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The Washington times., 1902-12-02
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Secretary Hitchcock gives several
pages TO eleomosyuary institutions in
his annual report recently issued. Speak
ing Of the Washington Hospital for
Foundlings. he says. in part: owing 20
stress OF circumstances. the board of di-
rectors state that they are compelled to
ask "a continuance of the annual appro-
priatiou Of $4,000 in order 90 carry on
This WorE
OF mos heartily approve OF this char
ity and recommend 'hat Congress APP
propriatc the funds Desired. that the
work OF the hospital may be properly
continued Tho daily average Of chill
dTen ln this Institution is about thirty
five. Since the hospital opened i'm lss7
there have been 100 lit-Io ones adopted
into happy homes. where thav viii be
trained TO become useful men and WON
en-. This is considered tha best and most
satisfactory work Of the institution.
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PENSION OFFICE.

Commissioner Z. r. Ware has two his
torica claims on record. one being the
first iHvaliG claim allowed on account Of
service during the war Of the rebellion
u is that Of Leopold Charter. who
served in Company G., Twelfth Sew York
Volunteer Militia Infantry. This claim
was filed August S. 1861. and was allowed
August -. I>rI by certificate No. g,3s1.
another ls the FIRST Widows claim al
lowed on account of service during the
aar of the rebellion. that OF Caroline
OIL widow Of Martin OIL. who served In
Company b. Turner Rifles. District OF
Columbia Volunteers. This claim was
filed September a. 1861. and was allow
"a October %. 1861. and reissue made
September %, 1862. by certificate No. I.
The number Of pensioners reported for
Alaska up to the end of the nscai year
June 30. 1902. was oighty-sovcn. Tho
amount paid 10 them was $l5.g2l1f
John Hancock. chief of the stationery
division, and his assistant. a. L. Eavaus.
have charge of the stationery, printing.
binding. and engraving OF all blanks.
record books pension certificates. etc.,
used by the bureau of pension agencies
and special examiners in the field.
". T. Ford. for nearly afty-dye years
an employee Of the Office. died the latter
part of last week after brief illness
Funeral services will Doe held on Thurs
day.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO R. r.

Leave Washington, New JsTsey Ave and c ST.
Chicago and Northwest. "lO-5O A. H., $50
p- n
Cincinnati, St. Louis, end Louisville. 1000
O.. m-, = 10 o H.. s1-l0 night
pittebury and Cleveland Fl0.50 4 r., fss4S
p. M, end 100 night.
Columbus and Wheeling. $50 p m
Winchester. 5.85 4. H., lf'15 and .l5,20
T. H.
Luray, 1915 ?. n.
Annapolis, ~ 80, $3.50, .iIl:50 a. n, I.l.s0.
FrederlcE. ISIS. 300. fi1O:5o a n. ''1:ls.
$3.50. and 5-2o p. m.
HaCerst0wn. 1000 a. n. and 1870 ?. m. 4
BOYD ana way points, SIS. 800 4 m
'Il5 +s0. $50, '-l0;l5, iI:s0 p. u.
Gai-hersburg and way points. s:85 s-9,00 a
~. '|l2.50. '1:l5. $50. l.80 $50. $50.
'5=55, s-l0-l5. illss0 p. H.
Washington Junction and way points, ,S-s5i
$500 d. m-, '-l.l5. 1850 $50 p. m
Baltimore, week DAYS, - 90, 500 6.S0.
X -05 $50. XS,SO. SIS. S9 80, 1000, II 80 a.
H.. GI2-2O noon. Xl.55, X5.OO. x4.0O, x8.50l
#.55. x5.05, 5:25, x6 20, $50, xS00. xl0.00l
EIl.sO HISS q. ID. sundays Il 90. x7-O5l
ESQ. xs:S0 $500 a. H., xl2.20, l.l5. Ks 90.
13 30. Is .05. 5:25. ESQ. Is;0o. XlG-OO, xIl 80
%
The Washington times., 1902-12-02
Colombian Minister, SenOl
IOmatIC Corps
STATE DEPARTMENT.

Senior Concha. Colombian minister 90
the. emitted States, who is reported to
have resigned his office, became known
i'm The department as the Mrs Harris
Of the Diplomatic Corps. After being
presented to the President the business
OF the legation wa transacted by Senior
Herron, secretary OF legation, who I'm
the course OF the negotiations that con-
Germ the Panama canal project. became
known as Sarah Camp"
The Office OF the chief clerk Of the
State Department has been changed re-
Gently by the settling OF the furniture.
the moving our toward the wall by
several feet O, TIE rail iuclosing the
clerks and the laying of a new and
striking red carpet This is one OF the
busiest Offices In the Department OF
state. Omcials Of foreign powers are
constantly calling upon Colonel Michael.
the chiei clerk. for information pertain
ing 60 the American consular service. all
news OF interest is officially given 90 the
public from this room, and large
diplomatic correspondence IS conducted
there. The new arrangement and bright
nsw carpet adds much TO the general
appearance OF the historical office.
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

Secretary Hitchcock yesterday received
from an cuteTprlsinZ young woman the
following letter: "Wiu you please give
me the names and addresses OF three OF
more art students where they want q
woman with a perfect form 20 pose as
UoIej?' The Secretary answered 20 tho
effect that the inquiry was slightly out
Oh his Jurisdiction
The Washington times., 1902-12-02
DIP. LEATHE2NAN

Expert Specialist In the cure Of eli diseases
Of q private nlture-DetLity, S>in ant
Contagious Blood Diseases lluy stagc) cured
flr life.
Consultation free. COZ r St. n. W.
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ROYAL BLUE LINE.

All trains Illuminated with Pintsch light
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston.
end the Past. = 90. = .o5 DINER. ''s-20 CBui
fet]. s-g-0J CDlDcr) 1850 DINER a. m..
'l2.cO lDiaCr). 800 (.'ROyal Limited. %
Uiucr). 400 CPhuadelphia only. '5.d5
tUiner), $500 and 'u.3) ?. n. Sleeping CIR
open AZ 1000 O'clock.
Atlantic City. l7s05, 1850 a N. .I2:2l.
800 p H.
-D4ly Except sunday. ''Sunday only.
NENprcsS trains.
EagTage called for and checked from hotels
ard residences 10y Union Trsnafsr Co. on criess
10 90 ticzrt ntHess. GID paH2ssIvauia Avenue
-.-fhWr7t. Sew York Avenue and Fifteenth
.- q arf a- station
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SESSIONS OF CIRCUIT
COURT IN ALEXANDRIA
ImpOrtantCaSe to Be Heard
This Term.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Dec. 2.-Tbe De-
/ ccmher torn OF the circuit court for this
city, with Judge G. Z. NicoI presiding.
convened ut II o'clock this morning
Most OF the morning session was taken
up fin imuaneiinE the jury. calling the
docket and arranging the calendar II f.
expected that the session viii last a
week
The following are the Jurors: p. w.
AitchcsCn. s. 3. Fisher. r. ID. Myers.
John Ahsru, a. T. Schoeni. William Bry-
amt, A. c. Murlaugh. II. b. Ramey. r. F..
/ Acton. II. ~ Hautzmon. w. II. He'll
mutb, and II. W. Wndt.
Among the cases set for this term is
that of Jhe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company against Burke and Herbert.
bankers This is q suit 20 recover the
I sum .of $4,000. money alleged to have
/ been paid Don p. Hurley. former local
agent of the company. without authority.
Hamilton o. Colbert. of Washington.
and James r.. and Harry B. Cation. OF
/ this city, represent the railroad COM
uany. EpUo Hunton. jr.. OF Warrenton.
/ represents The defendants.
The case of Bertha N. Elliott VS.. Hunt
/ q Roberts. the Randall Steamboat Com
pany. William NJ Reardon and others.
/ i5 a suit to recover 5000 damages for
alleged personal injuries said 10 have
I been received on O. wharf maintained by
( defeudauts. Judge J. x. H. Norton and
/ John NJ. Johnson represent several OF
/ the defendants.
Another case to be heard Is that Of
George r. Vending VS.. The Washing
ION National Building and Loan Associa-
I ton. suit 90 recover 81 POO The plain
IiG Is represented by John NJ. Johnson
and Judge y. X. VI. Norton represents de-
/ ..udaut company.
4 number of suits against the South
cru Railway eud the Washington. Alex
andria and Mount Vernon Electric Rail-
road Companies viii probably come up
80 this term OF court.
Tho opera house saloon. conducted b.
! Louis Brill was entered by thieves early
sunday morning. They secured less than
dollar iu change and a bottle OF
whisky. nickel-in-the-slot machine
was broken open. but the proprietor had
emptcd it before closing Saturday night.
An entrance was effected By forcing a
window on the Pitt Street side.
The WOman's Auxiliary OF r. f. Lee
/ Camp, Confederate Veterans. have per-
iected arrangements for an oyster sup
per. 10 be given tomorrow and Wednes-
day nights in odd Fellows Hall, North
Columbia Street
In November The clerI, OF the corpor-
alton court recorded 81 deeds and issued
&C. marriage licenses or the marriage
licenses 81 were issued TO white and 9
TO colored persons.
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PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT.

The special committee OF railway OFF,
ciaIs. appointed several months ago by
the Postmaster General TO examine new
devices Tor receiving and delivering
mail pouches from moving trains. will
soon Doe ready 20 make a report The
object of the committee has been 90
find device that viii lessen the danger
rJ individuals and also save the wear
and tear ON mail matter. More than
thirty contriyuuCcs have been submitted.
alt about one-third have been disre-
Earded because OF Irregularities in the
form en- which they were offered.
The nominations Of geo postmasters
are 20 De sent 20 the Senate this week
for confirmation
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

A cablcg-am received yesterday an
n0ursed the safe arrival Of the revenue
cutter Algonquin at san Juan. ?. e.. uu-
der the command OF Captain WadswOrth
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

In his annual report the Inspector
General Of the Army severely criticises
American made Khaki, and calls atten-
tion to the fact that 30 does not hold
its color. but fades rapidly. In reply to
this statement made by General Brock
inridge. the Quartermaster's Depart
ment explains that the khaki obtained
at the outbreak Of the Spanish-American
war was inferior and would. as stated,
fade TO some extent
Since then. and especially during the
past year. experiments have been con-
Quoted at the War Department. with q
result that "a khaki has now been OBJ
tanned which has no superior in the
world. and will hold irs color no matter
how long exposed 20 the wet. Some Of
the old khaki. however. is still being is-
sued. and 20 is probable that it was some
Of this stuff which came under the eye
OF the Inspector General.
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

A contract amounting TO SGG. Coo FOR the
construction Of vaults IN the Denver
mint has bfer signed by Secretary Shaw.
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

In November The clerl, Of the corpor-
alton court recorded 81 deeds and issued
go marriage licenses or the marriage
licenses 81 were issued TO white and .
to col0red persons.
The Washington times., 1902-12-02
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

t. is. especially noticeable I'm the
Treasury Department that the teachers
in young girls scminaries take advant-
age Of The executive department as a
place o. interest and instruction for
pupils. Last week fifty young women
from the Mount Vernon Seminary called
on Secretary shaw. Later they were
escorted through the corridors and
rooms % the building by an experienced
guide enjoying the liberties Of the
family OF 3 Cabinet officer.
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

officers on duty at the War Depart
uont call attention 20 the serious dis
advantages under which civilian clerks
iu the military establishment I'm the
Philippines are laboring These couIi-
lions. they think and recommend. demand
tho amelioration OF the present coudi-
ton Of this class Of selected and ell
cicnt men. Tho expenses Of living IN
tho Philippines are much higher than I'm
any city Of the Far East. and nearly
double those in the United States. At
the present rate OF salary. this involves
serious hardshigs 20 those clerks.
The civil government I'm the Phillip
pines offers positions at q high salary.
coupled with general provisions q
leave. In q report received from the
Philippines recently. 10 is recommend
ed TO The Secretary of War that a tour
of duty. not exceeding three years. De
established I'm order that the clerks may
be assured that upon the completion of
their term they viii be entitled 20 a re-
turn to the United States for duty az
some Of the military department head
quarters. An increase OF pay for these
clerks has also been urged
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

There ure 4 COZ national banks in the
UuitSd states today. A year ago there
were 1921 The number has increased
greatly since the law was passed allow
ing national banks to organize with &C.,
eco and % carry notes for full amount
Of their bonds
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

The WOman's Auxiliary OF r. z. Lee
Camp, Confederate Veterans. have per-
iected arrangements for an oyster sup
per. 10 be given tomorrow and Wednes-
cay nights in odd Fellows Hall, North
Columbia Street
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

immigrants to the number Of 63.614 en-
tered United States ports during the
month Of October, 4Z9 were deb5rred.
2C2 were paupers or liable to become
public charges. 50 mad loaths0ms dis
eases, 8 were convicts, and 1 was in
sane
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

Official information has been received
By Captain Shoemaker announcing the
death q Revenue Agent J. c.. Lay. who
was for more than thirty years in active
service. His body is to be buried az
Orange n. J.
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

Coal, tar, and slate are the chief in
gradients iu Che composition with which
the Mitchell Roofing Company is cover
ioE tha roof OF the Treasury. The COM
yany guarantees that there will bc no
leaks FOR ten years. The difficulty in
roofing So large a building with metal
plates is On allowing for the expansion
and contraction due 10 heat and cold
THO Treasury is al present covered aifh
copper plates. which leak badly. The
new c1uluositi0u Dr. very elastic and the
expansion and contraction DO not .ulure
g. The cost Of the composition Eu
amount 10 $4,000.
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

Commissioners. General Sargent. Of the
Immigration Bureau, returned 90 this
city yesterday from the Pacific Coast.
The Washington times., 1902-12-02

President Roosevelt has appointed a
committee from the departments 10 con-
fer with Representative vs.. T. Hepburn.
chairm1a Of the Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee. ia regard % the
proposed Department OF Commerce and
Labor Those appointed are Assistant
Secretary of Interior Ryan. John hyde.
statstician OF the Department OF 4grI-
culture. and Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury Allies. They viii meet on
Thursday at 10 o'clock and discuss he
bin that has already passed The SenaLc.
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the experiment be undertaken just at
direction of London, or on the meridian
Of Greenwich. Procyon would then
seem to oyerhang one of the Aleutian
islands in longitude $50.
Now, if the earth were stationary
and the skies really moved, then,
after several hours. the stars in liae
with the path OF the pendulum would
not be those toward which it originally
aimed. On the other hand, if the earth
moved and the stars kept still, then
the pendulum would swing Affair and
Procyon as before, but the stars them
selves would oyerhang entirely differ
ent meridians. At the end of five
hours, for instance, Affair would be in
line with New York city, having
moved westward 10 degrees an hour,
and Procyon would be over Irkutsk,
in longitude los east of Greenwich
The pendulum would then traverse a
line which, ii duly extended, would
reach from New York to Irkutsh, and
mot the one it followed at first. Were
the pendulum SO arranged that it could
leave a trace on the ground under
meath it-say, by pin point scratch
ing level bed of fine sand-a record
of the change of course las regards
the EARTH would be left there. At
the end of six hours, this track would
be exactly at right angles with that
followed at the beginning of the ex-
pertinent. Although the plane of the
|pendulum's swing would be unchanged.
it would appear to q terrestrial Oh
server at the pole to have moved
around an imaginary vertical line just
80 degrees. In "a hours it would so
around complete circle.
The phenomenon here described can
be duplicated, thouga less satisfactor-
lily and conspicuously, at other points
than the pole, though site well re-
moved from the c EQUATOR must be
selected. Foucault's historic test was
made in Paris with 2. wire 200 feet
long, an iron globe q foot through, a
pin projecting downward from the
latter, and little SAND TO register the
track. In these particulars his expert
ment was closely followed in the at
tempt made few days ago in the
attempt made few days ago in the
same city. The lines traced by the
pendulum intersect at point which
would be Immediately under the pend
ulum when the latter was still and
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them at Punchbowl last year that sne
never recovered.
Every year brings in quota OF these
mishaps, while there are scores, IL
not hundreds, of cases of adults being
bitten. 1t is impossible to keep sheep,
goats or poultry on the coast because
of the brutes, and their extermina-
ton would have been effected long
ago were it not for the fact that they
are the only means by which COM
munication is kept up in winter
There are no horses on the coast, as
there is nothing to feed them. Teams
of dogs, attached to s4edges, are the
means Of travel. With them the
settlers go from harbor to harbor,
make hunting trips in the interior,
haul firewood from the forest and con-
vey peltries to the Hudson Bay com
posts. These dogs play the
same part in the economy of this
region as they do in the arctics and
there the characteristics are the same,
though we do not hear of such in
stances of their savagery.
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HOW THE TEREDo RUINS PILES

One great reason for preferring
masonry construction to timber,
under water, is that the insect known
as the teredo has a way of attacking
the latter which renders it insecure
after time. A striking illustration of
this fact was recently afforded at New
London, Conn, where a long railway
bridge crosses the river Thames. The
piers of this bridge are of masonry,
but to guard those beside the open
draw from damage when ships pass
through wooden tenders were placed
there when the bridge was built
thirteen years ago. The tenders were
made up of piles, driven into the river
bottom. They were ITO feet long, and
were made by splicing North Carolina
pine piles from so to 65 feet long to
spruce piles 80 to 45 feet long. About
four hundred piles altogether were
driven. The deepest water being fifty
feet, 1t was figured that the spruce
spices would be wen below bottom
and free from the attacks of the
teredo, and to preserve the pine piles
above the bottom they were creosoted
The piles of the original piers built in
1899 were practically completely de-
stroyed by the teredo. According to
THE Providence Journal many of
the piles were eaten away until they
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STEPS THAT RErRAY.

Steps that are quick are indicative
of energy and agitation.
Tiptoe walking betrays surprise,
curiosity, discretion or mystery.
Turned-in toes are often found with
pre-occupied, absent-minded persons.
The misers walk is represented as
STOPPING, noiseless, with short, nerv-
ious, anxious stepS.
Slow steps, whether long or short,
suggest a gentle or reflective state OF
mind, as the case may be.
The proud step is slow and meas
ured; the toes are conspicuously
turned out; the legs Strengthened.
Where revengeful purpose is hid
den under a feigned smile the step
will be sinking and noiseless.
The direction of the steps wavering
and following every changing impulse
of the mind inevitably betrays uncer-
tainty, hesitation and indecision.
Obstinate people, who in argument
rely more on muscularity than on in
tellectual power, rest the feet fatty
and firmly on the ground, walking
heavily and slowly, and stand with the
legs firmly planted apart.-Detroit
News-Tribune.
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DAYS LOST IN STRIKES.
Twenty Millions This Year Is the
Governments Estimate

According to the annual report for
1901 of the geological survey on the
mineral resources of the United
States, the total number of working
days lost in the present year from
coal strikes is estimated in round
number at 100000, as compared
with 7S3,S02 in 1901, 4,S7S,1O2 in 1900
and 2,124,154 in 1899. The value of
fuel increased from S406,359.351 in
1900 to s442, 395,304 in 1901, a gain of
almost 9 per cent. Every variety of
fuel increased in value. except
petroleum, winch showed an increase
in quantity of 5,76S,665 barrels, but a
decline in value of S9,571,97s, due
largely, the report states, to the less
valuable character of the increased
product of the new petroleum fields as
compared with the older fields. An
thracite coal increased 9,021, 207 long
tons in output and s26,746.169 in value.
The average price of anthracite coal
per ton at the mine was s2.O5, the
highest figure obtained since 1889, anu
| the average price per ton for bitumin-
Gus coal at the mine was s1.O5. about
cent more per ton than in 1900.
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EARTHs ROTATION ON ITS AXIS
The Demonstration of Foucault's Elk
pertinent Repeated in Paris.

New York Tribune.-A pendulum
200 feet long was used in Paris the
other day to demonstrate the theory
that the earth rotates on its axis. The
idea originated half a century ago
with Foucault, a French philosopher,
and created much excitement among
scientific people at the time. 1t was
one of the most conclusive expert
ments ever tried for this purpose, be-
cause the proof was presented to the
eye of everybody who would take the
trouble to watch it. The repetition oc-
CURED in the tower of the Pantheon.
One can understand the test little
better if he imagines it first as being
tried at the north pole, one end of the
earth's axis. At that point the stars,
instead of rising from one horizon as
they do at the equator, crossing over
head and descending to the opposite
horizon, whirl continually around the
zenith. All that are visible at any one
time remain in sight, hour after hour,
if darkness only permits seeing them.
The whole system rotates Tor appears
to rotate around the pole of the
heavens, which, at the terrestrial pole,
is straight upward Since such dis
tinctions as north, south, east and west
disappear at the pole, the stars, more
especially those low down in the heav-
ems, may be used as landmarks.
The principle of which Foucault
made use was this: A pendulum, if
entirely free to follow it's own inclina-
tions, will persist in swinging in the
same plane. If, then, it be started so
that its direction lay first toward one
particular star and then to another on
the opposite side of the sky, and if
the stars themselves were fixed, its
course should remain unaltered, even
If the platform below the pendulum
were moved. Suppose that the two
stars thus selected were Affair and
Procyon. Lei it also be assumed that
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hanging straight downward. Thus a
system of radii was outlined, proceed
ing from this central point. Ii the
path taken by the pendulum at the
start were precisely north and south,
then, after a few minutes, little devil
alton TO the west or south ans east OF
north would be detected. The varia-
ton would steadily increase until the
plane of the swing had itself rotated
on its axis. At the pole this would
undoubtedly be accomplished in "A
hours. Foucault found that in Paris
a little longer period was required.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-18

He was watching his neighbours
troublesome boy climb tree. and he
had a look of painful anxiety on his
countenance.
"Are you afraid the lad will fall?"
he was asked.
mo" he replied; "I'm afraid he
won't"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-18

were hardly capable OF sustaining their
own weight. Others were honey
combed until there was nothing left
but a thin shell, and the investiga-
lions made by divers showed that not
a pile driven ia 1889 had escaped
the jaws of the industrious teredo.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-18

Young's wife is certainly
a good manager.
Sampson-Of household affairs?
Simpson-No; of Young.