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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
W oman and War.

We women teach our little sons how wrong
And how ignoblo blows are; school aud church
Support our precepts. and inoculate
The growing minds with thoughts Of love and
peace
let dogs delight to bark and bite. we say;
But human beings with immortal souls
Must rise above the methods of the brute
And walk with reason and with self-control
And then-dear Cod you men. you wise. strong
men.
Our self-annOunced suDeriors in brain.
Our peers in judgment. you go forth to war!
on leap at one another mutilate
And staTve and kill your fellOw-men, and ask
The worlds applause for such heroic deeds
on boast and strut: and if song is sung,
No laudatory epic writ in blood.
Telling how many widows you have made,
Why then, pcrforce, you say bards arc dead
And inspiration sleeps to wake no more.
And we the women. We whose lives you are
What can We do but sit in silent homes
And wait and suffer? Not for Us the bIare
OF trumpets and the bugle's call TO
For US waving banners. no supreme,
Triumphant hour Of conquest. Ours the slow
Dread torture Of uncertainty. each day
The bottles hattie with the same despair.
And when at best your victories reach our ears,
There reaches with them to our plying hearts
The thought Of countless homes made desolate
And other women weeping iof their dead
o men. wise men, superior beings, say,
is there no substitute for war in this
Great age and era? II you answer NO"
Then let rear children to be wolves
And teach them from the cradle how to kill.
In talking peace, when men declare for war;
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
CURRENT VERSE.


Gray threads are caught within the forest bloom
A-slsHtwise. shuttled by the April breeze;
A fog Of buds and rain .uuraveled bloom
Is set sdrift between the antiered trees;
And leaf-bud shesthings, closed an hour age,
The edges Of their satin Innings show.
The rain-threads break in little golden ends,
And opals. all a-quiyer in the air,
Hang scintillant, as slipping sunshine SENDS
rainbow here, a needle glimmer there
An uptossed head Of fragrance dimy white.
The wild plum glistens in the heecy light
The wet, rough rocks, with lchen-laces rimmed
shine family green, along the slanted gladcsi
The curled brown fungus-cups are even brimmed
With rain. that steals their dusk and orange
shades
And darkles in each hallowed velvet bell
To the DIM softness VI fairy's we'll.
A crab trees branches. sharp with thorny spears.
A-sudden, turn to wands Of dripping pink
shaking from bud tips Aprirs ieWcl-tears,
That start the birdstoot pansies where they
sink.
And subtle balms are trailcd through every
lane,
From woodlands wet and sweet with April rain.
Hattie Whitney in Truth
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
A Valuable Reference Book.

THE International Geography" edited
by Hugh Robert Mill. is a treasure house
Of information which will be simply inval-
liable to students. teachers, and others In
need Of such book of reference. The
book contains articles by no less than sew
enty different authors. Gu the principles OF
geography and the various continents and
countries Of the earth, and comprises infor-
nation OF every possible description on the
physical features, inhabitants, history,
products. etc, Of these countries, put into
a wonderfully compact and convenient
form The book is large, but not bulky.
and the contents so well arranged that the
work is really as useful within its scope
as a large encyclopedia, although OF course
it does not deal with as many subjects.
Among the authors are such men as A. J.
Baines. c. s. J., James Bryce. Or. 4. NJ
Downing, Director Of the Nautical Alma
nae; Prof Bella Erodi. President of the
Hungarian Geographical Society; Sir II. II.
Johnston. Administrator Of Uganda. end
Dr. Nansen, each OF whom writes on the
subject with which he is peculiarly quail
fed to deal. Prof. w. ". Davis. OF Har-
ward University, deals with the United
States to which less attention is given. in
proportion to its size and importance. than
to the British Empire This, however. is
natural. since the book is intended for cir
cuIation in the United Kingdom.
The completeness Of the information NAV
be partfaUv estimated from a paragraph in
the letter sent to the contributors giving
the form in which essays on different coun-
tries were to be written;
tlFSt. me general conservation Of the country
as "noie' inILuGiHs l,s river s5'',"i-' DIS GU
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

You lack romance ?-your minds all fret and fog.
In London, on this black midwinter day!
/ Make more house sunshine, with another log
On the warm hearth: then watch with me the
play
| OF blue and gold and purple tongues which leap
IN quick cdresscs 10 the new-ied wood.
| How eagerly they curl. how close they creep!
How passionate thc Zane is for its food!
| How willing seem the rugged blocks to Weld
Fiber and grain and sea CRIME 10 the flame,
How the pteh laughs and bubbles! seeing re-
vealed
Natures deep secret, that life comes, and came.
Now. and from old beginnings. forth from death.
mus these-which have been trees and spars
and ships
Give gladly back their cosmic stuff. their breath
OF chemic gases, that The Mothers lips
NAY si-s them to fresh being. ''Nsrest fancie,.''
You styie il? Yes, that's what these sea logs
Brimming with ilucies; by the ton romances
Shot In our cellar from the 5lillhank car:
Lock now the blue turns green; the gold grows
rutdy
While 'he li,he fire tongues lick the copper
stains
And taste the sheatfng rust. and where the
Was new gilt. and what ,ransom end remains
White with split nitrates; and that kelson heel.
soaked with Atlantic salt. thina these blocks
Are pleased into warm a port 10 steal
Out OF the chill waves, and the mists and rock,
out Of grim toll sea ,lush and savage weather
See il you trefai! did its business well
Where the maui sat IL. gripping close together
Plank and plank end, tho all tine devils Of Hell
Reared from the brine to break them And that
bolt
Mere shipyard iron, how it shoulders hard
Iu1g its place even now No kuaVe or d1lr
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
In the Netherlands.

THE American in Holland" by VII
liam Elliot Grifis, is quite we'll described
by the subtitle Sentimental Rambles In
the Eleven Provinces Of the Netherlands. q"
The author is evidently lover of the
Land Of windmiIls," and as a conse-
quence, his book is delightful.
Holland. with its tulips, its canal boats,
its delft, its wooden shod people. and its
cleanliness, is endlossly fascinating TO all
who love quaintness and picturesque beau
ty. There Is a charm in the very names
They suggest TO the American, comforta-
bic Dutch homes Of New Amsterdam, in
the days when the round and placid burgh-
ers, with their long pipes and beribboned
garments, sat gossping in the "Bouwerie. !"
Those days are past in this country, but
Holland is still, to the untrayeled Ameri-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
when You Hear the Robin Call.

You nav read it 'May" on the calendar,
You may fix YOUR heart on spring.
But until you hear the robins song
You viii find it no such thing!
For he s sure just when the snow fiess
And he knows springs secrets al.
You may be quite sure Z is May-time
When you hear the robin call
They II tell you the winter s ended
You win hear il everywhere
Just for a little sunshine
And a breath Of April air.
But YOU may be sure OF one thing:
AZ sure as that rain will fail,
Il is really, truly springtime
When you hear he robin call
Agnes Lewis Mitchill.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
LITERARY NOTES

The new interest in the Spanish Ian
guage and literature assures a specially
cordial welcome at this time to an English
version OF "SchilIings German Grammar -
This grammar is a textbook very well
known and widely used on the Continent
of Europe. In Germany it has gone through
a dozen editions, and it has been trans
lated into French and Italian.
This English version is prepared by
Frederick zagel. 1t is book OF about $50
pages, divided into fifty lessons. 1t is pub
lished by Cassell & Co, Of New York.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

Mr.. Charles Major sailed recently for
London to arrange for the English dra-
matte rights OF When Knighthood Was
in Flower" and also to obtain additional
material for a historical novel of English
life which he has had in preparation for
several years.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

Where did David Crockett def LII
lie died in the defence Of The Alamo
san Antonio. Texas, March 6. 1855.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
NOTES AND QUERIES.

How MANY wards are there in Chi lg07 ..
What is The mayors sslsryq {. {. A.
Thirty-four. ?. $4,000 a year.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

Among the flowers sent to John Rus
kins funeral was a wreath Of true Greek
laurel from G. +. Watts, r. A., with this
message from Mrs. Watts: 1T comes
from our garden. and has been cut before
three times onIy-for Tennyson, Leighton,
and BuTne Jones"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08
Good Friday. MDcxLv.

Surely, o Christ, upon this day,
Thou wilt have pity, even me!
Hold thou the hands Of Charnssy,
Or bid them clasp, remembering thee.
20 Christ thou knowest what it is
To strive with mighty, evil men;
Lean down from thy high cross. and kiss
My arms till they grow strong again.
Gas on that day drove him back
INTO Port Royal with his dead
Our cannon made the snowdrifts black.
But there, deem, the waves were red.
Yea. keep me, Christ, until La Tour
(Oh, the old days in old RoeheneD
CCmeth to end this towards war
And send his soul strsightway to hell"
That night one looking at the west
might say
That Just beyond the heights the naples Jared
Like scarlet banncrs-as they do in autumn
The sun went down with such imperial splentor
Near by, the air hung thick with Wrelthed smoke
And not quite Vet had silence touched the hills
cannon.
But now the veeliag wind had found the south
And led the following tide up no moon path
Calling the mists-white as the circIiuo GUILE
In from the outer rocks. Heavy with rain
The fog came in. and all her world grew DARK
Dark as the empty west.
Though one should stand
Drawing the while that God might bless her
| pom the seward cliff The long night through
ON such night this % moaning windD
! think that daun-if ds WI should ever break
Would only come to show dou void a thing
Is Earth. that might have been no less than
Heaven.
Yea. as IL was in France 30 long ago
" here the least path their feet might follow
The path Loves feet had troddcn but yester
hour.
Francis sherman, in the april Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

declares that the inhabitants Of the Orkney
Islands are OF Norwegian ancestry. not SCOTCH
IS this true and if SO, is there expauation2
c. o. +.
1t IS true: the Orkneys and the HebFides
were taken by Norwegians in S76, and
were formally annexed in 1O9S. In 1897
they were united to Denmark. When
James III married the daughter Of the
Danish King Christian /, the latter gave
the Islands as security for his daughters
d0wry. The dOwry was never paid. and
the islands were turned over to Scotland
in 1890 While held by Norway and DEN
mark all traces Of the primitive popula-
tiou disappeared.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

William Archer. whose sketches OF Amer
lean life and customs were recently pub
lished by Charles Scrhner's Sons. and
whose Notes on the American Stage" is
more or less eagerly awaited. has yolun-
teered for service in South Africa ana has
been enrolled In corps of shaFpshooters
that Is being formed in London. Quite re-
Gently he had in the columns Of the Morn
ing Leader of LONDON d rather remarkable
article. in which he said that were he a
poet he would write an ode TO Mr. Mauser.
the inventor OF the rifle which has been
doing such terrible execution among Brit
ish troops. II is almost a confession OF
faith. which in the light Of the authors
enrolment is a little curious. He closes
with the words: In short. | realized that
the idea Of England was to me nothing
but a many-faced jewel Of pride, whereof
no one fact could be dimmed but the 9th
ers must rale in sympathy. And this the
Mauser bullet taught me-"
THE Immortal Garlaud'is the title of a
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

VIVA. have become Of the seven Wonders Of
the W8sidt' j. G. :
The tomb OF MausOlus, King Of Caria.
built about $50 B. c.. was destroyed be-
fore 400 A. d. The third wonder, the
temple Of Diana at Ephesus, was built
So B. c.. and was destroyed 356 B. C. The
fourth wonder. the walls and terrace OF
Babylon. were erected about go B. c.; they
decayed gradually. after Babylon had ceased
TO be the CAPITOL Of the Assyrfan Empire.
The Colossus Of Rhodes, erected in 2SS 3.
C.. stood sixty-four years. was destroyed
by an earthquake. and lay ia ruins for
nearly 800 years. until Jew bought il ard
took il on 500 camels 20 Alexandria. The
statue Of ZeUs at Olympus was made 49,
433 b. C.. was removed to Cons tanEiaOpIe.
and was destroyed By fire 4s5 A. d. The
Pharos al Alexandria was built about 2SS
b C.. and was destroyed b. an earth
quake about l3o0-1ie0 A. d. The Great
Pyramid OF Egypt alone remains.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

writer in "Blackwood's" is weary Of
the adulation poured on eminent men by
some others who are rather anxious to
be heard than qualified to speak. He
says: The moral pathologist Of the fu-
ture will have much to say of the para
sites Of the nineteenth century. a long
chapter will be devoted to that we'll
known variety the Gladstonian Toady
Ex-senator locuplesl, and the cross-refer-
ences TO il in the index will be Place and
Peerage. But space will, nevertheless. be
found to do justice to the idiosyncrasy Of
the Toady OF Robert Browning and of the
Toady OF John Ruskip."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

On October %. 1871. Two hundred lives
were lost
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

In England. in 1875. Three years later
company was fully organized and ready
for business there. The first company
was organized in this country in 1868.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

In What year did tie Blautyre ezp'osion oceur
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

Who're vas accident insurance afst la51olucs.ll
II ID
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

Can YOU tell me anything Of the L0ugieow
Memorial Association Of this eity7 Who are the
officers or members Of the committee? L. n.
The Longfellow National Memorial As
ISOLATION was formed in this city about
two years ago. Its purpose is to erect a
statue TO Henry WadswOrth Longfellow
in the National Capital. The officers OF
the association are. President. Chief Jus
tice Fuller; Vice President. Senator HOar;
Secretary. Gen. a. W Greedy: Executive
Committee Alexander Mackay- Smith Adolf
plus W. Greedy. John 3. Henderson. S.
H. Kaufman. John Joy Edison. Lewis J.
Davis, Clifford PinchOt Brainard II. War
ner.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

The Immortal Garland"is the title of
new novel by J. Storer Clouston.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

What is The origin o. tbe expression ''Il5sos's
choice!' y. y 2.
It arose from a custom Of Tobias Hob
son. a stablekeeper Of Cambridge. Eng
land Though a number Of fine horses
were usually kept in his stalls his rule
was that every customer must take the
horse from the stall nearest the door.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

" 1IHN = ITTI UIITh fIITIs T. U u. d
The railroad is divided into sections,
with signal stations at each end. An ac-
cident within any section is signaled at
both that sections stations. In some sys-
tens men give the signals. in others the
warnings are given automatically by cleo
trical apparatus. By the absolute block
system only one train is permitted in one
section at a time but a variation OF this
permits a second train to enter. the sec
ton before the other has left il. warning
the second Of the others presence.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

Agu lack romance 3-your minds all fret and fog
In London, on this black midwinter davl
Make more mouse sunshine, with another log
On the warm hcarths then watch with me the
play
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

Why does Che church in computing forty DAYS
Of lent, omit an the sundays during Lcnt7 2.
How long has the church observed the Lenteu
regulations! J. An
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

They we're sixteen ordinances. passed in
1854. at Clarendon. Wiltshire. England. by
a council Of English barons and prelates.
Perhaps the most radical was that which
made the clergy subject to the common
law in criminal cases. When they were
sent 10 Pope Alexander III for ratification
he rejected them, but most Of the provi-
sions survived.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

Sundays are excluded because the Lords
Day is held to be a festival. rather than
fast day. The Greek Church makes II
forty eight days. 2. The forty days fast
was instituted in the early days OF Chris
tianity.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

When and where was Thanksgiving Day arst
observed in the United States? 2 Where and
when was The first free school established in this
country JR
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

The custom began in 1921. when Cover
nor Bradford. Of the Plymouth Colony. sp-
pointed day Of thanksgiving and prayer
after the colonists' first harvest. 2 The
first public school was established in New
Amsterdam in 1893.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-08

L Il a fact that there are sects who worship The
dcviis 5. L.
II is. The Yezidees. OF devil-worshipers.
OF Asiatic Turkey, are but one OF several
such orders. The faith Of the Yezidees is
described as a curious mixture Of Moham-
mechanism and a degenerate Christianity.
They respect the devil because they be-
lieve he will be restored to heaven, where
they will want him for a friend. They re-
we're the Old Testament. and care much
less for the New Testament and the Ko-
ran. There are 100000 Of them.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-17
The Boys Got In.

The late Dan Rice, the famous circus
man, was fond of boys and always
wanted to see lot OF them in his audi
ence. He never gave performance,
says the Cleveland Leader, when the
hooks and corners We're not filled with
youngsters who had come in free.
One story of this sort was told by
Captain George J. Grammer. At the
time of the occurrence Grammer, who
lived in GAINESVILLE, o., was standing
one afternoon with a crowd of other
boys looking longingly into the tent,
but not having the price of admission.
1t was Mr.. Rice's custom to stand at
the door until the first grand entry of
the circus people, when L. would
leave. On this occasion he saw the
hungry look Oh the faces of the boys
and called them around him. "You
want to go in, don't you, boysY'
"Bet your lfe!' shouted back the
youngsters.
I'll tell you what. All the boys who
are back here in ten minutes with clean
faces and hands get in"
The words were hardly out Of his
mouth before there was a dash for
the Muskingum river, and in less than
seven minutes 200 clean faces and
hands came back to the tent. The
boys went inside with a rush.
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A Salty Tale.

The old saying that the way to catch
q bird is to put salt on it's tail has been
verified by little Jimmy Below, who
lives in Naudain street. Jimmy was
sent by his grandmother for two bags
Of salt for some domestic operation
already in progress. After an hours
absence he returned in high state Of
excitement, crying, "Ive got the bird"
Sure enough, he had sparrow clutch
ed tightly in his fist. but where's
the salt?' asked his grandmother.
"Oh, the SALT" said Jimmy. why.
that's around the corner in the middle
of the street"
Investigation showed that the boy,
returning from his errand. saw some
sparrows on the car track. He opened
one bag and poured out the contents,
which the birds proceeded to investi-
gate. Then he threw the contents of
the other bag ON top of the sparrows,
submerging them sufficiently to cap
ture one before it could eXtricate itself
from the avalanche of salt.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-11-17

AS shell rushes through the air at
the rate of 1000 miles an hour it gets
heavily charged with electricity by
friction, says London Answers. 1t parts
with it to any good conductor it meets
on the way, doing terrible execution.
Passing in front of a British soldier, a
big shell gave him such a shock that
he instantly fell dead.
In one of our wars two officers, stand
ing side by side, saw a shell coming.
They stood apart, and it passed be-
tween them without touching either.
But one officer lost the sight of both
eyes, and the other instantly became
blind in one and soon lost the other
also.
In another battle a soldier had just
stopped to help fallen comrade when
a shell passed over his back. He fell
forward quite disabled. and for months
after he could not stand erect
A curious accident OF Il similar kind
happened to an American officer in the
Cuban war He was galloping across
the field when shell whirled past in
front Of him. His horse rolled over,
and he himself became unconscious.
On recovery he found that neither self
nor steed had been wounded, and he
knew that they had simply sustained
a severe electric shock.