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be the beginning of a labor that will
add to this beautiful city a structure
10 compare with the best Of those ia
the world which serve as edifices Tor
great transportation lines
1t seems to be proper to suggest
shat an event of this character is of
sufficient Importance and signif-
canoe, sufficiently IN accord with the
new Washington project, to warrant
d celebration at the ground-breaIliRg
The District Commissioners might
well take the matter in hand, commit
nicate with the proper railway an
thorities and arrange = program
that viii reflect credit upon both the
District and the eorporat' ons and be
in keeping with the spirit of their
splendid joint enterprise.
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IT. HE first requisite for a young mans
success is to be worthy Of the
1 high principles he subscribes to
And these principles must be
grounded so deep that 10 temptation can
allure him.
The desire for immediate wealth or i'm
mediate power has caused many a young
man to make failure; because he has
sacrificed his principies-his manIiness-
10 secure The much sough5 Tor attainment,
not so much perhaps with the Idea Of a
permanent divergence from the path OF
rectitude as for q present expediency-
But. alas, IL IS like the first defalcation.
petty in amount and seemingly fmmaterial
in its consequences, yet leading slowly
bUt surely 20 ruin
Then. too. there are 50 many conflict
ing interests in the opening days OF a
young mans life-he is forced to make so
many pronises-that ne is in Z. snarI be-
fore he fairly begins. The struggle is 50
fierce one cannot possibly stem the tide
alone and must have friends TO help. and
these friends are often the powers that
work hiz sure and speedy undoing-
But behind ali character, all principle.
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"In my opinion, the best way to
keep a skin young and fresh is to
have a new skin every year"

~ NE would have TO spend some
days with me TO appreciate the
- interest women have come 70
take in the preservation of a
youthful appearance And women not
merely Of the frfEoIous class, but those
Of maturer life who wish to remain at
traetive as long as possible.
Once upon time the care OF the
face was not understood. and the men
and wemea who went into the business
cared more for the money they made
than for the faees they treated Harm
fu1 mixtures were recommended for the
complexion, ard. as result. so many
skins were ruined that strong general
prejudice arose aessinst all sorts OF facial
treatment. Now. however, ii fep sensible
women have taken up the matter from
hygienic and scientific standpoint They
have studied anatomy, chemistry. and hy-
giene. and have spent years Il their lab
oFatories peFfesting their I-FS,1ara-ens
Thanks TO their efforts. it is nos possible
TO DroiOug the effects OF youth into age.
The first item of Importance is to take
care OF a coed skin before time begins
to make its ravages. II delayed too long
We meet with all sorts Of dificulti1-the
greatest Of these beS3g deep lines
Few persons appreciate ss they s&auld
the importance Of the general care of
the health in preserving good complex
icn3 but they are coming to understand it
more and more The enthusiasm for out
door life and vigorous exercise is helping
tae compilations e. sthe girls OF today.
Proper bathing. too, is a tremendous aid.
Twenty minutes in hot bath at night
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houses of Congress affecting all matters aris-
ing in the District Such combination would be eN-
tremey valuable in ali matters public nature.
Under the existing condition of affairs bill is in
troduced IN the Senate and the views pro and con,
which have been aired before the House and Wee
are presented. As result the two committees pail
apart like some members in a family. The fact that
committee has legislative power and the other the
power of appropriation makes it
If some such step joint committee to govern
the affairs of District taken there viii
be such demand for local government that Congress
viii be unable to resist it. 1t IS waste of tiH to talk
about matters of interest in Washington long as
every interest liable suffer less by the
divided power
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4 the representative of the
a Jumbo or Thirteenth dis
L \ trict of the e'Lohe Star State"
I am deeply interested in the leasing
OF the grazing lands of Texas Ny
district, which Is composed OF seven
ty-nine counties, extends from old
Mexico to the Indian Territory, and
includes the Texas plains and pan
handle cattle-raising country.
am pressing for passage my EilI
which provides for the leasing OF tae
grazing lands Of the United States to
stockmen for grazing purposes.
Texas reserved her public domains
when she entered the Union. and the
State Legislature has for many years
been leasing the public and school
lands. rs a result we derive more
than S500.000 per anHum as revenue
from the stoclcmen. which becomes a
part of the available school fund Of
our State. 1t has proved very pop
uIar and just law.
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WORTHY OF CELEBRATION

The statement made by Pennsyl
that within five years the proposed
union railway station viii become an
entity must crafty every optimist in
Washington Although some IegisIa-
ton stiH stands in the way Of the
project which Is to confer great bene-
fits upon the Capital there is every
assurance that ali minor difficulties
VIII be overcome and the enterprise
started within a reasonable time.
The breaking OF ground for the
new depot viii mark an epoch In the
railroad history of the Capital It will
be signal for the abolition of the
embarrassing, which should have
long since become obsolete. 1t Will
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business. In this age know of nothing
that is more needed to keep alive the
proprieties Of life than to hold up the ira
diticns and the safeguards Of professional
ethics 90 a point at least as high as they
have been held in the past, The object
Of bar associations and medical societies
IS to do this very thing.
At the last session Of she State Legis-
Iatuee even the lawmakers IN Albany
recognized this principle by passing a
law, which the governor has signed and
whiea is section 1854 of tie penal code,
added by L. 1892. chapter 203- 10 take ef-
feet September l. 1902. prohibiting lawyers
from advertising for divorce clients. And
while this may be as Far as it is appro-
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The Kings New Stamps.

The four new British stamps bearing
the alleged head Of the King are to be
Withdrawn. The old issue is already on
gale again The principal objection to the
new ones is that Edwards features were
designed by foreigner. and that the head
faces the wrong way; that is, to the right
instead Of TO the LEFT. This may seem a
small matter to US, yet IL is of the high
est Importance ia England. Westward
the star of empire" etc, England has
nothing to look for in the East in Rome.
AS to the resemblance. that is another
matter The King shouiI not be so par
ticular. The majority of the la:e Queens
portraits on British postage we're utterly
unlike her. Most of them we're taken
from a bust made over forty-live years
ago. The Only accurate Mkene5s o. her
majesty appeared on Canada revenue
stamp.-New York Press
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Why Professional Men Should Not Advertise
By CHARLES b. KNOX,
of the New York Bar.

pirate for the Legislature to go, it GER
tainIy beho"yes lawyers as a-body, and
the public who have an interest in the
wholesome conduct OF life, to discourage
anything ike making a trade instead Of
a profes sion Of t'-e law.
English lawyers believe that It is neces-
sary to make a distinction between bar
risters and solicitors largely for such
reasons, so that by no possibility shall
the Office OF counsel or barrister be
dragged into a mere business or trade
IN our country we have not thought
that to be necessary: but n the sugges-
tions Of Governor Waller should prevail
it would show the wisdom Of the English
division.
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the State Legislature prohibiting
divorce clients"

II He error Of Governor Waller is iE
confounding a business and pro
L fession-
a business can always be adyer-
tised, and business can be obtained by
business methods but in aay Of the
learned professions. not only in the Law,
but in medicine, in surgery. in divinity
and even IN some Of the less recognized
professions, the old rule Of professional
ethics is just as strong in the professions
and In the public idea as it was century
ago
In my opinion, the moment a lawyer
advertisez for clients he drags his pro-
fession down 10 the level Of a simple
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~ UR natural gas supply is giving
out. We are still using it in our
~ homes and factories. but where
once The pressure was $50 pounds
it is now but 50. If every man could have
a natural gas welt in his yard the pres
sure would be of little importance. One
pound would be enough. But We have to
pipe it twenty, forty, and sixty miles, and
more. The resistance okered BY the
pipes makes the pressure Of paramount
Importance When the natural pressure
fails US we have to resort to compressors-
There has to be compressor at the we'll
and then at points every so many miles
along the pipe line to keep the gas NOV
ing
Natural gas has been cruelty wasted ali
through the gas belt The Standard Oil
Company has been the greatest sinner in
that respect. There are L, ,090 Gil wells in
Indiana and the Standard owns 5000 and
buys the product OF the other 5000. oil
follows gas and sells at d higher figure
than gas. so when an oil well is sunk the
practice has been to let the gas escape so
as to get at the oil all the more quickly.
Well, there are 4 million people directly
Interested in Indiana in a good supply Of
gas to 10000 interested in oil; so we
passed laws against this wanton waste
and have prosecuted the Standard as well
as others, and We have won every case.
But that doesn't bring back the gas; it
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sA-the Roman was a rogue.
He erat. was, you bettum.
He ran his automobiles
49, And smoked his cigarettUm;
de wore a diamond studibus.
An elegant CTavattUm.
4 maXima cum IRude shirt.
And such a stylish hatt6n!
ne leved the Iuseious hie-haec- hook,
and bet on games and eqHi;
At times he won; at others, tho,
He got Il In the nequi:
he winked lquo usque-tandem2 ,
At puelIas on the Forum,
And sometimes eyea made
Those go0-goo oculoranI
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Poetic Plea Moves Justice.

A unique method was adopted recently
by representatives Of charitable, protec-
tive, reform, and other organizations to
secure desired recognition from Justice
SABBATH in the Maxwell Street Police
Court. In the future the women who rep
resent the organizations viii be given
seats beside his honor when they enter
his courtroom Miss Minnie F. Low, of
the Hebrew Charities, with d few lines of
verse. brought about the desired change.
The verses follow:
When we visit your friend Mr. DooIey,
SO smiling and gracious he Is,
With = nod Of sublime recognition
He gives Us a chair beside his.
Then. pray. DO tell. 8lr. Justice
You surely viii answer Us true
Why should an IrisiIms1 ever be
More chiyalTous than 3 Jew?
While reviewing your cIotlies-Iinc cases.
Do you think it is kindly or fair
That women should stand up. neglected,
While you are at ease IN your chair9
Though languishiug IN the station.
Where ofttimes the air gets blue
1t would still be bliss, Mr. Justice,
II you'd OfeF q chair beside you
Justice SABBATH read the poetic petition
when court was opened. He at once in
structed the bailiff to see in future that
the petitioners were given seats beside
him.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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The Mysteries of Here5icr

'sTheFe is one good thing AGO.. 5e.ng
descended from noble aucesto-s. re-
marked the business man placidIy, as he
laid down HIS paper.
t.knd what is that2" inquired Lie wife.
They seem to have had such good con
stitutions. The descendants Of tEa com
mon people have all died out.
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Drif ifwood.
By Alice NJ. Goodwin.

Men say Aoat with any wayward tide;
They iikeu me to driftweed on the sea,
And murmur, passing with averted face,
They see no use In floating planks like
me.
But pIanks viii float where stanchest
boats go down.
I drifted by shipwrecked life at sea;
Cilnging to me il safely reached the
shore.
God sees some use in floating pIanks
Ike me.
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When Extremes Meet.

'sDo you suppose that rich soap man
win ever get Miss LIewellyn- Hyde to
marry him?"
81 doubt it; but it's one of the trag-
edies OF modern life that the seIf-made
man always wants to marry the tailor
made gir1.a
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There should be a joint COM
mittec Of the Senate and House
with fUii power over every sub
icct a;.i matter in any manner
affecting the District, and such
4 cosmittee would find its time
fully employed.
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Real Americanism.

These foreigners seem to thiak we are
all on a level"
They don't appreciate the true Amer
lean idea. In genuine democracy every
body is as good as anybody else and just
q little better,
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There are a great many pe0-
pie in the District Interested in
legislation. Their inability to
present their views and receive
the consideration which they
deem important develops criti-
eism and iIlfeeiing.
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UpgratefuI.

Here. you. rascal. :" exclaimed the pant
ing citizen, as be grabbed the thief, give
back my pocketboOki'
"Aw. what's yer kickI" growIed the
discounted one, as he reluctantly sur
rendered the article. Amt yer had run
fer yer money
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@All men are susceptible to aattery;
nothing can be more fatteriug than
success;and lucky is he who can stand
up against the first taste Of it"
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Edition of The Times any stand Washington
towns trains elsewhere by notifying
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Component Qualities OF q Perfect Character:
the Relative Value of Each to the Oilers

''The cases are rare where we find
a man who always acts consistently
with the high principles we may
know animate him.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES TO OUT OF

MORNING EDITION, one year s.: six
mCnths. $3.50; three months. SI-z5. Morn
ing and Sunday, one year, s.; six months,
S3.5C; three months. SI.75. Sunday sdi-
-fiOh only, one year, So six months, ST.
three months. so cents
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TOWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID:
EVENING EDITION. one year, 50; six
months, @I.5O= three months, - cents.
Fvcnin: and Sunday, enc year, So six
months. $3.50; three months, SI.25. Morn
ing, Evening, and sunday one year, SO;
six months, Sos three months, S2-5O.
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ously at the chains that II required tho
united efforts of several keepers to pr,.-
vent the herd from being stampeded. II
was quite while before juno was cal!neG..
When the show returned to the town the
following year, the elephants tormentor
attended. evidently having forgotten the
suffering he had occasioned the animal.
but Juno had not, and when the man Of
fered her peanut she grabbed his hand.
pulled him close to the ropes and gave
him such a blow with her trunk as to send
him sprawling n dozen feet away. When
the man rcgained consciousness he ad-
mittcd that he had once played a prank
on the elephant, but said he had no idea
the big beasts had such long memories.
The star performers, of course. do not
eat at the commissary tent. but put up
at as good hotels as anyone. Their alb
sence. however. does not materially les
sen the responsibility OF those in charge
of the culinary department. as the habi-
tue Of the sawdust arena is possessed of
an exacting taste, and demands a menu
almost as varied as the patron of the
high priced hostelry, even il the yiands
are not 50 delicate nor served in quite
as elegant style.
Many people wonder why circuses do
not remain longer than two or three
days in the larger towns, but the rea-
sons are numerous and cogent. In the
first place. at the expiration of that time
the show has about exhausted its draw
ing power with the population within its
reach. while the operating expenses con-
tinue to eat enormous holes in the re-
ceipts. Many cities will not permit them
to tarry longer, as the amount of money
diverted from local channels of trade
even after only four performances is very
large. although the demand for supplies
for the show necessitates the expenditure
with the dealers fortunate enough to be
engaged in handling the peculiar mer-
chandise that meets the exigencies OF the
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clared that he had. no reason to regret
his bargain.
As the spectator sits in the performing
tent enjoying the soft side of board
for a seat and yainly endeavoring TO
watch three rings at one and the same
time. he has little time to remark the fine
degree of proficiency that must needs OBJ
tain in such a large force of assistants,
but II he were willing to forego the pleas
ure OF watching the performers he would
soon realize the necessity of close adher-
ence TO the old saw. "a place for every
thing, and everything in its place" by
the circus helpers.
The ring artists are not subjected to dis
cipline quite so rigid, rs the supernum-
eraries. yet they must be constantly
alert to the requirements OF the occasion
and do all in their power TO facilitate
matters. as economy in, time is one of the
most potent factors in the success of a
tent show.
The feeding of the animals-an inter-
esting and ofttimes dangerous operation,
accompanied at intervals by fierce fights
between the more ferocious beasts: the
dressing tent, where the artists don the
spangles preparatory to entering the
arena: the commissary department. where
great care must be exercised in providing
food for the workers. who have but little
time 10 devote TO their stCmacnS from
the beginning of the season to its close
are all sights well worth witnessing, but
which are denied the general public, for
good reasons.
A story is told by one of the elephant
tenders with the Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers Circus, regarding a man who
once remained in the animal tent while
the beasts we're being fed. He conceived
the idea of giving one of the elephants.
Juno by name. a good sized piece of to-
bacco on the sly. which he did. and then
made himself scarce. The big animal set
up such a trumpeting and tugsed SO vici-
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oscaslon. OF a Soodly proportion of the
ious green that has been harvested
neh the dates of a circus have been
iliied and 1t is time to move on II is NO
ehiiu play. even with the large fore.
aNaiiabie. to pull up stakes ard iumn to
tnother town in time to give an exhibitiop
Tue next afternoon; yet it is often neces-
sarS ior a show to travel hundreds of
ni oe'"eeh DAYS IN order to get to a
Piace large enough to justify stop.
Like a well-drilled army. each man
"i MS piace, and when the time ar
ives ior raising or lowering the canvaces
IS - 10 De found pulling up or driving
oown tent pins, adjusting guy ropes
packing or unpacking seats and ring
paraphernalia. or doing the thousand and
one small things that must be attended
10 peiore all is in readiness to leave or
having arrived at the next stopping place
Tor the reception of the audience
II might surprise milady who endeavors
10 ioiiow the fashions as laid down In the
up-to-d date styles of Miss Manhattan "a
Know that her less fortunate sister who
earns her lveilhood under the calcium of
,he sa"dust arena Is not permitted to
follow her own fancy in the matter ~
street dress. but must conform 10 cer,,i,
prescribed rules. which are incornorateJ
in her contract. regarding materials
colors. etc. always. of course adhering To
the prevailing modes. One circus contract
stipulates that II all of the female nor
formers are not provided with parasols
none must use them. and IL all possess
them they must be of the same material
and color: II not, they must all be dis
carded. These regulations. together with
a great many more which apply to both
male and female performers. are enforced
with rigidity that would do credit to
the strictest disciplinarian. and do much
to add to the discomfort of an already
unenviable existence.
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/: SOME THINGS AT THE CIRCUS NOT SEEN BY EVERYBODY ::

reliance being placed more In such gilt
tering generalities and spectacular effects
as pageants. ballets. living pictures. and
hippodromes to gather the multitudes.
Even the albin0 girl, the tattooed man.
and the fat boy have all lost their value in
the big tent. and have been relegated to
the sideshow. there to WOO the dimes
from the purses of the hangers-o about
the entrance. whose exchequers are not
in a condition to meet the demands OF a
visit to the real thing in the main tent.
until the time arrives for them to be
paraded before the admiring gaze of those
whose Unsuitable appetite for the 'sawdust
performance induces them to remain for
the concert.
The subject OF freaks recalls a little
incident illustrating how sharp Boston
lad got the better Of the enterprising Bar
mum, who was at the time referred to
ready TO invest in anything that promised
TO arouse the interest OF the people. The
boy in question called ON the Snowman and
told him that he had a great curiosity-a
cherry -colored cat-which he would like
10 dispose of. and Barnum, never having
seen a cherry -colored feline. agreed to
give the youngster s25 for his pet, IL 1t
was as represented. The next day the
boy was around bright and early with a
covered basket, which h6 refused to part
with until he had the promised s25 in his
possession. The money being paid the
Snowman was allowed to take peep at
Miss Tabby, when he exclaimed:
See here. you young rascal. you said
the cat was cherry-colored. This is only a
common black cat -
Il know it," replied {. lad. but l
meant black cherries"
The great circus man. SO used to fooling
the good -natured public. realized that for
once he had been outdone, but he immedi-
ately advertised his new curiosity ex-
tensiveIy. exhibiting the cat in a cage pla-
carded SIMPLY BLACK Cherries and de-
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~ oSbpbSi iHdt tnere was anything
at circus which the patron who
L had separated himself from suff-
cient OF the coin of the realm to
entitle him 10 witness the great
est show on earth. with men,
agerie larger than any other tent
ed exhibition in the world" had not
! seen, might arouse the suspicion that the
aforesaid patron had been done" yet
there are great many things not appar-
ent TO the casual observer, many of them
intended TO be kept behind the scenes
and some of which are inaccessible TO any
save member OF the rowing companies,
whose heads seldom know the same rest
ing place more than one or two nights at
a time.
When one becomes possessed of the lit
tie bit of pasteboard which carries him
safely past the modern Cerberus stationed
al the entrance, after being squeezed and
jostled by the eager throng around the
ticket wagon. he determines to take in all
the sights. and, once inside the animal
tent. begins round of the cages for the
purpose of viewing the beasts from far
OF lands enjoying the antics OF the
simians, and feeding the pachyderms with
the omniprescnt goober, as well as max
Ing study of the freaks whom nature
N.th Sh"i hS VI u'ioIHltlt5
which excite the curiosity of both the
masculine and feminine persuasion.
III might be remarked in passing that
this latter class OF attractions with the
canvas shows OF the present day are be-
coming more and more conspicuous by
their absence, as IL is seldom such freaks
as the Missing Link" What -is-it?"
wild Men OF Borneo." etc. are presented
for the mystification of the populace
Such methods of attracting shekeIs to
the circus proprietors' Golfers seem to
have passed away with the acknowledged
peer Of all showmen, Phincas T. Barnum,