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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-11

Walter C. Allen. the Electrical Engineer.
yesterday recommended to the Commits
sioners that Henry NJ. Madert, assistant
telephone operator at s1.25 per diem, be
appointed telephone operator at $500 per
annnm. vice S. w. Maddux. resigned. Mr..
Alien also recommended that E. b. Smith
be appointed assistant telephone operator
at slips a day. vice Madert. promoted.
Both appointments are TO take effect as
coon as approved by the Commissioners.
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Roosevelt believes that there is fusion
between Providence and the Hannaites.
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Mr.. Marley, of Maine, would make a
good claim agent.
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The Rochester Herald is of opinion
that as long as Andrew Carnegie is able
to make s2l 100000 year out of Repub-
iican Legislation he isn't likely to vote any
ether way
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-12
Dogs Shook the Tree.

A gentleman who lives in the suburbs
has fine persimmon tree in his yard,
which this year bore very large crop.
The members of his family are exceed
ingly fond of the fruit and look forward
with many happy expectations to the
time when the frost will fall each year
and put the finishing touches to the
crop. "The other day." said the gen.
tleman, 81 visited the tree, which is a
good distance from the house, and found
that some one had been there and taken
plentiful supply away. The grass
around the tree was trampled down as
if regiment had been camped out un-
der it. Surprising that tramps had got
into the grounds, determined to watch
the next night to apprehend them if
the trick should be repeated. Going out
to the tree after dark, found, instead
of tramps, about a hundred dogs. The
dogs would jump at the trunk of the
tree in a body, and by that means shake
off a quantity of the overripe fruit,
which they devoured with avidity. It is
the first time ever heard of dogs eat
ing persimmons, and I enjoyed the sight
so much that refrained from shooting
into them."-Memphis Scimitar.
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I was, nd possessed Of excellent seif-

was, and possessed ofexcellent seff-
confidence, I knew that it would be
several years before could earn s., 900
per annum practicing medicine; so I
concluded to remain here another year
and save up at least another thousand
dollars before giving up my comfortable
office. In the meantime put up sign
and began to attend those who called
for my services at night. Then it was
that I became a regular Sundowner.
That is what I am to-day, and that I
shall always remain"
This man, who is now past so years of
age, has managed to accumulate for
tune of about $4,000 and family of
seven children. He will never practice
medicine as he originally intended to
do. But the average Sundowner never
accumulates anything. There are
thousands of men of this class in WASH
ingfon, but they do not amount to
much. They do not even interfere with
the incomes of the regular practition-
ers, because those who call upon them
for services at night are the very poor
people, who cannot afford to pay the
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A hundred bales of cotton were re-
Gently loaded into box car "a feet
long, having a capacity of $4,000
pounds. The cotton was packed SO
tightly that there was space to put in
five more bales.
According to the Engineering and
Mining Journal, the value of the inn
ports of precious stones at the port of
New York in the month of October,
1899, was $1,233,74s; of this amount,
$$S2S, 594 were uncut.
The first use of Niagara power was as
long ago as 1928, when the French
erected a sawmill near the site of the
present factory of the Pittsburgh Re
duction company. 1t was used for the
purpose of supplying sawed lumber for
Fort Niagara.
+ The smoke nuisance represents loss
of four or five million pounds sterling
per annum in London alone, says the
Builder, and no one can estimate the
human suffering it entails by shutting
out the invigorating sunshine and by
poisoning the air.
According to the Railway Review, the
Toxic Card and Pasteboard company, of
Japan, is now experimenting with
pasteboard as a substitute for roofing
shingles. 1t is said that shingles from
this material can be produced at cost
about so per cent. cheaper than that of
the wooden article. The pasteboard is
made of the desired thickness and
tarred to prevent the material being af-
fected by the weather.
The state geologist of Indiana, Prof.
Blachley, reports that the supply of
natural gas in the state is decreasing
constantly, and that the end of its use
for manufacturing purposes will soon
be at hand. He suggests that factories
in the gas fields can use petroleum in
liquid form, can make petroleum gas,
can ship coal from the Indiana field or
manufacture gas in the coal field, and
force it to their furnaces.
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SHIPS OF SAME NAME.
The Yankee Kentucky and the DAM
tsh Kentucky Greet Each Other
in New York HarbOr.

Two ships bearing the same name
greeted each other the other morn
ing. The Yankee Kentucky was an
chored at Tompkinsville, Staten island,
when the Danish Kentucky came in
from Copenhagen. The American bat
tleship was preparing to go to sea on
it's trial trip off Cape Ann. Somebody
on the warship noticed the name
kentucky" on the bluff bow of the
newcomer, and then saw the white
cross on the red body floating over the
taffrail. With spontaneity that
must have made the staid Danes open
their eyes in wonder, the crew of the
American battleship broke out with
cheer. It was the first time that the
two had met, and will probably be the
last. The crew of the merchantmen
Kentucky responded to the cheers of
the blue jackets. The visitor belongs
to the class of poor old cargo boats
of which Kipling has sung:
"Thc man-of-war's 'er husband
And he's always handy by:
But. all, the poor old cargo boat
She's got to load or die"
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Post once on the High Seas.

An unusual incident happened on
che homeward voyage of the Castle
liner Carisbrook Castle, which brought
the last mail from the Cape, not long
ago. The English letters not having
arrived before the Lismore Castle
sailed from Cape Town for home, the
captain of the Carisbrook Castle, which
was to sail the following day, good-na-
turedly undertook to deliver the letters
to the disappointed passengers of the
Lismore Castle on the high seas. Over
taking her on the ocean, the letters
were inclosed in tin box and soldered
up. This was then put into a flour bar
rel with a pole attached flying red
flag, and, having passed the Lismore
Castle and got well ahead of her, the
barrel was dropped overheard, the cap
tain at the same time hosting a signal
which had been prearranged. The Lis
more Castle, coming up on her course,
in due time picked up the barrel, and
tho passengers received their anxi JUS
Iy-awaited news from home.-N. Y.
Journal.
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QUEER LOT OF MEN.
To Be Found In No Other American
City But Washington.
Those Familiar with Their Ways Call
Them "Sundowners"-The Are
Victims of COwardice and
Self.Indulgence.
fspectal washington letter.


This is the story of 'The SHUTDOWN
err" and it has never before been told.
Probably no other city in the world
certainly no other city in this country
has such a goodly number of these
people as can be found in our national
capital.
Scholars tell us that all discussion
should be preceded by definition; and
that many great debates have been
caused by lack of understanding OF
terms on the part of those in dispute.
Therefore, the learned men tell us,
every term should be properly defined
by a public speaker or writer, in order
that the listener or reader may the bet
ter apprehend what is. intended to be
conveyed.
Well, "a Sundowner" is a man who
practices profession in this city after
the working hours of the day have
passed away, and when men in the
learned professions have laid aside their
books, their papers, their clients and
patients, and dismissed them from their
minds. "a Sundowner goes to work
when other men have ceased their daily
labors and endeavors. "a Sundowner"
is liable to work long after shutdown;
probably until midnight, or even later.
It is because he practices his profession
after shutdown that he is called Sum
downer.
These people work all day; that is,
from nine o'clock in the morning until
four o'clock in the afternoon. One Of
this class this evening told his story, in
brief, and it was as follows: Il came
to Washington to stay three years, and
have stayed just q years too long. I
have been here for 30'years. I came
here and was appointed to clerkship,
solely for the purpose of having good
living, while I studied medicine. l
worked faithfully in my office all day
and studied medicine at night. All of
the medical colleges here have their
hours so arranged as to accommodate
government clerks, and lectures are
given at night. Three happy years went
by, and was graduated. Iwell remem-
Der how anxious was for graduation
day to come, and how I daily pictured
to myself the roseate future when I
should become a great hysician or sur
geon, with patients too numerous for
my time and attention. l had visions
of house of my own, an office in my
own house, family growing up about
swelling.
''Well, the happy day came and re-
ceived my diploma. l had it framed,
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IN OUR OWN LAND.

North Haven, Me-, has 125-year-old
apple tree.
Baltimore claims the largest negro
population Of any city in the world.
Milwaukee is to have q new museum
Of Spanish-American and revolutionary
war relics, under the auspices of the
Milwaukee Monument association.
Cleveland has one policeman to every
LOTS of the population, while Boston
has one to every 535 persons. and Buff
talo one to every $50.
All New York city contractors wish
Ing permits for blasting will have to
make application to a board of exam
liners first. and then send the man who
must pass the examination, which Is to
be q practical one.
e. E. Davis. Of Montpelier. VT. has
had a safe in his store for some time
past which has defied experts to open.
One night lately Mr.. Davis dreamed
how one should proceed in order to open
the safe. and the next morning he put
The instructions Of his dream into prac-
ice. He easily opened the safe.
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APHORISMS

A wise man will make more oPpor'
tunities than he finds.-Bacon.
Be ignorance thy choice where knowl'
edge leads to woe.-Beattie.
Adversely borrows its sharpest sting
from our impatience.-Bishop Horne.
It is a poor wit who lives by borrow
ing the words, decisions. mien, inven-
tons and actions of others.-Lavater.
Think of the Ills from which you are
exempt, and it will aid you to bear pa
tiently those which you may now suffer.
Cecil.
What an absurd thing 1t II to pass
over the valuable parts of man, and fix
our attention on his infirmities.-Addi-
son.
1t Is impossible that an illInatured
man can have a public spirit; for how
should he love ten thousand men who
has never loved one.-Pope.
The golden moments in the stream Of
life rush past us, and we see nothing
but sand; the angels come to visit us,
and we only know them when they are
gone.-George Eliot.
To be idle and to be poor have always
been reproaches, and therefore every
man endeavors with his utmost care to
hide his poverty from others, and his
tdleness from himself.-Johnson.
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RfTs OF PERSONALITY.

Nearly every member Of the Russian
imperial family rides a bicycle.
An artist of note il ]. +. Herring, OF
london. His speciality il animal life.
He began his career as q sign painte
and at one time was driver Of . stage
coach.
The father Of Augustus St. Gauden.,
the sculptor. was 4 shoemaker in New
York. The son went to work for 4
cameo cutter when he was only IL years
old.
Gov. Stone, of Pennsylvania. Is Of the
opinion. and expresses it frankly and
openly. that every husband should deed
to his wife the homestead, she being
the queen Of the home and entitled to it.
James Lloyd. q prosperous citizen of
Troup county. Ca. was photographed
the other day in the midst of group of
his children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. numbering 81. Seven
grandchildren were unable to be pres
ent at the family reunion.
The father of Count Witte, the great
Russian minister of finance, was peas
ant. Count White owes his success en-
tirely to his own efforts. When he was
a telegr:pher he refused, on his own re-
sponsibility. to send certain orders for
the transportation Of troops. knowing
that If they should be carried out a
great disaster would follow. The pres
ident Of the road was SO pleased with
him that he made him his private Sec
rotary. from which place Witte rose
rapidly.
Secretary of the Navy Long is known
as the green-bag member Of the cabi-
net. This comes from a habit he &C.
quired when a Massachusetts, lawyer.
He always carried his legal papers to
court in a green bag, the shape of a
woman's shopping bag. with tuck
string in the opening. The other mem
bers of the cabinet carry their docu-
ments to the white house in black port
folios.
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clans, and very often they do not pay
the Sundowners anything at all.
But you must not suppose that all
of these people are physicians. There
are also lawyers and theologians by the
hundreds, who belong to the same class.
The young men who have graduated in
law have become briefmakers for law
yers, and they make extra money at
night doing Office drudgery until their
eyes are dim1ned with overwork by arti-
fetal light. The poor theologians, how
ever, never have the courage to go forth
and preach the Gospel which they know
so well.N But they make good Sunday
school teachers, and therefore it is that
some of the Sunday schools in this city
have such superior teachers. They are
men of education and ability, but they
lack nerve, and faith, and courage. Be-
sides, life in government Office is very
easy and attractive, and it takes lots
of ambition to induce any man to give
up such position. Therefore it is that
Sundowners multiply year by year I'M
til their name is legion.
But these useful Sundowners are in
a minority. The large majority of
those who have thus begun life, and
then surrender their hopes and ambi-
tons to ease, are worthless to the COM
munity, so far as the utilization of their
education is concerned. The large ma
jority of them soon cease trying to
practice their professions after sun
down, and begin to practice before the
bars of saloons; or else they spend
their evenings in public places of
amusement or in social entertainments.
Consequently the real practitioners are
SO comparatively few that they do not
interfere with the work and income Of
the regular members of the learned as
sociations.
There is moral to this narration of
real life in Washington which the read
er may infer even better than the
writer can depict. While it is true that
there is probably no city in the land
which has such educational advantages
for young men as may be found here,
the ambitious students should not
make Office holding a prerequisite.
Their parents and friends should urge
der any circumstances, but stick to
their studies and get into actual prac-
tice as soon as possible after having
been graduated.
OF course, here and there in the land
there may be Henry Clay. or an
Abraham Lincoln, or Garfield seeking
education, who might be advantaged
by government employment during his
educational period. But such excep.
tons to the rule are so rare that every
father should be absolutely certain
that his son is of that class before he
permits him to be buried lin govern,
ment office, only to waste his life away.
Probably no class of educated people
on earth have a more complete appre-
citation of the fact that youth is blum
der, mature manhood a struggle. and
old age a regret than these Shutdown
ers. SMITH. D. FRY.
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and it is still in the original frame. It
authorized me to practice medicine.
Success and wealth were in my grasp.
Very soon should step forth into the
world and make a reputation for myself
which would rival that of all physicians
of the past. I had studied diligently
and faithfully. had become an expert
with the scalpel and had been compli-
mented by the professors, some of
whom seemed to really believe with me
that I would become a famous surgeon.
"But here am with nothing but that
old diploma to show for my years of
eager, hopeful, ambitious, youthful en-
deavor. Do you know why? Because
hesitated, and was lost in the maelstrom
of failure which characterizes the lives
Of so many hundreds who come to Wash
ington and hold government Office. l
am one of common class. 1 am Sun
downer, and always shall be.
In the first place, / .hesitated to go
into the world without some money to
back me. I concluded to remain in
Washington one year longer, save my
money, and then go back home to In
diana with enough on hand to keep me
comfortably at least a year, while 1 was
building up practice and letting the
people become accustomed to seeing my
sign hanging over my Office door. The
first year passed, and had saved $500.
That was not enough, of course, so I
concluded to wait another year. At the
end of the second year had saved up
altogether $3.50. That was enough for
my original purpose. But just then
something happened. I was promoted
from an original clerkship of 81 900 per
annum, through the various grades, I'M
ill, just when 1 was getting ready to go
forth upon my well intended mission, 1
was promoted to s.. geo per annum.
~Young and hopeful and ambitious as
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The magnificent armored trains used By
port her troops, protect bridges and tele.
graphic communications in about the same
way that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters drives
dyspepsia from the human stomach and then
mounts guard that it does not return. The
Bitters has won in every case of indigestion,
past fifty years. It is invaluable at all times.
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Equality Of the sexes.

Woman certainly stands at last upon .
footing more nearly equal with that of man.
For instance, she may no longer gain entres
into the column of the purely literary mag.
azines by merely numbering somebody, but
has, as has her brother. to 60 in search Of
the north pole, or to ride many consecutive
centuries upon bicycle. etc.-Boston jour
nal,
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Absolute CEREBRAL Exhau.tion,

Absolute Cerebral Exhausti0n.
Chariey-Pm going to give that bwil-
liant actress I had to dinnah the othaw
night a pwesent. What would you sug-
gest?
Geowge-Bwiliants, Of course.-Jev-
elGs' Weekly.
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SupeF1u0uD.

The Senior Partner-Now, young
man, if take you into business with me
I don't want you to try to marry my
daughter.
The Young Man-No. sir. 1t won't be
necessary then.-Town Topics.
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Impossible-'Tn this third act" said the
stage manager, "you must show that you
are violently in love with the heiress.'"
"How can L." walled the walking gent,
"when know that she is drawing ten doh
lars less than m?"-Philadelphia North
American.
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Mr.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is the name
of a foreigner who has recently located in
this city. The other morning neighbor
passing BY him in = hurry said: Good 3;1
nod mention your name; Pm shortness of
breathe dis mornin' ."-Joliet Ill.l Star.
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Used
7wenty Years

We do not know Of any other
hair preparation that has been
used in one family for twenty
years. do you?
But Ayers Hair Vigor has
been restoring color to gray hair
for fifty years. and It never
fails to do this work. eithef.
You can rely, upon it. foe
stopping your h,ir from falling
out. for keeping your scalp
clean and healthy. and for max
ing the hair grow rich and long.
Sl.oo bottle. All drussists.
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My Hair
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Il have used your Hair
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THE TURF,
Grand Circuit Races.

The grand circuit trotting meeting opened
al columbus. Ohio. yesterday. Owing to a
heavy rain during the night the track
was slow, but the weather was clear. The
nrst two races aroused no excitement. In
the ~ trot. Lord Derby was almost a
prohloitiVe favorite. and though he lost
the nrst heat on account of a bad start,
ne won the race in consecutive heats with
out being hard pushed.
Georgianna was picked to win the PIP
trot, and she did not disappoint her back
ers' though she made a bad showing In the
first heat
The only real excitement of the day was
furnished by the 2:16 pace, which was
postponed after four heats, two of which
were taken by the favorite, Annie Thorn
ton The Admiral proved to be the sensa-
tlonal performer in this race He took
the first heat almost in q walk In the
second he got away nicely, but broke In
the first quarter and dropped back several