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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
NATURAL PREY Of
AMERICAN COMMERCE
Major Farquhar's Views of
Central and South America.
PLAN FOR MERCHANT MARINE
Statements Made Before the Committee
on Commerce in Advocacy Of the De-
partment Of COmmerce-Labor Viii
Finally Get Its Own Department.

Major Farquhar OF the late Industrial
Commission continued his statement this
morning before the Committee on Com
meree in advC sacy OF the establishment
Of a Department Of Commerce.
During the course Of HIS remarks he
spoke Of Blaiue's ideas on reciprocity.
Blaine, he declared, did not care how low
the reciprocal rates were so that TIE
goods exchanged were carried in American
bottoms And I don't know" said the
speaker, but that would be the best way
10 build up the merchant marine II
would do IL without taking the money out
Of the public treasury"
Continuing. he said that the whole OF
the insular service should be taken out
OF the State Department and placed under
the Department Of Commerce He be
heyed that the bill should provide for
an additional assistant secretary 10 have
charge Of the labor branch Of the depart
ment
Foreign trade. h. said. was absolutely
essential 10 the continued prosperity OF
the country, which is now able 10 produce
greatly more than is necessary for Amer
lean consumption. History showed thar
the strongest and best civilizations al
ways preyed upon the weaker ones. ard
let IL nit WhomsOever 70 would the South
and Central American republics should
be the commercial prey Of Americas com
uerce.
Mr.. Charles H Litchman. also of the
IndustFlai Commission, said ne endorsed
ali that Major FarQuhar had said. RE
was In favor OF an independent and sen
arate Department Of Labor. but he did
not think IL possible 70 get me for a long
time so he favored its Incorporation fn
the Department OF Commerce with az
assistant secretary to supervise IT, When
labor becomes powerful enough 20 de-
mand anything il usually got il. he said,
and when the Federation Of Labor en-
bTaced 5000 OG0 OF members. as he thought
il might in twenty years. II could demand
and get a Department Of Labor with a
representative in the Cabinet
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
DECLARES DISTRICT
STREETS NOT CLEAN
Washington High1oaYS
Said TO Be Neglected

The charge that more money
was spent in Washington for
street cleaning in proportion
to its size than in other cities.
aad that the streets were not
as we'll cleaned as elsewhere.
and that some were not clean
ed at all, was n le by Mr.. Nc
DermOtt in the ,odse today.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Local Headquarters for Uncle Sam in
May Towns.

The Senate Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds today reported favor
ably bills for the erection OF new public
buildings as follows
Providence. r T. SlO00.0o0, M1riden,
Conn. SltO coo. Findlay, Ohio, Si00 COO,
Sterling. III. S55. 600. Flint Mich $4,000,
Biloxi Miss. S15.0o0- Kalamazoo. Mich
texteusion CT present buiIdiusl, S60.o00.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
HEAVY FIGHTING IN
WESTERN TRANSVAAL
British Beat off
Attack By DeLareV.

4 British column in the
western Transyaal was. on
March 81, set upon by Beers
while in pursuit Of the burgh-
ers, and after heavy fighting,
beat off the attack. which was
led by Delarey.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
COLES is SENTENCED
TO PRISON FOR LIFE
TO ABATE NUlSANCES.
District Commissioners Consider a Citi-
zen's Complaint.

District Commissioners Consider a Citi-
zen's Complaint.
A correspondent Of the District Com
missioners recently called their atten-
tion TO the character Of the dirt dump
overlooking Rock Creek. Immediately
north Of the P Street bridge. also to the
condition Of Twenty second Street, in the
neighbOrhoOd OF the dump.
Mr.. c. B. Hunt. the computing en-
gineer, has reported upon the matter rec
ommcnding that the Surveyor be request
ed TO mark cut on the ground the limits
OF Florida Avenue in this locality, and
that conspicuous posts be placed al the
street corners. that a no dumping sign
be placed within the public space. and
the attention Of the police called 10 the
same. with view 20 the enforcement OF
the dumping regulations.
Mr.. Hunt further recommends that the
attention Of the Superintendent OF Street
Cleaning be called for the cleaning Of the
roadway.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
Arrivals From Havana.

NEW YORK, April Among the pas
sengers who arrived today on the Ward
Line steamship Havana. from Mexico
ami Havana, was Mai. George Chase. Of
the Seventh United States Cavalry, nine
military prisoners. and four guards.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
A - in Unoccupied 60.

an alarm Of Ere was turned in shortly
after 3 O'Clock this morning from box
2sI for q Gre in Two unOccupied frame
houses 6I5 and 612 Frcman's Alley north
west. The houses were damaged 10 the
extent Of $500. and are owned by William
Moreland. No cause can be assigned fcr
the ire.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
Minister wilson Leaves london.

LONDON, April 4.-Henry l. Wilson
United States Minister TO Chile, and Kirke
La ShelIe the theatrical manager, Will
sail for New York tomorrow on the Amer
lean line steamship FSsladeiphia.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
THE MURDER OF B0ERS.
English Officer Surprised Scandal Was
So Long Suppressed.

PLYMOUTH. England. April 4.-Your
correspondent today had an Interview
with British officer who has just re-
turned from the Cape.
The officer expressed the greatest sur
prise that the scandal charging Australian
officers IN South Africa with the murder
OF iEohensiye Beers has toon so long sup
pressed.
The ofiieer told your correspondent that
there are Jhirty-ona distinct charges
agsinst Australian officers, including sew
On counts for the murder Of women and
children.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04

Rain tonight Saturday fair +;
slight changes in temperature; va
TiabIe winds.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05

toned them through the medium of
his chief aidc-dc-camp. His questions
were Of the paternal kind. such as the
following:
How did they get on with the hard
ships of barrack life! Did they long
TO go home whenever they thought of
their nearest relatives? Did they not
think their lot hard one each time
their thoughts wandered back to the
ease and joys of their homes: Were
they not feeling the effects of their
daily exercise and maneuvers: Did
not the eXactions of the military serv-
ice sometimes make them cry in Sc
cret:
The soldiers answered that they were
quite happy in the army and that their
only desire was to do their duty to-
ward their beloved sovereign.
A few days before the MikadO, " lille
travelling 10y rail. was cheered by a
number Of very old people at Shirai-
shi station. He sent them all presents
through the local Governor, an act of
kindness which moved the old people
to tears of gratitude.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
TABLES OF RISKS 8. {.
Ancient Schemes of Justice Based on
Accident Insurance Systems.

Ancient Sche mes of Justice Based on
Accident Insurance Systems.
Accident insurance companies base
their awards on systems of statistics
that are supposed to be the OutgrOwth
of highly modern research. All COM
panies of any importance support
highly paid staff of experts. whose sole
duty is to figure out what mans left
leg. or three fingers on child's hand
may be worth to him. The wonderful
maze of figures which is necessary to
these computations to an ordinary
mind would be as staggering as the
higher calculus to a boy in common
fractions. The expert can figure the
precise difference in the risks of rail
road man in Texas and those of a lady !
teaching school in Boston. His tables
take account of habit. temperament.
diet. climate. occupation and various
other conditioning circumstances.
All this is supposed to be the out
come of scientific investigation reach
ing back only some fifty years. but
though the method may be new. the
idea of paying for injuries according
| TO a carefully adjusted scale is old. and
was practical in England and Ger
many long before Caesar conquered
Gaul
When those early globe trotters, the
Phoencians, returned from venture
some trips along the west coast OF Eu-
rope and told strange stories Of
strange people who were giants in size
and had light hair. these same blonde
giants practiced elaborate schemes OF
| justice that We're based ON tables of
risks. They did not rate the price of
man as high as he may rate himself
in modern insurance company; he
was worth in Saxon computations
about 100 shillings: il he lost an arm
or a leg he could make the offender
pay him something like 80 shillngs.
while a severe wound might bring him
SO shillings. To-day an arm or leg
is worth usually about $1,000 ana a
wound varies in proportion to its Sc
verify and to the closeness of your
friendship with the attending physi-
clan.
Ears in those old days We're looked
upon rather in the light of superfluous
ornaments, and the loss of one brought
II pence in compensation. while.
strange to say. you could indulge your
wrath by biting off an enemy's thumb.
| if he. would permit, at not greater eX-
pensc. A finger was marked down yet
= pence lower.
The insurance expert is the life of the
company, and his theories and figures
are part of the boast of civilization.
but the idea of these piccemeal esti-
mates originated with the Teutons.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
Little E,lsie'S Comment.

A G-year-old member of Harlem
family of five girls has been the limo
cent cause of much surprise and amuse-
ment to her elders lately by reason of
many droll remarks.
\ few days ago relative. on a visit
to the family. told Of the progress his
son was making in his first year at
public school. The little girl had seem
ingly been interested in doll on the
floor. near her fathers knee. but no
sooner had the talk ceased than she
looked up at the visitor. and said:
Have you little boy. Uncle Will?''
Yes. Elsie. And why do you ask -
A look of happiness spread over FL
sizes face. and brushing back a golden
curl with her hand. she said very de.
liberately:
We'll indeed. you're a lucky man,
Uncle viii, for there's calamity of
girls in our house. New York Times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
Ghosts.

1t Is a remarkable thing that while
men have talked of ghosts since the
witch of EndOr frightened Saul and
the old man "prOmissa barba horren-
tique capillO" failed to frighten the
Athenian philosopher, mankind has
come to no agreement as to whether
there is such thing as a ghost at all.
Even DIR. Oliver Lodge, who addressed
the Society for Psychical Research re-
Gently, leaves the question unsettled.
In effect he asks: "What do you mean
by ghOst?"
In one sense ghostly manifestations
are as common as bicycles and few peo-
pie are without experience of some in
stance of thought transmission or sub
conscious knowledge manifested espe-
cially in a state Of trance, and ut pres
ent quite outside our knowledge of nat.
ural law. But have ghosts objective
reality or, to avoid straying into meta.
physics and raising the ghost of Bishop
Berkeley, we will put it thus: Is there
a ghost which has the convincing pres.
ence of motor car. so that a million
onlOOkers would swear that It WAS
there! That IL the question which Is
the business Of the sOciety's "investi-
CATION" and it Is curious that 1t should
still remain question. Chron.
icle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05

In the matter of making and using
paper we are not in line with the Chi
nese and other Asiatics, who not only
make the finest paper in the world, but
apply 1t to all sorts of uses, making
window panes. fans, umbrellas, san
dals. and even clOaks and other gar
ments of 1t. The art of making paper
from mulberry bast is said to have been
invented in China in the second cen
fury b. G. Afterward bamboo shoots.
straw, grass and other materials were
also used. The manufacture spread to
the adjacent countries.
The Arabs learned it in Samarcand.
and their learned Men carefully kept
secret the process by which they made
paper for their own use. The crusades
made Europe acquainted with the art,
and the first paper mill in Germany
dates from the twelfth century. To this
day the process of papermaking in the
East is simple and apparently crude,
the fibers being torn apart with the fin
gers and the pulp pressed in some such
primitive cOntrivance as the one here
illustrated.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
Brief Hints.

If you want your potatoes mealy
wrap baked one, when it is done. IN
a towel and press until it bursts.
The rich cheeses. which have the larg-
est percentage of fat. are those which
blend well with bread. in sandwiches
or with macaroni or rice.
A nice tea dish is a plain blanc
mango favored with vanilla. stirred in
two cupfuls of stoned dates. and pour
ed into mold. which is set on ice to
cool.
For date mush. stir in cup Of dates
(stoned and separated when your
mush-a cupful-has been thoroughly
cooked. Cook ten minutes and serve
with cream or sirup.
A good dinner for to-day would con-
sist Of cream of corn soup. rolled loin
of veal. mashed potatoes spinach with
egg. lettuce salad, cottage pudding,
lemon sauce and coffee
One of the daintiest of salads con
sists Of chopped grape fruit. pineapple
orange. and pecan kernels. and sprin.
killed. with French dressing. Serve In
the outer leaves of a green cabbage.
A suggestion for what may be desig
mated as a substantial dinner: Cream
of celery. boiled leg OF mutton. cape,
sauce, boiled potatoes. young carrots
boiled. lettuce salad. water biscuits
toasted. and coffee.
Date gems require cream. together
with one cup Of sugar and quarter cur
Of butter. Add two beaten eggs. hall
cup milk. teaspoOnful Of baking pow
der, to make thick batter. Bake in mod
crate oven in gem pans.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05

Of the time it will take him to walk a
mile in the country. Ordinarily. it
would seem that the shoe would be on
the other foot. There Is so much more
to arrest his attention, to stop him.
and consume his time. In the country
the way Is clear. and there Is nothing
for man to do but hustle for his desti-
nation.
"Of course. the walking is better III
the city because of good sidewalks,
and the lift of the feet is not so heavy.
But the main reason for the shorter
time required. in my opinion. is found
in the stimulus which the city pedes-
trian receives from the excitement
around him. Everybody is going at
breakneck speed. Everybody Is hus-
Ting. There is noise and hustle, and
in spite of the fact that his attention
is arrested. and in spite of being bump
cd aud jostled about by men and wom-
ell going in opposite directions. in spite
of delays at crossings caused by pass
ing cars and vehicles of every kind, the
pedestrian is worked up to quicker
movement. Excitement is the thing
that deadens the idea of distance. ana
makes it seem so much shorter in the
city than in the country. and excite
ment is the thing which causes a man
to walk mile in the city in Just two
thirds of the time required to walk the
same distance in the country ana the
difference between n dirt road ana a
paved street for walking purposes has
but little to do with it."-\ew Orleans
Times Dpm0crat
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
First Caller,

In Scotland there is curious super.
stitution to the effect that good or bad
fortune is brought to the house by
the character f the first caller on New
Years day. In the eighteenth century
this was supposed to take effect after
II O'Clock and so devoted lovers would
station themselves outside of the doors
of the houses where their sweethearts
dwell, so that they could enter at once
upon the striking Of the hour. From
midnight till morning the streets OF
Edinburgh We're crowded with young
men. all making merry in one way OF
another. Indeed. it Is the most i'm.
portant celebration of the year to the
Scotch.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
A MILE IN CITY AND COUNTRY
New Orleans Man Thinks Former the
More Quickly Walked.

Il have observed Il curious thug
about distances" said thoughtful citi-
zen. land | have heard many persons
comment on the same thing: but
have never seen any satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION of it. In fact. suppose
nearly every person who has had an
opportunity to contrast conditions as
they exist In cities with the more open
conditions in rural sections has OBJ
served the same thing. At any rate
most men are inclined to regard the
city mile as somewhat shorter than the
country mile. OF course. there are
many things which will suggest them
selves in explanation of this matter. if
we think about 1t seriously. and yet
they are not at all satisfactory when
we weigh the problem aualytically.
Suppose we walk the distance. Along
the line of the city mile we find many
things which will crowd into the mind.
pictures along the way. pretty trade
displays in show windows. handsome
buildings. men and women bustling
hither and thither. and a thousand and
one other things which produce Sc
ries Of psychological effects which
deaden to some extent. the idea of dis
lance. and consequently the city mile
is seemingly shortened. On the other
hand. the country mile. to the average
person who has had no taste for arts
tic. and who can see no beauty in the
ruggedness of fence corners in the
tracements Of the hedges. is simply a
long and barren stretch. But thus far
| am thrashing over old straw.
This il the common view Of the
matter. and no doubt these psycholog-
ical processes play an important part
in determining the impressions re-
ceived with reference to distances I'M
der the different conditions assumed
But here is the particular thing would
like to call attention to: The city mile
will be made in much less time than
the country mile. AS a rule man will
walk q mile in the city in two-thirds
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
Potato ChOwdcr.

Pare and cut into dice six good sized
potatoes; chop fine one onion: put a
quarter of pound of fat ham or salt
pork through the chopper. Cook the
meat and onion slowly until the latter
begins to color. Turn in the potatoes.
one tablespoon of chopped parsley.
half teaspoon of salt and quarter of
add pint and half of boiling wa
ter and stew gently until the potatoes
are almost done. In the meantime make
a sauce of tablespoon each OF butter
and -four and one pint of milk. Pour
this into the first saucepan. add a little
five minutes longer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
NATIONAL CUSTOMS.
Sir Charles Napier Was Perfectly
Willing to Observe Them.


Willing to Observe Them.
When Sir Charles Napier was eXer
cising military rule in India. he show
ed extraordinary skill as an admins
traitor. He awaited himself as much as
possible of the framework of govern
ment previously existing, and used Il
wonderful tact in answering the Hin
du mind according to it's own form of
thought.
Make no avoidable change in the
ancient laws and CUSTOMS" he said to
his subordinates. The conquest of Il
country is sufficient convulsion for the
people, without abrupt changes in
their habits and social life"
One custom, however, he did abolish.
and his method of doing it showed his
wisdom in Enthusiastically. This was
the practice of sutteeism-the burning
of widows Oh the funeral piles of their
husbands: and he not only put his foot
firmly down on it, but met counter ar
guments in the only manner possible.
The custom had been formally abol
1929; but evidently it was still prac-
ticed dozen years later when Sir
Charles was in India.
When he proclaimed his intention of
suppressing sutteeism, the priests
came to him to protest. on the ground
that all nations had customs to be re-
spected, and that sutteeism was one of
Them Napier affected to be impressed
by the argument.
BE it So" said he. 1.-The burning of
widows is your custom. Prepare the
pile. But my nation has also a Gus
tom. When men burn women alive.
we hang them and cOntiscate all their
property. My carpenters shall there
fore erect gibbets. on which every one
concerned in widows burning shall
be hanged. Let us all act according to
national custom"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
Hints for the Stable.

Whitewash the stable once or twice
year: use land plaster in the manure
cutters daily.
Clean and thoroughly air the stable
before milking: in hot weather sprin.
kIe the tlOO".
Use no dry. dusty feed just previous
ii before it is fed.
Keep lairy cattle in a room or build
ing by themselves. 1t is preferable to
have no cellar below and no storage
lott above
Stables should be we'll ventilated.
floors and walls and be plainly con.
structed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-05
IN A RACK OF FIRE.
Boy Imprisoned in Big Chande lier Of
Drury Lane Theater.


To cling to the network Of rods or
huge chandelier, roasting in the up
rushing heat of hundreds OF gas burn
ers, with drop of ninety feet be
neath-this is an experience the mem
DRY Of which still makes Mr. Frank
Parker shudder. The circumstances
are told in the Strand Magazine.
Before the day of electric lights
Drury Lane Theater was Illuminated
by great gasolier. eighteen feet
across the base. 1t hung on stout
chains twelve feet long, and was fed
by pipes coming down through a man
hole in the ceiling. Close to this man
hole was a circular crown of burners; a
larger circle ran round the bottom of
the chandelier; and in addition. has
kets" of lights We're grouped at inter-
walls about the lower rim.
The boy who lighted this gllttering
mass of jets and flashing prisms was
Frank Parker, a youth of II. AS no
automatic spark had then been de-
vised. the method of lighting was a
primitive one Parker used to go into
the garnet above the ceiling and reach
down through the manhole with n long
pole at the end of which was a spirit
torch. In doing this he had to be very
careful not to break any Of the glass
pendants, which. if loosened, might un-
der the great heat drop off during a
performance and kill some one in the
pit.
One night, as Parker reached down
to light the lower range Of lights and
the basket clusters. he knocked the
pole against string Of glass prisms.
which came loose at one end and
swung down, supported only by small
copper wire.
Then he remembered the words OF
the manager: IF any of the crystals
come loose. break them off at all costs.
They are dangerous"
So Parker, without hesitation. climb
ed down through the manhole upon the
nterlaced rods and braces of the chan
delier which swayed slowly above the
black pit.
AS he let himself down through the
hoop of lights which formed the top
of the chandelier, his lamp caught the
circle of open jets. and the flame ran
round in a succession of sputters. one
light catching from another. as a row
Of dominoes falls. There he was, i'm
prisoned between fire above and dark
ness below.
At first he'did not notice his peril. for
he was intent on breaking off the dan
gerous cluster of prisms. With great
difficulty he reached it and knocked it
into the pit. The pause before it struck
told him how deep the chasm lay be-
meath him. Then he looked up and
realized his position, for there was the
circle of blazing jets above him barring
the way to the manhole.
The heat and poisonous fumes of
hundreds of lights rushed over him up
through the ventilator. He called for
help. The minutes slipped by. The
rods he chung to grew hot. Then. when
he had almost given up hope, the head
lightman heard his cries and rushed
up over the grille. through the dark
garnet to the manhOle. Turning off the
lights, he lay down. as one does to pull
drowning man from hole. reached
through the opening. and, seiZing Par
ker's arms. drew him up to safety.