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The Washington times., 1902-12-15
His First Speech.

His maiden speech. delivered more
than fifty years ago, was upon the sub
ject Of MANS Right to the Soil" his
farewell address. spoken but a few days
ago, was on The Rights OF Capital and
Labor" Remarkable, too, were his first
and his last great public services. Fifty
two years ago he fathered a bill for free
homesteads. and fought for It for ten
years before It became a law. Last week
Congress gave its sanction to his edu-
cational bill. which means the gift OF
millions from John Rockefeller toward
the cause OF learning. Now at the ago
Of eighty years, Mr.. Grow is about to re-
tire from public life with honors heaped
plentiful upon him. perhaps. not the
least OF which IS the distinction which
he enjoys of having been elected to Con
gress by the largest plurality ever given
TO any man for any Office in any State
This was when he was returned to the
Fifty-ffth Congress as a Representative
at-large from Pennsylvania By nearly
900, 900 plurality. His four score years
rest not heavily upon him. for he is still
hale and hearty OF body and clear.
sound, and capable OF mind. When the
venerable statesman shall have passed
into retirement there VIII be left none
other 70 MI his place. Those who were
with him here fifty years age have Join
ed the great majority. and It Is probable
that there does not remain alive today
a single man who was in Congress when
GaluSha A. Grow first entered that body.
Retiring, he carries with him the re-
spect. esteem. and affection OF all those
who have been his associates during his
second advent in the National LegIsla-
ture.
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vii aids Ambition.

1t is revealing no secret to state that
the Hon Joseph e " Willard is an ambi-
tious young man and aspires 10 become
governor Of Virginia. He is possessed
OF an abundance Of this worlds goods.
far beyond the weil-to-do; In fact. he Is
a millionaire, but the voters Of old Vir-
ginia do not take kindly to the use OF
money to further political ambitions.
and the Hon. Joseph E. Willard would
be the last man IN the State TO seek 10
change their feelings upon this matter
by the use OF his fortune. Therefore Mr..
Willard appreciates the need Of a po-
Htical godfather TO stand sponsor for
him. and who in all the state. from Al
exandria TO Bristol. is better qualified
to undertake the management OF a young
man with a fortune and a gubernatorial
ambition than the Hon. Thomas s. Mar
tin. who in turn for his trouble is TO -
ceive the support Of Governor willard
to enable him g remain iu tne Senator
This Is something. in view OF the fact
that Governor Montague Is not simply
leering toward the Senatorship, but has
turned his full gaze upon the seat now
held by Senator Martin.
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Dickens FavorIfe Flower.

II is not surprising to learn that Dick
ems favorite blossoms were what he
called Jolly flowers s''-cheery. bright
colored things OF no pedigree IN particu-
lar. His especial choice was the scarlet
geTanium, and hC is said TO have re-
marked on one occasion that he hoped
II he ever went to heaven to find all the
angels wearing red geraniums. II would
be a peculiarly Dlckensy heaven II that
idea were carried out, but II might be
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The Passing Of Grow.

With the expiration OF tire present
Congress ends The distinguished career
Of the venerable Galusha A. Grow. Il
is a career OF which 10 other man IN
either house can boast. Il unites by a
service in Congress the stirring events
OF the ante-beIlum days with those OF
the present time Galusha A. Grow
was a member OF Congress, shaping the
Issues and helping to solve the momen-
tous questions OF the 1fties. when half
OF those who are now his colleagues In
the House OF Representatives were cry
ing babes. and indeed. before a large
percentage OF them we're born. ALI
son entered Congress during the civil
war, Stewart came to the Senate two
months or so before Appomattox. Cul-
lom was elected a member OF the House
Immediately after the close OF the strug-
gle. but Galusha A. Grow occupied a
seat there ten years before the Confed-
crates fired upon Fort Sumter. He
came in at the age OF twenty-seven. and
was the youngest member OF that body
succeeding David Wilmot. OF wilmot
DroYiso fame. He remained for twelve
years. and during his last term was
Speaker OF the House. Retiring in 1853.
thirty-one years elapsed before he was
again a member Of the House. Wonder
ful changes had been wrought IN that
time. and the venerable ex-Speaker
found among the membership OF the Fif-
ty-third Congress not one whom he had
known when a member Of the Thirty
second. In which he first served.
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WilI Nominate Stanchfeld.

The Hon David Bennett Hiu has de-
creed. and so II shall be th,:5. that the
Hon. John B. Stanch6eld shall be the
caucus nominee OF the Democrats at
Albany to succeed the Hon. Thomas Col
lier Platt as United States Senator. II
is passing strange that over this empty
honor-this momentary flash OF fame
there should be contention, but It was
ever thus among the Democracy Of the
Empire State. Il Is not that there are
any who envy the former candidate for
governor the distinction Of receiving a
nomination In which there Is absolutely
no chance OF election. but the objection
comes chiefly because OF the fact that
Mr.. Stanchheld is MT a resident OF
Greater New York. OF the twenty-five
Democrats who viii represent the party
In the State senate, twenty are from the
metropolis. and out OF the sixty-three
Democratic assemblymen ffty-one have
their habitat below the Bronx From
this it IS argued by those who decline 20
subscribe TO the politi al s-Sacity OF the
former Senator that She Democracy OF
New York rather than that tattered rem
nant OF the party upstate should have
the honor OF naming Senator Platt's op-
ponent. But in the giving OF gifts which
are vaIueless the Hon. David B. Hill
will not be dictated to. The fact shows.
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John Briden and His Fiddle.

~ ERSONS who resolute upon being happy them
+ selves and making others happy possible to
them. generally find that this a right friendly ole
world John Brldcn unlucky enough put in the
caaboose in Baltimore for being the day but
he found fiddle there and proceeded to entertain
the police Justice the and patrolmen with
some music SO good his playing. and so sympa-
thetc his selections. that ne OF all
Of his auditors and when ne taken courtroom
later the against him dismissed without costs
Thus that Opheus and the Pied Piper OF Hameln
have rival John Brdeu Of Baltimore when It comes
charming souls with melody.
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GOT ON HIS EEPvES.

Some funny things happen in the Sen
ate Chamber. for all it's dignity. and the
following incident. related in the Phil
adelphia Press furnishes an iIlustra-
ton Of the fact:
A new steam heating apparatus has been in
stalled in the senate and a big pipe over the
ceiling has a way Of giving out a sharp, crack
ing noise az intervals.
Senator who had attended a banquet the
night before and was q little irritable went %
Col Dan Ransdell. the Sergeant-at- Arms. and
said:
"See, here, colonel, II you don't get a new
steam pipe up there, ] viii have 70 get new
set Of morning after nerves.
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LOST AND FOUND HER TASTE.

In a recent issue the following inter-
csting story or the odd developments
caused by a fall from bicycle Is told
in the New York World" as having
happened at Syracuse:
Miss Minnie /. Overacre In September had
tall frUm her bicycln- She soon recovered he1
faculties except that she could not taste food.
She today recovered her sense Of taste as sud
denly as she lost it, and it is as good as ever
Her physician saws that when she fell from
the wheel there WAS formed q clot OF blood
which pressed upon the brain 80 that the sense
OF taste was destroyed. This clot became Al.
sorbed gradually, and this allowed the brain
70 perform It's natural functions
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"unCOnSidCrcd TrlfeS." "
Ancestry.

DO you think it's such d great thing
10 be descended from the frst famiIies?"
We'll, no. not unless one could pick
families. Seine Of the families had
DO so much unpleasant work, a-taking
their claims and so on. that their
)rds wouldn't bear looking il-o. I'd
er take my chances with the later
srs, when ancestors are more
~"
The Washington times., 1902-12-15
Folly Of Talking Too Much.

ANY stories told 20 illustrate the ollyof tongue
IVl that wags too freely. point is one which
needs to be emphasized to the attention OF human
ity. Not long well-dressed girl was ar
rested tn New York charge OF shoplfting her ap
pearance greatly her favor that police were
about 90 release her believing that had been
made Then she opened her mouth and spoke. saying
Il spose mug viii have 80 picture book for
dis" WhereuDon her captors held her tightly iron
grasp Of The law, and shortly thereafter her com
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TILL THE LAST

When life gives up the sil
And blinds the windows
Shall go out 70 some darl
Beyond oblivion?
Or will God let me stay awI
To tread old paths with
To haunt, with harmless
rooms
Where now we meet?
When death has stilled the c.
And drawn his palsy over
God, leave my soul on this Of
TIL the last call.
Theodore Roberts in the Ind
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4 Peculiar Relationship.

sara Beaumont Kennedy. author Of
"Jocclyn Cheshire" and The Wooing Of
Judith" had an amusing experience
lately. as she asserts, with her great
great granddaughter. This at first sight
does not seem humanity possible. but Il
happened in this wise: A reader in
Memphis wrote to Mrs. Kennedy that IN
Jocelyn Cheshire she recognized her
own great-grandmother. from whom she
had inherited many traits OF character.
Mrs. Kennedy, in hgr reply. stated that
Jocelyn was wholly the child Of her own
imagination. and therefore. by all logic.
The Washington times., 1902-12-15

When King Edward visited Andrav
Carnegie, at skibq. the -'
was assailed by six-yeai
Carnegie with the dem -
TO the nursery and see
King laughed and went.
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Want a New Yorker.

There IS talk-but talk is so abundant
In New York as 20 be absolutely without
market value-of the members from the
metropolis rising IN their strength. as
serting themselves. aad naming their
own caucus nominee for the Senate. not
because OF any unkind feeling toward Mr..
Stanchneld, but 70 rebuke Hill and dis
credit his leadership. Then, while this
conversation is INDUCED In there appears
the man with the balm Of harmony. who
would heal ali political wounds By its
application, and he advises against such
a course II would be dlsrespectfuI to
Mr. Stanchheld. The game would not be
worth the ammunition used 70 bring II
down. There are better and more ap-
proved methods of getting back at
HiH and OF lifting him over the breast
works and depositing him upon the ex-
terror These will be tried when the
proper time comes. For the present IL
viii profit nothing to refuse to allow
Hill to name the man who shall receive
the vote of the Democratic members OF
the Legislature az Albany next month.
Accordingly. Mr.. Stanchheld viii be the
nominee, but 81 will not be necessary
for him TO hasten on to Washington 10
select a residence-the Hon. Thomas c.
Platt has arranged TO relieve him Of any
such trouble.
The Washington times., 1902-12-15

q and those who have not.
Tn seem to be more a1arr koe,-
er, a you never have to say anything
twice to them. Earl Grey is one who
has been here"
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In the public Eve.

The first important work Of George
Gray Bernard was done in Paris fifteen
years ago, and was called "The Boy"
At the time of its creation the sculptor
was little more than boy himself. and
the statue was modelled In his little bed
room, under a roof through which the
rain and snow came in. so that the clay
In its wet wrapplngs sometimes had 10
be protected by coverings from the bed
The statue was bought BY the late AL
fred Corning Clark, and the youthful
sculptor, with tho sum OF 300 francs
as part payment securely deposited in
HIS nat. did not dare go home that night
because his quarters were too near the
haunts OF thieves and murderers He
slept in the studio Of an American ac-
quaintance instead.
The Washington times., 1902-12-15
A Strenuous Ghost.

Roosevelt Is the man they said
ed alive in the Vice Presiden-
some OF the people that bur-
hink judgment day has come
lre."
The Washington times., 1902-12-15

Earl Grey, one Of the intimate friends
OF the late Cecil Rhodes, and one Of the
trustees Of the Rhodes viii. was former
" governor Of Rhodesia. and it viii be
remembered that he visited this country
last winter. An interviewer said Of him:
There is a decided difference between
the Englishmen who have been in tho
The Washington times., 1902-12-15
Statesmen and Their Ways.

II Il shows anything. that what IS called
the Democratic organization in New
York. but what Is perhaps more prop
erly the Democratic disorganization, Is
under the absolute control Of Hiu. There
is on the one hand the brute strength OF
superior numbers and on the other the
subtle cunning Of one man. and the lat
ter has his way and his sway.
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Inappropriate Praise.

sre!" exclaimed the ward politician,
s that you called the Big CEief?"
t amt no name, it's jollyin'. I
was magnanimous."
!. whatever It means, be amt
Devery amt nothin' he couldn't
See1"
The Washington times., 1902-12-15
Hard 10 XII Chic
"OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE

she must be her readers great-great-
grandmother.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25

Remember that u few growing plants
adorn any room.
Iissue or printing paper is the best
thing for polishing glass or tinware.
fellow-eycd beans are very good to
bake, as We'll as the common white
variety.
in making any sauce put the -four
ana butter III together and your sauce
Will not be iumpy.
t.gG shells crushed and shaken in
glass bottles hair filled with water
Will clean them quickly.
Ii powdered cloves are scattered
where red auIs are, it will be found Of.
leciuhi III driving them away.
Although frezes to match buran
"ail covering may now be had, Il stem
ci'ied border. where ornamenlatiou is
desired, is usually preferred.
OilinS pine floors Gnstead of painting
theml. and then allowing them to
uarken with time. is a new idea much
favored by exclusive decorators.
Hair brushes need weekly cleans.
ing, Tor which purpose use Il quart of
teDid water conta ming a tablespoonful
ol cloudy ammonia. Dip the brstIes
not the back--sereral times, rinse
and stand on edge TO dry.
Wallis paneled in the old rose dam.
asse or SATIN figured paper set upon a
paler shade, almost pink, and outlined
by narrow gilt moulding, is a favor.
lie and fashionable wall treatment for
handsome partor with white enam.
elied woodwork
10 make portiere, get the required
length OF velour or taffeta in the de-
sired shade and have stamped on il
u dragon or the royal arms of Turkey
or Persia. Then outline this in narrow
gold braid. and you will. have dupli-
Gated an exceedingly expensive curtain
at about one-third the price. 1t will
have to be lined afterward.
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Birds vs.. Fish.

A curious controversy has arisen in
Scotland with reference to the legality
of the destruction of wild fowl which
destroy fish. w. G.. Rawlinson. Hope
Lodge, Sutherlandshire. had suggest
ed to proprietors and tenants along
our northern coast to combine and de-
stroy the cormorants and shags. as
these birds, in his opinion. We're in a
great measure responsible for the de-
crease in the number of sea fish round
our shores. Replying to the sugges-
ton. r. H. Belts, chief inspector OF the
S. r. G. A., writes that w. g. Rawlin-
SCH, in suggesting to proprietors and
tenants the destruction of shags and
cormOrants, is melting them to an un-
lawful act. viz. the contravention of
the wild birds protection act, 1880 till
1896. There is something like moral
dilemma involved in the question thus
raised. The wild birds protection act
arose out Of the humanitarian feeling
of the nation. yet here it is seen to OPP
crate in something like Il contrary di-
rection to its object,-I.ondon Daily
News
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ate information, that probably within
the next fifty years, and certainly with
in this century Great Britain will ex-
haust her coal resources. at the present
rate of consumption; that is to say, she
cannot go on supplying the larger part
of the worlds export coal without
reaching the end OF her tether, as far
as home coal is concerned, long before
her industrial competitors have ex-
hausted their home supplies. DIR. Fisch-
er entertains the gloomy view. cher
ished by SO many Germans, that when
England becomes a coal importing ma
ton she will lose much of her impor-
tance as an Industrial state and will
cease to be the leading world power.
Japan has large coal resources, par
ticularly in the southern province of
kinshin. Borneo is rich in coal forma-
tions. as also is New South Wales-a
fact that is enabling Sydney to forge
ahead of the other Australian cities in
industrial development. Africa and
South America are poorer in coal than
any of the other continents. but the de-
velopment of coal mines in South
Africa and South America are poorer
in coal than any of the other conti-
nents. but the development of coal
mines in South Africa bids fair to sup
ply the Industrial needs OF the country.
New York Sun.
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COpper TELEGRAPH Wire

Owing to its superior cOnductivity
copper wire is replacing iron wire for
telegraph lines. What is known as
hard drawn copper wire, an almost
pure article, has high conducting
value, but its strength is not quite so
great as an alloy. like phosphor bronze.
The latter, though. will not carry the
current so well. Compared with that
Of the "hard drawn" copper. the con-
ductivity of phosphor bronze is as 50
to 9S. Besides. it is u tritie more costly,
Except where very long spans are
needed-as. for instance. over Il river
the hard drawn" copper is strong
enough for all practical purposes.
Copper has not displaced iron for
telegraph wire so extensively as was
once expected. This is undoubtedly
due TO it's high price of late years. In.
deed, the cost of aluminium is now so
low that it is sometimes substituted
for copper rs an electrical conductor
The new line which conveys power
from Niagara to Buffalo makes use of
aluminium cables. But iron still re-
tains its old popularity. A big factory
which has Deen running night and day
for two years, recently received a fresh
order for $1,000 miles of wire.-New
York Tribune.
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A Remarkable LOcOmOtiye.

According to the London Colliery
Guardian, one of George Stephenson's s
locomotives, which was placed in COM
mission in 1892 on Il railway running
from the Helar colliery, Durham. to
the wear, distance of eight miles, is
still in daily use. Very little
of the original engine. of course, re-
mains, but worn parts have always
been replaced by duplicates. The two
cylinders are placed vertically on the
top Of the boiler, one above the front
pair of wheels and one above the after
pair. The piston rods point upward.
and have cross arms from which four
long connecting rods convey the pow
er to the four wheels.
I'm 1922" says the writer. 1.-The en-
gine could draw about siXty-four tons
at four miles an hour on the level. To
day it can haul 12O tons at seventy
miles an hour. One may be excused
for asking if this is also 'on the level!' "
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Precious Stones.

The various colored quartz crystals
produce many fine specimens of stones
which are used in the jewelry trade.
Thus the amethyst is 4 transparent
purple variety of quartz. Some varie-
ties are SO plentiful that they have lost
much of their ancient value. The
finest deep purple gems naturally COM
mand nearly as much attention as
ever, and when cut properly they sell
for good prices. Small but very fine
amethysts are now found in parts of
Pennsylv ania, Maine and North Caro-
lima. These stones are eagerly sought
after, and occasionally large one is
found which is valued nearly as much
as those imported from the ORIENT
Scientific American.
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The French Beaconsfield.

When French history is written,
says the London Sketch. the name of
Waldeck- will figure very
prominently. He had the biggest prac
tice at the French bar, and his income
was close on 100000 u year. The ad
ministratiOn of the Iebaudy estates
was alone a fortune. He came into
power with the streets filled with cav
airy and troops. and he leaves France
in peace. Waldeck is Il man to whom
life is an outlived thing. AT the thea
tire he looked ON but took no interest,
and beyond drives in the Bois, extend
ing over hours. he seemed to have no
recreation. He has been called the
French Beaconstield, and to those who
have seen. hour by hour. tor the last
three years what he did the title
seemed not Inappropriate.
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A Novel .Decora ton.

Over the Office desk of young Phil
adelphian who has recently written a
novel there is Il unique decoration. 1t
is about six feet square, and it is con-
posed of about 200 of those printed
slips that editors inclose with the MSS.
which they reject. All the slips, the
novelist says proudly, are bona tide.
All came to him direct.
They are the politest things in the
world. Not one of them says that the
repudiated story. u poem. or whatever
it may nave been, was badly done or
in any way unworthy. All imply that
for some unknown, but really rather
fattering, reason the MSS. was re-
turned.
Are these all you have?' visitor
asked the other day, pointing to the
slips
oh, dear no." said the novelist. II
think / must have as many again at
home. me."-Philadelphia Record.
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The Height of the Tallest Men.

Turner. the naturalist. declared that
he once saw, upon the coast OF Brazil.
Il race OF gigantic savages. one of
IheNet. of France. in his description
of America. published at Paris in 1878.
asserted that tie saw and measured
the skeleton of Il South American
which was eleven feet two inches in
length. The Chinese are said to claim
men i'll their country who measured
fifteen feet in height. Josephus men
toned the case Of Il Jew who was
ten feet two inches in height. Plny
tells of an Arabian giant. Gabaru
nine feet nine inches, the tallest man
town. born at Hale, Lancashire in
the time OF james l.. was nine feet
three inches in height his hand was
seventeen inches long and eight and
Il half inches broad. says DR. Platt in
his History of Staffordshire' The
Irish giant. Murphy. contemporary
with O'Brien, was eight feet ten inches.
skeleton in the museum of Trinity
College. Dublin, is eight feet six inches
III height, and that of Charles Byrne,
in the Museum of the College of Sur
@eons, London. is eight iaet four
inches. The tallest living man is
Chang -tu-Sing. the Chinese giant. His
height is seven feet three inches.-
Medical Examiner and Practitioner.
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Chocolate SOufile.

Melt two t:tblespoonfuls of butter:
add 10 IT four level tablespoonfuls of
flour: do not brown. but stir constant
iy until smooth: add gradually half n
cupiul oI milk and stir until thiclened
pour thiS over the yo!kS OF three eggs
ana 1Wo tabieSpOonfulS of sugar
which have been beaten together: n,,t
Two ounces ttwo SuualeS) OF chocolate
over hot water and when melted add if
'o The MIXTURE: put aside until cold ::
shortly nei0r" the SOuttie is 10 he
served beat tie whites of the eggs till
Sfiff; mix them carefully into the cold
mixture. turn into Il huttered mould:
the mixture should come to two-thirds
from the TOP: cover the mould: stand in
Il pan of boiling water and boil half
an hou': serve with sugar and cream.