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The Washington times., 1901-07-07
CURRENT VERSE.
The Song OF the Locomotir

The Song of the Locomotive.
Hol Hol
Whistle and blow;
Cinder and smoke from my funnel throw.
Ding. dong,
Leaping and rocking and roaring a song.
Shrek, hoarse,
Mad with my force;
Drunken with speed as rush on my course.
Deaf, blind.
Swiftcr than wind;
Shaking the earth as ! fling it behind
standi Starei
Filly and mare,
Nostrils diated and snufEng the air.
Plunge, boltl
Clipper and colt;
Here is a steed that shall mock your revolt.
Wide high!
Clcaving the sky.
Drumming the bridge into thunder, ! by.
Clangi Crashl
Onward l dash;
How the wrought girders ring, hammer and clash.
Strong, slow,
Upward / 90,
Ramping the rocks to the death-smitten snow.
Strain, fight,
Grip the rails tight;
Now the grim giant shall show you his might.
Chill, steep,
Painting, ! creep,
sldrtine the precipice. daring the deep.
Hold, steell
Slowly, | wheel;
Look ye not down lest your senses may reel.
Shrek harkl
ShriIl through the dark,
Black is the tunnel with never a spark.
Speed, fear.
Nothingness drear.
Oh, but the end might come suddenly herei
Keenl Bright!
Swift to the light;
Day flashes radiant, moqking the night.
High, steep,
Piunging, leap;
Down to the valleys exultant, sweep.
Blaze, burn,
Smoking ! turn;
Roaring in triumph, the mountain spurn.
Shrieki Screami
Downward in steam,
Earthquake and thunder and-gone like a dream.
Bertrand shadwell, in the Chicago Post.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07
A LYRIC.

How fair it is. the world around,
The changing life. each DAYS surprise,
To see the stars, the land, the sea
To look into her eyes!
To hear the ecstasy of morn,
The birds in field and wood rejoice,
The madrigals OF wind and trees
To listen 10 her voice!
To feel the warm, firm, throbbing life,
The friendly hands our fingers press,
The strong. true work in which We share
To feel her soft cares!
How fair il is. the world around
How wonderful and sweet the part
That knows its ecstasy and work
That knows her loving heart!
Frank II. Sweet, in New England Magazine.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07
Wind.

am Wind, the deathless dreamer
OF the summer world,
Tranced in SHOWS OF shade and simmer,
On 4 cloud-scarp curled;
Fluting through the argent shadow
And the molten shine
OF the golden lonesome summer,
And its drears divine.
All unseen. I walk the meadows,
Or / wake the wheat;
Speeding Ger the tayny biiiows
With my phantom feet.
Haunting woodlands lakes. and forests,
Seas and clouds impearled,
/ am Wind. the deathiess dreamer
Of the summer world
w. WiIfred Campbell, in the Atlantic.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

lily matters with strangers, the impor-
tance of bringing up children in such n
way that they will not be a nuisance to
themselves and other people by being
spoiled, the duties of the much-maligned
mother-in-law, etc. It might be said that
the author has taken for her motto
With malice toward none. with charity
for an so perfectly does she contrive to
make allowances for everybody's especial
failings, trials, and temptations, while in
sisting on the duties belonging to each.
(New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. S150)
The Washington times., 1901-07-07
Death.

To live. TO die,
To see the great unknown.
/ wonder il when We are dead
Wen know who's right, who's wrong.
The end Of life
Is wrapped in darkest night;
VIII the cfIulgent sun arise
On an eternal morn:
We all must die,
But shall We live again?
Does death but mean eternal sleep,
or will we wake at dawng
And il We wake
VIII all our hopes be true2
Have we behcld immortal truth
With only human eyes?
Ny ears have caught.
When ali was still as death,
A song by iairost angels sung
1t might have been 4 dream.
w. b. Parker, in the New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07
The Pines at Bra-ThoIe.

The brooding pines lean low to catch
The winds vague whisperings,
From him they learn the worldless love
OF all forgotten things,
Growing the gossip each with each
OF mysteries ne brings.
j, dreaming dreams so close TO them
That half their fellow grown,
With sun and shadow, warp and wool
OF their low undertone.
/, too, have listened as they sang
And understood and known.
Arthur Ketchum, in Ainslee's s.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07
Recent Fiction.

The Tnlander' by Harrison Robertson,
IS a s-ory original, clear-cut and full of
individuality The hero. Paul Rodman,
is a Southerner of the old-fashioned type,
refined and intensified by a life of singu-
lar isolation. There is a sort OF Three
AIusketeers business in the first few chap
ters of the book. in the friendship of the
hero and two youths with the unconven-
tional names Of Barney Carruthers and
Drewdie Poteet. The heroine is delight
fully fresh and winsome, and the villain
of the piece, who is a woman is the
most finished specimen of adventures in
recent fiction.
Some of the episodes in these earlier
chapters, before the heroine appears on
the scene. are naive and fetching enough
in their ight-hearted nonsense to make
one wish there were no necessity for
heroine. There is one particular bit OF
doggerel which is likely TO haunt the
readers memory with the persistence Of
the pink trip slip for a ten-cent fare
formula which Mark Twain made famous.
Il purports to come from the columns of
a small Bohemian paper called the
"Runabout," with the editors of which
the three friends were acquainted. and
the paper had the audacity to describe
them in this way:
Polly and Barney and Drewdie Poteet-
Oh, haven't you seen 'en parade down the streetF
Polly all eyes and Drewdie all sweet,
And Barney CaTruthers all mouth and feet?
The admirable thing in the book is its
freshness and breezy difference from the
ordinary novel. The characters are alive,
and the plot is the natural development
Of their contact There is not a false
touch in the portrait OF the hero OF the
heroine or the adventures, or the hero's
two friends. The atmosphere is that of
the Middle South as II is IN these ultra
modern days. The Inlander is q babe,
a greenhorn. a barbarian IN some things,
but he Is thoroughly consistent and true
20 himself. He possesses a single-nlind
edness rare in these days of complex
characters and mixed breeds, simplicity
which could only come from pure-bred
ancestors and a bringing-up exactly suit
ed to preserve their traditions. 1t is in
convenient to have such a temperament
II one must live in the world, but Paul
Rodman had II, and both his faults and
his virtues came from II. At the end
of the book one feels that he has come
in contact with a genuine individuality,
a person. not a character in a novel.
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
S15O)
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Where is the Eleventh United States Infantry
locatedG XII.
Companies T and II are at Ponce. Porto
Rico; f and G are at Mayaguez Philip
pine Islands, and the rest of the COM
mand, with headquarters, is at Manila
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Who was Speaker Of the House during th<
Twenty SIKH Congress1 NJ A.
Robert NJ. t. Hunter OF Virginia
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

At the Brooklyn Navy Yard The ves-
sci was recently examined by a board OF
survey. After extensive repairs she will
waters
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

their own customs, dress, and religion.
Mousme, with her half-childish, half
womanly character, her instructive recog-
milton of everything that is beautiful,
kind, and good her intuitive antagOnism
toward unkindness. severity or pretence.
is certainly a strong argument for Japan
ese womanhood. and the misapprehension
Of japanese character common among
Western nations is deftly hinted at. Her
broken English is taking, and so is the
wistful little face in the frontispiece; and
one is glad to read at the end that she
returned to her own land and was at home
and happy. (New York: Frederick A.
Stokes * Coz
The Story of Sarah" by NJ. Louise
Forsslund, is a romance of Long Island,
some of the characters being native
Americans and some Dutch. The heroine
is probably the only girl of the name of
Sadie who ever figured as the central
character of novel. and though the au-
thor scrupulOusly calls her Sarah, no
body else does. She is a volcanic damsel
with the fiery hair which maidens of that
disposition inevitably have lin novels).
Red hair and the artistic temperament
form combination dear to the problem
novelist. The villain of the piece is
piratcal longshoreman with the peculiar
name of Devine Strong, and the hero a
Dutchman called Ben Benstra.
The book is original in a way that just
escapes the bizarre To most novel read
ers 1t will be either incomprehensible or
distasteful. (New York; Brentano's. N.oV)
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

What were the votes Of Ohio, Massachusetts
and Iowa for 1907 J.H l..
Ohio. Mckinley 5g.91S. Bryan 474.Ss2:
Massachusett Mckinley rs .S66 Bryan
l56.971; Iowa. Mckinley 307, SIS. Bryan 49,
TOO
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Not unless constitution or bylaws give
especial authority for so doing.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

In legislative and deli5erative assemblies can
proxies be counted in making quorum TO do
biISineSsi FP
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

He sailed from Cape Town for England
December Il. 1900.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

For what purpose was Plum Island bought BY
the United States Government. z. What tho
price paid1 /. c. ".
1t was bought for site for an army
post. 2. So. 10
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

when did Lord Roberts leave south At.ieas
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

What Is the total population Of the Territories
and the District Of Columbia according to the
Twelfth Censlsf
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

win you tate the origin and meaning ef
Crossing the RsbieonT' Az.
1t originated in Julius Caesars hesita-
tion, in his advance on Rome, 70 3. c.
before crossing the River RubicoI. Cross
Ing meant a declaration OF war, so the
saying now signifies taking an important
or radical and irrevocabIe step.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

''Westerfelt" by VIII n. Harden, is the
latest Of the stories Of modern American
life Issued by the Harpers. The hero is
a plucky Tennesseean. whose distinguish
ing characteristic seems 10 be inability to
see that the heroine is In love with him
No less than three separate characters in
the book. two Of them chance acquaint-
ances, take pains TO assure him of the
fact but he still refuses to believe it.
Such modesty is almost unh@ard of In real
lfe, but anything can happen In a story
The young man apparently prefers-ac-
tually hugs TO his heart-the delusion that
she is in love with his rival. who is such
a very unpleasant rival that 1t is difficult
TO see how any girl with eyes and ears
could wish to remain in his presence five
minutes. The name OF this Objectionable
person is picturesque 1t Is Toot Wam-
bush II entirely suits his personality
Not only is he vulgar and rascally, and a
ruffian. but he is ridiculous What hero
ine, even with the proverbial blindness of
her kind to aid her in coquetry, could
make herself absurd by attachment TO
such figure? II moves one TO wonder
what sort Of creatures the author sup
poses girls are. anyway. II also arouses
the query how he supposes his public to
believe that a handsome, athletic, and not
too bashful young SOutherner, already
bearing the reputation of fiTt, is likely
10 suppose that the girl of his choice
could prefer 10 him a Toot Wambush,
and wander trembling through more than
three hundred pages without finding out
the truth OF the matter. (New York:
Harper e. Bros Sl.50)
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Do dates grow on a species Of palm? II 20,
will yen name the species9 2. In the countries
where they grow freely. is it true that d
found for the pits7 WIS
Yes on the Phoenix dactylifera- 2 Yes;
ground they make food for camels and
other domestic animals. and roasted they
are employed as a substitute for coffee.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

During the remainder of the present
year and the early part of 1902. Frederick
\. Stokes Company will publish important
works of fiction by the following we'll
known nOvelists: Robert Barr, Frances
Hodgson Burnett. Egerton Castle. Ste
phen Crane. Samuel IL. Church (his first
long novel since the publication of John
Marmaduke') }, Hamilton Drummond, of
Kings Pawn fame; John Oliver Hobbies.
+. w. Hornuns, s Levett-Yeats. Alfred
Henry Lewis, 4. w. Marchmont, A. E. W.
Mason, Max Pemoerton, ard Eden Phil
Lofts.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

1,60494 divided as follows: Alaska.
s.. .592: Arizona, 122. .93l; District of Colun-
bia, 27s. rs; Hawaii, 154 col; Indian Terri
tory, 392. 060; New Mexico, 1880; Oklaho-
ma 39S 3d.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07
The Bookman" says in an article on
Poe's college life:


Poe's college life:
1t is true that Poe just past seventeen,
but his athletic record already well estab-
lished. lie was rather short OF stature, thick,
and somewhat CompIotly set, but very active,
being quite an expert IN athletic and Gymnastic
arts II may spoil a poetic Illusion to add
that ''Ne was boW-lcgged and walked rapidly,
with a certain icrkiness in his hurried move
ments.' His greatest athletic achievement dates
from June. 1926. when lie swan, under a hot
sun from Ludlam's Wharf tItichmond) to War
wtck distance of six miles, against very
strong tide ANY swimmer in the falls in my
DAYS says Poe. would have swum the Helles-
pont and thought nothing Of the matter" This
feat on the James, which is duly attested, was
indeed remarkable for boy, and in a measure
justihes his boast that he could swim the Eng
lsh Channel from Dover to C3lais. But Poe's
proves was not confined 20 swimming. lie had
the reputation Of being the best young boxer
in Richmond; and II IN fights he had to
exercise the vaorous discretion Of fight, he
could readily have outstripped most contestants
for his sWitnCss Ia running noted among
his companions. His athletic record in field
sports. however would have been made in the
running broad jump, for during his early life
probably here at the university, he jumped
twenty y-one feet six inches a level, with
running start of twenty yards. His chief com
petitor in athletic contests here OF the
Labranche brothers, OF New Orleans, who had
been educated in France and trained in physical
exercise. But the sad-faced Poe took his sports
seriously, and exhibited little bOyish enthusiasm
or spirit in his triumpls.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Where is the training ship MOnongahela1
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Mrs. Craigie's new novel, ''The Serious
Wooing: A Hearts History" is TO be
published in July on both sides of the At
l4nfif.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Heart and Soul" by Henrietta Dana
Skinner. author Of "Espiritu Santo." is a
story which mainly concerns itself with
the life OF Detroit during the first half OF
the nineteenth century, although the scene
changes from this to other parts of the
country. The hero is a youth of spanish
descent, born In Cuba, brought up in De-
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Several generations of Americans who
have been brought UP on Alice in Won
derland" have come to believe that Sir
John Tenniels pictures of Alice and the
delightful people she met are almost one
With Lewis CAROLS imaginings. Harper
& Bros. think differently, as is shown by
their announcement of a new edition of
Alice" with Illustrations by Peter New
ell.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Probably the most successful and i'm
portant OF George Gissings novels has
been Tie Crown Of Life" new edi-
ton is announced for immediate publica-
tion in paper covers at 50 cents.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

How and Of what tiles n Ade2 B. J.H.
They are fiat slabs of clay, made and
baked in the general fashion of brick
Variation and elaboration come In differ
ent kinds Of glazings, in colorings. and
IN raised figTreS, the varieties being al
most numberless. In the finer ones re-
sort is had to the processes OF enameling
used in pottery and porcelain.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

In the editorial department of the Re
view of Reviews" for July DR.. Shaw dis
cusses the prospects of the wheat and
corn crops, the conditions os our export
trade, and the recent growth of Ameri-
can capital; on the political side, the de-
cisions of the Supreme Court in the in
sular cases are reviewed and summarized
together with Cuba's acceptance of the
Platt amendment and the outlook for
Porto Rico and the Philippines; Mr. Car
negie's gift to the Scotch universities. the
choice of DR.. Remsen as the new presi-
dent of the Johns Hopkins University,
and the launching of the Washington
Memorial Institution are among the edu-
cational topics treated in this issue.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Nine. Mathilde Marchesrs Ten Singing
Lessons" appears this week from the
press Of Harper & Bros, with preface
by Nine. Melba and an introduction by
w. j. Henderson. Mime. Marchesi has, Of
trying TO teach people how to sing by Civ
ing them book TO read. but she has en-
bodied g great amount of valuable advice
and many hints, such as her great expert
ence and success have taught her 10 be
most useful.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Is the name OF the city Of Astoria, in Oregon,
in any way connected with the wealthy Astor
family Of New York; 2 Was the famous polar
expedition headed by Nausen aided by gov
ernmental subsidy? n. L.
Yes: IL was named for John Jacob Astor.
He was At that time. 1911. president of the
Pacific Fur Company. which founded the
place. ?. Yes; for it the Norwegian Par
lament appropriated 2000J0 kroners,
slightly more than $4,000.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

THE Curious Courtship of Kate Poins,"
by Louis Evan Shipman, is romance OF
the days of Beau Brummel, although
neither he nor any Of his prominent con-
temporaries appear as characters in the
story. 1t is well written and diverting
and there is the usual beautiful girl, and
the usual gallant young officer ready to
die for her. (New York: d. Appleton &
Co. S1.50)
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

''Mousme" is a little romance by Give
Holland. author of My japanese Wife" ."
and dealing with the same characters as
hero and heroine. In this book the writer
describes the experiences Of Mousme and
her English husband among his English
friends and relatives. and the quaint.
pathetic, Winsome figure of the tiny
Japanese dame is synpathetically and
daintily pictured. The writer is evident
ly as much delighted with japanese char
acter and life as is Lafcadio Hearn, and
the peculiar contrast between West and
East. as exemplified IN Mousmes life in
the house of her husbands sister, and in
her adventures in London society. is de-
Iineated with no touch of anything but
admiration for the simplicity and charm
OF the heroine. Mr.. Holland is evidently
in love with his heroine. and determined
TO make his reader in love with her
The book is in its way a protest against
the Occdentalizing of the East. and
plea for the retention by the Japanese of
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Are the degrees of A. NJ, D. D.. and L. D.
conferred upon individuals upon the completion
of a certain prescribed course OF study, or are
they given after the recipients have left COL
lege? ING.
There is lack of uniformity in practice,
but Master of Arts is honorary or for
graduate work, Doctor OF Divinity is
honorary, and Doctor of Laws usually is
honorary. but sometimes is given, in
course, for advaEced study
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Which is the older organization. the Ancient
Order Of Foresters or the Independent Order Of
Foresters? 2 How many Irish dukes are there in
the British peerage, and who the present
onesf P. G.
The former; I7f5 and 1874 were the dates
of organization. 2 Two Abercorn and
Leinster The incumberts are, respective
ly, James Hamilton, second duke and
Maurice Fitzgerald, sixth duke. The lat
ter is a minor.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

How were the savage North American Indians
grouped as to religious beliefs? n. A. A
AS polytheists. thev believed in and
worshipped a large variety of mysterious
and remarkable beings. calling on them
for assistance, attriDuting TO them all
good and evil. and striving by ceremonies
to avert the evil. In the North a ma
jority of these gods were animals; toward
the South many of them were replaced by
the sun. moon. stars. and fire.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

They That Took the Sword" is one
Of the stories of the war between the
States, which are flooding the market
just at present, and it deals with field
hitherto unclaimed by the war novelist
the city of Cincinnati, in the days of the
prominence of Vallandigham. That is
practically the only original thing about
it, though the characters are well drawn
and lifelike. (New York: John Lane, the
Bodley HeadD
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Z eS- ana the process Is now so Well
along that not much more of her than her
lead keel now remains
What is meant by the pitch Of screw,
2. And by the expression, "A pitch of one-senth
of inChP' 3. Why when a thermometer
IS put in warm water, does the mercury fall be-
fore it begins to riser E L.H.
The distance between successive
threads. 2. One with ten threads to the
inch g. Because the glass is heated and
expands before the mercury is affected.
The opposite effect can be noted when the
instrument is plunged into ice water
Is wheat raised successfully south Of III.
thirty hfth parallel of latitude? II il is how far
South it be grown2 AZ
1t is. as is evidenced bv a yearly crop
for Texas of from 7,GO0. 200 to 5000 600 bush
els and by the fact that British India
is a great wheat country. Yet Louisiana
the Southern limit can hardly be stated.
For the best results the wheat plant
should have its growth in comparatively
cool weather-With us in late spring or
early fan. So long as it can have q
chance for this, the question OF latitude
is not of great Importance.
When and where the National Association
OF Naval Veterans oTganizedl . VINO eligibls
TO membership? j. E NJ
1t was organized By delegates from
the various associations OF naval vet
Grams throughout the Union at
meeting held in the city of New
York. in January. 1887 .. Any Of
hcer or enlisted man who has served in
the United States Navy, United States
Marine Corps, or United States Revenue
Marine Service during any portion OF
the time between April u. 1861, and
August 20, 1860, who has not borne arms
against the United States, or been con-
vtcted of any Infamous crime, and who
has been hOnorably discharged or re-
signed is eligible to membership.
Is it not true that serfdom was an established
institution Of other countries in Europe than
RusSla2 ,. Did IL exist IN England? 8. What
led ug to or caused it? (. VIII you give the
date n its general abolishuient? ) Was the
serf salable as a chattel2 Dill
Yes. .. Yes. 3. It originated in the
slavery of the ancient republics. and in
the Middle Ages was fostered BY feu-
dalism and by Christianity Captive enc
mics were reduced to slavery and after
ward were raised 10 serfhood: frequent
and awful famines and the need Of pro-
lection induced many to sell themselves
to others more powerful, especially to
monasteries and churches. Altogether.
seTfdom was a vital element in the social
order of that time l. Its abolition was
accomplished gradually. In England II
disappeared in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries a commission for abrogation
appointed by Elizabeth in 1874 being the
last mention of il. In France it Conttn-
ued until the Revolution. In 1884 1t was
overthTown in Denmark in Prussia in
1905 in Hungary in 1S4S. and in Russia in
1861. ,. No: though he was bound to tho
soil and without rights against his mas
ter.
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

Henry B2urland: The Passing of the
Cavalier" by Albert Elmer Hancock, is
a story of the South in the days of re-
construction. The hero is the last of an
old Southern family, and his wife a
Northern girl. The story is in its general
plan something like Red Rock" (New
York: The Macmillan Company
The Washington times., 1901-07-07

More than half the letters addressed by
Nine. du Deffand to Horace Walpole have
never been printed. These viii appear in
Mrs. Paget Toynbee's forthcoming new
edition of the Walpole correspondence.
She has lately discovered in private hands
ali these letters of the French woman.
They number altogether about eight hun
dred.