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GLASSES OF AMERICANS At OXFORD

result viii be the same. for, whatever
their fathers may be. American sons Of
English parents are as American as any
body. and they are not likely to forget
their nationality when they find them
selves at oxford. You VIII have. then. il
Oxford, a hundred young Americans,
glorying in their nationality. glorying,
that is. IN being unlike the other young
men who now. to use q phrase, own the
place They viii trfng with them ideas
Of what university life should be like,
drawn from their knowledge Of what uni
versity life IS in the United States. They
may be very good ideas, but they viii not
be the ideas Of Oxford. The Americans
viii form themselves into a society and
VIII try 10 push those ideas, and they
viii not do it very quietly. for those are
the ways Of young Americans. The men
who own the place will resist them very
tenaciously at first, and with immense
scorn and dislike. And there viii prob
ably be a good deal Of trouble, which viii
bind the newcomers stiI more closely to-
gether- Finally, believe that the Ameri-
can IDEAS Of what a thoroughly up-to-date
university should be Ike socially win
make way. and Oxford viii, TO come ex-
tent, be AmericaRized."
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military. law. was IN command in Mis-
souri,
In general order issued December 4,
1851, General HaIleck said: 'AH persons
found in disguise as pretended loyal citi-
zens, OF under false pretenses, within eur
lines giving information TO o. eorgmuni-
eating with the enemy VIII be arrested.
tried, condemned and shot as spies. It
should be remembered that in this respect
the laws OF war make 10 distinction Of
sex; all are liable TO the same penalty,
II was explained that the laws OF war
permitted retaliatOFy measures against
tRose who, while not committing actual
violence themselves, gave aid assistance
and encouragement to those who did. Men
caught burning bridges and DESTROYING
railroads and telegraph q res were ID be
Immediately shot. Any pretended Union
man" who knew of the intention Of such
maraaderS and failed TO communicate such
intention 10 the proper authorities was to
be regarded as partieeps crininis and
treated accordingly. The cost Of repairs
was to be charged against the town where
the destruction occurred. With reference
to these orders General Halleck wrote,
i shall punish ali I can catch although
have no doubt there yvill be newspaper
howl against me as a blGodthirsty mon
ster-" Halleck held, as it has always been
held, that gHerrilIas are IN 4 legal sense
mere freebooters and banditti and are
liable to the same punishment which was
imposed upon guerrilla bands by Napoleon
in Spain and by Scott in Mexico Army
and Navy Journal.
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INSTRUCTION FOR POLICEMEN

II it had been, It is altogether prob
able that much greater effectiveness
would have been secured. and that
there wouid have been 4 great deal
less of the scandals that have brought
the police force OF many a city into
disrePute- 1t Is greatly to the credit
OF Major Sylvester that he has been
the first chief, not only to preach the
new gospel. but to carry ont his ideas
in his own immediate bailiwiek
1t is an unfortunate fact. but n
fact nevertheless. that the position
and functions of q policeman are gen
orally not estimated at their right
full value and Importance. The po-
liceman is the representative of the
law Just rs much as the prosecuting
officer and the Judge. and the better
he Is trained in everything that tends
10 make his work in the community
more effective, the more fully will
he be qualified TO enforce the law
and make Its dignity respected. Such
instruction as Major Sylvester con
templates viii be of inestiIna bic
value TO the police force of every city
and of incalcuIable benefit 10 the citi-
zens-
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REVIVAL OF AN Old FASHION

fashions change in tobacco as in
r. everything else. When the Prince
/ Regent was the first gentleman in
Europe his friends would rather
have missed a prizefght than be seen
with cigar on the Mall George " took
his tobacco as snuff, and what he would
have thought or said if Beau Brpmmel had
offered him a cigarette no man knoweth-
Nowadays we only know SNUFF in his
toricaI novels or oxford common rooms
We associate snuff with quaint and crusty
old gentlemen, and the papers tell US, with
a Dleasing choice OF adjectives. that snuff
takers are either old men or poor wom-
en-" Who the genius vas that first took
tobacco neat. instead or as smoke. his
tory sayeth not. What is certain is that
snun became popular in England just
about 200 years ago, and the learned opine
that the cause was Sir George
Hooke's victory at Vigo, where.
besides gold and spaniards and
other unconsidered triies. he captured
4 large Parcel Of snuff and broght down
prices. II those days macaw, or rapPee,
cost some I'VE shiIIiRgs a pound, and ev-
cry one used it save, perhaps, stanch old
country squirss. who stuck to their church
wardens and October ale. There we're
dainty ladies, TO meet more delicately and
yet more amply the requirements Of we'll
bred noses
Queen Charlotte had her snuff account.
Frederick the Great took it in handfuls
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TT HERE is no moral political reason why the
: three Territories-Nev Mexico, Arizona and
Oklahoma now knocking at the doors of Con
gress for admission into the Union independent
States, should not be admitted Every material, Po-
caI and constitutional right exists in their favor.
The population of each of these Territories repre-
sents fine type of American citizenship as exists
in any other part of the country Their condition to-
day fulfls every condition heretofore demanded
condition precedent for the admission of every State
since the original confederation of the thirteen colo
MES.
believe lifetime has come when every square
mile OF mainland in the United States, except per-
haps the present Alaska should have impressed upon
it the dignity OF Statehood
I further believe IN the unity of the country, and
that made great nation, having the COM
great purpose and the great political am
btion animating habits and minds of its citizens
everywhere.
No thinker can dodge the inevitable conclusion
that nationz has destiny and office in connec-
ton with mans best Development and his expansion
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-09
A Ping-Pong SoIiloquy.

To ping, or not to ping-that is the ques-
ton;
Whether it's nobIer in the mind to suffer
The sings and arrows Of outrageous
pongsteTs.
Or, by engaging. end them? To ping-to
pong
To bat the ball across the cleaning board;
To end the constant questions of the crowd
Who gayly Poise the racket IN the hand
And ask US why we DO not take part,
Or, If we fear the strenuosity
Which eometh with the action OF the
gamei
It's eonsummatiOn deyoutly to be
wished
To ping-to p0ng-tO DUngi
Perchance to pang,
Aye. there's the rub,
For in that pingIuI ponging of the sport
What pangs may GOMEZ
What wrenching of the shoulder bladesi
What bruising Of the knuckies and the
wristst
What agonizing backaehes from the stoops,
The twists. the leaps, the lurchcs,
And the never-eRding bendings of the
work.
To smile with joyous countenanoe, for
sooth,
Well knowing that but at the last wild
dive
viIlainous suspender button bursts its
leash
And elattered wickcdly against the wall,
Caroming viciousIy upon the floor.
And changing reso1antly on the boards.
AppTising all who heard and ali who saw
That we are but a bachelor, who pins his
faith to buttons
That are pinned in turn
By aid of shingle-naiI or piece Of wire!
Who would raekets bear2
To groan and sweat beneath the weary
gait
That setteth PAGES for the ones who play,
Bat for the dread of being known
AS something out Of date-behind the
times
As one who fingers sadly in that bourne
from which
No traveller returns-the realms Of the
Or else. forsooth. that he is much too lat
To spread his spryness to the world?
An. yesI Il is this dread-thfs fear
OF manifesting our obesity
That makes US bear the evils that We
krow
And rank among the ones who but look
on,
Than fly to those we know not Of!
Thus fatness doth make towards of US all.
And cause US fear the pangfuI game Of
ping-pongi
Josh wfnk<in the Baltimore American
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and smothered his clothes Herewith, so
that his Wallets aceaired a small but COM
Portable income by brushing them and
selling the result. So at least, tradition
records; but those crafty menials must
have had noses and eyes OF triple brass.
Even the great Samuel Weller, prince of
servants, could not manage SNUFF without
sneezing; but he belonged to degenerate
age, when Pipes and cigars were coming to
conquer. rapoleon was not exempt from
the habit zsouthey wrote verses in praise
Of snuff. All the more distinguished peo-
pie, Beau Brummel, Lord AIvanley, and
the rest, had their own peculiar mixture.
The snuffmaker kept books full of reci-
pes. and made for each customer his own
brand. The tribulations of the modern to-
bacconist, if each smoker had his own pri-
vate mixture. are too awful to contsm-
plate. One old house. known to the bucks
of the Regency as The Rasp and Crown -
still preserves the exact proportions of
the mixture that was absorbed by the
First Gentleman IN Europe The true
snuftaker was faithful to his one love
When cigars were fighting their way to
fortune, if you wished to make a man
your enemy for life, the best way was to
smoke a cigar while he was taking snuff
or filing his box s modern parallel
would be % smoke pipe Of shay at a
public DINER. snuTtaiing was compara-
lively economical. The ordinary man con
sumed some two ounces d week--London
Telegraph.
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"TR0UBAD0URS.7

The League CT The Hospital Service
Corps Of Troubadours." or, as Il is popu-
larry called. the II S. c. t. has been
entirely founded and organized by Miss
Edith Feilden. the daughter of Sir VIII
liam Leyland FeiIden. Bart. of Fenis-
cowles, Lancashire, and FeniscowIes
House. Scarborough, says the ''Lady's Pic
tcriaI"
The idea of the corps came to Miss Fell
den during the dark days of Christmas.
1899 Started at first on a small scale.
with the kindly aim OF bringing pleasure
into the saddened lives of those suffering
from the i'll effects OF war and sickness.
banjo, mandolin, guitar. and violin, sing
ers and -reciteTs-
The rules of the n. S. c. T" are very
simple, the members being asked to spend
as much time as they can in personally
visiting the poor and sick in hospitals
warehouses, or private homes. When
funds are needed by one suddenly Wild
owed. when an institution is in want OF
help, or when q concert is to be given
among the poor, the services of members
CT the H S. c. t. may be claimed.
The members subscriptions Of one shil-
ling yearly (which, however, is purely
voluntary IS given in turn to the differ
ent hospitals within the branches Of the
n. s C. T" By this means. in the year
1901, :. life governorship was obtained by
the corps in the ChiIdren's Hospital. Great
Ormond Street For 1902 the Scarborough
Hospital is selected to benefit The corps
publishes a little paper called The Trou-
badour."
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MARRIAGE CEREMONY III JAPAN.

The marriage ceremony in Japan is
rather novel affair. When two persons
agree 10 join in wedlock it is the custom
of the country that each one of the con-
tracing parties shall choose some person
as sponsor. or rather as guarantor,
whose duty is to determine whether or
not such a union is proper and be salts
factory to all concerned It is especially
expected that the bride will be agreeable
TO the parents of the groom. with whom
they are generally expected to reside
There is an unwritten law in that country
that the children shall be obedient to
their parents and conduct their business
affairs to great extent to their salts
faction, and, if necessary, provide for
their wants in old age. No license Is
required to authorize the marriage but
after being pronounced man and wife by
the guaraators that fact must be made
known to judicial tribunal, where the
occurrence IS recorded. Should a dis
agreement arise between the parties
thereafter and a separation be desired.
they then proceed TO have u meeting with
their guaTantCrs. to whom they state
their grievances. After a hearing the
guaTantOTs decide the matter and arrange
the terms for the separation Such pro
ceduTe IS then reported to the court and
is declared final. Previous TO such action.
should one or both OF the guarantoFs die
or be unable to act. then their nearest
of kin viii become arbiters in their stead
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-09
THE "NO-BREAKFAST CURE"
GAMING MANY CONVERTS

we are awake. SO. as there has been no
waste We need nc fuel until later IN the
day.
Ia the morRjng I drink a cup Of hot
water. One takes bath ard washes the
body every morning. A cup OF hot water
performs the same cleansing internally
All the Latin races eat q small breakfast
Usually they take only cup of coffee and
a bit Of bread They do not use milk or
sugar in the coffee Cream and milk are
what makes coffee so Injurious. a small
cup OF coffee after dinner is all the eoHes
I drink.
Ny breakfast at noon consists of
prunes. poached eggs. bacon broiIed crisp,
and cereal coffee During she day I eat
two or three apples. Thesaz contain not
only nutriment, but counter get the eject
Of the gases Termed during he process Of
digestion at o'clock have my dinner
soup. fish. ETC.. just an ordinary dinner.
Then read or talk afteFward and usually
retire about Il O'Clock.
These theories, to be Draetieed sue
cessftfily. must be accompanies By sexer-
else. If one does not exercise it is in
possible TO be healthy. I an as young as
at twenty and am never ILL To be sure,
my hair ard beard are white. but an
not old. I can run rare with many a
younger man BY following rules, with
a view to preserving the health, one IN
dcubtedly. pTolengs life. and It is not only
the fact OF living long that is the best
part of it, But that one is strong and
WE'LL
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-09

IT HE average American Is pretty
well satisfied with his o7yn
L country and people However
small his knowledge of foreign lands,
he has aIways-at least until recent
vears-been noted for his confident
assurance that his own land is the
best the sun shines on. He has been
wont to look upon the Old World as
''efTete.' and to resent criticism of
American ways; retorting usually
upon such criticism by shifting the
issue to something on which he could
advance a tn queque to the advocate
of the British or German or Italian
example This provincial complaeen-
cy has, however. received many rude
shocks of late years. and tends to dis
appear through larger contact with
the world about us. Wider horizons
are already beginning to broaden our
views of our own institutions, and
we are occasionally subjected to
Screenings of heart which are no
doubt good fer our souls
Amid the varied shocks which our
national Standardization is bound TO
receive in the process of our gradua-
ton from insularity to world-power,
there Is one in preparation which
may come as a surprise even TO we'll
educated Americans, although it's
cause has long been matter of pain
full consciousness to individuals, es-
pecially to Americans who have tray-
eIed abroad. We are slowly learning
that we are the most untidy among
all the great nations of the world.
We are gradually avaI1ing to the hu-
initiating embarrassment of one who,
entering a company of his fellow
men, discovers that he alone among
them is shabby and unkeHlpt, and that
he las entirely failed to appFeheDd
the ideas of dress and the standards
of personal appearance that prevail
among those whose company he is 10
frequent.
The discovery that there is more
OF filth, squalor. and general sIoren-
Iiness in public places and works, il
streets, squares, riversides, decks,
quays, roads, and bridges in the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-09

In the admirable address which
Chief of Police Sylvester delivered in
Louisville on the occasion Of the open
ing Of the Convention of the National
Association OF Police Chiefs he en-
phasized the necessity of the proper
instruction Of policemen with refer
ence to the intelligent discharge Of
their duties. Major Sylvester ex-
planned that this instruction. should
not be of a merely elementary char
acter, but should rather serve TO
make the members OF the force famiI-
lar with the policy, the aims. and IN
tentioas Of their chief. In other
words, no policeman should ever be
able 10 plead Is an excuse for dere-
Hetness OF excess of zeal that he had
failed TO understand or comprehend
just what was expected of him IN any
circumstances
The Importance of such an admin
istration of q police department as
outlined by Major Sylvester cannot
be overestimated. Indeed, II is quite
remarkable that such policy has not
heretofore been carried out IN the POI
lice departments of our large cities.
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United States than in any other eoun-
try of the first or even second ,ranfc
is a humbling but sanitary expert
ence. in what may be called or pub
lie housekeeping, in the outward APP
pearance and maintenance OF places
and works administered by public or
semi-publie enterprise, we rank with
Turkey rather than with England or
Germany. Oriental Japan, tiny Swift
zerland. and slow-going Holland
stand far ahead of the United States
in this respect Our national sIoven-
illness is seen in dirty streets and I'M
slightly water fronts: in i1I-kept
squares, ragged sidewalks, and abomi-
nable pavements; in shabby railway
stations and embanIlment walls buiIt
up Of rottiRg sleepers; and IN a thou
sand shiftless substitutes for solid
permanent works The unspeal1abie
country roads which abound IN so
many regions not only illustrate the
existence, but also demonstrate the
folly, OF this semi-barioarous slack
ness of administration: for they con-
stitute the most costly means OF
transportation possible, impose a
heavy tax on every farmer and other
resident, and are a clog upon the gen
eral prosperity of the regions they
traverse Tidiness and the efficient
maintenance of public works cost
more in the first outlay than negli-
gence; but they save this excess
many times over in the end.
Dirt has been defined as matter
out of place" disorder as things
out of place" When beth matter
and @fhings' are out Of place. we
have ia the combination of dirt and
disorder one of the eemuoaest mani
festations of untidiness. Vow untidi-
ness is the unfaiiing concomintaut of
wastefuIness, and we are a netori-
ously wasteful people. We possess
abundance of energy, but perhaps
little thrift. Tidiness, ike thrift, re-
quires attention to details; HastefuI-
ness seorns details. But untidiness
is also often, and largely, due TO ig-
noranee, and is thus amenable to the
corrective influence OF education
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everywhere in obedience TO the divinity which
him under Providence the of material
spiritual forces.
We have expanded within last two years in di-
rectons unexpected, and have become clothed
sponsibilites undesred and burdened with tasks
unv7elcome. These but the proofs pre-
destined in creation for the great work Of enlgh
enng and governing the world up the standard OF
the highest moral ideas.
The solution the questions now agitating the conn
try connection with colonial possessions must
necessarily be largely evoutonaL but inspired
by the genius the AngloSaxon need
fear the results
Mistakes viii be made, wrongs doubtless commit
ted, last there must be in the completed work
a in the world-an of justice, enlghtea-
ment and spiritual fore
is IN the presence this destiny of the nation
that believe profoundly in the necessity Of a
unifcaton the entire country into condition that
fast possible under existing conditions
unifca0n of the diverse conditions great com
mon country, with common purpose and common
faith.
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writing essays is the best way to get it,
especially If the essays are written by
amateurs on unfamiliar subjects II they
were by recognized authorities, on topics
which might be Of some live interest 10
the listeners, it might be different.
The great ;rouble with the average i'm
provement club is that it is too am
ritious. There is no sense in trying 10
learn ali about one subject upon which
learned men have spent their lives with
out learning much. Much less is it likely
that the average collection of Americans
viii master half dozen such subjects in
the course of winter. II they would fol-
low, in a modified way. the program of
some Of the ofd-fashioned sewing so
cieties and reading circles it might be
very well
It is safe to say that every individual
member OF such club would be benefited
by spending a winter in the reading and
study OF Shakespeare Each play CON
tains a wealth OF aIlusion which, if n
Yestigated, would add much to the ordi-
nary readers knowledge Of history and
general literature Moreover. there is the
misunderstanding to discuss Historical
study can be made both interesting and
profitable TO almost any 5uch circle If toe
wide q field is not attempted The study
Of natural science is also a good thing;
and so. emphaLScaIIy. is the study of what
may De called kitchen cfemistry-the
study of the properties Of various ele-
ments of food and the laws governing
their combination
But when it comes to a company of
average wouieI trying TO find out what
was meant By Tolstoy, or TurEueDeh, or
Ibsen, or De Maupassaut. therCm mind of
tbs. thoughtful person Tecoils in dismay.
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NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS RECALLED

- URING the draft riots OF 1883 IN
the city of New York, when the
Il inspector and captains OF police
asked the president of the police
board what they should, do with their
prisoners. they we're answered, Don't
take any, Kill! Kill. Kill. Put down
the mob! Don't bring a prisoner IN till
the mob is put down" And kill they did.
It is estimated by the author OF The
Volcano Under the City who tells the
story Of those evil days, that some ], 800
persons we're killed in the streets Of New
York by the policemen AMI the soldiers.
They were mercilessly dubbed to death.
driven from the roofs Of houses. whence
they tumbled into the streets; shut up in
a burning building, where many persisted
in FIRE AID smoke: shot down by bullets
and laid low in narrow streets with grape
and canister fired at short range. a large
proportion OF the victims were boys and
young men under age. and many of them
were women. But public sentiment at
the time and since has justified this
merciless slaughter as q stern necessity
forced upon the authorities to prevent a
FAR worse evil II WIS the oLtt " d5s TIC
only way, to prevent the control of the
city passing from the hands of the con-
stituted authorities into the hands of
nurderous mob. specimens Of whose
methods were found in negroes hanging
from lamp posts with their flesh hanging
in ribbons and all their toes and fingers
cut off.
It has always been held that disorgan-
lied and irresponsible bodies Of men kill
ing and plunderiRg at will. and without
reference to the establishment of new
order of responsible control, were to be
dealt with according to the primal law
of xeIf-defense which justifes killing
without reference to the orderly processes
of administering justice in civilized COM
munities. It involves return, and a nee
essary return, to primitive condition Of
barbarism where each mans defense is in
his own strong arm Fine spun theories
cannot alter this. for civilization wiz
never suffer itself to be so meshed in its
own net of formal methods that it is left
4 helpless prey to the forces Of disorder.
In the early days OF our civil war Gen
eraI Halleek, the author of a standard
work on international law and a soldier
deeply read in the civil as well as the