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The Washington times., 1902-01-08
:. KIPLING'S NEW POEM :. :.

Rudyard Kipling has come out in new
| phase. At least that is the way 1t may
seem to those not thoroughly familiar
with his former work. It was certainly
| not expected that he would stir all Eng
| las si up with the assertion that compul-
sorry military service Is the only thing
| likely to save the nation. But anyone
who has followed his work closely knows
| that this decision is enc which has been
| long on the way. As many ms fifteen years
ago he was putting into one story or an
other hints of the necessity of this very
thing.
Soldiers Three. and the other military
tales are largely imbued with, the idea
that military service ought to be honor
Greenhow HilI' we find Mulvaney query
ing:. = = -
''Fwhy is ut? In the name av God, fwhy
is ut? They lie, and they cheat. and they
steal, and they slander. and fifty things
fifty times worse; but the last and the
worst of all in their reckoning is to
serve the Wildly honust. 'Tis like the
In the same story. Ortheris tells how he
has been turned out of a measly 'arf-
license pub down Lambeth way" be-
cause he was wearing the Queens uni
form, and the slow-witted Learoyd de-
scribes the horror felt by the Yorkshire
dalesman over the idea of s'listing for
soldier"
Dnn Poll
idea crops out more than once in an even
more emphatic form, as follows:
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor We aren't no
blackguards, too.
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like
And If sometimes our eonduc' isn't all your fam
cy paints,
Why, single men IN barrickS don 3 grow INTO
plaster saints.
1t is Kipling's theory, unmistakably
worked out in all this fotsam and jetsam
of seven years of miscellaneous newspa-
per work in India, that the British Gov
ernment should. in the first place, make
military service honorable and attractive,
so that there will be an inducement for
the best class of men to go into 1t. This
has been done in the case OF the officers,
but not in the case of the private soldier.
Next, ne WOuiu nave Tic tci IL VI oCA fiSO
made longer than it is. AS things are,
the private once discharged. though hon
orably, cannot re-enlist. and thus his ex-
perience is thrown away, while it has url-
fitted him for most OF the callings which
he might otherwise have entered. This
type of man appears in Mulvaney. taking
service as civilian. when he figures in
that story called The Big Drunk Draf;
and in the poem entitled iBaek to the
Army. Again" which describes the veter-
an enlisting under false name and striy-
ing to hide from the shrewd 'non-com'
the fact that he knows the drill and the
ways of the barrack-room. Kipling would
have the conditions Of military service
such that men of the right eaHbre could
be made into an army of occupation, mar
ry, and establish themselves IN something
like homes in the country (which they
are sent This idea he brings out in the
story called His Private Honour. IN
which he suggests the sci1eme OF an
army of occupation to be stationed IN ins
dia, and made up partly OF native troops
partly of white men who have spent the
best years Of their lives in learning the
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great. there is always a chance that
the youngster will detest his name
on account of his namesake. The
safest rule would seem to be to give
such name that the child will have
some choice in the matter. If the
father is John, the boy can be called
John Henry, and then if he prefers
the Henry it will be there for
him to use. Some families get
around the difficulty by nicknaming
the child and calling the father by
his full name, but when the father
himself is nicllnamed this solution is
impossible. There was once lady
who defended slgr conduct in calling
her infant son "Budge" on the ground
that he and her spouse We're both
named Harry. Quoth she: Should
call my husband the old Harry to dis
tinguish him, from the young Harry?'
The upshot is that if children
could name themselves after the In
dian fashion 1T would save great
deal of worry. Perhaps we shall come
to that in time.
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NEW DISTRICT ESTIMATES IN.
Revised Figures Sent to the Sub.
Committee.

The revised estimates of the Commits
sioners for running the government o.
the District of Columbia are now in the
hands Of tn, Subcommittee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representa-
tives.
The list was presented yesterday by the
Commissioners, and the total sum is EN-
braced within the limit Of $500, 900. be-
yond which Chairman Cannon has de-
clared that Congress cannot go in max
ing provision for the District.
The Commissioners, in their new esti-
mate. have eliminated what they term the
extraordinary expenditures for such i'm
provements as street extension, sewer
age system and filtration plant. They
look to the Senate and House District
Committees to provide means of secur-
ing funds to carry on such work.
. The Commissioners went over the va
rious items only in general way, and will
meet the committee again on Monday,
when it is probable that they will be
called upon to make special defence OF
some of the items. These will be care
fully gone over during the present week
by the committee, and next week the
members will grant regular hearings to
those who wish to appear in behalf of
any of the provisions. The estimates will
not be made public until after the next
conference between the Commissioners
and the committee.
1t is probable that number Of changes
will yet be made, as some of the mem
bers of the committee believe that a
number of the estimates are too high.
The Commissioners. however, sought to
impress upon the committee the fact that
the sums asked for are all urgently
necessary for the current expenses of the
District government.
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Industrial Boom in Kentucky.

THE wonderful industrial boom in
northeastern Kentucky is worth noting in
The Washington Times" remarked Judge
S. S. Savage, a leading citizen of the
Blue Grass State. who has large manu-
featuring interests at Ashland Ky, in con-
versation at the Ehbitt.
Ashland itself is typical OF the pro-
gressive movement that is almost work
ing a revolution in our section. 1t has
three large blast furnaces. steel plant
that produces 600 tons in twenty-four
hours and consumes the output of the
local furnaces as well as those of Iron
ton, Ohio. and Hanging Rock, Ohio, and
is the only steel plant in the United
States outside the trust. In connection
with it is sheet mill. recently erected,
employing 400 skilled laborers, and also
a rod mill that supplies material for the
manufacture Of wire nails, employing
many high-priced operatives.
These industries have not only given
a tremendous impetus to our local devel-
opment, but the same influences are at
work in the mountains of that region
where lie the richest beds of coking coal,
yet undeveIeped, in America. cash
payment of 100000 was lately made in
purchase of these lands. Now that the
railroads are building into the hitherto
isolated country you will hear no more
of the bloody feuds that have hitherto
been blot on our State. Wherever the
steam engine goes it carries the Bible and
the habeas corpus, and puts the Win
chester out of business. The railroad as
civilizing agency is superior to all
other forces combined, and it is the rail-
road that is going to regenerate the
mountain districts of Kentucky and make
the inhabitants as peaceful and law
abiding and industrious as any in
America
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UNION VETERANS UNION.
Election of Officers Held Mt the An
nuaI Encnmpment.


At the annual encampment of the Di-
vision of the Potomac. Union Veterans
Union. recently held at their hall on
Sixth Street, the following officers were
elected:
Major general. ]. T. Meacham, Logan
Regiment, No. 2; division commander,
Brig. Gen. C. +. Noske, Smith Regiment,
No. II; first brigade commander, Brig.
Gen. r. d. Goodman. Shaw Regiment, No.
4: executive committee, Comrades John T.
Ryan, Logan, No. 2: A. NJ. Legg, Sedg-
wick, No. 3; J. N Mayne, Shaw, No A.
Jerome Lang. kenly. No. {; C. H. Worden,
Smith, No. II.
The following staff appointments were
announced: Chief of staff. Comrade F. T.
Brickford, Regiment No. 8; assistant COM
missary general. Comrade E. J. Brook
ings, Regiment No. 2; assistant inspector
general, Comrade Fred Hope, Regiment
No. 3; assistant judge advocate general,
Comrade d. W. Classic, Regiment No. l:
assistant mastering officer, Comrade
George II. Hulse. regiment No. II; assist
ant surgeon general. Comrade S. ]. Jen-
ming. Regiment No. /; division chaplain,
Comrade S R. Whitney, Regiment No. II;
senior aide -de-camp, Comrade Horace
Pardo, Regiment No. 2; aides-de camp.
Comrade ]. C. Hart, Regiment No. 4:
Comrade w. A. Reardon. Regiment No.
II; Comrade Don B. Irving, Regiment
No. 2.
The Union Veterans Union is composed
of soldiers, sailors, and marines of the
Union army. navy. and marine corps who
served in the civil war and who were ac-
tually engaged in battles. The order is
in flourishing condition and has large
membership. Division headquarters is at
600 F. Street northwest, where the division
commander and staff may be seen on
Tuesdays and Saturdays of each week
The division employment committee. OF
which Brig. Gen. C. +. Noske is chairman,
meets at headquarters every Wednesday
| evening and the division good of the or
der committee, OF which Brig. Gen. r. D..
| Goodman is chairman. meets every Friday
! evening at the same place.
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Prizes for Tenants.

A curious and Interesting plan has been
adopted in Glasgow by certain landlords,
who, having improved much of their slum
property, have been naturally desirous TO
keep it in good condition. The plan consists
of offering prizes to tenants who behave
themselves vel, and pay their rent prompt
", All tenants who fulfill these condi-
TORS are allowed in summer to live rent
free for a fortnight, so that if they take
a holiday they need not ray two rents.
The plan has worked well so far, and
over 60 per cent OF the tenants have
claimed the prize.
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Kansas Editor in Town.

Col. T. B. Murdock. editor of the eel
dorado Republican" who is a guest of
the Ebbitt, although a native of Virginia,
has passed forty-fve years in Kansas, and
is one the strenuous personalities that
have helped to keep the Sun flower
State forever in the public eye. He is
gentleman of original ideas. with a
striking way of enumerating them, and
the productions of his pen are widely
quoted. His friends want him to run
for Congress next fall in the Fourth
Congressional district, now represented
by Mr.. Miller.
Il don't believe that residence in the
effete East will agree with me, even
should l succeed in winning seat in
the House of Representatives" remarked
Colonel Murdock I'm doubtless preju-
diced, but l don't believe that anything
in the East is quite as good as it's
counterpart in the West. On my way
here / noticed that my good friend Col
E. A. Ford, general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pittsburg,
invited suggestions and criticisms of the
menu or everything connected with the
food or service of his dining cars.
Il Immediately took him at his word
and wrote him that he was away shy
from culinary standpoint. as compared
with the Kansas standard In our country
when Blue Points were served every shell
could be robbed of a pearl worth 81 or IS.
His roast beef also didn't have the true
flavor of a genuine corn-fed Kansas
steer and must have beer brought from
Missouri. There were some minor points,
as the employment of spoons for ice
cream, but / didl't want to seem hyper
critical, and would go no further at
present. / think that Ford Will cease
soliciting certain correspondence from
the public after that epistle gets to
him.
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The Naval secretnryship.

Talk concerning the prospective re-
tirement of Secretary Long is SO per-
sistent that it is generally believed
that there will soon be new head
of the Navy Department. Several
names have been mentioned in con-
nection with the honorable post, in
cluding those of Governor Crane of
Massachusetts, eX-Assistant Secretary
Allen, and Ex-Governor Lowndes of
Maryland. at
Mr.. Roosevelt is said to be especial
ly friendly to the last-mentioned gen.
tleman, and Mr.. Lowndes would prob
ably not decline the portfolio if it
were rendered him.
The Secretaryship in question is an
extremely important one. The up
building of the new-eentury navy and
the possibility that international de-
velopments may require action make
it Imperative that strong man
should step in if Mr.. Long is really
bent upo.rT retirement.
1t is promised that there viii be a
wide field for activity and ingenuity
in the Navy Department for long
time to ic6rhe IA field involving the
operations of sea-fighting machines
alone, without the agitation of mat
ters in connection with the leaders
of the service.
So far as can be judged, any of the
several men mentioned as likely can
didates for the place would be capable
| of doing what should be done for the
| sea-fghting arm of the nation; the
choice, of course, lies with the Pres
| ident.
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k,,ser wuheIm,s Christmas.

The Emperor William and his family
kent Christmas at the Neue Schloss, near
potsdarp with old customs On Christmas
Eve they ate carp boiled in beer, ana
sang carols after dinner They made mer-
ry round Christmas trees, gave each other
numberless presents, had the whole castle
decorated with fir and evergreen, and Will
solemnly burn all the trees and decora-
tions on Twelfth Night. On Christmas
Dav the Kaiser walked through the town
of Potsdam. and himself distributed gifts
of money to the poor.
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FRANK FOR MRS. M,KINLEY.
Made to Apply Only to Letters Which
She May Mail.

The House Committee on Postoffices
and Postroads yesterday authorized IA
vorable report on the bill of Representa-
tive Bromwell of Ohio, granting the
ranking privilege to Mrs. Ida McKin-
ley, the widow Of President Mckinley.
1t was amended, however, so as to
allow frank only on the letters which
she sends, not to those which are sent
to her.
In previous grants of the franking
privilegeto widows of Presidents, the fea-
ture which permits others to write to
them free of charge has been found a
drawback rather than a blessing. SO far
as the beneficiaries are concerned, as
the privilege was provocative of innu-
merable crank letters.
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Patent Issue of the Week.

The total issue of patents for Tues
day, January Z, was $50. This includes
52S patents, &c designs, 26 trade marks, 4
labels, 1 print, and / reissue. OF these,
514 were issued to citizens of the United
States. Frances J. Miller. who invented
an improved door-check. was the only
resident of the District of Columbia to
be granted patent.
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Chinu's Future,

Brooklyn Eagle-To say that China has
dazzling future if she chooses TO seize
opportunities is TO talk tritely. Her re-
sources are fathomless and the means
for their development unparalleled. She
lacks only the will. This. let US hope. is
the period of transition when she Iasses
from antediluyanism to modernism,
from the somnoIence of the Orient to the
activity of the West. The change will
not be rapid, but there are indications
that IL is really coming.
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TREASURY SURPLUS GROWING.
Unexpended balance of $44,2O4,-
10000 in the National Golfers.

Unexpended balance of $44,2O4,-
10000 in the National Golfers.
There arise at different epochs two con-
ditions in the National Treasury which
are cause for considerable concern to the
National Legislature and to the Secretary
of the Treasury. These two conditions are
a Treasury with no surplus and a Treasury
with an ever-growing, big surplus.
The latter condition at present con-
fronts the Secretary Of the Treasury. and
he admits that he has about exhausted his
means to stem the tide of moneys that
daily flow into the public Golfers and
swells it's contents.
The Government receipts, according to
the Treasury statement yesterday. amount
ed to 81. 1Go, ,594-59. the expenditures ST.
COS, 900. leaving surplus for the day Of
s95, ,594.59, and for the current fiscal year
amounting to 81, ,204. .106.09. The surplus
yesterday year ago amounted to s19.-
717,1S463.
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Under a Hypnotlc Spell.

Albany Journal = The news that Ger
many is buying shares of the United
States Steel Corporation would seem to
indicate that Mr.. Schwab has safely ar
rived and that, while he is abroad for
recreation only, his mere presence among
the capitalists of his fatherland is exer
cising hypnotic influence.
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AMERICAN SHOES FOR SWISS.
Regarded in Switzerland ms Neces-
sarily Good, Says n Consul.

Henry H. Morgan, United States Consul
to Aaron. Switzerland. writes very en-
couragingly to the State Department re-
garding the increase of American trade
in the mountain Republic. He says:
According to official statistics, there
were imported into Switzerland from the
United States during the past three years
boots and shoes amounting to SIS. $50 in
value. the increase Of import being about
80 per cent year.
Five years ago it was not possible to
buy an American shoe in Switzerland, but
We are gradually getting a firm foothold
in the country. 1t is now no novelty
to see in the shop windows of the larger
towns shoes with little American flag
displayed thereon, and the announcement
that they are American made, the infer
ence being that they must necessarily be
good"
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Influencing the JurN

Kansas City Journal-The Michigan
judge who set aside a verdict because
the jury was Influenced by beauty in
distress" administered righteous re-
buke. But, nevertheless and notwith-
standing, beauty in distress will con-
tinue to influence juries long after the
Michigan jurist has been gathered to
his fathers
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snfcty in Strength,

st. Louis Star-It is about time that
all Americans who favor permanent peace
with all the world should impress upon
Congress the necessity of navy suffi-
ciently strong to, for all time, deter all
other nations from attempting TO inter
fere with our affairs. The way to pre-
vent war is TO be ready for it.
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The highly cultured bulgarian gen.
tlemen who seized Miss Stone and
Nine. Tsillia and carried them into
their lair have informed Consul Cen
eral DickiGson that they will release
their captiyes. after" the American
ransom lis paid. Mr.. Dickinson will
probably hGsitate. In dealing with
the courteous brigands of Bulgaria
it is web TO retain the price until the
goods are delivered.
The Washington times., 1902-01-08

A London scientist asserts that the
temperature of the sun is 6,20o de-
grees centrigrade. This seems to
suggest the necessity of a radical
change in the geography constructed
especially for sinners.
The Washington times., 1902-01-08

Somebodynmust have told Mr.. Gro
ker that to be garrulous is to be ridic-
ulous; therefore he is getting rid of
his superfluous animosity by vicious
whacks at the golf ball.
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Profitable Business.

Buffalo Evening Times-A man who
started to save his pennies tcents) two
years ago has just banked $3.50. It would
be interesting to know what business he
is in.
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a New York Assemblyman has in
troduced bill against flirting. 1t
seems to be time for Cupid to get on
his fighting clothes and buy ticket
to ALBANY
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PERMANENT CENSUS FAVORED.
House Committee to Report In BE-
hRH of Project.

The Committee on Census OF the
House yesterday decided to report IA
vorably Representative Hopkins bill
providing for a permanent census bu-
reau. The vote of the members of the
committee was unanimous upon this
proposition.
Director Merriam yesterday appeared
before the committee and made a brief
argument in support of the bill.
Representative Hopkins will prepare
the report of the committee and SUBJ
NIT it to the House within a few Says.
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CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Not the Genuine Article.
In Quay,s borough.

Birmingham Age e-Herald-The modern
stage is afflicted with rhinestone stars.
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The history of nations shows that
great problems come only to great
Governments; weaklings could Lever
solve them.
The Washington times., 1902-01-08

Harrisburg Patriot-The politician who
always insists in having his finger in
the pie is, of course, after the dough.
The Washington times., 1902-01-08

The National Bureau of Identified
ton has been established here.
Dorsey Foultz would better not &C
around to see what it is like.
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There are some indications in New
York that Mr.. Low meant what he
said.
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Miss Bertha Bieber left the city Sun
day evening with her sister for Balti
more. where she will spend two or three
weeks as the guest of the latter at her
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PERSONAL.

Tennessean and His Bride in Town.
Mr.. Walter CAIN of Nashville, insur-
ance examiner of the State of Tennessee,
is at the New Willard with his bride.
Mr.. Cain was formerly one OF the lead
ing newspaper men of his section. His
wife is one of the most winsome of Blue
Grass bellies. They have been sojourning
in New York and will pass the remainder
of the honeymoon in Washington, where
both have many warm friends.
General Merriam Sizes Up Denver.
General Merriam, former commander OF
the Department of Colorado, is at the
Ebbitt and is looking in excellent health.
'Sze considered" said he, Denver is
the handsomest city in the Union, and
for beauty, l think, ranks next to Wash
ington. It's costly private homes on
Capitol Hill compare with the finest resi-
dences anywhere. 1t is enjoying as much
prosperity today as 1t ever had when the
silver mines were producing an abundance
of the white metal. The cry for the free
aud unlimited coinage thereof is heard
no more throughout Colorado and the
people no longer talk of the crime of
'73."
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Colonel Partridge apparently be-
Ieves that honesty is the best police
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The isthmian canal question will be
solved; the solution will be an 18TH
mian canal
The Washington times., 1902-01-08

Mrs. William B. Orme and Mrs Rawlins
Hume will be at home Thursdays, January
16 and 80.
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Queen Mareheritn and the Artists.

Queen Margherita of Italy did great
many kind deeds in aid of men OF letters
and artists. which are gradually coming
to light. She discovered the musieal sits
of Puccini, and sent him TO Milan to STUDY
at her expense. The Venetian Farretto
was a special protege and favorite OF hers
among painters. Monteverde was ner
guest at Monza for six weeks while he
modelled her bust which is now in the
Ouirinal. She never missed chance TO
make the acquaintance of eminent for-
eienerS,
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FOREIGN TOPICS.
The Peeresses of Today.

There is a smart saying current IN Lon
don that nowadays all the peeresses are
either actresses or Americans, ana that
the members of the old aristocracy nave
all gone into trade. The latest recruit Tor
the latter is the Duke of Cambridge
daughter law, Mrs. George Fitzgeorge,
whose husband is a colonel. She VIII
shortly start a hygienic beautifying con-
Germ in the heart of Mayfair. where she
hopes to rid her fashionable friends faces
of wrinkles and other blemishes.
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The marriage of Miss Alice Davies
Rochester, daughter of General and Mrs.
William B. Rochester, to Capt. Charles
Wendell Feuton, U. S.iA., was solemnized
at noon yesterdaytat :he family residence
an Eighteenth Street The ceremony was
nerforned by Rev. Father Buckley, as
sts,ant pastor of st. Matthews Church.
tbe couple standing in palm -embowered
window. from the centre of which was
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Mrs. George Lewis Gillespie, of 1921
Rhode Island Avenue, will be at home to
her friends Tuesdays in January, from
to 6 o'cloCk.