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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
WHAT EASTERN CAPITAL IS DONG
TO DEVELOP NEW MEXICO
By Delegate B, S. RoDEY, of New Mexico.

ern half Of the Territory. and to which
the titles are now happily sestIed, thanks
to the good work OF the court OF private
land claims.
The coming in Of these land grants as
pastures IS particularly opportune at this
time for cattle owners, as the Govern
next 5 ordering down their fences on
the public domain. and settlement is
erowding them out OF the semi-agricuI-
turaI lands they have heretofore occu-
pied
The new capital that has gone into the
Territory within the last two years is
not less than $50, coz, 600. CT it viii amount
to that sum when the enterprises begun
are completed.
The population has Increased not less
than $4,000 since the census Of 1900 was
taken. and has Recessitated the estab-
lishment OF seventy-ffye additional post
Offices. Population. like water, always fol-
lows the line Of least resistance. New
Mexico has the greatest amount of unap-
propriated public domain OF any State or
Territory in the country that Is ct to
support human beings.
The 1910 census viii show an increase
of IS. 000, 900 over the census Of 1900 New
Mexico will certainly get SOC, 900 Of this
increase, and with the natural increase on
her own present population will have a
million people at that time within its
borders
The Southw est has awakened It's day
CT progress has begun. It has already
gained such momentum that nothing can
stop it short of a severe and prolonged
national panic.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06

All, how merriIy it swings
When the marriage call it rings
And the fair young bride is coming. with
no secret now to tell.
The belfry's tongue may ring it
On the waves Of sound that bring it
From the palpitating bosom Of the Old
Church Bell.
But its glad notes seem to alter,
And its iron tongue to faIter,
When it's called upon to utter the slowly
measured kneII.
Then its spirits seem to Ianguish
And to share in human anguish
With all the tender sweetness of the Old
Church Bell.
Tho apart from 1t we go
On 6 tide that wills it. so.
We shall hear it when our thoughts on
old times dwell
Well then recall again
All the pleasures and the pai..
Bient with the intonations of the Old
Church Bell.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
PECULIAR SHOTS MADE BY
THE AMERICAN YOUNG IDEA
By LnLIAN C. FLINT, in aChristian Epdeavor worlas

he result of the untiring eff
forts of teachers to inculcate
1 knowledge finds expression in
various forms. The following are
gems of information after being fl
tered through the minds of children
from twelve to fifteen years old:
One Of the greatest things that Co
lumbus discovered was that he had
not the faintest idea that he had dis
covered America.
Washington said to the soldiers at
Valley Forge that they that are whole
need not physician
Lincoin's propagation was very
strong.
The Chesapeake attacked the Shan
aon and drove her up the Shenandoah
Valley then the Shannon attacked
the Chesapeake and the war ended in
a battle
At the battle Of New Orleans three
Of the British officers were killed,
one Of them MORALLY.
There were many lives lost. inclu-
ing wounded, dead, and dying.
The Romans left the Britons low
spirited and crestfaIIen.
The Parthenon was used as a pow
der magazine during the Trojan war.
The outline Of Greco is very rug
ged, surrounding all the country or
nearly all
The Persians hurried across the
UeIlespoBt, burning it behind them.
The Phoenicians were never a very
noted sex.
The art of he Assyrians was noted
for wings.
The British shared their glory
alone.
Charles II didn't bother himself
much with women as most kings did
in those days.
Bathos expresses a great deal Of
emotion as - Daniel come to judg-
ment"
Hawthorne could not live upon his
pen
A great many of our authors were
born there. Hawthorne. Thoreau, and
the battle Of Concord.
Dickens married. but net success.
fully.
Tennyson. born in a seaport town,
married Boston girl, died at STRAIT
ford-on-Avon.
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THE OLD CHURCH BELL
BY SAM BANGS.

From an Unpretentious steepIe
It is calling TO the people.
In sweet. strong voice. Come along,
Come re high and come ye lowly
To the Temple Of the Holy,
And swell our halIeluiah with your song. ="
Come along, come along. come
along
Is the clear Interpretation of its song.
And the child that stops to listen can
very plainly tell
When its iron voice is saying.
I'm ashamed of your delaying,
It's enough 10 try the patience of the Old
Church Bell"
Years to Us it thus has spoken.
Tho IN accents somewhat broken.
And no sound is more familiar and none
We love so well,
When a rosy, cheerful dawning
UsheTs in a Sunday morning
With the urgent invitation of the Old
Church Bell
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erages consumed Official statistics Of
the money expended for drink in the
United States are not available. but tax
ing the census figures of the quantities
distilled, malt and various liquors con-
sumed and reducing the gallons into dol
lars at their approximate retail value.
the liauor bill Of the United States runs
up TO something like 81 ,ee0, ee0, 900
year Adding 30 per cent TO this to arrive
at the cost Of the drinks as sold over the
bar it viii be seen that this nation spends
twice as much as the German for this
item
We are nearly twice as numerous
people as are the Germans, however, and
the price OF drinks is much higher in this
country; moreover, the average earnings
of Americans are greater. The figures
quoted by Count Douglas. therefore, may
well give German statesmen food for
thought. 1t may be Inferred from Count
Douglas remarks that n Germany. as
lately in France, there has been observed
tendency toward an enlarged consump-
ton OF ardent spirits. The remedy
adopted by the French government was
a remission OF internal taxes on wines
and heavy increase OF taxes on dis
titled liquors, and the effect has been as
expected-brandy has been superseded as
a drink to a large extent by wine, which
Of all alcoholic beverages is the least
noxious- A similar treatment of the
problem by the German government is
not possible. Wine grows only in a
comparatively few districts OF the Ger
man empire and any encouragement OF
the consumption of beer to onset
''schnapps" would probably not be
deemed desirable. The quantity Of beer
consumed, particularly in Bavaria. is
prodigious. and inordinate bibuIation Of
this beverage innocent enough when
taken moderately brings in its train
evils to the human body and mind al
most if not quite as degenerating as
those which flow from excessive tin
rling of whisky.
Just how the Prussian government will
meet the problem remains to be seen. The
question is OF worldwide interest. and
every experiment in the regulation and
restriction of drinking adds something to
the sum OF human knowledge and viii
be abdul TO legislators VINO may have
to deal with the same subject While
the cultivation Of good habits and de-
pertinent is more particularly a matter Of
morals. and sobriety cannot be enforced
by acts of parliament, still the mandate
of the law may usefuIiy supplement the
persuasions of morality: ana it IS to the
interest Of ali to discover what are the
legal helps that are most efficient in pre-
melting the temperate use OF stimulants.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
THE ANNUAL EVENT.

They ask to wake them early. wake them
early. mother dear"
The poets who write funny things. they
ask this every year.
The 18th Of April brings the same old
song again
The same old jokes win trickIe from each
busy, rhyTning pen;
The same cid parody about the woes Of
The enc on the Queen OF the May. moth
er," the one on the Queen Of the
May
So, wake the poets earIy-wake them ear
"; do you hear?
It is the day of all the rest they greet
with joy and cheer;
The day when they don't have to tear the
hair in frenzied search
For some idea for a 'pome" or be left in
the Iurch.
For here is one that's regular, and glad
and blithe and gay
The one on the Queen of the May, moth
er," the enc on the Queen of the
May.
Oh, wake aud call me early; call ne ear
y, mother dear;
I think III write the parody I turn out
every year
III jingle on house-cIeaning woes, and
how the bar of soap
Assaults man and sends him down the
stairway on lope,
The gladdest day of all the year is that
one when / may
Write one on the Queen of the May,
mother" a verse on the Queen OF
the May
Yes, call the poets early; call them early,
mothers dear;
For this to them viii be the softest snap
IN all the year.
From old Penobscot all the way to Port
land, Oregon,
They'll dash of Mayday PAROLES at CON-
ing Of the dawn.
It's better than vacation time-tbere's
n2ught to do but say
\ word on the Queen of the May. moth
err" word On the Queen of the May.
Baltimore American.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06

= ASTERN capital has at last turned
r. its attention 10 the vast amount
IL o. undeveloped resources IN the
Territory OF New Mexico. The
building Of zoo miles of railroad by the
Rock Island system last year has opened
UP a new through line from the East to Fl
Paso. Tex, and called the attention Of the
m0neyed men of the East to the posi-
bilities Of that portion Of the Southwest.
The building OF this line Immediately
resulted in the opening up OF the vast coal
fields and timber tracts held in private
ownership. and the building Of long rail-
road spurs thereto mas almost doubled
the amount Of capital invested in the
mere building OF a through line of rail-
road.
It also resulted IN calling the atten-
ton Of capital to the project Of joining
two OF three systems of trunk lines of
railroad By couple of hundred miles of
connecting lines that in themselves are
splendid investments, and reYolutionized
the accommodating of the differ
ent sections Of the Territory.
This was done by Pennsylvania capital
These new facilities for distributing the
product Of the Territory also called the
attention Of Michigan capital to fine tim
Der propositions in the western part OF
the Territory, which they at once pur-
chased. and are now proceeding to de-
velep. having a capital CT IS, 600 600 on
which to proceed.
These new railroads also render avail
able for grazing purposes to the big stock
syndicates the many large land grants
held in private ownership in the north
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06

p 4 R. BALF0UR STEWART. a dis
M tinguished Cambridge graduate,
L 4 has been conducting series of
exceedingly interesting expert
ments with mosquitoes on the west coast
Of Africa. Under the auspices Of the LiY-
erpooI School of Tropical Medicine He
has been testing their eYesight and their
fondness or aversion for certain eoIors.
In a spacious Photographic studio a
large muslin tent was set up with one end
against the glass window. through which
the sunlight streaued At the bottom Of
the tent were some large pans for the
anopheles to breed in, and these from
time to time we're removed
On one side of the tent seventeen boxes,
without lids, we're piled one upon the
other. the order being changed each day
so as TO eliminate any preference due to
position or exposure to light. Each box
was lined with eIoth having a slightly
rough surface, not shiny or smooth one,
to which a mosquito could easily cling.
The experiment consisted IN counting the
number Of mosquitoes found in each box
On seventeen different days. The results
obtained were very striking.
During the seventeen days on which the
counts we're made. los mosquitoes were
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
THE DRINK QUESTION NOW
AOITATINO THE GERMAN PEOPLE

TINE drinking habits of the people
bid fair TO become TIE subject OF
! legislative regulation in Germany
as they have lately been in
France, says the philadelphia Record. :
A resolution has been proposed and
adopted without opposition in the Prus-
sian Diet requesting the ministry to pre-
pare a bill to impose more rigid restric-
lions on the liquor traffic Count Douglas.
descendant Of a Scotch soldier Of fort
une, who submitted the resolution, de-
clared that while he is not an abstainer
and likes TO drink good beer OF wine OF
proper occasions he is nevertheless deeply
impressed with the injury inflicted in Ger
many by excessive consumption of alco-
holic beverages. He asserted that the
Germans spend 5000, 900 .090 marks &c.,
o00, 0G0) year in drink, twice the amount
of the combined army and navy budgets
One-third Of the inmates of insane asy-
lums in Germany are victims of intempeT-
auce; 80 per cent of the idots are the
offspring of incorporate parents, and the
number OF persons convicted of crimes has
increased from 299, 249 in 1882 to 478.139
in 1893.
In the statement of Count Douglas that
the United States was far more ad-
vanced in the matter OF reform Iegfsia-
ton with respect to the drink habit is
open to some correction. We have pro-
hibftion, local option, high license, and
Government dispensary laws in the varI-
Gus States, we subject spirits, wine, and
other country, but the TeforTHatory ef-
feet Of sucn legislation, whether Tegu-
Iative or restrictive, Is a matter OF con-
troversy. 1t is not noticeable in any
great reduction of the quantity OF bey-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
THE INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM

Even if the miners of the anthra-
cite region should insist upon declar-
ing the strike that has been impend-
ing for some time. it viii not be any
means constitute a sign that the hon
est effort in behalf Of Industrial peace
has been a failure Necessarily, the
conferences between the representa-
tives of laboa and capital must have
been educative, must have afforded
both sides a more intimate knowI-
edge of the facts, and must have in
trodUced a certain quantity Of the
leaven Of reason that Will eventually
work out this problem of conflicts,
Senator Hanna himself, who has been
Il prodigious worker in this greatest
conciliatory movement Of the times,
takes the cheerful view, that, what
ever the decision, the outcome will
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06

A DISPATCH from Dawson 10 the
y San Francisco Examiner" says
1 1 'On bleak and barren hillside
OF the Arctic coast, near the head
waters Of the Porcupine River, more than
1900 feet above the sea level, and a long
way above timber line where none save
the Indian hunter has ever placed foot,
there lie complete bulls OF two large ships,
petrihed. This find is so remarkable that
the discoveries of remains Of mastodons.
which have been made from time to time,
sink into fnsignifcanee by comparison.
The manner of the discovery was this
a party Of Chan3elaT Indians was hunt
ing near the headwater5 of the PoTcupfne
River which they had reached by follow
ing the Chandelar Greek. One day while
on the side of the mountain, whose slope
is toward the Arctic Ocean, one of the
party, looking about for game. CHANGED
to spy high on the mountain side above
him rocky formation Of a shape he had
never seen before. It was not till be
got to it that he discovered that there
were two objects very much alike, and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
Curious Ways of Letting Land.

An ancient custom in connection with
the letting of piece Of land at Bourne.
known as The White Bread Meadow"
was observed recently. The land is let
By auction. and at each bid a boy is
started to run TO given public house.
and the land is let to the person whose
bid has not been challenged when the last
boy returns. The land was let for e5
Is Sd. The money is partly spent in
a bread and cheese and onion supper at
public house and the remainder is spent
in loaves of bread to be delivered to
every home within a certain district Of
the town.-NeWcastle England Chronicle
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06

The chief elements of English are
Anglo and Saxon.
The three great literary works of
the Hebrews were the translation of
the Old Testament into the New and
several great histories; these they
wrote on paprus paper made from
that weed.
The great works of Hebrew Htera-
ture are the Messna (AIIsehna) and
the Palms Of David.
The small kingdom of Judas was
ruled by a diverse character of
eighteen kings.
Adhere equals her-ad Cagain) here
again. Example: He viii adhere the
story.
Cognate equals born together. Ex-
ample: Cats are cognate. Cats cor
nate together.
Append equals hang to. Example.
Ulysses appended to the raft.
TheyburEed him without PRAYER
book or songs, which was not proper
IN those days.
Venice IS the brightest and neatest
constellation TO the moon.
She returned his affection as much
as she thought prudent. CONSIDERING
the hasty temper of her brother.
The president of the society was
m1gnanimously elected.
The ball Increased in magnfnmftv.
The man showed his indigenous
when put to the test.
An oiled paper is d piece of tran
scendentalist.
God temPers the wind to the short
horned lamb
A swanlile end" This refers f.
the neck Of the swami means =
long end.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06

lead TO better relations between the
workman and the employer.
After the era of industrial upheav-
ais through which the country has
passed, peace is not to be brought
about in n few months There may
be many clashes yet. but it is quite
certain that those of the future will
not be preeipitated- \ precedent for
friendly conference has been estab-
lished and it viii survive In that
alone there IS hope Every meeting
between the men of money and the
men of muscle must bring them into
closer and more harmonious relation
ship, must gradually merge their
points Of view until they come to
realize IN full their identity of inter
est. 4 strike IN the coal region can
not destroy the movement for indus
trial peace; that movement has too
many great principles behind it.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
GREAT NEED OF THE WEST
S LIBERAL IRRIGATION LAWS
By Senator PORTER ]. MccuMBER, of North Dakota

HE need of the
and other Western Pacific very great
mountain they situated that they
slant supply of which valleys properly
conserved for irrigation purposes
North Dakota is situated Our
streams deep beds surrounding country
and have comparatively few little especially
in the Dakoa and portions Texas
irrigation
Our only hope be slight
the quality of meager
little benefits could be hoped for.
favor the irrigation bin because of
from its California
of NevM nd
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06

years Old Seconds sa and so, minutes minutes
arc heritage from ancient Baby
lonia. says the philadelphia North Amer
lean
This origin of the calendar is proved
absolutely through the evidence Of some
newly discovered Assyrian tablets. One
Of the inscriptions recently published by
Sir Henry Rawlinson reads: Twelve
months, or six times sixty days, consti-
tuted one year"
They had q sexagesimaI system. The
number sixty was 10 them the figure OF
mystery which they loved to repeat. Il
was known as ku, the prinee Of figures
That was Why they made their hours sixty
minutes and their minutes sixty seconds.
Likewise they had a talent that was sixty
minos, mino that was sixty shekels and
shekel that was sixty pennies
The days Of the week in their names as
vel as in the division Of time still betray
this Baylonish origin These aneients
made seven days in the week from re-
Iigious motive. Theirs was an astral re-
ligion. Each day OF the week they dedi-
Gated to god, and each god was identified
with one Of the planets. as Saturday
Saturn, etc Now, they had just fve
planets, which, with the sun Sunday and
the moon tMonday) counted in, gave them
a group Of seven days. which they decided
On as the week From the Babylonians
this week of seven days went to the Greeks
and to the Latins, and was late= taken by
the French, the Germans and the Brftons.
In its travels the calendar Of the week
had the sequence Of the planetary divini-
ties somewhat changed, but always the
original idea has prevailed of naming the
days for the gods whom the people wor-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
Across the Pew.

Across the pew, with compIaisance
ana eyes tkat with loves sunshine dance
-My little sweetheart smiles at me-
She IS the only saint see;
The sermon passes in a trance
The painted figures gaze askance.
Down from their CLASSY vigilance
On this our tender heresy
Across the pew.
Al! little sweetheart. the romance
Of life, with all its change and chance.
Is but sealed book to thee
When opened may its pages be
AS fair and sweet as thy bright glance
Across the pew.
Louisville Courier Journal.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-06
BUBBLES.
By LNDsLEY FLAYEL MINES.

In the wineglass dance the bubbles,
Dance and disappear5
Just CLEAN and then they vanish
From the liquid clear:
Bubbles that have kept the vint-
age,
Sealed for many a year.
In its brightness and perfection
As you see it here.
Brothers, you and I are bubbles
In a liquid clear;
In the wineglass dance we gladly,
Dance and disappear:
But our hearts contain the laugh
ter
Sealed for maE- a year,
And the world but CLEANS the
brighter
For our dancing here.
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THE GREAT WORK FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE
By SAMUEL GoHPERs President of

organization of the employers
pom fra gro o gree It o ours o t an cn
all industrial
country tina tend to he
tace
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Any person buy Morning. Afternoon Sunday
Edition The Times any stand Washington. suburban
towns trains elsewhere by notifying
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INSCRIPTION RATES TO OUT OF T

EORNING EDITION. one year -; six
ontIls, So. sos three months, Si.25- Morn
ing and sunday, one year, -; six months,
$3.50 three months, Sis. Sunday e5ii-
Ion only, one year, 81 six months, 81
sEree months, so cents.
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TOWN. POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID.

EVENING EDITION. enc year, -; six
months, $50; three months, - cents
Evening and Sunday, one year, 50; Sax
months. $780, three months, S1.25- Morn
ing, Evening, and sunday, one year. sIOi
six months, 50; three months, &2-5G-
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MOSQUITOES ARE AFRAID
OF CERTAIN .COLORS

ri R. BALF0CR STEWART. dis
M tinguished Cs.mbridge graduate,
l 1 has been conducting q series Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-07

that it seeks to establish an American
merchant marine for purposes of trans
Atlantic traffic If attempt is made
during the next session Of congress to
revive the Frye subsidy scheme. That
bill in its ultimate form was really de-
signed to lavish the national funds In
the sustainment of just such body as
the present international company.
It is a different case which presents
itself with reference to the trans-Pa-
cific shipping industry. There the mar
ket has to be created, which is offered
in it's full fruition to the international
concern. That industry ought to be
controlled absolutely by domestic cap
ital and enterprise. There ought to be
no doubt on that score. Japan, China
and the United States are the three
states which might be looked to IN
support of the effort Of private capital
to take control of trans-Pacif1c bus1-
ness. Just how congress, during Its
next session, will treat the new organ
ization, or whether the majority will
take steps in the direction Of establish
ing the participation by an American
merchant marine in the opening trade
Of the Orient is a question which pos
sesses great national interest and i'm
portance.