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The Washington times., 1902-08-03
Close and Il-Smelling Alleys, the Hot Pave
ments and the Broiing Sun All Day Have
Been the Conditions Of Mid Summer
Life For Many Of the Young and Helpless
Until This Inexpensive But Beneficent
Charity Was Put Under Way u u

fresh air. This is wherein the street.
car fund is proving of much benefit.
The Associated Charities has three
schemes for giving poor women and
children the benefit Of the fresh air
outing fund. Parties are gotten up and
in charge OF a lady or gentleman are
taken to some nearby pleasure resort CT
cool, shady place in the country. there
to spend the day, and enjoy luncheon
under the trees, returning home after
sundown In other instances car tick
cts are supplied 10 families and they so
for their outings as they choose. Spe-
cial provision is made for getting the
sick out for these car rides. In most
cases someone from the Associated
Charities takes charge of the invalids.
but IL is not infrequent that an adult
OF the poverty stricken class who is
himself an invalid but able to get about
is given the care of two or three frail
or sickly children for one of these fresh
air iaunts.
One OF the beneficiaries of the outing
fund recently was woman past middle
age. the mother of eight small children.
who had never before been upon a street
car. The sensation was something abb
solutely marvellous to her and TO her lit
tie ones. The children at first acted like
frightened birds, but as tAc car sped
along on it's way to a suburban resort
they became accustomed to its motion
and returned home later in the even
ing most happy lot of youngsters.
One little incident touched the h-'arts
of many who knew OF it. As 4 car bound
for the country and filed with benef-
Charles of the free-ride fund sped along
past one of the street corners there
came. just too late TO catch the car
woman and six little children. The dis
appointed expression on the mothers
face attracted the attention OF one o: the
charity agents, and when she had sopo
about two blocks she got off the car and
went back, finding the woman with her
six little ones huddled around her.
standing in the same spot where she had
first seen her. The charity agent took
the woman and children on the next car.
and II ever family enjoyed Z days
outing this one did. 1t would be inter-
esting to note that this woman had not
been two blocks from her home in
eighteen years.
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children who struggle day in and day
out to keep up appearances and keep
their ofisprings from going to the
dogs" as they term it, and from asso-
ciailng with evil companions. These
people live in a genteel manner, on COM
paratlvely nice streets, and never lose
sight OF their refinement. They suffer
probably more than any others. for their
pride VIII keep them for a long time
from asking for help.
The heated season presents its prob
lens TO those who look after the poor
and they are in some respects more vex-
The Washington times., 1902-08-03
Many Hundreds Of Men, Women and Chi
dren, VINO Would Otherwise Never Have
Been Given Glimpse Of the Country
IN Summer, Have as Result of the Free
Street Car Ride Fund Enjoyed the Health
Giving Breezes Of Washington's Suburbs

NJ EN-, women, and children are en-
M joying this summer a pleasure
" L and a privilege that has been
denied them in the summers
past They have had street car rides
to the cool and shady suburbs, where
they could loll about on the grass and
breathe the cool, fresh air of the coun-
try.
To those who spend summer after
summer In the mountains OF the North
at the lakes or on the sea shore, mere
street car ride to the suburbs may seem
a trine not to be considered, but TO those
TO whom the cost Of a street car ride
for the whole family is simply pro-
hibitive and to the children who have
been forced to breathe the hot and
fetid air of the streets by night as well
as by day, the ride TO the suburbs, the
romp over the green, and the sweet, cool
breeze is as much an outing as trip
to the White Mountains is to the pam
pered child of wealth.
Nearly 1000 families have been given
this great boon, this summer. and at
llttle expense 10 anybody, at leaSt 10
no expense that was felt-merely a
quarter here and there-and it was done.
No undertaking OF this character has
been marked by such signal success and
has given such gratifying results to
those at the head of the charity work
in the National Capital. The vast possi-
bilities of this enterprise have Just be-
come manifest The great good that
fresh air outings contain for women and
children in poverty-stricken circum-
stances is almost immeasurable. The
fresh air Of the country and the life
and spirit OF the suburban resorts seem
to put new blood into the veins and TO
give them renewed grasp upon. exist
ence
The free car ride fund is an innovation
in this city; certainly it has never been
taken in hand in a systematic fashion
and carried to such a high plane OF sue
cess as # has this summer. few weeks
ago tie present movement found its
origin with a few sturdy supporters,
~ho. when they take hold of a matter
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fortune tellers and palmists concerning
the English sovereign. 1t was said that
in the fatigue and worry incidental to
the preparation for the crowning fes-
tivities the King had been haunted by
these predictions.
There was the story Of the EPSON
gypsy whom Albert Edward visited as
Prince of Wales. but without revealing
HIS identity to the fortune teller. She
looked him over and remarked:
You will come very near TO gaining
the throne. but you will never be crown
ed"
Then there was the visit OF the Prince
of Wales and HIS son, the Duke of Clar-
ence. who afterward died, &C Nine. Le-
normand, Partisan palmist, they being
also accompanied by Crown Prince Ru-
dolph, OF Austria. She told her callers
that none of them would ever wear a
crown. Regarding II then as Jest, it
is stated that Edward revived this ex-
perience in his mind last week, to his
distress. Nor was any comfort afforded
him by the coincidence some energetic
historian pointed out that George ~
died on a June 26. the day set for the
coronation.
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realizes what this means. One generally
understands the term to apply to crea-
lures dressed. in rags, and livirg n
cramped, squalid rooms in dirty streets.
and narrow alleys. There is. of COURSE.
much poverty Of this class here. but
this is only one OF the many classes Of
the poor of this city that must be min
istered TO through the agencies OF the
Associated Charities or otherwise.
Probably the most pathetic class CT
people who are the objects of the pub
lie charity are the proud, high minded
widows with large numbers OF small
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atious than those met with in cold
weather. Summer Is tne season of sick
ness. In the heated months great care
must be exercised TO prevent poor chil-
dren especially from falling i'll. Epi-
denies prevail among them and special
nourishnent and medicines must De pro-
vided.
But sickness does not confine itself 10
children alone in the hot season. 1t
visits hundreds and even thousands OF
adults. as we'll. and all these conditions
must be taken into consideration by the
charity workers.
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of this sort, do not let go until definite
and most effective outcome has been the
result.
The care of the poor of Washington is
always complex, and requires the most
part of those who have it in charge. In
many respects the ministrations to the
INDECENT of the National Capital differ
from the methods. employed in other
large cities. The population mere is
sons are reduced to charity by reasons
or circumstances which seldom prevail
elsewhere. and when a person speaks
Of the poor Of Washington. he seldom
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? ING EDWARDS sudden Illness on
the eve OF his coronation day
l. gave currency TO numerous pre-
dicfInns which had hcen made by
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a N EN-. women. and children are en-
M joying this summer a pleasure
II and a privilege that has been
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1902-11-13
INTEREST Paid ON DEPOSITS

On and after this date
THE BANK OF WAYNE |
will, by special contract,
allowinterest on time de-
posits.
In taking this action,
it's Boardof Directors feel
that they can bring back
to Goldsboro much mon
ey belonging to this sec
ton which has sought in
vestment abroad, and al
SO to the end that great
er accommodation can
be extended to the con-
stantly growing enter
prises of our city and
SeCtiOn.
| With total assets of
LOVER HALF 4 MILLION
DOLLARS we offer to the
depositing public abso-
lutte security.
Respectfully,
w. E. BORDEN.
Cashier.
) Oct. II. 1902.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1902-11-13
WHAT SOME FOLKS SAY.

That the 'IEdependents,' since
the election last Tuesday, feel like
the little boy the calf ran over.
That some folks who have been
threatening that if thus and so were
not done, they would bolt the Demo-
cratic ticket, did at last go over to
the enemy, and are now astonished
to find that the great old Democratic
party is still in existence.
That there is no doubt a Trunk
and Bag Factory would pay in
Goidsboro.
That Goldsboro has fully estab-
lished her reputation as a tobacco
market, having given entire salts
faction to the farmers this season,
and increased faculties will be need
ed for next year.
That the Board of Aldermen and
the County Commissioners should
provide places Of "public comfort''
for the people.
That the only thing we are short
of in Goldsboro is a supply ofwhole-
some drinking water; that Little
river should be abandoned, and the
supply taken from deep wells.
That the County Commissioners
should so arrange the plans of the
addition to the Jail as that the fe-
male department shall not be within
ear shot of the department for men,
thereby preventing the noise and
language of the men reaching the
cells of the female prisoners.
That Goldsboro should have a
Union Passenger Station, a great big
modern station; not in the streets.
but on commodious lot conven-
iently located. Yes, indeed. not
only some folks, but nearly all the
folks are saying this, and it is high
time something was being done. The
, Board of Aldermen have suggested
the location for the station-and It is
a good suggestion, too, and il we
mistake not, the Board mean bust
ness.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1902-11-13
FRAT ION,
y?


,gsgvi> III the right, never
ftsere are two sides to be con-
s.,4 aud two factions to be har-
.>.!.5l.at. We understand very well
5hs,, tae re;atious between labor and
capital are very unsatisfactory. They
snow antagonisn and distrust,
rather than cooperation and mutual
confidence. Mr.. Mitchell and Mr..
Baer may agree to arbitration and
submit to the DEGREES of chosen ar
bitrations in the present instance,
but this agreement and submission
is q temporary policy. 1t IS aimed
to bridge a chasm that is yaWnlng
before both of them-and once they
have passed over they will go on in
the same old way until they come to
another abyss. Neither party is con-
vinced--both parties have only
agreed to stop and listen to argu-
nlent.
| This state of things should not eX-
ist. Each is necessary to the other.
Capital would be utterly without
value-if labor could not be purch-
ased to carry its plans to completion.
Labor would find it impossible tC
subsist, and its families would lack
even the necessasy food and clothing
unless the laborer could collect his
wages.
Labor makes loud complaint that
it has not an equal chance in the
struggles Of life-that it must work
its children for their subsistence
when they should be getting an ed
ucation, winning comfort and indie
pendence, and giving them an ever
st,,rtt ffor paying positions IN life.
Capital complains that the labor is
uncertain and unreliable-give t.
disturbance-that the profits ane
even the very existence of its enter
prises are always subject to risk ane
danger because of the lively ant
communistic tendencies Of the strik-
rs.
The end is not yet-we do no
Iknow which side has won the ad
vantage-and until the arbitrator
decide some knotty points neithe
coal owners nor coal diggers will b
- able to shout ''victoryn'
That collision between capits
iand labor will occur in the near fl
ture nobody doubts. When tw
great header engines are rushing t.
wards each other on a single tract
and the throttle is wide open, an
the engineers are crazy OF drunl
you may set it down that somethir
will give way and somebody will
hurt.
| Daniel Webster said: "The fine
government cannot long endur
when the tendency of the law is
create rapid accumulation of pre-
e~ty in the hands of few, and
render the masses poor and depe
dent"
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

tics. Many others have made expert
ments in the same direction as ], but
so far no one has obtained such re-
suits at anything approaching the dis
lance as l have done with Hertztan
waves.
Fog has no effect upon the signals,
nor has even the most solid substance.
The waves can penetrate walls and
rocks without being materially af-
fected."
rs 1t possible" was asked, "to send
many messages in different directions
at the same time"
ut Is" was the reply, "but care
must be taken to time the transmlt.
ters and receivers to the same FIRE.
quency or note "-New York Com.
merclal Advertiser.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

Marconi arranged that the electrician
in charge OF the station, which is To-
Gated at POldhu, should begin sending
signals daily after a certain date,
which MaTconi was to cable to him
upon perfecting arrangements here.
Marconi arrived at st, Johns in about
two weeks. He selected Signal Hill,
at the entrance to the harbor as an
experimenting station. and moved his
equipment there, The next Monday
week he cabled to the Poldhu station
orders to begin sending signals at 3 p
m. daily and to continue them until G
p. M, these hours being respectively
11.30 a, m, and $50 p, M, st. Johns
time
During these hours on the following
Wednesday SignOr Marconi elevated a
kite, with the wire by means Of which
signals are sent or received. He re-
manned at the recorder attached to the
receiving apparatus, and, to his pro-
found satisfaction, signals were re-
ceived by him at intervals, according
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

There is a true story in Frank Les
lies Popular Monthly which clears up
misinformation about sharks The
hero, a professional diver, has this to
say in defense Of the often maligned
brute.
"Nian he have no enemy. Man he
de boss of all de animals. 'Man-eater
shark - 'man.eater tiger" he said
contemptuously, his great veins swell
ing on his bronzed neck in his excite
ment. "Dere don't are any. Pfessor
b, he fine Teller, bes' bug hunter
know, he tell me man go lookin' for
trouble with tigers with big guns n
dey, Of course, get de trouble, n de ma
tives dey go bout dere work n chop
wood n tend cattle n other things, N
II tiger comes too close dey just STAN
n holler n e. tiger he goes, quick, N
dats all about it unless he too ole to
chase any more, den he sneak in
night N steals women and children,
not men, n people make big fuss N
holler 'man-eater' roun' N send for
gov'ment killer n kill heem.
"Well, de shark am same. He al
ways hungry, egod. he hungry morn
anything know, but he know a man
is hees boss If de mans alive, N hees
food IL de mans dead, n when a man
he big fool to don't know better n to
let bees bare legs hang quite off float
like man 1 saw once den he oughter
lose hees legs or go norf where sharks
dey only dog-fsh.
'Now, did e shark call n take heem
outer bed2 Or did de man most likely
fall in de ocean, n If he did, what
proof is dere dat de shark eat them
alive"
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

to the program arranged previously
with the operator at Poldhu. These
signals consisted of the repetition at
intervals Of the letter IS" which In
Marconi's code is made by three dots
or quick strokes. This signal was re-
peated so frequently and so perfectly
In accord with the detailed plan ar
ranged to provide safeguards against
the possibility of mistake that Signor
Marconi was satisfied that it was a
genuine transmission from England.
Again on Thursday, during the same
hours, the kite was elevated and the
same signals were renewed.
Should Marconi perfect his system
Of wireless messages across the ocean
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

An element of romance attaches in
most countries to the annals OF nation
al debts In respect to the struggles and
vicissitudes to which they relate, but
in Egypt, a land where finance spells
politics the story Of the public debt is
pre- eminently romantic. Recklessly
and prodigally contracted, that debt
has for years pressed with crushing
severity upon the docile Egyptian
peasantry, but the astonishing feature
of its history is that, in the end, out Of
evil comes good, The public debt,
with its association Of grinding taxa
ton and Of the koorbash, was destined
Itself to become the salvation Of the
fellaheen. Foreign interven ton in the
Interest Of the creditors brought with
1t the foreign control which has se-
cured the Egyptian peasantry better
conditions of life than they have en-.
joyed for centuries, possibly better
conditions for the mass OF the people
than have ever been known on the
Nile. Reform in Egypt grew out Of
the necessity of protecting the labor
of the fellaheen and of securing them
such Immunity from extortion and
maltreatment that the fruit, Of their
toll would suffice to meet the obIiga-
tions imposed upon them without their
knowledge and without their consent.
North American Review.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

Z out and can't tell what this is? Why
it's fox--a baby fox. His mother
vas run in at the big hunt to-day
as we came to the roundup
opened to be near her lair when
INV was driven out. This poor little
zap was unable to keep up with her,
and when( | found him he was sitting
IN q clump>of wild blackberry bushes,
crying for all he was worth. 1t seems
TOO bad to see a baby deserted, even
II he is only fox, and felt so sorry
FOR the little fellow that / picked him
UP and took him along. What shall
I do with him? Do you want to keep
himT
Clara was crying so bitterly in SYM
pathy with the forlorn condition of the
motierless little creature in the cor.
ner that she could not answer at first.
But presently she regained control of
her voice, and Gwen call him Billy"
she said, brokenly.
Clara advanced step toward the
frShtened animal and knelt down and
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13
cHEsTE RRRooK.
How a Blue Grass Stock Farm Was Made
in Pennsylvania,


in Pennsylvania.
1t seems odd that in Eastern Penn
sylvania there should be farm so
thoroughly and luxuriantly set In blue
grass as to excite the envy Of Ken
tucklans;yet more than one son Of that
splendid land Of fair women and fine
horses has cast covetous and lingering
eyes upon the richly verdant turf Of
ChesterbrooS, the stock farm Of Alex
ander ]. Cassatt, President Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, which is To-
Gated in Chester County, Pennsylvania,
twenty miles west Of Philadelphia. 1t
covers an area of 700 acres, every acre
Of which, except six, is permanently
set in grass.
The fields were first set in blue grass
twenty years ago, when Mr.. Cassatt
acquired the property, and nearly all
Of them have remained unfallowed
since. But 1t has required much per-
severance and unTemitting labor to
produce the magnificent turf Of to-
day. Every year since that date one
field has been treated to n sowing of
two quarts Of timothy, one quart Of
alsike and one quart of red clover per
acre. This is sown broadcast on the
snow in late February. or early March,
just as the pores Of the earth are
opening with the first thaw, When
the turf is free Of snow the chain har-
row is passed over it to loosen the
grass, and then It is rolled, A top
dressing with the manure spreader is
administered every spring and fall,
and every four years an application OF
forty bushels Of lime TO the acre is
made. The grass, both in quantity
and quality is improving each season,
1t yields about one and n half tons
of hay per acre, and offers grand pas
turage a week after the harvest. Two
hundred and sixty-seven tons Of hay
were housed from a portion Of the
farm this season apart from the pas
turage afforded over 200 horses, 100
sheep, forty cows and fifty bullocks.-
Country Life in America.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

Vie N tiuefled shdw this uarth the
ring.
Our vast uplifted tent The azure sky.
Time, the ringmaster, marks us with his
eye,
Unhrs his lash and lets us feel It's sting.
Wealth is the carpet the attendants bring
10 ease our bones; we leap and hear the
cry
tOf quick approval; then with courage high
We dance a measure, draw the bow, or
sing
We mount our hobbies, and we have our
falls,
We pierce the popered hoops Of pleasur,
through
The light and music of the scene enthralls
We love our himsy skirts of pink and blue
Yet when the monitor insistent calls
We make our exit through the canvas
walls
Isabel Richie, in the Boston Budget.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

AshANah FAAAiNN NAoNeh0 UNIV
t partially lifted her sleepy eye
Ids. She would have been of
again in moment had she
not heard her fathers voice ut the
back door just then saying loudly:
where's Clara? Gone to bed
Well, let's call her. She'd much rather
see him now than wait til morning
III be bound"
Clara was wide awake in an instant
then, and had jumped out Of bed and
was hurrying into her clothes before
her mother could walk half way to the
bed room door. Her father stood by
the kitchen stove when she came out
and held something tucked up snugly
under the ample folds Of his double
breasted coat.
CLARA" he said, III you were to
be allowed to select some animal for a
pet, what would you choose?"
This question was so unexpected that
1t almost staggered Clara for n mo.
ment, but presently she regained her
wits and answered meekly;
IL don't just know but think
I'd rather have n zebra than any
thing else, II it's all the same to you"
Clara had that day been looking over
the pictures in n natural history, and
1t seemed to her that of all animals
a zebra would be most desirable
If Clara had been surprised at her
fathers question, he was still more
astonished at her reply.
"A zebrap he exclaimed. "Great
Caesar Clara, where would you keep
him? I'm sorry, little girl, that
can't satisfy you in that particular,
but 1 have something to offer in his
stead, This animal isn't quite so large
as a zebra, nor quite 30 striped, but
maybe he'll do. Want to see himT
Clara nodded and Mr. Harris threw
back his coat and set down on the
floor a very little animal clothed in
reddish-brown fur, and set off with
the bushiest Of bushy tails, the sharp.
est Of sharp noses and ears. and the
brightest Of bright eyes. The title
fellow, having found that the free dom
Of the whole floor was his, darted MINI
bly, into the farthest corner and lolSed
at Clara saucily.
"0-o-oh!" she cried; 81 never saw
anything like him before What is he,
papaT
well, WELL" said Mr., Harris, "ls it
possible that you have reen hanging
over that animal book day in and day
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

3 WIRELESS MESSAGES ACROSS THE ATLANTr
81

Guglielmo Marconl was bo,
Bologna, Italy, April %, 1874 y
therefore, not yet twenty.elph
old. In 1896, when but tweD.'
years old, he came into promlS''
Prior to that time he had demons
in Italy the possibility OF si,n,Ss
without wires by means OF ths NJ
zian waves. His experiments i n
native country attracted but mn.
tentlon. 1t was not until he ,v"s.
England in 1896 that he secured ~
tihc and financial backing. Sine 4
time in this country and Enrlors
has received unstlnted encours
His recent success in slcnanin. /
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-02-13

sells at sea is a matter Of general
knowledge.
In discussing his system no. Ion,
ago Slgnor Marconi said ITO Nh
Hertz, Of course, belongs the dlstlnc
ton OF having discovered the elechI,
waves, and by his experiments b.
proved that electricity in Its progress
through space follows the law Of Cd