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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
PLANTS THAT COUGH.

Neither man. nor the entire animal
kingdom, has a monopoly on coughing
or even getting red in the face in an
effort to throw off foreign substances.
Before there was a vertebrate on the
earth, while man was in process OF evo-
luton through the vegetable world,
Etada Tuessin-that is what the bota-
nists call him, while We know him as
the coughing bean"-coughed, got red
in the face, and blew he dust out Of his
lungs.
Recently botanists have been giving
special attention to this bean and tell
interesting things about it. It is a native
OF warm and moist tropical countries,
and objects most EN- phaticaIIy TO dust.
II has an effective means OF getting rid
of Objectionable matter.
When dust settles on the breathing
pores in the leaves of the plant and
choke them a gas accumulates inside,
and, when it gains sufficient pressure,
there comes an explosion with q sound
exactly like coughing, and the dust is
blown from its Judgment
And more strange still the plant gets
red in the face through the effort
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
TROLLEY RESTAURANTS

adjunct
argued
profitable
trolley
probably
for
electric
require
the dishes
z ship
during
then
OF
unless
employees
the experiment long howl
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
DANGER SPOTS AT SEA.

A rev method Of marking dangerous
spots at sea by throwing a ray Of light
On the clouds overhead is being tried by
the Government. On the outer edge Of
Cape Hatteras Shoals, the nest danger
Gus shoaI on the North Atlantic Coast, a
Ightship equipped with powerful cleo
trio searchlight has been anchored
about fourteen miles seaward from the
coast Of North Carolina The expert
ment is being conducted by the light
house board, and Hghtship No. 2 is
being utilized.
She has been fitted with searchIight
throwing vertical beam of white to-
ward the zenith. The protector is placed
on the spar deck, forward of the fore
mast. about five feet above the deck.
Observation shows that in clear wealth.
er. being reflected by the clouds. it can
be seen for long distance.
Captain Pedcrson. OF the Norwegian
steamer Beacon, which trades regularly
20 this port. reports that on the night
OF May % the light was visible twenty
only a short distance above the horizon.
but WAS sharply defined against the
clouds, and gradually worked overhead
as the Beacon approached the Ightship-
Captain Petersen believes the method
viii come into general use il 4 short
time.-Chicago Chrcnicl9
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
PIONEER HARDSHIPS

Travellers from the far Northwest
/ have brought back a tale of pioneer
hardships in Saskatchewan. where
there is q colony of Calicians whose
/ women habituany harness them
selves to the pillow. he men pos
sessing few horses or oxen. It is
reported that the women seemed not
to mind the labor, but laughed and
joked with each other. and often
had vitality enough left after p
days labor to dance half the night.
The hope is expressed that such
hardshiDs as these may disappear in
the course Of a few years.
There are a good many Americans
who viii look with horror upon the
unciyilized condition of foreigners
who require their women to work in
the fields, but who fail to realize the
fact that the condition Of many
American farmers wives. and Of the
women in city sweat-shops. is far
harder than theirs. It is not mere
physical labor which wears out the
human body; it is physical and men
tai labo. combined when botn are
excessive. While it Is not 10 be
supposed that American women
could or would transplant them
selves into the condition Of the
field workers IN such a foreign col
ouy as the one described. there is
no doubt whatever that if some way
were contrived by which they could
DO more physical work out Of doors
than they do now it would be a good
thing It is not the mere exertIon
Of homework which breaks down
the health of the worker: it is the
monotony Of it, the indoor atmos-
phere. and the mental worry which
is too cften an accompa
Mere sweeping. or scrubbiDg. or
washing. or cooking. is one thing,
ana a combination OF all these du-
ties, with discomfort and worry
over personal affairs superimposed.
is another The latter condition is
the one which is making the doctors
rich, and it really calls for serious
attention from all sensible people.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
THE SEVEN GOLDEN CITIES.

The Seven Golden Cities one of the
most popular legends Of the latter part
Of the dark ages, were said to be stu
atcd Oh an island west Of the African
coast. The island is represented as
Astounding in gold, with magnificent
houses and temples, 1.-The high towers
OF which shone at a great distance. "
The legend also relates that at the time
OF the conquest Of Spain and Portugal
By the Moors. when the inhabitants fed
in every direction TO escape slavery,
seven bishops. followed by great num-
Der Of people. took TO ships and put
boldly cut on the high seas. After toss
ing about for some time. they landed en-
an unknown island, the famous spot
which in after years became the seat
Of the Seven Golden Cities
This island HeyIyn says, was ex-
actIy in midocean." After all had land
ed safely the wise old bishops burned
the ships to prevent their followers
from deserving, and founded the cities
which have become so famous in song
and story. This mysterious island was
often sought by the early navigators.
Those who went in search Of it and
never returned were popularity believed
to have been detained By its inhabitants.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18

Man has always wanted 10 fly. Back
into early history 90 the experiments
of the bold who tried to wing their way
through the air like the birds, and long
is the roll Of disasters attendant on this
ambition. says the American Invent
or Nevertheless man has flown
The balloon is not flying machine
any more than scow is a seIf-Dropell-
ing boat An engine must De put into
the latter before it can move except at
the mercy Of the waves. and a propelling
mechanism must be put into the balloon
before It becomes an airship. But even
then it is not flying machine. The
strict Interpretation of the latter term
is a mechanism which both propeIs and
sustains its own weight in the atmos-
phere. Therefore it is seen that fly
ing machine must not depend upon
gravity IS does the balloon.
Now. the problem which is agitating
everyone interested in the subject is:
Which will be commercially successful
the airship or the flying machine? Lord
Kelvin. greatest Of living scientists,
gate the air to any practical purpose.
Lord Kelvin, however. much as his
words are entitled TO respect. has not
made a special study Of aeronauties,
and other able scientists who have, have
great faith in one or the other means.
Profs. Langley. OF Washington. and
Hargraye and Maxim. Of London. Eng
land. have successfully demonstrated
the possibility of mechanical flight, and
i'm January Of this year Gustave White
head built machine on Langley's
principle and actually flew in it. A
number Of other experimente~s have
succeeded in flying short distances in
an aeroplane propelled down an in
clined plane Of air by gravity only. but
the few instances mentioned are about
the sum total Of the arguments which
the flying machine cult can put forth
against the airshtp faction.
These people, born apparently all at
once in the Paris Balloon Club. are
fathered by NJ. SaHtos-Dumont, the Bra
lillian. whose daring experiments have
excited the wonder and admiration Of
the world Count Zeppelin, recently so
financially embarrassed that he had to
sell the metal Of his airships for sun
port, also did much to further the
claims Of the dirigible balloon exploit
ers and host of experimenters since
the time Of Montgolfer have aided the
cause
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
Soldiers and Suicide.

The suicide rate II European armies
far exceeds the rate OF the country to
which the army belongs. The German
army has a suicide rate of go per mil
lion; the Italian army 400; the Belgic
30; the English 23O; the English-Iadian
$50; the Russian 200; the Spanish 40
The English-Indian rate is due to the
depressed and suspicionaI states pro-
duced by moist heat The suicide rate
of the French army Of the Interior fell
from 470 under the Empire to 2s0 under
the Republic. The African army OF
France has a rate of $50 per million,
probably from causes similar to those
affecting the English Indian army. The
increase of suicide among Americans in
the Philippines is in the same direction.
The United States suicide rate is dou-
bic that CT the Irish and about one-half
that Of the Engiish--The Medical News
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THE TEST OF THE SKY

Not TO earth's test-to thine. wide
arching sky
Bright, ruthless sky. in whose thrice
limDid blue
The unseen currents. air and fire and
dew.
Do purify themselves continually:
Even TO thy test and judgment. all
things come:
Sky OF a thousand storms.
a million stars-thou heaven7bent
Ger all.
Limitless. fathomless. and irscEut-
able:
Laws. customs, creeds-the fabrics
that men rear,
Unstayed. ungiossed. must meet tn
accuser here
Full many a doctrine high in church
or state.
Hanowed by usage. fair of outward
Systems whose fragments still be-
guile the wise
Or bind the sumptuous dwellings Of
the great
Laid bare to wind and sun
All crumbling show. worm-cankered
and undone.
But wisdom shines more clear
Truth even whittier: naught has love
TO fear.
Nor unstained faith. from yOn broad
chances sent
Down the blue gulf and dazzling
armament.
Thy face re seek-we. too. thou
searching sky
IN whose dread vault and glacial
bright abyss
Winged currents bind the unseen
world 10 this;
Whose life renews earth's life per-
petuallyi
Not to mems cOurts-to thine. We
also come!
Still to the desert lone
We steal apart, or mountain waste
and high.
And wait the solemn verdict of the
sky
Dora Read GOodale. in June At
lantic.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
THE SPIRIT OF UNREST

totter for those nodded in the age gone
by.
Boys are going deeper into the reasons
Of things than their fathers ever pene-
trated and are finging aside many per
conceived ideas Of mans duty in the
world. History is studied with an eye
TO the future. not as a mere chronicle
Of the past and instead Of being re-
garded as valuable precedent. requiring
q following. it is held up by many Of
these eager young thinkers as hor-
ribIe example OF the wrongs wrought
BY so-caIled civilization. even Is a
warning that a change should be
wrought out Girls are not RELOCATED 70
the study OF household economy and
purely feminine duties. as their mothers
were The average daughter refuses to
believe thing merely because mother
believes it, she must have other, more
logical reasons. We are very far. in
deed. from the days Of back boards and
sun-masks-
Looking back over the history OF in
tellectual progress with both sexes, it
seems a useless and q thankIess task
to sound warning note to the young
minds rushing onward so impetuous!y
into the broad field awaiting them So
much admiration Is due everyone. boy
OF girl. child or youth who exerts the
courage TO think for him OF herself; 10
cogitate personally over matters which
are obscure, to study out the pulling
questions Of life with patience and
courage. that there seems but little rea-
son for restraining hand. Il is by
just such study and such seIf-aroused
interest that the world is moved and
the sufferings Of these who cannot I'm
derstand the onward sweep might be
laid as legitimate sacrifices on the altar
Of progress
But 10 the young who are moved by
the unrest significant of the time, who
are cruelty impatient Of restraint and
conventional letters. who have set their
growing eyes on a point far ahead and
are prepared to let 90 all the we'll
known lines Of comfortable Iethargy, in
order 10 reach il, word may be well
said by those who are looking on from
afar, TO bid them hold fast TO all that
spells love: to love of home love OF
parents and love Of chiIdhoods friends
This VIII serve as an anchor In time
Of storm, and viii. more than any phil
osophicaI resolution of moderation, help
them to walk slowly enough. TO keep
clear heads and stanch hearts for the
future work which awaits them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
TINES HAVE CHANGED

Some Of the evidence which has
come TO light in connection with a re-
cent sensational mystery IN New York
indicates quite plainly the change IN
public opinion which has taken place
within the last half century, or even
during a shorter period It has been
reported that two men engaged in a
fist fight over a girl of seventeen, IN
/ the presence Of the girl, and that she
then left the scene with the one who
came off victorious.
One need not 90 back to the DAYS
of chivalry TO find encounters resemb-
ling this, which were looked upon as
decidedly honorable to all parties con-
cerned. Of course, IN the time of
Richard the Lion-hearted it was CON
sidered the proper thing for two n
val lovers to a girls hand to settle the
merit of their pretensions by a fight,
the fight taking place on horseback
and with all due forlaality The gen
eral social situation was described by
Jerome Jerome In this graphic man
ner:
a and B fought to decide whose
girl was the prettiest IF A broke BIS
head. then Rs girl wasn't pretty
girl, but AS girl was"
Of course, put in this bald and
matter-of-fact way it does not sound
as poetic as it may have been IN real
ity. Anyway, when two men fought
over a girl, the girl was expected to
take the best fighter and be proud and
satisfied. History does not tell
whether the girls really liked this
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state of things. They were not con-
suited.
Even as late as fifty years ago it
was considered honorable for two
young men to fight duel over a love
affair, If the man whom the eirl
loved happened TO be killed. she had
TO do nc best she could with the ether
one. IF he happened TO Iii the other
man, she was expected to feel hen
ored.
Here Is a case, however, IN which
a combat occurred which might have
been taken bodily out of a modern 70
mantle novel. Instead Of admiring
the victor, most people are inclined to
think that he had no business to be
mixed up In snch an affair; and the
universal opinion seems to be that the
mother of a seventeen-year-oId girl
ought to have known better than to
allow her liberty enough TO be the
heroine Of such a performance The
age of heroines has been moved for
ward several years. 4 girl of fifteen
IN our grandfather time, was eonsid-
cred a woman; now she Is a child. In
those days she was held responsible
g.. ---l,4 -I,. d;J ~. e,+fFarad non, I,s,-
mother or guardian IS considered the
responsible person. And instead Of
being a romantic episode, worthy to
be inscribed In the annals of love af-
fairs. this particular happening seems
to be generally considered, even by
the circle In which the participants
moved, as decidedly condemnable.
The public taste IN matters of senti-
ment has improved within the last two
o. three generations.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
AN ESOTERIC LOVE AFFAIR


efforts
with brains
employed pleasing
Of Mrs Anterior
things have been
in actually
doubt that Mrs Ath-
that book and
sentiment
their objects
that psychological insight into the motives and
of
Hamilton
all Beeizebubs
of It chance
which
move
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
NAVIGATION OF THE AIR

But It is to be noted that the balloon
has a comparatively long history, and
that the modern aeropIane is a recent
development. and while the airship is
making the most noise. neither has
actually done anything worthy OF l,ote
in regard TO making a commercially
practical navigator of the air. The
laurels Of invention rest with Langley
and with Maxim, for their machines re
CURED long and earnest effort for many
years, and their final. if partial, sue
cess was won along a road strewn with
many failures The airships. on the
contrary. are more an evolution than
an invention or discovery, and have
been perfected. If such word is per
MISSILE. to their present state, mostly
by rule Of thumb and guess work, while
the aeroplane is the result of expert
ment, plus much scientific calculation.
Indeed, the greatest Advance ever made
in aeronautics since the discovery Of
the balloon was LangIey's law. which
provides that the supporting power Of
the air increases with the speed Of the
aeroPlane. and that less power is re-
CURED for greater speeds in a direct
proportion.
And there the matter rests. Lord
Kelvin thinks the whole attempt unfor-
tunate and impossible of successful re-
suit. while a whole host of practical
experimenters are working and building
machines and incidentally killing them
selves in the attempt to solve the
problem The general orin. on of prac-
teal men seems to be that success will
come in time. but that It will be many
years before the runabout automobile is
riyaled by the private flying machine
This short summary would be incom-
plete without mention of the airship
and flying machine competition which
viii take place in St Louis in 1904
It IS the opinion OF the american
Inventor" that the art viii go forward
in leaps and bounds at that time, and
that development viii result in the
two years subsequent which would not
otherwise be attained in fifty years
The bringing together of so many in
ventors and experimenters and the
chance given TO each to see and absorb
all that is best in the plans Of his
fellow-workers cannot fall to result in
some vastly improved and altogether
different machines from any now built
or planned
But as yet the birds of the air rule
the only element which man has not
conquered upon the earth
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18

There is a wave OF dissatisfaction ap-
parently sweeping over the youth Of the
country, melting them to actions IN
dreamed Of under other circumstances
and bringing about changes of thought
and conduct which mean tears and
heartaches for the older generation, says
the .Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. d"
The strenuous life which has been
the handspring of most novels written
within the last generation, has some
thing to do with this and the opening up
of the chambers Of discussion to the
youth Of both sexes, hitherto secluded
for those Of older growth undoubtedly
has exerted q far-reaching influence IN
the beginning Of things there must be
always more activity than when the
thing whatever it may be. IS fairly
started To overcome the inertia Of
slothfui Quietude violent effort is
made, just as to start a car up hill re-
CURES more power than any other por-
tion OF the journey. when the first
awakening comes TO the mind that there
are other and better things in life than
eating. drinking. dressing fashionably
and generally INDUCING the body, there
is almost always an oyer-TeachiDg, an
extreme rush, as it were. which. If kept
up, would carry the eager ones past
the goal they are striving to reach.
Considering these facts philos0phi-
caIIy. it IS not hard 10 understand the
spirit Of unrest which Is dormant OF
simmering or leaping to vivid fame in
the hearts Of so many young persons
Just now Il was said not long since.
by a writer Of insight and authority.
that as the nineteenth century IS known
as the woman's century" the twentieth
will descend in history as the century
Of youth Youth is dominant every
where, from the cradle. whose every
motion Is guarded by scientific study,
through the kindergarten. where the
highest powers Of educated maturity are
brought to bear on Interpretation of the
developing child, TO the great industries
OF the world. where young men. young
workers and young ideas are held high
above ali others. We are only il the
beginning Of this now and it is because
the beginning IS not vet past The first
supreme effort OF starting, that the
young hearts must beat in keys uncon-
ventionaI and unprecedented, while tears
must fall IN old-fashioned homes and
the very foundation Of things seem TO
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-18
POLICE PROTECTION AFFORDED
AT THE SUMMER RESORTS


The International Association of Chiefs of Police
has lad It's attention invited to the question Of pro
lection summer resorts, but as It's presiding officer it
VIII afford pleasure to present the matter as topic
when the association or its executive committee again
convenes Individually those who deal with the criminal
classes well know that wherever the public ccngregates
and where there Is expenditure Of money for pleasure
and display of vauabeS there the faker gambler and
thief Is III evidence
Summer resort robberies are frequently re-
ported and many others not reported persons being
averse TO the uotoriaty which the publication Of such
matters gives am convinced that the summer resort
hotels provide in every way against embarrassmenS
which might occur to their guests by the employment Of
eltrained detectives and the cities and villages which
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"H0wDY, HONEY, HOwDY."

Do a-stan'in' on a jar. fab a-shinin'
throo,
OF folks drowsin 'roun' de place, wide
awake is Lou,
Wen I tap. she answeh, an see huh
mense to grin,
Howdy, honey. howdy: won't you step
right in?
Den I step erpon de log layin' at de do.
Bless de Lawd, huh nanny an hun
pap's done 'mensed to snO'
Now's de time. ef evan. ef IS gwine 10
try an win.
Howdy, honey, 2owdy; won't you step
right in?
No use playtn' on de aidge, trimblin. on
de brink,
Wen body love a gal, tel. nTA whut
he t'ink;
Wen huh heat is open fu' de love you
gwinc to gin,
Pull yo'sser togethah. sub. an step
right in
Sweetes' imbitation dat a body evan
hycahead,
Sweetah- den de music of Iove-sick
rnockin' bird,
Comm rom de gal you loves bettah
den you kin,
Howdy, honey, howdy; won't you step
right i'm
At de gate O. Heaven Wen de storm O
life is pas,
Spec III be a-stanIn in 'twelf de
Mastah say at las.
"Hyeah he stan all weary but he
winned his fight wild sin,
Howdy. honey. howdy; won't you step
right inn"
Paul Laurence Dun5cr in the June
Era.
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The Pennsylvania Campaign
By Col. WESLEY r. ANDREWS,


Secretary Of the Republican state Committee
Of pcuusy wanna.
The outlook for the Republican ticket
in Pennsylvania this fall could not be
better The nomination of Judge sam
uel r. PennypacI5cr, Of Philadelphia, is
satisfactory 10 the party in all sections
Of tho State, and freely predict that he
viii be elected by one of the largest
majorities ever accorded 4 gubernatoriaI
candidate in the Keystone State
Pennsylvania Republicans are good
soldiers. and RLen the order comes TO
fall in. they o5ey party sentiment, and
are ready for octi-s and energetic work
until the curtain rings down on the day
Of the general election.
Judge PennyDacker. the Republican
gubernatoriaI nominee, was a volunteer
soldier during the civil war, leaving col
lege at the early age Of sixteen years
TO enlist Later he finished his law
studies and became a prominent mem
Der Of the bar. For the last twenty years
he has been the honored presiding Judge
Of the court Of common pleas OF the city
and county Of Philadelphia.
Judge Pennypacker has the entire con
ddence Of the bar and the citizens gen
orally Of Philadelphia. irrespective OF
party