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The Washington times., 1901-12-22
FOOLED by Boy whn Was ON
Dcerfs Track.

Nearly all our hunters have a hard
luck story TO tell OF trailing deer and
having some other hunter hill il before
they could come up with IL. The big dcer
killed last Saturday was being chased by
a young man named Rogers OF Walnut
Bend. but the oil City hunters rot ID in
sight hrst The first. sho, knocked il
down. bur the hunters were SO excited
over its size that they continued 10 fire
long after II was dead, and no less than
seven Winchester bullets were planted in
its foreshoulder.
An Oil City hunter offsets this story by
relating clever trick that was played
on him by a sixteen year-old country
boy The OIL City man was hunting pleas
ants and had some buckshot cartridges in
his belt He met the country boy. who
seemed to be IN a hurry short distance
from a farm house, and asked If there
were any game in that neighborhood
Pointing to a raylne about a mile away,
and in an opposite direction from which
the hunter was travelling. the boy told him
that he had seen the "dangest mess OF
pheasants down in the hollow that morn
ing he had ever seen since he lived
there" The hunter went TO the designat-
ed spot and found there were no signs OF
pheasants ever having visited the ravine.
He resumed his original route. and saw
In the snow the back track of the boy,
and a short distance further on the trail
of a deer. Within half an hour he heard
a shot at ell-lsnOwu crossing. and go
ing there. found his boy eXulting over the
carcass OF yearling deer. The boy had
come across tn. track just before meet
ing The hunter. and was then on his way
back home to get his rife and gave the
Oil City man the bird story TO steer him
away from the Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegrauh
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
Family Pursued by Misfortune.

John Susan, residing on 4 farm near
Niles about year ago built new house
and barn, and about the time both were
completed he fell from the roof Of the
barn. breaking both legs and several ribs.
Just about the time he had recovered the
use Of his limbs he barn toDk fire and
was consumed together with all OF its
contents consisting Of farming machin-
cry. hay grain, etc. The loss was COM
plete. as there was no insurance on the
building or its contents A few weeks
ago Mrs. Susan came to town and lost
pocket book containing considerable money,
which represented all the ready cash they
had. To-day Susan and his wife drove to
this city. leaving several small children
at home. When the farmer returned
HON, this evening he found a heap Of
smoldering ashes where their residence
formerly stood. The children had escaped
from the building. but none of the furni-
ture was saved. The loss is about $1,000.
with no insurance Detroit Free Press.
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
CnbI. CnnvcJ II, Fi,h.

The Eastern Extension Telegraph Com
pany has brought to notice an interesting
fact in connection with the Interruptions
occurring in submarine telegraph cables.
\ fault removed few months ago from
the campany's sydney Nelson section at
rs great depth as $50 fathoms. was
rourI 90 contain tooth firmly hxed In the
core OF the cable. although the core was
protected by the usual sheathing of thick
iron wires and outer coverings. An eN-
pert examination OF the tooth proved it to
belong to a species of shark. the exact
variety Of which could not be Identified;
but IL appears that hve known varieties
OF sharks are found to exist at a depth
of 800 fathoms and one at a depth of
even 800 athoms.-Philadelph Record.
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
OPERATOR WAS DUMFoUNDED.
Telegraph Me-snee Calling for Sew
en- Hundred Mixed Children.

When was out in Denver few years
ago" said u Snowman on the Midway
yesterday, my graft was with fortune
teller. who made it appear that she could
give you a picture OF your future wife. or
husband just as the case happened to be-
This game was worked by placing a slip
OF invisible paper in the palm OF the hand
and the heat did the rest. 1t was clever
enough to fool those who claimed to be
wise. and there was such rush that the
paper supply gave out. | had to telegraph
10 New York for another stock.
When | went into the telegraph office
young woman, who was receiving clerk,
read the message and then her eyes ex-
panded and she looked at me in alarm.
She hesitated. Finally she accepted my
money and she acted so queerly that |
thought had better take another peep at
the message.
Il guess the poor girl was surprised. for
the telegram read like this: Send at
once one thousand white men. one thous-
and white women and seven hundred mix
ed children. \ message like that was
apt to stagger an outsider. but it was IN
derstood well enough at our home office '
Charleston News and Courier.
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
REFORM IN oRTHoGRAPHY.
Gratifying Progress In the simpIi6-
cstIon of English Spelling.

Probably the most important action
taken in the United States in regard to
orthoEraphy was that of the National
Educational Association when II formally
adopted Tor use in all its official puDlica-
tions simpliiied spelling for these twelve
words: Program tho. althO. thrO. thoro-
fare. thru thruout. catalog pr5log. deca
log. demagoa. pedagOg From this and
from the subsequent employment of these
forms in various periodicals edited hy
members of the association Prof. Brander
Matthews argues that not ,mric fu-
ture will see a decided change in ortho-
graphic standards. He says of the sim
plificd spellings mentioned:
They are very likely TO appear with in
cTcasing frequency in the school books
that members OF the y. f.. A. may here
after prepare; and any simplifled spell
ing that once gets itself into a school
book is pretty sure to hold its own in
the future After an interval of ten or
fifteen years. the National Educational
Association viii be in position to con
slider the situation again; and ii may
then decide thai these twelve words have
established themselves in their new form
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
TRAMP EVIL IN ENGLAND.
'auscs of the Increase or The Wan
dering MiIli-s.

II Is a common practice among lover
grade workmen when tramping in search
OF work TO take their families with them.
The better sort rarely do so, knowing
well how quickly children acquire a relish
for nomadic life and how hard IL is TO
eradicate the taste when once firmly i'm
planted The freedom the unconyention-
atty. the adventures and the surprises
incidental to tramping have special at
iractivcness for town childIe en- and all
the more through the cessation Of school
ing
Al Bridgnorth. the other day. a clerical
member of the board OF guardians esti-
mated that fully $50 Juvenile wanderers
had received admission 10 the workhouse
In twelve months. and he drew the sound
conclusion that they were learning vag-
rancy and its evil habits. But the difn-
Guilty lies In suggesting any practical rem
edy. When severe economic pressure
compels any improvident toiler to- take
the road, the family possessions are
usually restricted TO the clothes they
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
POSED FOR HER BROTHER.
Mrs. Annn Draper the First Woman
Ever Photographed.

Anna Catherine Draper died at her home
in Hastings, y. Y, few days ago, in her
ninety-ffth year. She came from an old
English family and had lived at Hastings
for forty years
Miss Draper is said 10 have been the
first woman in the world to have her
photograph taken. Her brother. DR.. John
w Draper. invented process by which
daguerreotype could be made in six min
utes. Under previous methods it took an
hour. and no one could pose mat long.
Miss Draper's picture was q success. and
it created great interest.
The original is now in the possession
of Lord Herschels heirs in England. In
1898 the American Ambassador to Eng
land tried TO get the original to exhibit
Il at the Worlds Fair in Chicago. Lord
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
Army shoes as Corn Cures.

If law could be passed" said the
chiropodist, prohibiting the wearing Of
any shoe in this country except the pat
the corn doctor's occupation would be
gone. That war was. FOR the time. the
greatest corn -eradicatOr ever known. /
never knew a single case of soldier in
that war who suffered from corns a month
after he began wearing his regulation
army shoe. and was four years a SOL
dier in it myself That shoe seemed 20
be made Just right for comfort. New
York Sun.
The Washington times., 1901-12-22

sufficiently widely and firmly TO make it
probable that the association could put
forward another list OF dozen more
simplihel speHings with a reasonable
certainty that they would also be ac-
cepted And thus the good work would
90 on. gaining little in every decade"
Literary Digest"
The Washington times., 1901-12-22

wear with. perhaps. few shillings in
pocket.
AN the rest of their belongings having
been sold il is not open TO the breadwin-
ner to leave his wife and children behind
without any provision for their wants; II
he did that he would be liable TO prose-
cution. Il is easy TO say that the man
should not have allowed his household 10
come to such desperate straits; he ought
10 have set forth in search Of work be-
fore the family resources were exhausted.
Quite true. OF course, but the fact does
not go an inch toward furnishing =
remcdy-London Globe
The Washington times., 1901-12-22

HerscheTs heirs denied that they had it.
and there was considerable contention,
but finally the original daguerreotype
was found Copies were made and the
original was placed on exhibition. After
the fair 1t was taken back to England
New York Herald
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
Unconscious Insomnia.
Fiieeende Blsetter

Hliegende Blsetter.)
Did you hear the thunder last night.
Emilier'
"No-did IL thunder"
Yes, frifhtfully."
Then why didn't you wake me? You
know ! can't sleep In thunderstorm
The Washington times., 1901-12-22
Open Monday Evening.

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We A TdE have b season before but m
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-29
Spring Special Sale
MUSLIN Underwear.

The tables have been reflled and
the range of sizes and prices is again
complete. Every garment is correct
iy designed, cut comfortably full and
finished in the most careful manner.
The cost is about the same as that
OF the materials alone.
NainsooF Gowns, square neck, yoke trimmed with
tucks and insertion; rufic Of embroidery on neck
'nu siee'es. Each. Toe.
Nainsook Gowns, We neck. yoke Of rows of lace
insertion. wide lace-edged rufie on yoke neck and
'i'es' Isch ......-................s1 90
GOOD Quality Muslin Drawers hem and cluster
VI rucks; yoke band. Pair. ..................25 DE
women Iainbric Drawers, umbrella STYLE with
Woe tucked l'wn rufie. Pair. .......,..., SOC
Mushn Petticoats, cambria rufhe, two clusters OF
-, 70 II, Soc
tambric Petticoats. umbrella founce trimmed
Win three rows of Ealenciennes insertion: narrow
rune edged with lace, extra dust ruffie Ia 81 90
GOOD quality Cambria Chemises woke of hem
stltched tucks hemstitched ruffie on neck and arm
Sanbric Corset Covers, tight back, full front
trimmed on neck and armholes with embroidery
Second floor, ''''''' 1870
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-29

II was only the other day the point was
made that the republicans were discussing
no candidate for 1904. With the exception
Of Colonel Roosevelt there nobody in
sight. Mr.. Mckinley was of course barred.
MIR. Sherman was dead. Mr.. Allison no
longer had aspirations. Mr. Reed by his
own choice out of politics, and in cir
Cumstances that made his retirement per-
mauent. The suggestion of the name of
Mr.. Fairbanks was treated with respect, but
it had led to no general canvass of the
question. There was some lament. Was
presidential timber growing scarce? Was
there ever time before when the republic
cans seemed limited to so few names?
The suspense is over. The ball has open
ed and we shall probably witness as lively
a contest as has ever been put up.
The name of Governor Odell is now pre-
sented He is a man of experience in poll
tics. highly successful in business, young,
personally popular. rich and ambitious. He
has made a good start in his present Of
fee: has shown a disposition to hold cor
pOrdtions to an accountability, and has just
asserted an independence of boss rule in a
way which has won him much respect.
His office gives him a great opportunity.
Will he continue to grow in it? And if he
does can he attain the presidential height
in the next two years?
Another name now mentioned is that of
Judge Taft of the Philippine commission.
He is meeting with success in his present
post. and will become at an early day. 1t
is understood, civil governor of the Philip
pine Islands. He is a distinguished lawyer,
and comes from Ohio. If in the next three
years conditions in the Philippine archi-
pelaGo improve to the point of making
American occupation the source of the
profit expected, and the criticism of eX-
pansion disappears. will his part in the
work. allied to his attractive character
and undoubted ability. insure him stand
ing in national convention as a candidate
for the presidency?
And now comes this picturesque young
soldier Funston. OF course it is far cry
from a deed of personal daring to the
presidency of the United States. But sup
pose that, meanwhile the young man
comes home. enters politics, sweeps Kan
sas ON some good platform stumps the
country for his party. and shows knack
OF doing other things we'll besides scouting
and fighting And then suppose that in
deadlock among the leaders in the republic
can national convention, somebody with
resonant voice and a stirring manner, after
the fashion of Mr. Bryan should propose the
Kansas hero as a compromise. Have not
stranger things happened in our politics
than the nomination of such man in such
circumstances?
A notable thing is that of these five men
Judge Taft Is the oldest. and he only about
fifty. Fairbanks. Roosevelt and Odell are
all in the forties, and Funston is but thirty
i've. The young man Absalom is really
not out of it at ALL Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
Croker to the Contrary notwithst anding
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success which they themselves had not
achieved have been Influenced by such
means? 1t is plain enough why fiattery
did not occur to the American authorities.
They had no other end In view but to es-
tablish American control. The Filipfnos, as
Admiral Dewey declares. were not their
allies. No promises had been given. No
suspicion existed that the Filipinos medi-
tated setting up for themselves for control
of the archipelago. Ordinary politeness and
kindness, therefore-and they were shown
were all the Americans could reasonably
be expected to exhibit.
But a surprise came. Aguinaldo, who at
first had thought of no such thing, sud-
denly conceived the idea of government
of his own, and in q secret and treacher-
Gus manner set about putting his idea into
execution. His head nad been turned. His
forces, though hastily collected, had grown
in the months between the sinking of the
Spanish fleet and the irsurgent attack on
the Americans to outuumber the Ameri
cans, and he fancied that he was master
of the situation. He delivered his blow,
but found the Americans easily too much
for him. and since then he has been rushed
about from pillar to post by the tireess
energy of the Americans, until, after two
years, during winch ne mas never Won Il
fight, he has at last been neatly trapped
and jailed.
Admiral Dewey announces his intention
to write the full history of the whole Phil
ippne episode. He could not devote his
leisure to n better purpose He is at once
the best prepared man IL the world for the
task, and the most vitality interested in its
thorough and faithful execution. His own
fame-secure for all time-springs from the
planting of the stars and stripes in the
Philippine Islands, and everything con-
nected with that brilliant achievement
should stand out in history in it's true col
ors and relation. The anti-imperialists,
open and disguised, have twisted and per-
verified the story to their own ends, and
tried to set the seal of dishonor upon him
and upon his government. 1t will be an
act of public service as well as Of per-
sonal vindication for him to put the whole
crew to shame with all the facts and docu-
ments, from the enthusiast who saw a
George Washington in Aguinaldo to the
sneering joker who was rejoicing in Agui-
naldo's security and heaping pinchheck rid
icule on Funston at the very hour when
the Tagal schemer was in the clutches of
the intrepid American.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-29
Speed of Street Cars.


An agitation to reduce the speed of the
trolley cars in New York evokes an iniunc-
ton from the Sun of that city to Ego slow
about getting a law passed to curtail the
speed of street cars" This is supported by
the indisputable assertion that the useful
ness Of the greater speed Of the trolley over
the horse cars cannot be measured
1t Is beyond doubt that enhanced speed
tn the trips which are necessary for city
populations is a great public boon. If this
increased speed enables a man to gain half
an hours time each day it may be caicu-
lated to add between and 10 per cent to
his business Or leisure life.
On the other hand. 1t is plain that to
make speed peril to the safety of the
streets Is to pay too high price for It.
The half hours gain of time is not SO i'm
portant as to justify the destruction of life
or limb to obtain it.
The true principle is, plainly to permit as
high speed as may be consistent with the
safety of the streets. and to limit 1t before
1t threatens that supreme consideration
The impossibility of maintaining any con-
siderable degree of speed on crowded
streets without peril to the public should
emphasize the lesson that for really rand
transit routes must be acquired devoted ex-
clusively to the fast cars or trains entirely
separate from all other traffic =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-29

1t is rather amusing to learn that one
OF the London newspapers, unable to accept
tine capture of Aguinaldo in good spirit
while De Wet is lowering beyond the range
at KItChener's men, takes pains to quote
from writer on military ethics to prove
that Funston had no right to adopt the
tactics which enabled him to bag the Tagal
leader 1t seeks to lay down the dictum
that it is wrong for soldier to employ
treachery TO gain point. Were this rule
universally applied warfare would indeed
he revOlutionized. There has probably
never been campaign in the course Of
which one commander or the other has
not utilized information derived from be-
trayers of their original trust Spies pass
freely back and forth between armies. pos
ing the while members of the force they
are secretly surveying. The capture of q
leader through deception fails squarely
within the category of legitimate enter
prise. The London News would probably
have applauded vigorously had Kitchener
Succeeded in putting one of his subordi-
mates into De Vets camp in a manner to
lead that slippery leader into an ambush
However. as far as known, there was moth
ing IN Funston's scheme which utilized ex-
Cept indirectly the element of treachery
IL was the deception of strategy from first
T. last. such as the commander of forces
employs when he sends off a false column
t. mislead his enemy. The entire native
party pretended to be insurgents escorting
American prisoners. All but four or five
Of these natives, however, were Macabebes
members of the tribe traditionally at en-
nifty with Aguinaldo's tribe and it's allies
whose assumption of the insurgent uniform
involved a chance to arouse suspicion.
From the outset of the war they have been
friendly TO the Americans. There will be
4" chagrin here, save. perhaps, upon the
heights of Boston, over the manner In
which Aguinaldo was taken. There Is
1i"thing which needs to be excused or con-
c"n"d in the enterprise. and everything to
tsIi FOR congratulations and praise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-29

The election of Dietrich and Willard by
the Nebraska legislature just before final
adjournment closes the record Of the win
ter's demonstrations in behalf of a direct
election Of senators. There were four stub
born deadlocks, besides several lively fights,
over the selection of members of the up
per house of Congress by legislatures. It
would be interesting to know the exact
amount Of legislative time expended In,
these struggles. and 1t would be stin more
to the point to know how much money they
cost. to individuals and states and bust
ness interests. The net result is that all
the vacancies IN the Senate have been
filled save two. Delaware remaining I'M
represented. Ia three cases the choice was
Effected only ON the very eve Of final ad-
Journment In all three cases men out
side OF the original lines Of the lights were
chosen. In not one case Of the four did
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COnfagiOuxness of Scarlet Fever,

FROM Tie Ne York Herald.
The well-known contagious properties
of scarlet fever argue for more than ordi-
nary precautionary measures. In these
times. then, it behOoves parents to be more
than careful against any possible exposure
OF their children to known or suspected in
fecting influences. 1t must be admitted
that this is the most difficult of all the
questions that present themselves for ready
answer.
The mother in the tenement and the one
In the palace car are. relatively speaking
in the same category. The babe in the
wicker chariot with the careless nurse is
ofttimes no safer than the little one who
plays in the gutter and dances to the
street organ. The nurse when off duty
goes where she pleases, and if her little
niece is down with any sickness her own
charge at home must take his chances
She Is not made to understand that diph-
liberia, measles and scarlet fever are very
contagious and are liable to be propagated
even by indirect exposure.
In the case of scarlet fever the greatest
danger of communicating the disease Is at
the time when the infected one is appar-
emily recovering and when the previously
inflamed skin is shedding its powdery
scales.
These particles are the real carriers of
the poison, and can be lodged on the CLOTH
ing and hair, i'll fact, in everything that
may come in contact with the air of the
sick room.