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The Progress., 1893-12-23
THE little town of Wakefield in

THE little town of Wakefield in
Virginia is like its prototype, Beth
lehem, not so important of itself as it
is for being a birthplace. 1t was
where George Washington was born,
nearly 162 years ago. The place is
sixty-five miles below Washington
city, in Westmoreland county. Here
Mary Washington lived and died.
After so many years monument is
to mark the spot of Washington's
birth. which, though visited by hum
dreds every year, has been left so far
unmarked and entirely desolate.
Washington's father, grandfather and
sgreat-grandfather are all buried near
by. but nothing marks the vault
where their remains were deposited,
save a few trees and marble slabs
whose inscriptions have become al
most illegible.
The Progress., 1893-12-23
Dangers of IL Foreign Tongue

What hearty laugh we once nau n n
Mexico over an emotional fare"e.
given us by one of the most renSss 81.
and elegant of Spanish ladies' ou'
didn't know a word OF hns
although her Texan brothers -,
years before had tried to teacn ~
some of our vigorous American SiaDs' sass
but with no result, as they
thought On our departure aiSs, ,,lI,
affectionate intina Y, she teaii !,
separated from my wife, ana M ,ss
turning to me and grasping me oy IN ~
hands she fairly broke down. anu ,c.
a fash Of unconscious renin',sss SN~.s
long dormant in her innocent .'".lIy o..
she sobbed out most pa'ne'
good by, ole hoss.
The Progress., 1893-12-23

A NEWSPAPER is under the neces-
sity of doing as it is ordered by an
advertiser. so far as the size of his
advertisement and the number OF
times it is to be inserted are con-
cerned. At the same time no one
knows better than the honest pub
Usher that advertising is an art that
is known best to those who practice
it most; and that to be successful it
has, like every other business, to be
followed continuously and vigilantly.
Many think they have only to run a
trial advertisement, two or three
times, to test its success and get at
its real value, and that if the trial
advertisement is not a success then
advertising is a failure.
The Progress., 1893-12-23

WHAT pity that some Of the
spirit which manifests itself IN the
dedication of monuments such as was
dedicated to the patriot and hero.
Nathan Hal in New York, does not
now and then crop out in the West!
What a pity that veneration for the
heroes whose sacrifices made free
dom possible III America should be
for the most part looked upon rs idle
sentiment in that part of the country
too young to have any revolutionary
"reminiscences. The thing that the
West wants is an awakening to the
fact that there is something more in
this life than a mad scramble for
dollars, that the highest rewards are
not computed in decimal currency.
The Progress., 1893-12-23

THE smokeless powder is not prov
ing such an unadulterated success in
Europe as was looked for. 1t is said
that at least 500 Italian steel field
pieces have been ruined by the
use OF this new explosive. If field
pieces are thus destroyed in ordinary
practice with the smokelesS, the
guns would hardly do for war. The
party using the old fashioned gun
powder would have all the advantage.
The Progress., 1893-12-23

EVERY man who con1ucts himself
oddly in public is now suspected OF
being a crank A man who seemed
to those behind him to be carrying
carefully in one hand a napkin, prob
ably beneath a plate of soup. was
watched narrowly the other day
when it was discovered that he bore
no plate of soup. but merely held the
cloth at arms length before him.
People watched his movements for a
whole block. until he was seen to
turn with the cloth pressed to his
nose. Then the crowd began to sus-
pect that he was only an absent
minded man with bleeding nose.
The Progress., 1893-12-23

The Old Gentleman should Not Have
Questioned the Tramp so Much.
The benevolent person had put i've
cents into the hands of the tramp,snd
feeling kind of proprietary interest
in him thereafter, proceeded TO ques'
tion him a bit.
You're a pretty hard citizen, aren't
you?" he asked.
Rather difficult at times, sir, re-
piled the peripatetic, frankly.
81 presume you steal when you gel
a cbance?"
"Oniy in very necessitous cases sr'
and then only in small way"
"And lie?"
"Yes, it's part of our profession, SIR
"And use tobacco
when l can get it, sir. :"
The benevolent person began 70 !"
sorry he had invested in such STOCK
but he was going now to the bitter
end.
"Of course, " he went on, you drink
too?"
The tramp hesitated for the ni''
time, as if in doubt, and looked az 'ns
nickel i'm his hand.
"NVell, yes, sir" he replied, Slowly,
81 drink two when I've got the pri0e'
but under the present circumStan'''
I'll only drink one, unless you
Rut the benevolent person could moi
stand it. any longer and he mass !.
rush for the visitor, which resulteu ~
Z. r..lIn,, L., =, - n ~ nee
The Progress., 1893-12-23

A registered letter that was re-
ceived at the Portland, Maine, post
Office the other day bore a stamp OF
the 81 denomination. 1t would have
gone for the usual ten cent fee and
postage. The stamp-collecting fad
was suggested as an explanation, the
stamp that had been used being re-
garded by enthusiasts as more valua-
BILE than an uncanceled one.
The Progress., 1893-12-23

A MAN who recently committed
suicide in San Francisco left letter
confessing that the blood of royalty
ran in his veins. Really this excuse
was not sufficient to justify his act
He could have kept the secret locked
in his own breast and nobody would
have been the wiser.
The Progress., 1893-12-23

A capital of s52, ,OO0is invested
in the nursery interest in l12.OOo
acres of land. In all horticultural
pursuits the entire capital is esti-
mated at over $1,000, ,000,O)O by the
census OF the agricultural depart
ment.
The Progress., 1893-12-23
Costly Robes of a Lord Mayor

Eight hundred dollars is the prlso 'o,o
the purple silk robe and tran ar
bv the lord mayor of London oa lee,
dinary official occasions. IL % o',lv Is
faced and fur edged. Less cO'. soa,
his scarlet cloth robe, when he his
on Anglican feast days VIII hlsct
robe for evening dress IS VI hid
satin damask and of pattern
il protected under the patent 10
The Progress., 1893-12-23
SHREVEPORT,

KAISER WILLIAMS preposterous
sgotism provOkes universal gr"aws
among foreigners, but to the German
nation it is rather too serious mat
ter to laugh at
The Progress., 1893-12-23

How foolish it is for the South
American states to settle things with
torpedoes and terrific dynamite pro-
iectiles when they could just as well
be decided by a first-class football
match
The Progress., 1893-12-23
A SENATOR'S SIESTA.
WHY 4 VISITOR WAS EXCLUDED FROM
\ COMMITTEE ROOM.
How Newspaper Men Are Bothered by
Great Statesmen-Rights of Senators and
Privileges of the Press-Ex-Senator In
gals Dignity->cnator Blanks Nap.
Special Correspondence. J


Especial Correspondence.l
WASHINGTON, Dec ls.-There has been a
great deal of complaint of late concerning
senatorial exclusiveness. For two or three
weeks habitues Of the capitol have noticed
a messenger or watchman seated comforta
bly, in chair in the middle of a corridor
that leads to one of the senate elevators. 1t
is his duty to stop visitors who are ap-
preaching the elevator and bid them turn
back and make the ascent in some other
way. Naturally American citizens do not
like this sort of thing. They think it an
imposition upon them and deprivation Of
their rights which cannot be tolerated
When the average American citizen comes
to the capitol he wears an air of ownership
He cannot get out of his mind the thought
that this great building and all it contains
its wealth OF marbles, of decorations, of
magnificent furniture, of works of arts
his by virtue of his sovereignty as mem
Der of the great army of sOvereigns. There
fore the watchman who sits in the center
of the corridor and stops people from going
to the elevator as he is required to do about
a hundred times day, has a very difficult
job. He has to stop and explain, which he
does with considerable dignity and polite
ness, but to him it must be an old and a sad
sort of tale. 1t is particularly embarrass-
ing to him when American citizens exercise
another of their prerogatives, as they fire.
quently do, that of cursing the American
senate and all its customs, rules, priggish
ness, exclusiveness and agents and instru.
ments thereof.
The Progress., 1893-12-23
In a Senate Elevator.


one, which is now guarded by the watch
man, is the one which senators use in GO
ing up or down to or from the restaurant
or their committee rooms. Ii is also the
elevator which leads to the reserved or
private galleries, which are used altogether
by the families of senators or by persons
having cards of admission to those gal
leries. Furthermore, it is the elevator
which the 200 newspaper men who have
right of access to the press gallery find it
convenient 10 use. None Oh these people
was shut out by the new rule The fam
lilies of senators or persons holding cards
of admission to the reserved galleries and
newspaper men were freely admitted to
pass the alert watchman on their way
to the lift. Other persons could walk over
| to the other elevator or 20 to the stairs.
/ There was no HARDSHIP in this upon any one
/ who has a right to complain, but still the
! American citizen refuses to he cOmfOrted
/ and lifts up his voice in vigorous and pro
/ fame condemnation of the whole tarnal
concern"
The senate has been a great deal abused
/ for its exclusiveness, and often these denun-
Citations have not been just or well founded.
/ The notion having gone forth that the SEN
ate is an exclusive sort of body, that 1t is
inclined to be ''uppish" and Piggish, the
popular sense of the prOprieties OF things IN
this quarter is the more easily offended.
| For instance, visitors to the capitol regard
another little elevator custom of the senate
as downright selfish and contemplate.
| Whenever a senator gets into the elevator
car, he tells the man in charge OF the rope
whether he wishes to go up OF down, and it
doesn't make any difference which way the
other people in the car want to go, or how
long they have been trying to get there, the
senator, under the rule is to be first served.
In this way, about the luncheon hour, ii
often happens that if a newspaper man OF
a number of newspaper men start from the
basement for the gallery, with senator OF
two among them, the car stops half the
vav up. or at the senate HoOr, and the
statesmen alight. The journalists ar,
ready to continue their journey, but her,
another senator steps in, with his appetite
prompting him to reach the basement a:
soon as possible, and eXclaims Down.
The elevator conductor has no choice. HI
knows the other passengers want to go vi
in order TO get at their work, but the sena
tors wishes are law, and down he goes
Perchance more senators, having finishet
their luncheon, will come aboard at tn
basement step, and when they are put of
at the senate floor another great states
man, with his appetite cooked and prime
will stop on and say Down" again. Ono
more the journalists are disappointed, AM
after three or four fruitless trips from tn
basement half way to their destination the
are likely to utter few words, which an
, editor would "blue pencir' if used in thei
dispatches. and to get out and walk up t
their gallery.
While this sort of thing occurs now AM
The Progress., 1893-12-23
The People Must Walk.

The watchman cannot hell it. His duty
is to obey orders. II he should fail therein,
he would lore his place And while the
new rule gives rise to a great deal of pro
family and ruffies many spirits the senate is
not wholly to blame The American citi-
zen who flies into a passion over such sim
pie matter should not forget that the SEN
ate has some rights in the end of the capi-
tol devoted to its use. This new rule about
using the elevator is product Indirectly Of
the great silver debate of last summer and
autumn. That debate and the exciting in
cidents which attended it drew to the CAPT
tol every day large crowds of citizens. At
the night sessions particularly the throngs
were dense. They were not always savOry
crowds
While many of the finest sort of people had
curiosity to see what the senate was doing
and the greatest statesmen were saying, the
majority were of that class known as the
great unwashed." They were of both col
Ors and of all conditions of previous servi-
tude in the thraldom of personal unclean-
illness. They may be honest folk enough
and deserving but not just the sort of peO-
pie one would choose to associate with.
These people crowded the elevator. AT first
they would walk up and down, as was good
for them, but as soon as they had discOv-
cred there was an elevator near by and that
riding in it was free to all corners you
couldn't have hired one of these chaps to
walk up or down those two flights of gor-
geous stairs. They would wait for - min
utes to get a chance to ride. They filled the
elevator car with their bodies and their
odors and thoroughly enjoyed themselves,
no matter what other people thought OF
smelled.
Naturally the senators did not like this.
Whatever else may be said about our grave
and reverend seigniors, whatever may be
their mental and moral condition and tend
encies, they are with very few exceptions
fine examples of personal cleanliness. 1t
was not pleasant for high toned senators to
be compelled to mix with the common herd
in going up or down the elevator. for one
don't blame them a bit for trying to keep
at least one elevator as free as possible for
their own use.
The Progress., 1893-12-23


Senatorial exclusiveness now and then
becomes offensive, but not often. For in
stance, it is not pleasant to attempt en-
trance to "A committee room and to be met
at the door by watchman who informs
you that you are not permitted inside. You
ask if there is meeting of the committee,
for you are perfectly willing to recognize
the right of the committee to hold its ses-
sions in private if it wishes. mo, the COM
mittee is Lot in session" Then why can
| not go in?" We'll, because you can't. !"
THAT is not a satisfactory reason, sir.
This is public office in a public building
owned by the people of the United States,
of whom am one, sir, and | demand to
known iy whose order this door is closed
against me. We shall see if an American
citizen has no rights in this building. Why
do you refuse me entrancet" Because,
sir. Senator Blank is asleep inside and or
dered me not to let any one disturb him."
ROBERT GRAVES.
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QOARD-Furnished front rooms wit
u board; use of gas and bath. I47 Pleas
ant av. also table board.
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WANTS Can BE LEFr

ct the Following Locations for
Insertion in Daily and sunday
Globe
NJ. D. Merrill, 442 Broadway.
S. H Reeves, druggist Moore block. Seven
formers.
c. T. Heller druggist. 52S St Peter street.
Straight Bros, druggists, corner of Rondo
and GIOttO.
William X. Collier, druggist 199 East sev-
fnth street
a. T. Guernsey. druggist. III Dale street
'. A. Hirscher, druggist 235 Rondo street.
Parker 4 Westby, druggists 679 East Third
street.
E. Mccrudden, confectionery, 476 Rice
street
W. A. Frost & Co., druggists, corner seIby
and Western avenues.
B. ]. Witte, druggist $50 Market, corner
Filth
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SECOND GIRL Wanted, a competent
- second girl at 40 Summit av.
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EeOARD-Room and board for gents /:
- private family. 279 West Seventh st.
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STOKES AND FEXTCREs.
CHTROPODIST.

T lockwood, THE CHIRoPODIsT-
IL All troubles Of the feet End1cott Ar
cade Building. second floor, Rooms 293 and
294; established ten years.
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FOR RENT.
WHITAKER & PARMER.
Renting Agency.
Manhattan Building.
j. ". Shepard,
o. East Ennrth Street

p ENTS HOUSES, STORES, OFFICES,
IL apartments and rooms with and without
steam heat in all parts of the city; acts as
owners agent; collects rents.
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OOMS - Unfinished rooms for rent
IL suitable for housekeeping. Inquire A
Winter, 6 East Ninth ST.
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pOARD and nicely furnished rooms.
- beautiful shaded lawn. $50 dinner; ref
erences. ISL Summit av., corner Sixth St
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y OARD - refined German private
- family wishes to take one or two gentle.
men boarders; house modern, with all CON
veniences, near Seven corners; fine 70 oms
and A I table; references exchanged. Ad
dress 81. Globe.
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pOARD-A few gentlemen or ladies can
- find home board i'll a private German
family, 544 Canada St
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ASK the boy who sells II,e papers
and he Will tell yOu more about
circulation than all the aEadayfts
that can be published. Just try 1T
and yen WIFI be convinced that the
Globe leads all.
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D OOMMATE-Wanted lady roommate;
~ pleasant front room: board if desired.
255 West Fifth.
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SITUATIONS WANTED.
eInaies.

RO0kKEEPING-A young lady, who I'M
u derstands bookkeeping, desires position
in al office; experienced; references. K 20.
Globe
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I AUNDRY GIRL-Wanted, laundry girl
H at Capitol Restaurant 343 Wabasha st.
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s~yLERK-Young lady would ike steady
~ position as clerk in dry goods, toy OF
confectionery store. Address L. s., 394 Hope
street.
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POAKD-Pleasant furnished front room.
u with or without board. 13l Smith, cor
ner of Sixth st.
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TYP sale. Remington
L No. typewriter; also mimeOgraph;
both IN good order. Address s i6 t;ia0e
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WANTED TO BUY.

! SECONDHAND LIGHT COLoRED
- blackboard, trap or road wagon to huv
cheap for cash; also u single harness. Ad-
dress Z %, Clone
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BOARD = Nicely furnished front room,
II with alcove, modern conveniences anc
good table board near business center -
East Tenth ST.
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DUY AND SELL secondhand clothing;
- call at house. 1856 East Sixth, opposite
Ryan hotel
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NJ URSE GIRL to take care of child and
~ help with light homework; must be
trustworthy; small family; good wages 236
Dale ST near Marshall
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SITUATIONS OFFERED.
Fem aIeS.

DOLLS HER-Wanted, at once, one first;
class lady polisher ana one starcher-
none but frst-class need apply. Address j.
II. Hooking d Co.. Merritt MINI.
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ACCOUNTANTS.

n W TEMPLE, 80 G5ermania Life Insur
IL. anee Building expert aud auditworE
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I AUNDRY GIRLS - Wanted, laundry
L. girls at the Windsor Hotel.
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nRESSM AkER wants work; children S
- clothes specially: good reference; din
ing room dresses - cents: viii go TO the bouse
TO fit. $50 North Exchange
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IOREssMAKER with two years expert
- ence wishes sewing to do either in shop
or in families, or Will take sewing in. Call
or address 1913 North Victoria ST.
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GREAT PIANO BARGAIN.

ONE ELEGANT upright Decker Bros.
" piano, style t. at about one-half its
value; it has only been used few months;
must be sold soon. R. C. Munger, 1O7 East
Third st.
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FOR RENT.
Rooms.

ELAT-New, second floor; seven rooms
L and alcove; hot water heating. bath
and all other modern improvements. S9l
Igiehart 81
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NURSE GIRL-Wanted, girl to take care
~ of child and help in housework. 616
Olive St
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SITUATIONS OFFERED
7EaI'.s.

CANYAsSERs-L Ladies' and gentlemen to
- begin work at once; good commission to
active, energetic workers Addr IS NJ. L.
Walsh, General Delivery, CITY.
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ELATS- Furnished apartments for rent;
l. also furni shed and unfuruished rooms
Apply 63 East Seventh ST., Room Is.
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pOARD-"The Miner Pleasant rooms
- modern conveniences; in a central 10
cation; also day board. 163 College, corne.
Sixth
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II RESSMAk ERA dressmaker who IN
~ derstands cutting and fitting would like
sewing by the day in families. Gail or adj
dress 1S5 Rondo
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EIFTH ST, 234, WEST-Third Flat
( Nicely furnished rooms for rent; all
eonveniences.
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= OARD-Furnished rooms with gooC
II table board. 476 Cedar ST.
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BOARD = Furnished front room. witt
- board for one or two gentlemen, in pr
vate family; no ether roomers. PSI Uni
Versity aY west
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ROARD-Nicef furnished room with board
- 6 o'clock dinner. so Cedar ST., corne
Tenth.
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ROARD-Neat airy rooms with boaId
- $3.50 per week; rooms for one or two
23l Spruce ST.
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pOARD-Good board and rooms for Iadie,
- and gentlemen at 229 Thirteenth st.
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CECOND GIRL wanted at Is East Tenth
- St. opposite capitol: apply afternoons.
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pOARD-A quiet family of refnemen,
- having two connecting furn ished room
wish plain gentleman and wife or two ger
tlemen to room and board; best locality o.!
hill. Address 10 Globe
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DYE WORKS.

L[AHLGRT s. MINTEL - Minnesota
Ia Steam Dye Works, pa East Seventh.
L j. ROCHEN-N. W. Steam Dive Worts
1 office. 4l6 Robert ST., Ryan Block Works.
IS and 81 Indiana ay,
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BOAWD OFFERED.

pOARD-Front alcove room fot rent wit
- board. 81 West Third st.
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pOARD-Furnisbed rooms with board. il
u large modern house 30 East Ninth 81
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PROFESSIONAL.

MI BALDWIN permanently removes
4I1 superfiuous hair, moles. ETC., BY cleo
trlcity; references given. 202 Merrill Building,
Fifth and ST. Peter SITS
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