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STEAMER WAKEFIELD,
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
Leaves Washington. d. c. 9TH ST. Ferry Wharf,
Monday, am. for intermediate landings to Co.
lonial Beael. Bushwood. Rock PIT. Cotton 3. Nomini
Creek.
Colonial Beach, Bushwood Rock Point, Cotton g.
Nomini Creek. Stones. Howard and Cobrums.
Saturday. am, for intermediate landings to
Colonial Beach Bushwood. Rock Point. Colton's
Nomini Creek.
jy1i-14.i C. W. RIDLEY. General Manager.
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FOR SALE opPuHTI' NIFTY FOR BUILDERS: y.
L. corner 18th and ne: $50 #. on 18th
ST. 10y 10 IT: loft alley: soc. per foot. Apply
To THOMAS J. FISHER 4 CO.. 1924 + St H.
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The Dfstrict Code.

1.-The burden Of electric light bills has
been for long time oppressive and iniqu-
| tous. If there were any one argument
greater than another to answer for the eX-
istence of the Business Mems Association,
and If any one reason could be deduced for
fits life more potent than another, 1t could
be found in its attitude upon this very
question Of electric lighting. 1t has fought.
labOred and successfully contended for a
reduction in the price of electric lighting,
until it's efforts have been crowned with
triumphs, and bright among the records of
its achievements will be this public accom-
pliShment and benefaction Consumers of
electric light are now paying about one
half the rate hitherto imposed. and the
committee is hopeful that this will be still
further reduced.
"A few months ago 1t became my duty
to appoint special committee upon tax
ation which, at the suggestion of its
chairman, took up the study Of a question
so vitality interesting to all residents of
Washington-the rate of interest now i'm
posed upon all delinquent taxpayers. This
committee has been accorded cordial and
attentive hearing by the Commissioners,
to per cent per annum In accordance with
the rate which prevails in most other ju-
risdictions.
Parcels Post System.
by no means the least interesting Of the
many subjects that have arisen to engross
our attention Is that of parcels post Our
committee, I am told. has adopted as it's
report an exhaustive article on this sub
ject, entitled "A Commercial Necessity
Which Which was sw written by ". Mr. NJ A
The Information impaired therein Is Of
such a character as to show that there is
hardly a man, woman or child, business or
manufacturing concern in this city, in the
whole country, for that matter that would
not be greatly benefited by the adoption
of domestic and foreign parcels post.
Cost of the Service.
Referring to some of the data supplied
by the contribution made by Mr. Winter.
the following quotations therefrom were
made:
England invented the parcels post. as a
quick and cheap method of sending her
small packages of merchandise through the
mails at q minimum cost of transportation.
The plan proved to be Of such great benefit
to the people Of this great country, that to-
day nearly every country In the world, with
the giaring exception OF the United States,
has added q parcels post to their postal
system.
THE following table shows what 1t costs
to send package from q given post ONCE
in England to any post ONCE in the united
kingdom: It costs to mail a one-pound
package. cents; two-Dound packaSs.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-TIE MOST REAL rIFUL 7-ROoM
and bath dwg. in Washington. So" IT, Si1'n.
nG2-i-:.r Z ]. WAl4>HE. ga + ST. NV.
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The Popular Idol

The peoples candidate for president
has delivered a noble speech, solely
devoted to the supreme question quar-
rel with him as We may on other Is
sues, criticise as we may his past treat
ment Of this issue. the fact remains
that he rather than Mckinley places
the paramount Issue where 1t belongs
at the forefront Of the discussion
Whatever the past. Mr.. Bryan rather
than Mr.. Mckinley has ranged himself
and the great party behind him on the
right side OF the debate. He throws
the whole organized power OF the De-
mocracy into the fight against the i'm
perialist program.-FTosz. - Spring
field (Mass.) Republican-Independent-
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a MUSICIAN OF NOTE.

Miss Ethel Harrsden, better known
In private LIE as Mrs. Frank Glover.
Is q musician who has achieved much
distinction as the composer Of . num-
Der Of tuneful melodies. Less well
known than her sister, Miss Beatrice
Harraden, the author of Ships That
Pass in the Night" she is equally
clever In her particular bent Miss
HArraden began composing at the
tender age OF s. and was only Z when
her hrst composition was published.
Speaking recently OF her work, Miss
Harraden said: Amongst my most
successful songs have been If .,
Your Window, Love and As We Love
Today, the poetry of both these be-
Ing By Mr.. Robert Hiehens; a setting
OF LongIellow's Rainy Day. for
which I gained the ten-guinea prize;
also . setting Of LongfelIoW's words,
Ships that pass in the night which
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A KLONDIKE BRIDE.
She VIII Take $4,000 to See the PAD,
Exposition

80 AAAe oAOsOOO 70 So the Farln
Exposition
Here's $4,000 for vacation money.
WHEY. Take your mother to Paris and
have the best kind Of a time you
know" That's the kind Of a husband
that James L. Hall. a Klondike miner
is, says a San Francisco correspondent
Of the New York World. Lucky Mrs
Hall went to Dawson City last fall as
q vaudeville artistic. She was then
Miss Lillian Green. Going up the
Yukon the boat on which she Travelled
was nipped in the ice and totally
wrecked near Selwyn. After endur-
ing the utmost hardships Miss Green
and her fellow-voyagers managed to
reach a camp where the crew Of an
other wrecked steamer had found ref
uge. Standing before the campfire
With her clothing freezing on the
Soung woman gave such a graphic &C
count Of her adventures that she CON-
pletely won the heart OF Miner Hall.
the owner OF the camp and one Of the
richest men In the Klondike. That's
the girl for my money!" exclaimed
Hall, and that very night he proposed
marriage and was accepted. A week
later the shipwrecked crews reached
their destination at Dawson. where the
Rev. Fr. Naylor pronounced a bene-
diction on the union Of the pretty lit
tie actress and the rugged miner. Mrs.
Halls health failed somewhat under
the rigors Of an Arctic winter. and ten
days ago she came down to San Fran
cisco in company OF her mother and
sister, with instructions from her hus-
band to go to Paris and spend $4,000
and wire him when she wanted any
more pocket money. Besides this Mr.
Hall gave his bride a wedding gift Of
$50. 900. James L. Hall owns claim No
II, on Eldorado creek, which has pro-
duced more than a million in nuggets
and promises to yield half as much
more this year.
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KEEL CANAL
% FAR the Enterprise Comes On, -
Deficit.

% FAR the EnterprIss Comes o.,
= Deficit.
The administration OF the KisI =.
nal, Germany, has L. ely published
report for the year included betvoa.
April !, 1898. and March 81, 1899 tn.
number Of vessels which have nassau
through the canal during that period
reached 25.s16, of which 11.OO5 ren-s-
sent steam vessels and 1881 s,llfn,
vessels, etc. The total tonnage is es9
timated at 3,117,s4O. These figure,
show an increase over the PRECEDING
year OF 2,70S vessels and Gas, 900 tons
The receipts Of the canal during TIA
year amount to about S4OO, 900. which
is an increase Of $4,000 or % ne,
cent. says the Scientific American. IA
to the different nations using m.
canal, Germany naturally takes III,
lead with 81 per cent Of the total num-
Der OF vessels, and IS per cent OF the
tonnage; England has about 9 Ger
cent, which is an increase over the
preceding year. Denmark and Sweden
have respectively SO and ST per cent
showing a slight diminution. Rus
STA, whose proportion was 2.54 Der
cent In 1878, has now 2.29. From a
financial point Of view. the situation
Is considerably better than for the
preceding period. the deficit being but
sos, 900 against $245. ZOO. The receipts
have increased about 26 per cent and
the expenses diminished 9 per cent
The report brings out the fact that as
the Kiel canal has been constructed
mainly from a strategic point OF view
1t is not to be expected that it will
give any considerable profit; never
theless, the constant increase in the
revenue leads one to expect that the
receipts may in time come to equal
and even exceed the expense Of main
tenance.
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Government By syndicatss.

The Philippine Lumber Company,
backed by Mark Hanna and managed
by Congressman Hull and his son, the
latter q federal ONCE holder, has or
gained syndicate to control the tim
Der industry Of the Philippine Islands.
II Is proposed to compel all independ-
emit shippers Of Philippine hard woods
to get out OF the game. This win cas-
lly be done by using the military gov
eminent at Manila II viii not be a
iifacult task for Hanna and his asso-
ciates to quickly suppress all COM
petition In their new field they in
tend to have no rivals. The plan for
lorming this new Hanna industry has
been under way for months. Il Is pro-
)osed to employ Filipino and cooley
labor, thus the interest Of the Amer
can workingmen win be taken care
Of by the trust II may be added that
Mr.. Hull, besides being a member Of
Congress Is also vice chairman OF the
Republican National Congressional
committee.
Speaking OF the new venture Con-
gressman Hull said: "our capital stock
> three million dollars authorized. but
I has been necessary to pay IN one.
hundred thousand dollars. We scheme
TO get hold Of very valuable hardwood
lumber and gutta percha forests. The
cheme ID the same for hardwood lum-
Der that was followed In the north
west, In Michigan. Wisconsin and Mn
lesotA Already ne have titles to
property from men who have had them
n their families tpr over zoo years,
ad Ne wont need ? government con
,essiop-"
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PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Prspsr Dsvslopneat Of school Training
by Exercises.

ProPsr Developments Of school Training
by Exercises.
In the training Of the child he is not
10 be regarded as little man, but as
IN spitome Of the race. His mental at
tributes are. lie expressed In con-
acio1sness, affection, viii, and intel
lsct; and As these attributes have de-
Fsloped In the order Of their evolution
through the damages Of the childhood
Of the race. 30 they develop In the
child. There Ii first life. shown In &C
ttvity; then the Instincts of emotion
are developed; then the power Of
choice. Of decision; and finally the rea-
soning powers. The history Of the
arts show the same order Of evolution.
The first period was that Of life, the
whole; the next step was attraction.
the striving after effect through the
parts Of the whole; then the win exer-
cissd the power Of selection, and show
Cd the use Of the parts 10 The whols;
and. finally. the intellect perceived the
relation Of the parts to ONE another.
and the suggestive period was reached
Physical culture must be based upon
these natural laws of evolution. Hence
the exercises Of each lesson are divided
into four parts. which expresses the
four attributes Of the mind, and CORE
spond 70 the four periods Of develop
msnt In Art. The first part, which cor
responds 10 the colossal period In art,
n exercise Of whole body; Il includes
position and posing. The second. which
corresponds to the effective period, Ii
exercise Of the parts; It includes move
ments for the feet and legs, hands and
arms, trunk and neck. The third, which
cozresponds TO the realistic period, Is
exercise OF the parts with special ref
cranes 70 their effect upon the whole:
4 incluAes reaching, respiratory, and
arm swinging movements. The fourth,
which corresponds to thu suggestive
period. b the exercise Of the parts with
reference to their effect upon ons an
other; It includes floating movements.
This arrangement follows also the
wsll-known law that al exercise must
proceed from gentle TO strong, and
tron strong back to less vigorous
novenent-Wemsrt Magazine.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

Following are extracts from four
Of the leading newspapers Of Massa-
chusetts In reference to Bryan's great
speech At Indianapolis. One Of these
journals has a larger circulation than
any other paper in New England. We
believe that every one OF these papers
opposed Mr.. Bryan in 1886.
A Revelation.
Mr.. Bryan's speech of acceptance at
Indianapolis is as great q revelation to
his opponents as it is a source Of Joy
to his friends. 1t Is unquestionably the
most statesmanlike address that has
been made in recent years by a presi-
Dental candidate. II is devoted in its
entirety to a discussion OF imperial
ism, which by the very force Of this
speech would be made the issue Of this
campaign IL 4 had not already been
such The tremendous subject is pur-
sued to its utmost ramifications and
the argument and its deductions are in
every respect sound and logical
There is no resort to invective and
little reliance is placed upon mere ora
torial effect. The speech is that OF
man thoroughly in earnest and SINGER
tty shines in every sentence. We be-
lieye that the arguments advanced
against the imperia.isiic policy OF the
Republican party cannot be. SO cSc-
troverted as to carry conviction to any
unbiased mind. Mr.. Bryan has taken
up Republican claims one after another
and with calm but earnest reasoning
has torn them into shreds and flung
them, valueless. behind him.
No adequate idea OF the strength and
compass OF the mastery address can
be given In editorial limits. II is one
Of the greatest and most statesmanlike
utterances Of our history. II estab-
fishes the paramount issue OF the cam
paign and proves that Americans today
stand at the parting Of the ways. We
must either cling TO the honored tradI-
tons Of our forefathers, to the consti-
tuition and the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence, or We must follow the imperi-
alistic policy to its inevitable conclu-
sion-to militarism and high taxation
at home and to dominating oppression
abroad. There is no alternatiye.-Bos-
ton Traveller.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08
ARTHuR.s POKER GAME.
Whns Prs.idsns Il IN Loalzv1n. II.
Courts Flokls Fortuns.

Whfi8 President u IN Louisv1ns LIE
Courts Flokls Fortune.
The marriage OF Chester Alan Ar
thur. son of the late President Arthur,
to Mrs, Andrews. at vevsy, recalls an
interesting affair In which his father
participated while officiating at an ex-
position In this country, and which has
hitherto escaped publication. Aug. 1.
1888. witnessed the opening Of the ex-
position At Louisville. and the central
agure was President Arthur. Upon
bis arrival ON the soil Of Kentucky the
president was met by the then COVER
nor Of the state. Luke B. Blackburn,
and IN response to 4 speech of welcome
By him the president made q gracious
reply. The train then sped onward
through the state until Louisville was
reached. Here the president was met
By q delegation of prominent men Of
the city. headed by the mayor, Charles
D. Jacob. At night banquet was ten
dered TO the distinguished guest at the
Ganit house. at which he was called
upon to respond to q toast. Al about
IL p. m the president, accompanied by
the committee appointed to look after
his comfort while In Louisville, start
ed for the suite Of rooms which had
been set aside for him at the Gault
house, and after a chat of about half
an hour with the members Of the oom-
mittee, which comprised some Of the
prominent men In Louisville's affairs,
excused himself and retired. After
the president had withdrawn one OF
the committee suggested that the party
while away q couple Of hours with .
game Of poker. No dissenting voice
being raised. the cards and chips were
brought forth and the game was on.
For a solid hour or more nothing could
be heard but the blinking Of the chips
and the subdued voices OF the players
az the bets were made. When the game
was at Its height, and the eyes and
the ears Of the players were so intent
~ fixed upon the cards and the bet
ting as 70 be totally oblivious to their
surroundings. a tall figure clad in q
white night robe appeared from behind
the portieres Of a communicating room.
and, coming up behind one Of the
players. gently tapped him on the
shoulder. To the establishment Of this
player. upon looking up he beheld by
his side the president OF the United
States. The president said he had
been lying In bed since the game be-
gan, listening to the rafting Of the
chips and the betting. which was go
ing on In the adjoining room, and,
though tired. he could not persuade
himself to 90 to sleep until he had
taken q hand In the game. With one
voice the committee extended an invi-
tatton to the president 30 take a seat
at the table and Join In the game.
which he did. Louisville today has
the distinction Of having once had g
president Of the United States while
its guest playing a game Of poker with |
some Of It's leading citizens in his |
night robe.-New York Herald.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

February IA. 1904, viii mark the
centennial Of the day when John Mar
shall Of Virginia, the first Caief Justice
Of the United States, took his seat
upon the supreme bench. II is to be
commemorated at the initiative OF the
bar association Of the District OF Co.
lumbia. with the help Of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, and ex-Attorney-
General Wayne Mscyeagh has been
chosen to deliver the Grafton.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

A trade journa! estimates the Ameri-
can output" Of bicycles for the past
year at about eight hundred and fifty
thousand wheels. More than one hun.
dred thousand were reserved for home
consumption. Yet the bicycle is now
no novelty. 1t looks as II the people
who have supposed and declared that
wheeling was merely a temporary fad
would have to own themselves beaten,
and aim their dismal predictions at the
motor cycle and automobile.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

The Milne-Asto- episode oIes na-d.
The finale must be wholly satisfactory
to Captain Sir Berkeley Milne-his
nomination by the Admiralty as one Of
three officers sent to represent the roy
al navy at the funeral Of the Duke of
Coburg. The selection of Sir Berke-
ley was intended as a demonstration
and It was due 20 a suggestion made
by Q royal parsonage.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

Mrs. Laura A. Alderman owns the
largest orchard in South Dakota. Ae-
cording to W. n. Irwin. chief OF the
division OF pomology Of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture in Washington,
she has near Harley, Turner county,
$50 acres. in which are 5000 tress, two
acres being given over to plums. Be-
sides the trees there are 1000 currant
bushes. 1000 gooseberry bushes, 5)o
grape vines and three acres Of straw.
berries.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

me influence which . single person
may exert is admirably illustrated In
the case Of an Indian girl. who in 1871
was carried TO Hampton wrapped in q
blanket One Of her nrst acts was to
steal q watermelon. q bit Of which she
Immediately offered to the sun god a
PRECIPITATION. For the past four years,
however. this refined and charming
young woman has served e United
atatss nsid metron among her own
tfiba She travels ebout IN q buggy.
carrying wash tub, Wrineer ana
soaD. tssehine squaw after sQaaW how
% wash. iron and cook, not % hush
lie 6lby 20 sleep With strong coffea.
Ron . hea1 Weak eyes ana other dis-,
sEs11 common among her people. IN,
ne plstnresqne 1anensgs u ksf tribe
Annis Dawson leaves . tran o. iiekts
llnln1 AcE.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08
Bold and Aggressive.

The presidential campaign Of 1900
was opened boldly and aggressively by
Mr.. Bryan In his speech of acceptance
Of the Democratic nomination at In
dianApolis, yesterday. The occasion
yas one Of much interest. not only By
reason Of the impressive formalities of
the proceedings. and the great enthu-
siasm OF the large assemblage, but be-
cause the utterances OF the candidate
nxed definitely the paramount issue of
the campaign which the party In power
has done its best 70 belIttle and cover
NJ. ----...
( Mr.. Bryan makes his stand sQuarely
on the issue Of republic or empire. In
Als speech Of acceptance the minor and
contingent questions Of public policy
With which this election g CONCERNED
% not receive confederation. The SOL
smn duty Of the people in the preser-
walton Of the principles Of our govern
meat overshadovs everything else NJ
tlas crisis. II IL q question of national
itfs or national deeadence, ana on this
lins the great struggls n to be xased
NJ Mckinley has taken MP, With his
party. the position Of defense. Mr.
Bean opens the attack With yisor.
Ths issue 81 impsrialisn q diseusssd
in Mr.. Rryan's speech thoroughly, With
entirs Ahness. With great force and In
sptrt Of high patriotism It1sare-
afdrssl. rankins perhaps
htgher than any q its authors pre-
vfo1s efforts. IN that rAetorie e held
Ihreughost snborainkEs 20 loEic, ana
1r1iliancy a sEsoE 20 eonxineinE
'insasfA - statsnsut his n aHarsss
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

The foreman Of a ranch in Calitor-
mia declares that rural free delivery is
worth thousand dollars a year 10 him
personally, because it keeps the hands
at home. This suggests one reason
why the service should be extended.
Restless boys will be less anxious to
80 to the city, when every day the post
man brings the best Of the city to
them.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

Gen. John Watts dePeyster. who de-
clares that the earth Is fixed In space
and who laughs at those who hold
20 the Copernican theory Of the solar
system. Is one Of the most distin-
guished veterans Of the Civil war and
Eas formerly a military expert Of In
ternational fame. In his old sge-he
IL now 79-he has turned his atten-
ton to astronomy. and has just trans
lated q lecture Of Berlin professor.
Prof. Schoepffer. who proves 20 the
generals satisfaction that Kepler,
NeEten, Copernicns and all their fol-
lowers are in gross error when they
assert that the earth moves around the
sun or upon its own axis. q
The broad ax., 1900-09-08
a Ren.ar a. no..h,..d.

CAildren are occasionally troubled
win bleeding At the nose. and In some
instances this becomes quite alarm
Inc. especially when al known rene
dee tsi and the weakening Gov stilI
eontinnss. and "a this Instance. a. In
many otAGS ne bent rsnsdy q one
Of ths applest that could De tried
q eelshr1ted phEsieian has claimed In
GO Of his lectures that thu best rem
elT bA Vigorous motion Of he laws.
e = he - e chewing. In he ease
e . child hs rsesnmsAds DIVING .
~ g psp9 - sksH. e a. rand
WsfAlnss q ths lava saops shs Sow
e 1,so1 % sss p.H.s-
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

The average velocity Of cirrus clouds
b about 50 miles an hour, while in
winter they have sometimes been
known to travel at the rate Of $50
miles an hour.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

It is announced that Prof Charles
Eliot Norton and the other literary ex-
eeutors Of John Ruskin have deter
mined not to issue biography Of the
art critic. considering his "Praeterita"
and Collingwood's biography sufficient
But the executors VIII issue represent
alive selections from Mr.. Ruskin's
diaries and letters.
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

which esfss condensation. 30 compact
10 Its argument 30 close knit its prem
Ises and conclusions II is a speech that
carries conviction and that impresses
the reader. as II manifestly Impressed
those Who heard Il. with the entire sin
cerity Of the man.-Bcston Post
The broad ax., 1900-09-08

When the active service section Of
the Royal Berks volunteers left Mai
denhead recently on their way to the
front, each man was presented with
Q sovereign by Colonel Boxall, with
injunctions to spend the same at Pre-
toria.