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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Prudence is a plug to prosperity.

Prudence is plug to prosperity.
An army is great monster with q
head, but no heart.
No man can be happy without shar'
ing it with somebody.
Cupid is physician who never
takes his own medicine.
A dead beat that is Matched from
laziness is of few days and full OF
trouble.
Some men will 'tbet you ten dol.
lars" when they are at the end of their
argument.
The man who becomes successful
hypocrite has to work at it every day
in the week.
Hate is two points with poison tips
-one toward your enemy the other
toward yourself.
There is no place like home, and
that is why 80 many men spend their
evenings down town.
It takes some people whole life
time to find out that no dollar is big
enough to give an hours happiness.
There are two sides to every ques.
tion, top and bottom; and the man on
the bottom side is liable to be crushed.
As rule, women say almost every.
thing else of woman who is engaged
except that she is too young to marry.
Some people never want certain
things until they see others anxious
for them and then they want them
bad.
The man who falls in love with q
pretty face alone, gets over his disap-
pointment as soon as the pretty face
grows old.
One of the most important, but one
of the most difficult things for pow
erful mind, is to be its own master;
pond may lie quiet in plain, but q
lake wants mountains to compass and
hold it in.
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Worlds Carving Trade.

The people of the British Empire
own more than half the ocean vessels
of the world, and fifty per cent. Of the
annual savings of the Nation is e1.
pended in building new. ships and
railroads. Since 1910 the tonnage Of
British shipping has trebled, while
that Of all other Nations has only
doubled. Fifty years ago British
shipping held one-third the carrying
trade of the high seas. To-day it holds
over one.half. Sailing vessels have
now an aggregate carrying capacity OF
only one-ffth that of steam vessels.
The decline of tonnage of sailing yes.
sells since 1850 has been 1000, 600
tons. The increase in trade has not
fully kept pace with increase of ton.
mage, which gives color to the asser.
tion made in some quarters that the
business of transportation, like other
industries, has been developed to q
point beyond existing needs. The
greatest increase in port entries Is
found in the colonies and South
America. The tendency in ship build.
ing at present is toward increase OF
size.
Turning next to the railway carry.
ing trade, we find that there are now
in operation 40, 900 miles. This would
be sufficient to girdle the earth at the
equator about sixteen times. The to.
tai cost of these railroads has been S3,-
O73, 400, 900, 900. OF existing railway
mileage ninety-nine per cent. has been
built since 1910. Since 1850 the
average annual railway construction
has been 10000 miles. Railway traf-
fic has reacted upon marine traffic to
largely increase the latter. In 1850
the cost of land carriage was eight
times as much as it is in 1895.
While Great Britain holds suprema-
cy in ocean traffic, the United States is
far in advance in railway traffic, doing
two.thirds of all the railway transpor-
tation of goods, and owning one'third
of the total railway mileage OF the
globe.
The navigable waterways Of different
countries (rivers and canals) are, in
milec, as follows: Great Britain,
3S1O; France, 1880; Germany, IT,.
0s0; Russia, $4,000; Austria, 1900;
Canada, 1850; United States, 81, 800;
Brazil, 20, 900. The carrying capacity
of vessels navigating lakes and rivers
of the United States is $500, 600 tons.
OF the total carrying traffic OF the
Suez Canal, British vessels do seventy
six per cent. The net profits OF this
canal in 1892 amounted to 80 per
cent. of the cost of it's construction
Contemporary Review.
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IN THE SUMMER EVENING.

When we tended the fields of the happy old
The hours would travel so slow!
The sun seemed to pause by some wonder
full charm
That Joshua knew long agoi
But after awhile came the shades from the
hills;
Then the sunset and cleaning anon;
And homeward we trudged to the mockins-
birds trills,
When the time to cease working came on.
The whippoorwill dreamed in the thicket
sedate,
And the cricket chirped out in the wheat;
The cattle stood lowing beside the farm gate,
And milking song rose low and sweet.
The summer air told OF the roses that grew
And clowed in the twilight, 50 wan;
And mother would meet US in welcome, we
knew,
When the time to cease working came on.
We are toiling on still, yet in different ways
From the ones where we labored when
young,
And not with the pleasure We knew in the
days
When hope all her melodies sung.
The hours are longer, it seemeth, than then,
But the toiling will sometime be done;
And peace once again will be ours as when
The time to cease working came on.
will T. Hale.
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SieeDy Grass.

In some parts of New Mexico there
grows grass which produces a SOM
nifercus effect on the animals that
Craze upon it. Horses, after eating!
this grass, in nearly all cases sleep
standing, while COWS and sheep almost
invariably lie down. It has occasion,
ally happened that travellers have
stopped to allow horses to feed IN
places where the grass grew pretty
thickly, and the animals have had
time to eat considerable quantity be-!
fore it's effects manifested themselves.
In such cases horses have gone to-
sleep on the road, and it is hard to;
arouse them.
The effect of the grass passes OF IN;
an hour or two, and no bad results
have ever been noticed on account OF
it. Cattle en- the ranches frequently
come upon patches Of this grass, where
they feed for perhaps half an hour,
and then fall asleep for an hour or
more, when they wake up and start
feeding again.
The programme is repeated perhaps
q dozen times, until thirst obligesi
them to 90 to water. Whether, like,
the poppy, the grass contains opium.
or whether its sleep producing prop
erty is due to some other substance,
has not been determined. -Pearson's
Weekly. :
Mr.. Frederick '. Colvill, Botsnlst
United States Department Of Agricui-.
ture, says: 'The so-called sleepy
grass mentioned in q recent article In
Pearson's Weekly is known technical
ly as Stipa viridula robusta and ls
known from reliable persons to have
narcotic effect on horses and other
stock. ."-Scientiic American.
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Mems Darning Parties.

The changes and chances OF this
nineteenth century in which we live
are rich and strange indeed-rcher
and stranger, surely, than any sea
changes such as Shakespeare wrote OF
80 eloquently. Those OF US who are
observant and interested in what goes
on around us are continually watching
for the latest development in the ways
of living of men and women. The
very latest development concerns IT.
self with men, and is in all conscience;
odd enough. Somebody has started
darning parties for men, and they.
have been great success 40 far! a.
certain lady noticed, or found OUT
that quantities of men in London
throw away their stockings and socks
directly hole appears in the toe OF;
heel, merely because they have no.:
body at hand to do bit of dsrningi
for them. And this philanthropist,: !:
cut to the heart at such woeful waste!
of good material, promptly set to!
work to remedy matters. She organ:
lied these darning parties. On the|
card of invitation is put eye who at.
tend. bring all your old socks with!
you" ....
When the men arrive. they are;
ranged in a neat and expectant row!
around the room, provided with darn |
ing needles and with yarn. and set
busily to work to learn the whole art
Of darning; and it is said that they
take very kindly to their new occups- !
tion, and that their progress is ex-
ceptionaIly rapid. ALI this is very
interesting and very instructive. or
course, there have always been few
men able to busy themselves with sew
ing. knitting and the like.
We have ourselves met two orI
three, and have known one little man
who seldom went from home without.
taking his bit Of embroidery with him.
But these men have hitherto been thei
exception that proves the rule. lnI
future. it appears, they will be the
rule that is proved by the exception.
Many sailors can sew and darn In 81
rough sort of way, and thosewho have
travelled must be familiar with theI
sight of q hirsute son of the sea squat
ting down in the for'ard part OF thei
ship, and cobbling away at a hole in 81
pair OF trousers, or jagged rent in 81
shirt. Such sight as man sewing;
is, however, queer enough on land.
But no doubt we shall soon becomel
accustomed to it, and marvel at it moi
more than we marvel at the femalei
cyclist or the decsdent masher. -Lon-i
don Gentlewoman.
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The Cost of Electric Cooking.

Inquiry is often made as to the cost
of electric cooking. Nelson W. Perry,
writing on this subject, givesthe most
reliable data at present obtalnable.
The cost of an electric lamp is taken
at about one cent per hour. One pint
of water can be brought from sixty
degrees Fahrenheit to the boiling
point at the cost of two sixteen candle
power lamps for one hour; or, by the
use Of the equivalent of five lamps, it
can be made to boil in twelve minutes,
while by the use of the equivalent OF
sixteen and half lamps it can be
made to boil in 81 minutes. -Four or
five outlets can be fried by employing
the equivalent of five lamps for twelve
minutes. This includes the time re-
ouired for heating the pan. When
tho electric oven is used the equiva-
lent of eighteen lamps will raise the
temperature from ifty-two degrees
Fahrenheit to 120 degrees in five
minutes, to 256 degrees in ten minutes,
to 356 degrees in fifteen minutes. and
to 437 degrees IN twenty minutes. At
this rate electrical cooking is still
more expensive than ordinary methods.
Nevertheless, its use is daily iacreas-
ing. Its great advantage is perfect
cleanliness. The electrical kitchen
hardly seems to be a kitchen at all.
There is no heat from the fires, no
smoke and no dirty utensils. As soon
as the current can be sold at figure
which will commend its use for kitchen
purposes to everybody it will become
universal. When that time arrives
cooking will be elevated to an exact
science, and dyspepsia will become
but memory of the past. .-Boston
Transcript.
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A Deai and Dumb Fakir's Clever Scheme.

A deaf and dumb fakir who peddles
blacking made a strike at the Buffalo
Gymnasium yesterday by a clever
piece of acting. Entering the office
he indicated by feeling his biceps that
he knew it was an athletic resort.
Then he went through the motions of
the leading sports. He boxed an i'm
aginary opponent, played visionary
game of handball, pulled the weights,
used the rowing machine, and went
through all the other exercises in
dumb show, finishing up with a rub
down. The men present were SO
pleased with the exhibition that they
bought the deaf mute's entire stock.
One of the spectators who had seen
the fakir before said that in bakeries
he went through the motions OF max
ing bread, mixed drugs in pharmacies
and drew soda water in candy stores.
1t is a clever scheme. Buffalo En-
quirer.
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Typical American Face.

Hero is an analysis of what is alleged
to be the typical American face: The
prominent nose, the sloping forehead,
the fairly large mouth. the full eyes
and predominance OF the oval type
are TIE natural characteristics OF al
aggressive, talented and shrewd peo-
pie, agreeable in manners, but keenly
alive to the main chance. 1t is COM
posite face, made up of qualities taken
from Puritan, English, Scotch and
German sources. detroit Tribune.
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Burning for Twelve Centuries.

A Parsee sacred fire, which is burn
ing in a temple at Leiguie, Persia, has
not been e1tinguished since the days
of Rapiboreth. twelve centuries ago.
Chicago Mail. =.
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THE IDEAL HEAD.

ELLOl What's s
this ?
j o b n A in 8 =
worth stoopedto
pick up a gold
cross which was
lying on the
sidewalk outside
his Office door.
Being intent on
bis mornipo du.
The times., 1899-06-27
MEDICINAL CANDY.
Therapeutic Sweets Must Pay the
Stnmp TnN.

Manufacturers OF candy with remedial
qualities are having considerable difficulty
with the Treasury Department officials on
account of the war revenue law. An in
ternal revenue inspector of Boston recently
seized 100000 pounds of candy which he
held for taxes under schedule B of the war
tax This section provides that all
preparations advertised as possessing med
ical properties or recommended by physi-
clans as possessing peculiar merit for sim
pie diseases, such as coughs, colds, sore
throat, etc, must pay the stamp tax. The
strict enforcement of this schedule has
caught numerous manufacturers and deal
ers who handle candies said to be good for
colds, sore throats, coughs, etc.
1t was said at the Office of the Internal
Revenue Commissioner yesterday morning
that if the manufacturers and dealers
withdraw all literature advertising said
said candies and advertise the article as
candy they will not have to pay the tax.
But 1t is not only the candy men who
have been caught by the war tax" said
Treasury official yesterday. Take the
fellows said he, who are putting the
extract of matt on the market. They
thought they could escape the tax, but In
their eagerness to get the best of the Gov
ernment they put their feet right in it.
lEe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tl lie tAlIdtl Vi lldll
and the malt is intended for the prohi
hition States-claimed exemption from the
S1s5 tax per barrel, on the ground that
their product was for medicinal purposes.
They wen their point, but under schedule
II they must now pay l cent on every
pint bottled. which equals S2.iS tax per
barrel Many distillers find the stamp tax
a benefit in this way. They pay the in
ternal revenue tax of $l.l0 per gallon, then
bottle their goods, advertise ii as medci-
nal stuff and pay the extra cent tax per
pint which gives 1t a sort Of Government
guarantee. This apparent guarantee is a
great card and the innocent purchaser is
satisfied he is getting something extra
good ANY article no matter what. ad-
vertised as containing medicinal proper
ties or as being beneficial for this or that
disease or complaint, must pay the stamp
tax no matter if said article contains
nothing but mutton suet or sugar or mo-
lasses. And the only way to avoid the
tax is to make no claim that the article
or compound possesses medicinal quail
tics or is recommended by physicians"
The times., 1899-06-27
MRS. soUTHwoRTH NO BETTER.
The Eminent Novelist III at Prospect
Cottage.

No change was reported in the condition
Of Mrs. Emma D. E. Nevitt Southworth.
the eminent novelist and author of almost
one hundred books, who is seriously ill
at her quaint home, Prospect Cottage"
at the intersection of Thirty-sixth Street
and Prospect Avenue in Georgetown. Mrs.
SOuthworth has been declining for several
years. Some months ago she became scri-
ously i'll and since that time has never
been her real self She is in her eightfeth
year, having been seyenty-nine years old
on December 26 last.
The sickness of Mrs. Southworth is due
entirely to the infrmities of age. Owing
to her weak condition only her most inti-
mate friends are permitted to see her, and
she is attended by her two children. one
son. DR.. Southworth who lives with his
mother. and who has been her physician
for three decades. and the other a daugh-
ter. Mrs. James b. Lawrence. Mrs. Law
renee was here several months ago and
was very attentive to her mother when
she was i'll at that time. She returned to
her home. at Yonkers n. Y. but when
she learned that her mother had suffered
relapse she Immediately came to her
mothers bedside. arriving last Sunday.
hHtH Sttn Dg LINES reporter last
evening Mrs. Lawrence stated that there
was no change in the condition OF her
mother. She said she was resting quietly
and was asleep. Mrs. Southworth does rot
suffer. and this is very gratifying 10 her
friends, but they realize that she is be-
coming weaker daily and fear the worst.
The quaint, picturesque. and unpreten-
tious home of Mrs. Southworth, in George
town. is one Of the most comfortable in
Washington or vicinity. She purchased it
many years ago 1t is about one hundred
feet west OF the union power station in
Georgetown. and located on the high bluff
which oyerlooks the river. one of the most
inspiring panoramas around Washington
II was in this cottage that the novelist
wrote most Of her books.
When at the height of her literary career
Mrs. Southworth was very popular and
she wrote many OF her works under the
pen name OF Eden" this being formed
out of the first initials OF her name Among
her works are The Deserted Wife" The
Curse of Clifton, The Lost Heiress, "A
Beautiful Fiend," and THE Spectre
Lover"
The times., 1899-06-27
suggestions for summer.
(From the Chicago Chrorielc.)

While enjoying a daydrcam in the park the
other day these .uies for hot weather were sug-
gested TO my mind
Don't fret about tomorrow's tan and sunburn
Sufficient unto the day the freckles thereof.
Don't get into a raging temper about the ther-
mometer's outrageous aspirations and then worry
because your own temperature it at fever heat
Keep cool inwardly and you'll keep cool out
wardy
Don't try to wear starched shirts when indulg
ing in an entire day of wheeling. Keep your hat
down over vour forehead, bottle OF cold cream
in your pocket, and don't drink too much lee
water when you're riding hard. so shall you
avoid the losing OF a temper which would be bet
ter never found and the after wheeling" head
ache next morning
Don't worry over the foolishness Of the picnic
party across the drive. 1t will be much better
all around if you'll do your own worrying and let
them do theirs
Don't try to Dc too much foreign mission work
until the hot weather lessons. Send a bowl OF
ice cream to the tenement family in the back
street instead.
Don't try to take more than fifty settlement
children out TO the woods at once unless you
are well used to such experiments. There a
good man once who did this and the reproschful
faces OF the forty-nine children whom he lost and
their iorty-uine mothers haunted him that he
couldn't sleep for week.
The times., 1899-06-27
BOARD OF OFFICERS NAMED.
Tests to BE Made with n Depression
Position Finder.

The War Department has ordered
board of officers to meet next Friday at
Fort Hancock, N. j.. for the purpose of
conducting a series of tests with a de-
preston position finder. mounted in an
experimental tower at that post. The use
of depression position finder is to meas
ure the distance from the shore to any
vessel that might be passing TO give the
gunners of the batteries the proper firing
range. 1t has been discovered that this
distance can be better obtained by the use
of the instrument on an elevation which
records the distance from that position TO
the vessels water line. BY calculating this
distance with the known height of the ele-
vation the distance from the shore itself
to the vessel is obtained. Owing to the
absence of any natural elevation at Fort
Hancock an experimental tower has been
constructed, from which the position finder
will be used. The board is TO experiment
with the finder from these towers. The of
fcers appointed are Col. Henry c. Has
brouck, Seventh Artillery; Major John p
Story. Seventh Artillery; Capt. James C.
Ayres Ordnance Department; Capt Henry
l.. Harris. First Artillery, and Capt. Will
liam V. Judson. Corps of Engineers.
The board will submit its conclusions and
recommendations to the AdJutant General
of the Army for the information of the
Secretary Of War and Chief of Engineers
The times., 1899-06-27
wARwIcKsHIRE DIALECT.
$ 1t Was in shakespeare's Time.


The second volume issued by the
Shakespeare Press" of Westfeld. n. j..
is the third edition of Appleton Morgan's
study of the Warwickshire dialect, and is
about twelve mo. Roxburge, white parch-
ment backs stamped in red, of AS pages.
Among its more notable features are the
specimens it gives of the Warwickshire
dialect both OF today and of the days when
Shakespeare lived there
This is how they talk there today:
Were did | get ere big taters from?
VIII, I'll tell yu. Over Tom un | wus at
work in brickyard. lcok un bwutman as
ad come up river from Gloucester,
thraowed two or three gocdish taters out
o bwot; so we picks 'em up and peels
EN- for dinner Well, after we'd peeled
EN- we throws peelin' on to yup OF rub
bidge, bricks inds un that, un thought no
moore about it. Well in a faow wicks'
time | siz bit NV a wmblin top a COM
in up among bricks inds. un l seq to
Tom, sez |, Now we wunt touch that
theare tater. but we'll wait un see what
| sart Nv one e is, look thu So when
IL was TO dig um up (seemed smartish
faow at the root. we dug around um
keerful like to as nat to spwile eny on
um, un you'll believe thay wus biggest
taters as | ever sin. The biggest on um
L
carry i'm away between us on 'ond bor-
row. Now. snaps. let's ave another arm
cider un get on
And this is how they talked in Shake
speare's day:
Old man Injecting lad with fishing pole
on his way to the Ayon)-E waund thu
/ bist gwain fishun?
Lad-Yus, galfer, E be gwan pint umbit
You used go aimee whiles, didn't yu2
a.
! times. f mind gwain Bricklund Bank
| aiEce und recons Tasker Payne went an ali
Boost mind oawd Tasker? Uns yused ca
i'm Bo Naish cos weared white at. Wul
uns baited ole come marning, and uns for
casted t ave old spart. but daas t, we'd
naught but one or two nibbleS fust Aims
| summat TUX float as IL auld hundud d a
! bin on yend ov line. So picks up stale
and plugged an plugged un fish e. plugged
like es ave pug me into river. Well E let
fish ave girt run sowst' tire i'm bit thu
knaost. Then yuzzies i'm up bit But
/ lars. reckoned E ad summat on line big
ger n yever ketched afore. So E seq
''Tasker us shall pother getting this ir
out. look thu" Well. doost reckon me n
Tasker could land EN-? Ma. no moore ner
as ad been DAD Inglelund ooked on line
! Bit furder. thaough wuz zdm Pawsha
chaps. Mark Russell, oawd Red-nob Chuck
etts, un er two buttys. Thee mindst Red
mob, doesn't? All. thu thoodst sin un, rex
lin. when Lard Coventry come age. when
Brud strit long O. Pashaws' wuz a cho,k
tables un foaks sittn' down dinner at un
an caddle enow t peeze divil Unset,
Plum puddins in wagging loads bless that
trews E stons there. Poor aowd Red-nob
f con zee um naow, walkin' dEown chiver
arm un arm long yung Gunneral. as mas
terful as if ees is even Christian Lard Gov
entry's carredge keepin une long O.
musicioners nth and bell.
| Lad-But wha bout fish, gaffer?
| And so on,
| This edition, we are informed. was eE-
tirely exhausted by orders in advance of its
publication day, May is. and fourth edi-
tion has been already sent to press to meet
| the demand.
The times., 1899-06-27
FOR MOUNT VERNON.
GLYMONT-

STEAMER kENT-Daily excursions Except Sun
day) RouHi trip, % cents. Cheap excursions
day trip. $3.50 every Thursday, returning at >
adults. Is cents; children, 10 cents. No liquor
on boat or grounds.
Leave Washington, Monday. Wednesday, and
Friday. $50 a. m. i;30 and 10 p. m; Tuesday
and Thursday at o:S0 a m. and p. m; SatuT-
day at $3.50 a. m. and p. m.
Leave Glymont, Monday. Wednesday, and Fri
day, 1880 or , and p. M; Tuesday and
Thursday. $50 a. m. '12:SO or 3. and p ;
saturday at $50 a. M. 1880 and $50 p
sWill be held till or o'clock TO accommo-
date large excursion parties
address GLYMoNT STEAMBOAT CO.. Wharf.
foot of 9th st. jelftf.em