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The times., 1898-02-03
UneasinesS in Detroit.
(Fro,n the Detrojt Free Press }

tFrotn the Detroit Free PreSs.D
Is the Yantic prepared for action? viii
she keep af'oat? How s the supply of ATM
rHunition and are her guns unspiked? Are
the reserves ready FOR action and are their
sweethearts reconciled TO their breaking
away for battle? The Cana dian minister of
marine is about to organize force of
naval militia on the great lakes.
The times., 1898-02-03

Despair hoTers over the dinner party of
the WaItorfars. They surely thought that
they were to be invited back to the Demo-
cut State ticket In New York next
autumn. If they must go through political
motions, il Is good exercise for them and
nobody win Ininc or be in the least dis
turbed by 1t.
The times., 1898-02-03

One thing is very plentiful in New Eng
land and that is snow. 1t never was so
plentiful I'm Ter the Wilson law. Neither
were enforced idleness, hunger and misery.
SO we are compelled to see in the change
grand vindicatior of McDingleyism. Just
as was promised, 1T has brought the country
plenty OF distress.
The times., 1898-02-03

If the warships now building for Brazil
In England, and which neither Japan nor
Spain can find the cash to pay for, are
of the righ. sort, this country should buy
in the matter OF strengthening our navy
The times., 1898-02-03
The Real Christian.
OFrom the Kansas City News.

II rom tHt NahS-sS NitF NewS.J
''He was Christian. but didn't know it :
was the reference made by n wisconsin
clergyman 90 n man whose funeral ciS-
course he vas recently called Hpon to
preach. Bot chat is the sort of Christianity
which never esca pes the observation of
Ot her nnnn.a
The times., 1898-02-03

DO you know thar you can have
The Morning, Evening and Sunday
Times-the only COMPLETE news
paper =puhiisi. ed I'm Washington
served to you by carrier for fifty
cents mouth2
The times., 1898-02-03

Half

price IS mighty cheap. And
yet we are se1ling goods to
day at about half the prices
that we have always had to
ask for them. We made a
big deal and a fortunate one.
We offered ready money
when IT was most NEEDED and
Our offer was accepted. Now
every one Of oor floors has
its long list of big bargains
IT'S a good time to boy.
Credit, the same as usua1,
whenever you wish. Make
your own terms.
The times., 1898-02-03
Circulation Statement.

Communications intended for publication
IN The Times should be terSeiy and piaiR9
gritten and must IN al cases be accompanied
b.? the name and addFSSs OF tie acriteF. r.
'ected Communications aciH net be presercedr
aud only manuscripts of ObciouS Importance
UiH be returned 10 uieir authors
The times., 1898-02-03

Mr.. Northway, of Ohio. who repre-
sents the Nineteenth Congressional dis
trict, known as the old Garfield district,
is to have opposition in his campaign
for denomination. That opposition is
to be in the person of Major Thomas
Dick, Senator Hanna's factotum. and
secretary for the national Republican
committee Majar Dick has long had a
desire to come to Congress, but has
never seen the way to accomplish his
ambition. Through the aid of Senator
Hanna he now expects to reach the
goal, and formal notice has been serv-
ed upon Mr.. NerthYay that he is to be
ODDOSed
The times., 1898-02-03
A Patriotic Flower.
FROM the Chicago Cflronicle.

7
novel flower has been found at the
Isthtnus of Tehuantepec. 1t has faculty
of changing its colors during the day. In
the morning ii is white, wheu the sun is at
its zenith it is red and at night it is blue
The red. white and blue flower grows on
q tree about the size of d guava tree, and
only at noon does it give out any perfume.
The times., 1898-02-03

Readers OF The Times acao meg at any
ti'ae be 0RaJle 10 procure copies OF It al da8
aeteS s;aRd, railroad station Or oR Tailrord
iToiaS eciH confer Jooor upoR ths monage-
aacpt by sending 10 this Office iigo,naattoa o.
the 1act
The times., 1898-02-03
The Car Becomes a Physician.
(From the Cmca 90 tribune

The Gar appears5to have taken Prince
George of Greece under his protection.
Prince Georges backbone has been needing
q poultice nj Russia iron for some time.
The times., 1898-02-03

Beautiful Anna Held Will be the at
traction at the Columbia Theater next
Monday evening. continuing throughout
the week. with matinee Saturday only
Washington win have a chance for the
first time to see the animated chorus. -
in which each note of her success. Il
Want Dem Presents Back" is repre-
sented by the woolly head OF a coon"
in gigantic musical score at the back
of the stage. The New York cast OF that
successful production. The Cat and
the Cherub," Will also be seen. This
dramatic novelty Will open the per-
formance, and viii be followed by the
farce, "A Gay Deceiver," by Paul VIII
stach. The cast of the comedy includes
NJ. a Kennedy, W. G. Beach. Marie
Falleu and other prominent people. 1t
is announced that this VIII be the last
appearance of Anna Held in Washing
ton. During her stay in this country
she has become q favOrite. She is
really artistic. and endowed with con-
siderable magnetism. Her French
songs possess the chic and sparkle Of
the Partisan cafe chantant. The sale
of seats opens today.
The times., 1898-02-03

Manager Kernan's attraction for next
week will be JerInon's BLACK Crook
E,xtravaeanza Company" Very often
The times., 1898-02-03

~ Hired Girl" which will be the at
traction at the Grand Opera House
next week, is the latest product from
the versatile pen of Charles E. Blaney,
who has produced number of success
fui farce comedies. The author is
pleased To term his latest effort a
musical comedy, and from all ac-
counts, it is not misnomer. Solos.
choruses and musical specialties follow
each other in rapid succession. The
piece has plot, and, in telling of the
struggles of an unfortunate professor
of music at Fasar. the members of the
company are enabled 10 work out some
very amusing situations. There are
twenty-five people in the company. in
Guiding seventeen charming young
women. A feature is football game
between the Vassar and Ysle eleyens.
The music. which is catchy. is by Harry
James, and. incidentally, a large num-
Der of the latest topical songs and Sc
lections from popular operas are intro
duced. Thomas Ryan heads the east.
Prominent among the other members
of the company are Willie P. Sweat
nam, Waldo Whipple, Fannie Fields
and Rose Switzerland.
The times., 1898-02-03

Pretty Marie Stuart, one of the high
est condolences out of the legitimate
ranks. who has just completed a six
months engagement at the high-class
vaudeville houses of New York city.
will be one of the particular stars at
the Bijou Theater neXtTWeek. In the
same rank will also appear Hyberta
Pryme, the clever singer. Hines and
Remington, who are well and favor
ably known, will also be numbered
with the company. The comedians,
McMahon and King; the Odells. aero
batic marvels; Mile. Dair. in feats on
the flying trapeZe: George f. Austin.
the comedian wire-walker: Eddie Ho-
ran, considered one of the best dancers
upon the stage and the Misses Dwyer
and Bigger will also be in the bill. Sew
eral other equally nota bic. acts will be
presented, making up an excellent pro-
gram
The times., 1898-02-03

Sowing the Wind one of the
best plays we have had from the pen
of that most interesting of English
pIaywrights, Sydney Grundy, is
drama that has perhaps been the source
of more discussion than any Droduc-
ton seen in late years. 1t is in four
acts, and has for its main theme the
social inequality of the sexes, namely,
the unlimited field for mans diversion.
and the small world in which Our wonl-
en- must live, to keep in the good graces
of society This play will be presented
here with a strong cast at the Academy
OF Music all next week.
OF Mr.. Grundy's masterpiece it is not
necessary to write at length. Its in
tensely human story is familiar to most
theater-goers. The bold stand that its
outspoken author takes upon one of
the vital social questions should be
known to all AS specimen of the
play y-makers art it is also wholly ad-
mirable and its literary standard is of
the highest.
The times., 1898-02-03

James T. Edwards. of Missouri. one
Of the doorkeepers OF the Senate. on
Tuesday celebrated his siXtieth birth
day anniversary. Mr.. Edwards has
been a messenger and doorkeeper since
the Forty-fourth Congress. and dur
ing his twenty-five years has seen
many men come into prominence and
then pass into oblivion. Statesmen
come and 60 but he remains.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

Among the many articles made from
cork waste is the familiar cork grip for
bicycle handles. By secret process
the waste is pressed into the required
shape, and, strange to say, the grips thus
made are stronger and more durable
than those manufactured from cork
wood, although the latter gives much
smoother finish Cork slabs for insulat-
ing purposes, life preservers, cork soles
and insoles and penholders are also
made from cork waste. 1t is very large
ly used for filler in the lining of cold
storage and ice houses, since cork is a
nonconductor of heat.
Another and unique use Of cork is
that to which it is put in the interior
ironwork and plates Of ironclads and
steamers between the bottom of the YES
sci and the second or false floor in order
to prevent rust. The interior surface of
the ironwork is coated with paint, and
while the latter is still wet it is pow
dered with cork dust in the same way
The waste sometimes takes the place of
asbestus in covering steam pipes. Both
cork wood and waste make very de-
sirable handle or grip for fish poles,
which is comparatively recent idea.
Cork hats and helmets, gill or seine
corks, ring buoys and mooring buoys,
cork tenders for vessels and cork caps or
washers for tops of cans represent also
some of the uses of this article. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
Sweat Raxansa.

The judge had never taken a Turkish
bath, but he was not feeling his best
that morning, and it suddenly occurred
to him to test it's vivifying effects, &c
enthusiastically descanted upon by his
| young friends.
1t seemed to the judge that the rub
Der was terribly rough, but, fearing to
expose his inexperience and subject him
self to ridicule by objecting to the regu-
lar treatment, he patiently endured be-
ing punched, pummeled, slapped,
spanked, whacked and polzed until he
| could not stand the torture a moment
| longer
Is it quite = neces- sary-to-
make me -bla-ack-and - blue-all
-ov-ver?" painted the judge, as irregu-
larly as the rubber dug his fists in more
or less vigorously.
Never you mind; I'm fixin you,
responded the rubber, redoubling his
assaults and grinning diabolically-at
least so it seemed to the judge.
who (slap, groan) are (thud, groan)
your" gasped the judge, horrible sus-
picion dawning in his mind. Your
(whack, groan) face (thump, groan)
does (whack, groan) look slap groan)
fa-(thud, groan)- miliar" (swish,
groan).
"Oh, you remember me, do your"
growled the rubber sarcastically
"Well, dash yer old hide mebbe you d
like to send me up for six months again
for prizefightin p'-Harper's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
Guns For RattIeships.

1t appears that the tendency in the
British and the United States navies is
to reduce the number of guns and to in
crease their arcs of fire and also to have
no guns above inch caliber for sup
porting the 12 or 13 inch. This method
of decreasing the number and caliber of
guns is an ideal theory for reducing
weights, but ships are built to carry
guns and to fight, and it would seem
better to reduce weights elsewhere than
in the battery and ammunition.
In an engagement between battleships
of similar armor and displacement
which one will probably be the victorY
There can be but one answer. 1t twill be
the one that effectively delivers the
greatest amount of steel against the 9TH
er ship. During the engagement each
ship will necessarily lose the use of nu-
merous guns and men, and therefore the
ship that carries the larger number of
guns and that has reserve force of men
below in protected places for filling the
vacancies at the remaining guns will
certainly have the advantage, and some
obscure guns that are generally looked
upon with disfavor ON account of their
small arcs of fire may, at the critical
moment when their companions of larger
arcs are dismounted, become the means
of insuring victory. Lieutenant E. W.
Eberle, U. S. N, in Casters Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
The Youngstsr Cuts His Finger.

"Well," said MIR. Goslington, tthe
youngssar has cut his finger. The only
surprising thing Is that he didn't do 1t
the first day he got the knife. How he
did it he doesn't know himself, except
that the knife slipped and the first thing
he knew his finger was bleeding. Then
he ran to his mother. His face was
white, but he didn't cry, which l
thought was very brave, and think SO
still. His mother washed the finger gen.
tly and then bound it up with a strip of
soft, worn, white cotton cloth tied
around not with piece of common
cord, but with a narrow strip torn off
the edge of the cloth itself. I heard her
tearing it, and thought it sounded ia
miliar, and then remembered that was
the way my mother used to do up my
finger.
''Then the boy went around with
that finger held out straight from the
rest Of the hand and with solemn
look on his face, but he couldn't stay
solemn long, and it was surprising how
quickly his finger healed too. Then his
mother put a cot over 1t, finger cut
from an old kid glove Gust what my
mother used to do, too and l wonder if
all mothers do these things just alike),
to protect it for a day or two more until
it got fully we'll. That was wholly new
to him, and it pleased him very much.
He wore the glove finger with the proud
but reserved dignity of one convalescing
from saber stroke instead of cut
from his first knife, and it all made me
feel young again myself.-New York
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
The Leaf Cutter Bee.

A writer in Knowledge describes the
interesting operations of the bee called
the LEAF cutter This insect drills in
sand bank hole 10 inches deep and
half an inch in diameter and divides il
into about dozen compartments OF
cells. Each cell is composed of pieces Of
leaf, cut into proper shapes and care
fully fitted together. Rose leaves and
sweet pea leaves are among the favorites
of the bees
The cutting is done with the jaws,
while the six legs hold the leaf in posi-
ton and enable the insect to turn itself
about with the precision of a pair Of
compasses. Some of the cut pieces are
perfect circles. Others are oblong figures
of varying proportions. Having cut out
the segment of leaf, an operation re-
quiring about 90 seconds, the bee car
ries it to the sand bank and then re-
turns for more materials. When a piece
has been nearly cut off, the bee, in or
der to prevent tearing, poises itself in
the air with It's wings and completes
the operation with clean cut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

A dry salt bath is said to tone up the
general system and renovate the COM
plexion as if by magic. 81 never had
anything do me SO much good, says a
woman who has tried it this spring.
when my fancy began to turn serious
ly to that tired feeling with budding
trees and buzzing bees, which it does
every year as surely as the youths does
to love, my physician advised me to
give tonics the go by and to try instead
dry salt baths. l nearly filed a large
earthen jar with the ooarsest salt I could
get and added enough water to this to
make a sort of thick salt paste, but not
enough to dissolve the mineral. Every
morning when l get up / take this up
in handfuls and rub it briskly over my
body. Next jump into a tub of clear,
cold water and take thorough dous-
ing, but in a great hurry. This being
done, take brisk rub down with a
Turkish towel The effect is delicious
1t gives one a sense of exhilaration But
the best part of the dry salt bath is not
the feeling of freshness and renewed
life that it imparts, but the soft, satiny
texture of the skin. "-Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
Meals In France.

The French are very temperate in
food and drink, cup of coffee with a
piece of bread being considered quite
sufficient until noon, when the dejeuner
a la fourchette is served. This consists
of first course of eggs or macaroni, a
second Of one chop each or stew, and a
third of fruit and cheese. Plenty of
bread always good in France) is eaten
during the meal, but butter rarely, and
glass or two of wine diluted with wa
ter, but never iced or sweetened, is
drunk by each member of the family,
including the children. Dinner, usually
at O'Clock, is little more elaborate
meal from which soup and salad are
seldom omitted, and black coffee is
often served with cognac at the end
Owing to the fact that so much chicory
is used French coffee is not much to the
taste of Anglo-Saxons have never yet
had what call cup of "good" coffee
in France, whereas in Vienna and Mu-
mich it is simply delicious Coffee be-
ing very dear in France go cents per
pound for I'd quality may account
for the excessive use of chicory. What
to Eat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05

It would appear from all accounts
that M. Chacot's enterprise Of the man
ufacture of spiders web silk is to be
pursued on large scale, q factory in
Paris having been taken for the purpose
Here the spiders will be kept and work
ed at regular hours, and when one Of
them is used up he will be fed and help
ed back to condition again, while an
other will take his place on the bobbin.
An expert, fully acquainted with the
habits of the insect, will be in control
of the spider department of the factory,
the care of them, feeding, housing, etc.
In obtaining the requisite supply, if
the latter exceeds what is necessary for
the industry, experiments will be made
with a view to ascertaining which of
the different varieties produces the finest
quality of silk, and in this way those
not favored with fine web will be
weeded out Trials will likewise be
made with different diets in order to
determine whether or not it is possible
to train the spider to give forth web
that is an improvement on the ordinary
product, the expectation being that
perseverance in this respect will result
jim securing a quality of silk hitherto
unsurpassed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
A Good Investment.

A pleasure spot-the vacation period.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
sAeo PALM OF TUDOR PLACE.
The Offshoot of One That Was Part o
Boston's Famous Tea Cargo.

The oHshoot of One That Was Part of
Boston's Famous Tea Cargo.
One of the most interesting homes in
historic Georgetown is the Tudor place.
| The sage palm of Revolutionary fame
stands in the Tudor conservatory in win
ter and on the beautiful lawn in summer.
1t belongs to Martha Washington's grand
daughter, who is the oldest living descend
ant of the family. Mrs. Brittania W.
Kennon is the daughter of Colonel Thomas
Peter, who married Martha Custis, and Is
the widow of Commodore Beverly Ken
non, who lost his life by the explosion of a
gun upon the Princeton in 1874. The
main body of the old house was built by
Colonel Peter in 1915. In this house Mrs
Kennon was born and has always lived.
In 1875, when the historic cargo of tea
was dumped into Boston harbor, there
were on board three small palms. The
largest was carefully sent to Mount Yer
non, another to the home of Governor
Morris of Morrisania, while the third was
taken to the Pratt gardens, near Philadel-
phia Ten years later the conservatory at
Mount Vernon was burned and the palm
lost. Thirty six years later, in 1918, Mrs
Kennon's mother drove in her carriage, q
JOurHey VI lOuI utSyS, W HAAt1OOlpuLtt, NAo-
tied the Pratt gardens, bought several lit
tie plants and carried them in a basket to
her own greenhouse. One of them was an
offshoot of the original sage palm, and to-
day is a veritable Colonial Dame or Daugh-
ter of the Revolution
1t is now almost a century old and has
/ never known another home Its fruit is
not abundant like the cocoanut or date
palm 1t bears a small apricot shaped
fruit only once in several years. Its ter
minal budding at the end of the stem is
like crown Some years it unfolds long
slender spikes or palm branches, but sew
eral times during Mrs Kennon's life there
has been wonderful growth Of fern
shaped, delicate leaves, soft and spongy in
texture and color. When left on the tree
until the sap is pretty well down in the
trunk, they retain their shape and color
many years. Botanists have examined
them with keen interest. 1t appears like
a cabbage and slowly unfolds its yellowish
brown fern leaves after the fashion of our
house ferns If left on the tree, they die.
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-05
THE OLD CLERK.
A Pathetic Picture Too Frequently Pre-
sented In the Business World.

A Pathetic Picture Too Frequently Pre-
sented In the Business World.
He is familiar figure in almost ev-
cry business house-the old clerk
White haired, thin, with clothes that
are always of decent black and scrupu-
lousy brushed, he has sat behind the
same desk or stood behind the same
counter for dear knows how many
years, growing thinner and older and
MUSTER as the time went by. Some
times we meet him in the early morn
ing going down to Office or store, walk
ing the same route he has trod for 90 or
80 years with a regularity so perfect
that the very policeman on the beat
might set his watch by his movements
Often, late at night, when we are go
ing home from the theater we see him
through the iron grated window, still
bending over his ledger, for he works
slowly nowadays and must work over
time to make up his accounts. His eyes
are growing dim and he fumbles with his
glasses, his hands are losing their trick
of deft penmanship, and his brain its
swiftness. He does not understand it,
but the fly boys all about him, young
enough to be his sons, rush through
their tasks and are out and gone while
he is still laboring over his. Slowly but
surely it is being borne in on him that
he cannot compete with them.
In the managers Office he Is already
becoming a problem. Customers have
begun to complain of his slowness. A
man, not Intentionally cruel, called out
that he wanted somebody who was alive
to wait on him; not that old fossil. A
woman complained that he had not
matched sample and asked why they
kept blind people. The old clerk heard
them, and it sounded like the knell of
his own foreboding thoughts. He knows
that the time is coming when he must
60 He has seen 1t happen before with
others First he will be retired to some
other department, with less work and
less pay. They will remember for a
time the many years of faithful service
in which he has seen the firm grow from
small beginnings to present wealth.
Then after time they will forget
even that, and one day when he has
been slower than usual or some mis-
take has passed unnoticed by his dim
eyes they will send for him to come to
the presidents room, and he will be
told that they think it best to put a boy
in that department somebody who is
young and quick and can get about
swiftly. Sometimes they give him
little pension, oftener not, but in Ell
Their case he goes out poor, heart bro
ken old man. They talk to him of en-
joying leisure, but he has never learned
the art of idling, and SO he hangs about
the store after he is dismissed, walk
ing by it through sheer force Of habit
To others it is commonplace enough
store or office. To him it is the mauso-
leum where lies buried his youth, with
all it's dreams and hopes and ambitions,
and there is tear under the smile on
his wintry old face as he says that he
has left Blank & Blanks and has got
too old to work. New Orleans Plea
yune.