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The Washington times., 1894-09-09
WEALTH AND MORALITY.

The renewed prominence of the Drayton-
Astor-Burrowe scandal and the late aspect Of
the Vanderbilt family infelicities give birth
10 the interrogatiye thought: II such facts
as these escape from the secrecy with which
wealth can guard itself, what proportion of
other similar facts do they represent?
The answer can only be speculative. At any
rate, it is probable that the ease and idleness
which great wealth affords is a hothouse
atmosphere where unusual moral exotics are
readily propagated. The hard labor of
hand and head is the safest preventive for
moral waywardness, and the accumulation of
great wealth takes away the necessity OF such
labor.
1t is interesting to note how rarely the
builders of great fortunes are led into the in
dicretions OF those who are born with luxury
all about them and who are relieved OF the
necessity ofeven caring for their money by the
steady usury which safe investments procure.
The man who got the original money together
worked for it, and TO him luxury was merely
an incident, not necessity.
Shades OF Commodore Vanderbilt and
John Jacob Astor, what are your children
come to? The thrifty ferryman and furrier Of
old New York haYe been succeeded by men
and women who never stirred their hands
with honest toll.
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KHAT BUSINESS MEN SAY.

CHASDLEE & RowzzE, ToBAccoN1sTs: 'THE
duty on sumatra Leaf, and nearly all imported
leaf tobacco, has been reduced nearly one-half
by the recent tariff legislation. and it viii en-
able Us 70 use good wrappers on the cheaper
grade Of cigars. There are more 3 cent cigars
sold now than ever, and nearly every dealer
makes 4 speciality Of a good cheap cigar. In
smoking tobacco the cent packages also are
the most popular. although good deal OF the
various mixtures is sold. In chewing to-
baeeo the popular fancy just now seems run
toward Virginia and North Carolina twists.
although the higher grades. Piper Heidsisck
and fine cut, are also in demand"
MR. A. G.. GEDNEY. TIE EyGRAvER AND
stationer: The styles in stationery this year
viii be totally different from those used last
year. Monograms have gone out OF fashion,
and the cipher is taking its place. There
are many curious designs used by society
ladies, the greatest fad being 10 represent
their names in unique Chinese letters, thor
oughly ileEible except TO those who know
the wrinkle. The chief diversity Of design IS
conceived in the mind OF the dramatic proies-
sion. who appear 10 Joy in producing extra
ordinary effects upon their paper. There is
nothing quite so nice for ladies' and gentle
mems use as some distinctive marx about
their stationery, and neat paper indicates
neat taste. a higher cultivation, aid is at once
a mark Of redhsment.
VI. \ TAPPAT, DEALER N SPORTING GOODS,
No. 1913 Pennsylvania avenue: "The newest
thing for this fall IN the line Of guns will be-
the Remington bammerless weapon. the finest
gun of the kind ever produced in this couu-
try Besides this there are not many new
articles. There are the nitro powders and
nitro shells, but outside Of these and the gun
I have spoken OF there IS nothing that is par
ticuIarIy worth mentioning. Trade is pick
ing up, birds are plentiful, gunners are ouy-
ing ammunition in generous quantities, and
there is every reason to believe that there is a
good season for trade at hand"
L X. THOMSON, MCsIc DEALER, No. 521
Eleventh street northwest: She was Sol
dier's Sweetheart is among the favorites in
vocal music, and say Au Revoir' and sweet
Marie are also quite popular. The first is
pathetic piece. the other two good for any oc-
casion. Among the comic pieces Mamie,
Come Kiss Your Honey Boy ranks as
leader. There are many standard compost
tions that are always IN demand. but the pop
Ular fancy is fckle and transfers its favors
frequently. The present leaders in instru-
mental music are Sousas Liberty Bell and
Manhattan Beach marches"
Thomas ". SMITH, LUMBER &c. NORTH
east corner of First and c streets northwest:
Business is rather quiet just now, but fall g.
building is only fairly beginning. We expect
last. Things will begin to Hyen up in a few
days now"
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
ingalls, on the POPS.

This is the way ex-senator ingalls, talked
about the PopuIists at Wakarusa the other
day: The history Of Kansas has been a
record Of successive catastrophes. our of all Of
which We have emerged 10 victory. We sent
more soldiers into the ranks Of the Union
army than We had voters when we were adj
mitted We had drought. CrassbOppers. in
undations. but il all we have suffered from
the grassEOppers could be concentrated into
one grasshoPper. If all the drOUChts. inUnda-
dations. aud simOOns could have been COM
bined, they would all have been innocuOUs,
innocent, and harmless As compared with the
blight of the two years last past. Kansas
Cify lines
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

Shall we leach them a trade before we teach
them foreign language? Shall we put man
ual training before mind training-deeGs be-
fore didactics? The solution OF The question
seems to be a compromise. The movement
against compulsory classics in the colleges,
the establishment of manual training institu-
tions all over the country, many of them con-
nected with high schools and colleges, all
show that the leaven of utilitarianism is fer
menting.
There is little danger that the solid founda-
tion Of old school pedagogy will be discarded.
Its preliminary discipline will always be
needed, but there are indications thar the
learning of trades will be made more and
more part of popular education.
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WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

A little girl in Twiggs county, Ga, caught
n small live rattlesnake and brought it to her
mamma. Luckily she had seized it by the
neck and so wasn't injured.
Mount Clemens, Mich, advertised as q
summer resort, has placed on exhibition in a
store window at Detroit six-legged frog,
alleged to have been caught within her bor-
ders. Inldels say the thing. which is pre-
served in alcohol, is thirty years old and
came from Europe.
Sam Day, of Wesley, Me-. asserts unblush-
ingly that he has laid low with his strong
right arm and his unerring rife just 245 bears
during busy life Sam is a corker.
The Muncie Qnd.) liar always facile prin-
ceps, reports another shower of frogs. con-
fined to a single farm in that much-fabled
town. Affidavits are charged for as extras.
Father, mother and four-week-olds baby in
a Rockford (Mich. family have combined
weight OF 610 pounds. Luckily papa and
mamma have stopped growing!
Grant County. Kentucky, has man fifty
three years old who is just cutting a second
set of teeth. The ways of Providence are in
deed inscrutable!
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How Pony Lost His shoes.

One Of the most remarkable events in ths
history of the curious has just come TO light.
4 short time ago Haynie Brothers delivery
horse ran of. In passing Howorker's shop a
loose tug caught on 4 long wire. The horse
turned up Main street dragging the wire az 4
lively pace. George Jenkins horse was
hitched in front OF his hardware store. and a5
Haynes horse passed the wire took both the
hind shoes oil OF Jenkins horse. This sounds
like lie. but Jenkins. W. @. Johnson. and
Edward Jones youeh for the truth of it.
Slater Tpfp,
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What piamonds Really Ars.

The precious diamond is only crystal Of
pure carbon, and as such is infusibIe and safe
from injury by acids or alkalis- The fire in
a diamond is brought out IN the cutting.
Rough diamonds ars cheap; it IS the cutting
that costs and on which the briIIancy 50
largely depends. Diamonds come from In
dia, Brazil and South Africa in all cOlOrs-
white, yellow, orange. red, pink, brown. green,
blue. black, and OPalesccEt. The light yellow
and brown hues are comparatively common;
the decided eClOrs are extremely rare; only
one deep red diamond has ever been found.
The colors most in demand are perfect white,
blush white and deep golden yellow.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
Novelty in Curtains.

Lace insertion set in the middle of the silk
curtain is one of the new things in vestibule
curtains, and is really very charming. The
habit of tying the silk so as to form double
fan, and that of painting it in the center. are
both bad and give n fantastic look to the door,
yet one solid curtain often leaves the hallway
dark. This four or five inch strip of hand
some, heavy lace admits additional light and
adds to the beauty as well.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

which can lift up in my arms, and into
which never venture except in a bathing
suit
''Shall you be out in it to-day?" queried the
half back, anxiously.
There was an awful pause. Then de-
termined young female, deliberately standing
up in the canoe, made quick toss OF her
shoes on the rock beside me-good throw
that for a girl-a piteous "Oh. please don't!
This is my only set of fiannels; please, if you
love mer' a remorseless '.But don'tr' A vio-
lent rocking of the canoe; careless dive of a
red-capped maiden; debris of cushions and
paddles, and the erst immaculate New Yorker
is thing of dampness and bubbles. He
comes up from under the canoe, which, hay-
ing water-tight compartments, has tipped
over sufficiently far to spill him out, and then
righted itself, gasping and probably using
profane language.
The girl from the North reached the rock
first, and scrambling up beside me, shook
herself like pert cocker spaniel. made a
mild remonstrance and moved away, leaving
her to continue ieering remarks to the ex-
tremely heartrending object in the water.
You wanted to see me in my bathing
suit? How do you like it? I am afraid the
curl will be all out of your hair" etc., etc.
This is the last day Of our camp. It has
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how the Baby was Photographed.

It is generally necessary, in taking photo
graph of q little baby. TO have the infants
holder in evidence. One mother who did not
care for q picture Of herself surmounted this
difficulty 10y having the photograph taken
standing and with her back turned toward
the camera She held the baby up TO her
shoulder and with its face against it, so that
the little eountenanee was directly in line ans
WIS admirably rendered
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

The old problem of when Is a woman in
her prime, has been decided by another
scientist. He fixes the zenith between thirty
five and forty, and continues with various
statistics. Helen, he says. caused the little
Trojan unpleasantness when she was forty,
Cleopatra was past thirty when she made
Antony forgetful OF Rome, Diane de Poitiers
was thirtY-six when she won the heart of
Henry IL Nine de Maintenon was irresistible
at forty-three. and Nine Recamier's power
over men was greatest between the ages of
thirty-hYe and lfty-tve.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

One more picture and 1 am done. This
evening is our last. Tomorrow we roll tents
and portage across TO q chain Of lakes. The
Canadian girl and young Huyter are in her
canoe. The frail craft glides in and out of
the shadows as her face becomes dreamily
reminiscent. There are hundred colors on
the lake, and luminous lights along the shore
1t is nearing the witching hour of twilight
and he becomes sentimental. On can discern
the signs even from a distance. Oh, rash
New Yorker! The girl is too happy. too
healthy, and too much in love with canoeing
to be much in love with anything elss-just
at this moment. SO she paddles on
"Where ankle-deep bright streamlets slide
Above the fretted sand;
Our frail canoes like shadows glide
Swift through the silent landl"
MADGE ROBERTSON,
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
Whore Ererr,hinn Goes

Carleton-Have you ever had that 'all
gone'' feeling?
Montauk-You bet I have bad attack of
it every time l 80 to the races.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
Siu-Tax.

Teacher Ito class in grammar)-what Is
syntax?
Johnny (vho reads the papers)-Ten dol
lars or thirty days.-Detroit Free Press.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
Pot and Kettle.
ler-What is your name?

Ieacher-What IS your name?
Little Boy (from England -'Enry Hadams
Little Girl (from New York)-He, he!
Hear him misplace his h's.''
Teacher-And what is your name?
Little Girl Idar Warnab.-Good News.
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Easily Exnlained.

Henderson-Why did they turn Skinner out
of tho church?
Williamson-He sold the pastor a horse
Life
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At the Summer Resort.

The maids are there from the inland towns
In their dainty mats and their summer gowns,
Cerulean hosiery and shoes of tan,
Twenty maids to a single man
,-NeM York PresA
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
BETTER Iuck

The small boy who is stepped In sin
Soon learns he catches more in school,
Thanks TO his little bended pin,
Than when he fishes IN the pool
-JudgA
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

No ONE can say that there are hard times
in New York city when thousands of clothing
workers got employment there Friday.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

THERE is renewed activity among red fire
factories at the prospect of Herr Most's going
on the stage.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

WHILE there were no Senatorial fops yes
terday there is still a wide fear of a future
flop among voters.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

WE can spare the Asiatic cholera If it wants
to stay home and umpire the Oriental hos
tilities.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

"Keeps pretty hot.
He said nothing.
"Yhew! warm, isn't it?'
Still he made no reply.
"Oh, it is so hot, and my hair is all out of
curl
Only a pityinG smile fickered across his
care worn features.
Il do wish We would have some rain"
II was the face Of a strong man struggling
with emotion.
If there is ever any justification for man
committing murder | would be warranted
in killing a score or more every day. L am,
as you see. a cashier in popular cafe, and
every person who pays his or her check thinks
il necessary 10 make some remark about the
weather while | am making change When
YOU have 10 stand here for eight or ten hours
every day and listen to meteorological re-
marks il grows wearsisome after awhile. and
there are times when il Is all can do to tell
some man or woman that 1 don't care the
price OF a cookey how hot or how cold it
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

Is IT possible that Boss Platt is going to
take away Mr. Morton's yellow jacket?
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

to be the fact that it necessitates Smaller
Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

II seems that the New York Elite Directory
needs immediate revising.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

DOUBTLESS there are many Metropolitan
policemen who would be glad to put up the
money for continuation of DR.. Parkhurst's
vacation.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

Up from the meadows rich with corn,
Clear in the cool September morn,
The Kentucky Colonels came, and then
They did up Boston, Is TO TO-
Boston Globe
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

Speaking of the lack of Urinary business
traits among actors. Milton Mobiles says that
during all his years Of management the in
stances have been rare when actors of either
sex acknowledge the receipt OF parts sent
them by mail. In nine cases in ten he has to
write second letter requesting an acknowl-
edgment. They will commence writing for
the parts as soon as their engagement is made,
however. He says the fault is as common
among old actors as with beginners.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
Think this weather."
But here thegOssipper fed.

"This Is public elevator; gentlemen need
not remove their hats" is a sign which al
ways attracts attention when a stranger enters
one of the elevators in the Washington Loan
and Trust Building. Ii IS a very sensible
sign. aud occasions comment from nearly
every stranger This idea of a man taking
Off his hat in public elevator is the refine
ment Of politeness which makes itself absurd !;
there is no more reason why he should re-
move his head covering than there is for his
doing so in a street car. The more signs the
same as in the Loan and Trust Company's
elevators the better
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

IT is quite probable that Senator Cameron
has as much skill in nursing a Presidential
boom as he has in selecting postmaster for
Washington.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
Two Of the intensely T

Two Of the intensely realistic melodramas
with art created by machinery are announced.
One is called "a Piece OF Steel" and deals
with the Carnegie steel works. the other is
entitled 1.-The Voice from the Dead" the
great effect being where a murderer is de-
nounced by means of phonograph.
The latter ought to be an efficient adjunct
to the modern melo-drama 1t possesses ad-
vantages over the pile driver and the buzz
saw,
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

Augustus Balfour, of the "Jane" company,
has the reputation of being quite a handy
swordsman. Recently during the company's
engagement at Halifax Nova Scotia, party
visited the barracks. and by way of diversion
Mr.. Balfour and one of the soldiers engaged
in a little practice with bayonets. In the ex-
citement of one of the bouts the soldier made
a wild rush at the actor, who neatly disarmed
him, at the same time cutting cash in the
hand of his opponent The red coat gave
vent to his feelings by romarking: "If that's
the way you bloody h'actors fence, hi think
it safer to stay in the h'army.''
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

School will soon open now, and fond fathers
are beginning to trembe. 1t IS no joke to be
confronted by thirteen-year-old boy with
such sums as the following: How much
money must man have on deposit in order
that 33L per cent. of one-third of the sum
will be 500 more than % per cent. of one
fourth Of the sum-"
Now papa usually remembers an engage
ment that detains him until the youngster is
in bed.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

JOHN WAyAMAKERs advertising man is the
logical candidate for the secretaryship Of the
Republican campaign committee.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
GOSSIP OF THE TINES.

Grandpa Goldson, of Sulphur Well, Ga,
died at 10, his wife at IOl. The young
Goldsons'' are now respectively 81, 50, so, IS,
&c. "A. and p No child of the family has
ever died except one grandson killed in the
war.
The Louisville Courier-JOurnal recently
printed the following touching adyertis ement:
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

TIE time may come when the Louisiana
planters will wish they had said nothing and
planted cane.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

WASHINGTON, D. C.. SEPTEMBER 3, 1894
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

Alexander Salvini and his wife, Maude
Dixon, have been visiting the elder Salvini at
his villa in Monti Catini, Italy. They will
open their tour about October l. Before re-
turning to America they will make tour OF
Italy, Switzerland and Austria, and then join
W. w. Wilkison, the director of the company,
in Paris.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

: III have served my country well II is evil
: :dence that will mend your shoes well. One
good turn deserves another
. Ny shop Is in the rear Of
Caldwell C LANlER'S.
: Let me half sole those old shoes.
j. NJ LINNEY.
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
wHAT PowpERLY rHINKs.

T. V. Powderly, than whom no man, prob
ably, is better qualified to voice the senti-
ments Of American workingmen, thrilled the
General Assembly Of the <. Of L. at Minneap-
The Washington times., 1894-09-09
THE OLD T1,rE LEADERS.

II is true that Burt, Fenwick, Tillett, and
other stald, thoughtful leaders have not en-
tirely lost their hold, especially upon the
more intelligent portions of the toilers; but it
is, unfortunately. also true, that men Of the
Most and MOwbray type haye imported into
seriously lowered the dignity of that move
ment and caused II TO become cynOsure Of
suspicion to the police and TO the reputable
element of English society. The elisiOn Of
this element from Britain's labor host and the
restoration of the agitation to its old-Cime
dignity. decency. and order could not fail
greatly to expediate the acquisition of those
ameliorations and better conditions for which
the English workman of good, native horse
sense and sterling independence Of character
very naturally longs. British employers are
stubbornly averse to granting any demands OF
their employees which may be suspected OF
originating in the teachings Of such very IN
English and mishievous tutors as the disciples
of Baknum.
ANY reference to labor in England must in
yolve mention of the name of John Burns,
who. at the beginning of his public career.
showed unmistakable leaniEgs toward the
violently revolutionary "sociaI democracy"
His famous utterance as to dispatching Ger
tain wealthy individuals to heaven by ''chem-
ical parcels post" will not soon be forgotten.
But John is not so wild in his speech as he
was. and even his most bitter opponent must
bear testimony to the splendid service rem
dered to the city of London by the member
for Battersea in his capacity ofLondon county
councillor
The Washington times., 1894-09-09

BURNS HAS MODERATED.
Burns is no longer a wild-eyed anarchistic
alarmist His ruling desire is TO elevate his
class by honorable means. True, he is a firm
believer in the right of the community to con-
troll the means of production and distribution
an idea not by any means shared by the aver
age Englishman Of to-day: but he has ceased
talking about chemical parcels post" ard
has proven by his public labOrs and by gain
ing the honest respect Of friend and foe that
he has no use for the methods and machina-
tions of Mosts and Ravachols. Having con-
versed freely on the subject with some OF the
most prominent workingmen in the United
States, l venture to assert that no foreign
labor leader is more honored and respected in
this country, by reason of honesty Of purpose
and self-sacri1ce in the cause of humanity
| than John Burns.
It was we'll remarked In The TIMES of Tues
day last that nowadays parade OF American
workmen presents a marked contrast to q
procession of toilers in England
The American citizen Is essentially individ-
ualistic He glories in the fact that the hum
blest native Of this great republic may rea-
sonably aspire to the Presidential chair. He
believes in making the best use Of his oppor-
tunities as an individual. He scorns the for
eign sociRlistic demagoSue, his blooG-hued
banner, his secret plottings. and all his works
He knows that the American constitution pro-
vides for him an ark of safety. and that in the
preservation OF the free institutions handed
down to him through twelve decades of pro-
gressive development, lies his present and
future salvation. He has no need of anarch-
istic phantasies and delusions: nor will he ac-
cept. rs weapons in his fight for social ad-
vancenent and betterment. the theories whose
partial recognition blythe English Iaborer has
resulted in the covering of the latter before
legitimate authority. Says Gompers: We
want better homes better physical and men
tai development We will organize and gain
these blessings by acting within the law. We
cannot secure fair ends by the use of foul
means-by the dagger and poison of the as
sassin."
Long ago Uriah Stephens. the founder Of
the Knights of Labor, expressed himself as
follows: Socialists do nothing for the cause
of labor, save to do it harm. They tear down
and very seldom attempt to build up. They
rush to every gathering and attempt to man
or officer it. Having driven decent men
away, they are happy in the delusion that
they have spread their ideas still further. If
they gain control they will kill of the work Of
years.
WHAT PowDERLY THINKS.
". Powderly, than whom no man, prob
ably, is better qualified to voice the senti-
ments Of American workingmen, thrilled the
General Assembly Of the 4. Of L. at Minneap-