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The Washington times., 1902-05-18
RUPERT FOME-A PICTURE OF PEACE AND CONTENTF1ENT.
"HE primitive little village of Ana
costa on the banks of the historic
Potomac River presents picture

ITHE primitive little village of Ana
| costa on the banks of the historic
| Potomac River presents picture
of peace and contentment, that is
forbidden to those whose lives are spent
in the hurlyburly Of large city.
1t is a happy combination Of easy toll
and restful ease which characterizcs the
inhabitants OF the little town-toil
! through the day and sweet, satisfying
comfort of quiet home when night
comes. That it is an ideal abiding Fiace
for those who have served their three
score years and ten, is proved in many
instances. a most conspicuous one OF
which is offered in the recent erection of
a home there for the arci.
Were one to search through every
crevice and corner of the District of Co
lumbia a more desirable site for such an
institution could not be found than the
one which has been selected Cor the Rup-
pert Home on the crest OF Good Hope
Hill, Anacostia
Far from the madding crowd and at
the end of. "a long road bordered ON one
side with sweet scented lilac and box
wood and on the ether by 4 broad cxpanse
Of green fields, stands the Rupert Home.
at the head OF sloping lawns, legal in It's
architectural beauty.
The Rupert Home has just been COM
pleted and will be dedicated May q, af-
ter which it viii he occupied by aged
people who are without means of support,
and who will be admitted according to
the rules and regulations of the insti-
tuition. The home is a gift to the Dis
trict by the terms OF the viii of the late
Christian Rupert, in memory of him
and his wife, Eleanora Rupert II is
the first institution of its kind in Wash |
ington, being non-sectariGn, and admits !
eligible applicants whether male or fe- /
male.
Significance attaches to the donation of |
the home to the District in that Mr.. Rup-
pert was not native born American |
He came TO this country when a youth.
and took up his residence in Washing
on, engaging in the notion business. He
'massed fortune, and after providing
n his will for relatives, he directed that
25O.oOo be devoted to the erection and
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Tips on Horse Races.

An injunction will not be granted to as
sist a company in selling tips on horse
races in violation of law, holds the New
York supreme court, special term, in
the case of Maxim & Co. VS. Sheean as
N. Y. Supp. 422). The court said that "a
court of equity would not lend the aid
OF its great writ of injunction to pre-
serve to plaintiff its business of selling
tips to gamblers on horse races" In this
case tia plaintif company was engaged
in the bsuiness OF selling tips on races,
in sealed envelopes. at S. apiece. and
asked for injunction restraining the de-
fendant, one of its customers. from re-
selling the tips at a lower price.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18

of the ancient graves at the same place
from which the Kings Jar was taken.
The university has obtained eonces-
sion from the Egyptian Government to
dig up the whole Of an old-tin.e cemetery
at Girga, most Of the inhabitants OF which
have lain undisturbed for thousands CT
years. Another archaic cemetery has just
been found this season at Girga. among
them a bronze spearhead. forty centime-
tres long; a handful Of gold foil and a
pottery boat.
In one grave was found a pink lime
stone Jar. In another were two boxes,
both plundered in ancient times. The
space around the boxes was. however. un-
touched and in 1t was found row of Jars
filled with food for the use of the shades.
Several carloads of ancient Egyptian
relics and mummies have come to Berke-
ley and been stored in a warehouse erect
cd for their accommodation near Hearst
Hall.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18

! Summerville from the Koyasau Temn,e
in Kishu. Japan. This temple is surround.
/ ed by grove Of high trees for the sleht
! OF which mariners often sail out of their
course. The idols were obtained with
great difficulty and at considerable ey-
pense.
The three panels which form back
ground for the group are beautiful specl-
mems Of japanese carving Of 300 years
ago They are known as Rammas and oc-
cupy a prominent place in Oriental
houses of worship. They are gilded and
lacquered with figures in relief, and once
hung in the temple of Nara The central
Ramma is a particularly fine specimen.
showing two angels in the clouds. One
holds "Sho," kind OF reed organ. and
the other bears a lotos flower. These
angels, or heaven dwellers." are beliey-
ed to be clad in clean and feathery raj
ment and TO have their hair ornamented
with lotos flowers which never wither.
One Of the most striking objects in the
collection is n sacred white elephant from
the Higashi Hongwanji Temple at Ma
goya. Several Of its teeth have been plug
ged with gold to keep away the pain of
possible decay. In Japan each of these
sacred elephants has separate apart
ment and a nobleman In attendance TO see
that every wish is supplied. The figure
now In the Pennsylvania Museum will
have no noble attendants, but on certain
days I'm the week the janitor will give him
a careful grooming with q dust brush
New York Tribune.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Rights Of Electric Light Company.

Where a city granted to an electric
light company the privilege Of erecting
and maintaining poles along its streets
for certain period of years, and the
company, pursuant thereto, occupied the
streets. expended large sums of money
III making improvements. and later con-
tracted with the council to light the
streets themselves, the supreme court of
Arkansas, in the case Of Hot Springs c.
Co. VS.. City of Hot Springs t67 S. w. Rep.
16l), holds that the city could not after
ward require the company to pay com
pensation for the rse Of the ground oc-
cupied by the poles. the grant having be-
come in effect contract which could not
be changed or atrogated without the COM
pany's consent
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Building Association Laws.

Where a party borrowed money of a
building association, and executes a bond
stipulating as to how the payment shall
be made and how applied that stock
should be assigned and become Cancelled,
and that the debt should be due when
the stock reached par value, and pays be-
lore maturity an amount demanded as
the balance, the supreme court of South
Carolina in the case Of Chuch VS.. II ter
state Building and Loan Association t41
5. e. Rep. 2S) holds that he canrot be re-
heved of such payment where no mistake
or fraud or duress is shown.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Rights of a State.

The power reserved to a State by its
constitution TO alter, amend or repeal
general laws concerning corporations. is
held by the United States Circuit Court
N. ID. California in the case Of San
Joaquin G. Co. VS.. Stanislaus County n13
Fed. Rep. $500 to be subordinate to. and
limited by the provisir~" af the Federal
Constitution, inhibiting Jaws impairing
the obligation of contracts. depriving per-
sons OF property without due process of
law, or denying the equal protection of
the laws.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Insurance Contracts.

A contract of insurance covering a stock
of drugs. including some intoxicating liq-
uors, indemnifying the insured against
loss by fire, and which did not relate to
the conduct of the business or the con-
sequences of the use of the property, and
was not entered into with purpose to en-
courage acts in violation of law, is held
by the supreme court cf Kansas, in the
case of Insurance Company VS.. Evans (6s
Fac Rep. 623D, not to be rendered invalid
by the fact that some Illegal sales of in
toAicating liquors were subsequently
made.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Express Agent Not Liable.

The agent of an express company, who
in good faith delivers to the consignee. or
upon his order. goods carried by his prin-
cipal consigned C. o. ID. and collects the
charges therefor, is held by the supreme
court of Kansas, in the case of State VS..
Courins (6S Pac. Rep, 62D, not to be
guilty of selling intoxicating liquors to
the purchaser or his order though he has
reason to believe or knows the goods so
consigned and delivered to be intoxicat-
ing liquors.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Canrot Be Garnisheed.

municipal corporation, unlass SO sub
1ected by statute. is held Nv the supreme
court of Mississippi IN the case Of Glars
dale Compress Company vs. Caldwell
Company (3l So 1lop. 79o) not TO be liable
to suit by garnisanont or otherwise. for
debts arising from the exercise OF its
governmental functions
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Question of a Loan Contract.

If two persons enter into a written con-
tract wherein it is stipulated that one
is to procure lean Of certain amount
OF money for the other and the latter
agrees 10 pay a named amount as COM
mission for the services of the former.
and no time is fixed in the contract for
the payment of the money, the supreme
court of Georgia, in the case of Collier
VS.. Weyman al s. z. Rep. 50), holds that
the law will construe the contract TO mean
that the loan is to be procured in rea-
sonable time.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Rights of Expert Witness.

A professor of chemistry. otherwise
qualified as an expert. is held by the
unftca>States Circuit Court of Appeals in
the case of Bradford Glycerin Company
vs.-kizer d1S Fed. Rep, S94) not to be
disqualified from giving his opinion as to
the cause of an explosion of nitroglycerin
in answer to hypothetical question. by
the fact that he has had no practical ex-
perience in its manufacture.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Corporation Held Responsible.

An ordinance permitting sewer connec-
uons on condition that the person fo-
whose benefit the connection is made
shall hold the city harmless from any
damage that may result from such con-
nection, cannot be invoked by the city,
holds the supreme court of Indiana in the
case of Murphy VS.. City of indianapolis
t6S N. E. Rep, 46O, TO protect it from
damages occasioned by its negligence in
permitting sewer to remain in defec-
tive condition.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Rights of cross-Examination.

Where party examines a witness in
troduced by him, though upon single
point, the supreme court of Georgia, in
the case of Ficken VS.. City of Atlanta
held that the opposite party has right
TO cross-eNamine such witness upon the
whole merits of the matter in contro-
versy.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Fraud Must Be Proven.

where plaintiff seeks TO recover because
of fraud of the defendants, based on mis-
representations, the supreme court of
Kansas, in the case of Grentner VS.. Feh-
renschield 6S Pac. Rep. $50 holds that
he must allege and prove what the mis-
representations were, that they were
false, that he believed them to be true.
and that he relied and acted upon them.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Question of Counter Affidavits.

p Where an appeal in a criminal case zap
pellants claim that one Of the jurors was
asleep during the trial and that witness
was intimidated by the sheriff. is met bv
counter afiidavits. the supreme court of
Iowa, in the case of State VS.. Phillips tsg
\. W. Rep, 1922, holds that the findings
of the trial court thereon viii not be dis
turbed
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Effect of Newspaper Notices.

The fact that a defendant whose case
had been set for trial on a certain day
was not then present in court, in person
or by counsel, because of misleading
the effect that the hearing of the case
had been postponed. is held by the su-
preme court of Georgia. in the case of
kellam VS.. Todd al s. z. Rep, 39), not
TO constitute mcritorious reason for set
ting aside judgment entered during de-
fendant's absence.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Will Held to Be Invalid

devise by testator of all of his es-
tate in charity without provision for his
widow, is held by the court of appeals of
New York in the case of Jones VS. Kelly
t6S \. L. Rep, 4i2) to be invalid as to
one-half thereof. which passes to the tes-
tator's heirs-at-law.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Ship Captain Negligent.

a seaman twenty years old, strong and
in good health, who lost his leg from an
injury received in the service of the shin
through the failure Of the master
put into port where he could obtain sur
gical attendance. is held by Judge De
Haven of the United States District Court
Of n. ID. California, In the case of the
lroquois Gl3 Fed. Rep. SOD to be entitled
TO damages in the sum OF s. 1000.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
A Question of Usage.

Persons dealing with each other in
business in which certain usages exist
are presumed TO deal with reference
thereto, and it is competent to show what
such usages are, holds the Indiana ap-
pellate court in the case OF Lupton VS..
Nichols (G3 n. L. Rep. i77).
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Question of Jurisdiction.

Where baled cotton is stolen in one
county and removed to another. the su-
preme court Of Georgia. in the case of
Green VS.. State al S. E. Rep, 55D. held
that the larceny is considered as having
been committed in each county. and is
punishable in either.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
An Action of Deceit.

An action of deceit may be maintained
against bank on the ground that its
cashier by fraudulent representations in
duced customer to purchase bond
knowing that 1t was worthless holds the
Missouri court Of appeals in The case of
Lovelace rs. Suter (67 S. W, 701D.
The Washington times., 1902-05-18
Promises Unavailing Unless Written.

Where the written lease contains no
covenant to repair, the appellate court
of Indiana in the case of Roehrs VS. Tim
mons t63 n. L. Rep. iSD holds that
promise of a landlord. before executing
the lease, to make repairs, is unavailing
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-15

mers and lot of us boys Gladys was
looking SO perfectly ravishing. IL she
did wear a homespun dress. that I'd
been plotting for an hour to get her
out on the veranda to myself Just
as / had succeeded, and was in the
seventh heaven. my dream Of bliss was
rudely disturbed by Pete. Col Bas-
CONS body servant, rushing across the
lawn and crying out:
'-.Git in de house. Miss Gladys. fun
de Lawd's sake! De Yankees am a
COMM
Il hadn't said a word that would
bind Gladys to me. or me to her; and
this was no time for wordy proposals
I jerked out my watch, a handsome
diamond-studded gift from my mother
and slipped it in her hand. If 1 am
killed it is yours-if I live it is ours
and, without another word, / mounted
my horse, as did the others. We
escaped and made our way to our COM
mands across the Appomattox. You
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and 25 wounded-among the latter be-
ing Commodore cambridge himself
who was shot twice during the engage
ment, but pluckily kept at his post
until the victory was won.
The effect of the American fire upon
the rigging of the Java was no less
remarkable. When the British COM
mander struck his flag. his vessel had
not a single spar standing. and fioated,
an unmanageab,e wreck, upon the sea.
The British fire damaged the Constitu-
tons sails very much, but fortu-
nately none of her spars were cut.
The prisoners and their personal eff
fects were removed to the Constitu-
ton and the Java was blown up.
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northern town from a village some
miles away one hot summers day. He
had little money and wanted to buy
European clothes in the store. He
stood puzzled by the choice of raj
ment. At last his gaze fell on yell
low oilskin coat. gay with red flannel
Innings. To this he added a comforter
and sou wester, and, thus attired,
strutted in the sunshine outside. his
bare legs showing below the coat All
day he showed off his finery in the
streets. but in the evening Mr. Bennett
found him sitting outside a hut with
nothing but a shawl twisted around
his waist Where are your clothes?"
asked the clergyman. TOO hot; no
good" said the old man.
In summer money is fairly plentiful
with the Maor1s, and the natives buy
clothes and wear flannel and sub
stantial materials In winter, when
money is scarce, they are often reduced
to straits, and their clothing is of the
most flimsy nature. This causes great
mortality The little children especial
Iy suffer through the ignorance of their
mothers, and Mr.. Bennett gave many
sad instances where a knowledge OF
diet and nursing would have saved the
lives of the babies. In one district
the poor Maori mothers were told flour
was a good food for infants. Probably
baked flour was meant. but the woman
used it raw, mixed with water, and
not one of the children survived.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
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PARADISE OF THE FARMER.

Nowhere Does Agriculture Equal It's
Importance In This Country.
Nowhere in the world does agricul-
ture approach the Importance it oc-
cupies in the United States With but
zone or two exceptions no crop grown
abroad equals that of our agricultur-
alists, while in many crops we not
only surpass every other country, but
all countries combined. There are two
reasons of this pre-eminence-the
magnitude of our home market, which
consumes fully 80 per cent of our pro-
ducts. and the Investigations of our
crops, which serves to utilize the larg
est possible acreage and give employ
ment to our large farming population
Forty per cent of our people are
farmers, who not only feed and clothe
themselves. but all the rest of the in
habitants, besides exporting annually
81 900, 900 900 worth of their products.
The advantages of the United States
farmer have been shown most wildly
this fall. Though many crops were
smaller than usual. yet our farmers
will realize more than in any previous
year of our history
The total value of our products of
agriculture is between s. ,000, 900 900
and S, 000, 900 900, a stupendOus sum,
and yet it means only a per capita
consumption. of 500 a year for what
we eat, the basis of what we wear and
much that enters into the construction
OF our dwellings and furniture The
farmer of the United States is blessed
over all the farmers of the earth in
opportunity, In contributory agencies
All in the consequent compensation
that rewards his labor with prosperity
aui happiness--Leslie's Weekly.
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Doubted the Boys Sincerity
WHY JOHN WANARfAKER REFRAINED
FROM AWARDING PRIZE

That John Wanamaker, the million
aire merchant and former Postmaster
General of the United States. superin-
tends q Sunday school in addition to
his other interests is current history.
but there is a chapter in that history
which hitherto has not been published
1t is called the story of the prize which
was never awarded. Mr.. Wanamaker's
school had convened as usual on a
bright Sunday morning, and Mr.. Wan
amaker announced before recitation
that he would confer substantial
the best answer to the following ques-
ton: Whom do you love above all
others?''
little hands went up. Mr.. Wanamaker
selected one of the children, and said,
We'll, whom do you love best?"
1t was little girl, who replied: 81
love my brother best"
Mr.. Wanamaker was much pleased.
He said that the love of sister for
her brother was one of the sweetest
affections. because, as long as broth
ers and sisters loved one another there
could not be discord in families. Then
he asked the little girls name.
"Bessy Crawford" she replied
Then he proposed the question to
boy
81 love my parents best" the lad re-
Piled
Mr.. Wanamaker was once more
highly pleased, and spoke at length
upon the fourth commandment, and
the lesson derived therefrom.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-15

Considerable progress is being made
In connection with the movement for
providing a school for Maori girls. His
excellency the governor and Lady Ran
furly have, in furtherance of the
ing gathering in the ballroom at Gov
eminent House, Wellington.
At one end of the room was group
OF Maori chiefs, their dark faces and
grizzled heads forming a picturesque
dado round the cleaning amber-col-
ored walls. To some of the chiefs
present their surroundings must have
been strange, though they never lost
their self-possession or dignity, and
their eyes never wandered down the
rows of people in idle curiosity. A few
of them carried meres or clubs. The
governor in a short opening speech i'm
pressed on his hearers the necessity of
educating the Maori girls. the future
wives and mothers of the race. Among
the more prominent items of the pro-
gramme was Maori song by the
chiefs. Then Rev. F. Bennett Zone of
the native race), who is devoting him
self to this crusade, addressed the
gathering.
In picturesque metaphor he showed
the necess ity of aiding the Maoris to-
day, who. if official returns are to be
believed, and no aid comes from their
white brothers, are dying as a race.
In speaking about the question of
dress, Mr.. Bennett told a humorous
tale of an old Maori who came into
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Kelvin. App-opr..,. Keynote.

KeIvin's Appropriate Keynote
The jubilee of the submarine cable
recalls a little story of Lord Kelvin,
whose inventions. the mirror galva-
nometer and siphon recorder. made
submarine telegraphy commercially
practicable.
AZ the time Prof. Thompson, as he
was then, was engaged on his deep
sea soundings work he was one day
discovered by a visitor experimenting
with a long coil of wire.
What is that forz" inquired the Wis
itor. pointing to the wire
Making sounds" replied the pro-
lessor.
'-Ah." said the guest jocularly. what
kind of note does it give OFF,
THE deep c.. of course" came the
answer like a shot, accompanied by the
well-known twinkle in the professors
eye.-London Express.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-15

There are now standing nearly $780,
600 telegraph poles. The average life
of a telegraph pole is about ten years.
SO that nearly 100000 new poles are
required every year for renewals.
These figures do not include tele-
phone poles and the poles required on
new railway lines. The total annual
consumption of timber for ties and
poles is equivalent to the amount of
timber grown on 100 900 acres of good
virgin forest For making shoe pegs
the amount of timber used in a single
year is equal to the product of fully
$500 acres of good second growth
hardwood land Last and boot trees
require at least 100000 cords more
Most newspaper and packing paper is
made from wood. The total annual
consumption of wood for paper is
equivalent to over 500 900 900 board feet
OF timber, for which it would be neces-
sary. were the trees all growing togeth-
er. to cut some $4,000 acres of prime
woods.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-15

Presidents. Heads Stamps.
II President McKinley's portrait is
put on one of the postage stamps of
this country, as dispatches from Wash
ington have said is likely to be done
in case the postoffice department
brings out a new issue. his portrait
will be the ninth of a president used
in that way Ever since Uncle Sans
postof1ce began making stamps. in
1S47 or Whereabouts. the face of Wash
ington has appeared on one of the
stamps in every regular issue and
with single exception on a stamp of
low value and general USE BENJAMIN
Franklin's face has always adorned
postage stamps of low value and has
thus become familiar to people who
send or receive letters ever since 1847.
Presidents other than Washington
whose faces have appeared on the
stamps are Jefferson. Jackson. Lincoln,
Garfield, Grant. Madison and Taylor
OF the stamps of higher values the g.
cent stamp now bears Sherman's pic
ture. the 10-cent Webster's. the IS
cent Clay's. the 30-cent Jefferson's. the
50-cent Jefferson's, the dollar stamp
Perry,s, the 81 Madfson's and the IS
MarshalPs-