks
without so much as thinking of little
fishes, and then somebody will drop
remark about a place down in Virginia,
within striking distance of Washington,
where they may be found Without wait
ing for another word. Marc. Smith will
tuck seven or eight new-fangled rods
under his wing and set out for the place.
Just to show how sympathy is wasted
in this world We cite here the case Of
William C. RedfieId. Secretary of Com
merce.
When the Presidential campaign was
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
Nationality and Feet.
,r he london Family poctor.

From the London Family Doctor.
National characteristics are apparently
impressed upon every part Of the body:
even the feet are found to vary with the
nationality. The French foot is narrow
and long. The Spanish foot is small and
elegantly curved. thanks to its Moorish
blood, corresponding to the Castillian's
pride of being high in the instep." The
Arabs foot is proverbial for its high
arch. The Koran says that a stream of
water can run under the true Arabs
foot without touching It. The foot OF
the Scotch is high and thick; that of the
Irish, fiat and square: the English. short
and feshy. When Athens was in her
zenith the Grecian foot was the most
perfectly formed and exactly proper
toned OF any OF the human race.
Swedes. Norwegians, and Germans have
the largest feet; Americans the smallest
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
A NEW STEEL PROCESS. d.
Superior NiGh-speed Product Pat
rutcd All over the World.

London Correspondence New York PresS
The Daily Mail says that great inter-
est has been aroused in Sheffield in a
method OF producing superior high-speed
steel by the introduction Of cobalt.
The process has been patented through
out the world by a Continental firm. but
there are indications that at Sheffield,
the center of the English high-speed
steel industry, the manufacturers will
fight for the privilege OF making the new
steel without having to pay royalties
under a foreign patent.
The new material II is said. marks
a great advance on the best qualities of
steel at present obtainable for boring
and cutting tools.
The Daily Mail recalls the fact that a
few years ago. when the discovery of
high-speed steel caused a revolution in
steel making. American inventors sought
a monopoly by means of patents. The
case was taken to the courts and the
Americans lost II.