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The Washington times., 1902-08-17
The Good Old Times.

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covePy of the remains of a man VIII ,
is thought to have lived 30,60Y
years ago.l
And they say you lived and -four
ished
Thirty the cusand years ago.
Were you by these healthfoods
nourished?
Had you substitutes for dough?
Did you dodge the changing trolleys
AS we mortals do today
Hear the politicians jollies?
Did you have all that? and, say,
When you lived out there in Kansas
Thrift thousand years ago.
Were historical romances
Written then? We'd like to know.
Did you have the fierce bacillts.
And he spry and lively germ,
Like he ones that fain would kill
And IN illness make us squirm?
Did they fret DER servant questions
Thirty thousand years ago?
Did the wise men make suggestions
How The POOR should have show?
Did tn, automobiles manGle?
Did ycu have excursion 9ates?
Did You lie each time you'd angle?
Did you have Schwab or Gates:
The reformers-did hey shiver
Thrift thousand years ago?
Did they vow. with wrathful CULVER.
That they'd settle one John Doe :?
Had you any Alfred Austins?
Any Kiplings to make rhymes?
None OF these? Nor eny Bostonso
Then. those were the good old
times
Josh Winks in Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
By H. H. VREELAND,
President Metropolitan
Street Railway Company.

The first essential to in any walk of life is
work, the second is work, and the third is work. On
his belief in this trinity is built the religion of the
present-day man of success
Turn to the past history of our country and you
will find that every man who has attained prominence
in commercial life, in politics or in the arts and
sciences started out with dogged determination to
succeed and allowed no obstacle to be barrier to
some wel-deined point in his mind which meant sue
cess
Twenty-Five years ago it trouble for bus-
ness man to surround himself with young who
workers. Those workers of quarter century
ago the captains of industry of today
The trouble with the young of today is that
the social side of life appeals them more Than The
work SIDE and this has brought to the front class
of young men that in large corporations are
known as the clock Watchers
Then, too, young is often discouraged with
the army of workers with whom he is thrown in
tact. He gets idea that he is but bubble in the
seething caron of vitality that he is but in ten
thousand and thinks that he, as individual,
known, that his work is not recognized, forgetting
that if in any business corporation. with matter
how many departments. every enploye. down to the
janitor, be not held in surveillance, that corporation
cannot be said to be properly organized.
Take this cilice for example. 1t makes no differ
what capacity any fills here, his method of
work. his method of living. and his general habits
watched by some connected with his department;
and when the question of promotion arises. when
some is needed to fill position of response
bity and consequently TO draw better pay, attention
is called by the head of the department to some par
ticuary bright active fellow who is always on time,
always attentive hrt who up TO that moment had 10
idea that his rk had attracted the attention of any
one connected wih Tie property.
Some fine ago a Young man who had secured a
good position and one that probably meant advance
ment in the future. asked advice on how TO succeed
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
FISH STORIES.

A Wisconsin legislator las drafted d
fish stories.' The bill provides that
every fish caught which is above a pound
in weight must be registered. In default
of this the fisherman pays fine. 1t is
the same legislator who some time ago
proposed a physical examination for all
persons contemplating matrimony. and
his new bill has about as much chance Uf
becoming law as his other one had.
1t is not definitely stated whether the
object of the fish story bill is to pro-
ttect the interests of humanity or of the
fish; and one can hardly see how either
is injured by the telling of the ingenious
and me-honored stories denominated
fish. One might suppose that it would be
rather gratifying than otherwise to the
fish to have their size and game quail
ties exaggerated. if they knew anything
about 1t. The small trout which is the
only reward of the unskillful fisherman's s
afternoon OF patient waiting and willy
maneuvers might reap solemn sort of
satisfaction if his spirit could hover
around while his captor multiplies him
by five and exaggerates his size corre-
spondingly. But fishes are not sup
posed to have ghosts, and their friends
and relatives 30 not, presumably. under
stand human speech.
To be sure, the conscience of the ro-
mancer is hurt to certain extent. but
1t is the current belief that the con-
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

and told him to do his work so well that IL flere
'ever time when everybody but one in his dc.
parment were to be discharged he would be the enc
retained Three years later it so happened
that the director of his department was taken sud
denly i'll and some needed to fill his place,
and at once and out of this entire department this
young fellow was the only one who thoroughly I'm
derstood all the details of the department and he was
promoted and received a corresponding inerease in
salary.
Years ago jeered at by some of my COM
panons for working nights in freight office Iii which
l was employed during the day, but the knowledge
gained there gave the position of general Freight
agent. 1t IS this overwork that ealss IN any depart
ment in any walk in life.
And it is for this that are apt to pre-
fer the country boy who. knowing no in the city
takes his relaxation in going over the roads and in
finding out tremendous amount of Information
about his work Our business is his business He
puts hts work first the list; and if he to BE-
married tomorrow and were told of some extra work
to be done, his wedding day would be postponed
rather than give up his work.
The cry throughout The business world today is
not, Where find men at sucl and such sal
ary to fill such and such position? but, Where
we find workers-ren who will sink self to find self
who, oy working for others, achieve for
themselves men who. by doing little more than is
demanded Of them, acquiring knowledge of and
interest in the business in which they engaged,
and who finally dominate all others and force them
selves to the front by OF their knowledge of the
details of the work upon WHICH they are engaged?
And so ii makes but little difference what form
the work may take whether it be manual labor or
mental strife, whether it be work al cne end of the
ladder the other, so long it be honest and self
respcctinc.
For if tsere IS any one thing that Americans
should he taught to respect ii is the dignity the re-
sponsibi!ity and tie possibilities cf-W0RK.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
Killing Time.

A young man day or so ago was
seen to approach a crowd of young
men loaffng in front of one of the
stores ,on jefferson Street, to whom
he made the remark: what are you
doing?" "Oh, just killing time" an
swered one of them. This is very
common expression and a very for
chile one But its meaning is some
thing fearful. 1t is the young man
who, generally speaking, does the
killing of time; for in advanced
age it is all too late to make
amends; time that has been killed
can never be resurrected. killing
tine" literally expresses fact, and
when so killed is as dead to all in
tents and purposes as though it had
been a living body.
Napoleon Bonaparte once said
that he won his battles because his
enemies did not know the value of
five minutes. So it is with every
one. There is no battle of life that
cannot be won If due regard is had
for the five minutes day. With the
multiplication OF books and the sim
plification OF the elementary princi-
Piles in every art or profession,
thirty minutes a day of diligence
and application will, sooner or later.
mean the mastery of the art or pro-
fession.
The young man who deliberately
kills time commits a crime against
himself and natures laws. The quota
of time meted out to everyone has
no surplus moments. and ne who can
successfully weave the whole of
life's fabric in the given time has
done well.-Roanoke Times.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
ART OF BREATHING.

1t is possible TO exercise ones whole
body. to keep it strong and we'll, SIM
PLY by breathing properly. Children
should be taught to breathe and to get
into the habit of filling the whole lung
space at each inhalation and of empty
ing it completely at each exhalation.
There is No better way Of getting TO
sleep soon after going to bed than by
breathing properly. Push away the pill
low and lie fiat upon the back with the
muscles relaxed. Slowly draw in the
deepest breath possible. hold it for four
seconds. then slowly expel it until the
chest and abdomen have collapsed. Re-
Feat this until you are tired or fall
asleep. There are scores of ways of
varying this exercise. But this is the
essential. OF course it is assumed that
one sleeps with his bedroom windows
open.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

eral assistants. spent years in finding
them. Some OF them had been partly
destroyed. by the natural process Of
time. others by man. but at every point
indicated their existence at one time was
proven. In Arkansas missing chap
ter was rescued from a milldarn: near
| Poplar Bluff a connecting link was
| found lodged in the fork OF an oak tree
whittier it had been blown by a quarry
blast
| The trials only served as an incentive
and year after year. many times suffer-
ing from the greatest privation, Or.
Curry has searched them out. One rec
ord told OF another in California. Curry.
through illness, was prevented fl go
ing after it. He had never been in
California. yet gave such an accurate
description of its location that an as
sistant who was sent found it without
difficulty.
These records have led the student into
the Indian Territory, where now, sixty
eight years old, he has completed his
work and will tell the story of the won
derful people whom he alleges ante
dated the deluge by centuries.
Three great nations, he claims. inhao-
tied the North American continent, and
he says that they have left inscrib-
ed on imperishable rock a complete his
tory of the creation and the deluge.
He says that they prove the Biblical
account and are much more complete.
DR.. Curry has been recognized by the
Smithsonian Institution and the Arch
geological Society of Washington. An eff
fort will be made to obtain Government
assistance in preserving the records ne
has discovered.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
-ANTEDILUJVIAN MAN IN AMERICA.

The g., 600 year old prehistoric man
found recently near Lansing. Kan. has
a double. At least, he was not lone
some on earth, ii would SEEM Accord
ing to a writer in the Wagner Rec
ord" there is inscribed on the rocks
and cliffs of the Indian Territory and
carved on tablets buried beneath the
prairies, the history of people who
lived in high state of civilization
5000 years before the deluge. says DR..
E. S. Curry minister. author and
archaeologist. For fifty years the au-
thority for this statement has spent his
life in the study and research. of Indian
tradition as recorded III the hieroglyph-
les carved on rocks by the aboriginal
ligible to him as the English alphabet
is TO the ordinary scholar. He has just
concluded explorations in the Territory
hills near here. where numerous records
were found in a good state of preserva
tion. Now he considers that he has suf-
ficient data of this prehistoric race to
compile complete history of their ma
tional life. The discovery of a new
record near Shelsea and Henryetta, in
the Indian Territory. is an additional
proof of the correctness OF DR.. Currys
. .r,-; h. tr1r lot.
the hundreds OF pages of hieroglyphics
which he has copied in the last fifty
years.
The successive chapters of DR.. Curry's
works are carved on rocks in nineteen
States and two of the provinces of Can
ada. The closing chapter is found in
the Indian Territory. The inspiration
came to DR.. Curry when, as boy. he
lived among the Chippewa Indians in
Canada. His family had won the con-
iidence of the Indians through years
spent in missionary work among them.
The chiefs of the tribe and their medi-
cine, men fascinated the boy with re-
citals of their traditions. His insis-
tence on knowing more of their warriors
and the Great Spirit of the red man won
him the name All yah belwa-den lever
pleading voice.
DR.. Curry was taught to read the HE
roglyphics which had survived the ages
on the faces of nearby cliffs, and found
that they referred to other records in
various parts of the country. Later he
was ordained a minister by the Congre-
gational Church and assigned to mis-
sioAary work among the Indians. 1t
was then that he undertook to prove the
correctness of the medicine mans in
depreciation of the symbolic figures
carved on the Canadian bluff. They re-
ferred TO another record. giving the ex
act distance and direction. Followi'~
the course directed, DR.. Curry found
the records at the points designated,
although people who had lived for years
within stones throw of the cliff on
which it was inscribed were in ignorance
of its existence. A thick growth OF
moss and lichens obscured it from
view
This record IN turn referred to another
situated in Michigan, which was found
at the point indicated. Each record told
OF another. DR.. Curry, employing sew
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
The Seraglio.
By WILLIAM srRuTHERs.

The surf steals. like a fawning
beast,
Up to the moon-impearled sand:
An sounds of revelry have ceased
Along the cypress -girdled strand.
How still the vast seraglio liesl
AS t were the white, embodied
dream,
Beside some paradisal stream
OF houris' kohl-encircled eyes.
Jasmine and roses scent the breeze
That glides from yon kiosk lined
shore.
Where lovely odalisques implore
The sultan's smile, on bended knees.
But hist, Was that waterfowl.
Or was it but the rustling reeds,
When draws the sea near or re-
cedes?
Or did a jackal hither prowl?
No, no, This makes the rose breeze
hoarse
And chills the current of my blood,
And strikes the waters with a
thud-
Like the dull plashing of corse.
Along the CYPRESS Sir6led strand
All sounds of revelry have ceased;
Up to the moon-impearled sand
The surf steals. like fawning
beast.
Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

science of genuine fisherman is taken
out and put in storage during the sea-
son, so as not to get any dents in it.
otherwise it would probably be unrec-
ogniZable when needed for emergencies.
AT any rate. there are so many other
ways in which peoples consciences suf-
fer from the too free use of their
tongues that this particular one seems
hardly worth attention. 1t might be
more beneficial to pass a law against
telling fish stories about ones neigh
bors.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
Of Whitney's Opinion.

The CommoDer-Representative Brom-
well. Republican. OF Ohio. says the Demo
Gratis have no issue. Mr.. BromweIl
seems to be just the kind Of a Repre-
sentative to suit the people who like thai
kind of Representative.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
THE ONE THING THAT AMERICANS
SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO RESPECT~--WCRk

'1f in any business corporation,
with no matter how many depart
ments, every employe, down to the
janitor, be not held in surveillance,
that corporation cannot be said to be
properly organized"
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
With a Martial Strain.

Cincinnati Enquirer-The Hon. Ellhu
Root is more Of a lawyer than a mill
tary man. The Hon. Philander c. Knox
is a man Of fine legal attainments. but
he Is also a-well, recent events warmly
suggest the idea of an exchange of port
folios.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
Puzzling.

Atlanta Journal-For the life of us
we can't see why May Yohe doesn't
give Buddee Strong enough money 10
run him and thereby keep him from
stealing her jewels.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

Twenty five years ago it was no
trouble for business man to sur
round himself with young men who
were workers. Those workers of
quarter century ago are the cap
tains of industry today"
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
Marse Henry.

Chicago Record -Herald-Henry Wat
ierson is busy wondering whether there
is really any use in sassing man who
won't talk back.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
THY LAW.
By HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD.

1t is Thy law that from the sky
Withdraws the silver awning
1t is Thy law that sends the light
Of long, slow summer dawning
1t is Thy law that brings the wind
Where fragrances have slumbered,
That fills the air with darting wings
And hum of bees unnumbered
1t is Thy law that burns the blue
In Junes exceeding splendor,
That makes returning daylight,
The lingering twilight tender.
1t is Thy law that heaps the
A green and velvet pillow,
That lifts the leafy forest-side
In billow after blow
1t is Thy law that throbs with life
And crowns the years sweet story
1t is Thy law that bursts the bud
And brings the in glory.
1t is Thy law that buoys the soul
Far all annovarce,
In vision of superna power,
Bending to summers joyance
1t is Thy law that lets Thine own
Feel heavenly strength attend them
Great peace have they that love Thy law,
And nothing shall offend them
The Congregationalist.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
TOWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID

EVENING EDITION, one year. S3; six
months, S1.5o; three months, rs cents.
Evening and Sunday, one year. 81; six
months, $3.50; three months. S1.25.
Morning, Evening. and sunday. one
year, SO; six months, s.; three months
S2.5O.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
THE RAINBOW.
By LlNDSLEY FLAVEL f1INES.

Low cloud banks anger-swollen, dun and gray,
Like file on file of storm battalions, swept
From out their western citadel and crept
In stern assault against the glowing day;
Rumbled the thunder prologue of the fray,
And then the tipped lightning falchions leapt
Swift from the misty scabbards where they slept,
And mingled with the crash of battle play.
While yet the flaming struggle ragged high
The portals of the sunset open few
And 10, host of sunbeams, hurtling through
With lances silver cleaning laid at tilt,
Charged mong the rebel raindrop ranks, and built
An arch of triumph in the eastern sky.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

SUBSCRIPTION RATES To OUT OF
months, $3.50; three months, S1.25.
Morning and Sunday, one year, 81; six
months, $3.50; three months, 81. 10.
Sunday edition only. one year, S.: six
months, 81; three months, so cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30

A. Oswald has the agency for the cele-
brated Elysian's extracts and perfumery.
The finest goods made. Try them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30
New Style of CoininQ.

Michael Urban, the Polander from
Glen Lyon, who was arrested on June 20
for passing counterfeit coins, was given
a hearing before Commissioner
Hahn and held under $2, 900 bail for his
appearance at United States court,
which convenes in Scranton in October.
The defendant was given partial
examination on June 81, but was held
under $2, 900 bail for further hearing.
The Secret Service officers have in their
possession several five and ten-cent coins,
which the defendant made, aud also
have member of witnesses whom the
defendant has tried to pass the coins on.
The coins have been largely circulated
in Glen Lyon, Mocanaqua, Shickshinny
and other surrounding towns.
Two large car bolts or nuts were given
in evidence as the machine with which
the defendant made the coins. The
hole in the nuts is the same diameter as
nicke, and Urban would fill the two
nuts with lead, and then put good
coin between them, and get an imitation
by pressing it In vice.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30
COM M ENCEMENT.
Senior Glass of st. AIMS Commercial
School Graduates This Evening.

Senior Glass of st. AIMS Commercial
School Graduates This Eveaing.
At the Grand opera house this even
ing the commencement exercises of the
senior class of St. AIMS Commercial
school will be held. The members of
the class and their instructors, the
Sisters of Mercy, have made extensive
preparations for tonight's exercises
and an invitation to attend is extended
to the public in general. Admission to
the opera house is free to all. Follow
ing is the program;
Observation-Disclosures orchestra.
Greeting song-Class.
Opening address-Prof Geo. Nc
Laughlin.
"O'er the Calm Blue Sea"-(DuetD
Misses NJ. Kelley and n. Quinn.
Salutatory-Miss Grace Sweeney.
Overture-DePierro's orchestra.
Oration-"Good Books Are the Best
Companions, Connie Welsh.
Selection-St. Ceclias club.
Oration-"D Doing One Thing Well"
S. DePerro, Jr.
Instrumental duett-Miss Grace and
Paul Sweeney.
Oration-'Power of influence" Chas
Reilly.
"Let Music and Song"-DuetD Misses
Annie and Millie Bonoma.
Oration-"The Man of the Future"
James Thompson.
Selection-DePierro' orchestra.
Prophesies-M Bid Heron.
Instrumental election-Michael Cap
ece.
Valedictory-Aubrey Powell.
Address by Prof. Gross.
Conferring of diplomas and medals
Rev. M. j. Fallihee
Farewell song-Cass.
The graduating class is composed of
the following young men and women:
Cornelius Breslin, John Boyle, Mary
Cross, Salvador DePierro, Anna DEN
.neny, Alphonsus Gallagher, Mary Green,
Bid Heron, Maggie Kelley, Hugh NAL
10y, Aubrey Powell, Nellie Quinn,
Charles Reilly, Grace Sweeney, James
Thompson, Cornelius Welsh.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30

Sherlock Holmes greatest piece of de-
tectiye work is done in the new story by
DR.. A. Conan Doyle, "The Hound of
the Baskerylles. Holmes himself says
to Watson his co-worker, Here at last
is foeman worthy of our steel" The
result is story which, for thrilling in
terest stands by itself. From the first
discovery of the hounds trail, when the
dried-up young doctor brings to Sherloc k
Holmes the ancient manuscript, to the
final scene where the great detective is
brought face to face with the monster
Of the moorlaud, there is not a sentence
that does not carry the reader breath
lessly forward. 1t is great novel, with
a great subject, by master of the
craft. This thrilling story begins In the
Philadelphia Press Sunday, July 6. BE
sure not TO miss it.