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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-01
PRONUNCIATION.

A correspondent, says the London
Chronicle points out that our pro-
nunciation (which is too often pro
nounciation") has its faults. It is only
too true. and 'CibralteT" is q rock OF
which many split. Height" is a COM
mon mistake, and few months ago
thousands of people were convinced that
they were in FEBRUARY" Not a man in
q hundreds calls an isthmus anything
but an 'ismus" And "aeratedl' The
of that word demands =
separate hospital "Areated'' is the
common injury But there have been
heard such compound Fractures as ''aer-
Gated and saeriorated." After that
..dfptheria," which merely loses an n.
is a mild case. Foreigners. however,
nay be excused, since their mistakes
are usually due TO superiority Of con-
science. One may sympathize with a
Frenehman who puts faith in any rule as
to the pronunciation Of ou.s b" The
plural OF potato may have no terrors
for him. but set hin to pronounce this
sentence, invented by Punch: a
dough-faeed plough-man
strobe, coughing and hiccoughing
thoughtfuIIy through the streets Of
Scarborough The foreigner who could
take that fence would deserve immedI-
ate naturalization as he aIighted. In
regard to the popular pronunciation OF
Berkshire. Derby and clerk
correspondent reminds Us that the late
Prof. Freeman discussed the question
some twenty years ago in the nineteenth
century. Prof. Freeman's view was,
that it did not matter whether We say
..Barkshire'' or 'Burkshire.' since both
are equally wreng. He supposed that the
original and proper sound OF the first
syllable was the same as that heard in
berry or Berwick" when they ara
not pronounced as they are in many pro-
vinciaI district, bury and .'Burrielz-''
Il you take a Scotsman unawares he VIII
invariably revert TO the original and
proper "Bairkshire" and clark"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-01

What commonly known fame is not fme at ALL but dangerously
notoiety. The consolation that does last long
Only living actually Politicians and
really fancy Is rather burden to them
very How could 1t be unless the
famed onew very great egost?
poets have been beautiful egos They always
up fame There could be vulgar desire; for the
analysis merely eonpc No really person
conspicuous willing to be conspicuous.
Of called literary fame purely ephenea
peopnot many if the book
popular-for little while perhaps three months The author Is talked
about other books, he may be talked
about again, his book Of the three four of
tuy are really worth while.
Only heaven really worth while.
would hundred years be able speak with
authority. then be ought 0 have been
speak inuional authority and would be
right
Fame inaccurate disputes regard The personal
appearance of Richard III!
popular conception of George Washington not human
Rudyard Kplg and Richard Mansfield
the autographed individual the
world very unexpected the original 1t all back
to disappointment Tom Sawyer who expected find United
States Senator thirty Highland did
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-01
WHEN THE CAR ENTERTAINS

walls are covered with panels made from
large slabs Of iapis IazuIi. The ceiling
is Of gold The floor is of ebony iniaid
with huge mother of pearl flowers.
There Is Chinese room, too, fur
nished exactly IN accordance with Chi
Rese conventions. and there is Gather
ines porcelain bedchamber. whose walls
are Of porcelain painted by great mas
ters and whose rows Of pillars ara
Of wonderful purple glass. And then
there are bathrooms Of enormous size,
ablaze with gold and crystal The pri-
vate chapel is said to De the most spIeu-
didiy decorated building OF its kind in
the world
Of course, the royal family does not
attempt TO live up to all this gorgeous
ness in everyday life. though the state
rooms are handy things to have IN the
family when a President Of France or a
King comes a-visiting. The private
apartments are big. airy, modern. and
eminently Hvable while the grounds OF
the estate see even more OF the royal
family than the palace does. They are
entertaining grounds. eighteen miles
square and laid out with ABSOLUTE in
formality and amusingly cosmopolitan
taste. Small wonder the older OF the
little grand duehesses adore those
grounds and are always clamoring TO
escape from the city palace and get
down 10 the TsaTkoe Selo-
There they can ride their doRkeys and
there they find all sorts Of fascinating
Fairgrounds. The grounds abound in
surprises. z Chinese village, a Turkish
Kiosk. q Swiss cowhouse, a summer
house with Ionic eolonnades, and
hanging garden, q lake holding a feet CT
pigmy boats. which form a collection Of
models Of the beats OF all nations an
we're built to amuse the Grand Duke
Constantine when he was studying for
his future place as high admiral.
There are innumerable cascades and
fountains and flowers and brooks and
bridges; and near the palace are Two
adorable baby houses fitted out with
mimic menages for tiny grand duehesses.
On the whole, the grounds Of Tsars-
koe selo are distinctly more amusing
than the golden banqueting hall II
President Loubet is wise he VIII go out
and play with the grand duchess
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-01
LONELINESS OF
COUNTRY LIFE

Representative Woods Of California
saws that lhe reason Of me abandoned
farm is the loneliness OF IT. Man, he
SAYS. longs for companiOnship and can
rot i've contentedIy IN the solitude Of
the country.
with all due respect for Mr.. Woods
and recognition OF the fact that this
really Is the case with many Of the
farmers who have given UP country
life. it may be doubted whether the
statement can justly be made as sweep
ing as he makes il. II she loneliness Of
farm lie is the only, - the chief, rea-
son why people viii not live on farms,
WHY is It that these same farms were
cleared and cultivated ana adorned with
human habitations which were held
most dear by their occupants, for sew
eraI generations. when they were even
lopeIier than they are now2 II men
and women could live on these farms
and be happy when they were miles
from any neighb0r except wolves, cata-
mounts. and Indians. why have they sud
denly grown SO unhappy about il Of
late years. when the nearest neighbor
IS not more than q quarter OF mile
away and they have all sorts OF means
of communicating with the rest OF the
wor}d2
TIE truth is that the farmer is Just
Ike any other man. and wants 70 do the
best thar he can I0r himself. Ia in
Vulnerable instaEa IS OF The abandon
nent Of country life, the move was
made with heartszck eorTUw. The born
rouurrvraan loves his nome, he loves the
freedom and Qaiet Of his farm: and he
does not mind the solitude, what there
IS OF t. The erowdiRs OF the cjs5 IS in
toIerable 10 him The people wEo crowd
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THE ARBITRATION OF STRIKES
IS A NATIONAL MAT TER


report Testimony is to be closed in thirty days after
the board Is appointed and report made to the Presi
dent within ten days thereafter unless the President
for good cause shown, shall grant further time.
1t may be asked, Why should such work not be IN
dertaken by the State in which the difference exsts
There are several reasons.
First 1t would be difficult to keep the investigation
out of the political If governor were called
upon to appoint he would probably commence to play
politics as soon as he started to consider the matter.
Second-The investigation may cover several States
Third-The President can select board from DIFF
ferent parts Of the Union
After board has been appointed, the parties to the
dispute can submit their matters III difference to arbi
raon and the board Will report its findings to the Pres
ident.
Mr. Gardner, the chairman of the Committee on La
bor has made several valuable amendaory suggestions
as has Mr. Littleeld of Maine, and have accepted
these and shall be glad receive any other suggestions
toward the perfection of the measure have been much
encouraged by the attention given by Mr. Ltefeld and
Mr. Gardner do not agree with their political ideas,
but they are of the nations most valuable thinkers on
other subjects
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Exception Taken to the Views Of
Representative Woods.

the cities are half Of them from the
cities Of the Old World, and to them
country life would in truth be lonely.
The real cause Of the abandoned farm
is that the small farmer, mechanic, or
1radesman can no longer make q living
OF l. He has TO compete with the
great ranches, the -four mills. the pack
ing houses. the fruit canning and vege-
table canning factories, which can feed
the people Of the town twenty miles
from him more cheapIy than he can feed
them. He finds that even if he works
sixteen hours a day he cannot make his
farm pay His growing boys rebel
against so much labor without adequate
returns, and determine to put their
brains to better use. No man with any
sense wants 10 get up at O'Clock in
the morning and go 10 bed al o'clock
at night, dog-tired, after working all
day at manual labor not of the most
congenial, and then have nothing but
WOrTy and a mortgage to show for II at
the end Of the year The American
farmers boy can make more for him
sell IMAM that D-L IL - d tAo1Ss%ll4
pities that he cannot stay right On his
ancestors farm and make the most of
himself, and make the farming districts
the busy. happy places they used 10 be
However. It cannot be helped. The
" heelWright, the carpenter, the doctor,
the merchant, seek city openings when
the farmer can no longer pay good
prices fer their work; and then II be
comes difficult TO get the ordinary com
forts OF life in the country, and people
with proper regard for their families
move 10 town, where the children NAV
90 TO school and the family may be
within call of q physician who knows
ais bushes. That Is the secret Of the
ab@ndoae4 .s-.a IN The East
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-01
The DEW.

His baby face il full of pain,
And how his tears are falling!
He iutters over hill and plain.
with broken hearted calling
a sad and solitary mite.
They call him Little Cry by Night. "
He was so gay an hour ago,
Astride the silver showers,
He chased tLs sunbeams to and fro,
And slept among the flowers.
But when he woke the light had
Town.
and LETT him frightened and alone.
How cruel for the sky to hide;
He calls. but 10 one hears,
And over ali the country side
He sheds his trimming tears.
His pretty flowers he cannot find,
They've only left their ghosts be-
hind
TIL 10, shaft Of amber light
The dusky gloom dismisses
and comforts Little Cry by Night, .
With tenderest Of kisses.
The flowers are calling him to play,
and sunbeams wipe his tears away.
Jessie Pope in the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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The Boys Outing.

Encourage your boy in making some
sort Of a collection while he is in the
country. and give him magnifying
glass as his invaluable aid. says the
philadelphia Record" An excellent
one may be bought for 81
He can make a butterfly net himself
very easily with half yard Of mosquito
netting gathered round a little hoop
fastened to a stick two or three feet
long, and with this he acn catch all
sorts Of interesting wings and stings-
II he Is staying near a river, creek, or
cove there are the really beautiful
dragon flies. water beetles and devils
da ing needles to be made trophies
Of his net. and almost anywhere the
abumbIy'' bee and the honey bee may
be caught.
All Of these may be quickly, and per-
haps. painIessly, killed by holding a
wad Of cotton wet in strong ammonia
over them. after which keep the finest
ones in separate little boxes or impaled
on cards.
Many birds have now abandoned their
nests. esten leaving Unmatched eggs in
them. and from these a dne collection
may be made.
With his magnifying glass the In
curing boy may get the greatest
amount Of entertainment and instTuc-
ton in studying tad-Doles. pollyWogs,
/ spiders. beetles, and infinite other
rather gruesome things that boys are
: NOT afraid Of, and even this years To-
/ Gust NAV be examined with interest
( He VIII md liChens a marTelously
/ beautiful study with his glass, some OF
4 Them dotted with tiny red flowers and
/ every variety d wonder Of dainty col
oTinE.
I yasp's nest-an abandoned one by
/ all raeans-is q treasure worth getting
. They are found on the limbs OF trees
/ and bushes. varying in size from those
as small as six inches in circumference
. 10 those over three feet, and are beau
I rifuUv screened with a gray hbrous
( substance of the same shade as the nest,
an evidence Of the instructive pro
( tective coloraticH" adopted by animals,
birds ar.d Insects TO insure safety from
their enemies
one of these curious Wasps' nests was
seen not long ago adorninS the walls
/ Of a handsome reception room, and was
so exceptionally large ana gracefully
/ p N ED PAGE
overhung with its gray fibre that 1t ex-
cited more interest than the fine pic
lures and stauettes by which it was
surrounded.
/ The cells of these nests are almost
IiaeniicaIy like those OF the honey bee,
which scientists say. are absolutely per
! feet examples OF the utilization OF space,
+ not to be equaIed by the greatest mathe-
matician-
/ II viii add greatly TO boys inter
/ est III trees if be names some OF them
after his fayorite heroes, according 10
! the character suggested by the Tree
If the boy is not old enough 70 be
trusted with the farmers gun let him
{ learn TO make bows and arrows and to
/ hit the mark with them. Skill in marks
manship trains the eye, the hand, and
/ the judgment
Birch bark ferns shells--anything-
may arouse interest in the fad for col
/ Iecting. and a complete collection OF any
kind has its value.
/ Indian arrow heads Of stone are TO be
found in the plowed fields Of many Of
/ the States II one has the knack Of find
! ing them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-01
THE APPROPRIATIONS AND THE SURPLUS

When, about ten or twelve years
ago, d Congress had managed TO close
It's activity with a record of having
appropriated a billion dollars in Its
two sessions there arose a great out
cry over what was termed the reck-
less extravaganza of that particular
aggregation of legislators. The first
session Of the Fifty-seventh Congress
Is about to close and within It's life ap-
preparations have been made amount
ing to nearly the same amount. It Is
a noteworthy fact that comparatively
few papers have thought it worth
while TO comment upon this, and the
few that have done SO have been ex
tremcly moderate In their expressions
Of opinion. 1t may be that they have
not forgotten the reply generally
made when the elamer over the a-biI-
Eon-dollar Congress was raised That
reply was: This IS a biIion-doIlar
country. And thus today the word
is: -This IS a two-billioD-dolar coun-
try
Nothing shows more clearly the cor
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WHEN CUPID CANE TO TOWN
By DON MARQUIS.

From beds of marigold and fern,
From woodland wales all violet-scented,
From banks where blood-red peoples burn
(The rustic nooks by lovers haunted -
Into the city's dust and din,
Thro' crowded n,arts that pulse with trade,
Thro' scenes Of luxury and sin,
One day the truant Boy-God strayed.
Grown tired Of Ioosing venomed darts
At beardless youth and artless maid,
He thought to try the proof Of hearts
Reputed wiser and more staid;
But now, bedraggIed, lost, forIorn,
He stood within the market-pIace
His culver stolen, poor wings torn
And tears believed the rose-leaf face.
And some, with cares and labor spent
Remarked him rot, but passed unheeding,
Some fastened by on pleasure bent,
And some, their hearts with SORROW bleeding,
Went murmuring, Love is dead nor guessed
Love stood beside them in the press
TIL two less hurried than the rest,
Paused, pitying his wretehedness.
And she was one, her past o'ergrown
With weeds that choked the flower Of trust,
Deemed all life's sweetness dead, and blown
Like crumbled petals into dust;
And he-I viii drop cant and make
My meaning clear for plainness pays,
A SPACES a spade-a rake's rake
They were pair Of old roues.
Too much forbidden fruit VIII turn
Tasteess, or bitter, In the mouth
And loves too light, or sensual, burn
Too dim, or scar the soul to drou,h-
We tire of unrealities-
Grow eynic-wise, and doubt Tie real
OF sense, or triAing, tired were these,
And doubted their own power to feel
But when she stopped and took Loves hand
And kissed the lad, Love laughed, held out
a hand to him the imp had planned
The situation well no doubt)-
And when above the curly head
Eyes met, I think each IN that gaze
Somewhat of lifes real meaning read
At least they took the boy to raise.
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THE SCOTCH FUsILIERs.

YES" smiled the English host, Il
assure you that the .new-wOTan move
ment, as you call in it America, has noe
a few followers in this country.
oh" gurgled the young lady frorl
New York, who had been invited ever for
the coronation, that is true, and think
it is Just too sweet Why. yesterday
We saw a whole regiment OF soldiers
with rainy-day skirts on."-Judge.
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rectneSs Of this view Of the case than
a brief glance at the financial eondi-
ton Of the country today Notwith-
standing the fact that by the taking
off of the war taxes the revenues Of
the Government for the next fiscal
year viii be curtailed to the amount
of something ike $75,000,O00, and in
spite of the vast sums of money
granted by Congress for the support
OF the Government and for great en-
terpnses, the surplus at the close of
June. 1903. Is estimated to be not less
than S20,00O.000. This estimate, how
ever, is based upon the receipts Of the
fiscal year now ending; the proba-
bility is that the receipts from Gus
toms and other sources viii exceed by
a very considerable amount those Of
the past official twelve months. It Is
net at all improbable that ten years
hence a two-billion-doilar Congress
viii be looked upon as rather a small
matter. We are progressing rapidly
IN our national necessities, and fortu-
nately our national income bids fair
to keep step with them.
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any person buy Morning Afternoon Sunday
Edition The any Washington, suburban
railroad elsewhere, will confer favor by
notifying the Publisher Tie Times, Tenth and St
Washington. D. G.
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politicians really famous fancy is rather bur
all much fun How could
less the famed one very great egOist2"
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FARMLAND ITS THREE STAGES

First Deuson then Illusion and lastly AlusiOR merely
By BOOTH HARRINGTON Author Gentleman
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-13
PRINCE In THE HOUSE.
Listens to Mckinley Memorial Ora
tiou by Secretary Hay

WASHINGTON, D. G.. Feb. 27.-At
noon today in the hall of Representa-
tives. in the presence Of President
Roosevelt, Prince Henry Of Prussia
the members of the cabinet. the Jus
tices of the Supreme Court, the general
OF the army and officers of the army
and navy who have received the thanks
of Congress. the ambassadors, and oth-
er representatives Of foreign countries,
the Senators and Representatives. IN
Congress, and a large number OF dis
tinguished guests. the Hon. John Hay
McKinley's Premier, pronounced
eulOgy upon his dead chief. Four times
before. national memorial services for
Presidents who have died in office
have been held in this hall, two of them
like this-in commemoration Of Chief
Magistrates who have fallen by the
hand OF assassins. BY a strange COIN
cidence, today was the twentieth an
niyersary of that on which the peerless
Blaine in the same hall delivered his
eulogy upon the martyred Garfield,
and, stranger still, the subject of to-
days memorial service was the chair
man of the committee that had charge
OF the arrangements on that occasion.
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Double Bill In Campaigning.

LOUISVILLE, KY. March 5.-Miss
Lotta Greenup, OF Paducah, KY, has
taken to the stump with her father in
his campaign for the democratic nomi-
nation for member of Congress from
this district. Mr.. Greenup is a music
dealer. and Miss LOtta an accomplished
musician. During her fathers tours OF
the district she plays the violin and
sings before the audiences which he
addresses. The South has seen moth
ing like it since Bob Tayior's fiddling
tour Of Tennessee. The double bin IL
drawing big crowds everywhere.
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PLANS FOR CORONATION.
KING Edward w IL Cut Down the
Westminster Abbey Service.

LONDON, March "Details of the
coronation are gradually coming up
for royal decision, and nearly all the
essential points will be decided before
the departure of the King for Paris
and the Riviera. Great efforts have
been made to shorten the service at
Westminster Abbey. If the ecclesiasti-
cal authorities We're allowed to have
their way the service would occupy five
or six hours, with an official require
ment that the spectators should be in
their places an hour or two in advance.
The litany will certainly be dropped,
and the musical portion of the service
will probably be curtailed.
Other changes are proposed, but there
is a tendency to magnify the impor-
tance of every detail. The abbey SER
vice and the royal drive through the
metropolis are the only fixtures. The
day for the naval review has not been
announced, nor that of the gala night
at Covent Garden, nor the days fupc-
tions at Buckingham Palace. The gar
den party at Hatfield may occur on the
Saturday after the coronation service
The Kings health is reported to De
GSpallaQt
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RIFLES FOR INSURGENTS.
ManiIa Paper alleges That Landing
Has Been Effected

VICTORIA, b. c.. March 5.-The Ma
Mia American, copies of which have
just been received, says it has very goo
just been received, says it has very
good reasons for believing that recently
a vessel flying the German flag landed
Mauser rifles on the coast of Batangas
for the use of the Insurgents. 1t is said
that the shipments comprised 20 cases,
or about 400 rifles, with ammunition.
The vessel was seen lowering about
the coast of Mindoro for several days,
finally dropped up to Batangas, almost
within cannon shot of Manila, and lat
er disappeared. About the same time
a cargo of arms was landed. The des-
tination of these weapons, the Ameri-
can says, can be readily imagined. The
rifles can be bought in Germany and
Japan for something like S13 Mexican,
and they readily command $50 gold on
being delivered to the insurgent com
manderS.
In view of the existence of numerous
recruiting stations in the district OF
Manila itself the American believes
these importations are serious.