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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
The Dear Old Maid.

A toast is offered to the spinster,
We meet a great many pleasant people
in this world, but nowhere do we find
a more satisfactory person than thai
| elderly unmarried woman generally
and somewhat disrespectfully known
as the ''old maid" and supposed to be
| afflicted with nerves and a can
tankerous disposition. As matter OF
| fact she is frequently the sweetest,
| most self-forgetful of her sex. She
usually walks, with tact and a loving
heart. in other womens paths, lives
| in other women's homes, and rejoices
in other women's joys, making them
her own. The children adore her, for
she becomes to them sort of fairy
godmother one who possesses all the
tenderness OF a mother without the
extremes of maternal discipline, says
"Harper's Weekly" She loves TO give
children good time. and does with
extraordinary success. In household
details what a treasure! How many
dinners owe their success to her. who
reaps no glory except the glory Of
doing And in the ultimate trials of
life what prop and solace she be-
comes, But it is TO the young boy
lovers of the family that she exhibits
the finest flower OF her capacity for
friendship. What a gift of under
standing she seems to have. There
is no difficulty she cannot dissipate.
no fear she cannot lessen, no tender
little half-scared hope that she does
not encourage to bloom for the other
woman. 1t is always for somebody
else that she is working. and perhaps
it is this which gives to her eyes the
look that even the worst among us
unconsciously associates with all that
is best and fairest in life. Let them
make fun of her if they will but could
we do without her?
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
OF A TARIFF
AND TRUST COMMISSION
By Representative CHARLES R. scHIRM, of Maryland.

am heartily in favor of the creation of
a tariff and trust commission, to come
under the direction of the new Department
of Commerce, Industry, and Labor, to pre-
vent the unsettlement of business through
the injection OF the tariff and trust ques-
/ lions into political contests. The same
thing has been done heretofore by the
appointment of special commission.
whose recommendations were closely fol-
lowed by Congress. and this in itself is
sufficient TO demonstrate that such com
mission would be feasible
The trust question threatens to rival
the tariff question as subject of politi-
cal controversy. and it would be well to
have facts and figures carefully collated
hy commission acting with judicial care
rather than to leave the exploiting of the
question to the heat of political cam
paigus. Until now no one has been able to
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

now they do, and the people arc just On
the other hand, we see the people at times
raising up to themselves false idols
idols of sounding brass and tinkling Gym
bal they may be. The people do not know
their idols. After time they do; the
scales fall away, and the idols take a
back seat.
II is not that the people are tickle; they
are either too busy, or have not the means
to inform themselves. When they do, their
conclusions are just. The statesman who.
avoiding the arts of the demGgogue. IS
true to himself. to his convictions of duty.
and to his country above party. will SOON
er or later, find himself taken by the
people at his true valuation.
Who can doubt that IL Cecil Rhodes had
been permitted to live and develop his
magnificent plans, all the world would
shout acclaim. Who can wonder that with
his unfinished task staring him in the
face he should regretfully say, Il am
human, and should like to be living after
my death"
Whence comes this strange longing i'm
planted in the hearts of all men to be
remembered when life's fitful fever is
over? STORED urn or animated bust
does not always accomplish this. We pass
day by day with needless eyes as we
walk the beautiful streets of cur beauti-
full city the statues of men who once fill
ed commanding places before the eyes OF
the nation. These were men who once
commanded mighty armies, or helped
shape the destinies of the Republic Who
that passes by stops now to give them
second thought.
Soon there will rise before us another
vision of beauty, tribute OF love to cur
great warrior chief. General Grant II the
Optimist were on the commission, he
would have inscribed on that memorial
creation, in boldest characters. the words
which in the hearts of the people VIII
linger as long as the stately pile Itself
words which are the chieftain's beet. t-u-
est monument:
Let us have peace"
Yes, Cecil Rhodes will be living after
his DEATH He will live in the affections
of thousands to whom his generous bene-
factions open up unknown and undreamcd
of avenues to higher education. and sue
cessful achievement. His dream of en-
pire unfulflled. yet his name will live
with those OF Peabody. Girard. Smithson,
Stanford, and scores of others, written by
the angel in the book of gold, among those
who loved their fellow-men
There are other monuments than those
of bronze and marble, and they are being
erected, too, on foundations broad and
enduring to commemorate the virtues of
those still living.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Sapphires and Rubies
in Place Of Ashes

Metals may be burned for the sake
Of the heat and Hight they produce, just
as ordinary fuels are burned" said Prof
Roberts Austen In n recent discourse
at the Royal institution London. But the
burning OF metals. he proceeded to show,
differed from that of ordinary fuels in
that the products OF combustion are not
gaseous but solid. The burning of alumni
mum gives sapphires and rubies in the
place of ashes" An instance of burning
metal for the sake OF light is furnished by
the magnesium star" a contrivdnce by
which shell packed with magnesium and
attached TO a parachute is fired electri-
cally high in the air, thus producing an
illumination Of the ground beneath at
night. This finds its use in warfare. Re
Gently aluminium has been found to be an
admirable fuel for producing an intense
heat to be used in welding. This kind
of metallic fuel has assumed much in
dustrial importance at Essen. in Germany,
where in consequence metallurgy enters
upon new phase.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
A Wonderful Cat.

Dog stories have become so hackneyed
that cat story makes a welcome chanse
This one comes from Pont Ste. Maxence
(Oise), and for such small! place it is
an extremely tall tale. 1t would appear
that resident in the place. who is an
enthusiasts angler, used to keep live bait
in small tank on his premises The
angler also had cat, who. naturally, was
fond of fish, raw or cooked. This being
so. his owner covered his tank with wire
netting "a keep pussy out of temptation.
But the cat knew trick or two, and
went to the nearest refuse heap for some
fowl giblets which were proyidentiaHy
lying there. These she took to the tank.
let them hang into the water from the
netting. and began fishing on her own ac-
count. When the fish nibbled at the bait.
puss would catch it with a nimble claw,
The angler. Noticing the trick. threw the
bait away, but half an hour later puss
was at ii again.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Americas Largest Family.

Prairie Du Chen, Wis. boasts of
largest in the United States. 1t con-
sists of 1SS members, and until a few
weeks ago, when Mrs. Peter Fernett
died. there had been no sickness or
death in the family for nearly half a
century.
Peter Fernett, ST. the head of the
family, is nearly ninety years OF age,
and is in splendid health. With hin.
to mourn the loss of a faithful vile
and mother are eight children. 126
grandchildren, sixty-one great-grand-
children, and one grand
child. The family now consists of the
following members:
Peter Fernett. husband Mrs. An
thony La Bonnie, Mrs. Louis La Bonnie,
Mrs. Frank Porrier, Mrs. Frank Gotta,
Mrs. Theodore Gotta, Mrs. Hubert
Obin, Paul Fernett, and Peter Fer
nett, jr.
There were four other children born,
but three of these died when they were
quite young and the other when he
was under twenty years of age.
These eight children are the parents
of 126 children. Eighteen of these
grandchildren of old Mr.. and Mrs.
Fernett have among them sixty-one
children, and one of the latter is The
mother OF a ten-day- old child, making
it a great great-grandchild of Peter
Fernett, ST. The remarkable record of
the Fernett children is as follows:
Mrs. A La Bonnie, eighteen children.
Mrs. l.. La Bonnie, thirteen children.
Mrs. +. Porrier, seventeen children.
Mrs. +. Gotta, sixteen children.
Mrs. T. Gotta, seventeen children.
Mrs. II. Obin, eighteen children.
Paul Fernett. thirteen children.
Peter Fernett, jr., fourteen children.
All the members of this remarkable
family from the old great-great- CRANE
father down to the youngest baby are
hale and hearty. When the aged wo-
man died a short time ago she had
been i'll for less than day.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Dangers In Electric Lamps.

There is common belief that cleo
trio ineandescent lamps give out very
! little heat, and that, therefore, fire
danger from them is practically non
existent.
Hence it is that such lamps are fire.
| quently found disposed of With much
/ unconscious earelessness in the neigh
| borhCod of combustible materials, in
shop windows, for example, for decor
alive effect. and the wonder is that
/ fire losses from such Cse of the lamps
| are not more widespread.
In one case where a lighted lamp
! rested against a vertically placed
white pine board spot about an inch
in diameter, and of light brown
hours.
In the case of 4 similarly disposed
strip of well-seasoned, vanished oak.
the varnish became blistered in three
minutes and blackeneG in about fiji
teen The wood had the appearance of
being charred at and near The point of
contact with the lamp, but was not ig-
nited.
With a lamp encased in two thick
! nesses of muslin. the latter became
scorched in one minute, in three mill
utes gave out smoke, and at the end
of six minutes. when the muslin cover
was removed from the lamp and fresh
air reached its interior, it burst into
flames.
Where a lamp was laid on inhamma
BILE material the effect seemed to ne
more rapid, due probably to the
pressure eXertcd by the weight of the
lamr. \ newspaper was, in this
way, carbonized in three minutes and
ignitcd in fortyfvc. The lamps used
were of sixteen candle power.
In one instance it was found that on
immersing a sixteen -candic-power
lamp in half pint of water the lat
ter boiled within an hour. Again. with
a lamp buried IN cotton wool. the wool
soon began to scorch and ultimately
burst into flame. \ lamp in contact
with celluloid fired it in less than five
minutes.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
REAL ENGLISH

Somebody connected with the
Brooklyn Eagle" has q grievance
against the schools OF Manhattan be-
cause they teach a new and queer
method OF English pronunciation. 1t
IS alleged that in some Of the schools,
at least. the children are being
taught to call 4 dog a dang" and a
log a "lahg." while coffee is pro-
nounced "cahfy." 1t is reasonably
asked where. II anywhere, such En-
glish is supposed to be the correct
thing.
The answer to this question would
involve an investigation OF the pecu-
liar conditions which gave rise to it,
but IL may be as well to consider
whether We Americans have, or ever
shall have, any such standard of pro-
nunciation as that which marks the
educated Englishman. and, il so, how
we are TO get II, and whether it Will
be worth while when we do get it.
Il Is said that the English public
school man can be recognized any
where by another public school man,
as soon as he speaks, because there is
a certain correctness OF pronunciation
and tone which is unconsciously
adopted by the pupils OF all the great
schools and colleges. To some ex-
tent this is so in America; certainly
some cultured men have an accent
which stamps them az once as men OF
training. whether they got their train
ing at home or elsewhere. But we
have no standard OF pronunciation
which viii take in all those little
shades OF tone and accent which make
the difference between the trained and
the unframed voice.
The typical New York pronuncia-
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

| Another great dreamer has passed into
| the long dreamless sleep that knows no
waking. Inexpressibly pathetic, these. his
| dying words. flashed to US from under the
| distant seas:
| $50 much to be done; SO little accom-
I plishcd"
| Misunderstood in life, disappointed in
| death, Cecil Rhodes drops his unfinished
tasks and takes his silent place among
! the immortals.
20 fading honors of the dead;
o high ambition lowly laid"
| A high, noble ambition, indeed, was
his; this man whose name of late was
the theme for gall and bitterness; for al
most universal execration. Now that
| death has revealed the purposes of life, we
see that this remarkable man. supposedly
a man of blood and iron. grasping, heart
| less, and selfish. was consumed By a lofty
ambition and lofty ideals, before which
the ambitions and bloody conquests of
Napoleon and Alexander the Great fade
into insignficance. A union Of the An
glo-Saxon races; world empire of peace;
a cessation of all wars; racial unity on
the basis of the principles of the Ameri
can Constitution What programl
To further his high and lofty purpose
this dreamer was content to be misunder-
stood, to suffer abuse and calumny of the
vilest sort. With silent lips and uncon-
querable will. he toiled steadily on, ac-
cumulating the millions which his IN
timely death now reveals are to be de-
voted to his scarce begun schemes for the
benefit of his fellow-men.
And all the world wonders. and ap-
plauds the man. Pity some of this APP
plause could not have frightened the way
in his lifetime; why do we wait with our
flowers and words of cheer till they can
no longer bring light and joy to eyes that
see not, and lips that are dumb? Yet the
Optimist is glad to believe this is not al
ways so. Illustrations to the contrary
abound Men in high public station are
ever the subjects Of Misrepresentation and
abuse. 1t is the penalty of prominence.
The people may seem 10 be tickle; the
villain OF today, the hero Of tomorrow; but
the people mean to be, and generally are
just. Too hasty at times Ia their conclu-
sions. and too many, without thought,
adopting the ill-considered conclusions
of others. yet in the end. they generally
average up right at the home stake.
year or two ago, two of the most
prominent men in our public life were
the subjects of abuse and denuneiation,
almost unparalleled, from one end of the
land to the other. Today scarcely voice
gsar Ia hnl vd -,
pie did not know those men, that's all;
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

ton has been the subject OF comment
before-outside OF New York. Bos-
tonians used TO be fond OF mimicking
the New Workers. rendering of Ger
tain sentence thus:
"Giyls. giyls, come out on the cuyb-
stone and see the biyds fly over the
chuych,"
1t is a peculiarly Of this elision
of the 'r' that it is almost impos-
sible for the outside 10 catch 1t at all,
even in mimicry. In fact, the dogs
letter" seems to be the American
shibboleth. The South objects to It's
prominence in the Middle West, and
the West objects to the serene oblivi-
BUSINESS with which any r. is treated
south of Mason and Dixon's line. when
it does not occur at the very begin
ming of word.
Howells discovered some time ago
that the rural districts OF New En-
gland are quite as Indifferent to this
shibboleth letter as is the South. al
though they give n different sound to
the words in which it occurs. Next
TO the r. the letter 60 Is probably
the greatest point OF difference. The
Vermonter says ''rud''-as nearly as
the peculiar softened vowel can be
represented in tUpe-and other people
say road. Curiously enough. this
same Yermonter pronounces rode"
as it is spelled. When he talks of the
poor he makes the word almost rhyme
with sure; he Southerner is apt to
make II sound very much like 'po'."
Examples might be multiplied of
these difference, and the whole trouble
seems to be that we have no stand
ard. unless # is that of England, and
We do not want TO accept that.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

frame statute that would eliminate the
Objectionable features OF trusts, without
encroaching upon constitutional rights.
1t is not to be supposed that such
commission could Immediately remedy all
the ills complained OF, but it would be
step in the right direction, tending toward
the remedying of the evils from time to
time. by the application of methods based
upon accurate knowledge.
Senator Nelson's bill for the creatio of
Department OF Commerce, Industry. and
Labor does not provide for such COM
mission, although it was not omitted be-
cause of any opposition on his part to
such feature. In his opinion the en-
grating of such n provision upon the law
at this time would perhaps cucumber it
and make it more difficult of passage,
since it provides for commission of five
members. each of whom is TO receive
salary of $4,000 per annum.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
PROBLEMS BEFORE THE FIFTY SEVENTH CONGRESS
By Senator JULIUS CAESAR BURROWS of Michigan.

ure is to be followed by bill providing for general
plan Of government i'll the Philippines which has al
ready favoraby reported by the Philippines Com
m;ttees both houses, and will be taken up III the
Senate at early day.
An important measure reducing taxation $4,000
by the repeal of the revenue tax made neces-
sary by the with Spain, relieving the United States
Treasury of that amount of surplus, and the people
of the burden of the increased taxation, has been
enacted into a law during the present session
The Nicaragua Canal measure has also been favor
ably reported. and will up for final action in
both houses. within the next week or So Other
measures Of vast Importance in various stages of
solution.
This in general is what Congress has solved and
will solve before adjournment of the problems that
confronted the nation at the opening of the Fifty
seventh Congress.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

And the neither borrows you've
him say
They'd be missed, they'd
missed.
I've put them the list, they're high up the list
The braggart Of his charity, the beggar showing Sores
They would be missed they could be missed;
Then the creditor that's cranky and that's the
dun,
that's afraid him always the
business that himself honest the
Oh could they be missed? got the list.
I.beg TO draw attention of course.
They would be missed, you know they'd not be
( missed;
The msn who tells story twice tough husky
hoarse,
They ornament the list they're surely the list;
wardmen with the all others the game,
Professional whose designs much the
And the fellow who falls off and file claim.
These could desist, they're the list
There's chap who thinks that swearing funny
Joke,
He just the list he'd not be missed
The conductor that will let
smoke,
would be missed he's the extra list;
All the tunnel who much dynamite,
journalists make why every sight
How then could be missed?-that simplfes the list.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Has Something Equally Good.

Philadelphia Record-Charles A. Townc,
of Minnesota. says he is out of politics,
and therefore not a Democratic aspirant
for the Presidency. This makes the thing
wcll-nigh unanimous.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

Any person who buy the Morning, Afternoon Sunday
Edition of The Times stand Washington suburban
towns, trains elsewhere notifying
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

Oh. Matsukata. how
And all the folks in Titipu?
We may presume your worthy grace.
That POOH Bah has assumed your Ilace?
Gie always a graspng man!)
And it is law still Japan
That nobody nrt till wed
pain of being decapited?
! Which brings to mind remembrance
Say how is Mrs. Nanki-Foo?
Does still the puzzle
OF how fill she headsmans place
| While he himselfs the first die
For having vinkcd the rowing eye
| Before his wedding? you
The elbow famed Katisha-
Is it lovely that the bag
justified OF Drag?
I've half a mind make a bet
That Kos divorced her yet,
o clinging
| One can't get rid Of dye mind?
! No, Matsukata; that's ALL
is the object of my call
| Please take to KC-Ko this. my list
| OF people who would be missed.
As some day may happen that victims be
found.
! got extra list I've got extra list;
! OF numerous who still ground.
who would be missed, who would missed;
/
chap that does the lending 10 per
| day,
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

NoRNING EDITION, one year s.; six
months. $3.50; three months, SI.e5. Morn
ing and Sunday. one year, 81; six months,
$500; three months, SI.15. Sunday edi-
ton only, one year, So; six months, 81;
three months, so cents.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

EVENING EDITION. one year. 50: six
months, sI.50: three months, 20 cents
Evening and Sunday. one year, s.; six
months, S2.5O; three manths, S1.25. Morn
ing, Evening, and Sunday, one year. So
six months, 50; three months, S2..0.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
TT IL ODTJKAIcT Cecil Rhodes, leDreaner. MislTder-
IL VI | llVlO stood in Life Disappointed in Death.
By WILLIAM EDGAR ROGERS,

Attorney Claims Commits
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
A VERY SERIOUS ADDRESS
TO COUNT MATSUKATA.
By P. j. TANSEY.

PRIME lin J Aneha las nhyw asuteof A
is o h
S him @ f oil friend fguguo nt 1.-THE Mhad
v og OF eY Yum mared NantPo of Kahhaw
o n
H list o % VI be tot heusr circumstance would
The National tribune., 1902-08-21
Beauty Of the Pine Fringes.

Lowland forest arches overhead checker
the ground with darkness, but the pine,
growing in scattered groups leaves the
glades between emerald-bright. Its gloom
is all its own: narrowing into the sky, it
lets the sunshine strike down to the dew.
The third character which l want you to
notice in the pine is its exquisite fineness.
Other trees rise against the sky in dots
and knots. but this in fringes. You never
see the edges Of it, so subtle are they; and
for this reason it alone of trees. so
far as l know. is capable of the fiery
change which we saw before had been no.
ticed by Shakspere. When the sun rises
behind ridge crested with pine, provided
the ridge be at distance of about two
miles, and seen clear, all the trees for
about three or four degrees on each side
of the sun become trees of light. seen in
the clear flame against the darker sky,
and dazzling as the sun itself l thought
at first this was owing to the actual lus-
ter of the leaves, but ! believe now it is
caused by the cloud dew upon them
every minutest leaf carrying its diamond
1t seems as if these trees, living always
among the clouds, had caught part of their
glory from them; and, themselves, the
darkest of vegetation, could yet add splen-
dor to the sun itself.-John Ruskin.