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The Washington times., 1902-09-21

The late Dr. Oliver Wendell Holiness when he
thanked God for his Puritan ancestors always thank
ed him 'still more for every generation he was re-
moved from Them.
Nevertheless, the New Englander has inherited his
strongest characteriscsh most virie side of life
from these early thrifty home-makers and it is their
characteristics, their vility that make New England
and New Englanders what they are today
1t may be true, as that brilliant Russian writer, Ne
Novicow, would have us believe, that the Anglo
Saxon race is much less gifted than other civilized
people with the csthetc sense-that they are want
ing Ill painting, music, sculpture, and other arts
for which the coninentas, and particularly the Latin
races are noted And if this be true of all Anglo
Saxons, with how much more force does it apply to
that small section of the known as the New Eng
land yankee
But what the Yankee may lack in art he makes up
In business acumen. What he loses in esthetics is
more than compensated by his self-reance and inde
pendence, by his ability to make his way wherever he
may be IN whatever predicament he may find HIM
self. e is sure of himself. He seizes his opportun
tiles and makes the most of them.
Perhaps the most striking 'taint" of the Puritan
was his TT. Thrift necessary adjunct to life
days. IL IS Cne OF the inherent quail
ities of the today It to their thrift that our
forbears owed their very existence in those days of
struggle and strife.
II is to his thrift that the New Highlander of TODAY
is in large indebted for his position on the
worlds ladder of success.
The Yankee was also known for his ingenuity; but
this earlyday ingenuity has blossomed into "indus-
trial combination" The same race that whitfield out
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
NEW NAMES FOR WARSHlPS.

| While other countries in Europe are
combining themselves mostly to conven-
tional names for their ships of war,
such as those of sovereigns, battles, ma
val and military heroes, rivers, and cit
les. the French have struck out in a
new line. The new battleships build
Ing and about to be laid down in ac-
cordance with the restored program of
1900 are to receive names suggestive
of the principles of the Revolution Two,
the battleships Republique and Patrle,
are now in hand and four others of
the largest class. to be named Demo-
cratic. Liberte, Justice, and verite. are
about to be commenced Beside these,
n number of powerful cruisers, some of
which are already launched, are to be
added to the French navy. They are
called after illustrious ST. 'csmen and
literary men, the latter most unusual
thing. They are the Leon Gambetta.
Jules Ferry. Victor Hugo. Jules Niche
let and Ernest Renan.-New York Sun
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
LESSONS FROM NEW ZEALAND.

The strike question has been settled in New
But then sometimes learn something by looking
beyond the limits country great progressive
it mquestonably is
recently delivered Lloyd
the National Geographic Society," that the people New
land worked their method Of dealing with the labor problem of
the world the of which phenomenal
compulsory of labor disputes
Zealand country without strikes past years
country spectacle
country without srikes.'
So much for the strike question handled in New But that
faro country the other end Of the world has rested
tent with solving this difficulty that the people of these United
States rather strongly has gone ahead and done lots of other
things compelled of civilized world
intelligent people thinking all over the globe Here few pointers
from New Zealand by Mr. Lloyd who has been there
The has settled the land question, which, Ireland
threatened the the people, by taking the land from the
nopoists giving
purchase by negotiations the purchase by condemnation
willing to SELL
government form Of tyranny Mr. Lloyd n
interchangeable
the have clothed themselves with take by
the methods of condemnation of land which then
small So much for the
landlord question
the There
minister railways with parliament for the
of making the railroads popular
They adopted system factory laws ad
anywhere else the world
They gone root of financial panic from any
cause whatever any quarter provided against
successfully.
established old by which sixty
brought indulgence by den bad habits
to lie comfortably for the remainder of his life
of the things they have done is worth while
keeping our eye o New Zealand.
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
THE PREVENTION OF CRIME

diminish how to render it least hurtful to the COM
munity bring bear the criminal classes
influences accessible to better mpusesal this
comprises National Prison Congress- recently assembled
Philadelphia itself accomplish 1t not
difficulties all des which well enlist the
Cooperation of all thinking people
punishment and make object OF fear and
crina disposed the fundamental problem
to for pretty general sentiment In favor of
capital punishment and yet people hesitate because
thy of penalty which, while stopping short of
and make the evdoer sensible
of the Thus there is general desire
aeorate possible the conditions under which confined
also phanhopi brought face to face with the
question their paeworhy desire better the
conditions violence the the
state society,"
sentmnay dealing with this subject 1t against this that those
perfectly legitimate improvement will have TO guard Their
complex of the ne and they will be
alternating sympathy and support of the best forces of
Yet their efforts Of
which every wententoned undertaking entitled
all collateral
something that home to every
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
BEAUTIFUL HANDS.
From the Times-Democrat.

| From the Times-Democrat.
They may be delicate, frail, and fair
With strength enough just to fold il
prayer.
They may be dimpled for lovers praise
With pink palms shielded from life's
rough ways;
They may be babys laid away,
Under the daisies, many day
Beautiful hands that are folded white
Leading some soul to the brighter light
Roughened hands, may be beautiful
hands,
Fighting life's battles in toiling lands,
Smutted by smoke, from the blacksmith S
forge,
Splintered by rocks in the mountain
gorge.
fires.
Scratched and torn by the wayside
briars,
Dingy with smut from the grinding
brake.
Working away for some loved ones sake.
Ah soon or late will the Master call
For the helping hands be they great or
small
And no good soldier in life's rough wars.
But bears in his heart and his hands
some scars.
Beautiful hands, that are scanned and
hard:
Beautiful hands. that are rough and
SCARED,
Toiling for others. no thought of self;
Toiling for love, with small thought of
pelf
Working so faithfully-by and by
The Master looking approvingly.
His gentle voice will say. enough"
And then the hands that are hard and
rough
Beautiful hands-will peaceful lie,
White enough for the critical eye.
Beautiful hands, when your work is
done:
Beautiful hands, when your rest is won.
IS. NJ. Blanchard.
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
WHEN THE LAST DAY COMES.

How will the world end? Will it ex
plode, melt. freeze, collide with another
planet or dry up and blow away?
Ever since the first man trod the
earth's surface this problem has beer
of interest. The prophets of old Israe
indulged in speculations concerning it
just as do the prophets Of today Two
of the latter have been ventilating theil
views recently. One is Hudson Maxim
the brother of Hiram Maxim, and an in
ventor of note on his own account, and
the other is NJ. Louis Raboursin, q
French scientist.
Mr.. Maxim's conclusions appear in the
''Woman's Home Companion" while NJ.
Rabourdin's contribution to the litera-
ture Of the subject is printed in the
Paris Cosmos" Mr. Maxim rejects the
suggestion that the earth may be de-
stroyed from within, but this is the
main contention OF NJ. Rabourdin.
Let us suppose" the latter says,
that in consequence of an extraordi-
nary movement produced by a contrac-
tion of the central mass the bottom of
the sea should cave in and thus pre-
cipitate the mass of water in the ocean
on the burning matter of the interior
The water thus brought in contact with
such great heat would decompose,
the hydrogen would burn, and burn all
the better because of the presence OF
oxygen, the fire gaining step by step,
electric phenomena assisting the greater
part of the terrestrial crust would be
dislocated, and the earth would return
to its state at the period of it's forma
tion and be nothing more than a globe
of fire. In this case there would be
presented to the worlds which gravi-
tate in sidereal space a new star, sud
denly illuminated, the brightness of
which would gradually increase, but
slowly disappear forever in the pro-
found shadows of illimitable space. The
thrown into the air, it's divided parts
will not be projected into space; they
will be coagulated in the mass on which
they lay and the gas which is born on
its burning mass. compressed under the
chaos of the crust. will spread to the
exterior under enormous pressure. This
is what is revealed in the spectrum of
all of the new stars which have ap-
peared in the past few years.
"At present there is observed a rela- |
tive frequency in the appearance of new
stars, the Novae, as they are called by
the astronomers. Is the appearance Of
these new stars explained by the |
theory which we have just stated, and |
are the Novae the presages of the fate |
which awaits us some day in the future?
to prophecies the earth |
shall be destroyed by fire, and per-
naps our suffering and corrupted hu-
nanity will be called upon to perish in
/ furnace which is as gigantic as it is
iwesome."
Mr.. Maxim's suppositions follow 9TH
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

er lines: The warping Of the earth's
crust will continue to produce volcan-
oes with occasional disasters until the
ocean shall disappear by absorption
In the earth, and our planet continue
| to reovlve-a dead world, like the
moon. By that time. too, our sun may
have so much cooled down as to be
darkened by the formation Of crust
upon its surface, and the whole solar
| system become a tomb OF the dead,
rolling on through infinite night. But
that time Is yet long way on, and
neither ourselves nor our children need
to worry.
| Although it is exceedingly improb-
able that the earth may be destroyed
| by collision with a comet or some huge
meteor. still the fact that such con-
tingency is possible is sufficient ground
for discussion on the subject, and for
imagining what the result might be.
Although it is not probable, still 1t is
possible, that the earth may some time
encounter such a shower of small me-
teors, perhaps in the form of comet,
that the heat of combustion from
friction with out atmosphere, and the
poisonous gases thereby generated.
might destroy all terrestrial life Ex-
preston was given to this theory in
a series Of articles published some
time ago by Camille Flammarion, the
eminent astronomer author.
again, it is known that net many
years ago a huge bolide, something
like eight miles in diameter. fairly
grazed our earth. What you'd hap
pen should a bolfde, or meteor, 100
miles. or even 1,OO0 miles, in diameter.
strike the earth fairly and squarely?
Were we to susT end an egg by small
cord, and fire at it with rifle, so that
the bullet would strike it in the CEN
ter the effect would be somewhat
similar on small scale to what might
struck by huge bolide 1000 miles in
diameter. moving at velocity Of fifty
miles second.
Lord Kelvin has estimated that II
the present consumption of coal in
human industries continues with any
thing like It's present ratio of increase,
the great coal measures will be ex-
hausted and the oxygen of our at
mosphere practically consumed by its
combustion. within the next four or
five centuries. This is the most like
ly, perhaps, Of all possible calamities
10 generally affect the human race,
and 1t more directl-- concerns us at the
present time from our realization that
we are extravagantly wasting the breath
Of life of those who are soon to follow
Let us hope. however. that long before
our fuel shall be consumed and our oxy-
gen exhausted man will have discovered
some way of providing fresh supplies
from new sources
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
EXPLORATION IN PALESTINE.

The English Palestine Exploration
Fund, through Mr.. McAllister, has just
commenced excavations at new site
Abu Shusheh, identified by M. Clermont-
Ganneau in 1872 as the site of the Bib
lical Gezer. near Ramleh, on the =aea
of the Sharon Plain. For some six
weeks the Austrians, under Prof. Sellin,
have been excavating, with a fair de-
gree of success, Ta'anuk, the Biblical
Taanach, on the southwestern edge of
the plain of Esdraelon. The Germans
have secured a firman to excavate the
ancient Megiddo, in the same neighbor-
hood. and expect to commence work
there shortly. As is we'll known, an
other German expedition has been ex-
cavating and restoring in an admirable
manner the great temple of Jupiter
Heliopolitanus at Baalbek, and the
neighboring smaller temples. This
work, which has already occupied about
two years, will require more than an
other year for its completion. In ad-
|dition to this the same expedition has
CAtaNdtNu Dul interesting
ruins in the Lebanon, on the edge of
the Beka. in the same general region.
This summr the same expedition is ex-
ploring the ruins of Palmyra, Gerash,
Amman, and similar known sites
east of the Jordan for the purpose of a
more thorough study and comparison OF
Syrian-Roman architecture and antieui-
ties. The Germans are peculiarly ac-
tive in exploration in Turkey at the
present time. In addition to the two
expeditions mentioned above, they are
excavating also at Miletus, at Pergamos.
and at Babylon, and are about commenc-
ing excavation of a little-known Baby
lonin ruin mound, apparently of great
antiquity, south of Nipper. between the
Tigris and the Euphrates.-New York
Evening Post.
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

ingenious tries with jackknife is today manipulate
ing the machinery adjusted to the production Of in
dusrles on scale OF unprecedented magnitude Thrift
and ingenuity alone would never have accomplished
what the Puritans accomplished nor what their de-
scendants accomplishing today There was third
quality, called persistency, that was a necessary in
gredient in their character
The Puritans did not cross the seas to find new
home here for nothing Their principles were worth
the sacrifices unknown to us, and their tenacity of
purpose has become Of the cardinal truths and
axioms of life of their descendants
Now is upon these three pillars of strength that
is built the New Englander of today 1t is his thrift
and his ingenuity welded together by his persstency
Of purpose that have made possible the giant indus
tries of the country.
So much, then, for the New Engander as busi-
ness man. But the early settlers were great home
lovers and home-makers. They left good homes be-
hind them to build better ones here; and their de-
scendans have shown their love of home by build
ing and maintaining their own.
While It is true that the growth and development
of people is dependent upon its environment and
special conditions, and while You may change race
Tor the better or worse by the intraon of foreign
civilizations, you never quite destroy the paren-
tai stock And SO it is that the Puritan character
istcs insist upon cropping up in their chdrens chill.
dren centuries after the orgnators of the race have
left the scene of their abors and conquess And so
wherever you find the New Engander today you will
find evidences of these three characteristics thrift
ingenuity, and perseverance and you will also n; The
possessor of them the possessor also of his own
lome whether it be gardeners cottage or the castle
OF trust magnate.
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
GOLD IN MOZAMBIQUE.

clipping from Lourenco Marquee
paper about gold discoveries in GAIA
land reads as follows:
South Africa has often been described
as the country of wonderful surprises.
1t had been thought that the biggest
and the greatest of the later develop
ments, at least in the southern portion
of the continent. had happened on the
Rand. but portions of Rhodesia are
showing good results, aaH:.Gd. aaH:.Gd. ii other parts
OF South Africa we find rich indications.
But ii is not only in the British por-
tion OF South Africa that gold bearing
soil has been discovered; in the extern
sive portion of the subcontinent com
prised in the Portuguese Province OF
Mozambique rich discoveries have been
made. Recently the Macequece gold
fields have claimed large share of at
tention on the part of the investing pub
lie. whose confidence bids fair to be JUS
tilted. The fields in that direction prom
ise the best results. Latest of ALL We
have the valuable find in the Uanetz
district Here. 1t has been ascertained.
there exists the true 'conglomerate as
we find ii in the Witwatersrand soil. The
reef, as we have been informed, is an
extensive one, and has been traced for
miles. Something like seven miles have
already been taken up. The district IS
situated fairly well to the north OF In
comatis. near to the Transvaal border.
The district is healthy. and from min
ing point OF view. there are the supreme
advantages OF an abundant water sup
ply and an almost inexhaustible stock
OF timber. AS for the financial element,
we may state that the syndicate to fur
ther prospect and work the fields has
been fully formed. and consists mainly
of Lourenco Marquee gentlemen. Good
financial support has been forthcoming,
and ultimate success is confidently an
ticipated.'
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
ELECTRIC LIGHT BATHS.

At the exhibition of medical and sur
gical apparatus which has been giving
the Queens Hall the appearance OF a
bazaar of chemists shops on large
scale, there are at least three installa-
/ tions for giving light baths" something
! akin to the "sun bath treatment, which
II has attracted so many hopeful hypochon-
driacs in Germany.
! Many experiments in light therapy
have been made during the last few
years, and in skin diseases especially
cures have been reported which sound
almost like those OF Lourdes. Among
such may he reckoned some cases re-
ported by DR.. Allen PGsey, of the Illi-
nois University, in one of the medical
journals of this week. The Roentgen
some of them cases which were regarded
as hopeless, and several of them IN
which surgical operation was Impossible.
In all the cases some improvement, was
effected: in some of the cases the effect
was miraculous Dr. Pusey thinks that
the light treatment should be at least
given trial in all inoperable cases; 1t
is, at any rate painless.
Another contribution 70 the same sub
ject which appears in the same paper is
that which attributes the malignancy of
"veldt sores to some unknown constitu-
ent of the suns rays. II is pointed out
by the observer that among troopers the
left hand. which holds the rein and is
mcst exposed to the rays of the sun is
the part which is most often affected.
and 1t appears to be more or less estab
lished that veldt sore grows worse if
exposed to light and better Ii protected.
London Post
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
THE WELL O. THE WORLDS END

Beyond the four of Err, beyond the sunsets rim,
1t lies half forgot, in valley deep az d dim;
Like of fire from the skies gold tire
And whose drinks the drops shall win his hearts desire
At the Well o. the Worlds End.
What go ye seeking seeking, seeking
o girl white bosomed, o girl fair and young7
Il seek the well water the cool well water
That my love may have love for his tongue"
What go ye seeking, seeking, seeking,
0 Lad of the dreaming eyes, slender lad and tall?
~ seek the well water, the cool well water;
That the colleen love best may love me pest of all"
What go We seeking, seeking seeking,
O. mother, with your little babe folded Your arm?
II seek the well water, the cool well
That drops upon his lips may shield my child from harm"
What go We seeking, seeking seeking,
o gray head, long weary of the vigil that We keep
Il seek the well water, the cool well water,
That nigh ii may while, and after fall asleep"
Anna McMannus in st. Louis Globe Democrat
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
AN AUTUMN LOVE LYRIC.
By LINDSEY FLAVEL MINES,

The sumac leaves red but not so 70.
As the flush of thy lips or the blush upon thy cheek
In the moment when kisses from mouth to mouth sped
Sped may not after seek;
and the blasting frost that left these blossoms dead
Backened and shrveled blooms whose birth was white
Can equal not the blackness of thy head
Whose beauty is burden of delight.
The mist wrapped hours still, but not still
AS that deep silence harboring in thy breast
Where Love in secret signifies his will
And all thy heart defers to his behest
Thy heart that trembles with an thrill,
Ger weighed with too great freight of joy,
Wherefore with subtle alchemistc skill
Love tempers sweetness with sweet alloy
The days growing brief, yet so brief
AS those vain wherewith men essay
To measure time, when traitor Time is thief
And bears his cleaning moment gifts away,
Enriched beyond all thought beyond belief
With golden wealth and jewels Love has sought
With pearls of joy encircled in relief
And thick with broideIed raptures overwroupht
The r.is incense sweet, yet sweet
As those vague suggesting thee,
With perfumed presence mocking in deceit
Thine absence with present memory,
And rendering thy presence complete
Through melody of odors family known,
Unknown, yet recognized, whose breathings greet
With recoections that thine alone
".
The nights crisp and clear, but not more clear
Than those translucent windows of thine eyes
Whence Love the unreluctant stoops to peer
Star-soft, stars that stud the harvest skies;
Lo neither frost -thronged nights days fear,
Day dreaming days, for draughts of Circe-wine
Wherein enchaliced ecstasies appear
My soul hath draned-1ny soul that knows thee mine
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
The Season of Housecleaning.

Knoxville Sentinel-This is the time OF
year you get under shower of SCOT
from your stovepipe you are putin, up
and lose the summer camp-mecting re-
ligion you got.
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
Subscription Rates to Out o,

MORNING EDITION. one year. IS; six
months. $3.50; three months, SLIPS. Morn
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The Washington times., 1902-09-21
Embarrassing Question.

Philadelphia Bulletin--It is hoped by
the Democratic managers that no one in
Mr.. Pattison's audiences this year will
be impolite enough 10 ask him the
question why he supported Bryan in
1856 and 1900
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
Town Points, Postage Prepaid.

EVENING EDITION. one year, 50; six
months, $1.50: three months, rs cents.
Evening and Sunday. one year, IS: six
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The Washington times., 1902-09-21
REFLECTIONS.

Be assured that your only treas
ures are those that you cary in your
heart.
AS many vices come from things
neglected as from things too highly
esteemed. There is no great achive-
ment that is not the result of pa
tient working and waiting.
Temperance is like n tree that has
for its branches contentment, and for
its fruit peace.
Silence is the safest response Tor
all the contradiction that arises from
impertinence, vulgarity, or envy.
Don't mix the cream of your char
ity with the pickles of your pessi-
misms.
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
By JAMES F. FREEMAN, Acting Mayor Of Providence, R.
T INFLUENCE in NATIONAL DEVELOPr1EN7

up business sure of himself He se his