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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
Last Of the Vermont.

The old line Of battle ship Vermont is
soon to be towed to PASSPORT. Me, and
burned. says the New York Evening
SUM-" She is at present lying at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. The keel of the
Vermont was laid in Boston in 1918, but
work on her was slow and intermittent,
and she was not launched until 1913.
She carried twenty s-inch guns and
sixty-four 32-pounders, with crew of
| S2C men.
| Shortly after her launching the fish
| ing trouble between this country and
Great Britain caused her to be sent up
along the Nova Scotian coast to protect
American interests. Matters were set
tied peaceably, however, and upon her
return the Vermont was ordered to Port
Royal While en- route she ran into a
heavy gale, lost her rudder and drifted
| about helpless for several weeks. In
the course of time a jury rudder was
fitted and the vessel managed to creep
Into port.
At the outbreak of the civil war the
Vermont was at Boston, but IN the lat
ter part of 1861 she sailed south again
and arrived at Port Royal, where she
was used as a srereship from 1862 to
1864.
In 1865 she left Port Royal with all
sails set for New York, where she was
used as receiving ship after her bat
teries had been removed. She remained
at her berth at the Cob Dock in the
nj ri har
1901, when she was put out of com
mission and towed around into Whitney
Basin. After considerable wrangling
among two different boards of appraisal,
the Vermont was sold TO i. f. Lunt for
sl5.G5S.
Men are now AT work upon the Yer
mont making her scaworthy for her last
voyage. She will be beached at East |
port. partially broken UP and then
burned in order that the metal bolts |
etc, which are in her can be recovered |
Mate Charles Wilson (retired), who |
has been more or less regularly con
nected with the Vermont since 1866 |
said today:
The Vermont was an ideal receiving
ship on account of the great room be
tween her decks. | have seen the time,
during the Spanish war, when 1900 men
slept on her decks over night. 1t is a
pity that she is TO be broken up. for
wen be rather crowded until we get
a barracks built. The Columbia. now
doing duty as receiving ship. will only
accommodate between 4CO and SEQ men"
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
WHAT CONSTITUTES Ideal citizenship reaches into me 1a- moral attitudes where -
IDEAL CITIZENSHIP l@~m
By Hon SAMUEL DAVIS WOODS, Representative from California

the cells themselves give life and mo.
ton TO thsm. This force is the spiritual
energy that constitutes the divinity OF
men and distinguishes them from all
the other animals of the world.
The exaltation of men in all ages and
lands to greatness has been but the re-
suit of the intensity OF this spiritual
force acting oftentimes and in most
cases subconsciously
The absence of motion In this force
has lowered whole races to the level OF
| savagery.
That this force has and does act sub
consciously is evidenced by the fact
that there may be a lofty mental life
without a corresponding visible moral
condition.
This is one of the mysteries of the
world for it is hard to understand how
mind quickened to greatness by
subconscious spirituality can pursue its
career without obedience morally TO
that spirituality that made greatness
possible.
We hold it as truth manifest to him
who desires to know, as a problem in
mathematics, that no great mind was
ever quickened to action by a mere
mental ideal.
The ideal Is spiritual no matter what
the life may be, and he who works in
the great workshops of the world works
in obedience to ideals that are pure,
and II he fails in a personal purity Of
life. the failure comes because OF
divorce between his ideal and his con-
duct
Ideals are set before men as the types
of moral conditions to be reached and
sustained by an immortal spirit in an
animal body.
Man becomes truly great when his
spiritual ideals take possession and he
becomes the master of himself.
No man not thus master of himself
can be truly great, for to be truly great
one must be truly good
We assume, therefore. that spiritual
ity lies at the foundation of all ideal
conditions and that it constitutes the
basis and is the form and substance as
well as the spirit of ideal citizenship.
have not confounded spirituality with
religion in this statement. for spiritual
ity is above religion. and constitutes its
life and soul.
Religion has many expressions and is
oftentimes but the mental and moral
product of physical conditions and racial
Instincts.
1t has as many forms as there are
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08

would Re sweetened by the consciousness
of Just reward ever continued.
The common laborcr would be dignI.
fed by the respect accorded to him as
one of the factors In the maintenance Of
the world.
Strikes would Re unknown. because
greed would not seek to enrich itself
by the cruel endeavor CT men to make
great body of citizens, beasts Of burden.
Governmental affairs would be honest
ly and fairly conducted. for they would
be regulated by an earnest effort to
make and administer laws, operating
Cpon ard for the poor and the rich alike.
Home life would be sacred, fer all pri.
vate relations would be established firm
~ upon a purity of purpose and conduct.
Police regulations would be a matter
of form. as the Individual conscience
would preserve peace and compel good
order.
Elemosynary institutions on every
hand would rise as "eities of refuge"
to those who had been smitten by disas-
ter and disease. The common and finer
taught in buildings whose architecture
would surpass the splendor of the pail
aces of ancient kings, and the solemn
beauty CT temples for worship would add
to the rlagni1cence Of every city of the
land.
The value of environment as an educa-
tionaI agent would be thoroughly appre-
ciated. ard all the achievements o!
science and art employed in the adorn-
ment of private homes and public instl-
buttons.
Traffic would be confined to a dealing
in the necessaries and luxuries Of life
for a Just price, and the hum OF busy
wheels would sing of the creation OF
things for comfort and ease without vice.
Craftsmanship would take the place OF
politics, and the broadminded, great
souled be called to office, because worthy
to execute public trust. with an hon.
esty of purpose, a steady mind, and
clean heart.
A just man has been defined to be:
He who having contest with his
neighbor can try the case without the
aid of judge and jury, an. decide against
himself
Applying this definition to the ordinary
IS not a community possible
whose citizenship would be ideal; where
all the finest purest, and noblest in our
common human nature would find spirit
1al expression; whose perfect work
would at last eliminate in the fedora
lion of the world?
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
Growing Tolerance of Creeds.

All this movement in creeds is to-
ward love. mercy. and tenderness, and
away frcm vengeance, rancor, revenge,
and tyranny The desire to reduce dam
nation in creeds comedies with the eff
fort to abolish capital punishment in
law. The kinship of these propositions
is undeniaSle by intelligent men,
whether they approve OF one or the
other, or neither OF them. At the time
the Presbyterian assemblies were de-
nouncing the idea of infant damnation
and proclaiming against fetichism or IA
talism, in the ways mentioned, the
young King of Spain was saying that
he would like to bring bull fighting TO
an end. and for it substitute horse rae
ing. cricket, and baseball in his king
dom. Churches shy at damnatlon. Gov
ornaments shy at capital punishment
Kings shy at baroaric feats OF blood
and cruc!t.- Slaughter house theology,
slaughter house law. and slaughter
house sports are waning. The world
moves and an honest creed's the noblest
work of man.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08

| national types, and change in the
boundaries of empire oftentimes changes
the character OF religion. This Is not
true of spirituality. for 1t is as universal
as gravitation.
We are aware that we are in high
attitudes and that we may be discussing
this question above the line of average
human conduct, and that while indi-
vidual lives may rise to the lofty meas
urements OF spiritual idealism. it seems
thus far that entire communities are not
able to reach this high condition except
approximately.
The question, however Is. What con-
stitutes ideal citizenship" and we are
within the limitations of the question
when we take tie high ground we do
and refuse to mutilate the ideal so that
1t may conform to condition. We have
not been asked about a condition. but
about an ideal. and we are loyal to the
question in thus discussing it along
these lines.
II will not be difficult for even the IN
learned man to call TO memory from out
of the domain Of contemporaneous his
tory individuals whose lives both private
and public were up to the standard of
this pure and noble citizenship.
The political. literary, scientific, and
artistic annals OF orr own times dis
close the names of many citizens Of our
own country. as well as all other coun-
tries who in the highest degree are
worthy of being called ideal citizens.
Taking these as types and massing
them into communities it is not difficult
to appreciate what constitutes an ideal
citizenship.
At the foundation of this citizenship,
and upon which it must forever rest for
Dermanency. lies the command OF Christ:
DO unto others as you would have 9th
ers do unto you
This is the most notable example in
all the range OF moral precepts where
a great truth was taught by an appeal
to the selfish side of human nature, and
yet no man with this as his guide can
fail. for honesty, generosity, courtesy, |
and charity are in the very soul OF the |
command.
In commonwealth with an ideal citi- |
zenship there would be TO eviL ces of |
poverty which eats out the soul. |
for by private or public means Il never |
failing opportunity would be afforded for !
every man to earn, even though Il be |
by the sweat OF his face. a generous
share of the necessaries CT lie, zrd toll |
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
ATHLETIC GROUNDS NEEDED.

One Of the objects of keep of
out of mischief The best accomplish this neutIalize surplus
energy legitimate Fairgrounds children great
Fairgrounds fields where they indulge athletic
have a
Since the order has been issued against persons of
duing athletic sports Grounds many have
deprived of enjoyable facility. They place b
ball sports improve body
help 10 make good citizens.
suggest part
aside plot ground the District where those of ath
et proccS could could be
mated for athletic clubs others policeman
of the
National Capital and excellent the community.
preserve great provide for the
enjoy of its population Every live community interested atht
Washington exception. Therefore, that the local
will appreciate called
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08

There is the breadth of the best o.
human nature in this question. for I'M
DERIVING 1t are the active impulses OF
all noble thought and endeavor.
Within its exterior boundaries exists
that climate OF the mind which rourish-
es pure living.
Citizenship involves the masses, and
yet lies at the root of individual char
acter, for no man can be a part of COED
citizenship who is not first a good man.
man nay be good citizen without
being an ideal one
Good citizenship is SUBSCRIBED by Just
observance OF law and order, so far as
he Government is concerned, and fair
dealing in the private relations between
individual citizens.
Ideal citizenship reaches into the high
er moral attitudes. where mans facul-
ties are inspired by pure thought and
lofty conceptions.
He only is competent to be ranked as
an ideal citizen whose daily life is the
unfailing expression of spiritual feel
ing.
That ideals are the creation of spirtu
atty is moral as well as a scientific
truth. This quality of idealism appears
from whatever standpoint We consider 1t.
Other truths seem to change by change
Of standDoints, or a detection of angles,
and this suggestion of change was in
volved in the great question propounded
by Christ to PLATE, what is truth"
The office of spirituality in mans
career and conduct is to work upward to
high ideals, and that this is SO. the world
has never questioned.
1t may be possible that this truth is
many sided, but from whatever stand
point it is viewed it presents always the
same illuminated front.
The scientist declares that thought is
but the breaking down of cells within
the brain, and the action of matter
along the lines of highest possibility.
BY this process the astronomer
sweeps the heavens and follows the
stars TO the verges of creation: the
geologist reads the history OF the world
in the rocky records of the hills; the
poet dreams sweet dreams and inter-
prets our experience through the lips
of song; the sculptor makes the cold.
duh marble all but breathe, and the
painter gives to the canvas an immor-
tally of beauty.
The scientist may be right so far as
he goes. but what breaks the cells with
in the brains? They are but the ma
by which some force without !
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
PEACE

To line from the
wrnked To
been augh with good cheer Following the cessation of hott be-
Philippines
that armed resistance the archipelago has ceased and that there most
establishment
the islands
political
the world but local
perhaps from pyroenieal point of view, desirable
development of humanity, undoubtedly
remedies
hope that the remainder of the journey will accomplished
appeals spirit peace peace is
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
THE SPIRIT OF FORCE.
BY DON MARQUIS.

I dwell where mad flames
Faunt their riot-red pennons uufurling-
On prares, dust-scourged,
Where the leaping wnd-devils whiring
Spiny rock ridges
Where the foam fngng vortex sings, swrlng,
Caaracts vast
From the mist-shrouded lodges down-hurling,
Hungry reefs. sharp,
Where the ragged jawed breakers curling.
Cloud yelled, ! crouch
In the storm-heart where ightnings wrthe, flashing;
Spray crowned. | dance,
On the breast of the torrent down-dasiing;
Iron-fsted smte
Till the hills quake and break with the gashing;
Cce crazed, | shout
Till start the wild avalanche crashing;
Wind-mounted, beat
The seas low with the hurricanes flashing.
ShacklelcE free,
IooSed SpiritTf Force Notwithstanding
I'll good brooding,
Not seeking mans ill nor refrainng-
Masterless free,
Ungyved Chaos-sprite beyond claiming;
RIidled curbed-
Never broke to the bit for mans gaining
Fetterless, free,
l am the Spirit of Power, past restraining.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FLAG DAY.


As flag the symbol of civilization Should be
protected mulation and every effort made focaze
about i every patriotic impulse
Flag therefore of the most important Of public days,
and should year by important and unver
sally observed.
So lone flag commands the love and confidence of
Young the Republic safe The human mind organized
moved by ideals and nothing could sherve the
trv's rood than an ideal flag
Wherever flag has been planted has engt-
ennen
aw and order
Commerce. elucaion and religion follow in ready
hands earnestly for the hcttermen posses
ons this within the shadow law and
order will reveal and our
flag in Philippines for ciVizaon-not conquest.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
Three Summer Songs.

Borne on the wings of n sunrise ove1
the mountains and valleys
Rushing with rosy ingistcnce into the
white arms of day.
Greeted by chorus of wild birds. buglet
by mighty-vciced waters.
summer. the herald of beauty. summer
the happy-souled virgin.
Comes from the kiss of The springtime
dropping her flowers by the way.
Famed by the butterflies winging. lull-
ed by the bees 'mong the lilies.
Shaking her hair in the noontide golden
a fleece Of the sun,
Gliding through silver of moonlights
into the purple-starred midnights,
Summer. the herald of beauty. summer.
the hap3y-sou.ed virgin,
Dreams. while her own crimson currents
into the roses hearts run.
Breathing the breath of the south wind
tranced with the sky's yeaTniEg
azure.
Child of the summers. since chaos. clad
in divineness as they
Hearing the echoes of music pirce forth
by Pan since creation.
Summer. the herald of beauty. summer,
the happy-souled virgin.
Comes with the songs of the ages. sing
ing them all on her way
Down past the goiien-iit meadows. riv-
ers are languorous murmuring.
Out from the deeDs Of the forests. breath
of the pine trees is blown,
Clouds OF the morning are rose-drench-
ed. noontides are swooning with
silence,
Day dreams have silvered the daisies,
starlight has Powered to azaleas.
l can hear summers voice clamor-why
art thou silent. mine own?
Buttercups toss in the sunshine; cloud
shadows float DER the grasses:
Hills like a necklace of sapphires lie on
the breast OF the sky:
Lured by the trumpet flowers color,
hunlming birds thither are darting:
Leaves with the light overladen, CULVER
ing are borne into music;
l can hear summers voice clamor-can
l the summer deny?
Unto my soul, quick with longing. Art
thou. l cried out, a craven?
Hark to the million-voiced chorus call
Eng thee forth from the night.
Borrow the wings of the lightning.
mount up aloft like the eagle;
Thou hast been drunken with sorrow.
drink thou today of the glory;
Thou hast been vestured in sackcloth.
wrap myself round with the light.
Shake off the chill of the gravedamps.
thou shalt be captive no longer;
Make thyself part of the ocean rushing
in might to the shore,
Learn thou its undertones' rapture;
sweep with the winds DER its vast
ness:
outride the sun in its coursing;
Wheel with the stars in their orbits;
thou shalt be trammeled no more.
Speed DER the purple of sunsets faster
than clouds in tAeir sailing;
Speed in the arms of the summer I'D to
earth's uttermost height;
Thou shalt discover life's secrets. for |
thou art born of Jehovah;
Thou hast been drunken with sorrow.
thou shalt be drunken with glory:
'hou hast been yestured in sackcloth-
thou shalt be winged with the
light.
Mrs. Whiton-Stone, in the Boston
Transcript.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Iohn Bulls Bill of Costs.

Philadelphia Ledger-Tbe magnitude
{. the war against the Beers is strongly
shown in the statement OF the British
chancellor Of the exchequer. that mere
~ TO wind it up and return the British
troops TO their homes and the surviving
Beers to their farms will cost 5000 ,G00.
600. In comparison with this. the $780,
Doc, eco we paid Spain for the good will
she did not have in the Philippines seems
triiiing
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
IN SUMMER TIME.
By M. L. AP3ERSON.

o for breath of country air,
And the odor OF pines and clover:
Ard. oh, to drop this burden of care,
Just 10 live the old life over
To roam at eve through tie meadows green,
And battle in the limpid water
That sparkcd and splashed in a silvery sheen
Der grandpa's little daughter.
To gather the lilies white and blue
That grew in the marsh near the river:
To sleep and dream and live DER anew
The years that are gone forever.
Memories sad and memories sweet.
Come back in the long night hours.
And we tread the old paths with eager feet
And gather the same sweet flowers.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL SHOULD
BE BUILT VIA PANAMA ROUTE
By Hon. ROBERT w. WILCOX, Delegate from Hawaii

strongly favor of the ishmian canal
the opening waterway the sthms will benefit
of the United States immensely
As to / of Panama route
believe Senator Hanna does that of
entirely.
The Panama canal already
and build upon France owing
o the inability of France such a waterway.
The Panama the shortest and if construct
will less money the up
waterway the ims by the open up the
Nicaraguan.
The construction of hman canal considered important
Hawaans much the laying Pacific cable and the
building of Pearl Habor The opening of the Panama
port commerce for the United
States, we'll the Orient.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
JERUSALEM SHRINE OF CHRISTIANS,
IN THE HANDS OF MOSLEMS
By WILLIAM E. CURTIS, in the Chicago RecordHeraJd.

| From the sacrifice of Abraham to the
conquest of Joshua we hear nothing of
Jerusalem in the Bible At the time of
the exodus it was called Jebus, and was
fortified place. Its king was slain
by the Israelites at the great battle of
Gideon, but the city was not captured
until the reign of David. who transferred
and ever afterward Jerusalem was the
capital of the Jewish nation and the
center of its faith and worship. II was
besieged many times from David's reign.
demolished by the Babylonians, and bad
ly damaged By the invasion of Pompey
and finally destroyed by Titus in the
year 10 A. D.. after a siege of nearly
| five months. Soon afterward it was re-
settled by both Jews and Romans, and
the fortress was rebuilt. In 1872, when
the Jews rebelled against Emperor Had
rian, Jerusalem was again destroyed.
Hadrian rebuilt 1t and called it Aelia,
and for several generations 1t was
known by that name. Constantine re-
stored, enriched and adorned it, and his
mother. the Empress Helena. set the
fashion OF pilgrimases to its sacred
sites. which have continued from all
parts Of the world down to the present
hour. Since then Jerusalem has suf-
fered terrible calamities, having twice
been destroyed by the Romans, once by
the Persians. and very nearly so by the
Crusaders. who captured and held pos
session of it for about 100 years. Then.
in 1857. it was given up to Saladin. and
the flag OF the Mohammedan has since
1oated over the tower of David.
According to the calculations of Jose
plus. Jerusalem was 2.127 years old
when overthrow by Titus. which makes
its present age 1889 years. More than
any other city on earth has ii been the
focus of human interest: more than any
other city it has influenced the religious
character of the human race. II is the
shrine of more than half the worlds |
population; the Holy City of Christen- |
dom. sanctified By the sufferings and the /
death of Jesus Christ. founder of the .
Christian religion and the Redeemer of
Men. and yet it remains in the control
of Mohammedans.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
The Boanerges Species.

Indianapolis News-There are symp-
toms that some of the American Boer
will not be bound by
the terms of the agreement. De Wet
and Delarey did not know what ter
rible fighters the American species are.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08

Both the Philstincs and the Hebrews
were immigrants and invaders; both
came from Egypt into the land over
which they fought for centuries; both
absorbed the Canaanites. who originally
owned and occupied it. Israel survived.
under the favor OF Gar. and the Philis-
tines. who worshlpped Dagon. disap-
peared, although they fastened their
name upon the country-Palestine.
corruption of Philistine. Saul. Samson.
David. Hezekah and other Hebrew lead
ers fought to control the entire terri
tory. but the Philistines did not yield
until the invasion of Alexander the
Great and the introduction of Greek
culture and civilization. The Babyloni-
an captivity disintegrated the Jewish
nation. 1t has never since been re-
united or recovered its power or pres
tige; 1t has never since occupied the
land that the Lord God gave It, but Is
scattered to the ends of the earth. The
covenant with Israel was for ever and
ever. but remains untitled, and in the
noa"-'--'~ - - temporal
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
lust What Ais RuIIcr

Chicago Chronicle-lf we may Judge
from the profuse and voluminous nature
OF his remarks Gen. Sir Rcdvers Butler
is suffering from the malady known in
this country as verbosus Funstoniensis
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
A Tip fo- Senator Bailey

San Antonio EXpres5-A Texas town
proposes to ship its first big watermelon
TO Senator Bailey. Then. if the Senator
does the right thing he will move that
the Senate go into executive session.