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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-29
THE SCHOOL PROBLEM m THE DISTRICT

7 T is reported that at the present
time there are. six thousand chill
L dren in Washington who are not
attending school, the reason being
that there are not buildings enough
for all the children who need public
school education. This is a condition
OF things which ought to receive i'm
mediate attention.
There are tive or three temporary
expedients which might be employed.
One is that of enforcing the law in
regard to school age, so that children
below the required age will be ex-
cluded, and thus make room for all
who are above it. Another is that of
using the same building for one set
of children in the morning and an
other in the afternoon. But neither
of these ways of solving the difficulty
should be permanent This city
should have schools enough not only
for every child who needs an educa-
ton, but for older people who wish
to acquire knowledge which they
were unable to gain in early life We
need night schools, and grade schools,
and free kindergaTtens or something
which viii serve the same purpose of
keeping very young children out of
the streets when t'-eir parents can
not take care of them. If there is
any school which might be reduced
in its scope without harm to the com
munity it IS the higher grade school.
since pupils above sixteen come
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largely from comparatively well-to-do
families. and have more chance of
making up deficiencies than those
who are deprived of education when
very young.
1t may be said that mere book
learning it not a moral benefit to the
community, and to certain extent
this Is true. The man who cannot
read or write may under. certain con-
ditions be a better citizen than the
man who can The point IS that IN
the average city these conditions do
not exist, and children who are not
in school are on the streets learning
mischief. One strong reason for pub
lie education in a city is that it is
far better for the moral health of the
community than illiteracy. In the
country, the child who does not at
tend school may be at home learning
to work; in the city. children of
school age who are not in school are
usually educated in a way which is
of no benefit to themselves. OF. any
body else. We cannot allow the en-
ployment of children under twelve in
factories and shops, to keep them out
of mischief; the only alternative,
therefore, is to give them such train
ing as may be had in the public
schools, and this should, if possible,
be partly industrial. At present there
are six thousand children, out Of a
population of some three hundred
thousand inhabitants, who are get
ting no training at all.
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WHY PHYSICIANS SHOULD ADVERTISE
By Dr.. CYRUS EPSON.
''Time was when I would have been
disciplined by my confreTes for writ
ing an article of this kind"

in connection with Dr. Odds invented an
artery and needle forceps, which Is found
in every pocket surgical case in tie world
today The royalties on this little instru-
ment would have made both DR.. OIds and
myself rich, and this is but one OF my
inventions.
Now, III EuTope-in France, Germany,
and Russia-this is not the rule. IN fact,
case in point is the famous drug sa1ol.
Invented and patented by one OF the
physicians to the Gar. It is an excellent
drug. and one that is widely used il
rheumatic and fever cases and for relief
from acute pain. The inventor, while
drawing over $500, 0O0 year from its sale.
loses no prestige whatever in his profes-
sion
And this is as it should be, Tor it is
most unjust that an inventor should lose
the benefit of his invention simply be-
cause he is q professional man It is a
lamentabIe fact that inventors in the
medical lire have died poor men. Dr.
Morton, the inventor OF anaesthesia, is d
notable example.
But we are getting broader IN cur
views of professional ethics every day,
and are borrowing from our neighbors
across the water in many ways
Time was when I would have been dis
ciplined by my confreres for writing an
article OF this kind for the public press
I should have been ceusuTed for a first
offense and elected from cur medical SO
ciety for its repetition But we are
broadening cur horizon daily and We shall
soon find ways OF Riding ourselves OF
many CT the old forms without losing one
io5a of the dignity or the ethics If the
profession.
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loose and about to fall seized him, and
Their up the bench. Then the group Of
razlng members sitting opposite laughed
Sometimes these jokes are perpetrated
TO serve party ends A favorite club Of
Conservative members OF Parliament is
St. Stephens, in Bridge Street. opposite
the Clock Tower Electric bells ring in
the club, as in tre precincts OF the
House of Commons, when a division is
about to be taken. and when the shrilI
warning of these bells is heard members
who are in the club hasten by an under
ground passage to the House to record
their votes.
Quite recently the government narrowly
escaped defeat in the division lcbbies be-
cause about twenty of their supporters,
who were known by the whips to be in
St. Stephens Club, failed to turn up. It
was discovered that Just before the di-
vision was challenged the electric wires
between the House and the club were out
Of order.
Nothing was left Indone in 1741 to whip
up members for the division on the Tory
motion for the overthrow of Sir Robert
WaIpoIe, the great Wing minister. Horace
Walpo!e. the minister's son, had resi-
dence as auditor of tie exchequer. con-
aected with the House Of Commons, and
here he had lodged six Wing members
who had been carried from their sick
beds to take part in the division. But
their votes were never recorded. The
Tories stuffed UP the kcyhole with mud
and sand. and the door could not, in con-
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The Man Who Loves a Joke.

Though his pedigree be painted
'ScutcheonIess of prince or peer,
+ Though he boast no kinship sainted
Stretching stately in his rear,
Though his funds be low and slender,
Like Of clothes and coinage broke.
I All my scTuples I surrender
To the man who loves a joke.
Mark not his lore nor living.
Count not his tongue nor creed,
Sin and shadow all forgfying.
Bow gladly to his need.
Friends and fathers ranged before me,
CIodded head and heart of oak,
I viii give them all that bore me,
For one man who loves joke.
FIaunt his banners fore and after,
Count his battles lost and won,
Kindly connoisseur Of laughter,
Just philosopher Of fun,
Lighter shall beat the breaker,
Lighter rest the human yoke,
On the happy copartaker
With the man who loves joke.
Brother to the world around him,
, Fellow with the clod and clay,
High and low alike shall sound him
For the comfort OF their way;
/ sharer OF Iife's Joy and sorrow,
Bearer Of the erring stroke,
/ Hopeful OF the faiFer morrow,
Lives the man who loves a joke.
| Clearer eyed and broader buiIded,
KindIier toward his human kind,
Vision keen nor fancy gilded,
Open heart with open mind,
self-esteeming. yet denying.
Severed from the selfish cloak,
I VIII spend my Efe relying
On the man who loves a joke.
Minneapolis Times.
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Dunning English Kings.

It viii astonish many people to learn
that firm OF Florentine bankers have
been continually duuuiug the soyereigns
Of England fer some money which they
lent to King Edward III in 1916 Edward
borrowed nearly million and half
sterling from the Peruzzi family to enable
him 10 carry on the French war, and,
finding that he had not enough money to
repay the loan, he cooIly issued procla-
nation to the effect that he intended to
postpone the payment OF all his debts in
definitely. His action nearly ruined the
bankers of Florence
The Peruzzi family is still in existence.
and hold respectable position in Italy
Every ten years they forward a state
rnent Of their claims to the British gov
eminent, but the latter shows no indica-
ton Of paying It The interest on the
original sum. compromising annually since
1910. would run into twenty-six figures;
and as there is not enough cash in the
world to pay such a sum, it seems likely
that the Peruzzis viii continue TO whistle
for their money.
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Charles Dickens Characters.

II Dickens characters we're gathered
together they would constitute a town
poDuious enough TO send a representa-
tive to Parliament Let US enter. The
style OF architecture IS unparalleled
There Is an individuality about the build
inSs- II some obscure way they remind
Us Of human faces. There are houses. sly
looking. houses wicked looking, houses
p0mp0us looking Heaven bless US; what
a rakish pump, what a seIf-inportant
town hail. what a hard-hearted prison.
The dead walls are covered with a,iver-
tisements OF Mr.. SIearey's circus. New
man Noggs comes shambIlng along. NJ.
AID the Misses Pecksnin come saiIlr.-
down the sunny side OF the street. Miss
Aercy's parasoI is gay; papa's neckeIoth
IS white, and terribly starched. Dick
Swiveller leans against the wall. his hands
IN his pockets. i primrose held between
his teeth, contemplating the opera Of
Punch and Judy" which is being con
Quoted under the management Of Mezsrs.
Codlings and Short You turn a corner
and you meet the coffin of little PauI
D0mbey borne along. Who would have
thought OF encountering funeral in this
place? IN the afternoon you hear the
rich tones Of the organ from Miss La
CreeFy's first floor. for Sam Pinch has
gone 20 live thsre now; ard as you know
al the people as you know your own
brothers and sisters, and, consequently,
require no letters Of introduction. you
90 UP and talk with the dear old fellow
about ali his friends and your friends, and
towards evening ne takes your arm and
you walk out TO see poor NeIIy's grave
place which he visits often. and which
he dresses with flowers with his own
hands I know this IS the IdIest dream
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M P's are sometimes called the
M Fathers OF the Nations" says
l l. the Philadelphia Inquirer"
But it must not be supposed
from this that bald head. a gray beard
and serious turn of mind are the chief
qualifications for a seat in the LegisIa-
ture
Nor Is the opinion that the House OF
Commons is an assembly Of grave and SOL
emn personages quite correct. Indeed,
the house is so human that in the making
of the laws it likes best of all to be
amused; ami not even a school of boys
has keener relish for a practical joke
than British NJ. P.s
Some sessions ago a member while ad-
dressing the House stood Immediately be-
meath one of the heavy ornamental ven
tilating shafts which are pendent from the
roof On the benches at the other side of
the chamber sat d number Of members
One OF them, leaning back in his seat,
fixed his gaze upon that particular shaft.
Another, wondering what it was that so
engrossed the attention of his colleague.
turned his eyes IN the same direction.
Right through the group the contagion
spread until all had their heads reclining
On ,he backs OF their benches and their
gaze riveted on the shaft. The member
paused for a moment in his speech, Gu
rfous 10 ascertain what It was that mem
bers opposite were interested in, and,
locking up. saw the long shaft Immediate
Iy above him. The thought that it was
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-29

Yea, awful in nay giant form
When midnight winds awake.
And meath the chariot Of the storm
The darkened ridges shake
They shake, they bow before his
wrath,
The trembling forest bends
The rocks are eIoven IN his path,
The eternal granite rends,
And through the rift it made the
thunderbolt descends.
With rush OF binding showers that
sweep
The stars out Of the sky.
With spirit voices chanting deep,
The heavy night goes by;
Till glad as he who wakes at last
From demon-haunted dreams,
When all those cIamorous hours have
passed,
The joyous morning beams,
And from my swollen falls a living
rainbow CLEANS
In ehattering swarms the starlings
crowd
The eagle IS alone.
Remote I dwell behind the cloud
That wells my rocky throne:
Thence. while the circIIRg seasons
feet
On swift and silent wing.
1 watch unWearied earth repeat
The miracle of spring.
And Ger my barren slopes fowery
mantle fling.
And they that from your towns are
LED
To seek my solitude,
Their souls by angel hands ara led
And with immortal food;
For though my chaste, uLcruised
breasts
Nor wine nor honey yield,
Yet whose in their shadow zestS
With eyes and heart u15eaIei,
To him my tale is told, my secret
charm revealed
Edward Sydney Tylee in Spectator.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-29
TIE PRESUMED SKULL, RING, AND
OlLDED SHORT SWORD OF PLINY

A n interesting discovery has been
II made at stabIae. a suburb Of
L l. Pompeii. which shared the awful
fate Of that beautiful city wheL
Vesuvius buried the surrounding country
beneath a pale Of ashes and lava This
discovery IS nothing less than the IN
earthing Of the skull. sword, ring and
other ornaments, all Of which are sup
posed to have belonged to Pliny the Elder
When the eruption of the great volcano
began PIiny was with his feet in the
Mediterranean, not far from the Bay OF
Naples He Immediately ordered his ship.
the Liburna,. TO be rowed in shore and
landed, in order that he might offer help
10 his friend Pompeianus, who had a
villa at Stabiae. PIiny never returned
and the general assumption was that he
had been overcome by The fumes and that
his body had been buried beneath the fall
ing cinders- The skull, sword and ring
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M Of a's The eo future ,'f IS 's that
VIII be much smaller tI4an
those Of today. Every article VIII be
condensed, and the story VIII be bet
ter told than 1t is now
The newspaper readers are as as=eh
entitled TO have the history q our
times well written az are the readers
OF the worlds history of the past.
Current history should be made as
concise and entertaining as Macauley
made the story OF the English people.
I believe the time is also coming
when every publication containing
advertising viii be required 10 pay
postage in order to pass through the
mails The receipts from subscrfp-
lions of many publications today
constitute a very small proportion of
the total income. The bulk OF It is
from advertising. As the advertising
rates of a publication depend on its
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cit is a lamentable fact that in
ventors IN the medical line have died
poor men"

7 QUITE agree with DR.. Shrady in that
the members of the medical profes-
L sion should stand on high plane,
and not vaunt their wares or be
given to self-praise whereby they follow
in the footsteps Of the charIatan. can
see no good reason, however, why a be-
ginner should not, if he chooses, insert
card in the daily newspaper, giving his
name, address, and the phone number Gf
he has one). and possibly his speciality
But l should draw very hard and fast
line between what might be inserted and
what might not
The time will come. and is on the way,
when no one viii think it out of place to
see an insertion like this:
JOHN SMITH, NJ D,
No. - West - Street.
Speciality, Chndren's Diseases.
'eTeI, - 38th Street"
And it is my belief that this sort Of
advertising Is couutenanced abroad II
Germany and Russia.
Here physicians are not allowed to
enter any business pursuit that has TO
do with the practice of medicine or sur
gerry. We cannot open pharmacies. for
instance, for fear lest, if We were inter
ested in the sale of drugs. We might be
led to prescribe more than was necessary
for our patients!
Neither can we patent any medical
compound or surgical instrument; and
this 1 know in my own case to be great
hardship I have invented a number Of
surgical instruments, the benefits from
the sale Of which have been reaped By
others. For instance: Some years ago
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The nation burden
ddua We shrink
well being; s necessary of the world.
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-09
OBITUARY..
Granville BeviII.

Mr.. Granville Bevill. foreman of the
Park and Tree Commission, died at
7:15 O'Clock yesterday evening at the
home of Mr.. John Jeffrey, Gwinnett
and Cemetery streets. Mr.. Bevill had
been i'll since last Sunday. when he
was seized with an attack of acute
Bright's disease. Twice, on former oc-
casions, Mr.. Bevill had been seized, and
his life had been despaired of. 1t was
hoped, therefore, that he might survive
the very serious attack which his last
was recognized as being, but this hope
could not be realized.
Mr.. BevilI was well known in Sa-
vannah. He was a native of Screven
county, but almost his entire life of
56 years had been spent in this city.
For twenty eight years he was in the
employ of the city. Ever since the for
nation of the Park and Tree Commits
sion he has been in it's employ as fore
man, and his knowledge of flowers and
forestry was such as to make him in
valuable in that capacity
Mr.. Bevill leaves a wife and four
children. He was a member of Lafay-
cite McLaws Camp of United Confed-
crate Veterans and a member of the
Junior Order of American Mechanics.
The funeral will take place this af-
ternoon at O'Clock. The interment
will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-09
HUNGARIANs WRANGLE.
Lower House at Buda Pest Enact
Scenes of Violence.

Buda Pest, Oct. S.-The lower house
of the Hungarian Parliament reassem-
bled to-day, and had hardly commence
ed business before there was a. repeti-
ton of the tumultuous scenes which
marked the last session.
Vice President Barabas, Kossuth-
list, in violent speech, declared that
Austria was trying to despoil and ruin
Hungary with the connivance of the
Emperor-King. Herr Barabas was
called to order and was informed that
il he used such expressions he would
not be allowed to speak. This was the
signal for a renewal of the furious
protests, the Leftsts shouting:
Then no further business will be
transacted by this House." and prom
lsing to block all steps to arrive at an
agreement with Austria. Premier de
Sell then rose, and, speaking at first
amid an understandable uproar said:
1t has been insinuated that it is
his majesty.s intentions to ruin the
destiny of Hungary. This statement I
must solemnly and categorically repel.
l assure you his majesty has always
preserved the most strict neutrality"
The premier's remarks were loudly
cheered by the governments support
ers.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-09
COTTON GROWERS MEET.
Six Hundred Planters Discuss Mat.
ters ImpOrtan to the Industry.

Six Hundred Planters Discuss Mat
ters ImpOrta mt to the Industry.
Macon, Ca, Oct. Six hundred cot
. ton growers, representing all but three
of the cotton growing states of the
United States, met here tonight and
passed a resolution asking the govern
ment not to transfer the work of the
governments division of statistics to
any other department. or to do any
other thing that might impair the use
fulness of the division. The resolution
recited that this is a critical time with
the cotton growing industry as the
Mexican boil weevil has spread to every
part of Texas, and has decreased the
yield of the plant this season 100000
bales, and is rapidly making its way
into the states east of Texas. The reso-
luton deprecates any attempt to mini
mize the influence of the department.
The resolution was introduced by e.
S. Peters, president of the Cotton
Growers of Texas.
Resolutions We're also adopted de-
handing that only twenty-five pounds
Of cotton be deducted from each bale
as tare, instead of the thirty demand
ed on export cotton. 1t was agreed
that If the cotton buyers refuse this
demand the Cotton Growers Associa-
ton in each township or county shah
select some suitable person and sell di-
rect to the spinners. All papers were
requested to publish these resolutions.
Another resolution. by f. d. Wimber-
ly of Georgia, called upon the cotton
growers of the South to raise their
own hog and hominy, so they will be
in a position to hold their cotton.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-09
NEW TRUST CAMPANY.
Chartered in Virginia With a Paid
Up Capital of $25O,OOO.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. S.-Under charter
secured from the Virginia Legislature
last March the Virginia Carolina
Trust Company was organized here to-
day with the election of the following
officers: President, w. w. Moss, late
of Media, Pa; vice president and gem
eral counsel, w. D. Fender of Norfolk;
secretary and treasurer, George w.
Twohy of Norfolk.
The company starts business with a
paid-up capital of $3.50, 600 and a capital
limited to $1,O00.000.
Among the directors are Joseph Rich
ards, Philadelphia, chief engineer Penn
sylvania Railroad; Joseph Keen, Jr.,
president American Pipe Manufactur-
ing Company, and James H. Dawes,
general superintendent of the same con-
Germ, both of Philadelphia; General
Manager j. M. Barr of the Seaboard
Air Line, and General Manager John
son of the Norfolk and Western; Ed
ward S. Peret of New York, president
of the National Conduit and Gable
Company.