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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-18

As dozen assorted lot
OF ladies drawers. chem
Use, skirts, and gowns,
nicely trimmed with en-
broidery and lace, and
well made, regular 75c
values, mill and 40.
factory sale price,. T1l
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Mill and Factory Sale Of COrSetS.

The new Straight Front Corset, in
drab, white, and black; well boned
and perfect fitting; actual ACC
value, 75c. ................... ~
One pair to
The Washington times., 1901-09-15
An Arkansas Snake story.

Whenever the dog days roll around
always think Of a snake story l heard in
Arkansas some years ago" said n gentle
man who lives in this city now, "and while
I will not vc'Ich for the accuracy of the
tale. 1t has 1 ONE part OF the history
of the country in which It was said to
have happened. Lee is the name of the
county. and the story developed about the
tire the county came Tito existence about
the time it was carved out OF sections of
st. Francis and Phillips counties. Crow
ley's Ridge, a chain OF nils which break
of at the foot of the OZarks and slope
down windingly through Arkansas until
they touch the Mississippi River at Old
Town. some distance below Helena, runs
through these counties. This chain of
hills passes through the centre of Lee
county. following the line of the st. Fran
els River. On top OF this ridge, at a very
high point, midway between Helena, in ST.
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FOR FoG-BoUND VESSELS.
A New Compass Card Indicating Sig
nails to Denote Direction.

The recent collision between the Oceanic
and the Kincora, which the great Ameri-
can liner ran down in thick weather, IL
lustrates yet again the deep need that ex-
lists for some generally known means
whereby one vessel overtaken by fog
might Indicate her course to others
Years ago Captain Purdy. or the ocean
Steamship Company, provided solution
of the problem which. had 1t been adopt
ed might have saved scores or lives. An
other and perhaps more promising sug-
sestion has been worked out by Captain
RrinkWorth of GIousceSter, whose signal
compass card is designed to be used in
connection with the whistle siren.
The present regulation signal of. one
prolonged blast indicates in no way the
course of the vessel blowing it, and it is
this deficiency which the new compass
card is intended to supply. A glance at
the card shows that each point has "A set
of marks. long or short. attached to 1t.
these marks corresponding to long or
short blasts made on the whistle, siren.
or the like.
An example may illustrate the matter
clearly: A vessel is steering west by
north and consequently blows the signal
on the card at west by north: the master
of a vessel coming in the opposite direc-
tion is blowing. let US say, the compass
signal east by south. This being so. each
would know how the other was steering.
and II going end on to each other could
each carry out the rule of the road for
meeting end ON. and each port two points
or more. as might be deemed necessary.
thus steering clear of each other and
avoiding collision.
For mariners the card Is accompanied
by q reference card for use in connection
with the signals given from an approach
ing vessel.-London Mail.
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THE TINES WASHINGTON, SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER l5 1901.

Francis county. there Is very large pond.
and it never went dry but once in its his
tory. But during a very dry spell. in 1880.
the water in this pond disappeared. Far
mers for miles around had watered their
stock there when other places failed. 1t
was nearer to some of them than the
river. W Nhcn it went dry they We're forced
20 go to the river. The pond was a perfect
Mecca for the snakes in the hills. and in
the summer evenings it would become a
seething mass of snakes; dry land mocca-
sins. copper bellies, adders. and rattIers
would gather around the pond swim
across it, wallow in it. dive in it, and cool
themselves off. When the water gave out
they were in dilemma What have said
l vouch for, but now cometh the point of
this yarn. 1t was in the dog days when
the water gave out. The snakes were
shedding and their cast-off coverings
could be found scattered all through the
hills. They hit upon IA plan. Down in a
deep hollow on one side of the ridge they
found a concealed spring No living man
knew it was there. They wanted to get
water from this spring to fill the pond,
which had gone dry. They constructed a
hose which ram from the spring to the
pond at the top. of the hill in this wise:
They stretched out In an unbroken line
from the spring TO tho pond, and the hind
most snake let his tail drop over into the
spring; then they swallowed each others
tails. and began TO crawl slowly through
the chain of sheddings to the top of the
hill and the water followed them up the
hill through the improvised hose and trick
led out into the pond, and so there you
are. It's not my story. I'm simply telling
it. that's all."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
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SILK CULTURE IN AMERICA.
The Industry Has Lnnguished Here
for Centuries.

1t is remarkable that, while America
lines of industry. especially manufactur-
ing. the silk industry has languished
here. except in occasional spots, for $50
years. Why American ingenuity has not
turned its attention to facilities and in
ventions for manufacturing silk, from the
planting of mulberry trees for food for
the worm to the highest development in
textile manufacturing. is difficult to un-
deTstand, unless IL be that nature has
been so prodieal of her gifts that have
been so advantageously utilized in other
Industries that the silk business has re-
mained in abeyance
The consumption of silk by Americans
is enormous. and when is considered the
increasing demand ali over the yorld, the
high prices that attach to it and the IN
creased wealth of the American people
to be expended upon iuNuries, there is NJ
reason why attention should not be again
directed to this profitable industry. JSini;
james | of England first encouraged H.
About 1888 the Virginia house or DurSeS@~s
offered premium of l1uJ1 POUNDS OF 70,
bacco tobacco at that time being useu
as the circulating medium Tor money! 10
the planter who made an annual export
OF SILK worth 'tlei. For !, century ditsr-
ward the silk craze spread throtshout l lh1
colonies, and it seemed 10 ioailSh as Msii
IN Connecticut . as II in Nirsthia'-ihe
Tradesman. e.
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tip of her high-tilted bowsprit. and from
her catheads hung such battered old
wooden stocked anchors as would make
one remember the Rhine of the Ancient
Mariner from beginning to end. The
very smell OF her was adventurous.
/ laid bare my scheme, told OF the fail
ures | had met with. and asked his ad-
vice. Seeing my state of mind. he was
very kind. He tod me the reason / had
not found opportunity to go as sailor
was because there was none Boston was
a poor port nowadays for anything but
steam liners and Down East schooners
There were sailor berths to be had on
them, of cow. but they usually went so
short-handeG lat everyone had to be an
a. B. to start with. There was no room
for apprentices. Unless l was a fisher
man, I'd meet the same obstacle in trying
to so to the Grand Banks. Marine arch
itecture. mechanical ability. or experience
as a yachtsman would aid me not at ALL
he thought, and the only way for me to
do would be to go to England somehow
and start as prem &c from there. or to
New York or San Francisco, where deep
water vessels came. As for this particlI-
lar part of the country, except for fisher
men and coasters. all the real sailors had
turned riggers, painters. sailmakers, gen.
tiernens yacht hands, stevedores land, |
might have added, variety actors, from
my own obseryations) and only got time
TO go to sea now and then for vaca-
ton. Seamen there were afioat in plenty.
but no sailors. He himself, but for his
color, would have got a coed shore job
long ago. To be sure, the masters and
officers of the vessels were not all lub-
bers. but they began some time ago, or
in other parts of the world where things
were different.
All. well, then, / was not to run away
to sea, after all. Dejectedly drifted home
under bare poles. and dropped anchor
with 4 disheartened kerplunk On my
wall hung a map of the world-the whole
unattainable world-with pictures of polar
bears and icebergs, elephants, and palm
trees in the corners. the like of which /
was never to see. After looking at 1t for
some time, took down my Young Sea-
man. S Manual and the "Rime of the
Ancient Mariner and read them through.
Then i sat long time buried in SORROW
ful thought. In the end | concluded had
made mistake, been too hasty and re-
gardiess of customs in vogue; that the
only kind Of romance that would work
nowadays was that Kipling kind. which
would stand being held firmly in place
with steel rivets. or timed to so many
strokes per minute with triple-expan-
sion engine; that the only way to clear
the port of Boston in a truly sailor-like
manner was wait patiently to be dis
covered by an able writer, go properly
through the hands of competent publish
ers and set out duly in book form.-Bos-
ton Transcript
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Smooth.

''You keep half dozen Of dangling after
you." groaned the Young man, despairingy. and
give each one Just enough encouragement to make
him hope he's the favored one. Pardon me for
saying 20. but you what the boys would call
pretty smooth
well. what else would you naturally expect
me to be?'' said the handsome Miss Slick, look
ing at him arehly.
And ile WAS her willing slave again.
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Hence this travellers rum cost him
about cents quart; butter 1-3 cents
a pound, tea about a dollar; his fowls
little more than dollar a dozen-and
the total outfit for his voyage a little
short of 81.
The journal proceeds:
Sept. 5-Put on board ye sloop Lydia,
viz: One chest, two close coats, one
great coat, two jackets, 13 shirts, pair
stockings, G caps. 4 cravats. kerchiefs,
pair breeehes.
Books. viz: Bible Latin and Greek
Testaments and grammars. Latin Die
tionary and Lexicon. Wards Introduc-
tion to Mathematics. Gordon's Geog-
raphy. Virgil, Tully.
A voyage SO long as from Boston to
New York could not of course. be made
without touching at some intermediate
point, and the diary contains memoir
andum of expenses at Newport, r. l.,
where the prospective student put him
self into the possession of a penknife,
a corkscrew, ard a buckle brush at a
cost Of f25, old tenor.
But the long voyage had an end at
last, so that your student was able to
pay the captain e1 SIS on September "a
for his passage. This must have been
York money, and amounted to $3.50. as
appears by an entry in these words,
York, dollar, ss.''
Any latter-day college sapling can
easily imagine what impulses moved
the heart Of our young traveller on find
ing himself in the great city OF New
York. The memorandum proceeds:
12 yds. bes; Rassell at is. Cd. s2I4.o
9 Duke Of Cumberland kerchicis.......... 81
yas. p!aid at D. Cd d-.-.---.-.-...---.. 2O4-o
prs wOrsted socks at lOs................ LOO
Pd Mr.. Barnes for days entertain
nent ---.-------.-.-.....-...... 400
This entire amount was equal to just
exactly 60 cents.
But the charms of the metropolis in
all their alluring cheapness could not
divert this student, or detain him be-
yond single day from his purpose On
September "a, therefore, he set forth for
Princeton. The journey cost him 1sG
cents.
The materials he had bought were
left with one Ennis Graham-peace to
his ashes.-to be made into a dressing
gown. for which he afterward sent
1He gown COSt MIN os pu, IOIh HlOuey.
Furthermore he did this:
Paid Or. Turner for FIVE days board
washing five sheets, and bringing up
my cnet 1000
a Psir OF snuuefs.- O-lo
0 gallons W. Indian NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. O.5.O
Five quarts OF rum consumed in the
fourteen days from the 10th OF Septem-
beri Preposterous.
And now young hopeful is at college.
Here is the way some Of his money
went:
Paid for q lbs. candles at lod. per h.. aoI7.s
Tc : fountain pen Of Mr. Gordon. 0.oI.9
To Mr. Sol Dayie for bringing up
dressing gown from n. Y..--.......... COOS
To one pair garters for gown string. 00I.2
To Q yds- flannel at IS for pr. waist
coan --.........-........-..... 0o9.O
To doz buttons. ..-.------..-..-......---. o.0l2
To making ye wxistcoats at Is each.... 0.os.o
To yds lst.- --..-.-.......-........-. o.00.61
To J. Garfield to boot in exchange o.
lextcons 0.o1.7
Total. Newark or Light s2.o3. ~
Three months. let it be supposed. de-
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Thus there is set forth here pretty
good idea of the college expenses, for a
twelvemonth, of young gentleman Of
respectable birth and connections,
whose habits appear to have been lib
eral, and whose outfit was upon such
scale as TO enable him to once accom-
modate the college president with a
loan
The Washington times., 1901-09-15
With RUM And LEXICON
Life in an American College One
Hundred Years Ago.
Some Expense Accounts Recently
Brought TO LiGht-The Student of
n Century Ago and His Outfit.
Board Mt so Ii Cents Per Week.

1t will perhaps amuse the college stu
dents of the present day, and the faith
ers. too. who foot the bills at vacation
time, to know something of how this
business of going to college was man
aged a century back For their amuse-
ment. in good faith, and with no aus
tere design to create invidious compari-
sons between the bald and piggardly
simplicity of those far-of times and the
elegance with which parental indul-
gence and princely wealth have enabled
the young students of this present age
to embellish the journey of Parnassus,
it is purposed to spread down here parts
of what may be styled an unpublished
manuscript" if you will.
The gentleman who wrote this manu-
script was born in Waltham, which was
much farther from Bosten then than
now-because those were the stage
coach days-and his name appears
written at length in certain family me-
MORALS and publications of divers ma
lures.
His birth having occurred SO long
ago one may, in conformity with the
notions which then prevailed, and by
throwing the mind back to that dis
tant era, evade any prejudices which
may now exist against the use of ad
jectives denoting quality applied to that
event in mans existence, permit him
self = say that this particular student
was of good family.
1t seemed fit. therefore, at that time,
that the son of this family should pro-
ceed to college, and preparations were
made fer his departure. 1t need not be
told why the lad did not journey to
Harvard: suffice it to say he did not,
but chose old Nassau instead For
youth of his rank to present himself
among strangers, so far from his home
as Princeton, n. j., without evidences
of the consideration in which he is held
by his neighbors. and with no claims
TO favorable reception at the college
but the examination and the fee tips
at his entrance, was not to be thought
of. Hence clergy, magistrates, and
merchants in credit with New York
correspondents, each in his way, came
forward with credentials that were to
place the son of their honored neighbor
hPoh eiie ciSaiesl iOotlHS as ieSdIus
character and credit.
Having these letters in his possession
the young man with much to do set
forth from the humble town of his birth
to the young city of Boston and thence
to the Jersey shores Here. is what he
had, according to his diary:
Sept. 6--Possessed of dollars, one
moytlor. 3 e,uineas
Sept 10-Laid in for the voyage to
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q TINS computation is in the curious
currency called -Oid Tenor" e25 10 the
dollar-and since, in the course of the
remainder of the youths Journey it is
noted in the diary that he computed his
expenses in various ways, it will be of
value to set forth here the value of the
different kinds of dollars in those days
Here are the figures:
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| These articles in York money. y........ G5H. 3Is
Young hopeful must have had 4 rip
roaring time in New York, Think of
what the Wv. Indian rum" might have
done to glorify his pathway. We can
see him scattering his ink-powder on
some bald spot in Bowling Green and
doing there clog and shuttle, being the
| while decked out in his Jacket, juggling
his year books in one hand, slashing the
air with his razor in the other, and stop
ping only to run up to the postoffice and
send a letter home to dad (asking for
more of the wherewithal in that brand
of currency which contains the most in
leasO.
1t need not be necessary to copy more
of this part of young hopefui's diary in
course. but selections of interest may be
made hereafter, now that the student is
in college-but, no; he is in New York
celebrating New Year.
The celebration is over. He's back in
Jersey. Read!
One barrel cyder. eo1i0
To l sheppen, s0S York, towards the
battles 2G34
For mending my button. 0.0l.0
That must have been a hilarious
homecoming. The first two items will
look natural to college men today. that
need not be gainsaid; but of the last?
All, yes, Tell of the lasti
ITO mending my button"
The button, forsooth? What of it?
Were the barrel of "cyder'' and the
concomitant bottles responsible? Could
they-or, better, their contents-have
superinduced such sundering hilarity as
the item for buttons repair shows?
The chest is placed at last on board
a craft whose name is not preserved;
but. let US hope, a good craft, that safe
ly discharged its cargo of gowns.
breeches. jackets. and Duke of Cum
berlands," to become in time the envy
and admiration of the bellies and beaux
of Waltham.
OF the expenses of his homeward
journey nothing 5 said in the diary.
Hence one cannot deduce with accuracy
what it cost the boy to go to college,
but without assuming to be absolutely
correct let it be concluded that young
hopeful left home with SIS in his pocket.
In the twelve months of his absence he
received:
Upon 4 letter Of credit. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $40
From his father. 100
From some an Il o. W. about. 20
Making. with the first named SIS, $685.
OF this there went for clothing g.............. sS
Board at slz. cts. per week. -
College ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20
AnluseInehts
Rum, wine, and cider. II
Travelling expenses. Observation-Disclosures. IL
horse (part p3yment) 20
Sundries embracing wood, candles, barber,
etc --.-.---.--....----..---.- -.--------.------ IL
Total sl65
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Hence this travellers rum cost him
about cents quart; butter S 1-3 cents
a pound, tea about dollar; his fowls a
little more than a dollar dozen-and
the total outfit for his voyage a little
eho Of
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voted to the ordinary routine of college
exercise, and that the health ana
strength of the student required the
gown to be laid aside while few days
should be spent in seeing the new year
inaugurated with proper festivities into
the place of the old one
College boys do it today, remember
only differently.
Hence our freshman leaves his college
for the great and wicked then not so
wickedD city. He's off. Count the cost;
To expenses in journey to New York.
slay hire. ...................fI. o. 6iz
To postage of letter to father. 0. i.
To Martins dictionary, 15s-; calendar,
To an almanac, Cd. sand-box, 6d...... o. /.
To ink-powder, Is; sealing-wax, Cd;
grinding rszor, Cd Observation-Disclosures. o. 3.
To a jacket. ......................... 8. 6.10
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-08
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Ssmuel H. Qusckenbush, de-
ceased. The undersigned, having been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of Sam
ueI H. OuacKenbush, late of the county OF
Mssa, and state of Ooorodo, deceased, here
by gives notice that he will appear before
the county court of Mesa county. at the June
term, on the last Monday in August next, at
against said estate are notified and request
cd to attend for the purpose of having the
same adjusted. All persous Indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of July, A: u 1yol.
L. f. INGERSOLL.
Administrator.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-08
MAIN STREET
-Shaffer's General Strike Orders.
Has Removed to

JudilCI OCuCi dI SuINC OiOCiS De
Pittsburg, Aug. president Shaffer's
strike call to all Amalgamated associa-
ton men il as follows:
Brethren:-The officials Of the United
States Steel trust have refused to rec
ognize as union men those who are now
striving for the right to organize. The
executive board has authorized me to
issue . call upon all Amalgamated and
other union men in name and heart to
join in the movement to fight for labor's
rights. We must fight, or give up for
svsr our personal liberties.
You will be told that you have signed
contracts, but you never agreed to sur
render those contracts to the United
States Steel corporation. Its officers
think you were sold to them just as the
mills wore, contracts and all.
Remember, before you agreed to any
contract you took an obligation to the
Analgamated association. II now calls
you to help in the hour Of need.
Unless the trouble is settled on or be-
fore Saturday, August 10. 1901, the mills
will close when the last turn is made on
that day.
Brethren, this is the call to preserve
our organization. We trust you. and
need you. Come and help US, and may
right come to Z just cause.
: Fraternally yours,
T. J. SHAEFER.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-08
Suspect Arrested.

So. Francisco, Aug. Tt was learn
cd late tonight that the police depart
mept has 10 custody . man who was ar
rested on suspicion OF being implicated
In the Selby Smelter works robbery, In
which $3.50, 600 Of gold bullion was
stolen. Tho identity OF the suspect IL
NOT known. The police will not vouch-
safe any inflammation in the matter.
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-08
Rates Reduced

The Fidelity Saving Association
are now Loaning Money at 8 per
cent. per annum monthly pay>
ments.
CERTAINTY OF CONTRACT.
The loan plan offered by The Fidelity ls
that of paying off loan by easy monthly
payments. The contract is definite and GER
tain. By its terms it cannot run beyond the
time fixed, but stock participates in earning
and may mature sooner. 1t is not a loan
upon the building loan plan as usually pre-
sented by associations. 1t differs from
such plan, in that:
No fines are charged the borrower.
No commission charged the borrower.
The maximum number of payments re-
quired to pay off is stipulated in the note.
The sum required to pay off and cancel q
loan, or any part of it, is stipulated in the
note for each period.
Certainty and a monthly payment plan is
an advantage to the borrower. The debt
can be paid off before maturity without PEN
atty. The borrower by easy payments gets
out of debt Straight loans for a term of
years are too often renewed.
Our rates are low and loans
made on definite plan. Our Office
is I'd door north of postoffice on
Fourth street.
DelaDlalQ & Crosby,
The daily sentinel., 1901-08-08
GREEK DOMESTIC
ARChITECTURE::::

Windows were only used on the sec
ond story, when such existed, most
city dwellings being only one story,
sufmounted by a terrace The plan
was composed of a colonaded court
surrounded by the mems apartments.