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American and PrusSidn Railway Control

The Prussiau experiments. in recogni-
ton OF these facts are TO be in The di-
Tection Of making the floors and walls
OF materials chemically treated so as TO
make them non-com5EstI5le. ard in the
construction o: seats stuffed with fire
proof cocoanut fiber and having ashes
tos coverings It is al important step
and in the right direction. and ia a
country like our own. where there IS so
much more travel and a corTespondingIy
greater duty for conserving the security
Of the travelling public over more than
10000 miles OF roadbed. IL would seem
as # it would be q wise precedent for
the railway authorities to follow As a
rule. our railways are exceptionally well
managed, and the traveller in the Unit
Cd States gets vast amount of CON
fort and convenience al q very slight
personal risk. but the further step to
ward the making Of GrepTooC coaches
would serve TO still more greatly re-
duce that TisE 20 minimum which
would amount almost 10 its total eE-
:-uctiou-
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American Diplomats.

It is a curious thing. by the way. that
considering the important. rot to say
overwhelming. part which the United
States is playing in the worlds history
today. its Representatives in the various
capitals of Europe have no official resi-
dences- Mr.. CRoate. for instance. lives
in Carlton House Terrace. while his
predecessor lived in another part OF
London. There is no regular official
residence for the representative of what
may, without disrcspcct to other ma
tons. be called the greatest republic in
the world. says ''Woman's Life The
ministers are appointed 10 the different
capitals. and they select their houses
as they want them. and the privilege o.
representing government abroad is in
va-iably an expensive one. so that CnI-
rich men can enjoy it From time 10
time the government Of the United
States has thought OF having d regular
permanent official residence in London.
and il other capitals Of Europe. but SO
far the matter has not resulted in any
thing practical being done
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IT. HERE is a fortune in pearls in the
musseIs THAI iuhabit the streams
I OF rural New England. y scien-
fist of note vouohes for it, and
mas already found valuable specimens Of
the jewels. Many a farmer can 90 the
same by searching in his own trout
brook
i IS sherman F Denton, OF Wellesley
Farms. who says so He has q wide
reputation il the field Of natural history.
vas at one time a member Of the Fish
Commission at Washington and has done
important work for the Smithsonian In
stitution and other museums. OF late
ne has devoted much time to exploring
the waters Of Massachusetts, and the
New England States. From these hunt
ing grounds he has picked up about 100
pearls in day To Offset this coed
luck there have been other days when
he searched from dawn to dark. opening
maybe q Thousand shells without com
ing upon a single find.
His brother spent day investigating
a small stream near South birmingham
and the reward Of his labor was yield
Of $3.50 worth Of pearls The latter also
secured from Q fresh water mussei of a
New Hampshire pond a pearl worth $3.50.
It actually brought that price in the
London market. where it was sold.
So the value Of these pearls cannot be
questioned It used TO be thought that
the only pearls OF any account We're pro
duced by Oriental oysters But the
United States is rapidly developing q
thriving business of its own in this line.
and the fresh water pearls really rival
in beauty those found IN Oriental seas
Some Of the finest pearls in existence
have been taken from the rivers and
ponds OF the West and the Middle states
Pearl hunting is now recognized ihaI7
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-27

IT. He managers Of American rail
ways might TO their Own very
/ great advantage, as vel as 10
that Of their patrons. take q leaf
out of the book of the government rail
way. control Of Prussia. says "HaTper's
Weekly These persons have ordered
that experiments should be made look
ing toward the substitution Upon the
90. 900 miles Of railroad which they op-
crate Of non ombustibIe cars for the
more OF less inGammabIe boxes in which
the public are now transported from
place 10 place The steel trucks are, Of
course, already comparatively safe from
destruction by fire, but the construction
of the superstrucure Of .Eese coaches
has always been Of such o IatHse as TO
be something Of d menace 10 the Jrav-
eIer's safety. The walls and hoors and
general trim Of passenger cars have
ordinarily been constructed Of woods
that are peculiarly inaammabIe, and
the use OF oils IL Their cleansing and
decoration has Intensified the danger
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-27

Territory from such queer uaGe5 towr1
as Caecotah. Srf-o. Caoetav,. Tulsa
Werunka. viHfra, Tahleq1ah Nova-a
HUGO. Ada. Marietta. Chelsea. Catc9sa
Bis Cabin. Cboteau. BIHe5a-ket. Ze1al
Leaapah. OoIogah. TaIaia. Pontotor. XII
OWE. Wapanueka. Talihina. Sauuipa.
ard TI8homiugo. These 4CG.C6e Terrific
rial people. #ith eighty banks
alth sz.eo0 900 capital and S7649,g6 de-.
gosits. aith 1880 ae5 in mining With
10000 cattle and other stock ia pro-,
portion. with a large production %.
wheat. cora. oats. and cotton. and a!
personal property o. $s000g.G90. haveI
rae sH5i1u goveruuents- ana a sEe1etoaI
a1s .azabatani3aI form OF government
fsF sbe tg=ns Of zo9 Inhabitants and
s4es. comprising another 1000 Of iJ
5HHs5 lants Dut have absolutely no -
fsF lA= construction Of highways. tha
@zFe ~ sae needy and insane. the pun
gent - IRE frco-rigible and criminal
~ sls education Of the Young m &
leaves - sgg without government an
lts 80 school children without ii
means n e6gczrlCu- The insane al
f4t,5 ONTO tze charity ef sister STAT
u a.e brought 1850 Ilifoz % The ssyIu
n. ~ as.lnyrc1. or ere chained 50 ~
floors If tHatr oaalas 5r 70 trees
Tho coar1s O. tie United States OF Re
Terruorv arc driven TO ala in the pn-
terffer lr communities against the h
zana. ard conni7e a. thc fling Z
charges ~ assault against them, Il
which they are acquitted By reason #
insanity ard are ordered transported o
the insane asylum CT the Potoms.
There ere twenty-five inmates from t.e
Territory IN the asylum now. three Il
whom recently arrived under the 81
cumstaLces named
Tire school children are lett TO grov
Up without education and its concom-
tants of immortality and vice. with tfb
threatened evil Of Sling the aImshouses
houses Of correction. and prisons Of thu
country
Thou~aees Of the inhabitants com,
from The nearby States. HOO from Iii.
notse alone and many thousands rom
The various sections OF the eoantrz
where they had q hizh-ciass Of govern
uent. ana tbey are besieEi2z their fo--
mer members of Congress TO rescue
them from the iuICiera5fe conditions
under which they suffer
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The ideal citizen is man Of wisdom,
charity, and foresight, as well as OF in
dependence He is never q mere bitter
censor of everything done by the party
in power. He is far from the mean at
titude OF those who are quick TO believe
our own Government must be in the
wrong
He is usually a wise and consistent
member Of one Of the great parties. but
he is never blind partisan.
In local affairs the ideal citizen cares
so much for good, honest government
that if ne lives in a city he is q cham
pion Of non-par craftsmanship He is faith
fuI to the Icwliest duties OF citizenship.
He can be depended upon to help in the
forming Of right public sentiment
He has faith as well as works. He
believes that what ought to be done can
be done. He has visions without being
visionary. He is an active supporter Of
educational and refcrnatory effort.
Il he is rich the public is richer there
for The more he makes. the more gen
e-ously ne gives He makes the poor
glad that he is rich and not wish that he
were poor
BY his own character, as well as by
his deeds, the ideal citizen adds 10 the
glory OF the American name
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-27
THEWORLD'S CORK SUPPLY

The TACT that the worlds supply Of
cork is much less than the demand has
teen working peaceful revolution in
many trades. The increase in the price
has rendered 1t necessary to devise
other kinds Of shoppers This has given
employment TO a perfect army OF IN
vertors. many Of whom have reaPed
neat little fortunes from ingenious con
rrfvr-crs. Thus far however. all the in
vrntfons have not been able to restore
rEe former balance and prices keep up
i~ an alarming manner. As a conse-
ouence there mas been developed trade
in secondhand corIs. and under this
have come into being queer little in
Gusrrics such as gathering corks. clean
ing c0rEs. and reyamDing corks.
Tn big hotels. restaurants. and sa-
looms the cork perquisite is now a mod
erateIy valuable privilege They are no
longer cast coutcmptuously By. but are
thrown into box or cask, where they
accumulate until the cork-picEer ar
rives. who pays a round sum in cash Tor
III offered to him The average waiter
AMI bartender now employs cOrk-screws
which ioaict minimum damage upon the
cork. and in many places where a mum
Der OF bottles are opened III the course
C. the day steel corE-eZtractor IS used,
which viii pull out cork from the in
terror o. a bottle into which it has been
carclcssIy forcc1-
Tho ne@4Irr vino buvs them sells them
10 the secondhand man. who asserts
them into various classes. Many large
-o-ks can be rccut with considerable
profit. Others mich have been injured
can be cut so as 10 discard the in
iured portions and utilize that which is
sound. Corks which have been discol-
ored by. grease can be cleaned by ben
zine, ammonia water. or lime and water.
Those which have been discolored or
favored by medicine can be rendered
disable bv Ioug-contiuvcd boiling with
q small amount Of chloride Of lime. and
subsequent drying in a kiln or oven. The
finest quality consists Of champagne
corks. There always command a good
price It is possible TO reuse them, and
this is said 10 be done By many manu-
facturcrs. both az home and abroad
Others can be Tecrlt so as tC ObliJeTate
the makers or bother $ name. which is
usually branded upon the side or lower
surface. A secondhand cork when paTaf-
fnatcd can be used for bottles contain
ing oils, powders, and aqueous solutions
They are popular at present on account
OF the ease with which they can be
taken ouf and put back.-Ncw York
Evening / ost.
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TREE PLAN TING.

i most excellent suggestion ap-
/ pears IN letter to one = the New
York papers, 1t Is that whenever
8 building IS completed, the builder
shall set out a tree IN front of 1t
las 4 sort Of monument 10 his com
/ pIcted work.
IF this were done, 1t would I'M
prove the appearance Of suburban
settlements a hundred per cent,
with very little trouble or cost.
! Moreover, it would add to the ar
tistic beauty Of a street not to have
all the trees precisely alike This
Is an idea which the average pro
motcr Of suburban property can
mot ger into his head, but it Is So.
The one thing which makes Ameri-
can cities, as a rule, 50 utterly de
void OF beauty Is the passion for
straight lines and uniformity
which one finds in them. Human
beings naturally build houses more
like nests than ike martin-boxes;
individuality has play in tn plae-
ing and construction of a home, or
even in It's selection, if It is not
built by the tenant; but there Is no
more individuality III one Of our
! city streets than there Is in a rev
/ of beer bottles.
It is a good thing for the peace
/ of mind Of all persons concerned
that the ancient Greeks are dead
and buried and not likely to ap-
| pear even as ghosts. If Greek of
the time Of Phidias were to stray
into one Of our modern American
towns 1t would give him a fit, and
then he would cause the inhabit-
ants Of The place to have night
mares The Greeks were more
learned in beauty than any other
race who ever lived or this earth,
and their pet adherence was regu-
! lariry. American buildings osten-
sibly copied from Greek arelitec-
/ ture are weausome. and the reason
Is that their proportions are ex-
actly true to scale The pillars in
/ the portico Of a Greek temple are
never at equal distances from enc
another. and not line IN that tenn
pie Is straight, There Is just
enough variation emningly de
vised, for perfect beauty,
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slatou looking toward the construction Of an ithniau
canal by way Of the Nic1raSuan route.
The construction of an isthmian canal, be It by
way Of the Nicaraguan the Panama route would be
of immense benefit to the entire country ana especially
to the South II would be of untold benefit to the At
anic commerce with the trade Of the Orient as 1t would
cheaper the freight rates and any reduction in freight
ultimately conduccs tho benefit the producer
in the South It would afford better shipping faei-
ties from the Gulf ports for cotton manufactures and
various other Southern products, all of which would
stimulate and increase Southern production in all de-
parrmeuts OF trade and commerce
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WITH The SILENCE.

Far from the riot and rush Of the
thrcng-
Out where the Silence is singing a
song
Singing a song where the storm-thu1.-
ders cease,
Deep with Gods peace!
II
Far from the plains where the red cities
out where the Silence is weaving a
Cream
Dream of glad earth ard true heaven
above
Great with Gods love,
Far from the cares and the hopes and
the fears
Out where the Silence is deeper than
Glad of the solitude deep as the Night.
Lost in Gods light!
Frank L. stanton
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REFORM IN GERMANY.


the German emperor eFiaeHliy IN
tends TO devote some OF his energy 20
the cause Of tempc-au,e reform. Be
fore ,r.a r,-.-.e=far, r.fs. .,5=0----e4 for
49,. rf-,-.------.=4,. 1900. So I,--..-r-
~
l-lrs@"ee1 resolution when IS sup
loseI 10 Cm1cGy The Emperor views
on this subject Il invites the govern
mon: 10 r-~ohi-f- .He sale Of s-f-f-s .fY
..,-..-s,=-e- f--eaI ofr o- g+Ea- 5r5r,-= ..--.
90. .-------.-.-
- -''. z Ill., '--
winter 9elo-e 5 d. n ~ 10 persons Ia
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Somebody Tore
My Playhouse Down

a Iitde boy with heart so Hight
Built for himself. with his blocks SO
bright.
4 castle. and left 1t 10 stand all night.
But, ali, when he came 10 look next
morn
All the Joy from his heart mad flown
His house was wrecked, and heard aim
mourn
Somebody tored my playhouse down.
Somebody throwed 1y blocks around,
Just as I got the work all done
Somebody tored NY playhouse down
Mother spoke 10 her baby low
Hush, little dear. Don't you CRY 50.
This is tEe rule OF life, you know
You'll find as you travel the world
around.
Just when you get your -Tgrk ali done
somebodyI tear your playhouse down.
Some body'l tear your playhouse down
Somcbody1I throw your blocks around.
Just when you get your work all done
some5odyu tear your playhouse dow IL
This is the old worlds way with Us all;
Often we've seen our cities fall
Sweet dream castles fair and tall.
Weary we toll and plan alone.
Just as we think &c claim cur own,
Somebody tears our playhouse down
Somebody tears our playhouse down,
Somebody throws our blocks around;
Just as we get the work all done
Somebody tears our playhouse down
Charles W Patrick, IN Puck.
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CAUTIOUS.

Mrs. De Vinne has gone the limit on
her germ theory"
What has she done now"
Why. so long as she only insisted on
boiling the water and milk the family
didn't object, but when her husband
and his brother invited their old chums
to dinner and she got hold of the cham
payne and boiled it, then there was
trouble"
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an local Affairs the ideal citizen /
cares Sc much fo- good, honest gov
eminent that, f he lives IN a city, f..
he is a champion of non-PaItisan-
ship
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WHAT IS DEAL CITIZENSHIP?
By President JON 15z5E,Y BARRows CT ooe1in University.

"The ideal citizen IN this comfy
must be American to the core, but
he nay at the same time be a Sc
we're critic of misctievous pTac-
tees"
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Washington, D. c.
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PUBLICATION OFFICE.

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sunday edition Only, one year, -; sIN
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OWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID.
EVENTNG EDITION. one year. 81. Six
months. S1.5o, three months. - cents
Evening ard sunday. one yca-. 80 ~iv
months. $50. three months. sI.e5-
Morn Ing, Evening, and sunday ono wear,
so III mon ;iI~. -; three months $3.50.
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lovely matinee jackets, and when given
a plentiful trimming of lace and chif-
fon are quite as desirable as those
fashioned of mousseline de sole, and
not nearly so expensive.
Dame Fashion is after all not such
tickle jade as she is represented to
be. Only a short time ago some of the
leading authorities loudly proclaimed
that the requiem of the Russian blouse
and the jaunty little bolero would soon
be sung, and that the coming skirt
would be short and most elaborately
trimmed. How none of these unde-
sirable things have come to pass and,
Judging from present signs, are not
likely to. All the models that are daily
being sent over from Paris show in
most marked degree that the reign
of the bolero Is not over by any
manner of means, while the SWELL
est-looking skirts intended for early
spring wear are long and trailing, as
of yore, and show not the slightest
tendency toward an increase in trim
ming. ! think Chicago women in par
ticular should be thankful that the long
skirt still prevails, for while possessing
many points of beauty and grace, and
with charm all their own, their feet
do not always show to perfect ad-
vantage. Whether this is the fault Of
nature or the bootmaker, do not pre-
tend to say; but it is fact, neverthe-
less, that the majority of women one
sees nowadays have, to put it mildly,
extremely shabby-looking feet.
Inthe matter of sleeves there is much
that could be written. The tendency
at the present moment is to have them
rather tightftting from the shoulder
to the elbow, and then to show a great
deal of fulness from the elbow to the
wrist. In the smart-looking, up-to-
date model in the picture this pretty
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CHARTER NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that an application
will be made to the Governor OF the State OF
Pennsylvania, on Monday April 7th, A. ID. 1902,
by VIM \. Meyer, j, j. Brown, VIM. NJ. Reber,
@. w. Runyon, James G. Brown, N. U. Funk, @.
II, A. MKillip, under the Act OF Assembly OF
the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania, entitled
"An Act TO Provide for the Incorporation and
April 29th, 1874 and the supplements thereto,
for the charter OF AN intended corporation 70
De called "Irondale Electric Light, Heat and
Power Company" the character and object
whereof Is "for the purpose OF manufacturing
and supplying electric light, heat and power,
to persons, firms and corporations, In the Town
OF Bloomsbury and vicinity" and for these pur-
poses to have, possess and enjoy, all the rights,
benefits and privileges OF the said Act OF AS
sembly and It's supplements.
GRANT HERRING,
ii. A. MKILLIP,
3l33t Solicitors.
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FANCIES OF FASHION.
Kate Gardner Chats About Tea
gowns and Lounging Robes.
Chinese and Japanese Tendency Dis
tinEuishcs the House Garments
of the senson-No Change
In skirts,

TT HAS been a long time since /
have wandered into the realm of
the facinating teagown, the COM
Portable louhging robe, and its near re-
lation, the dainty matinee jacket, and
as this happens to be the season Of the
year when garments of this descrip-
lion are supposed to appeal most
strongly to womankind, a few hints as
TO the present and coming fashion in
this direction will not prove uninter-
esting reading, particularly as there
are many delightful things to say con-
cerning all of them.
For some mysterious reason or other
Dame Fashion has decreed this season
that there shall be distinctly Chinese
or japanese tendency in all the new
estlounging robes, teagowns and house
jackets. Everything is more or less
3 Ia Geisha, with kamona-like fronts
and long, loose-hsnging sleeves. OF
course the materials of which these
charming gowns, are fashioned, carries
out this idea to the fullest degree. For
instance, many of the teagowns of the
velveteen, which shows wonderfully
mixed-up Chinese pattern on it's smooth
surface, while the lounging robes and
house jackets-at least the sjor part
of them-look as though they first saw
ihe light of day in far-away Japan. For
those who do not like the rather Sc
we're japanese style-and / must con-
fess to many ii will prove vastly unbe-
eoming-fashion has provided beau
iiful models made of crepe de chine and
soft Oriental satin, which cannot but
prove captivating to every woman with
true sense of the beautiful.
1t has always seemed to me that
crepe de chine is particularly appropri-
ate for teagown purposes. A truly
successful teagown must chang" to
perfection, an end, by the way, not al
ways obtainable where velveteen is em-
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wide hens and focings Of washing

wide hens and facings Of washing
silk in some delicate shade of color.
Cashmere is also ideal for this purpose
and, when carried out in n soft shade
of rose pink with facings of dainty
white, makes a perfectly charming
jacket and one that any woman might
be proud to call her own.
The matinee" is, of course, much
more elaborate and fauciful than the
dressing jacket, and it is proper that
ii should be, considering the mission
of each is so vastly different Frenchy
to degree are the matinee Jackets
that come to us this season in pastel
shades of mousseline de sole, arranged
in fine tucks and long lines of inser-
ton. The sleeves are tucked and
trimmed with lace insertion, and m
ishcd with double frills of accordion-
plated chiffon, edged with narrow
satin ribbon. Nuns yelling i'm pretty
shades of lavender and gray makes