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The Washington times., 1903-04-12
EMIGRATION OF GREEKS.

ATHENS. April 1l.-0acial Hgures
published today show that 5000 Creeks
emigrated 10 the United States within
the past three months. The large emf
grafton is attributed 10 the agricultural
depression Most of the cnisranl5 are
young men who have not fulfilled their
torn of military service
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

ST Philip Burne-Jones Wants Cuti-
cisn, Not Eotoriety

Sir Pailp Rune-jones was not III
the happiezf frame OF mind when he
fee sail for England The American
newspapers. for one thing, have not
taken bias as seriously as be would
WISH. Instead of combining themselves
fe criticism 81 his art work on us
technical merits, they have commented
a length ou his excellent judgment ~
Tire selection of father. His paint
ng The Vampire, excited attention
chiefs, be complains. because his
cousin, Rgdyard KIpIlng, wrote some
Indifferent verse Oh It's subject And
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
SHAFTS OF MT AND RUMOR.
Mere Opinions.

Some men spend % much time studying other
mems msyin1s that they never get a chance to
d. anything worth while
To err IS human; to forgive Is sign thai YOU
arc afraid Of the other fellow
The race is not always 10 the swift. nor the
big salary to the man who earns 1t.
When men enter politics they always do So
voluntarily, but few leave that way
in Faster hat on the closet SHELF - vorJh
dozen in the show window
There are two kinds Of ridiculous people il
tie word-those VINO don't take themselves Sc
rjously and those who do
The hero IS known by ms modezty.-C hieags
Record Herald
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
Easter Message.
The Resurrection Of Jesus 4 Pledge OF
Human Immortality.

The Resurrection Of Jesus Pledge OF
Human Immortality.
Al Christian believers. the world
over, have been following the past
week the closing. incidents in the life
o. jesus Christ, beginning with the
brief triumph COMMUNICATED IN the
waving of palm branches last Sunday.
and leading up TO Gethsemane and
Calvary To-day comes The climax of
il all, the rejoicing over the opened
grave
But suppose that the grave had re-
NAMED closed. Suppose that the
great stone which had been placed
against IFS door bad not been rolled
away. Suppose that the forces OF
nsaIerolenec which conspired to bring
about the death Of Christ upon the
cross had been suffered TO have their
way completely What then
So far as the little group OF disci-
pies was concerned. 1T Is easy to
understand what wauld have hap
pened, They would have gone back
10 their fishing. 10 their collection Of
customs. 10 whatever had been their
common occupations before their lives
came info contact with the Matchless
Life. His words would have fingered
Tor a while IN their memories, they
would have been better men for walk
ing and talking with Him, but grad
ually the whole experience would
have grown dim. as the faces of our
friends are wont 10 dc, when death
has taken them from us.
But more than tlGs. If Jesus had
remained IN the grave His dealt.
would have marked not only His de-
fear, but the defeat Of humanity,
What hope could there be Of any
human life continuing beyond death,
# lis did net If death could abso-
Iutely and ultimately conquer him
vlso spoke as man never spoke, who
commanded the winds and the sea,
who claimed 10 be one with the Father
and the Saviour Of men. what outlook
could there be for feebler and less
mobile souIs
But Jesus came back from the dead
not only in vindic8tion Of His owl
power and majesty. but as a pledge
and q prophecy Of the resurrection OF
those who might believe IN Him BE
cause / i've, Ne shall live also" He
abolished death. He brought life ans
immortality 10 Geht The vagu,
hopes. the half dreams which me-
had entertained of life after death
He translated INTO calm and confident
assurance
The effect upon His disciples wa.
instantaneous i took away then
doubt and timidity and sent then
forth 10 evanCeIize the world The,
could not have gone out to preach
gospel of a dead Christ, but the as
suFance that Christ was risen gav
tAaU courage 10 dare all things /
we sought confederation Of the histor
ic fact 81 the resurrection, we shouIo
fad II IN the transformation which j
wrought IN the disciples The cata
loeue of the different appearances o
The risen Christ, which Paul enumer
ates. Is not more convincing proof o
the resurrection than Is the histor
q toe early church
Aad today The Easter message con
veys the same meaning. 1t deliver
those whom the fear of death has pu
III bondage Il comforts the sorrow
me II bridges t5e unknown. 1T give
Is all believers tie assurance tina
death Is rot ti4e end, but new b,
ginning
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
On the Manana Principle.

4 dispatch from Cleveland, ONO. says: Tom
johnson Just reelected. viii now have a chance
o. continue his tax reform schemes and his
Scent fare propositions Tom reforms are
conducted on the mausna principle and it Is
entirely correct to say thag thc preliminary
steps are ..to bc continued st Louis Globe
! Democrat
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
Serious and Thoughtful
Books.
Are They No Longer Read, and Do Their
Writers Starve?

A writer in the Independent de
plores what he asserts 10 be fact,
VIZ, that there Is practically no sale
in this country for really serious
books by American authors, however
important the subject matter, and
however well written they may be.
He sees in this fact conclusive proof
that the American people at the pres
ent time have not the habit Of read
ing thoughtful studies Of any Of the
great subjects IN which an intelligent
community might be expected TO be
interested.
I'VE are" says he, "a nation Of
readers beyond a doubt But our
reading is hasty, and 1t consists for
the most part Of newspaper headlines,
stock quotations. sporting news,
.wolnan's columns household hints
five and ten-cent magazines, and the
best selling novels, As a people We
are intellectually bright. Intellectually
quick, and intellectually lazy. We
will not take the trouble to apply our
minds to what is really worth while,
and to be really well informed"
Want of space forbids our doing
more than to refer briefly to the con
trast, this writer thinks. England pre-
SCENTS III this regard 1T Is still the
proper thing" says he, for an Eng
Hshman of good social position TO be
we'll informed. He finds both time
and nervous energy to read the books
Of scholarly men on politics, archaeol-
ogy, geographical exploration, and
criticism And he never puts up a
good bluff of knowing things that in
reality he is exhaustively ignorant
of"
We are unable, Of course. to say
I what this writer would call a serious
book, but it Is dollars tc doughnuts
/ that the books which he says are writ
/ ten. but not read, are for the most
/ part the product OF predetermined
nincompoops whose ability TO talk
without saying anything Is exceeded
only by the intensity of their egotism-
! To assert that it is no longer possible
/ in this country for a man of brains
to make a comfortable living by writ
/ ing books Of a thoughtful character
/ Is to assert not only what Is not true,
but to utter twaddle The writers
who contributed to the American
/ Statesmen series, the authors Of :he
Life Of Lincoln" Prof. F'iske
Henry Adams, and other historians
could. no doubt. tell a different tale
Among scientists Agassiz, Langley
and ShaIer might supplement the ties
tinony Of the historians, And il
would surprise us to learn that tht
books of William James are moi
N3Eftll2 sdtlS tdttbl 1913 j'ii tft tti ~
/ IN fact. the greatest success-count
/ ing merely the number of copies soIc
! of the decade was a serious" auc
! ..thouehtfuI7 book, Prof Bryce.
American Commonwealth ef which
half dozen different editions were
! issued quickly in succession.
The trouble IS not that there j.
lack OF appreciation on tie part o.
the reading public for thought ful'
books, but that the books Iabele'
thoughtful" are sailing under falls
colors. They contain no thought
They are a delusiou and snare
They are shams.
Show Us the book that does some
thing more than marshal words. an'
we'll show YOU thousands Of reader
willing nay, eager-to read IT,
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
AIRSHIP 4 SuCCFSS

PARIS April 1.-THE new airshIp OF
the Lebaudy Brothers. two French odi-
GERS who have been experimenting e@-
tensively with balloons, made its first
ascent at Moisson today The airship
fuldlIed the most favorable eXpeera-
tIons.
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
Fewer Ships and Better Ones.

The discovery of defects in the new battle
ship Maine calls for a reminder that efficiency
consists OF something more than numbers 1t
viii he better 70 build fewer boats well than
10 build - many badly.-Pit-sb,rg Dispatch
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
Personality of Grand Duke Cyril,

Grand Duke Cyril, like his younger
brother Boris, has visited the United
States. He is one Of the sailor princes
of his house. and a very nice and popu-
lar young fellow, He is, however, some
what self-wilIed and hot-headed. and it
seems to be feared that he may be led
TO marry in defiance Of both the Cars
orders. and of those laws of the Ortho-
dox Church which oppose unions be
tween first cousins. For Grand Duchess
Victoria of Hesse is daughter of
Duchess Marie Of Coburg and Edinburgh,
the only sister Of Grand Duke Vladimir
and of the late Gar Alexander III
Should these apprebensions be re-
allied. the young couple would live
abroad waiting either for Emperor
Nicholas. who is proverbiaIIy kind
hearted. to relent or for the accession
TO the throne of Grand Duke Vladimir,
who might be relied upon to give the
sovereign sanction required TO render
legal their matrimonial alliance
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
Both Cost the Same.

Georgia is trying 20 get another university
In Georgia they think no more ct starting a
university than Of building gaod-sized barn,
a. they are both about equally capitalized
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
Proving an Old Saying

Towne-Aly "yfe gave me French clock fo
birthday present, and Of all the ecccatr5t
Things I never saw anything Ike it,
BROWNIE tine Ike the present" eb
Philadelphia Press.
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

Sir George Whites Promotion.
Gen sir George Whites promotion 10
the rank of field marshal in connection
With the royal stay az Gibraltar, Of
which he is governor. viii have the re
suit OF keeping him on full pay for the
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

The percentage Of native whites OF ma
tive pareutage In the city of New York
ass whole was 2I5 In the great New
Jersey towns which are virtually part
of the community Of New York the per
eenrage Of this population was also
smaII-ln Paterson 81. in Jersey City
ZI.T. and in Newark -.
out or q total immigration of 1885,
$50 from Europe in the fiscal years 1901
aud 1902. or up to June 80, about four
dfrha was from Austria Hungary, Italy.
and Russia. and the increase in the for
eign-boru Of New York, more especially.
is from them almost exclusively These
immigrants are now arriving in in
creased volume. with their addition
New York has become the seat of the
greatest cougIoraeration OF races brought
together in the history Of mankind.
What viii be the effect on the Amer
lean race of this new food Of immigra-
tione Mr- Michaud. after an analysis Of
the race characteristics of these new
Corners the Alpine and the Mediter
rauean. ass he describes them, reaches
the conclusion that I'VE need every one
Of The qualities OF The Two alien races
which are peacefully invading our land. %
The Alpine race brings conservatism and
morality. and the Mediterranean indus
tTy. de1terity. courtesy, artistic taste,
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

The prospect Of Mr.. Cleveland's visit
to Lincoln and Dir. RockefelIer's dona-
lion Of several hundred thousand dol
lars to the Nebraska University should
serve 70 keep the editor Of The Com
moner" in copy for several issue
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
BIcOdthirstY.

There IS no occasion fer excitement over the
question whether the hattleshiP Kansas should
b. ghristeued with water or wine. $ hattlcship
ot that name should be christcucd With nothing
short II real red biotd--LpuisEliie Courier
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

That the Angora goat industry VIII be
pushed vigorously at Kansas City is
welcome news TO every true American.
The utmost care. however, must be
taken with the angustura bark the IA
vorire food OF the goat, which gives to
the animal its delightful favor. There
are means. chemical and otherwise. OF
distinguishing the tue from The false
Angustura barks. and they should be
rigidIy applied. Sherry should be given
10 the goats only once week, cock
tails have d tendency 10 coarsen the
. wool
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
Contemporary

Nav told Joke 10 Flo one DAY,
''Oh, my! THAT'S cid, said Flo.
Oh i 1t, really. DEAR said May,
..of course you ought to know. -
Philadelphia Press.
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

Russia has completed the evacuation
Of the second province of Manchuria. ac-
cording 10 her treaty agreement she
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

Harshly Treated by the Kaiser
Grand Duchess Victoria was rather
harshIy treated at the time Of her di-
The Washington times., 1903-04-12
BEST THINGS FROM OTHER PAPERS
EDITORIAL COMMENT
4 Crumb Of Comfort.

4 CTumb OF Comfort.
In the moment Of his political defeat it must
he some comfort To Mr- Ingalls, 90 know thas the
earnings If the Big -Four for March were The
largest ~ the roads history foE any similar
period Indianapolis News
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

Mummy is become merchandise. So
they think at least in Paris, where there
Is a fourishing mummy industry. Mr.
Euna. OF Montmartre. who. with the help
Of another artist, made the tiara CT
saitapherncs, for which the French Ma
tionaI Museum paid a large sum, says
there is-or. at least. was-a mummy
factory in the Montrouge quarter. Skcle-
ions were procured from q medical col
lege nearby and rolled up in the ap-
proved Egyptian manner. Then a liquid
composition of resin and pitch, mingled
EitH spices. was poured on the skeleton
and allowed TO dry. The mummy was
well busted and in a fortnight fl was
ready for the Egyptian hieroglyPhics-
These we're aTtisucally put on By means
Of black lead. The mummy was sent 70
Egypt to be naturaIzed, sent back 10
Paris. and then sold to provincial mu-
ssUms-
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

has accomplished this by moving her
troops around. but none of them have
left Naucburia-
So the Cuban republic has . surplus
of s.. SIS GOO in ITS treasury. This Is d
showing which more than one elIete
monarchy Of the ola World viii envy
For q fortnight or more President
Roosevelt-s address viii be somewnere
in the Yellowstone Park. Happily it
will be an address where only profes-
stonaI guides can find him. No one VIII
begrudge him this brief interval Of real
rest and recreation.
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

But such frauds are not new In the
fourteenth century mummy was pre-
scribcd for wounds and bruises; the as
phalt and bitumen were thought bene-
fetal yet II a man Is knocked down
on an asphalt pavement. the asphalt
does rot Immediately revive him. The
Jews therefore embalmed dead bodies
and sold them TO the Christians as geuu-
inc mummies. and this practice was in
high favor even in the fifteenth cen
fury. To this day the Arabs mix mum
my with butter and use it as a medi-
cine
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

sir Thomas Browne in the final chap
ter of his somber yet gorgeously eIo-
quent Urn BuriaI" refers 10 those who
were content at death to recede into the
common being and then declares that
Egyptian ingenuity was more unsaIis-
fed. eontrfviug their bodies in sweet
constituencies. to attend the return OF
their souls But all was vanity, feeding
the wind. and folly The Egyptian bum
mics which Cambyses or time hath
spared. avarice now consumeth. Mummy
is become merchandise Mizraim cures
wounds, and Phaorah is sold Tor bal
sans"
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

But diamonds should not be worn al
breakfast. They do not go with health
foods and morning nervousness. Dia-
monds are for swollen and Dompous
dinners. for lights, and sparkling con
versation. and polished ivory shoulders.
and even then they do not always
strengt hen you against the hosts wines.
Ponder this saying Of the ancient
traveller: .'NatheIess it befalleth often
time, that the good diamond loseth his
virtue by sin and for fncontinence Of
him that beareth st." This IS true. you
observe. only of the male wearer. Chem
zeal blondes may sport diamonds with
impunity.
The Washington times., 1903-04-12

The very remarkable change which has
taken place during recent years in The
national sources from which immigra
ton TO this country is drawn is made the
subject of an interesting discussion by
Gustave Michaud in a recent mum
Der Of the Century Magazine. with ref
erence to its probable effect OF effects on
the coming race in America.
Already. as was demonstrated by The
causue Of 1900. over One-haIf Of the white
population of the United States consisted
Of immigrants who came here after 1885
and their descendants From 1885 TO
1880. about seven-eighths Of this immi-
grafton was Of the Baltic race, as Mr..
Michaud defines it, generally, or the Teu-
tonic. as il is called by Prof. Ripley, Of
Harvard-tbe race Of the British Islands,
of the Scandinavian peninsula and of the
northern plain Of Germany. Between
1890 and 1900. however, only little over
one half of the immigration was of this
race. % per cent of the remainder being
made I'D Of the Alpine race. ds described
bv Nj Michaud or the race gathered
about the mountain ranges of central and
southern Europe, and 10 per cent Of the
/ Mediterranean race, or Southern Europe
/ in the two fiscal years 1901 and l9o-
/ the Baltic fell 20 So per cent ana the
+ Alpiae rose 10 L and the Mediterranean
/ 10 %. and since the present year came
in the percentages of these Two last
! races haze been increasing, The chiel
/ sources of immigration are now Austria
! Hiungarg italy. and Russia, that from
/ Germany and ireland falling Tar behind,
and he character of the population Of
New York. more especially, is changing
very radically because CT 1t. New Yora
is already distinctiyejy foreign com
muuity. and The Manhattan borough
containing the smallest percentage O.
native whites of native parentase o.
any great community in the Union. thus
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-12-05

dead trees. Yes. But some trees which
are not fallen may be dead trees also.
AS we have said, the whole life Of the
tree Is in the bark or the outside Of the
tree. There the sap flows up and down.
There the connection is made between
the roots Of the tree and the leaves.
If that bark can be once broken so that
the sap cannot flow, then the tree dies.
A short distance from my late country
home a farm hand became angry at his
employer. One night he took knife
and went into the orchard and cut
circle Of the bark off each tree. In one
night the man killed between fifty and
sixty trees. For this crime he was
sent to Jail. And, oh, my brother, can
il be that some one whom | am now
addressing shall soon be dead tree to
Christ although he is not a fallen treep
Can it be that, though receiving the
gospel invitation again and again, you
are going to let Satan take knife and
circle about the bark or the heart Of
your spiritual life? Then, indeed, you
will be dead to all heavenly pleas. You
will be dead to all the calls Of the Holy
Spirit. You will have no conscience
left.
Would that instead Of being a dead
tree to Christ we could become a liy-
ing tree in God. Arborlculturists de-
clare that the roots are just as wide
and strong underneath the ground as
the branches of the tree growing over
head | myself in climbing a noun
tain have seen tree which by the
strength of its roots has been able to
grow upon the side of a precipice. Let
us as living trees sink our roots deep
and fasten them about the Calvary
Rock. Let us lift our branches high,
that our leafy hands may be cleansed
with showers of heavenly benedictions.
Then when the time comes for the hui
man tree to fall Christ will lift US up
and carry us above to become one of
the pillars Of the heavenly temple, as
he once carried his own cross toward
Calvary. Upon that cross he died for
our sins.
copyright, 1903. by Louis Klopsch-1
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-12-05

The sovereign was q frail, worn,
pale faced man of between fifty-five
and sixty years, with thin, rather fine
features except for his prominent nose.
A well kept but grizzled beard covered
the lower part Of his face. He had o
slight forward sinking Of the head and
shoulders, as though the years had
weighed too heavily upon him. Yet he
showed kingly dignity as he drew him
self up to salute the throng pressing
to the windows Of the rooms assigned
to the comfort of European visitors. l
had stood wedged in a mass Of Turks
within five feet Of him twenty-five
years before, on the day when he was
formally girded with the sword of Os-
man. He was then a slender, erect
young man Of thirty-fve years, pale
faced and smooth shaven but for a
black mustache. His bearing produced
no particular impression Of power, and
1t was a matter Of somewhat surprised
interest to see this immature prince
now king In fact.-World's Work.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-12-05
Disappofntments OF Tourists.

Hero worshipers must cultivate an
easy credulity when they go on pill
grimage. If they do not they are al
most sure to suffer disenchantment
when they reach the longed for shrine.
The Florence of Dante is being given
over to the builder Of villas, cheap
and nasty. Stratford-on-Avon regards
Shakespeare as commercial asset.
The famous birthplace would not be
recognized by the poet if he were to set
eyes on it today, and as for the treas
ures of the museum, they are for the
most part a collection Of antiquated
rubbish. ]. Cunning Walters, well
known as an authority on Tennyson,
has dared to question the worth Of
these venerated relics, and Sydney Lee,
the Shakespearean scholar, who is also
one Of the trustees, has consented to
make an inquiry into the authenticity
Of each individual article. Halliwell
Phillips said that the only remaining
part of the original Shakespeare house
was the cellar. What will remain Of
the museum when its contents have
been made the subject Of searching
inquiry ?-Rochester Post Express.