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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
TEARING THE WREATH OF FAVOR
FROM THE BROW OF COLUMN IS

The iconoclasts have got after another
idol, no less a one than Christopher Co
lumbus. and if the evidence they produce
is reliable the Genoese navigator is
knocked of his stately pedestal and lies
fiat as the so-called efigy of him which
once stood on our lake front. says the
Chicago Tribune"
The particular iconocIast in this in
stance is Henry Vignaud, first secre-
tary OF the United States embassy in
Paris. In his sweeping and severe in
dic1ment. he says that Columbus never
spoke word Of truth in what related to
himself personally. and that his family
followed his example He charges that
he purposeIy filed his letters and writ
ings with incorrect statements to cover
u. certain periods OF his life. and that
the biography Of Columbus by Ferdi-
nand Columbus and Las Casas. upon
which the world mas chiefly relied for its
knowledge Of the alleged discovery. is
composed Of lies. These biographers
have led the world to believe that Co
lumbus' faith was due to a letter about
a road to the East Indies by way Of
the west from ToscaneTH. the FIoren-
tine astronomer. TO Fernam Martins. a
Portuguese ecc1esiastic, who showed the
letter and accompanying chart to Al
fonso V Copies OF this letter and chart
It is said, were handed TO Columbus. and
thereupon followed his discovery. of the
new world
Now comes Mr.. Yisnaud and declares
without any hesitation, and backs up his
declaration with strong proofs. that this
letter. and a so-called second letter.
purporting TO be ToscanneIlfs. are forg-
cries. executed by Columbus second
son. Bartholomew. Worse than this. he
charges thst there was a letter. which.
II found. viii identify Columbus himself
as a party 10 the fraud The motive OF
the family. says Mr.. Vignaud, is to
clear his fame of the reproach that. as
his enemies said. he had really discov-
cred America on the information given
hiHT by pilot who, as he lay a-dytng,
told how. during a Yoyage TO Portugal
TO the northern parts hard by he had,
by chance, been blown westward out Of
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
FERNANDO'S REPENTANCE--A BALLAD
By EDWARD PAYsoN JACKSON.

But yet he drew his trusty sword
And kissed It's sacred hilt.
Give way" he cried. '.whate'er thou
art
Or meet this. if thou Wilt"
With that he prayed q silent PRAYER
And dealt a furious blow.
The monster screamed, but forward
rushed,
And laid Fernando low
Bereft Of sense. an hour he lay
Then reused him from his swoon.
The cloud had passed, and there behold,
II the clear light Of the moon.
An eagle dead beside her nest
On the edge OF precipice,
Fernando rose and, shuddering, gazed
Into the black abyss
Then down upon his knees he fell.
His hands he lifted high,
And from his pallid lips there came
A wailing, trembling cry;
20 Heaven. forgive my bIasphemy
Forgive my traitor faith!
An angel. not q fend. thou sent
To turn my steps from DEATH"
And every morn for many a day
Returned Fernando there.
and the eaglets in their eyrie wild
He fed with tenderest care.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10

Sweeter than the costliest imported
perfumes are the delicate doors given
out riotously by IowIy plants. sprouting
shrubs and waving trees, says the st
Paul Dispatch The scent of sweet
grass. sweet fern and sweet clover which
comes from the trunk as the hOmecom-
ing woman opens it on her return from
the country carries her back 10 the wide
fields. the pleasant waste places and the
restful beauty. Of the region in which she
has found health and happiness, and as
she lays the fragrant spEigs away in
chest. drawer and closet, she prepares
for herself a refreshing inspiration
whenever she shall thereafter open these
compartments. The perfume that viii
greet her viii Danish for the moment.
at least, her cares. and she viii 90
away refreshed by the wave of memory
that carried her back to the idle days by
the seashore, on the mountain side, o
by the flowing river.
These leaves and grasses Will not lose
their virtue for years to come. Little
by little the scent viii grow fainter and
more delicate. but it will still persist
with its sweet suggestiveness.
Branches Of birch, of baIsam fir and OF
pines viii give the house a spicy, arc
matte favor that is good for the health
Of mind and body. It brings home the
best OF the woods when ones circum-
stances prevent him from wandering
therein. Many or these delightfully."-
fragrant bits Of wood and feld are at
their best this month, and there is yet
time to scent ones heGse with them
The sweet clover, which is yet to be
found in many spots, especially IN New
Jersey, is all sweet. stem, leaf and
flower Bags filled with il and hung
among articles OF clothing viii give them
faint, wholesome oder that suggests
freshness and cleanliness.
Now is the time, too, for. gathering in
ones garden herbs. Happily, 10 these
days the oId-fashioned garden las been
revived In it cabbage roses. Glove plnks
and all the oId-tfme. heavy scented flow
ers and herbs as well have a conspicuous
place Various minty herbs should be
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
A CHECK TO MORTALITY

One of Ire most important dis
coveries OF the day Is that which has
just been made by two young iuves-
tigators at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, under the directions of DR..
Welch, a pathologist of worldwide
renown. It Is nothing less than the
discovery of the germ which under
LES tic sumner malady which every
year claims It's victims by the thou
sands among the children of the
land. With characteristic caution
and modesty, al the investigators
protest against the immediate ac-
eeptanee Of their achievement as a
complete solution of the problem of
then inquiry, but they point to the
fact that IN forty cases the presence
of the fatal germ was established
beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Some time ago a grandchild of
Dir. John p Rockefeller suecumbed
70 the disease. The Standard Oil
millionaire was 50 affected by the
event that he gave two hundred
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10

encountered maraudeTs. The chief had seen service in
the Mexican and through the civil and had had
hando-hand encounters which, however were attended
with hardly serious results than the imaginary con
hct.
The greatest imposition IS that which occurs great
many times IN year when persons who cannot do not
want to pay their just debts, report that they have been
robbed of sums of money They viii prearrange TO give
color to the truth of their report but are generally found
out IN the end
The employee Of a department has been known to
have reported being held up by footpads order to
avoid paying part of his income to his wife, and all
kinds of losses have occurred those who eourted the
sympathy Of creditors about the first Of the month
The public should not believe everything they read
and hear about burglaries and highway robberes for
many of the so reported, after investigation are
shown to be without foundation
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
MIRABEL
By W. S. SNYDER

I have lost my Mirabei.
Silent, pensive, eager, waiting.
Held as by woudrous spell.
Sits she. musing, contemplating
LIES unraveling mystery.
Far beyond. apart from me.
Wandering. pausing, waking. dreaming
In the shadow, or the beaming.
7 have lost my Mirabel,
Youth has brought my MirabelI
Much that coming years viii soften
Womanhood its truth must tell,
Tell 10 her. and tell il often:
When, awaken, she shall see
Love expanding raptuously,
To the star from JUdah's manges:
Then my love. though now a stranger.
VIII bring back my MirabeIl
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
THE MARSH.

BY MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON.
She bTaids her hair Of brown
With ribbons OF the sea,
And all the lands lean down,
Approach. on Bonded knee.
Her cheek with dawn is flushed
Horizons tremble there:
Through years of nights deep hushed
The stars have found her fair
The sea CULTS brigand breast
Is never false to her;
The distant tides unrest
Her sunbuTHt mem'rie stir
Her soul is in midstream;
She listens-till she hears
The waves briFl Ger her dream,
AS Jealous ocean nears-
She leads him through the maze
OF all her waiting charms.
Nor yields her wonder ways
At once unto his arms;
A lover wild the sea,
a bride upon the shore
Salt winds for certainty.
And ebb-tide as before.
Boston Journal
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10

I'll not rnurmur. AiTabeli
Once knew, in contemplation,
All the yeaTning hopes that dwell
In each heart-sped Undulation;
When, in aimiess infancy,
You had e'er smile for me,
You were mine; and I. your mother,
Had but you. nor asked for other
Love than yours. dear Mirabel.
And I know. dear Mirabel,
There is light and hope in waiting;
Once my breath beneath It's spell,
Like your own was undulatngI
You have but forgotten me,
Wrapt in thoughts of infancy;
And when motherhood has blest you.
You viii kaoz now on my breast you
Laid and Lived me, Mirabell
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10

The Yestal moon In the midnight sky
Her faithful vigil kept.
As homeward down the mountain glade
Fernando slowly crept-
Now. Heaven, direct my steps Alright
Amidst these wiIds." prayed he,
That once again my cottage home
And loved ones may see.
A cloud arose from out the east,
The Vestal yelled her face;
AIne tortuous path more doubtful grew,
The darkness spread apace-
- Heaven. direct my steps Alright"
~ fervently he prayed.
stii more slowly felt his way
- the narrow glade
Eae a whirr of mighty wings;
huge and black
siRst the darkened sky
~ started back.
demon Of the mount
g block my path,
Heaven doth answer
bitter wrath.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10

thousand dollars as 4 fund for sci
entiic investigation of the too prey
alent maIady, in the hope that the
cause might be discovered and IN
that way a proper remedy suggest
ed. Even at this time his liberality
has borne good fruit, and 1t is not
unlikely that further research viii
trace the original of the disease yet
more clearly and medical science
viii be enabled to find not only the
preventive, but the remedy.
Some of the pathologists Of the
country, in discussing the partial
success which has attended the Ia
bors Of the Johns Hopkins students,
express the hope that the germ just
discovered will also prove to be the
cause of other disorders Of even
more virulent form, such as cholera
and diseases of Asiatic origin. If
this hope were to prove to have beer
well grounded. mankind would II
the near future find relief from one
of the greatest plaques with which
ii has been afflicted for centuries.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
BITS OF TALK.

Old Lady-You appear to be very fond
Of your playmate II is pleasant 20 see
love among children.
The Bigger ore-Yes. mum: he has a
)enny TO spend. he has.
Love is blind, murrured Mr.. Meek
ton, regTetfulIy.
That's nonsense" replied his wife.
When a girl falls in love with a nan
she sees magnificent qualities in him
which none CT her family can make cut
and which become wholly obscure sven
to her in the course of a year or So
so that young man wants to marry
you2" said MabeI's father.
Yes. was the reply.
DO you know how much his Ineoue
.s?"
No; but It's an awfuly strange coin
eidence."
What do you mean?r
Herbert asked the very same CUES
ton about you
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
A FLANK MOVEMENT.

When he saw the enemy coming he
turned and ran call that cowardice.
Not at all. He remembered. that the
earth is round. and he intended TO run
around and attack the enemy from the
rear"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
ITS DROP.

Strange how quickly the Panama hat
has lost favor. itsn't it,"
Yes. Three months ago it was a big
asset; now it isn't even lisbs.ity.''
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10
POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID

TOWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID
EVENING EDITION. one year. IS: six
months. $3.50; thres month"; - cents.
Evening and sunday. one yelr- ~: six
months. $40. thrss noatas sI.25.
Morning, Evening. and SUaIIr one
year, SO; six months. 50; three months,
$3.50.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-10

By BENJAMIN sTENHARDT, New York.

ezheu of keeping it and
making It when he Of
big dividends he taking legitimate
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES To our or

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MORNING EDITION. ene year 50; six
Morning ana SUNDAY. one We II. -; six
months, $3.50; three months. SI-75.
sunday edition only, one year. - six
months, 81; three months, 80 cents
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13

ly answered.; I have been to Boston,"
.
When Mr.. Butler of Pennsylvania
protested against being singled out as
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13

Congressman Cannon.
the original sinful man Of the house,
Mr.. Wadsworth of New York uttered
the retort direct:
You are certainly under suspicion"
said Mr.. Wadsworth.
The agile Senator Cullom, desiring
to go to his committee room, walked
in the direction of the staircase.
"Why don't you take the elevator? ?"
he was asked.
Because 1 am in a hurry" he re.
Piled, and then he assembled the stair.
case two steps at time
''The senate is the greatest legis-
lative body in the world" said Sen
ator Cockrell, addressing Mr. Spooner
upon bill that was being considered.
"Oh, no. replied Mr.. Spooner. "This
is not the greatest legislative body
in the world. 1t is only part of one
of the greatest legislative bodies, but
l will not dispute that it is the great
est part. In fact" added Mr.. Spoon
er, smiling, 81 think we all admit that
fact
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13
TELLS OF POVERTY IN INDIA

Returned Traveller Reports Almost I'm.
credible Conditions There.
81 have lived in Calcutta for the
past fifteen years." said Robert
Humphrey of England, now in Wash
ington. eve have many people in
Great Britain who are in poor circum.
stances, but ran has to see how
the masses in India live to under
stand the meaning of 'abject poverty
From my observation I do not hes
itate to say that half of the people
who toll in the fields over there do
not know what it is to have their hun.
ger satisfied. The masses do not live;
they merely exc out miserable exist.
ence, and from the cradle to the grave
there is an incessant battle with pri.
walton and want
CAS- rule they subsist on one meal
per day, and not infrequently, even in
districts that are not listed as famine.
stricken, they have this insufficient
quota of food only on alternate days.
When one considers that the average
income of the native farmer is, accord.
ing to good authority, So year, it is
no surprise to hear how Impoverished
is the country. In fact, there is
scarcely year that passes over the
heads of these unfortunates that thew
have any assurance of escaping
period of famine. The grim specter
OF starvation is ever at their DOORS"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13
Sketch of Marion Crawford.

An English writer has the following
to say of popular American novel
list: II was surprised when 1 met
Marion Crawford to-day down at
Sarah Bernhardt's theater. He had
been supervising the rehearsals of
Francesca da Rimini,' and was very
happy with the enthusiasm of Sarah
for the work. AS we drove back to-
gether the brilliant author told me
that he could count on his fingers the
days that he had been in England
during the last twenty years. South
ern Italy was to him a paradise.
Marion Crawford is a burly man. al
most horse guards blue in his gait, but
| should imagine of very delicate tenn
permanent. Although the day was
mild and jacket was sufficient for
the ordinary man, he buttoned up his
overcoat to the cheek bones and then
seemed chilly"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13
The Life of the Farmer.

we are going to sell our printing
office and go to farming" says the
editor of Kansas paper. I'VE were
told last week about a farmer whose
wife and family of five children are
getting rich, while the old gentleman
hustles around and bosses the Job.
The lovely daughter-and she is love-
ly-has about two and half acres of
chickens, while the boys have cattle
horses, hogs and the like to get away
with all the feed that is grown on the
place, and every once in awhile thew
buy another quarter. They have a
handsome new home, the woods are
full of quail, the creek is full of black
bass and they live right up at the top
of the pot, every day in the year This
family owns about everything in sight
and are hustling every day for more.
We wish we were plutocratic farm,
err"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13

MnSirinnc We have anything you want,
MCQl(lIACSs and send it in pain wrap
per-; complete stock; right
prices. NAPLES Drug Co., Houston, Texas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13

loIIy ulllcS oil
Charlie B o W m a n,
who Is Representative Burks right
hand man, remarked that it was desir-
able to get back in time to witness the
eight-oared race that afternoon be-
tween Pennsylvania and the middies.
Rowing or sailing?" queried Mr..
Loussnslager of New Jersey, a mem
Der of the house naval committee,
quickly.
Bowman hesitated as though the
question were puzzler. Now he in
sists that the joke was on Louden-
slayer and Loudenslager says it was
done on purpose to test Bowman, and
they haven't been able to agree which
way the joke came.
Boutell of Illinois Is bald and Sulzer
of New York has head of hair which
might fill the seven Sutherland sis
tiers with envy.
In the house recently Mr.. Sulzer
tainted the Illinois member with be-
ing unable to part his hair in the
middle.
1T is true" retorted Mr.. Boutell,
that I am not one of those whose
strength goes to hair instead of
brains"
After which Mr.. Sulzer had nothing
more to say.
Representatives Wheeler and Bore
Ing Of Kentucky were discussing at
fairs in that state. Mr.. Wheeler re-
marked that he understood Mr. Bore
ing to say something about Caleb
Powers, the man charged with the
murder of Goebel.
81 am not responsible for the gen.
tleman's understanding" said Mr..
Boreing. 81 may give the gentleman
information, but God Almighty alone
can give him understanding
And there are some men," replied
Mr.. Wheeler, looking in Mr.. Boreing's
direction, "who have neither informa-
ton nor understanding"
Charlie Joy of st. Louis went over
to Atlantic City the other evening to
accompany Mrs. Joy to that resort,
and came back to Philadelphia by eve
ming train that he might get an early
start for Washington the following
day and be here In time TO vote.
"Will you have your baggage sent
up, Mr.. Joy?' inquired the clerk at the
hotel where he registered.
YES" said he, as he handed over
the counter bundle, containing his
pajamas and a tooth brush.
do you mind paying in advance,
Mr.. Joy?" continued the clerk, cycling
him rather suspiciously.
81 pay gladly" said the st. Louisan,
convinced for once that 1 was not
charged extra for being a congress
man."
"Uncle Joe" Cannon is constantly in
the harness these days. No appropria-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13
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Il WEEKLY LETTER FROM 4
a THE NATIONAL CAPITAL 4
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Especial Letter.)

HEN a lot of Con-
gressmen were at
Annapolis coursing
round in Chesapeake
bay, with a fierce
wind sweeping the
deck at the rate Of
forty miles an hour,
Gharlia d w m q m
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13

ton bill comes upon the floor but what
the watchdog is listening to all that
goes. He opposes and amends and
amends and opposes, and will do so
till the last appropriation bill is speed
ed on it's way to the senate.
The doors of the appropriation room
fly open as he approaches and close
noiselessly as he departs. When the
bill is from some other committee than
his own, the faithful Courts, who
knows more appropriation facts and
figures than any other man about con-
gress, is pressed into service and sits
at Mr.. Cannon's elbow. Other chair
men, in charge of appropriation
measures, dislike the surveillance. but
Uncle Joe" nevertheless fights on.
He keeps his place on the watch tow.
er, and has the moral support of the
house leaders.
Senators Teller and Platt of Con-
necticut were in the lobby discussing
the opening of certain Indian lands to
settlement. They disagreed as to the
value of the lands.
Did you ever see these lands which
the government proposes to buzz"
asked Senator Teller.
mo-" said Senator Plat
Have you ever been West?" per-
sisted Senator Teller.
Mr. Platt's answer was not very
positive. He had been West, he said
that is" he added, part of the
way West"
You remind me-" said Teller, "of
the woman who lived in Portland, Me.
Some one asked her if she had ever
Travelled West. ON. yes she prompt.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13
Something that costs nothing, yet Il
priceless. Is contentmenx.

To Cure Cold I'm One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money IL 1t fails to cure. 25aI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13

A man should SO live that 1t will not
be necessary to build monument to
remember him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-13

They only rule who scorn all rtdt
cule.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-08-15
News of the Local World

This Is all around weather.
P.S Smith, of Shiloh, was bus
mess caller here today.
J. A. Fulton, of Lima, was regis
tered at the Hotel Mercer today.
Perry Trimble, of Suithfeld, vas
business visitor In the city today.
Worth 'leven ordinary entertain.
ments last evening at ME-. church.
We have at least one autumn
wedding booked. Now 60 to guess
ing.
W. E. Cup, general superinten-
dent for Treat & Crawford, IS In
the city.
Buy your piesaudthings for Sun
day at the furniture building"
tomorrow.
W. H. Friedel, prominent bus
iness man of Wheeling, was in the
city today.
A market of home made baking
and cooking all day tomorrow in
the Boyers building.
Mrs. Tim Cushing will leave to-
morrow for Lane county, Kansas,
to visit her father and other rela
tives In the west.
Herbert Fischer left the city last
evening for his summer vacation,
which he will spend at Bradford,
Pa, and Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bennett, OF
Morgan's Mills, who have been visit
ing relatives In our city for a week
left today tor Moundsville.
Mrs. John Stealey and daughter
Miss Leila, who have been the
guests of relatives at Middlebourne
returned home last evening.
Mrs. Manda Clark and charming
daughter, Miss Mena. of 1ronton
Ohio, are visiting Mrs. Charles
ellis aud other friends In the city
Mrs. Fairs, of Friendly, who had
been the guest of Mrs. McCamey, oI
north Water street for few days
returned home yesterday afternoon
J. H. Mccoy, proprietor and ed
itor.in chief of the OH Review, was
called to Middlebourne this morn
Ing on important legal business
Circuit corrt Is In session there and
will doubtless continue throughout
next week.