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The evening times., 1902-05-31
PING-PoNG TENosYNovITIs.

The fascinating game Of ping-pong. it
seems has an even wider vogue. if pos
sible, in England than with US. AS in
every instance when people unused to
much muscular activity take up an IN
accustomed form of exercise enthusf-
astically, painful conditions of joints,
especially in the ankles and wrists.
have developed in those devoted to the
game The ping-pons ankle is quite
fashionable in London at the present
time, and will be with us soon. il It is
not already here At times, besides the
painful condition. there is actual swell
ing. due to the fact that the unusual
exercise causes irritation and grade
Inflammation in the bursas of the ten
dons around the ankle
It Is at least fortunate thing that
the true etiology OF the affection is rec
ognized and that it is not called rheu-
n1atism. as is so often the ease with
obscure joint pains. Occupation neu-
roses Of the most varied kinds occur
text books. and this would seem t. be
a characteristic example OF them. Rest
is the best form OF treatment for the
new ping-pong tenosynovitis-a medi-
cal term that is sure to be popular be-
cause it is so sphinxlike and mouth.
filling
For the prophylaxis OF the affection it
is especially important that the ankles
should be supported by reasonably firm
snug, well-fitting high shoes. High
heeled house slippers and very low-cut
shoes predispcse to the occurrence OF
this kind OF strain. The new affection
Is an interesting type of certain sub
pathologic conditions, most OF them re-
lated more OF less closely to good old
fashioned tiredness that the fads OF
fashion have been bringing to physi-
clans for treatment in recent years
American Medicine
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THE PASSING OF OLD PARIS

the district which was turn by turn the
resort of the vilest cutthroats and the
height of fashion. offering dark, narrow
streets for midnight ramble or theft,
and quaint, unsteady houses for carousaI
OF crime, medieval, depraved, and ire
sistibly fascinating.
II was, indeed, this very attractive
ness which precipitated the downfall OF
the Quarter des HaIles. by arousing the
anxiety Of Napoleon III For the trans
formation has not come suddenly or OF
late; It has only become startlfngIy ap-
parent as the last few landmarks,
whether Of house OF street, have been
obIiterated one by one The first blow
to the Quarter came when the Rue
Rambuteau was cut through. in the ear
ly foTties. sweeping out Of existence the
historic Rue de Ia Chauverie snd Rue
des Potiere obtain, in the requirement
of more space for the halles or markets,
ever growing in importance Until then
the streets round about had been as nu-
merous as they were tortuous, the
houses were closely built and low, and
when an insurrection was planned no
better place for the erection Of baTri-
cades could be found by the populace.
It was to check this and TO limit the
crimes tightly perpetrated there, as well
as TO enlarge the haIIes. that the trans
formation of the district was decided
upon by the government OF Napoleon III
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- NE by one the ancient quarters
of Paris, the Quarter Latin.
~ the Temple. the MaTais. Mont
martre. have fallen beneath the
ban Of progress, and have been so mod
ernized as to lose all individuality and
interest. writes Francis Warrington
Dawson in the Charleston News and
Courier" Alone the QUARTER des HaIIes
seemed to have retained some of its
historic aspect and charm of associa-
tion, but it has now entered into the
last phase OF decline. which future
generations may term Improvement, yet
which will have left it bereft of its true
being. as ColorIess as a town newly
pitched in the desert The district
where some Of the most famous battles,
riots, and crimes in Partisan history
have occurred. the cradle of French
finances and histrionic art. the neigh
borhood loved by yoltaire, Moliere,
Rousseau. d'Alembert. Gringoire, and
Richelieu's favorite, Jean Chapeiain. is
vanishing from the face of the French
capital, and II one or two rames Of
streets. such as the Rue des Precheurs,
and one or two restaurants, as the Ro-
cher de Calcale OF the Conpas dor,
still remain. they serve only to empha-
size the contrast between the popuIous.
nlodernized, averagely respectable, and
particularly uninteresting quarter with
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and statesmen Of time including President Roose.
vet Bishop H. c. Potter and the Hon. Thomas ".
Phillips. vice chairman of the Industrial Commission
and many others, among the most important being the
editors of the leading daily papers of the United States
The great mass of citizens, in my opinion, are
emphacaly desirous of seeing proper governmen
tai control and supervision of interstate corporations
trusts.
Meanwhile, the increasing power Of interstate COM
corporations and their greedy and reckless abuse
of power often such brazen violation of the law of
the land that the President and the Attorney General and
the various district attorneys of the United States are
occupied in the prosecution of such corporations for
their criminal conduct, fully warrant the COM
mlttee IN adopting the amendments to the Depart
ment of Commerce BILL or, better STILL simply substitu
ing my bill for the Senate bill By so doing the House
Will not only provide much better law but will the
most hearty approval of nnetenths of the citizens of the
United States for its efforts protect the people and the
Republic from the grave danger of concentrated eorpo
ate wealth already powerful and perverse that it
rapes the laws under foot and defes the sovereign a-
tboTity of the Government.
confident my bill, its essential features viii
be finally adopted and publicity of the established
by law.
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THE PROPOSITION TO ESTABLISH
A DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
By Hon. WILLIAM sULzER Representative From New York

. He essential points Of difference between the Sen
ate bill and my bill embodied in the general
provision that IN my bill the Department Of La
Dor is included in the Department of Commerce. In
accordance with the ete-expressed wish of every branch
of organized labor have provided in another bill for
the creation of separate Department of Labor of equal
rank with the Department Of Commerce and providing
for member of the Cabinet to be known the Secre-
tary of Labor
Ny bill also differs from the Senate bill in that it
provides that it shall be the province and duty of the
Department Of Commerce 'to inspect, examine and
regulate may be prescribed by law all corporations
engaged in interstate and foreign commerce"
My bill also provides entirely and very I'M
portant section in which Is created branch Of the De-
partment Of Commerce called "a Bureau of Corpora
tionS."
This section applies the welsetIed principles of gov
ernment superrson embodied in the existing national
banking law to Interpretations engaged in interstate
commerce.
The need for such government supervision and in
spection of the great corporations engaged in interstate
and foreign commerce provided in my bill is fully
recognized and approved by the leading thinkers writ
ers philanthropsts, business men, political economists
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THE RETURN

All 1 hoped and wished you has sur
viyed
What is lost is better in the dust
have now outgrown the old ulistrust-
Lust for gold. false pride and pomp
of Pow"T.
Well spent for the triumph of this
hour
We have lived.
sc remain. And shall do my part.
What four walls than these could
brighter shine
On my darling heart and hearth exile?
There's the window, and the birds
mind you
How their mathis broke our dream
nights thro'?
Nights too short,
Let the shrewish world cease TO reprovel
Here above the city's dust and smoke
Spring and I have suddenly awoke,
Thrilling painting with expectancy
OF a summer s possibility
Housed with Love
Ida Cole, in New Orleans Times Demo-
CTat.
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ORIGIN OF WORDS

and stress Of the English attack north
to the Helder River and south to the
SkeldeT River-the Scheidt.
Do you know why a hare is called
''Puss?'' This IS not a riddle but Just
an example Of how words get twisted
The ancient Latin word for a hare was
'1epus The Norman knights who came
over with William the Conqueror pro-
nounced the word lie puss" The puss
he remains today
Go to Halifax" That town was
place Of special terror for rogues, be-
cause of the first rude guilIotine
invented by Mannaye for chopping of
felons' heads. Halifax law was that the
criminal should be condemned first and
inquired upon after" Coventry had
queer law in old times by which none
but freemen OF the city could practice
a trade there Strangers were starved
out. Hence the phrase Of shutting q
man out Of human company-''sent TO
Coventry '-Spick and span" comes
from the spikes" and "spanners'-the
hooks and stretchers for stretching cloth
new from the loom
To dun q man for debt comes from
the memory Of Joe Dunn. balif o. Lin
coin, who was so keen collector that
his name has become a proverb.
News" is a queer word-the initials
Of north. east, west, south. which ap-
peared on the earliest journals as 4 sign
that information was to be had here
from the four quarters of the world. The
sign was NEWS, and gave us our word
news Boston Evening Transcript
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Well. then. since you will it-be it So
slip back the bar and ope the door
There. our long ard bitter war is Ger
Lean your cane in its accustomed
place;
Sit here where the light falls on your
face
Changed, know.
Changed, and aged; but nobler, oh. be-
IIevel
Every line runs deeper than before.
As the thoughts feel they uudeFscore.
In your eyes there beams ii new calm
light.
Through your vOlca calm notes run
With delight
Such change I perceive.
Dare I touch a still too tender wound:
Ask what whim of Fate has made US
kin
Made me rictor. who scarce hoped to
win?
In the deep seas of those earnest eyes
Answers to Loves countless inquiries
All are found
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SIDEWALK POLITENESS,

Why oh, why, will so many people
persist IN stopping to carry on an ex-
tended conversation IN the middle of
a crowded sidewalk? This Is a ques-
etion which every city-dweller must
have asked many times. In spite of
all jostiing, angry looks, hints or
other incentives to move on. the per
son who Is determined to do this thing
will do 1t.
There Is no excuse for It on the
ground of necessity. It is always pos
.ible to walk with a friend and talk
on the way, or step aside out of The
surging current Of human life into 4
+ corner where nobody Is likely to want
: to come. Yet these facts are calmly
ignored, and Inconvenience to dozens
o. passers-by Is the result.
The average American. and per
haps the average man Of other na-
tionaIities, stands in need of training
. IN what may be called sidewalk polite
ness as distinguished from the parlo1
variety. He needs to be convinced
that the stranger whom he may never
see again has as good a right to or
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dInary courtesy from him as the Pres
ident Of the United States, More
over, there Is actually q feeling among
some classes Of people that an inso-
lent, overbearing demeanor Is honor
able, and that seIf-respect is shown in
the slightest interference
with ones behavior, whether justified
or not This view of the case Is not
only senseleSs but dangerous. It
means fights. and ill-feeling, and
curses, and murder. It Is foolishIy
defended on the ground of honor.
It Is about time for tie average
person to understand that there is no
honor equal to the honor of behaving
oneself. Whether other people be-
have themselves or not IS of little
moment. The thing which every man
ought 10 settle first of all Is. what Is
the right, and kind, and eonsiderate
thing for him to do IN the case That
IS the matter which really affects his
honor It IS not what others do to us
but what we do to others, which de-
termines our standing IN the court of
character.
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TRAITS OF WILLIAM Mckinley
By Senator HANNA, in the National Magazine"

Hterate his personal prejudices in his
eagerness TO arrive at a just and equit-
able conclusion
I have often observed how he never
withheld his sympathy in any case. no
matter how small OF fnconsequentiaI it
might be There was particularly in
teresting incident in his desiring to ap-
point an old school friend to small
pOstOfice in one OF the Western States.
The lady was a widow and needed the
income toward the support Of herself
and family. but the Congressman had
previously recommended for the position
a man who had been of some service to
him IT his Congressional campaign. For
, time there was an Indication of feel
szg growing out OF the matter and it
appeared like a curious commentary
upon the power Of the President OF the
United States when he was unable 10
control the appointment to a fourth
class postoffice under the inexorable IN
written law OF precedent But the stu
alton was soon solved. when the Con-
gresham held a conference with Will
lam Mckinley. The President had made
al effective plea with the irritated and
annoyed Member. who had resented in
reference with his absolute prerogative
when famed into temper by outsiders:
but the President won his point for the
old school friend. and none were more
cheerful parties 10 the plan than the
Congressman and disappointed candi-
dates for the postoffce- They had felt
the touch Of human sympathy- such AZ
William Mckinley could alwa-s inspire.
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WHY GEN. HUGH MERCER
SHOULD HAVE A NOM J1FNT
By Representative wooTEN of Texas.

Mercer vas promoted TO be brigadier
general in the Continental Army. This
was done at the instance OF General
| Washington, who desired and utilized
his pre-eminent abilities In the most
critical campaign OF the Revolutionary
war.
After the battle Of Long Island,
Washington, realizing the necessity Of
abandoning New York. intrusted to Mer-
Ger the most hazardous and delicate re-
sponsibiiities consequent thereupon At
the battle Of Princeton General Mer-
Ger was assigned the command of the
advance Of the Continental Army. and
fell into the hands of the enemy, NOR
tally wounded by cIubbed muskets and
| bayonet thrusts. His death in conse-
Quence Of these wounds on the 18th Of
January. 1777, was appreciated by his
surviving compatriots as the darkest
shadow upon the success Of the bril-
liant strategy which piucked victory
from the jaws OF defeat, recovered New
Jersey, and drove back the exultant
enemy to the cover of his fntrench-
.ments around New York city IN the
conception and prosecution Of that
strategy his great chief always accord
ed to Mercer the merit OF wisdom in
counsel and eminent efficiency in insur-
ing successful results.
The estimate in which he was held by
the country and by the army is abun-
dantiy shown in the prompt action OF
the Continental Congress in the resolu-
tion before recIted. General Lafayette,
who came to America after his death,
said that he found the army and the
whole country so full OF his name that
an impression seemed to be always left
upon his mind OF personal acquaintance
with him. and an officer. General VIII
kinson, on the staff OF another Revolu-
tionary officer. General Gates. says, in
his published memoirs:
IN General Mercer we lost at Prince
ton a chief who. for education. talents.
disposition, integrity. and patriotism
was second to none but the commander
in-chief, and was qualified to fill the
highest trusts of the country."
General MERGERS first association with
Washington began in the Braddock cam
paign. His after home in Virginia.
doubtless selected to some extent FOR
that purpose, gave frequent opportuni-
ties for fostering and perpetuating q
friendship based upon intimate knowI-
edge by the one and the other of the
same high purposes of noble living and
Of patriotic duty. That friendship and
mutual confidence was only interrupted
when Mercer fell, protomartyr to their
common faith. II that great commander
were now living none can doubt his
earnest appeal for a redemption OF the
pledge Of the Continental Congress
If no location had been designated by
the Continental Congress, no more ap-
propriate site for a monument to Mer-
Ger could be now selected than n the
historic town from which he went forth
to give his life to his country, anC
which sheltered the declining years and
treasures now the ashes OF the sainted
mother of this great commander
AS the monument to Gen. Hugh Mer-
GER contemplated by the Continental
Congress has never been erected. it is
the pious and patriotic duty OF tho
American people now to provide for It's
erection.
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LLT URRAH." It used to be 'Hur-
- ray" and the cry IS as old
1 i as England. Il is the battle
cry OF the old Morse Vikings
as they swept down to burn and murder
along the peaceful British s.Tur aie.''
was their war cry, which means Thor
aid'-an appeal for help 10 Thor. the
god Of battles
Its all humbug,-' Perhaps II is. Hum
bug is the Irish --uim bog, pronounced
humbug. meaning bogus money King
James II coined worthless money from
his mint in Dublin. his 20-shIIIing piece
being worth 2 pence. The people called
''uim bog"
It was a Roman gentleman Of 1000
years ago who first asked where the
shoe pinehes." He had Just divorced his
wife, and his friends wanted TO know
what was the matter with the woman.
They declared she was good and pretty.
Nov said the husband, taking OF his
shoe isn't that a nice shoe It's q good
shoe, en- 4 pretty shoe. eh2 a new
shoe, eh7 And none Of you can tell
where il pinches me-
Before you can say Jack Robinson"
arose from the behavior Of one John
Robinson. Esq. He was fool. He was
in such a hurry when he called on his
friends that he would be OF before he
had well knocked at the door
There they go. helter-skeIter!" That
phrase was coined at the defeat Of the
Spanish armada The great fleet OF the
Spanish invasion was driven by storm
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Forward.
By JOHN A JOYCE.

Forward, forward goes the flag
Over ocean, lake, and crag,
Through the widest. f1erCe5t scenes
Onward through the Philippines
Forward. forward, never slack,
Never trucklc nor look back;
Shoulder AT n and go ahead.
Never mind tie lost and dead.
Freedom now demands our life.
Let US ba,,,e through the strife.
While Colun bia leads the way.
Upward to a brighter day.
When the people shall control
All the world from pole to pole,
One republic vast and grand
Blessing every cline and land.
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THE ANEMONE.
Sanguine flower

Sanguine flower.
Nursing OF the Syrian sun.
Blooming for fragile hour
Where the Banias waters run;
On my heart
You have taken steadfaSt hold.
IN your splendor you are part
Of the chivalry Of old.
On my eyes,
Seeing you, the Ieaguers' tents.
With their siIken streamers, rise
Around Acres battlemeutS-
AS OF yore.
Flash the sword and scimitar;
Cross and Crescent meet once more
In the CORY shock Of war
For a space
CLOVIS the vision and is COneI
OF the warriors ne'e- a trace.
Only you still blooming on.
Spring by spring.
As your crimson flower appears,
Runs new remembranciug
OF their battles down the years.
Clinton Scollard, in The Critic,
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~ the Sth day Of April, 1777. Con-
~ meut be erected in Fredericks-
burg, Va, 10 the memory of
Gen Hugh Mercer, with the following
Inscription:
Sacred to the memory of Hugh Mer-
Ger, bTigs aieT general in the army of
the United States. He died on the 18th
OF January, 1777, Of tie wounds he re-
ceived on the Sd of the same month.
near Princeton. in New Jersey. bravely
defending the liberties OF America. The
Congress Of the United States. in tcsti-
mony CT his virtues and their gratitude.
have caused this monument to be erect
ed
Gen Hugh Mercer was native Of
Scotland but in his early manhood
sought a home in the American colo
MES. He had graduated with distinc-
ton at the University Of Aberdeen, and
chose as his life work the medical pro-
fession. The army of Charles Edward
after its bafT1ed invasion of England
was encamDed around the ancestral
home Of Mercer, and the young physf-
clan entered his service as a surgeon,
only to share the disastrous results
which ensued to all adherents of the
pretender after the fateful and decisive
battle Of Culloden, on the 18th day Of
April 1916. Mercer successfully &C
compushed his escape by an embarka-
ton for America.
Upon his arrival in this country he
first made a home in Franklin county,
Pennsylvania The present town of
MeTeersburg, in that county and State
doubtless owes its name TO him In less
than a decade after his arrival in
America he appeared as captain in the
provincial contingent. which shared
with Washington the only honor won by
the British forces upon the disastrous
field on which BraddoCk fell in his
wretchedIy managed march for the cap
ture Of Fort Duqvesne.
IN the succeeding year, as subordi-
nate 10 Col. John Armstrong. then in
command of the Pennsylvania Battal-
ion, he rendered such valuable and eff
cicnt service. and bore upon his person
such honorable scars, that the corpora
tion CT Philadelphia distinguished him
by a sneciaI resolution Of thanks and the
presentation of a memorial medal.
In few years thereafter he removed
to Fredericksburg. Va. and there re-
sumed the practice Of the medical pro-
fession. From the outset Of the con-
troversv between the colonies and the
mother country he was an earnest and
pronounced advocate Of colonial rights
Upon the first roll call at the first cleo
tion Of officers Of the Virginia regiments
he secured in the general assembly q
of votes over Patrick Henry for
colonel of the First Virginia Regiment,
and without a dissenting or a distrust-
ing vote was commissioned as colonel of
the Third Virginia Regiment. with
George Weldon (the afterward com
mander OF the American troops at
Gloucester Point, on the north bank of
the York. at the surrender of General
CornwaHIs) as his lieutenant colonel,
and Thomas Marshall. the father OF the
renowned Chief Justice, as his major.
The Virginia regiments were adopted
as a part of the Continental Army. and
in the hurried progression Of events
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4 SPRING BEAUTY.

Flower of the early spring,
{ Fragile cid Of wind ana rain,
She has spied you in the grass;
You have bIossomed not in vain.
She has chosan. she has plucked you,
. She has laid you on her heart;
Dainty fowe=. happy flower,
Would that I were where thou art!
Edmund Sawtelle, in the Inlander.
The evening times., 1902-05-31

1 whole life was the few months
prior to the declaration Of war.
The suspense of the situation in getting
at all the facts wore upon him. and his
patience under distressing circumstances
always appeared to me sanity. But
when war was finally declared. and the
Inevitable came upon Us, his whole man
ner changed Everything else was cast
aside 10 DO with all his might what
had TO be done In pushing the war He
settled down in that quiet. serious and
determined way which emphasized his
mastery Of the problems before him.
How often I have watched him n those
thoughtful moods, He would remain
silent for some time and seeming to
commune with himself-"think it out.
as he would jokingly remark And
when he had settled the matter fully
in his own mind his old natural nan
ner would come back with rebound,
and he was again the same smiling.
sweet. and gentle companion
His unvarying habit was. when ad
vising with anyone in matters Of state
or serious import TO first find out what
the other fellow thought On this stu
alton he always seemed 20 build MS
premises, and he had faculty Of get
ling il out Of you somehow or other;
Sometimes ne would approve and some
times he would say nothing, but he was
always an earnest seeker after ruth
and the facts. seeming to entirely OBJ
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UNDIVIDED ATTENTION DESIRED

Willie-Papa, if was twins would you
buy the other boy a banana, too?
Papa-Certainly. my SON
Wtllie-WeIi, papa, you surely amt
going to cheat me out Of another ban
ana just because I'm all In one piece2-
Judge.
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IN A FEW YEARS.

The two bi1lionaires were talking
Yes" said the first. Il took the first
trip in nay new airship this morning.
and il IS a beauty
How much air does she dTaw2''
asked the second. who in the early DAYS
OF his life had owned a yacht-Judge.