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The Washington times., 1895-03-17


thestormy winds that tblow-I:len tiiling little
farms and making money in penny Places
who crave the arena of corn or gold ex-
changes ana who fee! within themselves
the power TO pocket a railToad-nen tied
20 q -h desk who dream continually Of
the woods and mountains-men behind
q counter VINO ought t. De in tie saddle
men who live in hotels ana WHO long for a
cabin ia the wIdeTuess-born travellers
-CiOisterpd in q COieEe-born engineers
por.ug over law bc0ks-Inen OF all kinds
and conditions going through life hob
bled at every step.
Poverty is full Of Iaisfits, for, in this con
dition the wcaTer is seldom permitted to Sc
lecr his shoes; ill-fortuHe, necessity, cir
cunstanc,s give him the first pair at hand,
ana he has TO make the best OF the fit. Yet
some noble souls accept the shoes OF pow
erty with all their constraints, and find,
like BUnyans Shepherd Boy, the Valley Of
Humiliation, a very fruitful soil
that doth bring forth by hand
ful. Generally speaking, how
ever, an enthusiastic heart, a generous tenn
per, and the narrow shoes Of poverty, pro-
vide all the necessary elements Tor a tragic
life. Stn the pinching shoes OF uncOn-
genial work or situation are not without
hopes and capabilities; habit may make
them easier; they may be exchanged or
kicked off, and men and women Of nobler
strain, do, by supreme efforts. spring out
Of the shadows OF their birthwrong and its
misfOrtunes.
But who can remedy soul that is badly
fit with body, and has through life just
to make the best oft? A strong, active, ad-
venturous soul, in puny deformed bcdy-
a great student with weak sight-a great
musician with deaf ears-a great thinker,
and without the power of utterance. Oh,
how the shoe pinches such unfortunates at
every stepi What fruitless yearnings!
/ What fierce despairs they knowi For
! conditions of this kind, there is only super
/ natural aid and comfort; only the help of
the Divinity who shapes life, no matter
/ how misfortune rough-hews it. But for
/ the pinching shoes Of circumstances and
/ locality, there are consultations; not very ap-
parent perhaps, but yet worth drawing
/ forward into the light Of consideration and
reason.
/ In the first place we may generally admit
/ that our lamcd or halting feet, are the re-
suit of some mistake which we ourselves
have made. But then in this very admis-
/ sion we may take hope; for the very making
Of the mistake, shows that we have energy
and viii left, and that we do not belong to
/ that class of the small and prudent who are
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CATION will always bring out the unpleasant
truth, that no one is the victim to mistake
who has not positive inclination TO make
mistakes; therefore, shifting the blame of
our personal faults to other personalities
or events, does not eXoDerate US.
A very common form OF this personal
excuse for our own errors is to lay all the
blame Of misspent life, or wrong early
training or education. Parents, school
masters. friends, and companions have
all done unjustly, or we have lacked the
social advantages which others in our own
rank possessed. A woman who has made
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N31I11IN TO NII@y lJVV
much OF our misfits and mistakes, for it is
not they who analyZe them, but they who
conquer them, who are happy. And, after
all, ii is not the man or woman who never
makes mistake who gets along in the
world; on the contrary, it is those who are
undaunted by one, or by a thousand mis-
takes. And paradoxical as it may seem,
it is nevertheless true, that if we can rectify
or escape from or rule oIr mistakes we are
probably walking faster to higher con-
dtion in our pinching shoes than if we wore
from the cradle to the grave the ''seven-
leagued boots of wealth and power and
luxury. AMELIA Z. BARR.
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tbdIoH TOT tie uafk- Ia GALANIE.
ness of the nient, s:nce the moon on the
oaeek is all II eclipse, and the poor stars
Of tie temples are clouded in sables. and no
comfort lett for him but the fozengcs on the
chin. which. II lie please, lie may pick Off
for his CoIdl''
THE FASHION IN FRANCE.
The French were always more subtle in
their use OF the patch than the English
The fashion was introduced into Paris by
the famous Duchesse du Maine, in the early
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Manlv Committed am UnmanIv Ac,

Converse Manly, colored, and his wife,
Belle. had red-hot quarrel over domes-
tic matters. Finally Converse struck
his wife a stunning blow and knocked
her silly" according to the womans state
ment, In the police court yesterday Judge
Miller intimated that a man who would
strike his wife was brute. After q severe
lecture his honor presented Converse With
a thirty days sentence in jail.
The Washington times., 1895-03-17
New Schedule of Southern Railway

The change in time card of the Southern
Railway to-day does not affect the time of
departure from Washington of any of the
through or local irains.
The through trains from the South will be
changed to arrive at Washington GAS a. m.
instead of 7:42 a. N. and 9:36 p. m. instead
of $50 p. M, and the 6:42 a. m. train will
remain as at present.
Local train from Danville will arrive at
3:46 p. m. instead of 2:25 p. rns and Char
lottesvllle and Strasburg local 1852 a. m.
instead Of 1928 a. m. as heretofore.
The Washington times., 1895-03-17
Deanut PARTY

There is new form OF entertainment
known as the peanut hunt party The idea
is that the hostess hides from 100 to 500
peanuts in one or more rooms. and when all
the guests have arrived the hot pursuit be-
gins. The person who tracks the most pea
nuts TO their Iairs wins a prize and there
are as many other prizes as the hostess cares
70 give. It is saLd 70 be DESPERATELY exciting.
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never eltlfef flgnt
or wrong. 1t is
proof that we are
not standing still.
Even though we
be moving in the
wrong direction,
we have evinced
energy, reflection,
and comparison
enough to take a
wrong view; and
these very quail
ties may, by bet
ter direction, lead
us from the wrong
to the right. The
greatest obstacle
to this advance,
we shall find in
our own conpla-
cencies, for as
sure as we take
a false step, we
are apt TO attribute
The Washington times., 1895-03-17

For tho benefit of those who wished TO
purchase Majestic Steel Ranges and have not
done so. and alec by request of many, We
win make the same prices and terms for
another week. You still save o.. B. F. Guy
& Co., zoos Pennsylvania avenue.
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HEN AEMELIUS
Paulus desired
a divorce from
his wife, some
friends reasoning
with him, ask
ed: "Is she not
beautiful and
virtuous, of noble
family and great
wealth? What
fault, then, can
you find with
herr" And the
consul stopped
down, unfasten-
ed his shoe and
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her life a failure,
is very ready to
think if she had
had a different cd
ucation, or better
dress, or more So
ciety, she could have
done greater things
for herself. A man
cites his overwoTked
childhood. his want
OF a university train
ing, his lack or a
profession, his con-
demnation to life in
q country town, and
blames all who had
charge of him in his
early years. BGtsuch
accusationsareasour
and lame divesting
ourselves OF Our own
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conduct, and will stand no examination.
little, had a great deal, would she ne Ger
tain only to do well with much, when she
did badly with little? And if man can
not make reputation as a local doctor or
lawyer, would he succeed in becoming
famous il he had to pit himself against the
celebrities of the Metropolis? No; as a
rule, the men and women who fail in one
direction would fail in any other direction
they took.
1t may be truly admitted that many men
seem to fail because they nave been forced
into a wrong place. Trades or professions
have been thrust upon them By oircum-
stances, for which they have no special
aptitude. But the question here arises,
Had they any special aptitude to con-
sult?" A large number of men and women
are of that neutral, semi-fluid character,
which may be run into almost any mould.
They make up that safe, conservative
element who regard all extremes as danger
oas, who run in the general pack and who
have noopiDions but those which community
of opinion renders respectable. Such char
acters in city or country, poverty or riches,
would run with the pack and always in the
rear OF it. They would complain OF their
pinching shoes, but yet would neither have
the will to kick them off. nor the courage
and energy necessary to seek larger pair.
The great mistake of all is to talk about
our mistakes. If the shoes pinch it is bet
ter not to moon and moan about the "pity
The Washington times., 1895-03-17
ADeep Problem.

He-You girls seem to have been dis
cussing something very earnestly as 1 came
up.
she-Yes, we were discussing whether
it were better to marry poor man who
could abide pug dogs, or q rich old man who
couldn't.-Indianapol journal
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ofNoUse 70 Rer.

BookseTer-This Bible is very hand
somely bound and the print is excellent.
1t is
Mrs. Wabash-Yes, but it won't do. It
has only ten pages to record marriages
on-Truth.
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critics justly said, He might not be able to
help having foolish thoughts, but he could
help publishing them'' So, also, some of
us may not be able TO avoid making mis-
takes, but If SO we need not cry them in a
newspaper. For this weakness there is
absolutely no excuse, and it does more vital
harm than the original blunder, and per-
The Washington times., 1895-03-17

suffrage 1t is often I'M
portant and saves a
vast deal OF trouble to
be able to tell at a glance
whether a lady is a Re-
publican or a Democrat.t
a Populist, a Suffra-
gist or a Home Ruler.
1t is not pleasant, for
instance, to take a Mrs.
Lexow down to din
ner and proceed to tell
her that you think New
York is a remarkably
The Washington times., 1895-03-17
We Want 100. 600 Circulation.

Wen give 10 every new yearly subscriber
handsome, stylish, all-wOol dress pattern Cost
from 50 cents 10 81 & yard in any store in the
city Take them home with you. Call 'Goiden
Era, room l25@, Loan and Trust Bldg, 9Th ana f.
The Washington times., 1895-03-17

part OF the eighteenth
century, and in time
patches or mQuches
began TO have a very
important significance of
their own according to
the position on the face
in which they wereplaced,
and there is no reason TO
suppose that such sig
nifiance has lost any of
it's mower.
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of it," We may
find it impossi-
Bile to fit ourselves
to our desire, we
may even have to
putup with a shoe
that pinches and
hobbies us at
every step, but we
need not, there
fore, S ound a
trumpet and call
the world to see
what things we
suffer. When a
certain writer
published his
tgJfh thn
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FrenchmaH OF the eighteenth century was
less Of q fop than his British prototype,
for while there is no mention made of
FTenchmen wearing patches the practice
seems to have been adopted by every dudsh
EGglishman, for Glapthorne. in his ''Lady's
Privilege - CLondon, 1640), says: Look
you, signor, il it be lovers part you are
to act, take black patch or two. 1 can
furnish you. Twill make your face more
amorous and appear more gracious in your
T1aiStrpSsi aye
The Washington times., 1895-03-17

can attentively
consider his neigh
bors and friends
without perceiv-
ing their per
verse footmaTks-
tho halting tran
made by men
preaching stupid
sermons whose
hearts are out
at sea; whom
nature intended
TO furl sails,
and brOwbeat all
The Washington times., 1895-03-17

well governed city.L'EFFR ONTEE.
Nor Is 1t agreeable to find yourself telling
Mrs. DR.. Lozier that you think it an
abomination that women should wish to
vote.
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printed in 1858, con-
tainsthis sound rating
OF the eXaggerating
of tie fashions:
The women'sblack
patches remind me of
plague spots, and
make me think that
the mourning coach
and horses all in black
ana plying on their
fOrehcads stand ready
haTnessed To whirl
them TO Acheron;
though / pity poor
Chm f-- ~ Ill
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in which she carried six
or seven patches, cut
in her favorite shape,
so that she could i'm
mediately replace any
that came off her face.
Thus, with occasional
gldnces in her little
mirror to see that she
was looking passionate
or coquettlsh, gallant
or affronted, the grand
dame would sally forth
fresh worlds to conquer.
Strange as it may ap-
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Matrimonial Shoes That Pinch,
and Other FiguratIVe FOOtgear.
MANY LIVES ARE POORLY SHOD
For Souls Do Not Always Fit the Body,
and the Material Life Is Continually at
ODDS with the Mental and Spiritual
Plenty Of Excuses Are offered for Ingrow-
ing Faults-That Drifting Quality"

Copyright, 1895. by Bachelor, John
son & Bachelor
The Washington times., 1895-03-17
The Thoughtless Boy.

TIC IhOughtIeSS boy.
The boy stood in the alley,
He had left the burning deck.
And half the people that passed by
Got snow ball in the neck.
Exchange.
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CHARLES IPERIOD
Thus. mouche placed near the corner Of
the eve meant La Passioaee;" in the mid
die OF the cheek il meant LA Galante;'' on
the nose, ''L'Effrontee," and near the lips,
La Coquette.
BOXES OF PATCHES.
No fine lady living those times would think
OF leaving her home without her little box
The Washington times., 1895-03-17

on one hand be-
ing spotted on the
right side of the
forehead, and
those on the other
on the left. Upon
inquiry / found
that the body Of
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POHTICS Ply SPOTS

The patch was also used to denote
ones political proclivities, if we can be-
lieve that keen old observer, who wrote
in the time of good Queen Anne: II went
to the Haymarket Theatre, where 1 could
not but take notice of two parties of very
fine women that had placed themselves in
the opposite side boxes, and seemed
drawn up in a kind of battle array, one
against the other.
after a short survey of them / found
they were patched differently, the faces
The Washington times., 1895-03-17

Amazons on my right hand We're Wings,
and those on my left Tories"
With these few historical signposts to
guide us, there will be no difficulty for
the women of to-day to revive this inter-
esting fashion if they feel so inclined.
SOME POSSIBLE USES.
Men of the day generally know all
about each others politics, and if they
don't they soon find out.
With women, though, it is different.
In these days of women's rights and equal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12

we Dau ueen taIhlng Tor an nOur OF
trade rights" and supply and de-
mand" and various other shibboleths.
and had been collectively contemptu-
Gus of this socialist rot, and the Old
Timer had smoked rehectively through
Il all with never a word.
But at last we perceived by the siren
uousness OF his putfs that the spirit was
moving him. So we sank into expect
ant silence, because when this Old
Timer did speak it was always good to
listen
That's all very we'll, he said, that
talk about trade rights and all the rest
of it, but it doesn't always work out
fair. Now, up in Cariboo, in 1860"
we drew our chairs closer and dropped
our pipes that we might hear him the
betterl-''yes. in 1860. or maybe it
might be 81, now-I'm not sure&vhich.
1T was just at the height of the Car
iboo rush and the whole crowd of us had
got. through to the new camp at Bark
vile and made up our minds to winter
there rather'n face the canyon trail
again. The road hadn't been built then,
and you can bet that was Just an all
fred trail. that was. reckon that
Quit every hundred men that started
from the head of navigation at Yale
that year not more'n a dozen got
through. Seven or eight of the others
would die of falls or water or whisky
in the canyons and the rest would go
back to the coast and curse the coun-
try. But there was twenty or thirty
thousand men at one time or another In
that rush; so, even still, as said, there
was a whole crowd of us did get
through, and for the time we had left
to work in the prospects were really
favorable.
Nov, when once the snow comes in
that British Columbia back country,
it's just good-by everybody till next
spring. 1t is thicker'n any snow I
know of. Why, l tell you, after the
midwinter, when the weather got kind
of settled just before the thaws, we'd
60 out il parties for day or two's elk
hunting; and I've seen Us build our fire
for the night on logs laid close together
upon the snow, and wake up in the
morning to find It had thawed q pit
twenty or thirty feet deep, with a pile
of wood ashes at the bottom, and US ex.
pectin' all the time we were within Q
couple Of feet Of solid earth.
There was two traders in the camp,
smart men, both of EN-, down-easters
that had been too late to do any good
on the Sacramento and sO came nm
north. They took up claims and pre-
tended to do some mining, but It was
their stores that was their chief bust.
ness, and they minded to make good
thing OF It, They put their heads to.
gether, and calculated it out according
TO the number Of men that was going
70 winter, and then set to work quietly
TO buy up all the stores they could lay
their hands on. They were latein start
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12

ing, and some Of the men had already
partly laid in for the winter, but the
traders worked it somehow. They went
about privately, first to one man and
then to another, saying they were par
ticularly short of some particular thing,
and would give good profit for the ae,
commodation if you cared to sell; and
as like as not you would think, like a
fool, that you was gettin the best of it
and could lay in again cheaper when
the next pack train reached camp, and
would clean out to them. And, of
course, whenever the packs came up
the traders gobbled the lot, and weren't
sellers just then
"Well, so it went on, the traders KEEP
buying and the price of things KEEP ris.
ing, till the first snow came. 1t came
early that year, remember, and then
when we wanted to buy we all found
out where we were mighty sharp
but the darned Yanlis didn't put the
screw on all at once; they'd sell small
quantities at seasons prices, they said,
but not much, as they were 'speck'lat-
ing that stocks were low in camp and
things would be scarce before the win
ter was through and in that way they
KEEP putting us off and rising the prices
on us every day. They kept on at this
until Christmas, aud by that time there
vas scarcely any stores left except in
their own hands, and we perceived well
enough that in the ordinary course of
trade they'd draw every ounce of dust
that was in the camp before the OPEN
ing of the trail; and. moreover, meant II.
Now eff these men had tried to play
a game like that in California you'd
have been able to sift beans through
their carcasses inside of no time. But
things went different in British Column
bia from the first. and these Yanks
knew It'll There was that darned OLD
judge down there in Victoria, with his
etarnal majesty Of the law to be recx-
oned with, and he was tougher'n the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12

finally advising 'em not to try playin'
tricks again in our camp for fear Of
something happening, and inviting EN-
to clear out as soon as the snow went,
which you bet they did; SO we got rid
of EN-.
Il believe the devils laid complaint
about it down in New Westminster. but
the whole camp was in it, and the law
yers didn't seem exactly to know how
to take hold of it. Anyway there was
no more about it that we heard of.
Then the Old Timer relapsed into
silence and let us gable again
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Game Was Too Rich for Him.

took my country friend into the
restaurant. What will you eat for
SUPERB l asked.
Il don't know" he replied, looking
obviously at the bill of fare. What
are you going TO have?"
We'll think III take a Welsh rab.
bit. Have one?'
Moo, don't think I'll take II.
never did care much for game, any.
way. Truth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Statistics Again.

Mrs. Strongmind - The fact that
many companies refuse to insure wom-
en- is an outrage. l. heard to-day Of a
town in which there were sixtv-two
widows and only fourteen widowers.
What does that prove?
Mr.. S.-That seems to prove that
most Of the widowers have run away
from the widows.-N. Y Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
lie waa the Third.

He's your first cousin, ISN'T hep
said Mrs. Dimling to six-year-old Fred.
dy. abiding to a new baby Of whom
Freddy was very fond.
"Oh, no." replied Freddy. ~ had
two cousins before he was born. HAP
per's Young People.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
rnfair CnmnetitInn.

Customer-Fifty cents for filling this
prescription? Why, at the drug store
down ;he street they charged me only a
quarter.
Druggist-That's all it's worth at
that store, ma'am, They put abou,
four cents worth Of drugs in the bottle
and then fill it up with water. I pu. in
the same drugs and fill the bottle with
the finest aqua pura. Thanks Any.
thing else?-Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
One Way.

DO you have much trouble with your
help, Mrs. Penguin?" asked Mrs.
Waglum.
Not BIT" said Mrs. Penguin.
Why, how do you avoid it?" said
Mrs. Waglum. in astonishment.
Il don't keep any" said Mrs. Pen.
Ruin.-N. Y. sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
So Good of Him.

There, my love" said the young
husband. as he placed large bundle
on the table, I've bought you a pair q
sleeves"
'Oh. you darling" exclaimed the de-
lighted wife. 4 am 50 happy! Any
thing will do for dress. ". Y. Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Cause for CONCENTRATION.

This man Lobbs is one Of the luck.
lest fellows know Of You heard OF
his arm being blown off last week In
that explosion"
Yes, but there is nothing lucky about
that"
1T was his right arm, you know"
well, what of that?"
why, he is left-handed. boston
Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Reducing tho Snrnlu.

Tinn-Halloa, Tagg. what's that sign
on your front door: No admittance ex.
cept on business?
Tagg-There have been SO many
young men calling on my daughters,
and their visits have been so fruitless,
thut have adopted this plan to reduce
the surplus. Moments.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Mixed His Dates.

Manager-This play of yours will
never do.
Observation-Disclosures the matter with
il?
Manager-Why, here you have Act 1.
Time, the present. Act liter
years later-N. 7. World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
In Conjunction.

Old Lady-You say you drink "a
drown your troubles. Now a worth.
less, care-for-nothing man Ike YOU
can't possibly have any troubles.
Parched Peters-Cant he, Ell? Well
If you knew how much trouble Il WA
for us tellers to git de drink yov
wouldn't say so.-Puck.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Buys Himself on.

Mr.. Newlywed-H the two dol
lars for your fee, sir; and now sup
pose you will want 10 kiss the bride.
Mayor-Er-I say, suppose you keep
the two dollars and we'll call II square
Judge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Completely Worn Out.

"lt's no use arguing, my dear, am
going TO give up my pew in church. ]
can't stand that new man any longer"
But, John"
But nothing, Maria. haven't slept
a wink for the last three Sunday morn.
ings "-Brooklyn Life.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Her Proud Impariouanesa.

Twomley-Did you notice that the
duchess Of Dsdbroke, who was an
American girl of humble origin, has all
the superciliousness of the caste she
married into2
Fadderton-She has, she has! She
used TO be servant in suburban
family. Puck.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
Tn. Cause of the Trouble.

Upon three ma.deas Cupid once his choicest
arrows tried.
But evry heart OF marble seemed 10 thrust his
darts aside
Your lovers all are poor" they said, and So
our hearts are cold.
So run away and make your future shafts o:
solid gold
You're FAR behind the times, We think and
most uncommon stupid
Tho god OF love We heed must be in de siecls
Cupid