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The Washington times., 1902-07-19
Science, So-Called..

For some reason o. ether. books and
periodicals. containing information on
natural history have lately been COM
ing forth with the CELEBRITY OF mushrooms
in wet cellar. Perhaps 1t is that
people who never cared for such reading
before are beginning to want it now.
owing to the increasing number of su-
thusiastic student of nature as the city
person gone to live ip the comparative
country. To the real yokel. nature is
usually an old story. but to the city
dweller it is all new and interesting. 1t
is not strange that he wants books
which will tell about 1t.
But there is one thing which should
receive definite attention from publish
ers, these books should be accurate.
There are enough careful, thorough, en-
thusiastic students of nature in this land
TO furnish all the works needed on or
MYTHOLOGY, zoology, biology. geology, en-
tomology, o. any other oIogy, without
calling on hack writer's who do not know
what they are talking about. II all
these thousands of enthusiastic neo-
phytes in the study Of nature can be in
duced to observe carefully and record
correctly the phenomena which may
Icome within their range of vision,
science will gain much; but 1t il; very.
very bad for them to get the idea that
IL is all right to describe such phenom-
ena with some degree OF exactness, but
with one or more details inaccurate.
The example set them by some recent
writer's on nature would result in Just
such sli2shod. careless observations as
have been the torment OF the true scien-
tist for generations.
An instance of this is to be found in
paragraph on the walking fern" in
current periodical devoted to the study
of nature. IN this paragraph it is stat
ed that lodges are "often found car
peted with the walking fern" moro
rashly inaccurate assertion, from the
point OF view of the botanist, could
hardly be made.
The so-called walking fern" Is Q
plant with long End slender leaf, the
tip of which dips down into the moss.
takes root. and becomes the source Of
another leaf, 50 that, as one observer
says, "the plant seems to advance in
series OF little green leaps" 1t is one
of the ferns most priced by the amateur
botar.st. because OF its rarity and Ca
priciousness of habitat. Once in blue
moon. perhaps, may one find ledge
'carpeted" with it, but there are whoio
counties, even in States where it is oc-
casionally found. that DO not contain .
single specimen, and so far from be-
ing often found anywhere. it is never
found without either persevering hunt
or that phenomenal chance which ocea-
s!onaIIy leads one to the spot where
rare plart grows. II the rest Of the
in this magazine is on par
with tke wall,ilg-leaf story, it is likely
TO lead TO dire veSation of spirit among
the trusting people who try to follow
it.
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MISS RUMSEY'S SAMARITANISM.
By c. R.

seeming difficulties, she persisted in
doing the next thing" and so full
filled her great desire to do something
for the soldiers. for wherever she saw
soldier in need her ready sympathies
were enlisted. little caring II the heart
beats stirred coat of blue or gray.
She was engaged to Mr.. John A.
was employed in the Navy Department,
Washington, but who devoted all his
spare time to philanthropic enterprises,
and their work was supplementary from
the first. In November. 1861, she began
to visit the hospitals and sing TO the
soldiers, and the knowledge Of how
little the boys had to look forward to
from day TO day while under such de-
pressing influences first inspired the
thought Of supplying them with pictures
and books. One of the first things es-
tablished was a Sunday evening prayer
meeting in Columbia College Hospital.
in an upper room In Auntie Pomroy's
ward. That room was crowded night
after night, and overflow meetings were
held in a grove near by. The interest
steadily increased, and the enthusiasm
of the soldiers could not be repressed
when Miss Rumsey's sweet voice stirred
their souls and rekindled the noble self
sacrificing spirit that had brought them
to such place. The soldiers planned
what they wanted her to sing from
week to week, and she threw into the
songs ali her great desire to bring the
boys to their better selves and help
them to feel they were not forgotten
and alone.
Miss Rumsey was the means OF found
ing a soldiers free library. The first
s100 was given by Mrs. Walter Baker,
and a greater part of the Io.raiudc-
was earned by Miss Rumscy and Mr.
Fowle, giving concerts.
Mr.. Fowle and Miss Rumsey on March
/, 1853 were married in the Hall of
Representatives, about 1900 being pres
ent. the marriage ceremony being per-
formed according to the rites of the
Episcopal Church by the Rev. Mr.. Qulnt,
pastor OF the church which Mr.. Fowle
attended in Jamaica Plain, and chap
lain of the Second Massachusetts Regi-
ment. Mr.. and Mrs. Fqwle now reside
in Dorchester, Mass.
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Republican Prospects in Ohio.

Representative Charles H. Grosvenor.
Of Ohio. is In the city for short time,
and made a call at the temporary White
House yesterday. He was closeted only
q few moments with Secretary Cortel
you.
At the Raleigh Hotel. General Grosve-
nor said last night regarding the Re
publican outlook in Ohio:
Everything points to the usual
amount of success In the congressional
elections. The Democrats seem to have
been unable to rouse any enthusiasm
and in consequence we anticipate the
election OF sixteen and probably even a
greater number of members OF the lower
house of Congress. Cincinnati and Day
ton are the only districts which have not
already nominated their candidates.
General Grosvenor is looking very
well and does not seem to mind the
summer heat here very greatly. He
came on to attend the wedding of a
friend, and will return to Athens in u
few days.
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Romantic Courtship.

The engagement of William Bladen
Lowndes, son of Ex-Governor Lloyd
Lowndes, of Maryland, to Miss Hannah
Writ Randall. banker of Annapolis, has
been announced. The marriage will be
solemnized early in November. The
young pair became acquainted when Mr..
Lowndes' father occupied the executive
mansion at Annapolis. and quite little
romance is said to attach to the court
ship. Miss Randall is gifted as a musi-
clan and swordswoman. Mr.. Lowndes is
banker and fire brick manufacturer.
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Hon. Frank B. Lyon, Doorkeeper of
the House of Representatives. has re-
ceived the following interesting letter:
July II. 1902.
Mr.. Lyon.
Dear Sir: May ask il the flags that
decorate over the Speakers chair are
kept-from 1861 TO 1s63-from year to
year? During the civil war at the Sun
day services held in the House of Rep
resentatives 1t was my great pleasure to
lead in the service of song and at the
close of the Thirty-seventh session Mr.
were married there. 1t would indeed
be a great pleasure to be the pos
SCISSOR of one of those flags on this
fortieth anniversary.
During those trying days few, IL any
knew better the cost OF the dear old
flag. ! sang in field camps and hos
pitfalls every day for the first three
years. We have many relics of those
days, but nothing that we prize more
than the little melodeon that the old
colored man (lately deceased) used TO
carry from the ante-room into the hall
to lead the church service. Later it
was used in hospitals. and still later in
the first free library, corner of Fifth
ana Z Streets. n JOINT TtSOlullOH pdSstu
Congress granting Mr.. Fowle and myself
the free use of the land. Little did we
dream that after forty years gift OF
$500, 900 would resurrect the little Yam
kee enterprise
II suppose all the belongings of the
hal have been so changed We should
hardly recognize the place. but l am
quite sure the beautiful bright colors
of the flag with the stained glass win
dows which reflected the sun that March
/, 1863, and the beautiful flowers sent
from the White House by President
Lincoln and others from the public
gardens of the city of Washington. have
all proved happy omen in our married
life. DR.. j. W Stockton was chaplain
and his blessing was truly verified.
Pardon the liberty ! have taken in
thus wri In., but remembering the days
OF Capt N Ioodnough and his good wife
has made me keep in touch with each
poorkeepar of the House.
MRS. JOHN 4. FOWLE."
Mr.. Lyon has written Mrs. Fowle.
stating that he has carefully hunted for
the flag In question. but that he can
find no trace of II.
OF all the women who devoted them
selves to the soldiers in the civil war,
perhaps none had more varied expert
ence than Elida B. Rumsey. She was
so young that Miss Dix would not re-
ceive her as a nurse. Undaunted by
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Senator Mason in Danger.

In my opinion" said Mr.. John S
Runnels. of Chicago, at the Arlington
last night, Representative Hopkins has
a walkover for the Senatorship to sue
ceed Senator Mason. The contest was a
merry one and made political affairs
lively for a time in Illinois politics, but
the action OF the State convention in in
dorsing Mr.. Hopkins | believe. settled
the matter in his favor.
1T placed Senator Mason out of the
race, although l suppose that he will
continue the fight to the last. Mr.. Hop
kins Is an able man, has made good
Representative and there is no reason
why he should not be elevated to the
Senate where he will be IN honor to the
State and to the Republican party. He
has done good service in the House and
look for continued good service from
him in the Senate"
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/ Democratic Committee.

one, and had always been occupied by distinguished
visitors from abroad
Again, the clerk exhibits discernment in deal
ing with brida couples. Some newly married people
have dread Of being pointed out a bridal couple,
while there others who feel sighted unless the
clerk makes reference to the honeymoon. 1t is
here that the clerk shows his skill. \ mistake in
such delicate matter would result in less to the
hotel
Another faculty is that of remembering faces and
names. OF course. some clerks are blessed with a
good memory for faces and ramcs but it is the clerk
not so blessed who makes winning" with a ready
excuse for mistake.
The man behind the desk with smiling coun-
tenance and soft, well modulated voice who says
Front show the gentleman to room 725," is in every
sense of the word a true philosopher and born
diplomat.
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Mr.. Kelly's Candidacy.

Mr.. Arthur Kelly OF Trenton. y. J..
is at the Ebbitt Mr.. Kelly is a candidate
for the Democratic Congressional nomi'
nation from the Fourth New Jersey dis
trict. which is one OF the new districts
recently created under the reapportion-
ment as provided for by the twelfth cen
sus.
He says he will not only be nominated
but will be elected. and that he has
challenged ex-Attorney General Griggs
TO a joint debate.
"Thc Democrats in New Jersey" said
Mr.. Kelly last evening ARE well or
ganized and wiz put up the best fight
the Republicans ever met with in the
State. We win gain two and possibly
four members from New Jersey in the
coming election
Mr.. Kelly snys the indications are
that the Republicans will nominate from
the Fourth district Judge W. NJ. Man
ming.
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To Be a Bridesmaid.

Miss Isabel May. the daughter of Col.
and Mrs. Henry May. of X Street and
Southampton. will be one of the brides
Lily Oelrichs and Mr.. Peter Martin,
which is to be a fashionable church
event of the Newport season. The din
ner which Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs will
give az Rcsecliff on the evening of the
23d in honor OF the marriage will be an
elaborate affair. The guests will in
clude the wedding party relatives and
intimate friends to the number of about
fifty. The Hungarian Band has been en-
gagged for the occasion.
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Passing of Boys in Blue.

indianapolis News-one of the most
sensible moves in connection with the
army is the proposed change in uni
forms. Khaki has been found by Brit
ish experience in South Africa to be too
light, so the proposition is to dress our
soldiers in working garb of olive
drab that is hard to distinguish at a
distance from their environment OF
trees. haze. and earth. The change pro-
posed is practical and businesslike. but.
alas! what becomes OF the boys in
blue?'
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His Letter.

Dear WIFE" he wrote, II miss you much
Though doing all I'm able,
l care for Kitty every night,
There's dust upon the table.
II sigh to have full house soon,
The blues have almost floored one,
For many things have gone to pot
Without you, my adored one.
You say the air and view are grand,
/ envy you enough here.
A little wind blown in at night
There also is bluff here.
Il see my aunty every night,
And Jenkins often calls me;
My other friends, too, leave their cards,
And when I'm out it gals me.
81 think these hot times soon must end,
For nights grow full OF promise,
So now good-by. as | must close.
Your loving husband, Thomas"
New York Press.
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Go to the Adirondacks.


Col. l.. L. Livingston and family. who
have been at the st. Charles, Atlantic
City. ever since the marriage of Miss
Gertrude Livingston to Mr.. Hamilton,
of Boston, last month. have gone to the
Adirondacks to remain until Septem-
Charles. They are stopping at Maple
wood Inn, Elizabethtown, y. Y. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamilton, who went from Allan
tic City to the former home in Bos-
ton. will Join the brides family in the
Adirondacks.
Colonel Livingston was i'll enough
when he left Washington to cause his
family serious alarm. but he has i'm
proved wonderfully.
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An Addition to the Main Show.

Cleveland Plain Dealer-Perhaps it
would be well to put Candidate Billy
Mason on exhibition inside the tent,
with an experienced barker" at the
door. This would enable undecided voi :.
ers TO discover that they had a free
opportunity Of getting a very large re-
turn for their ballots.
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Settling a Political Issue.

St. Louis Star-When the mayor Of
San jose attempted TO avail himself of
a technicality 10 hold on TO his posi-
tion. a few citizens settled the matter
by taking the honorable gentleman down
to the pond and giving him his choice
either TO yacate or take q ducking. He
vacated
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Foresight Better Than Hindsight.

Chicago Inter Ocean-one OF the best
known methods of preventing strikes IS
TO prevent them. and the only effective
means OF ending strikes that cannot be
prevented is to end them. Employers
and employees would save time, worry,
and money, too. If they would consider
things as calmly before strikes as they
are forced 10 consider them afterward.
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CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
A Very Lively Corpse.

Louisville Courier r-Journal-Prof. AL
bert Bushnell Hart. Of Harvard. has
gone to the trouble Of preparing an ad-
dress in which he announces that the
Monroe Doctrine is dead. Prof. Hart
must have a strange idea of life and
death. A doctrine which is scrupulously
observed by every power in Europe may
be dead as the professor construes
death. but 1t is just as much alive
as 1t ever was.
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They're Built That Wax.

Boston Journal-They say that the
new straight-front corset is the only
comfortable corset worn" Women say:
I'VE hope 1t has come to stay" Yet
the fashion Will change, of course. as
fashions have changed since Eve day,
and then women will once more sacri-
fee their ease and their health. Sec
II they don't.
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GOSSIP AND CHAT HEARD IN
WASHINGTON HOTEL LOBBIES
R. B. Hawley for Canal Commissioner.

THE friends of Congressman R. r.
Hawley will urge his appointment as one
o. the Isthmian Canal Commissioners, :"
said Mr.. d. w. Wilson, of Galveston, at
the st. James. last evening "and be-
lieve his name will meet with favorable
consideration.
MIR. Hawley is one OF the most
progressive men of the South. and he
belongs to that element that gives
strength and character to the Repub-
lican party.
He is thoroughly competent and
qualified for the position. and his selec-
ton would be generally acceptable to
Texans regardless of politics."
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THE HAPPY LONG AGO.
By 5. +. KISER.

They tell us of the good old tines
The happy long ago
Alas. the world today is flied
With nothing much but woe!
Back in the blissful. lovely days,
When all thing were so nice.
No icemens wagons rumbled, and
The people had no ice.
Back in the happy, happy days
When people were so blest.
When life was worth the living, and
The world was at its best
Men didn't turn the faucets on
When they went home at night
And plunge as we plunge into tubs
All smooth and clean and white.
The good old days, the fair old days,
Ere awnings had been made.
How sweet It must have been, when il
Was ninety in the shade.
To sit beside a window where
The sun was shining through
While from unsprinkled streets the dust
In choking volumes blew!
How glad they must have been who
lived
IN tnCSe ca, nappy Gays,
When everything was done by hand
In good oldfashioned ways,
When smoky candles pierced the gloom
And babies yelled at night
Because they wore no safety pirr
To give their souls delight.
All. happy, happy days long past,
When all the world was gay,
Ere window screens had been devise.
To keep tho flies away.
When people slept on corded beds
And had tLeir visions rare
While glad mosquitoes took their fill
What happiness was there,
Chicago Record Herald.
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Fearfully and Wonderfully.

Baltimore American-Without regard
to the merits Of the Bacon Shakespeare
dispute, 1t may be said that neither
wrote Romeo and Juliet" as 1t Will
be played by Bernhardt and Maude
Adams.
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Challenged an American.

Captain Wester, of the Swedish army.
whose challenge to an American ere
ated no end of comment in Stockholm.
where the affair occurred, was the mill
tary attache of the legation of Norway
and Sweden in this city at the outbreak
Spain.
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At Mountain Lake Park.

Misses Abbie and Jennie Graves, with
Mrs Washburn and her little daughter,
are at Mountain Lake Park, Md, where
they have taken a cottage for the sum
mer.
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Visited by Former Empress.

Mrs. Cushman X Davis. who is now
to her cousin. Mr.. 5. II. Agrew. Of this
city. gives an account Of two pleasant
visits she has had with the Empress
Eugenic. for one of which the ex-
empress called upon Mrs. Davis.
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Entertain at Newport.

Senator and Mrs. Wetmore began their
hospitalities OF the Newport season
Thursday evening. when they gave dir
ner in honor of Mr.. Horace Porter. our
ambassador TO France.
Senior Riano, of the Soanish legation,
was also among the quests.
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Possible Results.

Boston Herald-Queen Alexandra 10
reported to have bought a copy of Presi-
dent Rcosevelts The Strenuous Life"
at the Coronation Bczaar The neighbors
need not be surprised TO see her beating
rugs in the backyard ere long.
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whitneys Homeward Bound.

Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney, who
have been travelling in Europe since the
early spring, will arrive in New York
next week on the Kronprinz. They will
spend the balance of the summer at the
summer home of Secretary Hay on Lake
Sunapee, N H.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19
Something Like a Century Plant.

Anaconda Standard-It may be many
years before the country will witness
another such combination OF General
De Wet. Hell-Roaring Jake Smith. and
Geronimo.
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Arrive at Bennington, vt.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dar-
ling and family have arrived at Benning-
ton. VT. They will remain until about
August /. when Mr.. Darling will return
TO Washington. Mrs Darling and chill
dren returning later
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In the Uses-of -Adversity Class.

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune-It
was pretty rough on Joe Chamberlain to
be pitched from his coach and his am
bitions In one week, and not land on
his feet either tire.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19

Any person who cannot buy the Morning Afternoon Sunday
Edition The Times stand in Washington in suburban
towns railroad trains elsewhere will confer favor by notify
ing Publisher The Times Tenth and Streets Wash
ngton D. G.
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Miss Connor Returns Home.

Miss Minnie Connor has just returned
IRON Manhattan Beach. after spending
three weeks with her uncle. Mr.. James
Curtin, at the Manhattan Beach Hotel.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19
Holds a Good Hand.

San Antonio Express-It Is up TO the
President in that canal game, and it
looks as if he is going to make it spades
and go 1t alone.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19
Return to Baltimore.

Mr.. and Mrs William H. Diffenderffer,
Chevy Chase, returned on Wednesday
last to their home at Walbrook, Balti-
more.
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TO THE POINT.

Education is rnitigated ignorance.
All the world loves a lover-except
sometimes the girl the lover loves.
Tastes differ; otherwise self-love
would be drug on the market.
The average man imagines that he in
heritcd Jobs troubles.
Truth is mighty enough to become
more prevalent than IT is.
Hard work is the mother Of success.
Luck is only distant relative.
No man is half as good as he expects
his daughters husband to be.
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Changes His .anS.

Secretary Root has changed his plans
with regard to his European trip, and
instead of sailing on August 2, as
planned. will leave next Thursday on
LIE savoie, with Gen. Horace Porter.
the United States ambassador to
France.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19

The man who is always calling FOR the
tool-killer would be tn. first to hide If
lie saw him coming.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19

1t is easier to get man to tell you
how thing should be done than it is to
get man to do II.
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Here on a Visit.

Capt Charles s. Hatch, U. S. NJ c..
recently on the U. S. S. New Orleans.
Asiatic station, is visiting his mother.
Mrs. Margaret B. Hatch, 1924 Nine
tcenth Street.
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TOWN POINTS, POSTAGE PREPAID

TOWN POINTS, POSTAGE PREPAID
EVENING EDITION, one year, SO; six
months, S1.5O; three months. - cents.
Evening AMI sunday. one year, 50; six
months, $3.50; three months, s1.2o.
Morning. Evening, and SUNDAY, one
year. SO; six months, s.; three months
$3.50,
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES TO OUT OF
months. $3.50, three months, S1.%5.
Morning and sunday, one year, 81; six
months. $3.50; three months ST. 20.
sunday edition only, one year, 81; six
months, ST; three months, 90 cents.
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One way to avoid disappointment is to
seek something other people don't want.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19

In order to secure woman's forgive
Eess a man must make a bluff at not
wanting 1t.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19

Some men are known by the brand OF
cigars they smoke and soma by the
brand they work off on their friends
chicago News.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19

Hard work is the mother Of success
Luck is only distant relative.
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DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Mr. and Mrs Payne Whitney Due to Arrive From Europe
Next Week on Kronprinz.

Col L. L. Livingston and Family Go the Adrondas-Senator
and Mrs. Wetmore Give Dinner at Newport in Honor
of Ambassador Porter.
The Washington times., 1902-07-19

Education is mitigated ignorance.