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Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
The Bow That You Used to Be.

ne boy mar Y Ou OSeo 10 DC.
Would you know him again to-day.
If he somehow should come to you,
II ne halted you on the way.
Would your memory serve you truef
With the air of the old boy-days.
With the smile that was glad and
free,
Would you know. If he met your gaze
Just the boy that you used to be?
Hol The boy that you used to be.
Ere you wrinkled with care and fret!
What a wonder If you could see
That boyl Isn't he living YETI
Does he never come back in dreams,
Made OF memorys witchery?
Straight and fair in its rosy CLEANS
Just the boy that you used to bel
Do you never hold speech with him
In that past with its afterglow?
See his figure, though blurred and dim?
Ask him why did he ever go?
Do you never go hand-in-hand-
Wander back. till again you see
All the charm of the old boy-land.
With the boy that you used to be?
Where you're dreaming your dreams
alone?
Is the melody that he huns
But the one that to song has grown?
Honest-hearted, and white of soul
Do you know such a one as he?
Then you're reaching the greatest goal
Just the boy you used to bel
w. D. NesSit in Baltimore American.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
The Apple rree,s story.

see on peoples tables a great
many books with pictures in them
about old gardens. Aunt Elinor's gar
den looks like the most beautiful one
described in the books, but it has
what none Of the written-about ones
have, and that is the apple tree and
the little old cannon in the grass with
the birds nest just inside its mouth.
l often think how surprised the can
non must be every summer to have
a bird fly out of it instead of a can
non ball. The cannon is 200 years old.
We are quite sure of this because a
date was put on it when it was made.
but We know nothing about the first
hundred years of its life, and we do
not believe even the bird does which
has built its nest within it, although
we think the robin that sings in the
apple tree may know great deal
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
Predicts Volcanic Eruption.

The Paris Petit Bleu publishes q
prediction by the meteorologist, Herr
Finger, of Prague, who is of opinion
that Martinique and probably other
West Indian islands will be virtually
destroyed by volcanic eruptions next
year. He also foretells terrible erup-
tions in Italy. He points out that the
most violent volcanic disturbances on
record have occurred in years ending
with the figure 3.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
Difficulty in Diagnosis.

Chemists employed by Armour &
Co., Chicago, announce that they have
discovered a preparation, made from
tae thyroid glands of animals, which
will cure a fool. This will promise
we'll for the intellectual progress OF
the world If the persons to be bene-
fited could be depended on to know
that they need the new medicine, but
unfortunately fools generally mis-.
take themselves for wise men.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
Quick Wltted Waiter.

During mosquito season a party OF
an outdoor restaurant and a man OF
the party took the bill of fare and
began to study it. A mosquito lighted
upon it and instantly lost its life by a
quick blow from the man, its little
carcass remaining on the bill. Point
ing to it the man said to the waiter:
do you serve those en- toast?"
And the waiter promptly replied:
They're on the bill, sir,"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
A Miraculous ApplN.

You can divide an apple rAto sew
eral parts without cutting he rind
Pass a needle and thread under the
rind of the apple, which is easily done
by putting the needle in again each
time at the same hole it came out Of
and so passing on until you have gone
around the apple. Then take both ends
OF the thread in your hands and pull;
by this means the apple will be di-
vided into two parts. In the same way
you can divide it into as many parts
as you please, the rind remaining en-
tire.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20

stone, on which was carved a picture
of the sun, and as near it are ruins
of an ancient temple antiquarians are
OF the opinion that it is relic of an
cient sun worship. In addition to
this curious stone other evidences Of
very ancient worship were found,
and all bore testimony to the fact that
when this old temple fiourished the
sun was adored as a god. The picture
on the stone, though somewhat crude,
nevertheless shows careful workman
ship, and the relic is certainly of ex-
ceptional interest both from a re-
hgious and from an artistic point OF
view.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
Electric Shock Restores Hearing

Almost totally deaf for seven years,
and after large expenditure with fruit.
less results upon the part of his par.
ents, Charles Mccormick, aged eleven
years, suddenly regained his hearing
in Pittsburg in a peculiar manner.
While at play he stepped on a fallen
telephone wire. He was thrown vic.
lently to the ground and badly shock.
ed. When taken home by his compan.
ions his parents were amazed to find
that the boy had completely regained
his hearing.-Philadel Public
Ledger.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
At Verona,


A voice in the scented night,
step where the rose trees blow
% Love, and o Loves delight
Cold star at the blue vaults height,
What is it that shakes you SC?
A voice in the scented night.
She comes in her beauty bright.
She comes in her young loves glow
o Love, and o Loves delight
She bends from her easement white,
And she hears 1t hushed and low,
A voice in the scented night.
And he climbs by that stairway slight,
Her passionate Romeo
o Love, and o Loves delight
And 1t stirs us still. in spite
OF its ever so long ago."
That voice in the scented night,
o Love, and Loves delight
Austin Dobson in Century.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
HavemeYer Eiahts Saloon.

Henry o. Havemeyer and his neigh
bors at North Mianus, near Greenwich.
Conn, are again at war with Charles
N. Vuono, who wants to open saloon
in their neighborhood. Last year the
same man applied for a license, but
was refused on representation made
to the commissioners by Mr.. Have
meyer and others. Now the fight
must be made over again.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
A Gigantic Tree,

John Muir, famous naturalist and
explorer of the Pacific slope, has dis
covered a tree in the General Grant
National Park, California, that sur
passes in measurements any of its
gigantic rivals of the Sequoia group.
1t is 100 feet in circumference, and is
4 finer specimen in every way than the
great trees which have, so far, carried
off the honors of hugeness.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
1T 11ll..EErHENl|I1 7 A.
IS}zuG Wc>r[EN.

chase, but when the snow is deep it is
easily secured because of its awkward
gait when running. 1t is hunted on
snow shoes in winter, and it feeds on
the twigs of trees. The skin makes a
very good leather. it is soft and thick.
The moose can be trained to draw
sledges and become beast of burden,
and is good swimmer. The antlers
Of the moose are very heavy, but they
serve as kind of wings and help
them along.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
The MOOSE

The moose or elk is the largest
member of the deer family; it lives il
Northern Europe and America. 1t is
a good runner when the ground is
solid and leads the hunter a long
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20

larly interests him, and can always be
sure of hearing it at the predicted
minute. In case, however, of par
ticularly important news coming to
hand, it is Immediately announced,
and special alarm signals are rung.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20

Generally when women are careless
about the way their legs can te seen
there is a good reason for it.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20

more about the apple trees story thar
we do.
We, for instance. only know It a.
far back as the year when the boyA
went blueberrying in the sheep pas-
ture. That was in 1885. Possible
some great-great-grandmot robi,
may have sung about the years befor~
to the little baby robins, and theSs
when they grew up, to the other littl~
baby robins, until in this way tss
story has come down to the robins
which sing to us now.-St. Nichsias.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20

lines, is red.
The flag below the Stars and Stripes
is one of those carried at Bunker Hill.
Before our flag was designed the diff
ferent colonies used different flags,
several of them showing the pine tree.
This flag, like the flag of 1775, shows
strong likeness to the English flag.
The ground is blue, the field in the
corner white with a red cross, and a
green pine tree.
The last banner is the one known as
the Stars and Bars" the flag of the
Southern Confederacy. This flag was
sufficiently like the flag of the union
to cause confusion at times of bat
tie, so it was changed for the South
ern Cross, which is the flag that we
commonly SEQ. The one before yor
was, however the real flag of thu
South. The stripes are red and whit
the white one being in the middle.
The star are white on a blue groune-
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20

In the social swim life preservers
are not so important as reputation
preservers.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20

One thing can be said in favor of
the wages Of sin; they are never re-
duced.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20

Stitch a row of beading (about an
inch and half from edge) on one side
Of each handkerchief.
Basic the handkerchiefs together so
as to form a bag. Run baby ribbon
through beading, and draw the top
together, keeping the bag style.
Make bows or rosettes of ribbon and
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
STARS AND STRIPES)

The flags pictured above are all
American.
The first, which we know well, is
the flag of our country to-day. 1t was
designed under the direction of Gen.
Washington, and was made by Mrs.
Betsy Ross. The thirteen stripes rep
resent the thirteen original states, the
stars represent the number of states
now in the union. 1t is impossible,
in so small a drawing, to put in the
full number of stars.
How many should there be?
Paint the stripes alternately red and
white, putting red one at the top.
The stars, as you all know, are white
on a blue ground.
The next flag is one that was used
in 1775, before the final break with
England. The body of the flag is red,
the field in the corner blue, with the
double cross white. The single cross,
the part which is shown by the oblique
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
Handkerchief Bao.

Take two linen handkerchiefs, hav-
ing an embroidered or fancy border.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
A Queer Carrot.

The accompanying drawing repre-.
sents very singularly formed carrot
dug up the other day in London sub
urban back garden at Nunhead. The
malformed rootlets have a sort of fan.
tastic resemblance to a miniature hu-
man trunk, grotesquely armed and
legged. The carrot measured across
at the widest part two inches and a
half, and its length exclusive OF the
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-12-20
A Prehistoric Sun Picture.

In the district of Chacula, in Guate-
mala, was recently found a round, fat
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

The Arlington-William L. Wyatt
New York; C. G. Page, Chicago; E. ~
Ferguson. Ohio; S. T. Wright, New
York; H. S Sifford. New York; J. II.
Kellon. Chicago; T. z. Coffey, Chicago;
E. Child. Chicago.
The Riggs House-T. W. Simmons,
Raleigh; II. s. r. Dixter, Boston: j.
o. Platt, Philadelphia; William H.
Ha.ght, New York; r NJ. Haines. Bos-
ton.
Ebbltt House,. d. Frazer, New YorI;
j. NJ. BCntele, Philadelphia.
New Wiliard-H. Hess. New York: F.
HILL New York; r. C. Dean. United
States Navy; A. G. Marion. Chicago;
R. Baggaley. Pittsburg. Pa; George w.
Cornish. New York: C. b. Wornsson,
Chicago.
The Raleigh-W. c. Chase. Boston: ].
Z. Meek, New York: J. H. Sargent, Chi
cago; ]. p. O'Donnell. Philadelphia: w.
Hayes, Newark. N. j.; J. S. Ward, st.
Louis; II. S. Hawk, Jackson, Mich.
F. G. Paur, NJ. J. Appel, G. S. Gragg,
Chicago; c. Z. Holmes. New York
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
P0ST0FFICE OFFICIAL
CHARGED WITH LARCENY
Henry H. Reynolds, of Ossining, N. Y.
Arraigned-Enters Plea of
Not Guilty.

NEW YORK, July Henry II. Rey
nolds, assistant postmaster at Ossining
was today arraigned before United
States Commissioner Alexander, charged
with larceny of postoffice funds. The
comp laint. signed by Postoffice Inspector
c. C. James. accuses Reynolds of ap-
propr;atins S215 OF the money order.
funds and $3.50 more in small daily sums
from the cash drawer. Reynolds sur
rendered himself voluntarily and ap-
peared in court today with his brother,
who is 4 lawyer. as counsel The pris-
oner pleaded not guilty and waived ex-
animation. He was held in $4,000 bail,
Which was furnished
Reynolds. who is a well-groomed man
CT about thirty-five, is said to be very
well connected in Ossinng. He would
make no statement in court. Inspector
James says that Reynolds has been con-
nected with the postoffice in Ossining
for a number of years.
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
MODERN TENDENCY
OF CONCENTRATION
Special Comment in Recent
Census Bulletin.
Deals With Manufacture of Steam
Railway Cars-Statistics
Given.

The modern tendency toward concen-
tration of industrial enterprises is tn,
subject OF special comment in a bulle-
tin just issued by the Census Office
dealing with the manufactures of steam
railway cars. This tendency the bull
letin states. is well exemplifed in the
establishments engaged in car construc-
tioD not operated by the railroad com
panies.
During the twenty years prior to 1906
the number OF establishments decreased
from 13O to 65. decrease of 50 per cent
while the capital and product increased
oS4.9 per cent and 1888 per cent respec-
tively, during the same period
THE 1861 establishments represented
il. the combined summary of the two in
dustries, with a capital of s201. .904 l2s
and product aggregating S3Os. AS. .45I
employed 20T.1e5 wage earners during
the census year. To these employees
the sum of $113.O49.62S was paid IL
wages.
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
MRS. JENNiS0M CHASED
BY A PROCESS SERVER
Pursues Her in an Automobile and
Serves the Papers.

NEW YORK, July Mrs. Elizabeth
d. Jennison. who figured last night in
an exciting ride with her child. whom
she thought a process server. who
pursued her, was trying to abduct. kept
carefully out of sight today. Her law
yers are not giving out any information
as to her whereabouts. and do not in
tend 10 do so. they say.
They are not even sure that they
will produce in court the child who
has been the source of such frequent
contentious between Mr.. and Mrs. Jcn-
nison, and whom Mr. Jennison wants
brought to the supreme court tomorrow
Oh habeas corpus proceedings.
The process server, who was in the
employ of her husband, saw Mrs. Jen-
nison last night about the same time
that she saw him. she was in a CAB
with Alice, her child. nurse. and her
lawyer. The process server got into
an automobile and gave chase. Mrs
Jennison brought up in tiiS Vest Forty
seventh Street police station, where she
went for protection. The process server
served her with papers in the station
house.
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
FARM STATISTICS
FOR VEST VIRGINIA
Census Office Issues an In
terestlng Bulletin.
Implements and Machinery Set Down
at S5,o4o,42o, While Live Stock
Is Valued at S3o,57I,2se.

The Census Office has issued bulletin
giving the agricultural statistics for The
State of West Virginia.
A farm" as defined by the Twelfth
Census. includes all the land, under one
management, used for raising crops and
pasturing live stock. with the wood lots
swamps, meadows, etc. connected there
with. II also includes the house in
which the farmer resides, and all other
buildings used by him in connection with
his farming operations.
The farms of West Virginia. June /
1900. numbered 92.S7i and were valued
At sf6S, ,295, so. OF this amount, S3i.
02e.56O. or 20.2 per cent, represents the
value OF buildings. and $l34,269, ,l10, or
7g.S per cent, the value OF the land and
improvements other than buildings. On
the same date the value Of farm imple-
ments and machinery was $500. APO, and
of live stock. s3O,571 .259. These values
added to that Of farms, give $2e3,9GI ,34S
the total value of farm property"
Animal Products.
The products derived from domestic
animals. poultry, and bees. including
animals sold and animals slaughtered on
farms. are referred to in this bulletin
as animal products"
The total value of such products. to-
gether with the value of all crops, Is
termed total value of farm products.
This value for 1899 was Sii. 7G8,9T9 of
which amount sl9,O72. 79O, or 42.G per
cent, represents the value of animal
products, and S25, 1886, ,lS9 or 57i per
cent, the value OF crops. including for
est products cut or produced on farms.
The total value of farm products for
1889 is more than twice that for 1883.
but a part of this increase is probably
due to a more detailed enumeration
in 1900 than in 1890.
The gross farm income" is obtained
by deducting from the total value OF
farm products the value Of the products
fed to live stock on the farms OF the
producers. In 1899 the reported value
OF products fed was SS.lG0, 500, leaving
s36, ,6OS,I19 as the gross farm income.
The ratio which this latter amount
bears to the total value of farm prop
erty'' is referred to as the percent
age of gross income upon investment.
For West Virginia. in 1899, 1t was
$50 per cent. AS no reports OF e.
penditures for taxes, interest, insur-
ance. feed for stock. and similar items
have been obtained by any census. no
statement OF net farm income can DO
given.
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
HISTORIC MEMENTO
TO GO TO MANILA A
J. F. REARD0N DEAD.
Remains of Veteran to Be Buried at
1T. OiiYet Cemetery Today.

John f. Reardon, veteran of the civil
war, and for many years employed as
an ofierly at the Army Medical Museum.
died yesterday afternoon at his home.
2221 H Street northwest. Mr.. Reardon
was taken Ill week ago. At first it was
thought that his condition was not seri-
Gus, but owing to his advanced age ccm-
plications set in which resulted in his
death
The funeral will be held at the St.
Stephens Church. corner of Pennsylva-
mia Avenue and Twenty fifth Street
northwest, this morning Rev. Father
Smith will oficiate
Mr.. Reardon was born In Lime rick
county, Ireland. January Il, 1S41. He
came to this country when a boy thirteen
years of age. and settled in the town of
Grafton. Lorain county. Ohio. When the
civil war broke out Mr. Reardon enlist
cd in Company G. Sixth New York Vol
unteer Cavalry. and served with his corp
pany until the battle of Culpeper, Va.
where he was wounded.
After he recovered he enlisted in the
Regular Army and was assigned as or
derly at the Army Medical Museum
Mr.. RearGon was a member of Kit
Carson Post No. 2, G.. A. R., and also a
member of the United Order of the
Golden Cross. The interment will take
place at Mount Olivet Cemetery. A wife
and three children, one daughter and two
sons. survive him.
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
Says Latter's Charges Are
in Substance and
Spirit Untrue.
GOES HUNTING FOR TROUBLE
State Department Legal Adviser Says
Texas Legislator Wanted Ambassador
Clayton Removed From Office Because
He Would Not Take His Instructions.

Senator Bailey is one of those mon
who go hunting for trouble. and
this is simply one Of the spasmodic dis
plays OF asininity in which he indulges
al regular periods"
This is the way Judge William Pen
field, of Indiana. the Solicitor for the
State Department. concludes an answer
to the attack upon him by Senator
Bailey of Texas. which gave rise to the
personal encounter on the floor of the
Senate between Senators Bailey and
Beveridge.
Judge Penheld pays his compliments
to the Texas statesman in a prepared
statement given out yesterday. 1t is
devoted principally to an explanation OF
his part in the Bielenberg- Scott case,
out Of which grew the attack by Mr..
Bailey on the Solicitor.
Senator Bailey charged that Judge
Penfield had refused TO furnish him
with papers in the case. and to take
proper measures TO secure justice for
Scott. IN his statement, Judge Penfeld
denies the allegations and does not
mince words in doing so.
The statement follows:
- judgment was recovered by Biel-
enberg against Scott in one of the Mex
fcan courts. Scott took the case to the
supreme court OF Mexico. where it is
still pending. DR.. Scott and his attor-
ney, supported by Senator Bailey, re-
qucsted me TO draw an instruction 10
Ambassador Clayton demanding of the
Mexican government a reversal of that
judgment refused to draw the instruc-
tlon, because no government ever did
demand OF another government that it
reverse the judgment of one of its low
or courts. pending on appeal in the su-
preme court, and because Intervention
does not lie for judicial denial of JUS
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
PREPARING FOR THE
GLORIOUS FOURTH

in On the Fourth of July fete than did
John Adams. Thomas jefferson said
that Adams was the main pillar of
support of the Declaration of Independ-
ence on the floor of Congress" which
ought to constitute Adams a pretty good
authority as to how the anniversary
of the signing of that document should
be observed.
1t is possible, however. that il Adams
and Jefferson could read the casualty
columns of the tdaily papers on the
morning OF July they would modify
their views and be more in accord with
the men who make the police regula-
tions.
The views of Mr.. Adams. as expressed
in letter to his wife dated July 5,
1776. and the regulations on the subject.
and those OF the powers that be in
1902-as shown in the current police
regulations for the observance Of the
glorious Fourth-sre here given:
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
THE FITZPATRICK SAILS.
Army Transport Leaves San Francisco
for the Philippine Islands.

The War Department is advised of the
sailing of the transport Fitzpatrick from
San Francisco for Manila. P. l., with
the following military passengers:
Second Squadron. Fifth Cavalry. 296
enlisted men and the following officers
of that regiment: Major Wainwright,
Captains Wheeler and Goldman, Chap
lain Dalton, Lieuterants Hall. Mcclure.
Rayser. Lewis, Swift. and Rothwell.
Other passengers included Colcnels
Sharpe, subsistence department. and
Penney, Twenty ninth Infantry; Majors
Bulls. pay department: Won Schrader,
quartermaster' department. and Carter,
medical department; Captain Barker.
quartermaster's department; Lieutenant
Cunningham. Signal Corps; ffty-four
Hospital Corps men; Contract Surgeon
Dickinson, and one army nurse corps,
female.
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
TWO ROBBERlES REPORTED.
Mans Pocket Picked of sI5o-Woman
Loses Rings Valued at SI5o.

Charles II. SGuires. of Sl2 East Capt.
tol Street. reported to detective head
quarters yesterday afternoon that while
he was standing near the corner OF
Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest some time yesterday morn
ing his pocket was picked Of roll CT
bills containing $3.50.
Mrs. William McElhanney. of EalstoE,
Va. shortly afterward reported that Shit
had lost from her buggy. while stand
ing at the corner of Tenth and S Streets
northwest. about 10 o'clock this morn
ing. two finger rings valued at $3.50.
The Washington times., 1902-07-03
CATERPILLARS NOW
INFEST DISTRICT
MORE CLERKS FOR THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
List of New Appointments Provided fol-
by Congress to Be Announced in
Few Days.

The list of appointments at the Lib-a-
ry CT Congress provided for by the re-
cent act of Congress has been CON-
pleted and will be announced in a few
days.
The measure called for the appoint
ment of thirty-three additional en-
ployes. nine copyright clerks and twea-
ty-four catalogists. The former were
appointed several months ago, but were
not put on the regular rolls Until re-
Gently.
By reason of the new appointments
there has been number OF promotions
of old clerks, giving the latter higher
salaried positions and installing the new
appointees at lower salaries.