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The Washington times., 1902-06-24
Bond Market Active.

The railway bond market was moder-
ately active. but displayed a firm tone
with special strength following irregu-
lerity in Wabash dohenture B issues
The outside market was dull. and the
tone was in the main reactionary. The
exceptional strong feature was San Fran
cisco fours. The Copper shares dis
played declining tendency.
The stock market closed heavy In
tone
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A Find" in Fuel.

Of States unouestionabv strenuous w
of hitting the political recent coal
strike that endared him all men, well
however that his prudent wisdom in all
lucky that of the evil that did in previous
lives after them
Some time the President issued
the departments requesting them published reports
This obviously with the reducing expense of
printing binding, and issuing documents necessity
and little demand.
In the making Of Government books admit
That they voumnous also feyident they
dom read undenaby they
be Of no future u beg respectfully dissent
Perhaps this present time there
citizens have been forced expedents
those Of Washington They have tried the substitution gas stoves
of kerosene bricks graped every suggestion that
human ingenuity could offer Many of these maks have certain
point proved successful and their aid temperature single rooms
has been raised and maintained fairly
But these various appliances have been adapted
the than the furnace Even the coal oil device proved
the ordinary cooking purposes yet per
1ed degree sufficient be practically a system designed to
heat a entire house.
So that just the present stage Of affairs that publ
cations and other undesirable books achieve greatest usefulness For
though may be generally known they
haGte coal that has been They
Of oak wood they do require special CRATE escapes from
them through register
The mode of too, simplicity itself Separate the first few
copies until the fire is fairly started then shovel they were
coal There slight smell Of paper and Of the bindings
first, but this passes away.
There many word spoken in jest, might
the dnss of Patent Office Reports derived
from Foreign Relations But this is very practical natter
seriously advise those who fortunate enough possess regard
them asset worth twenty dollars and place
where they viii "do the greatest good to the greatest number
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feet many OF our esteemed citizens and
cltzenesses, and It would IN become us
TO Jest about that which wriugs their
hearts while It squeezes their pocket
books
For years II has been the worthy am
bition Of many loving though economic
souls to unite IN both sDouses the bliss.
ful and chaste estate OF matrimony with
the prudent and profitable condition Of
Government clerkship. This accomplish
ed. all their lives went merry as mar
riage bell; tender hopes united the
earnest efforts OF hearts that Jeat as
one and souls that together yearned for
the same pay day. Alas, these golden
dreams OF fervid youth that have so
often TRANSFORMED the red tape OF Office
into the bonds OF holy wedIock are 10 be
no more. ] am.
A DISCOURAGED CELIBATE.
Washington, Dec. s. 1902.
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By JOIN PhAA 4nhoy Of The Sdate1bnr~ Cnba Glossary

THE works Of Shakespeare are acknowledged to be the
crowning glory Of English literature. They are
mine wealth which the students o the world
FOR $50 years have dcyed and brought
thought that have the nteec peoples every
land
There time when Shakespeare gen
orally studied present every activity
from the city the little hamlet back the
try his clubs established for the purpose
and lectures delivered upon questions relating
life and the plays this genius The
books published year the rapidly
ing. Last year forty editions Of shakespeares
works brought
Il is difficult account for the popularity of this
dramatist poet the first place history
Of the English language be understood without
study works them embodied the highest
forms Of literary expression With the Bible Shakespeares
present the language the which they
written the pures. English known.
No young who desires be abreast OF
the best thought the age which live hope
do without first securing intimate knowledge OF
Shakespeare and his works. I is almost impossible
up a daily paper a magazine contain
the plays the dramast Nearly every
public speaker in handling the questions Of the day
will allude passage character immortal
by the bard Avon,
is therefore. imperatvely that the man
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early education has neglected should make him
familiar with shakespeares two very good
First, because he will obtain from them the highest
eshetc ideas IN the development thought second
because he viii intimate view custom S.
and life Of the times which Shakespeare lived
such be secured from other source
The study Shakespeare, the more we are i'm
pressed with his phenomenal genius,
the greatest English writer that lived n any age
We cannot for him. One would naturally sup
that in these days thought more
generally dinused knowledge there produced
Of greater than Shakespeare has not
yet made his appearance.
The human mind is the today 5000 years
the only difference being that accumulated
vast store Of knowledge which people Of those days
ignorant. dwarf the shoulders Of giant sees
farther than the giant convert into
giant sehoolboy today very OF cleo
trcy and Of chemistry than Aristotle but boy does not
possess Aristotle's intellect
Shakespeare was not appreciated in the which
lived. 1t not until he many years the
world discovered his is why we know so
little Of his life In order get accurate conception
Of mans great work perspective necessary and
that perspective is usually best
years and perhaps centuries
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Thomas B. Reed,

The character of public rarely with accuracy
ing his lifetime It sometimes happens however that almost
of his death h Imagination leap
man the next generation viii him. In the Of Thomas b. Reed
the time which elapsed between his retirement political life
death has contributed o this result
Reed above all striking personality, eonempor
have left vivid of individuality only upon
friends and acquaintance but upon the general public Thousands
never the Maine leader know him he His will be
remembered not that of a statesman, a thinker orator.
the which many years nued up image strong man.
pondeous, scrutab imperbabe throne, welding
pie emblem of Office with certainty and skill which made him the only
American citizen bear, half in jest the title of Gar
lie TUscmbed, the Gar but what average American
to be the Cara ruler who deals justice with which
there appeal The Gar the head Of machine;
but there machinery
Speaker leader Of the minority There simply the compelling
force of a personality.
His epgrams ynicm feaessness honesty are part Of
political history Of this country Apparently he of the simplest
he depended nobody He apparently other going
to do but they seldom felt about him. His power which
with of American political Development passed
There will never be another Gar Reed
One service which he rendered the American people cannot,
any other be overlooked a history things
generally breaking up taking crookenes
ideals going unt
and craft apparently united honesty and folly sometimes
to have mach Reed stood type the strong
ward He of the few
he be bbed nGuenced sefuen
and yet weak quixoie
His power real be guored
practical rather than theoretical Weary trying labyrinth
Of machine politics. comprehend nexper-
fenced optimistic whether their plans work. plain
everyday American back with feeling personality
be ability to fly
There saving power honesty sated
with humo and those qualities Reed ypicaly American
great
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TWO LIVE AS TWO" SAYS Mr.. PAYNE.
To the Editor Of The Times:

TO thc Editor Of The Times:
sir. Hereafter. 20 the torture Of the
civil service examination viii be added
the cruel vow Of celibacy. and ladies
employed by the Postmaster General
viii not present the happy view Of tho
rose distiud. but OF that which. wither-
Ing on the virgin thorn. grows, lives,
and dies IN single salarydom.
Only an overpowering sense Of duty
could induce me 70 allude to the stern
order Of Mr. Payne forbidding the inter-
marriage OF his clerks; for the theme
seems delicate 10 the point OF tender
ness. Far be it from me tc indulge IN
the airy persihage with which some have
approached this solemn order; mine IS
the task to treat IL with the decorous
cirCumEpoctiOn 10 which Il Is entitled.
Not 70 drink. but 20 tears. not IN pleas
ure. but IN passion; not In words only,
but In woes also does this mandate af-
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He Is Now a Lawyer.


There used to sit in the United states
Senate. until March 4. 1901, a Southern
CT Of decided ideas. with a penchant for
championing any cause he fancied. with
out regard for party or clique influence.
He would run counter 20 the logic and
eloquence Of colleagues who had ciOsv
friends to support their efforts by their
presence. while ne would talk 70 a slim
Senate But he never faltered, for he
was a Populist; and that meant that
where he was short on present results
he was large on hope and confidence in
the correctness OF his views.
The Southern Senator was Marion
Butler-taiI. gaunt. fmperurbable. with
reddish brown beard and the keen eye
of a fox. When he rose to plead for rural
free delivery. which had been considered
unIavorably in the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, that commit
tees chairman-Wolcott. Of Colorado
faced him. why. IL would never pay ex-
penses. and the postal deficit would only
become greater every year, as more peO-
pie claimed this fancy service in the
country declared WolcOtt.
THAT was in 1885. said Mr Butler
today. no longer a Senator but lawyer
with e lucrative practice. ''Wolcott beat
me in committee. but the Senate agreed
to a mere S50.CO0 experimental appro-
priation 10 give the service fair trial
that was all l asked. The next year It
was doubled. then again increased. and
again, until now II aggregates three
II was what the people wanted
and it has paid for itself. When 1 look
back to that opposition and then com
pare It with the results, I'm satisfied.
After long political struggle. there is
but one thing so pleasant as the realiza-
tion ehat you arc again a private citI-
zen and able to earn a reasonably big
income-and that exception is when time
proves accurate a contention made
against strong odds. years before"
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Wachter for Mayor.

Speaking Of affairs in Maryland. it is
semi-of1cially announced that the Hon
Frank Waohtor. Of the Third district. is
busy flirting with a mayorality bee.
This busy Iittle Insect has been buzzing
about the occiput OF the chairman CT the
Committee on Enrolled Bills for a sea-
son or more. aud so far as anyone has
been able to ascertain, Mr.. Wachter has
lot been wearing gauze over his head to
keep 1t away or mUming his ears TO
deaden the buzzing sound In fact he
entertains the opinion that the mayors
chair in Baltimore is Just about the
proper place for him. and there is a
large number Of people in the Monu-
mental City who share his belief. Bal
timore elects a new mayor next spring,
and why not Frank Wacuter. they say.
Mr.. Wachter is her native p -oduct.' and
II Baltimore lays claim TO N and In
sists that she must have hin. and none
other to be her chief magistrate. why.
there is nothing else for Congress toI
do but 70 give him up.
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MINNIE IN THE POOL.

Pure woodland well, where starry nights
Sink down divinely doubled,
Where day by day soft colored lights.
Soft shadows. dream untroublcd.
Cool-in our feverish world so cool!
So hushed amid our noises.
That even the throstle. in the pool,
Not sings, but merely poises;
Where life is all reversed, our low
Made high, our upper neither
And beech boughs topsy-turvy grow,
And golden broom and heather.
And one sweet shadow, gay yet mute,
Glides coyly TO the surface,
When Winnie comes-meets foot with
foot.
And lifts its face to her faoe.
Katherine lyman In New York
Tribune.
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BLIND PETER zANNER's REVENGE

There seems to be an element Of both
the monstrous ana the pathetic in tho
following story Of a blind mans ven
gcance on the wife from whom he was
separated The New York World" tells
the story thus:
Peter Zlnucr. who mas been totally blind for
three years, and who says hc has been a keeper
of gambling houses an his liic was convicted
yesterday before Judge NeVburger, In general
sessions, of the crime Of throwing yitri0l on
his wife.
Mrs. tanner was a witness in court. The
acid had terribly marked her face and almost
destroyed her sight.
81 accidentally met my husband. from whom
] had been lcTaWtCi.' the woman testified.
"and he asked me II knew what day 10 Eas-
] told him 10 was his birthday. he said be
wanted 90 kiss me, and as De- attempted 90 d.
SD pulled q bottle % yitriOl from his oycrcos
and threw lbs contents into my face
tanner was rem1nded TO the Tombs Tor SEN
tCnce on Monday
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AN EXPERT DECISION.

That it is necessary for a Judge to
know much more than the law Is a
fact OF common acknowledgement. but
expert Information as TO the ft of a
woman's gown has not hitherto been
classed as among the things incumbent
upon the bench to manifest at short TO
tice. Yet this Is what happened in the
ease OF Justice Joseph. OF New York
city. as told by tne New York World"
In the following story:
Miss Edith N. south5Tn, who SAYS she is an
artists model and lives az I54 West Fiftv-
fourth Street, obtained judgment in Justice
Joscph's court yesterday Tor SO which she
gave % Herman Nossowitz, a Fifth Avenue
ladies' tailor, IN part payment for $40 gown
Miss Southern refused TO take the gown be-
cause IL did not az. and MoszowitE brought
suit The gown was tried on before Justice
Joseph who decided Il was "too tizht around
the waist, short under the arms, and bulky in
the sleeyes-"
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Only Three Months.

Three months more yet remain OF the
political career Of the Hon. George L.
Wellington. Then he will 90 back to
Cumberland. a politician without par
-, ior although Senator Wellington IS
nominally in the Republican party. lie
Is not Of 1t. As he now prepares to
90 into enforced retirement. his parting
threat is that he will drag his col
league, the Hon. Louis z. McComas. af-
ter him. lie not only declares that he
viii use his efforts TO accomplish the
defeat OF the junior Senator from Mary
land, but expresses the confident belief
that Senator McComas' successor viii
be a Democrat Between these two
solons from the Oriole State. there ex-
lists feeling Of affection and admira-
tion, almost equal to that which the
Hon. Ben Tillman entertalns for his
colleague. the Hon. John l. McLaurln
In fact, the one-round bout between the
South Carolina statesmen on the floor
Of the Senate last February came near
having its counterpart In the same
arena a few days later between Sena-
tor Wellington and Senator McComas.
The lie was passed in both cases. but
In the Wellington -McComas mill the
participants followed the methods OF
latter day pugilists, and did not get be-
yond the talking stage.
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EDITOR John L. SULLIVAN.

It must be in the capacity Of the ira
dltlonal fighting editor" Of old times
that John l. Sullivan, ex-champicn
heavyweight pugilist of the world.
makes his appearance in journalism ac-
cording to the philadelphia Record s.
story as follows.
John L. sullivan is going 90 desert the prize
ring and the vaudeville stage for at least
one night and become an editor. Pittshur-
afternoon paper which has a sunday edition
announced this afternoon that on next Sunday
Sullivan would get out the sheet
John /. Is In ecstasics, and says that it viii
he ''de greatest ever"
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The DesoIanon of the Sinh.

The DeSOiafiOH Of the Shah.
II HERE something pathetic I'm the figure Of the Shah
Persia just now. a OF wistful lonesome home
sick something that figure is presented the
view OF the world large This is due the fact that the
cable reports that he has just
his from 1100 60 and all Persia
what is regarded the breaking happy family
Gle. Just imagine how solitary and neglected
feel who has been accustomed TO the mnstratons LOO
wives, and who reduced the desoation
is small wonder that his people protesting such
outouary They have been be by
family and TO the Persian thinking Shah with
but sixty wives is much bachelor benedict
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A RETRIEVER CAT.

1t is rare. indeed, that animal stories
reveal the cat in any other character
than as one who never cares to wander
from his own dreside." but the follow
Ing story from the philadelphia Rec
ord presents grimalkin in a new light:
Michael henncy, gardener on the Denis estate
~ Ec7Nstare. Pa. has a cat that Accompanies
him hunting. md retrieves the birds he shoots
just as hunting dogs are trained 90 do. some
weeks ago, when he shot a bird near the
Denis mansion. the cat quickly sQrang after
the game and brought % 90 the master. A day
or Two ago hcnney wounded a chicken hawk
and the c1t and bird had a terrific battle. but
the cat brought the game hack I'm triumph
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Rough on the Kenrucky Colonel.

= IRCUIT Judge Toney Of Louisville makes an Official
announcement which should cause the heart OF
every Kentucky woman TO swell with pride and
send that Of every Kentucky deep his boots
According to Judge Toney as the Kentucky laws
on the statute books in legal contest to quote his
own words, the the horse the hus
band is the under dog. This seems to indicate
that the Blue Grass state is paradise Tor
women than ever But what becomes OF Kentucky
onel the prOudest figure the worlds stage boasn
Of the beauty Of Kentucky the speed Of Kentucky
horses, the virtues Of Kentucky whisky with the colonel
himself lord Of creation these good things?
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George Korton,s New NoreL.

George Horton, the Chicago author,
whose novel. The Long Straight Road. p"
was published early this season. is
spending tho winter in Washington.
working on new novel Il will be Of
the same character as it's predecessor
IN the matter Of realistic atmosphere.
but the plot revclves around a question
OF circumstantial evidence. NJ. Horizons
recent excursion into the realm Of
realism has ELECTED more contradictory
comments than any other book OF the
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Rayner the Man.

Instances where men occupyinF such
commanding positions as did Senator
Wel!i2gton six years ago. and have lost
their standing so speedily. are not
many Whatever may be said Of him.
IT must be admitted that 1t was he who
wrested the State Of Maryland from
the grasp Of the Democracy. and made
it at least doubtful henceforth For his
reward he received the United States
Senatorship, and he exercised unques-
TONED authority in the State. Now he
is to retire a political outcast His
quarrel with the late President McKin-
ley led him to turn upon his party IN
the campaign Of 1900. and support Bry-
an He carried but little. il any.
strength with him. In the recent cam
paign Senator Wellington put forth bis
efforts to defeat Representative Pearre,
the Republican candidate for Congress
in the district. and Colonel Pearre's
majority was increased.
This may or may not bespeak the in
huence which Senator Wellington has
upon his constituency. II he meets With
no better success in his fight against
Senator McComas. it is apparent shat
the junior Senator need entertain no
fears OF losing his seat when his term
shall expire two years hence. Should
the Democrats carry the Legislature
then, IL is said that their candidate Tor
Senator McComas' shoes Will be the
Hon. IsidOr RayneT former member
Of Congress. and now attorney general
Of the State, a man OF large wealth and
ability.
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ITH the best intentions world II may be that
Wv the Rev. Dr. Neal. a Baptist clergyman near Mil
lerton, ". Y, has got himself into peck OF
trouble by his prophetic dreaming very ago in
the dead Of the night vision saw" effect
that there oil the farm Of Ambrose Culver
enough. the day the dggers a well on that
farm struck gusher' Of the richest description. And
now. likely every county be after
the clergyman do another dreaming-using
as Of somaoeut divning rod, so to speak
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4 Curious Coincidence.

Jack London. author Of "A Daughter
Of the Shows and Philip Varrill Mig
hels. author OF The Inevitable" made
acquaintance through seeking the same
pablisher almost at the same time. with
their respective novels. Mr. Mighels
then disclosed the fact that he is a resi-
cent OF Piedmont. Cal. which is also the
home Of Mr.. London. California seems
likely to rival Indiana as the last State
OF the ambitious author. Frank Norris,
DR., c. W, Doyle and w C. Morrow.
Gertrude Atherton. Ella Higginson and
Gelctt Burgess are among the authors
Of the day whose names arc associated
with the Bret Harte country.
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WHEN REUBEN COMES TO TOWN

When countrymen come to town they
are apt TO get into all sorts Of scrapes
through their ignorance OF city ways.
One OF their favorite performances used
to be that OF blowing out the gas. and
now that they have been cured Of this
habit here comes another even more
troublesome. The New York World"
tells Of 1t IN the follow ing story:
Charles II, Risdon, Of Hamilton Township.
this morning turned in D. IRE alarm at he
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a Valuable Library.

The library Of Samuel W. Pennypack-
er, Of Pennsylvania. is said TO be both
valuable and curious Among its treas
ures is Joferron Davis copy OF the
Constitution Of the United States Under
the autograph on the ly-leaf the present
owner has written, Pts book. And little
good did II do him."
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"OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE is NO END. -

year thus far. The Bookman" gave II
a highly favorable review. and so did
some other critics, while there were re-
viewers who could see nothing good in
It al all Il Is 10 be noticed. however,
that nobody reached the point Of ignor-
ing Il altogether.
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Masonic Temple here, mistaking the apparatus
for a Letter box.
AT hlsCOus eye rested on the little red
alarm On a low post az the curb line he
looked puzzled Tor moment but soon solved
the problem to his own sat s.lction and turned
'he Key. ihe box immediately began % buzz
To bis a,tanishuant there vv4s r, r,1.r. -
d,p1siting Ei5 lClJ.r. Eision was dufnf1und.d
when told vlat he had daae. A policeman who
aDew him directed him 10 a letter box and
De deposited bis envelope as the engines and
truck came in sight.
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They're Good Bacteria.

IIH unfang regularity, and frequency indicating
Wv relish of the performance scientists always
bob up with stories calculated to frghten us of
from our victuala Here comes DR.. EhrIich, a German
savant with the cry that O00J bacteria
on the skins Of bali pound OF cherries 100000 those
OF similar quantity Of and 100000 on grapes
In the same proportion Isn't that dreadful? However
we've been eating these millions Of bacteria long
time now-who knows but they're healthy wholesome for
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Du ChaiIIH In Russia.

Paul Du Chaillu, who has been travel
ing In Russia and Siberia. has written
70 a friend In this country a long letter
about Russian prisons, In which ie ex-
presses views OF these institutions which
are altogether couleUT de rose com
pared with those Of Mr.. Keenan, and
some other travellers.
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An Unfortunate Experiment.

Heard the latest on Charlie VIM
ble2'
NO; what7"
Somebody told him It was the latest
fad 70 have your brains photographed
by means OF the x-rays. and he prom
ised his photograph to half a dozen
girls. and when ne had It done the plate
didn't show a thing"
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Limping Verse.

why" asked the author Indignantly,
did you not review my book OF poems
sent into the ONCE at least a week ago?"
My dear sir. I-oh, Is that the book?
1t is out Of my line Of business. I'm
sorry 70 say. The feet in your poems
indicate that what you need IS not so
much a literary critic as chiropodist."