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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
SEEING SNAKES.

4 good story is going the rounds lust
now about Curator Raymond L. Dit
mars. Of the New York Geological Park
1t appears that Mr. Ditmars vas having
/ trouble with the heating apparatus of
| the snake house, and steam filters had
been at work ali day repairing 1t. When
night came Mr. Ditmars determined to
stay On duty himself and see that the
temperature was kept up. Now Mr..
| Ditmars is. in collaboration with James
| n. Basket, engaged in writing The
Story Of the Amphibians and Reptiles"
soon to be published. and he thought
that he could employ the time be-
tween trips to the thermometer in work
ing on his ocok.
Shortly after midnight Mr.. Ditmars
was interrupted by the entrance of sny-
der. the head keeper. There was a De-
culiar look in his eye and ne was IN
mistakably scared. Before the curator
could ask for an explanation two I'M
der-keepers entered in the same fright
ened state IN response to injuries
tho managed to tell Of some wonderful
&ppaTition that had appeared behind the
turtle tank Led by the curator. armed
with revolver, they proceeded eau
tiously to the place mentioned. crawling
on all-fours as they neared the tank.
Sure enough. out of the darkness ap-
peared two luminous eyes as big as
small saUcers and a tremendous mouth
full Of fiery teeth.
What could it be? The curator
thought it might be a snake got loose
But. no! 1t was too big. The curator
was about to fire, bat Snyder for some
unaecountabIe reason restrained him.
The thing moved. Again the revolver
was raised, and again Snyder's restrain
ing hand touched the curator's arm.
What in" and then il dawned on
the curator.
Come here with a light and wen
see what II is" said Snyder. and there
in the glare of the lantern lay a half
rotten log, rotten to the point of phos-
phoTescence, while a stout cord led
from the log 20 the exact spot where
Snyder had cTouched trembling beside
Ditmars behind the turtle tank
Mr. Ditmars," said Snyder presently.
when he had quite gotten over his pale
ness. do you remember the day when
was green, and when harmless black
snake bit me and you told me I had lust
two hours to live %
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
THE KAISER'S REALM IS
A GENUINE FATHERLAND
By WALTER WILLIAMS in the Hst Louis Globs-Dsrnocrat

- ERMANY IS really fatherland.
The Emperor is the father and
~ the people are the children.
They have more freedom than
one would suppose. and. on the other
hand. less independence Of action. The
Reichstag blocks the way of many pet
measures Of the Emperor and yet the
government controls the minutest &C
lions OF its subjects with an iron hand
In the imperial parliament a Socialist
member of q party which is rapidly gain
ing Roadway in Carbohydrates half
yelled utterence in favor of a republic
while just outside a German may not
change his boarding house without the
| permission Of the police. There IS more
free speech and less free action than
would be expected
It is difficult to get lost in Germany
Nobody can commit suicide. The gov
eminent viii hang him first Paternal-
ism runs riot. Red tape should be on
the eoat-of-arms of the German official
=
in system. in brilliant uniforms No
soldier. entering a cafe or restaurant,
may take a seat until he has saluted the
lieutenant who may happen TO DE pres
ent and secured fron-him permission to
sit down The advocates and opponents
Of municipal ownership can both find
arguments in German cities to support
their respective theories.
The railways are owned and operated
BY the government The unoccupied
space along the railroad right Of way.
beside or between the tracks is leased
Tor market gardens. and the rental
money turned into the r-,s:Unal treasury,
OF, under the goverTalssnt's OWL diTec-
ton. fruit trees are planted and the fruit
sold Imperial cherries may be bought
IN Berlin. grown along the imperial rail-
way lines. There's LaternaIism. plus
thrift The German Emperor maximizes
the nation and minfmizes the individual.
The motto. so familiar to Missourians
United We stand. divided we fall,
might well be put beneath the black
eagle upon the German coat-of-arrs.
While the nation moves as one man IN
der the direction of a strong, centralized
government. it Is weu-nigh fnvincibIe-
Divided-and there's another and an en-
tirely different story
All Germans are not Germans. There
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
Morai Maxims.

There Is lady somewhere in this
country, known to one CT the news
paper writer's on home decorations,
who has a screen decorated with
moral maxims- These sayings are
printed in ornamental type and scat
tered over the surface Of the screen
and among them are such as this:
DO your work as well as you
can-aud be kind.
And this:
We are all children in the kim
dergarten Of Cod"
This lady expresses the earnest
desire that things Of this nature
might be printed and pasted up in
the street cars. in place of the adj
yertisements now there. Without
wishing to show any disresDect to
the very worthy sentiments ex-
pressed in these maxins, most
thoughtful people viii exclaim,
Heaven Forbid
But nothing OF the kind is likely
TO happen, and this suggestion is
only WORTHY OF note as typifying the
rabid desire which some peUple have
TO make the very Dayements on the
street teach a lesson. 1t is bad
enough TO have staring advertise
ments all over the landscape, but
there is one thing which would be
worse. and that would be moral
quotations. This is not because
moral sentiments are not good Ia
tkeir place, but because their place
Is not everywhere. They should be
kept in mind. embodied in actions,
enshrined in peoples hearts, but
not stuck up in large letters where
they viii weary the eye.
It is a IamentabIe fact that when
a moral sentiment becomes com
monplace by repetition its value is
practically gone. for such is the per-
yersity Of human nature that
command often repeated begets a
wild desire for disohedience, or at
best produces an unconquerabIe in
difference to the subject.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23

: are some Germans who are not Ger
mans, but Austrians. These two para
/ doxical statements give hint to the con-
dition which nenaces the peace OF Eu-
rope. There are Germans who are Prus-
! SLAMS, BavariaBs. what not. before they
are Germans There are some S,000, 900
Germans in the dual monarchy Of Aus
tro-Hungary, under the lordship Of the
aged and beloved Emperor Francis Jo-
seph, who are Germans before they are
Austrians- There is a north and soath
question in Germany. as there was a
North and South question in the United
States In the opinion of some careful
observers, it is intensifyfng, while 9th
eTs say it is gradually fading away.
When Emperor Francis Joseph passes
from the stage of earth's activities
there may be one Of the periodical up
heavals which change the map Of central
Europe
No European nation likes any other
European nation. save that France CO.
quets constantly with Russia, and the
Russian bear responds affeeuonateIy.
Otherwise the attitude Of ali Europe is
Jealousy OF every neigEi5or This ex-
plains the fact that Europe is one great
military camp Not only is there con-
slant dread of social and political up
haavais. TO suppress which an army IS
needed. but Germany maintains her nil
itary force to keep France and Russia
off her hack. So, in different degree. but
for the same defensive reasons. do other
countries maintain their immense MILL
tary establishments
The proposition OF the Car OF Russia
for universal peace by universal dis
armament met with cold response in
Europe Each nation was afraid to lay
down its gun, lest its aeighbor grab It.
4 better plan to escape the burden OF
large standing armies in all nations
would be to organize an internatioaI
army trust. Establish trust headquar-
teIs and hire an army OF any desired
size 30 any nation needing It Each na-
ton could then devote It's attention al
together to the arts OF peace and, when
war was declared. call on the trust TO
furnish regiments and brigades, ammu-
milton and men Here is the scheme in
the rough Any trust magnate could
work out the details without difficulty
The dreamers Of the universal peace
union might well turn their attention to
this more practical plan
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
DANIEL S. LAMONT--A. Newspaper Man Who Has
- Become 4 Railroad Power

should accompany him to Washington.
Mr. Lamont's work as a Presidents Dri-
Fate secretary is still q tradition and
prophecy in Washington. There has
been none better Perhaps no other pri-
Yate secretary to q President has an
preached him.
Ny! How he did run things without
seeming 20 do It at all. pretending to
give the news to everybody. but really
getting the news out of everybody; act-
ing the diplomat in important family
matters as well as IN the affairs n
state; becoming, by the Law of natural
selection Especially since he himself
had made money in New York in the
interim). Mr.. CIeveIand's second Score
tary OF War IN years Of peace there IS
nothing in the world for Secretary Of
War 10 do Yet Mr.. Lamont did things
as Secretary Of War. He rcorganfzed
some Of the bureaus, and especially did
he paddle the Cleveland political canoe
and always II needed padding.
Then came the Secretary of War to
New York again. He had made money
and now he made more. He made il in
everything that he touched. partly be-
cause be didn't touch too many things,
for If there is any leading fnancfer OF
New York city who accounts it his
practice never 10 make mistake II Is
colonel Daniel Simpson Lamont. vice
president Of the Northern Pacific Rail
road He is ether big things in wall
street. Everybody trusts him-and has
reason TO- He meets James J. HIN at
the station. and Is important enough for
this colossus Of the Northwest to talk
10 for several hours at a time.
Ar. Lamont. sitting In the Nortbarn
Pacific Offices al 81 Wall Street. seems
small: but notice how quiet and thought
IL! ne IS. What virtue is confluence
IN speech And who exemplifes this any
better than the thrifty little man from
up the State" who doesn't care how
little he seems to control things il he
really does control them?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
FOR AMERICA TO
DO GOOD To- ALL MANKIND
By Hon, RoDERT W. WILCOX. Delegate From Hawaii.

7 HAVE introduced q bill providing
that the Government of the
United States shall establish a
leper reservation on the site of the
present leper colony at Kalaupapa,
which is now controlled and
by the Territory Of Hcrvaii.
The tract contains 5000 acres, and
Is located Oh a peninsula on one side
of the island of MoIokai, 1000 feet
below the rest Of the islands.
At the present time there are up
ward of 1000 lepers in the colony,
mostly Hawaiians, but still number
OF white men and Chinese. 1t costs
the Territory Of Hawaii 100000 an
nually to support the colony.
The object Of my bill is to transfer
the colony into Federal leper res
ervation by placing II IN the hands
OF the United States Treasury. and
under the supervision of the Marine
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23

TT IS not necessary 10 know I-uch
about the origin OF CanieI Simpson
L Lamont, except thai he was Of the
hardy and acquIsitive Scotch race
and was born in central New York. Of
parents to whom he had been tenderIy
devoted up 20 the Est day.
Somehow he got 10 Albany. and.
doubtless turning his hand to the first
kind Of work that presented itself. be-
came Al errand boy in a newspaper
Office. But he also learned TO write.
and became reporter, and then. stu
better. political reporter, for It isn't
everybody that understands about 20
hticaI affairs well enough TO write about
them IntelligentIy and intellgiblv.
AS a political writer, going TO con-
ventions, getting the confidence Of pub
lie men and not abusing II, thinking out
political schemes OF his own now and
then tall for the use Of his friends. who
must needs appear more prominently in
these affairs than he), doing all this. it
was inevitable that Mr.. Lamont should
attract the attention Of public people Of
the nrsI order. And Grover Cleveland,
Governor Of New York, and living in
Albany was not the least Of these.
Mr. Cleveland became attached to Mr..
Lamont because this young political
writer gave him q political idea one
day which he himself might not have
thought OF in year. But the man was
steady and patient, and faithful and
Trustworthy all the while; SO that when
Mr.. Cleveland was looking about for a
Governors private secretary. nothing
more natural than that Daniel Lamont
should be chosen.
That was the time when opportunity
came along and knocked at this news
paper mans front door. It was easy
for this kind of man to be an excellent
private secretary. And when Grover
Cleveland was elected President. nothing
80 natural as that the same faithful
and discreet and ima ~iuative person
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
QUERIES.

II men are living on some stars
wonder how things are on Mars.
Dc fashions make the Martians grfeveg
AND do advertisements deceive?
Do agents for dramatic rot
Assert they have what they have no+g
Are jewels lost TO boom a show?
Are scandals told 10 make men go
Have they the peg-top trousers there?
And trailing skirts do women waarq
Do girls for wealth and title strive.
Because of which divorce courts thrive ?
Does glitter there the mind enchant?
And have they much Of foolish cant2
Is all their sympathy for foes,
Regardless Of their soldiers woes?
Do they court-martiaI men who fight.
And claim the foe is always right?
Do wheelmen there forget the Eight
AS they go scorching through toe light
Do automobiles wildly race
At most unlawful, frightful pace?
And are the people up in Mars
Forever lodging trolley cars?
And are they ruled in politics
BY shameless demagogic tricks?
Do men at times reforms promote,
And for reform forget TO vote?
Do their assessors need an sx
To part the rich man from his tax?
Do men combine, by some de'ice,
To put the food II higher price?
Wen. if these things they do not do,
I'd like TO go theTe-Wouldn't your
Flower In the BROOKLYN Eas1e
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
PASSAGE OF ISTHMIAN CANA. BILL
Would BENEFIT THE GULF STATES
By Representative JOHN H. STEPHENS of Texas

THE passage of the Isthman Canal bill would be
of especial benefit TO all States having an out
let to the Gulf Of Mexico, for the reason that 1t
viii shorten the the Asiate ports very greatly
It would also admit of cheaper freight rates across the
country by giving water instead of railroad transpor
tation.
At present a great deal of the wheat grown in the
Gulf States and consigned to ports in the Orient IS ship
ped the continent h rail round Cape Horn by
steamer, The construction Of ishmian canal would
admit Of it being loaded boats the gulf ports and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23

Hospital Corps Of the United States.
There are now about 800 lepers in
the United States. The establish
ment in the Orient of a Ieper reser-
walton by the United States would re-
suit III great good. Experts could be
employed to go there and study the
dread disease, and ultimately they
vEouid fix upon remedy. This
would not only be Of benefit to the
United States and Hawaii, but 10 the
whole world.
The fact that the United States
would establish 4 leper colony there,
would admit Of the deportation from
this country al once Of all those at
present suffering from the disease.
But the main object Of the establish
ment of a Federal leper reservation
should be the employment of experts
to fix upon effective treatment to cure
the lepers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
TIGHTENING THE BURDEN.

same rate Of interest. the bonds be-
ing redeemabIe in thirty years and
maturing in fifty, the plan advanced
.y the Michigan Senator Is vastly
better than anything else that has
thus far been proposed in either
branch Of Congress.
If Mr.. McMiIlan's amendment IS
adopted-and there Is no good ground
for assuming the contraIy-but one
thing more need be done TO put the
District financially ''on easy street"
After it has been aseertained how
much the United States owes the To-
cal treasury On account of the failure
of Congress to observe the terms Of
It's owE compact, let that sum be set
down to the credit of the District, as
an offset to the various deficits that
may arise II the next few years. BY
the time that sgeh amount viii have
been exhausted, and if Congress lives
up to It's self-assumed obligations in
the future, property values viii have
increased TO such an extent that there
will be no need for further advances
from the National Treasury there
after.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23

Senator McNillan's amendment to
The District appropriation bill Is the
inst ray of light that has penetrated
he gloom of the controversy over the
financial condition and obligations of
the District with reference to more
important municipal improvements
now contemplated. The chairman Of
he District Committee of the Senate
understands and appreciates
should anyone who has given the sub
Jet even passing thought-that It
would be the harshest kind of inius-
ice 10 compel the taxpayers here to
pay for such improvements out of
current revenues, or, this being i'm
possible, to hold all these improve
mcnts III allegiance.
Mr.. Mcmillan proposes that the
United States shall advance to the
District treasury annually the amount
Of the deficit arising from the excess
OF expenditures over revenues, such
amount to be refunded with interest
at the rate Of two per cent a year.
While we still adhere to the opinion
that It would have been better to
have resorted TO a bond issue at the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
EW Y0RKS recent shower of
muddy rain IS one OF those phe-
nomena which. though not com

L nomena which though not com
mon. occur at long intervals in
all parts of the world. Not long ago, al
FIume. in Austria. there was a heavy
fail Of half-frozen. brownish snow, and
in Italy and some parts of Germany
there was q down2our Of red rain. It
was found upon investigation that the
brown snow o. FIume vas caused by the
admixture OF sand which had been
blown from the Desert Of Sahara. hun
dreds Of miles away, across the Medi-
terranean. and the red rain was not a
deluge Of blood, as the peasants though.
but was due to the presence of quanti-
ties OF minute infusora. which some
how had been drawn up into the heav-
ems and let down again when the clouds
fell as rain
4 singular phenomenon Of this sort
occurred in Venezuela some time ago.
when colored haiIstones fell in the
State OF Zamora. There was first
heavy thunderstorm, with much rain,
and then. after a while. the hail came
down in such abundance that hundreds
OF bushels Of hailstones might have
been gathered Some Of the haHstones
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23

nloaded at Hongkong any other of the ports of the
Orient. Texas would be especially benefited because
Galveston IS nearer the proposed canal than any other
port IN the United States
prefer the Niearaguan route for two reasons:
First think it Is the most practicable and feasible one
Second, because it Is much shorter in distance from all
of the gulf ports by way OF this to all ports in the
Orient, than by way of the Panama route
I also think that the recent volcanic disturbances
slow that the Panama route IS subject to volcanic
disturbances than the Niearasuan route would be-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-23
The Coronation Ceremonies.

some American observers seem TO
be badly worried over tte amount
OF time and thought which King Ed
ward is supposed to be giving to the
details OF the coronation ceremonies.
They have good deal to say about
the needs Of the empire and the dis
proportionate Importance ascribed
to the length Of court trains and
the size OF coronets and so on. Or
course. their opinion will not make
much difference TO King Edward.
but, at any rate, they are free
with it.
It may be funny to see grown peo-
pie concerning themselves with
pageant Of this sort simply because
it has been tradition for a thousand
years or so. but it is possibly fun
nier to zee other grown people criti-
cising With such violence things
which are none Of their business and
which they apparently do not exact
" understand. In the frst place. as
everybody knows. the position OF the
head OF the English royal family Is
not one of any great power. The
real government is in the hands Of
Parliament. and the Boer war is not
personally conducted by King Ed
ward at all. whereas the coronation
is-that IS. It Is in the hands of his
majesty and certain court officials.
1t is not probable that the King is
giving all his time and thought to
the details of his own and other
peoples clothes, however, and it is
likely that some OF the DEGREES is
sued in regard to these things are
merely approved by him as a mat
ter Of form. and are really decided
upon by subordinates. Moreover.
all Of these DEGREES are important 10 /
the people who are to wear the /
clothes. and Of interest to the gen
eral public; therefore they are pub
lished. The fact that a column is
devoted to the subject Of clothes. in /
the news from London. and only half
2 column to the AFFAIRS of South /
Africa indicates not that the King |
Of England is giving twice as much /
thought to clothes as to affairs Of |
state, but that the American public /
is, just at present, Just twice as
much interested in the former as in |
the latter
It is perfectly excusable not to
take such vivid interest in the
matter of the court costumes to be
worn at the coronation. King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra, and their
various functionaries viii probably
arrange all that without the aid Of
the American people. Moreover
while one may sui. ones taste about
having such function or not having
it; if it is to be had at all it ought
to be done right. The English peo-
pie prefer eoronaticns TO Inaugural
tons, and they like them with all
the little quaint traditional cere-
monies, each one OF which has g
story from one TO nine hundred years
old connected with It They do not
complain OF US for having our Presi-
dent walk out and take the cath.
dressed in simple suit of Ameri-
can-made cloth. Why should we
complain Of them for booming the /
ermine market aud furnishing the
American papers with columns of
literature about the length of court
trains and the social politics of the
august function?
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Why America Should Receive the
Statue Of Frederick the Great
By representative LLEwELLYE POWERS Former Governor

SEE why United should not accept from
Emperor William of Germany Frederick the Great
the spirit which offered 1t IS received is dee
the Germans country that 1t should be
given prominent Capital greatest natD the
world hes known What place IS fitting apprehend the
President viii be fitted to rightly Judge
certainly Berlin, it viii be
dabe addition to the collection of fine statues erected
the Capital Of United States
While do think Great representative
Of the principles of government yet believe he Of the
greatest generals of the greatest military sei and Of
greatest Of that he heartily
synpad country struggles for liberty and repub
lean oT1no Of government
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