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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
Now for a Shaking Of Husbands.

- OsTMAsTER GENERAL PAYNE must assume the re-
r sponsibilty having brought humiliation upon the
OF His recent order dscouraglng the en-
ployment Of married in his department
immediate choice between a salary and a
husband-and it's the IN sband gets grand
the wife deciding that cerkshp preferable. This
incident is ominous degree viii probably but
little while until the activity OF female clerks getting
their better halves will
carpets being the
merry springtime
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
THOUGHTFUL JERSEY BACHELORS

Thoughtful consideration for the pur-
pose Of eeonomi1iug time and money is
always CommcndabIe and especially so
when Unselhshly exercised for the bene-
dt of others. This seems to have been
done by certain group Of Jersey City
young men of whom the New York
World" tells as follows.
number 20 young men, members Of st.
Nieaaer- Roman Catholic Church. Jersey civ.
have organized harhelor,' club Rev Marx j.
Dlhs, president gi ST. Aichacis Club approves
the object oi tire new organization ne told
the members De- didn't believe iu consuming the
time ui young women and the gas ia their
parents homes Uocdlessly. A committee was
appointed o. drJ;t a sc- of rules and rerula-
tuns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04

man stared at her ant several times attempted
o. speak 90 LCr-
''Ihaussgiy.u< night. while was giving
dinner to several Friends aid Miss Decks Il
heard % umuls outside my door When I went
i1 see what vas Che trouble the Chiulman stood
90 Che door dlHciu- Lse a crazy man. AS soon
as he saw me be- tell upon his kueees and
begged me r0 be Dis wife. ] don't remember
What occurred after. ilr 7 tainted away.
-Nhy DOME sou keep away rom this girl
TT ] give son another chance VIII you promise
o. STAY aw8yl'' said the Judge.
"Nu. ] love her tco much. / have lots %
money and can give her a good home an
severed che C1inIman.
He was given ten days to think it over
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
The Optimistic Mason.

Inc OPAA-AASLAI 4do0ls
when it comes to a matter OF award
ing the prize for homemade. seIf-con-
stituted. artificial optimism, the Hon.
William f. Mason is entitled to wear
the fiuttering plume and the streaming
blue ribbons. The rotund statesman
from the Prairie State has beIabored
himsslf into a perspiration and a happy
smile over the thought that he Is 10
succeed himself as Senator from Hi
nois- He is as cheerful and apparently
as satisfied. n surface indications
amount TO anything I'm forming an opin-
ion. as II he actually had the Creden-
tials safely pinned in his inside vest
pocket in his bright lexicon of hope
fulness there is no word but Mason.
while in his political directory there is
no such name as Hopkins. All this de-
spite the confident claims Of the Hon.
Albert J. Hopkins. that he Hopkinsl
viii De elected on joint ballot by ma
iority Of forty-two votes. Notwith-
standing the action OF the Illinois con-
vention fin indorsiug Mr. Hopkins. Sena-
tor Mason comedies his rival no oppor-
tunity OF success.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
Kansas CRY and fhe Beer Octopus.

F the Kansas CITY OF appeals only make Its
ant-beor trust ruling apply straight down the line tho
metropolis by the Kaw viii become vertabe paradise
mpecunious humanity without :he price That ruling is
the that who of the local brewers
is obliged under the law to his debt iuasmuch the
combine forbidden by the Of Mis-
souri, reasonably certain that pluc1y
fellow VIII refuse for his glass OF beer and defend his
by quoting this decision. What bliss would be II
downtrodden thus enabled mel
low MI beer and then his fingers at the beer
pus vainy reaching it's tentacles collect the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04

I'm his book of "reminiscences. Mem
cries of a Hundred Years" Dr. Edward
Everett Hale writes.
Some library viii preserve this vol
ume. and 10 carries with it my charge
20 my sons grandsons. that in 20Ol one
OF them shall write his Memories of
The Twentieth Century"
Nothing is more likely than that some
one Of this family will write the book
suggested, for il is. and has been for
more than a hundred years. a race Of
scholars. and such line neither dies
out nor loses its force easily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
A Possibility Of the Future.

"Say, things seem to be going smooth
up there at the Golden Gate. Even the
people that St Peter finds it necessary
TO send down here come along smiling -
That's so and yet Hades can't pose
as a summer resort yet. Wonder what's
happened?"
81 know" said a third dend who join
ed the group st. Peter has got a
private secretary. and his name is Cor
telyou."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
The Consultations of Faith.

"Auntie, you are the most charitable
person 1 ever saw You have some eX-
cuse for everybody"
'Mebbe I do, child. but you know I
alters believed pretty firmly i'm satan.
and when anything happens 1 jest blame
him instead Of my poor, weak fellow
critfnrsn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
4 Winner From the Sfarf.

w HETHER Senator CIarrs first grandson came
Wv the world with gold spoon In his mouth,
the youngstcr IS entitled the fat the land.
the place q multimionaire boy. born in Butte.
Mont home OF Mary MacLane when there many
better places In. deserves a klder fortune
thereafter second place. who wins $1,000 900
HIS happy by the very being instead
OF daughter be permitted divide the
pot his paterna parent And. although the SEN
fork the million IT'S safe 90 wager
that youngest scion OF the Of Clark come
pretty getting everything he from his grand
father hereafter. town harboring dlstin-
guished folk o. late
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
In The public Eve.

One Of Cardinal Nanning's stories f.
recalled in connection with the holiday
season. Il was Of a parishioner whose
ten children had grown mp. married. and
left her alone She said, yes. I do feel
it lonesome. I've brought up a long
family. and here / am, living alone. And
I misses 'em and ! wants 'em; but L
misses EN- more than / wants en-"
Edwin A. Abbey. the artist, is an en-
thusiast over baseball. and at his Eng
l.sh home ne is enthusiastic over what
is to him the next best thing-crickcf
Each year he has cricket week" al
Morgan Hall, and it. is said that he mucl
prefers the cricket field TO his easel
and that the completion OF some Of his
famous pictures is due 10 the conscien-
tious efforts of his wife to get him into
his studio. Mrs. Abbey was Miss Mary
Mead. daughter OF the late Frederick
Mead. OF New York. and is q graduate
OF Vassar College.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
BRIEF COMMENT on CURIOUS NEWS.

burglar confidently the pacific tenden-
clerical attempted loot Dr. sheenberg-
house the other night But he emphaticaly
reckoning without his host The sleeping preacher awoke
his fighting followed suit; he up handy rifle
and getting good bead the burglar shot mortaIy
wounded him Others contemplating feonious raids into
ministerial dwellings may wisely warning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
Probably Last Chance.

Unwiliugly would the House leaders
cast this apple Of discord into the DO
litical arena. but Mr.. Crumpacker in
sists and likewise does Mr.. OImsted. So.
in the iuelegant but forceful and express
sive language Of the street. ''it is up to-"
the Committee on Rules. What that all
powerful triumvirate will do I'm the cir
cumstances is a problem which none but
these three can solve. What il is most
likely 20 do. however, is to incur the
disapproval Of Mr. Crumpacker and Mr..
Olmsted. Mr.. Crumpacker's anxiety TO
obtain consideration for his favorite
resolution is prompted. more especially
at this time. by an acute insight into
things Of the future. He perceives. as
do even the dullest Of statesmen. that
your Uncle Joe Canton is to WELD the
Speakers gavel in the next House. and
probably in each succeeding Congress
so long as he shall be a member and
the Republicans shall control. The
chance which a Crumpacker election in
yesugation resolution would have with
Uncle joe in the Speakers chair
would be paralleled only BY the oDDor-
tunides which a SNOWFALL would have
Of maintaining its soUdity upon the
equator on a summers afternoon. The
Dauyille statesman is Of North Carolina
birth, and he has always opposed such
propositions as this agitated by Mt.
Crumpacker. or course. in a Democratic
Congress such a thing would be utterly
out OF the question. Hence Mr.. Crum-
packers solicitude and his desire TO
have his resolution considered. This
may be his last chance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04

I. L. Richards. who owns large apiarics
In Colorado. thinks ne has found out
something new in bee psychology. and,
incidentally. his discovery may explain
the old custom OF telling The bees" of
death in the family and putting Grape
on the hives. 10 was said OF old time
that the bees would not fy abroad until
after the funeral 81 this custom was OBJ
served. Mr. Richards, however. thinks
that the insects have a peculiar anti
pathy to black. and the way IN which he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
Thackeray,s Son-In-LaR.

ThaCkeray's SOn-FH-LaW.
Richmond Thackeray Richie. who has
been made secretary OF the political de-
partne Of the India office OF the Brit
ism government, adopted his middle
name when he married Anne Thackeray.
daughter of the great novelist. oddly
enough. he was born in the year The
Newcomcs" was published.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04

There are just two points in Senator
Mason's advocacy OF his own chances
First. the senatorship must IN any event
80 10 Chicago, second. the Hon. William
=. Mason is the best man the Windy
G y can supply for the Seuatcrship.
r iererore. viewed in this clear light the
,oblom which the Illinois legislators
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04

came to that conclusion was this. He
is a chicken fancier as well as a bee
Keeper. and recently bought a handsome
black Chinese cock. which he set free
IN the chicken yard Half an hour later
he found that the bees, whose hives were
in a corner Of the yard. were literally
swarming about the unfortunate cock.
and singing him to death
King Leopold Of Belgium is said to
have bought a block Of tall buildings
just completed in Brussels. and torn
them down because he thought they In
jdred the appearance Of the city.
When the Crown Prince OF Siam and
his party sailed from Victoria for Siam
the steamer Empress Of China was held
until 1880 in the morning in Difference
to the ideas Of the distinguished pas
sengers. The Siamese hold that Mon
day Is an unlucky day
The Brooklyn Eagle" says: "Presi-
dent Roosevelt maintains the largest
stable OF any OF his predecessors Of re-
cent years" The truth Of this state
meut depends upon the question, which
Of his predecessors Mr. Roosevelt is.
The appointment Of Ibrahim Khan
Davleti as Persian ambassador TO tho
court Of Athens Is said TO be the first
assumption Of diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries fin 1898 years.
the last embassy having been composed
OF heralds sent by Darius 10 Athens In
the year 81 B. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
Unpleasant Suggestions.

Il wish" said the girl thoughtfully,
launched upon the sea OF matrimony.' 20
And why not2" asked the young man
anxiously.
We'll. you know what kind OF a time
I always have on sea voyage"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
The Mistake or a Burglar.

WOULD be indeed ~ the church
10 have DISTINGUISHED representative among the
clergy these strenuous days. Rev John Shell
lcnbcrger. Bonneville Pa plainly this number.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04

Arctic VoyageS Tn Six Languages.
The Duke DC AbruzH Will publish an
account Of his recent voyages I'm the Arc
tie regions; and the book will be brought
out simultaneously in six language
Italian, English, French, Spanish, Ger
man, and Russian.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
"unCOnSidGrcd TrincS.' .
Pessimisn.

1.-THE dealers say the coal supply is
inexhsustible."
Maybe; but my pocketbook isn't"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04
Anglo saxon and AHqIo-Americau.

"Thc Garden of a Commuters Wife"
is the subject OF an amusing anccdote IT,
Illustrating the difference between Amer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-04

The money taken a football game $4,000;
they say colleges do young business
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
SOME WRITER'S.

Goldsmith wrote the ''Vicar of Wake
field" in six weeks. 1t is said to have
been story of his own recollections
Thomas Dunn English wrote "Ben
Bolt'' in 1S43. and some fifty years later
George Du Maurier made the tender
song famous the world over
1t has been mentioned as a proof of
Alexander Pope's love of economy that
he wrote most of his verses ON scraps
of paper and particularly on the backs
of letters.
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" was
rejected by nearly every publisher in
England before it scored one of. the
greatest literary successes in the
worlds history.
Whittier, the poet, it is reported, said
to the doctors in attendance a day or
two before his death, You have done
the best possible, and thank you; but
it is of no use-I am worn out"
The poet Heine on the day after his
marriage drew up will in which he
bequeathed all he possessed to his wife
on condition that she married again.
he desired, he said, that at least one
man should regret his death.
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Granting that woman's nerves are
more apt to become detraque. to bor-
row a French word. than mans are,
q fact which we have no wish to try to
account for, we are not at all sure that
1t is because she is more subject to the
smaller worries of life than a man is or
indeed that she is really more subject
to them 1t is true that the cares of the
household, productive as they are Of
much grievance and trouble, fall chief
ly upon a woman's shoulders; but, on
the other hand, mans ordinary bust
ness or profession is quite as full of
small annOyances and worries which
are every whit as irritating as those
that beset his wife.
The difference, we should say, be-
tween the two sexes lies rather in the
manner in which they meet their trou-
bles than In the apportionment of those
troubles We would not readily dispute
the theory that 1t is the steady and per-
slstent pressure Of these small worries
which works a change in the nervous
system more surely than any great and
sudden trouble, just as the drop of wa
ter hollows the stone, but we are in
clined to believe that the reason in this
case why one stone Is followed sooner
than the other is to be found In the
greater softness of the stone and not in
the greater frequency of the drop
London Spectator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15

The midshipman who presents him
self to most of us has a flavor of Mar
ryat's immortal creation of Mr. Easy
In Irish ports, where Mr.. Midshipman
Easy is not so familiar a sight as in
England, our coming Nelson's have
sometimes little difficulty in preserv-
ing their gravity. A boat comes to the
stairs of pier. The MILDLY in charge
is possibly more vigorously got up
than usual, to impress the natives of
the savage land. Biddy is looking at
him. 'Ho, mister sailor! VIII We sell
that choildf'
I'm bow! Way huff. Forward there!
Clear the stairs! Liberty men to landv'
So halls young Nelson, but Biddy will
not let him have the dignity of his po-
sition. Hand me up that pritty boy
wild the roses In his cheeks. IT'S him
| want to kiss. Away wild We, brown
devils! And me, Miss Kate Macart-
ney, attindint Of this pier since George
~. was king! You won't kiss me,
boy? Then you shall not land"
Midshipman Rodney Nelson Camper
down has to submit to Sights of this
kind. 1t is on record that one of the
good breed which makes our admirals
was once carried along the decks of a
flagship under the arms of a negress,
who wished to complain to the captain
that this disgraceful boy had not paid
his washing bill.-Navy and Army.
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Nothing Funny About It.

Scene-A druggists shop in small
Scotch village, which, as usual with
druggists shops similarly situated, Is
the general emporium for all sorts of
merchandise. Cycling tourist enters
and purchases a cigar, after lighting
which he attempts to draw the proprie-
tor into conversation, but the latter
seems reticent.
The tourist, after passing some re-
marks on the weather, asked, Don't
you feel trade dull at times In this lit
tie village. chemist?
"Oh, WELL" replied the druggist, 81
Gamma complain. But. excuse me, mails
ter. dinna alloo smokin' in my shop"
Indeed" said the tourist THAT is
strange. You sell tobacco and cigars
ind still don't permit smoking In your
shop. 1t is really rather funny"
"Ou, man." was the reply, there's
aaething funny ABBOTT it. sell arse
9ic, but l dinna alloo We to commit sui
eide in my shop"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
Encouraverent

Whenever you can conscientiously
encourage any one. do so. You would
not leave those plants in your window
without water or refuse to open the
shutters that the sunlight might fall
upon them, but you leave some human
flower suffer for want of appreciation
or the sunlight of encouragement.
There are few hardy souls that can
struggle on Stony soil, shrubs that can
wait for the dew and the sunbeams,
vines that will climb without kindly
training, but only a few. Utter the
helping praise when you see that 1t is
deserved. The thought that mo one
knows and no one cares" blights many
q bud Of promise. =
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-15
SEVENTY
THREE"
BY NORMAN HAMPTON
Copyright, 1901, By A. S. Richardson
.AAAAAAAAAAHAAAAA4AAAAAA

Ralph Bawn had made out pretty
fair summer after ALL Looking back
to the dread with which he had regard
ed the season, he felt inclined to make
merry over his own pessimism.
To the fellow who is working his
way through college the vacation pc
Rod is veritable haying time Then it
is he must lay up something for the
winter season pending the arrival at
college of some hopeless dubs in need
of coaching. Many young chap SINH
larly situated is grateful to secure a
post as waiter at mountain or sea
side resort, but Bawn was more fortu-
nate. A knowledge of telegraphy had
given him the post of day operator at
the Prospect House, and his college
affiliations had secured a social stand
ing which the ordinary member of the
army of telegraphers could not hope to
attain.
Bawn had been the star member of
the athletic association at his prep"
school and had won an enviable repu-
tation on the college grounds. More
over, he had a fine, muscular figure,
clear blue eyes and hair that waved
just enough to create envy in the
breasts of more than one young wom-
an subject to curling irons and kindred
devices.
He distributed his favors fairly until
Edith Cummings arrived at the Pros
pect House, after which the remainder
of the young women spent the time
once devoted to his society in wonder
ing what he saw in that Cummings
girl" Yet the Cummings girl was the
sort to catch the fancy of any up to
date man. She could ride, row, sail
and play golf. A mountain climb held
no terrors for her, and her erect car
rage and clear, healthy complexion
were but the happy reflection of the
free, pure life she led.
The simplicity of her gowns and her
democratic bearing deceived Bawn,
who never dreamed that her father
was a Chicago millionaire many times
over. And further when she betrayed
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my young cousin. Next morning, as I
got fair sight Of the lad by daylight,
l was somewhat mystified. He didn't
look bit like country boy, and l
couldn't imagine what he had worked
at. His hair had been cut in the most
awkward way, and he seemed awk-
ward in his clothes.
| wanted Tommy to go out after
breakfast and see London, but he had
no curiosity on the subject, and it was
only after dark that l got him out of
the house for dinner. That evening /
told Tommy of my intentions regard
Ing place, and, though he thanked
me, he did not seem very enthusiastic.
In the four days he was with me we
were out together only four times and
then only to dinner at a modest restau-
rant My demeanor toward the boy
was fatherly, as | wanted to win his
confidence, but 1t seemed to me as if
he dreaded conversation and avoided
1t whenever possible. On the fifth
morning he had disappeared from the
house, and for an hour | was more
mystified than ever His clothing had
been left behind, and could not make
out how he had gone. No note of ex-
PLANTATION had been left behind.
was trying to figure it out and Won
dering if l shouldn't go to the police
when a detective called to see me. In
the course of half an hour l was tied
up in knots, as it were. On the night
l left Kent Sir James Barfeld had
been murdered. | had come up to Lon
don with a boy. That boy was be-
heved to be woman in disguise. 1t
was woman's hand which had done
Sir James to death. What had l done
with the boy? He had disappeared,
leaving his suit behind All, just so!
But he had first changed to the female
apparel In the portmanteau. as was
speedily shown, and he had gone out
in proper dress. l was either a con-
federate or the biggest fool in England.
In either event | must go with the Off
Ger. l was locked up for q week and
then admitted to bail, and it was three
months before they concluded that l
was fool instead of confederate.
Meanwhile all Of England was
searched for the girl, but she was not
found. She lived In London. She was
doubtless one of Sir James many vic
tins. She went down there to kill him,
and she accomplished her revenge.
She played me that she might get safe
ly away, and her plan succeeded. She
probably went from my house to her
own home, and in spite of all their eff
forts the police could not track her. My
friends declare that ought to have
had at least year in prison for being
so thick headed, but they are preju-
diced. l am simply a guileless, good
natured man, and l can't even say that
| am sorry the girl eluded pursuit
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The oueen Rec.

She possesses the power Of choosing
which Of her offspring shall be drones
and which workers. Some have
thought that this was automatic and
that the narrower worker cell touched
the button, so to speak, that brought
forth a fertilized egg. But the queen
will lay worker eggs in drone cells If
she thinks fit, so that settles that.
If the drone is male and the queen
female, what is the worker? The new
woman of Beedom. She has given up
her motherhood for a business career.
Sometimes, though. she lays eggs. but
they always hatch out drones, of which
it is strictly true to say they have
mother, but no father. If the queens
wings are crippled SO that she cannot
make her marriage flight, her children
are all drones An Italian queen in
a hive of black bees will beget work
ers of mixed blood, but her sons are
pure Italians. Drones are useful as
fathers of workers, but they cannot col
lect the honey they eat. Their tongues
are too short-A1nslee's