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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16

There is much poppycoek about
science and Scientists" in the minds
Of the people. Science is merely the
collection Of data and the formulat-
ing of Ineligible deductions there
from concerning the laws Of nature
Everyone who HIS the power Of see
ing and thinking about that which he
has seen IS more or less a scientific
man. [ used to think that even
"Wcyier ;" the white-nosed monkey on
the Dixie, when engaged in the act Of
picking up a beer bottle almost as
large as himself and holding 1t up to
peer within its cavern, in order to
ascertain if it contained any uneon-
smned driblels, was showing in these
acts of observation and deduction the
true qualities Of a scientific man.
On the other hand, there is a lot of
nonsense in the minds Of scientific
men concerning the people Some of
them think it sin to write concern
ing the simple facts of nature in a
language which the people can under
stand. For instance, the clouds of
steam and rock particles which ascend
from a volcano are smokc-like IN their
appearance, while long before trea-
tises had been written concerning
them the clouds of volcanic dust had
been called ashes. There are some
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
GREAT BRITAIN'S CHIEF DIPLo
MATIC FEAT.

There is q new factor in European
politics; It Is America More particu-
IarIy Is this new factor important in
the calculations of the British empire.
The development OF the United States
las shifted-for Great Britain certain
Iy-the diplomatic center from Paris to
Washington, but our government alto
gether ignores the altered situation The
following table of salaries paid to our
diplomatic representatives is instruc-
tive: The British ambassador at Paris
receives $4,000; at Berlin, Constantin-
ople, and Vienna. $500; at st. Peters
burg, e7.So0; at Rome, $1,000; at Wash
lngton. a6.500
Apart from other considerations. 1t is,
therefore. obvious that Paris is regard
ed by our dipIomatists as the prize of
the service, while Wash,ngtcu is a low
rung in the ambassadoriaI ladder. But
the United States send their best men
to represent them in London, and Lon
Con Is the appointment which those men
most value.
It IS time for US to remove from our
minds she lingering impression that
America is a rebellIous British colony;
vulgar AngIo-Saxon suburb. The
United States is now q great country,
the most important foreign element that
Great Britain has to deal with Wash
iDgton must, therefore, be made the
principal post in our diplomatic serv-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
BOOKER WASHINOTONS LEAVEN

Iooseness Of the marriage relations
among the negro is responsible for his
birth and prediction to crime. The
evil in him Is fostered by the designs
OF negro preacher, who gains his Nv
ing by playing upon the credulfty and
the desire of his people for easily won
pleasures and unthinking enjoyment.
The type Of negro called by his fellows
the swell coon" Is held I'd as a warn
ing against excess in dress and the ex-
pendituTe Of money not honestly worked
for As the factor In the betterment
OF the race. is introduced a negro bish-
op at the head of an Industrial school.
It is evident that Booker Washington
is the prototype of this character.
While the working out of the drama
brings tragic endings TO Caleb. the
preacher, and the dude. the bishop leads
his people into knowledge Of the hon
OF that comes with industry. the happi-
ness that may be secured, and the ad-
vancement gained through means within
the negro's reach.
1t is the authors purpose to have the
play acted by members Of his own race
but in this he VIII find himself bgn5j-
capped BY reason OF the fact that tbc
negroes now on the stage have trained
their feet at the expense OF their heads
The play is interesting as a study. ad-
mirable in its purpose, but hardly prac-
ticable in its present form.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
PINO-PONO VS.. CROQUET
From the Denver Post. u

Old ColoreI really
To keep o fashion date they ought
To get ping-pong layout; had read about the
ii the fashionable
acquiescence said the idea good
they the whole blamed neighborhoOd;
stuckup thing that
Was game that fossils
The finest In Jenkins bought printed
country schools.
Andso the practice games amaeurish
They showing than science in the
ucup could through window
games she vowed. Of irbeclity.
And yet quite freely her
And ed her. viii feeling 0 Fostering
Twas grin she CHANGED
A ColoneI's side land the ColoneIs
And she again with in the hit
plate and her lip bit
Mrs the table and
Upon he did violently land
And in the mi<-up the and
shocking catching
he actio divorce created quite stir,
Some laying all the OF laying OF her;
And the village gossps rolled
The precious rorseI 1 ball gold,
The Colonel Jumped the for good
His recent heIDreet Ianguishes grass
window that sckup thing
Manipulate balls that neither ping
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16

While the great majority Of his Peo-
pie find in the rightful recognition ev-
erywhere accorded Booker Washington
only the promise OF a radical equality
for which they are IN no wise fitted.
there are negroes who have caught the
keynote Of his phIlosophy-tha sacrifice
Is the cornerstone Of achievement. says
the Louisville Courier-JournaI- In this
class, which represents the hope Of So
lutien fer the negro problem, are in
Guided two, at least, Of Louisville's col
ored men, the one a preacher, the other
q teacher. Within the past week sboth
have given utteFance to thoughts which
show the Ieavening OF Prof Washing
tens influence. On Sunday night S. R.
Jones, q colcred minister, made industry
the text Of his sermon. Education he
held TO be the means, not the present
end OF his race. He made his plea for
intelligent effort on the part OF his peo-
pie in the fields that are now open TO
them-agTicuItUre and the small trades.
For them they are fitted by nature and
q ready aptitude for assimilation II is
Ia their power 70 do such work thor
oughly and well under the instruction
and training Of men Of their race who
are successfully working out the prob
lem for themselves. Literature. art and
science for the negro as a people are at
the end Of centuries OF progress which
must have their beginning in Industrial
activity.
The whole line Of thought =as an
echo Of that presented by Booker Wash
ington in his address Of Friday night
The second Of washi1gton's followers
IN Louisville IS JosepA :. Cotter. prin-
cipai Of a ward school, who has re-
Gently had copyrighted q drama in blank
verse dealing with the industrial CUES
ton for the negro.
Taken solely as a dramatic work, the
play. as was to be expected. shows
erudeness Of construction and excess OF
''Undigested thought" In his endeavor
10 cover q wide field and at the same
time TO tell story OF dramatic Sc
quence and clearly sustas1ed interest.
the author has fallen short IN both re-
CARDS. The ambition Of his literary and
dramatic purpose initiates against the
effectiveness and comprehensiYeness OF
the views which he attempts TO pre-
sent. His is the common error Of doing
that against which he warns his people.
Divested Of its uncurted Imagination,
lack Of fidelity to types, and failure to
weigh properly existing conditions, the
play Is a remarkable effort For in It
the negro's needs are recognized, his
dangers pointed out, and the remedy
understood
TIE play takes its name from It's cen
trial figure. Caleb. the degenerate. The
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
AFTER.

One who was rich picked out a spot
High On noble hill, and there
He built himself a costly tomb.
That all the people might know where
He rested when mis- work was done.
The marble glistened in the sun:
The white shaft lowered in the air.
toIler where the crowds were great
Had love Of men big in his heart;
He sang 10 make the signing glad
AID preached for peace with all his
art.
His song died On his lips one day.
They laid The ill-clad form away,
Froa all the costly tombs apart.
Broad paths are beaten to q spot
Watched now with loving, Jealous
care;
And rich and poor and great and small
Fare far TO stand uncovered there
High OF the hill, seen from below.
4 rich tomb stands, but few men go
To see what name the shaft may bear
s. E Kiser. in Harper's.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16

The gay and glorious daily press is
having a gIeeful gloat over the retire
ment Of the men Of science to the
gloomy gIades Of obliTion, says the
American Inventor"
A number of prophecies were made
to the effect that Mont Peiee was not
dangerous, and would not break forth
for some years to come, II at all On
account Of the failure of the facts every
space writer who can secure two inches
IN the editorial columns of his journal
seems to think 1t is up to him TO throw
hts little BIT of satire and sarcasm at
the mistaken scientific gentlemen who
dared 20 say Pelee was going TO be good
when Pelee had no such Intention This
course Is about as reasonable as that
taken by the old lady who sued her
dog doctor because after he had pro-
nounced his canine patient cured Of
mango the dog fell down and broke his
leg.
scientific prophecy is never intend
ed to be a statemen. of fact, and no
scientist wants his differences taken as
such. Men who make Nature and her
laws their special study know more in
proportion as they realize the vast
amount which they do not know. and
every utterance which can be construed
as a representation of coming natural
events Is. or should be, understood to
mean that such-and-such a happening
viii occur; provided. first. that the OBJ
scrvations previously made OF similar
phenomena are sufficient in range and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
SCIENCE AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

number 10 deduce a Law. and second.
that no new and unknown law inter
feres with the result as expected.
According to the dictates Of seis-
moIogy and geology. Pelee should not
have burst forth IN fame and smoke
But no geologist would claim that he or
all his associates together knew all OF
tenth part of all, that IS TO be known
about the earth and what goes on in
side it.
An exact parallel is found in the
local heather predictions. 4 prophecy
of fair weather is made. it rains. and
the press and public laugh Yet the
Weather Bureau has made no error, but
merely prophesied from existing eondi-
tiers and data at hand that fair wealth
er vc..td result If the data were in
complete, and new meteorological fact
ors sprung u, is that the fault Of The
bureau The science is in its Infancy.
and does not pretend to be exact.
Neither does seismolcgy or geology.
Therefore the above mentioned gies-
fxl gloat is more or less cut OF place.
It would. CT course. have been 4 nag
niacent attainment of science had It
been possible to accurately foreteH the
catastrophe and save those thirty thou
sand lives. but the failure 10 do so
should not be laid upon science. nor
upon Father Time. whe ; Eot vet old
enough to have allowed the children Of
Garth sufficient opportunity for observ-
ing and investigating the laws which
govern the earth Of which he is the
lord.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
AN ABUSE Of PATRIOTISM

The July noseakes have for years manned and kill
ed their hundreds made well persons ILL and i'll ILL
of the American people Is to be asked to an
extension period Of month two III
stead of single day
The newspapers generally IRE complaining edioray and publish
ing the protests citizens that than this the
against exploding Of torpedo e have been broken with
mpuny day and night during several weeks preceding the
Fourth of police Indifferent the perfect
encouraging de and defy laws In parts
sleep impossible and convalescence of the sick IS inter
rupted about this ngorious and fgtfu
The wear 1900 showed 276 injuries ard 1901 34
iues this heathenh There
awakening public sentiment this important matter
The of proper the abuse and their strict
should demanded of the OF cities by journals
citizens, professional and ayAmeriean Medicine
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16

thetie volcanic outbreaks at widely
distant points, but he can no more ez-
plain this mysterious coincidence than
can the Youngest born child in Its era
die. Weak in his knowledge of the
birth Of volcanoes, deficient IN suffi-
eient data concerning their habits and
action, ii is utterly impossible for him
to prognosticate with certainly their
future behavior.
The object Of every scientific man
who recently visited Martinique and
ST. Vincent was to collect data where
By he could derive some knowledge Of
the laws of the phenomena, and yet
they were obliged to depend for their
information largely upon the testi-
mony of eyewitnesses who had never
seen a scientific book. These volea-
noes presented many phenomena hith-
crto unobserved and it will require
months of careful study and deduction
before the cause of the outbreak can
be stated with any degree of certainty.
This being the case how can one pre-
dict what their future viii BET
It has been published in the papers
that vast tidal waves were to be ex-
pected; that some of the islands we're
in danger of presenting more serious
outbreaks than Pelee; that the pres
ent eruptions may be forernners
Of approaching eatacIysms. which
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
MILNER AND KITCHENER.

Africa has developed. If it did not pro-
duce. two men to whom England owes
tremendous debt Of gratitude. This
debt she will pay in money, in titles,
and in that wealth Of popular ovation
which is, in every land, the inevitable
recognition Of q large work well done in
the service Of the people. To Kitch-
ener. the stern, iron. resolute, untiring
giant from whose brain sprung the
huge scheme Of army organization which
never once broke down under the trc-
mendous strain OF campaigns covering a
country half the size Of Europe. viii go
the major portion of this pubic tribute.
Where a soldier and civilian are en-
gagged in the same task more than half
the credit for its accomplishment is GER
tain to be bestowed upon the former
There Is a glamour and a glitter about
war and It's agents which we cannot re
strain. no matter how much we may de-
plose war itself. And in this particular
case the popular adulation of Kitchener
will be heightened by the fact that
Kitchener is the embodiment Of spirit
totally foreign to British traditions OF
army management. His thoroughness.
his comprehension Of detail, mis- abso-
lutte disregard for the social influences
which have wrought so much damage
TO the British army. stamp him as more
q German than an EnglishEuan- And for
this, paradoxicaI as 1t may seem, his
Countrymcn Ike him the more An To
stance of Kitchener's determination to
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16

"pries" who insist upon crlticising
others for not calling these ashes Ia
pill" while they give no name for the
vapor clouds which viii take the place
of smoke The merest tyro knows
that the volcanic "slnobe" and ashes"
are not ordinary combustion products,
but so long as they base the visible
physical aspects of smoke and ashes
then why ret call them SOL
Concerning volcanoes and volcanic
action there Is a vast amount to be
learned, and the honorable scientific
man viii always frankly say 4 do not
know when confronted with many of
the queries rropounded to him.
1t IS generally presumed that the
cause> of volcanic action Is the meet
ing of water with the hot magma be
low the Immediate surface of the
earth, causing explosions whereby
vents are opened through which the
hot magma forces its way to the sur
face through its power of expansion.
But the nature Of that great unexpIor-
ed magma of the earth's interior Is TO-
day one Of the profoundest and least
solved problems concerning our globe,
and it Is not within human power to
predict what the future productions
of that magma viii be.
The scientific man just now Is con
fronted with the question Of sympa-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
BLossoM-LADEu JUNE.

by L. C. BISHOP. IN Home and Flowers"
Oh! blOssom-Iaden June; sweeter. By
far.
In all thy joyous moods. than others are
I, when I look uron thy face.
Can see. in others. nothing Of thy grace.
With the sweet scent that fingers on
the air,
When thou art near. no other can CON-
pare
No. not the fragrance Of the lotus bloom
Can soothe the senses like thy sweet
perfume.
OH demonstrating one, thy breath,
TO me.
IS like the breeze that blows from
TIE spicy gale that from the southland
brings
A thousand welcome tfdings on itR
wings.
Oh! rare and radiant maiden but one
kiss
From Thy sweet lips begets eosta:io
bliss.
Thy witching beauty holds me in its
thran,
Oh! blcssom-laden, fairest month OF all.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
Ancient RoumdniaR Customs

Every spring from the mountain VII
lagos of Roumania throng OF cancers
tnvades the towns and cities. Their
dancing is noisy. as they wear bells on
their belts. sleeves, and trousers, and
shout and stamp their feet to the ground
as they dance; but they are unable to
explain the meaning of the words they
saw. Nevertheless, some of our learned
men have succeeded in interpreting
them and they have discovered that IN
consciously. and by mere force of ira
dition, these peasants dance the PhrThic
dance. so sacred in ancient mythology, in
which the Curite warriors are said to
have shouted boisterously in order to
prevent Saturn from hearing the voice
Of his infant sen, Jupiter, the future
king OF the gods having been hidden BY
his mother, Rhea, lest Saturn should
devour him.
The cake that Orpheus threw before
Cerberus. when the unfortunate musician
went down 10 hell in search of Eurydice,
is still to be seen at every Roumanian
funeral; the simple country folk deco
rate the rlixture Of corn and sugar with
peoples. as. according to Latin mythol-
.ogy. Orpneus mingled the juice OF peoples
In the cake, that Cerberus might fall
asleep and allow him to pass unob-
served.
The fate Of the Sabine women is still
commemorated in our villages. where no
marriage takes place without preIim-
mary ceremony: that Of the amusing
flight of the bride riding the bride
groom's horse. The parents also coolly
play their part. and catch the couple
On their way. pretending the greatest
indignation; and then, when the spirit
Of tradition is satisfied, when they have
obeyed the customs inherited from their
ancestors, the priest is called in to &C
compIish the Christian rite. But uncon-
scious paganism has ever held the fore
most place among the people. At
funeral. after the words Of eternal peace
and Christian hope have been spoken
over the closed grave, a ibation OF oil
and wine Is poured on the mound by the
priest himself, and in this way primitive
religion is united to that faith from
which we all derive comfort and
strength.-The Contemporary Review.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
THE MODERN BRIOAND.

There Is something the matter
with the Macedonian brigands
when considered Is picturesque
beings. This Is a fact which the
readers Of Hiss Stones story of
her capture have been brought
gradually to perceive. They be
can the story expecting something
ike a comic opera, and their OK
pcctat:ons have gradually simmer
cd down to nothing. There Is
nothing operate about those brig
ands. They sound as prosaic as
a trolley car
Can 1t be that brigandage has
ceased to be picturesque and be-
come as coIdly; practically COM
monplace as everything else in
this twentieth century, The brig
and always was commercial
person, questions Of sentiment not
counting for anything with him
where the cash was concerned. He
left sentiment 10 other people; but
violent indeed were the feelings
with which the rest of the COM
munity regarded him. From the
pirate Vikings to the robbers in
Fra DiavoEo," the highwayman
has always inspired feelings of
some sort in all who came in con-
tact with him. In song, in story,
and in drama he has relieved the
world of It's immemorial dizziness.
But the brigands who captured
Miss Stone were of different
make. There Is nothing pictur-
esoue or exciting about them. In
.
stead Of adding to the gayety Of
nations they actually, by their IN
considerable delay, took the spice
ont Of the sensation which they
! furnished and made it a bore.
| What IS the reason Of this7
Possibly it Is not the brigands
so much as the medium through
which they were seen. There have
been missionary reports which de
scribcd exciting things, but not
a single one of them ever
made exciting reading. Mis-
sionaries came in contact with
wonderful varie-ies of human
! nature, but there is about as muck
human nature in their reports of
their doingz Is there Is in a dried
clam shell. Some Len can go
down on Mulberry Street and find
material for picturesque wiring
Others can go round the world and
make their experiences sound ike
a Patent Office report.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
WHAT SCIENCE DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT VOLCANOES
he

would anuihilate the island. The
writer must confess that he cannot see
one ground for such prophecies and
that in the history of these islands
which have been built up to their
present great heights by the election
Of debris such Is accompanied the
present explosion there Is nothing to
create such fears. The vents of Pelee
and St. Vincent are the same which
were opened before Columbus came
and from which time and again silni-
lar ernptions to these Of the present
have come The wounds are open and
BEAUTIFULLY suppurating; why, then,
should we predict that the patient viii
die7
While these facts are true, let not
the work Of the true scientific man be
forgotten or held up to ridicule. Ev-
cry fact properly observed and re-
corded is a contribution to the sum
of knowledge which constitutes what
We call civilization, and the man who
by devoting his life TO the collection
and Interpretation Of these data
often at the sacrifice Of the humani-
ties Of life, through narrow speeiali-
zation-deserves only the greatest as
sistauce. sympathy, and support. even
though his specially Is some subject
so small and obtuse that none but him
self can comprehend 1t.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
MISTER GOOD TINES.

Mister Good Times comm
Amt 4 bit CT doubt,
Hope he'll never pass me by
Hang dat latchstring out!
Weary wild de waitin'-
FaIntin by de way;
Sweep dat TO en- swing dat do
Dis heah's whar I stayl
De chimbIy's toppled over
De gate show bin er sale:
! lives right roun' de co'ner-
Convenient ter de JAIL
Come on, Mister Good Times
Don't you stan in Doubt
Raise 20 eye-dOn't pass me by
Latckstrins hangin out!
Frank L, Stanton
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
For the Soldiers Of the Future.

Boston IIerald-This from General
Porter's West Point address is good
enough TO make note OF and remember:
'Modesty should go hand IN hand with
valor. Never underTate yourself in a
battle: never overrate yourself in a dis
patch
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-16
THE GREATER WASHINGTON

Nothing less than that Washington
shall become the most beautiful Of all
the great cities Of the world viii an
swer the aspirations of Representative
David II. Mercer of Nebraska. chair
man of the House Committee on Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds. who deIiv-
cred a most interesting address. a fe7.
evenings ago, before the Brightwood
Citizens Association. incidentally he
gave a sharp rap on the knuckIes to
those Congressman who babitualIy alb
sent themselves from the House when
ever District measures are under con-
siseration, and whose conception of
the necessities of a community like
this are bounded by their experiences
IN some backwoods village. MANY
of the Congressman WHO come here"
he said, ''have never before seen sew
ers or electric light What can YOU
expect to get from them, when they
come selfshly thinking only of their
own districts?7
Mr.. Mercer would have Congress