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The times., 1901-05-26
A MEAN FEMININE TRICK.
Rejects Her Lover, But Retains the
Engagement Ring.
From the Philadelphia Record.)

This edifying conversation was heard
on a Norristown train. The two girls
were rather pretty. and one of them car
ried a novel from the free library. First
girl-"So your engagement is broken off2
Second girl-'Yes, l broke it off last We'd
nesday night" First girl-"But you still
have that beautiful ring. Didn't he eX-
pect YOU to return it to him." Second
efrl-'I suppose he did but'I got around
that matter splendidiy. l have half a
mind to tell you all about it First girl
'Oh YES. do tell me-" Second girl-'Wel,
| will You see. | knew i should throw
him over on Wednesday night, so that
afternoon | bought from a fakir on
Eighth Street n 10-csnt ring that resem-
bled this one considerably | wore the
l0-cent ring in the evening. We were sit
ting ON the front porch. and, just as l
had hoped, we had a dreadful quarrel.
i am done with you now! ! said. And l
took off the ring, and threw it out in the
middle of the street \ trolley car came
along and passed over it. There Is your
ring | said Go hunt for it if YOU want
IL oh il doesn't matter about the ring
he said. L wasn't thinking OF the ring,
Mary You were wise to throw ii away.
for il is of no value to either OF us
now Then he went away, little suspect
ing the trick | had played on him. He
was easy, wasn't hep First girt-"Sas-
MT he easy, thought
The times., 1901-05-26
MYSTERIOUS LOSS OF A CAR.
a Curious Accidental Happening on
the Santa Fe Railroad.
(From the Los Angeles Herald

Santa Fe car 4S49 had left a weIl-known
fruit packers establishment in the San
Gabriel Valley during the later days of
March of the present year, loaded with
select oranges consigned to a commission
firm in one of the great Eastern markets.
il was bright. fresh appearing car, with
all the modern cold storage appliances,
recently put in order for the fruit ship
ping season, which was just at its incep-
ton.
Car 4Si9 was but one of a ponderous
train similarly equipped, loaded and des-
tined. The journey had an uneventful be-
ginning and had progressed to a point in
the distant Rockies without especial in
Cident.
For days the heavy laden train, man
ned with a sturdy crew, wound it's way
on it's long journey over the Sierra Ma
DIRE and Sierra Nevada Mountains, up the
gradual slopes, eastbound, across the con-
tinental divide, through numerous vii
lagos, over sage brush plains and sandy
deserts, faithful to it's mission and its des-
tination. The great train, with it's pre-
ciouS cargo of golden fruit, drawn by
double headers, had toiled through cas-
tern California. Arizona, and Il portion of
New Mexico; it had climbed the rugged
sleeps of the Rockies plunged into and
through the great tunnel at the crest of
that range, and started on its flight to
Trinidad, not far to the east when the
sensational incident of the journey trans
pired.
Car 1919 had mysteriOusly and strangely
disappeared. At Baton, a division station
on the Santa Fe, that particular ear, had
been noted in the conductors report and
turned over to a new crew.
Strangely this car did not appear in the
train reports when Trinidad was reached.
The Inflated car had dropped from sight,
as if swallowed up by the earth, and its
miraculous disappearance could not he
explained by the train crew. The mysti-
fed trainmen were called upon the car
pet and subjected to a searching enqul-
ry as TO the whereabouts and magical
disappearance of No. 4Si9. The bewil-
dored conductor could offer no solution of
the mystery that surrounded the lost
car.
After many days of perplexity, confu-
sion and annoying investigation, a cow
boy in charge of his herd reported a
strange discovery, which cleared away
The times., 1901-05-26
THE TIMES, WASHINGTON. SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1901.

sonian Institution having for their scope
the broad general purpose of all SCIENTIFIC
investigation and research-'the increase
and diffusion of knowledge among men;
second, the establishment of purely Gov
ernment gtutidns-scientific depart
ments and similar to our Agri-
ogy, ForeEtryr etc, with the aim of de-
veoping to their utmost and on scientific
principles the natural and internal re
sources of retrospective countries; third,
the awakening and fostering of popular
interest in scientific matters by public
lectures, museums. etc; fourth, the pres
value from destruction by vandals, or
from reasonsi of expediency, as by. en-
gineers engaged in public or private
works, etc. 1t is impossible TO oVeresu-
mate the Importance of the benefit to the
entire Continent to be derived from the
accomplishment of these results.
The committee has received, In the ap-
sence of Mr.. Hav. encouraging recogni-
tion from the Acting Secretary OF state
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VICTORIA AND HER ENGLISH.

The shy and retiring disposition
of Hawthorne has often been COM
mented on. Yet on occasion he
could be quite as clever with his
tongue as with his pen, as is evi-
denced by this story from Forward
1t happened in England. Mr..
Hawthorne was guest at q formal
dinner given to one of the foreign
ambassadors. The conversation had
turned upon an autograph letter of
the queen which happened to be
clumsily expressed.
"What do yoA think of the
queens letter, Mr.. Hawthorne?" he
wae asked.
The man of letters was p.rplexed,
but he replied that it showed very
kind feeling.
'No," persisted the wicked inter-
rogator, ''but what do you think of
the style?"
Mr.. Hawthorne was equal to him.
"The queen has a perfect right to
do as she pleases with her own Eng
lish," he replied.
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HIGHEST Axr LOWEST srATEs.

Every one knows which is the
smallest and which is the largest
state in the Union, but how many
know which is the lowest and which
is the highest?
According to the results of meas
urements and calculations made by
the United States geological survey,
Delaware is the lowest state, its ele-
vation above sea level averaging
only 60 feet. Colorado is the high
est, averaging $500 feet above the
sea, while Wyoming is close Sec
ond, only 100 feet lower than Colo
rado.
In minimum elevation Florida
and Louisiana dispute for second
place after Delaware, the average
elevation being for each 100 feet.
Taking the United States as a
whole, our country lies slightly
above the average elevation of the
land of the globe.
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Southern Railway-Reduced Rates.

Southern Railway announces Summer Tourist
ra,ea to Southern coast rssorts-,hc Isle of Palms
sale 10 s'e appig pig'ss t.
Hundreds Of most delightful Summer Resorts
and Summer Homes on the line OF the Southern
spnnyss she
gnia seesS Baasc f;his sprins. H; 1irsinis Hot Hot
Land Of the SKY" "The % sapphire & G Reaon, and
many other nearby and distant u ountafn retreats
accommodations 10 reach the Great Lake Region,
the Allegheny and Adirondack Mountains. Low
round trip rates. Don't make a selection for
place TO spend the heated season until you write
the unde, signed for descriptive literature Of any
resort place in America and summer home
Parlor and Cafe Dining Cars on Day Trains be-
I've 1TeeS S. Atianta ar, a.d Memphi. via Brminghhm.
Hhe sGatseEn RR1.lwsy IL connection with the
liahed on day trains leaving Atlanta c 90 a. m.
arriving q. Memphe o5 p. m, and leaving Menu
nifcent Obsel vation Cafe cars. These cars ere Of
the latest improved pla'. .ud afford most comfor.
table accommodation aud excellent meals. The
meals on these cars III be served ON q Ia carte
plan from nm elaborate bill Of fare. The rear
portion Of the cara form an Observation Smoking
room. eupplied with tho latest papers and periodi-
calls, which can be occupied at moderate cost.
This thu ough service 10 In addition to the Pullman
sleeping cars between Atlanta and Memphis lsav-
Ing Atlanta 416 p. m. and arriving Atlanta at
One fare for tho round trip to Birmingham, Ala,
and return on account National Grand Temple
Mosaic Templnrs OF America, July S0-August b.
Tickets to DO sold July 18th. 2sth and 30th, final
limit August 9Th, 1901.
other magnificent Through Trains to tho East via
Southern Railway. Tho yestibule Limited leav-
irg Atlanta at IL o'clock noon daily 10 one OF the
hneat tratns in the world. 1t ID composed ex-
clusively Of Pullman equipment of lateot design,
consisting Of Gentemen's Club Cara Atlanta to
Now York, Double Drawing Room Sleeping Cara
Now Orleans TO New York. Drawing Room Buffet
Sleeping Carn MemphiR to New Yor6 Library OBJ
ssryation Car Macon to New York, and Superb
Dining Cars serve all meals. In addition to the
stst-cissa railroad transportation p,ssensers on
York viii DO required to have Pullman tickets
train. Immediately following the vestibule Linn
ited the Atlanta and New YoiE Express, leaving
Atlanta at l2 20 noon daily having ample coach
accom- odation for first and second class passen-
gers not desiring to use Pullman cara. Also, the
Fast Mall leaving Atlanta at 1850 p: rn has sleep
ing clrs through from New Orleans, Mobile Mont-
gomery and Atlanta to Washington, Philadelphia
and New York. Time many honrs the quickest.
All sgents Of connecting lines sell through tick
eta via 6outhern Railway.
For detailed information as to schedules, also
rates and reservations, apply TO any Agent Of the
Sou hern Railway or connection.
w. H. TAYLOE, A. G. z. A. Atlanta, Ga.
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TURN ABOUT.

a young nal and woman got on
q Philadelphia street car the other
day, and as there were no vacant
seats the young man said in loud
tone of voice to negro, "Will you
have the civility to give this lady a
seat?" The negro did 80, saluting
the young woman. The seat next
to her becoming vacant the young
man hurriedly appropriated it with
out Offering it to the negro. Just
then the car stopped, and stout
negro washerwoman entered the
car. AS no one offered her q seat
the negro, with smile, said to the
young man, ssWill you have the ci-
Witty to give this lady a seat?" For
a moment he hesitated, but at last
concluded to comply with the re-
quest, very much to the indignation
of the young woman.-Exchange.
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TOO sANGUIyE.

At the moment when war was
declared between France and Ger
many in 1870 the French were so
sanguine of success that the Pa
risian streets abounded in such no.
tices as:
CHAPS Of Germany sold Within
for the entry into Berlin" and Ger
man-French dictionaries, for the
use Of the Frenc when at Berlin"
But the elm of arrogant as
sumption was reached when Pa
risian cabman, on driving to the
railway station young Prussian Of
ficer about to rejoin his regiment
positively declined to accept his le-
gal fare, saying coolly:
mo, sir; man should not pay
for his own funerall" - Pearson's
Weekly.
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The man. who never gives oifensc
is as clever she is scarce.
- The balance Of trade is not al.
ways political platform scale.
Excessive economy makes ma n
an undesirable acquaintance.
= The clerk VINO aspires to higher
life objects to life of hire.
= Oklahoma millers are arranging
to use Beaumont oil for fuel.
A bachelor says woman 8
sphere is that she will not find hus-
band.
Rich widows are the only dcsir-
able second hand articles on the mar
ket.
= In eleven cases out of dozen the
charity that begins at home stops
there.
Fortune may knock once at every
man door, but misfortune crawls in
at the window.
Siorc than million people are
treated in the hospitals of London
each year.
The people Of Siberia when rcduc-
ed TO hard straits, make tea of cab.
bage leaves.
= Bowling alleys are to be put in
the basement of the Sacred Hear,
Catholic church, Chicago, to keep the
young men from mischief.
= AS rule the more a man want.
the less he gets-and the rule ism
too stuck np to wear rear end forward
either.
A scientist says that climate
affects the character. Perhaps il
does, but not so much as conviction BY
jury.
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Imported Hats for Horses.

New YORK, July 9.-New York
horses, or at least some Of them, are
wearing, during the hot weather, straw
hats imported from Paris. French
horses have worn the same styles for
some time.
Arecent visit which John Z. Haincs,
president Of the American Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals,
paid to Paris is responsible for this
introduction of French styles. He
noticed that Paris horses were enjoy
ing most convenient headgear and
found on investigation that the wear
ing of straw hats greatly lessened the
death rate from heat and sunstroke.
He brought back number of models,
and he did not have to get some one to
wear them past the customs inspec-
tors, as do the milliners. These mod
els were turned over to manufacturers
of straw hats in New York, and a
large quantity have been made and
put on sale. The Paris hat for horses
resembles the -brimmed Panama
which is 80 popular this year among
men. The two radical points Of diff
ference lie in two holes cut ic the
brim to make room for the horse ears
and the ribbons with which it is tied
to the bride. The hats are made of
fine aad coarse straw, and some of
them have elaborate open-work de-
signs. They can be obtained in col
ors and combinations Of colors. There
is no reason why the most fastidious
horse cannot be satisfied.
Dir. Haines says that hats can be
seen on the finest teams driven on the
Paris boulvearas as we'll as on the
work horses in the business section Of
the city. He will supply horse hats
to poor drivers who cannot afford to
buy them.
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.rho lmmoyable Coin.

Plnce in the center Of your hand
when fully opened a silver dime.
Then beg friend to take brush,
and tell him that the piece Of money
is his il he can brush il OFF from the
center Of your hand. Your friend
will do. his best. but will tacnme
very tired, as tie piece viii move no
more from the center Of your hand
than if it were glued there. 1t is un-
derstood he cannot shake violently
your hand, because the piece Of
money would fall off, but he must be
satisfied to do exactly as if he were
brushing coat in order to gain the
coin.
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How She Rated Him.

MADAM" said tho attorney CT the
railroad company to the woman on the
stand, as I understand it, at the time
OF your husbands death mis- life was
insured for $4,000"
"Yes, SIR"
"You also claim that he was killed
by train and you are now suing the
railroad company for $25,OOO?"
eyes. sir"
"Do you think he was worth s25,-
OOO?"
II do"
"That's all, madam"
The woman stepped down and tired
looking man took the stand.
"Your name, sir?" asked the attor
ncy.
John Beeslcy."
"You have been ncighbor of the
PLAINTIFF"
eyes, sir"
"Havc you ever heard plaintiff say
anything regarding the value she set
upon her .s.usband?"
YES, sir; | have heard her tell him
ON several occasions that he wasn't
worth his salt"
And in just one minute the hen
pecked jury brought in verdict that
the railroad company could not be
held responsible for the damages. =
Indianapolis SIN.
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FUNNY "BREAKS."
Queer Slips Made With the Pen
and the Tongue.

The sons Of Erin have long la
bored under the imputeticn Of MAX
ing more ''b, leaks" with t. cir
tongues than any of their fellow
mortals, but from the following it
would seem that the "bull" is not
necessarily indigenous to Irish soil:
1t was Frenchman who in writ
ing to an acquaintance said:
left my knife at your office yesterday. II you
find 1t, please send 1t to me. Yours.
LIE Roouk.
p. s.-Sincc writing this have found my
knife, 80 you need not trouble to send it.
The same individual sent pres
cnt of some fruit to n friend, and in
the bottom of the basket he placed
a note the postscript to which read:
You will find this note in the bottom OF the
basket, but i: you do not let me know immed-
atcly.
1t was Scotchman who said.
"The butcher II cur tow. does suciy
small business that he only has tc|
kill half q beef at time"
a German in advertising for q
lost pig said, cit has no carmarks
except its iail, which is missing"
A British magistrate on being il
formed by vagabond that he had
no wife responded. "Well, that's a
lucky thing for her"
At q prayer meeting in Vermont
a pious old deacon invoked bless
ing on a 'poor young man whose
father is drunkard and whose
mother is q widow"
AT q negro ball the doorkeeper ON
being asked what "Not transferable
on the tickets meant, replied, .'It
means dat no gentleman am admit
ted less he come hisself."
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Both Prayers Were Answered.

General "Joe" Wheeler is good to
the interviewer. Eie talks without
reserve, as if talking to friend. He
is modest in manner, even meek look
ing, sad uo cue, at first sight, would
imagine that this gentle, genisl, kind
ly man was hero of some of the
boldest, grimest battles of modern
times.
General o. .. Howard, who com.
manded one Of the wings of Sherman s
army on the famous march to the sea,
and who bore Lees first shock at Get
tysburg, is another of precisely the
same type. No one could be simpler,
kinder or gentler. In fact, it seems
20 be the rule with men as with steel,
that the hardest knocks produce the
best temper. Old army officers and
old physicians are apt to have broad
minded charity and hopeful. sunny
love of their kind which is rare else
where. They reverse the rule of the
witty French cynic. "The more
know about men the better I like
dogs"
The last time interviewed General
Howard it was on the subject of an
swcrs to prayers, and I thought I had
him. In his famous fight with Stone
wall Jackson tho Union forces were
defeated, so inquired of General
Howard:
"You.praycd before the battle?"
eyes," he answered.
"And jackson was praying man.
He prayed also?"
eyes," he answered.
''Then how was it he gained the
victory? Did you mean that the
Union cause was wrorg?"
Very gently the good old general
replied: both our prayers were an
swered. jackson prayed for imme-
diate victory and I for the ultimate
triumph Of our cause. We both got
what We prayed for" Tile Mdepen-
dent.
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He Saved iiis Clothes.

While large party, among whom
was an elderly Scotch professor, was
shooting on the moors in Perthshire
it suddenly began to rain. There
was no shelter in the neighborhood,
and the sportsmen made the best Of
their misfortune by sitting down
and getting drenched. But the pro-
fessor as soon as the shower began
wandered off and was not seen dur
ing the hour the rain fell. When it
ceased, he reappeared, and to every
ones surprise there was not q drop
of rain on his clothes.
The wet sportsmen were annoyed
as well as surprised, thinking he had
discovered place Of shelter. But
the professor was reticent, and it
was with difficulty that at last they
persuaded him to tell how he had
managed to keep dry. directly the
rain came on" said he, 81 stripped
and sat on my clothes till it ceased" !"
Origin OF a Quaint Expression.
In the fifteenth century it was
customary for English alehouse
keepers to write the scores Of their
customers on the wall with bit Of
charcoal. The letter p served as an
authorization for pints and Q for
qunfts, each being placed at the top
of column, long or short, of figures
showing the state Of the customers
account. The fact being we'll
known, it became customary for
sober friends to withdraw their
drinking companions from the tap
room by showing them the length of
the account, or, in their LANGUAGE,
the "state Of ineir P's and Q's."
"Mind your P's and Q's" was a COM
mon hint to hard drinkcr that he
was going too far, and the express
sion easily found favor in other
places than taprooms and became
accredited as q synonym for <cBe on
your good behavior
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were very loath to part with her,
and yet neither had bothered her
with questions, knowing that if she
wished to tell them her reason she
would.
at the next junction she had an
hour TO wait for her train. She
sI:ent the time in the waiting room,
taxing no notice Of what went on
around her. So absorbed was she
In her own thoughts that she almost
missed the train when it did ut last
come and was just able to hurry out
and jump into the nearest compart-
ment. It was empty, as it happen
ed, but just as the train began to
move the door opened and some one
else got in and the door slammed to
and they were off.
'Mr. WendovcrY'
eyes, Miss Beckett, may I have
the pleasure of travelling SO far with
you? I am going up to town."
eyes, you may" she answered.
There was nothing else for it new,
out ner tone was ice cold. She look
cd at him as she spoke and thought
he looked troubled.
81 saw you get into the train," he
began, e'and l ventured to follow
YOU"
She did not look encoura ging, and
he went on quickly.
81 wanted to see you, Miss Beckett,
and had it not been my luck to catch
sight of you at the last minute l
should have now been on my way to
your brothers, where I hoped to
End you"
"Yes2" she queried without un-
bending.
81 want to explain to you how it
was I was detained at Beignton yes
terday. I met there some one had
believed dead for some years"
Hilda started.
'My cousin Philips wife"
"Your cousin Philip"
eyes. I don't think I ever men
toned him to you. He is not-well,
the kind of relative one would be
very anxious to mention. I have
not seen him for year or two. 1
don't think he is in England: I
understood from him when I last
saw him that his wife had died in
America, and yesterday 1 saw her.
| should never have recognized her.
I knew her when she married him.
But she knew me; was, in fact,
watching the trains at Beignton for
/ her husband and found me instead.
I had to change there" He stopped
for moment and looked steadily
at Hilda.
"Then she was-is-not your
wife, after all2"
| "My wifel Heaven forbidl And
you thought it possible! She told
me she had seen you and the mis-
take she had made, and you-well,
you believed I could be such
scoundrel."
| "Forgive me"- she began.
| "Hilda," he said, 'I will forgive
you upon one condition only, and
that is"-
She raised her eyes and looked at
him, and he saw the answer he
wished for in her eyes, even before
she spoke.
Mrs. Beckett cannot quite make
out what really happened, but she
is SO pleased with Hilda's engage
ment to Philip that she has never
asked for an explanation from either
of them.-Woman's Life.
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- Any man who marries woman
when he knows she believes in woman
outrage ought to be made to wear his
hair long and put it un with hairpins.
In the Brookfield, Mo-, white
schools the aeSes are represented by
exactly the same number. There are
just 600 each Of the boys and girls.