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suffer any radfcaT change in its exterior
OF interior But its incumbent should
not be compelled to be crowded in room
for his family simply to afford the re-
Quisite accommodations for his Office
force. and. hence a suitable structure
must be provided, in keeping in ali re-
spects with the other great Government
structures i'=l=i
Senator Hale is no less in the right
in his opposition to the plan OF surround
ing lafayette Square with big Govern
ment buildings. Sgch a scheme would be
out of all harmony with immediate sur
roundings, and especially would the
White House suffer by it Far more in
keeping with the general plan for the
Identification of the Greater Washington
is the proposition that the Government
should acquire all the property along the
south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, from
the Treasury to the Botanical Gardens,
and utilize the ground for the erection OF
such a series Of departmental buildings
as II will need in the future, interspersed
with ornamental squares and fine stat
uary- That is the proper scheme for the
City Beautiful
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SECRETARY LONGS VIEW
OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

OFAR as can see there has been a
steady Improvement in American
political life. says hon John D
Long. Secretary Of the Navy. in the
"CongregatIonalist, and It's outlook fer
the future is fun of good cheer. There
have been few backward steps and there
certainly have been q great many for
ward The man in POLITICAL life has kept
pace with the progress in all life. His
standards OF personal conduct and habit
are better than they we're. Our executive
officials are men Of frst-rate character
and ability Our representatives in Con-
gTecs do not have their superior in any
o.her body OF men Of the same number
This is true not only in respect of their
general ability, their power of iRvestiga-
ton and expression, but in their personal
character and walk. Many Of them are
men Of small means. but they are above
suspicion OF purchase or corruption. They
live simply and modestly; intemperance
IS rare, and while party spirit is some
times high, they are devoted to the well
fare Of their constituencies 1 have long
regarded the Congressional Record" as
a very treasury OF instructive and inform
Ing debate. dealing exhaustiveIy with the
public questions of The day.
In the ciyii service Of the country there
has been marked advance The great
body OF clerical places are no longer the
spells Of the victor, secured by political
favor, but got by merit. The result is a
noticeable increase Of efficiency and stiH
more marked relief both to the appointing
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honey-making bees but the drones. It
VIII be great mistake for the community
TO shoot the miliionaires, for they are
the bees that make the most honey, and
contribute most to the hive even after
they have gorged themselves full Here is
a remarkable fact, that the masses OF the
people in any country are prosperous and
comfortable just in proportion IS there
are miIlionaires- Take Russia, with its
population little better than serfs. and
living at the point OF starvation upon
the meanest possible fare. such fare IS
none OF cur people could or would eat,
and you do not find one millionaire in
Russia. always excepting the emperor and
few mobiles who own the land, owing to
their political system Il is the same to
a great extent in Germany. There are
only two milIionaires known to me in the
whole German empire IN France, where
the people are better on than in Ger
many, you cannot count one half dozen
millionaiFes in the whole country. In the
old hnnaA =a.rr-roan-ira- TanItain which 80
the richest country in all Europe-the
richest country in the world save one. our
own-therea are more millionaires than
in the whole Of the rest OF Europe. and its
people are better OF than in any other
You come TO our own land; we have more
miIlionaiFes than in all the rest of the
world put together, although we have not
one to every ten that is reputed so.
Under our present conditions the mil
Honaire who tolls on is the cheapest ar
ticIe which the community secures at the
price II pays for hina, namely. his shelter.
clothing, and food.
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~ ELIGION alone has not the inherent
X power to reform the morals of the
l y world, It cannot reach all classes
of men. for not ali heed the words
Of priest, preacher CT prophet. And there
are many evils that Cannot be eradicated
by preaching or persuasion, but need force
to bring about their determination. AS
many, if not more, must be whipped into
the right as may be persuaded into It.
Moses foresaw the need of combining
religion with government, so as to give
the teachings Of the former more effective
force. Religion gave authority to govern
ment, government furnished the exeeu-
tion of the law. While this union be-
tween church and state remained ideal. it
was beneficial. but abuses crept in and be-
came SO great, so terrible. that the world
rebelled. and when revolutions were sue
eessfuI there was q decree that thereafter
church and state should be separate.
This separation was hailed with delight.
but it led to another extreme. The whole
moral influence Of government was now
withdrawn from religion. which was thus
left to work out its own problems, unaided
by the strong arm Of the law
Government has also suffered by the
separation. especially in America. in be-
coming a merely secular power. bereft
of moral influence. Brice says the gov
ernments in America are little concerned
with the lofty ethical problems which are
necessary for the perpetual uplifting of
the masses"
For instance. our secular government
may give Us clean streets. but permit OBJ
scene pictures &c line the avenues: it
may give US Libraries and picture gal
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No ONE CAN NOW ACQUIRE
ByFF PROCTOR, Owner of Vaudeville Theaters-
WEALTH BY SAVING ALONE

invest his savings in Government bonds
or to place them In savings bank. and
the results will probably enable him to
he has beer forced to retire from active
life, but no one can grow rich from his
savings.
With the push and hustle and crowding
that now prevails a nan must take
chances IL ne wishes 20 be rich He can
not be conservative There are many
avenues open to him. but he should devote
his energies to the exploitation OF those
fields with which he is most familiar.
For instance, the grocer's clerk should
keep his eyes on the possibilities that ara
trolley conductor or notorman should
look into the future of trolley lines, and
the young man in the lumber camp should
try to forecast the possibilities Of that
industry. The savings bank is not a
moneymakcr for the depositor, but it aids
in forming nucleus that may, by wise
investments. pave the way to fortune
Speaking from purely personal point
of view, 1 have secured vastly better re-
suits from careful investments in live
theatrical enterprises. with frequent ex-
cursions TITO the realms OF real estate,
than I could ever have hoped of doing
through the savings banks This. Oz
course, necessitated my taking a chance
and that same element of chance fg-
ures stupendousIy in the lives of all
wealth CATERERS
Nothing ventured. nothing gained
may be an antiquated saying. but it is
strictly true.
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Sarah.'- brought smiles to her face. aud
she made up her mind to sulk no longer.
To an intimate friend. who ventured TO
ask the price Of the cloak, answered, .'Ef
you do not mind. ] viii keep that to NY
self. considering that this ermine wrap
is the chief remorse of my sinful life 1t
is a tremendous piece of extravaganza,
AT any rate" said Maurice Bernhar1t.
who, like his mother, totally ignores the
value of money. and does not mind bit
seeing her recklessly spend enormous
sums. IF mother gives a few thousand
francs for cloak. it is. at least. TO put
IL on her own glorious shoulders. which is
not nearly so scandsicas as TO see Mdie,
walking every morning IN the Avenue
de Bots with her three 'toutousteszEad
ing in their overeoats of blue fax en-
hFoidered at the corner With diamond
initials. aud led BY chains az .gekl aut
turQu0isesi" - sN{
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DO BY OTHERS AS YOU
Would BE DONE BY
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

4 HUNDRED times have heard it
~ said that no man could put
1 L Chrfst's precept of DO as you
would be done by into practical
use in the world today and not become a
pauper. That in business marts it was
necessary to meet cunning with cunning,
selfshness with se1fshness. in order to
succeed. Yet have never believed it.
II. was great delight while visiting the
interesting Island of Jamaica. in the West
Indies, to find the worldly theory refuted.
It was an added delight to find it re-
futed by an American
Jamaica is $50 miles long. 40 miles wide
1t has nearly a million inhabitants I
doubt If to one person OF that million
the mama of L. D. Baker is not known
am certain that by every one to whom
it is known it is loved and respected be-
yond what is usually accorded to man in
busy modern life.
I have never before heard any man so
universally praised and eulogized as Mr..
Baker
He had been resident OF Jamaica for
over thirty years. He is a self-made man
and was At one time a sea captain. His
ship was one Of the first to bring fruits
from the West Indies to the United States.
Today there is scarcely an industry in
Jamaica that does not owe something to
Mr. Bakers foresight, aeumen, intelIi-
gence. and kindness. He has acquired a
fortune, and he has made fortunes for
scores of others, and competence for hun
dretis, and comfort for thousands. He is
absolutely worshiped by the peasant class
He is universally loved. I saw the strong.
rugged faces Of his business associates
soften as they spoke mis- name. He is
the best of men" | heard said more than
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" TEALTH. as estimated today.
M never can be acquired in ones
lifetime by saving alone, and
1 do not wish to discourage
fragaIity in the slightest degree.
There are many adages which we sell
dom hear quoted now. the object Of which
was to stimulate the habit of saving "A
penny saved is as good as a penny earn
ed and Take care of the pennies and
the dollars viii take care OF themselves
are truths, and many fortunes have been
years of the closest economy we're re
considered competencies even at the pres
ent ti4Ae,
Years ago. if a man had in his stable
OF barn two fast trotting horses, he was
a veritabIe Croesus Now there are
scores of men in New York who own half
a dozen fast horses worth $4,000 each.
and who house them in stables that would
have been considered fit for a king to live
in a hundred years ago; and yet these
men are not even considered mlIlionaires.
st one time millionaire was man
who was worth 81 900. coo. Today a man
is not properly considered millionaire
in New York at least, unless he has ten or
twenty times this amount Of money.
One hundred years ago he who was
worth $50, GOO was considered rich, and yet
Senator Clark of Montana is credited with
receiving this amount daily from his in
come alone
If the average man wishes to provide
for his old age it is possible for him to
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The Children of the SlumS.

The Bishop of Lordon has not lost in
teFest in that work among the poor to
which he had given his life before his ele-
Walton to the episcopate. No one is read
Ter than he to address organizations for
charitable or Christian work in behalf Of
the submerged tenth. Speaking in aid of
the Woman's Colony the other night, he
dwelt upon the reasonableness and sense
of fairness to be found among the chill
dren of the slums as he had known them.
To illustrate the point. he told this story:
A boy who had been out Of his class at
tended the next Sunday. Did they chuck
yOu:" asked one of the boys "Yus. and
serve NE right" Was the reply. Teacher
was bound TO. I said Amen in the wrong
pIices, and Let 'em al come instead of
repeating the collects"
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Serious parts, moreover, appeal to me
much more than those OF comedy. The
latter, after one has been engaged in PEE
senting part like Carton. come az a sort
OF holiday. They give you a sort OF pic
nicky" feeling. Yet. true comedy lacks
not in difficulty. In fact. it seems to me
to call really for more subtle work than
the serious parts One false note. be It
ever so slight. mars the whole perform
ance- The wrong tone OF voice, an awk-
ward movement, a grimace out Of place.
and the ruin is total. like the ink spot
that spoiIs the artistic creation Of q
Worth In the serious parts, On the other
hand, 1t is as with the great paintings
and sculptures What remains unmarried
may be great enough to cause ali the
minor defects to be overlooked aud Tor
gotten.
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The Influence Of Thought.

Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox. in re-
cent poem, maintains that thoughts
are things" She holds that thought
unexpressed, born and dying in the
brain Of the thinker, still exerts, ac-
cording to its nature, wide influence
and power for good OF evil The con-
ception, fanciful as it may appear, is
nevertheless strikingly in accord with
certain psychic phenomena How
otherwise is it possible to account forl
the faculty Of the medium" who de-
duces the nature Of your thought il,
indeed, she does not accurately define
it? a strange phase Of this phenom-
enon is, that the thought, on your
part, may be Of past impression or
episode which is dimmed with years;
yet it is conveyed to the medium with
the keenness and poignaBcy which
the impression or event had upon you
at the time of its occurrence
Wireless teIegaphy has demon
strated the existence of an etherie
force which, transmitted through
space, fmpresses itself in the same
manner in which it was produced
upon a delicate instrument. Is not the
human nervous system a more sensi-
tive sender and receiver than any
mechanism constructed by human in
genuity? May we not be subject 10
countless Impressions Of a more sub
tie nature than magnetic waves? May
there not be such a thing as thought
vibration by which images and i'm
pressions are conveyed with more or
less distinctness from one mind TO
another irrespective OF distance, but
dependent on a certain affinity be-
tween the individuals? Anyone who
seriously investigates psychic phe-
nomena must acknowledge that only
on such an hypothesis can some oc-
currences be reasonably accounted
for
If thoughts, then, are really winged
messengers. widening and widening.
as do sound vibrations, to infinity
perhaps-if they are unconsciousIy
assimilated by responsive receivers
that is, by other human beings
snorId not reflection give US pause"
before We send them on their jour
neg?
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once q love him and respect him ="
He has done more for the uplifting and
the prosperity of Jamaica than the whole
English government" said another His
word is a good as a bond, said a third
He is the only man here who can make
contracts by word of mouth-without wit
ness-and who can travel all over the
island without a shilling in his pocket and
transact important business. His word is
never doubted because he has never
broken it, nor has he ever wronged any
one. He is literal follower after Christ
precepts-''
1 saw Mr.. Baker only once to speak
with. His dear face verified what I hard
heard of him It was Illuminated from a
light within
He does not need these words from me
But l write them for the benefit of all
ambitious young men today I want them
to realize that absolute honesty and in
tegrfty and unseIfshness in business
methods. can accompany success. I want
them to realize how much better is such
fame as Mr. Bakers than that achieved
by any of our greatest miIlionaires il
America-colossal as their generosity
may be. Mr.. Baker has not perhaps en-
dowed a college, but he has wronged no
man. and ne has gone cut Of his way to
help, cheer. and encourage thousands. He
has been an inspiration to the poor,
struggling natives of Jamaica He has
been friend to every worthy enterprise,
and he has lived 10 enjoy the comforts OF
an borestIv GAINED fortune in his dacIfo-
ing years, and to reap flowers of love of
his own planting from every source.
God bless this good American. who
should be an inspiration TO every youth
starting in life today
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THE CROCUS


0uf Of the frozen earth beneath,
oHt 81 the melting Of the snow,
20 flower, but a ilul. push to light;
Ne stem. no budget have burst
The bars OF winter; / am the first,
O Sun, TO greet thee out Of the night
Rare are the- branches, cold is the air.
Yet it Is ere at the heart I bear;
come, fame that is fed by none;
The summer hath blossoms for her de-
light.
Thick and dewy and waxen-white,
Thou seest me golden, o, golden Sun.
Deep in the warm sleep underground
Life is sim. and the peace profound:
Yet beam that pierced. and a thrill
that smote
Called me and drew ne from far away
rose. came. to the open day.
have woa. unsheltered. alone. re-
~ mote
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power and to the Congressman. A Cab
met officer now. instead OF spending half
his time in putting in or turning out the
members of the clerical force. can devote
himself to the legitimate work Of his Of
fee.
Nor have heroism and pluck and daring
lost ground To be sure, nobody fights
duel nowadays. but on the sterner battle
fields which demand moral courage there
has been no falling off I am thrown
good deal, of course, among naval officers,
who By the way, are certainly part Of
our political life, and I an especially
struck with the high sense of duty in
service which animates so many OF them,
and which, notwithstanding all of the lit
tie frictions that attend every organiza-
ticn from a military department TO : sing
ing school, Inspires them to the greatest
loyalty and sacrifice in time of eInergen-
cy, believe that they are representative
Of the personnel OF other branches of the
Government Wealth has in
creased, but It has brought with 1t an in
crease Of temptation to luxurious induI-
gence and corruption. as well as better
provision Of the comforts OF life for al.
AS there is good cheer in looking upon all
these advances. there must also be good
cheer IN taking up the burdens and prob
lens which they bring. II is going 10 be
long fight yet before we have the ideal
man or the-iaeaI state There IS enough
10 make one faint who looks forward TO
the tremendous work TO be done, but good
cheer helps in doing It
merry heart goes al the day,
And sad fires IN a mile
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THE STAGE CHARACTER IN
WHICH | TAKE MOST DELIGHT
By HENRY MILLER.

EE 7 FAVoRITE part is that OF Sid
I'M ney Carton in The Only Way"
/ 4 AT the same time. it is the hard
est, in that it calls for the most
physical and mental effort of any part /
ever essayed. From first to last Carton
IS a strenuous character He is man
of strong emotions, of great activity, both
passionate and seIf-controIled- He is full
of fire and enthusiasm. yet not explosive.
He never roars nor rants, but neither does
ne know passiveness- The character as
drawn by Dickens Is one I have always
liked, and was ST ecially we'll pleased with
the opportunity O. presenting it in It's
stage form think that has much to do
with an actors success with a part If
the character of this creature Of the au-
thor and dramatist appeals to you it is
less difficult TO master IT.
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ANY person who cannot buy Morning Afternoon Sunday
Edition any stand Washington
towns on railroad trains elsewhere, will confer favor by notifying
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TOWN POINTS, PoSTAGE PREPAID:
D EVENTSG EDITION, one year, So; six
months, SI.5O; three months, % cents.
Evening and Sunday, one year, SJi six
/ months. $3.50; three months, SI.2J. Morn
/ ing. Evening. ana Sunday. one year, $40;
/ six months, So; three months, S2-5o.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES TO OUT OF

MORNING EDITION, one year s.; six
months, 81. so; three months, S1.2J. Morn
Ing and Sunday, one year, 81 six months,
500; three months, 81, -. Sunday edi-
ton only, one year, So six months, 81;
three months, 80 cents
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04

ed long enough for her former mate to return. The lost husband had sister who always looked upon this second mar rfage as an act of vice. and with that straightforwardness peculiar to % the he had been gone about eight years an affair happened which staggered even her confidence. A man in sailors garb called upon her and said that he had q mes- sage from her dead brother-for that he was dead there was no doubt. The ship in which they had been together In the Pacific had gone to pieces on a coral reef, and all hands had perished but him self. His life was saved by the acci
 of which seeing a man upon the reef low cred a boat and took him aIboard. Since that event he had been a wanderer on the race of the earth. Years rolled on. and John Williams. fhe lost man, ss was forgotten as well. One day towards the close of summer, when Mrs. Williams. now Mrs. Williams no longer, was ou9 for walk with her husband and cnlls dren. who sh ould enter the house and go hang his hat up on the peg but John Williams. Finding no one at home, ne sat in the window so that he could see his wife when she came 'home. Alter short time he saw her ana ner two cn ar, whom he had known as a boy. He sprans from his seat and ran out to meet them. When Mrs. Williams saw her hrst husband she fell into hss arms. and the scene was soon explained to poor GTif- fiths. who stood stupidly by like a poor Sesiston Ses of the wife: to whom.oever she turned and gave her hand he should thenceforth be her husband. She hesi- tated but for a moment, and her nrsI love coming back to her. she have her hsnd ana heart a second time to John Williams, her first love. This Is the story ,ypon which Alfred Tennyson founded the fs rnous poefl of Enoch Arden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
A Scotch Ring.

Good Words. . IA
 Tine traditional history of the Scotch re galia ring is of the most tragic, not % say melancholy. character. It is oensVsu that it was the favorite ring or Mars ,,. Stuart, and that after her tudiciai nn der in F)otheringay Castle. 1t was ds- mitted to her son. From James e- seconded to Charles I. at whose cosHrt cst;,,ot tion at Scone in 1883 1t played a dis,l,o. .i,... figure at an untlmely and nl- ath death; for. with almost his last .her1es upon the scaffoid at Whitenar,' n in trust beaueathed it to Bishop yuxon tune inc for his son. In due course or 'shg ,',as .ns ring came into the possession or Sanies s IT and was carried away win nm oii his night to the continent When; ssIs. nov, Sn ever hc was detained by the nsnermen at sheerness. the ring. which had oesn secreted in the Kings underciothing' onlS cscansS robbery by the uckiest or mis- takes on the part of the sailor wn9 9 sesrcbed him. Thus the ring was passed on uniniured to James's descendants: till , I, thn heouest of Cardinal York. 1t be- came the property of the reigning dynas, tt, ance more aud was by them replaced smonr tho royal Jewels of Scotland from which it had been separated for many long year