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AN EXPLANATION OF THE
APPARITION5- IN WESTMINSTER

herself. and her approach TO the glass
door naturally suggested the two figures
approaching each other in a somewhat IN
canny manner.
The second ghost story was to the effect
that Lady Ailman's wrath was seen en-
tering the room, the drawing room while
Lady AiIman was out. Equally remark
able IS the explanation OF this fact Lady
Milman is very tall woman, and her
daughters are equally tall On one occas-
ion friend entered the house Just as. she
drove UP to the door in a carriage. As
ne aseended the staircase leading to the
drawing room he looked up and saw
a very tall woman 90 quietly three or
four steps down the corridor and enter the
drawing room Looking from below the
tall figure suggested very closely that OF
Lady Miln1an, who herself entered the
drawing room shortly after the visitor
It is out Of these two facts. and these two
facts alone, that the House of Commons
and, indeed, the whole country. was as
sured that there were ghosts in West
Minister
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JEWS As FARMERS.

N L a Kovalski. appointed some years
ago by the Russian government 10 super
intend the Jewish colonies in the province
Of Ekaterinosslay. reports that il is only
necessary TO have passed some time in
these villages in order to convince ones
self Of the zeal and cleanliness Of the TO-
900 Jewish peasants Of EkaterinosIav
Every Jewish village gives the impress
sion OF q model farm. The streets are
marked by their cleanliness, and the
houses are surrounded by gardens, where
the Jewish peasant women grow their
vegetables, etc. 40 village possesses an
inn or place for the sale OF spirits The
people have a healthy and fourisbing ap-
pearanee. and the Jewish recruits Of these
villages are taken for the artillery. The
very common opinion" he concludes,
"that the Jews are unfit for agriculture
receives there q very striking contradic-
ton I myself have for long time par
taken OF this opinion. I have now alto
gether given it up. and am persuaded
aaat under certain conditions an excellent
peasant could be made OF every Jew"
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HOW AN 81. P. RETIRES.

The ChiIterns are a range Of chalk emil
nences dividing the counties Of Hertford
and Bedford and extending TO Henley. In
former days these hills we're invested with
robbers. and the Government was OBLIGED
- take steps to suppress these rogueg-
The task was carried cut under an officer
appointed by the crown and known as
the Steward Of the ChiItern Hundreds
The duties Of this Office have long been
obsolete, but the Office has been kept in
force, and a nominal salary is attached
tc the post. II is q position of con
venience for members of Parliament. An
N. P. cannot resign his seat; SO, when he
wishes TO retire be must obtain a pest
under the crovD-a post with a salary.
Any member accepting such an Office va
Gates his seat, aud has to be reelected
4 he ". p applies for the stewardship Of
the ChiiteTH Hundreds, and receives the
appointment without trouble His seat is
now vacant. and he does not seek re-
election: and after a few DAYS he resigns
his appointment. That is the rouuda houf
way in which an II. P. retires from Par
nament-Pearson's Weekly
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
HAssAMs PRovERB.

King Hassam, Wen beloved. was wont to
say,
When aught went wrong. OF any labor
failed:
Tomorrow. friends. win be another day.'
And in that faith he slept, and so pre-
vailed
Long live this proverb. While the world
shall roll,
Tomorrow fresh shall rise from out the
night
And new baptize the fndomitable soul
with courage for It's never ending fight.
No one. I say. Is conquered till he yields;
And yield he need rot while. like mist
from glass.
God wipes the stain of LIES old battle
fields
From every morning that he brings to
pass
New day, new hops, new courage. Let
this be,
soul. thy cheerful creed What's yes
terday
With all its shards and wrack and grief
to thee.
Forget ii. then-s.ere lies the vIetor's
wayi
James Buckhsn. IN Primary Education.
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WHERE MANUAL LABOR IS
TAUGHT POOR WHITE CHILDREN
By HELEN GRAY, in Leslie's Weekly.

left on the bushes. and some OF the
bricks in the tower he aided in making
at the small remuneration of 10 cents a
day 1t was from early youth the treas
ured home of Samuel Miller and his broth
er John to acquire fortune large enough
to establish IN their native county a free
educational institution for poor children.
After receiving an ordinary education at
BatesviIIe. Va. Samuel entered into bust
ness with his brother, who had become 4
successful tobacco merchant in Lynch
burg. The death of John. in 1871. made
him heir to 1O0, Geo, with which sum and
his shrewd business ability he accumu-
lated a vast fortune. dying, in 1863, the
possessor of an estate valued at s123e.-
1902. the bulk of which was left for the
building Of q manual labor school for poor
white children in AIbemarle county.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
MAY MARRIAGE sUpERsrIrIoNs.

Is the superstition as to May mar
riages responsible for the meeting of the
annual parIiaments of the religious world
in LrIs month"; Certainly at this season
the clergy are SO free from matrimonial
engagements that they can arrange for q
week in town on the strength OF the fees
for the many marriages they are called
upon to perform in April Whatever the
origin, the popular aversion to being mar
ried in May is pronounced, and the more
remarkable since this is the merry
month" and the lovers month" In the
Roman Catholic Church the belief is con-
nected with the worship of the Virgin,
to whom May is sacred. Ever since the
marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to Both
well, on May ID, 1867. the month has been
regarded matrimoniaIly unIucky in Scot
land. But the superstition is prehistoric,
for pagan Rome cherished the same preju-
dice against May marriages-London
Chronicle
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THE ENGLISH CLIMATE.

OF all known climates, the English is,
says John Corbin in the Atlantic" at
once the worst and the best. From years
end to years end the whole island and
the heavens above are stepped in the soft
damp OF the four surrounding seas. A
long and drenehing rain is almost IN
known; If a man can foregO the vanity
Of being quite dry, and is not above an
occasional retreat into cab. an umbrella
or rain coat is scarcely necessary Yet
the sky is never crystaI-cIear. as it so
often is with us; the sun seldom dazzles.
the stars never flicker and blaze Month
in and month out the landscape is blurred
in all-p eryading damp-thfK almost i'm
perceptibIe in summer. yet changing the
verdure to an olive green; azure and opal
escent in spring purple in autumn. golden
gray or lurid dun color in winter. And
frost and snow are as rare as the heat of
pure sunlight. The defects of this climate
are at one with the virtues in that they
drive men into the open; indeed, it would
not be easy to say what are defects and
what virtues The temperance Of the sum
mer heat MAKES out of doors a paradise.
In the winter one is chilled to the bone
in English hauses--not only American res
idents. but the natives themselves. If they
stay long indoors. The coal consumed
seems enough TO heat the entire island
to incandescence; yet such is the efficiency
OF the open fireplace of the country that
the man who crOU0hes before 1t goes blue
in the lips and white to the roots of his
nose. while the particles of half-consumed
carbon gather minute globuIes of mist
above the chiInneys. shroud the city in a
black natural fog. and the citizens In a fog
Of the spirit.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21

4 FEW weeks ago it was my privilege
a to visit one Of the most splendid
1 L Industrial institutions in the
Southern states-the Miller Man
uaI Labor School for Poor White Chill
dren-located on a spur of the Ragged
Mountains of AlbemarIe county. in the
beautiful and healthful Piedmont region
Of Virginia The people who inhabit the
hoIlows OF these mountains are typical Of
other mountaineer folk, possessing all the
virtues and weaknesses generally at
tributed to them. Many are descendants
of the redemPtIoner classes Of early
Colonial days. but the larger portion are
of Hessian descent, claiming for their
forebears those HessiaHs who. at the
close OF the Revolutionary War, were
turned loose from Imprisonment at Char
lottesviIle, Va. and sought homes among
the Ragged Mountains near by They are,
for the most part, hard working people.
honest and entirely without love for the
almighty dollar: but their great love Of
liberty breeds in them a contempt for
educational advantages or steady employ
Eent Of any kind
Seeing them at church on a Sunday
morning. pleasant looking and rapt in
their devotions, it becomes difficult to be-
Iieve that they can be content to return
to the wretched novels which many of
them are satisfied to call their homes OF
the stock in these mountains that pre-
ceded the coming of the Hessians came
Samuel Miller, the founder of the Miller
Manual Labor School of AlbemarIe county,
which, with its fine buildings and en-
dowment fund of nearly 81 500 coo. is the
grandest and most fruitful charitable in
stitution in the Southern States. It was
10 bIue-blood Virginian, reared in luxury,
that was inspired to remember the poor
children of his native county, but the
sen of a poor mountaineer woman, born
in log cabin in abjeet poverty and
degradation. From the tower of the ma
chine shops, the finest built IN the South
for industrial education. is pointed out
the cabin in which Samuel Miller was
born
On the grounds now graced by his niu-
Hidcent gift he earned his first money by
gathering wool which stray sheep had
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
JUSTICE BRADLEYS SUCCESSOR.

bent Of this important Office should
be chosen from among the members
of the local bar, and not from the
legal fraternity of some State more
OF less remote. It is true that non
residents have heretofore been chosen
by the appointing power for places on
the Supreme Bench of the District
but it viii strike the disinterested OBJ
server that this practice rs more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance."
If the President were called upon
to make an appointment of United
States Judge for some district o. New
York, he would hardly 60 to Ohio for
his man. Why then should not Dis
trict man be selected to fill the local
vacancy2
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21

n UCCESS is the taskmaster all man
kind longs to serve In the begin
~ ming our eyes see only a mist in a
sunlit distance It is the glory of
the sunlight we long for; the mist we 1T
tie heed. As we draw near the cloud
takes shape and bcckons US with out
stretched hands.
No matter how close the thorn thickets
nor how huge the boulders to be cast
aside. the smile iTradiating the shape and
the enucing. reckoning hands draw us on
At last, in one final, satisfying moment,
in a close embrace. And IoI it is not one
but many shapes We are not one. but
thousands For the space OF a butterfly
breath the shape gazes into our eyes on
even terms. That is the only joy sue
cess ever allows US With a strength
no poor human being can understand he
tears himself from our OBTAINING hands.
IN well-traveIed road We stand, help
less. whipIash cuts the aiF about US
a voice that sets our nerves tinglfng
shouts out COT
Around, on every side, are the others,
each with his taskmaster behind him
Then begins the race that ends only
when feet Of flesh shake off their worn
cut earth shoes.
Success cracks his whip. It's lash
stfngs deep into our flesh or sings a mer-
Ty song il our ears as the day is shad-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
SANITATION IN. MARTINIQUE

IN some quarters a discussion has
arisen as to the sanitary phase of
L the Martinique disaster. Methods
of preventing contagion because of
the great number of unburied dead
are considered. So far as indicated,
the students who have taken into
consideration the matter seem to be-
lieve that only through the iuocula-
ton of the living in the distressed ISL
and can disease be transmitted to
other portions of the Western Hem
isphere.
1t suggests itself as reasonable,
however, that contagfon may be car
Tied from one locality to another by
air currents and that it might be wise
to take more stringent precautions
against the transmission of cohtami-
mating germs as well as to furnish
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21

Nothing is more natural than that
the greatest possible interest should
be felt both by the District bar and
people generally in the eventual Sc
lection TO be made by the President
in filling the vacancy on the District
bench caused by the death OF the late
Iamented Justice Bradley. Already
the names of a number of able and
worthy gentlemen have been men
TONED as actual or prospective can
didates. Among them are noticed
some who are not residents of the
District. and who have not been iden-
tilted in any way with its interests
1t would seem that this is most
propitious occasion for the applica-
ton of the principle OF home rule
There is every reason why the incum-
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relief to the survivors of the popuIa-
ton which has been practically de-
stroyed by the outburst of volcanic
Pelee.
If the truth were known. it Is prob
able that many of the epidemies
which have swept various portions Of
the globe were caused by decaying
flesh and putrid matter in districts
quite remote. Perhaps on many occa-
sions when outbreaks of disease seem
ed to be wholly mysterious. they
could have been traced to such dis
tant origin. The air currents that
sweep across the globe are only fairly
understood. What they may carry in
the shape of germs of disease viii
bear scientific investigation and such
inquiries might prove of inestimable
value to mankind.
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GOVERNMENT WORK IN
GOVERNMENT SHOPS


o
thOrzed by be built
reecn While the policy
commend bic
thai the
amount by the
The contention that vessels
those
possible combination
OF unreasonable There
viii always
chans IN all the
which be estimated highly
policy the distribution
larger territory than
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21

TINE death Of Sir Archibald 8Iilman
inevitably revives the stories cur
L rent a few months ago Of the aD-
partition OF Lady Milman when she
herself was alleged to have met death in
4 certain corridor in the apartment occu-
pied BY her in Speakers Court O. the Pal
ace Of Westminster. says the London
Chronicle" The origin of these stories,
writes correspondent, I had from Sir
Archibald himself during the last few days
Of his life. Opening onto the corridor in
question there we're two doors. One Of
them was made partly OF glass, and, with
the rest Of the dark corridor behind it,
It naturally had much Of the same effect
as mirror. Any one coming out Of the
ether door was reflected in this glass door,
Which was placed in such relation to
the staircase that any one ascending the
stairs would see the reflection before he
saw the person reflected On two or three
occasions Lady Milman was going out Of
her own boudoir when someone going
mp the staircase saw her reflection, and a
moment or two later saw Lady Milman
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
A Great Diplomat

Brooklyn Eagle-Lord Pauncefote has
Ines every expectation of his superiors fu
q manner that establishes him as the
abiest representative ever sent hither BY
the court Of st. James, and in meeting
those expectations he has retained the
esteem of the American authorities with
whom he has had to deal. His record here
VIII be the criterion by which other am
bassadors Will long be measured.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
AN IMPROVEMENT THAT Would
DEVELOP IMMENSE COAL FIELDS
By Hon. J. B. WHITE, Representative from Kentucky,

ment Of its rivers or harbors would make
the same return Of greater development,
as it VIII add greatly to the tonnage Of
ccaI received from the fields Of the Ohio
Valley, by establishing system of locks
and dams On this river.
We have individually and collectively as
the representatives from Kentucky every
assurance that the Senate amendment viii
be enacted with the original river and
harLor bin as passed BY the House OF
Representatives
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7 AN greatly interested in the improve
nent OF the Big Sandy River. which
L penetrates the immense coal fields Of
the Blue Grass State" and together
with the other members Of the lower
house OF Congress from Kentucky 1 an
making every effort to have retained the
Senate amendment TO the river and har-
Dor bill, appropriating 100000 for the
Improvement Of this river.
I consider that 10 section Of the country
with a like expenditure for the improve
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-21
Duty Fulfilled

albany Evening Journal-In short, the
United States has completely fitted and
equipped Cuba for self government. What
more can this Government, in justice, be
expected or asked 10 do for the cubansg
Every actual and moral duty that this
nation owed them has been discharged in
fullest measure.
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SUGGESTIVE HARDEST TASKMASTER

"The only success that amounts to
anything is the result of personal
effort. Success sings a song o. hope,
and tTampIes lis to death while the
strains ring in our ears"
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'There is such a thing as saccess
that is buTdensome. The successful
man has to live up to his reputation.
When the taskmaster drives him hard
it is not an easy thing TO Co."
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- UCCESS is the taskmaster all man
kind longs to serve In the begin
- ming our eyes see only a mist in a
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-05
Free Engraving On Goods We Sell
Social Business Meeting.

Thursday evening was the regular
night for holding the monthly
business meeting OF the st. Joseph e
Library Association. When the bust
ness had been transacted, the meeting
was resolved into a pleasant social
session. Frank Dayey inaugurated
the fun by giving an interesting read.
ing, He was followed by Miss Moisan
who sang a solo ana was accompanied
on the plano by Miss Louise MCGEE
Miss Ruby Goulet also sang a selec'
tion as did Miss Vera Byars. The
former was accompanied by her sis.
ter, Miss Coda Goulet, and the ac.
compartment for Miss Byars was
played by Mrs. J. NJ Brown A pleas.
ant time Is reported by those who
were In attendance
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Iodne Officers.

Two Salem lodges held election of
oiicers Thursday evening. as follows:
Oregon Cedar Camp No. 5246, Mod
ern Woodmen OF America-Venerable
consul, Frank A. Turner; adviser,
James w. Wilson; banker, Il. J.,
Clark; clerk. A. L. Brown; escort, U.
s. Rider; watchman. T. NJ. Eckhart;
sentry. C. e. Johnson; manager, three
years, C. w. Taylor; manager, two
years, F. A. Baker; physician. DR.. W.
s Mott
Oregon Grape Camp. No. 1860. Roy,
a Neighbors-Past oracle, IsidOre
aitheWs; oracle, Willetta Mott; vice
oracle, Lydia Clark; chancellor, Ruby
Chase; recorder. Cora Kibele; receiy-
er Florence, Wilson; marshal, Char
lotte Clark; inner sentinel. Ann Mat
term manager A. L. Brown; physician.
DR. w. g. Mott; delegate to state
camp. Mrs. Lille Brown; alternate.
Airs Cora Kibele.
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PERSONALS.

NJ. l.. Jones. Of Brooks, was in the
city Thursday.
Attorney General d. r. N. Black
burn is in Albany today.
w. A. Laidlaw. a business man of
Portland, was in the city today.
Alfred Holman. Of the Portland
oregonian. was in the city today.
Chester G. Murphy has gone 10
Portland 10 spend a few days with
friends.
Mrs. r. d. Gilbert Miss Agnes Gil
bert and Miss Livesley have gone to
Portland for a visit.
Chauncey Bishop has returned to
Portland, having come up 20 attend
the opening party Of the Forty-Four
Club on Wednesday evening.
d. H. Weyant. of Mill City, is in the
city.
Miss Minnie Frickey has gone to
Medford for a visit
Jacob Voorhees,. Of Woodburn, was
in the city today.
Mrs. L. A. Carlisle, OF Portland who
has been the guest Of Mrs, T. G. Smith,
Jr., has returned home.
Miss Lydia Johnson has gone to
Hlllsboro for a visit with relatives.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Mitchell. who has been
visiting at the home Of the Misses
Creighton. has returned to her home
at Joseph, Wallowa county.
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RUDOLPH
VERSUS
AD0LPH
Great SatiricaI Presentation
at The Grand
Supposed to Be a Farcical
Take-0ff on Our Lawyers

Manager Meredith of the Grand
Opera House informs the public that
he has billed very strong company
of comedians for next Tuesday even
ing and for special reasons wishes
to see a good house out. The man
agement found that they could not
make the Salem date unless they left
on the late train for California, AS
this does not occur often Mr. Cordray
notified the public in advance and
will protect them in this respect
against all companies that come and
have to leave on that train, that there
may be no Misunderstanding The full
bill of the play will be put on but
It will be a half hour earlier than
usual
The second season of Dan and Chas.
A. Mason as co-stars in Rudolph and
Adolph" promises TO be more success
full If possible than their first, al.
though last seasons receipts we're far
more than anticipated by either the
stars or their managers, Broadhurst
and Currie. And It is doubtful II any
similar attraction scored a greater
artistic success or closed the season
with q larger profit than Mason and
Mason in Rudolph and Adolph."
Managers OF theatres were unanimous
in requesting return engagements
and In every city where the company
has appeared this season the receipts
are in excess of those played to last
season, while the stars received the
supporting company is larger this sea.
son than last, a very pretty female
chorus being introduced on account
OF the many new original musical
numbers which have been added,
There are no funnier team of com
edians on tour than the German EN-
perors, and the reception accorded
them in every city visited last season
was simply an ovation. Theatres
were crowded everywhere by the most
enthusiastic audiences. In many In
stances all previous records for re-
ceipts and attendance were broken
and II was the unanimous opinion
OF all critics In every city visited that
Mason and Mason in Rudolph and
Adolph" were the laughing hits OF
the season. Patrons OF the Grand are
requested 10 be in their seats promptly
at eight o'clock as the performance
will begin at that hour sharp and will
be concluded In two hours so that
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FALLS FROM ROCKY POINT.

A. ]. Motif, Of Newport, Meets With
Serious Accident.
Newport, Or, Dec. 5.-Thursday af-
ternoon while A. J. Mofflt and ID. s,
Young were going along the ocean
beach near the old lighthouse and
trying to get around the point called
Castle Rock, Mont slipped and fell.
rolling among the rocks In the surf
and breaking his rigt leg above the
ankle. His companion had great diff.
flculty in resculng him, but, after a
desperate struggle, succeeded in get,
ting him out of the water and to a
place of safety, while he came to the