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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-27
President Spencer Loves Washington.

President Spencer Loves Washington.
Since the announcement OF the pur-
chase OF a home IN this city b. Samuel
Spencer. president OF the Southern. there
has been much speculation in railroad
circles as TO whether MI. Spencer VIII
remain in MS present official capacity
with the Southern or whether he is to
be advanced 10 the chalrmanship Of the
financial board. Some think the pur-
chase made by Mr.. Spencer means he Is
10 remain in HIS present position.
Others think differently. There is every
reason to believe the changes are TO ne
made and Mr.. Spencer's purchase viii
ago. President Spencer and his family
knew but little OF Washington's social
side. Last December, Mr.. Spencer came
here TO look after the duties OF the first
vice president, w. ". Finley. while
that official was in Europe. Mr.. Spencer
became infatuated with this city and de-
cided 10 make his home here a part Of
each year. Consequently. the purchase
OF the home was made As chairman OF
the financial board ne viii be in New
York a part OF the time, but his duties
En- that capacity Will require his pres
ence ia Washington most OF the timo.
that IL is Mr.. Spencer's intention 20
entertain next winter, and in the mean
while his home viii he remodeled and
made ready for that time. Washington
railroad and business men welcome him
to this city. He Is a progressive man
and viii be a great aid in pushing
Washington's business interests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-27

The first skirmish drill OF the year
took place at the Government farm
across the creek from the Naval Acad-
envy Wednesday afternoon, the entire
battalion OF midshipmen being formed
Ia battle array and participating in
highly interesting sham battle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-27

Henderson d Bro. the builders, Of r
Street northwest. were awarded the
contract for the Green residence on
Massachusetts Avenue, near Dupont
Circle. The work on tearing down the
present property has begun. and when
finished the work on the new residence
viii Immediately commence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-27

The board OF supervisors OF election
OF Anne Arundel county met yesterday
afternoon and reorganized. with George
QUAD. the newly appointed member, by
electing Robert Moss president OF the
hoard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-27

Exports from twenty principal coun-
tries. in millions OF dollars. in or
der OF magnitude in 1901:
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

What Is the cost of a conelave?''
The question was asked of a well
known clergyman, and this was his re-
ply;
THAT OF 1878, which resulted I'm the
election or Leo NIL. involved two
bills, one of Sl1.5T4.2S for carpenters
and masons' work, locksmiths, paint
ers, gas, glaziers and electric bells:
the other OF $4,000 for fitting ND the
Sistfne chapel. But this was dirt
cheap compared with the figures for
some preceding conciaves. That of
1881, when Gregory XvI. was elected.
cost $t44,75d.1S. and the elections of
Plus VIII. and Leo XII. were RESPONSE
ble for S127.702 and SOS. 425 respective
~. These conclaves all took place dur
Ing the last century, but before that
period conclaves were both longer and
more frequent. so that ii was found
necessary on several occasions TO limit
beforehand the expenditure on a papal
election. Thus Alexander VIII. limit
ed the number OF functionaries of the
conclave and cut down their emolu-
ments and perquisites,"-Phi
Press,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

There are two great schools OF
chess" says DIR. Lasker, generally 500
Ken or as the old and the new. OF the
members OF the old school briIiiancy Is
the battecry. They believe In eoncen-
trating all their forces for single at
tack. In burning bridges behind them,
IN forcing the lighting and pushing on
10 glorious victory or utter defeat. Not
so the followers OF the new school.
Carefuiness. prudence. moderation, are
the mainsprings OF their action. The
accumulation C small advantages Is
what they aim at. little pressure
here. a little pressure there, until the
opponents line Is weakened. Ruskin.
who loved the game. inveighed strong-
~ against the new style OF play when
IL hrst grew popular. He called It pet
" and dull and;fancy sitting and said
In eject. as another OF his countrymen
puts IT.:
Nay. would rather be
fhe FOOL who for some momentary bliss
spurns all he was alt that he hopes to be- %
OF the old style Morphy Is the grcat
exemplar - brilliant. impetuous. dash
ing; OF the new style. Iasker.-- Bali.
more News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
wor,d,. Fair comp.r,,on.

The most striking impression con-
veyed by the published plans OF the St.
Lonis managers is sense OF their
yastness. The Chicago buildings and
grounds covered an area OF one square
mile; those OF st. Louis will cover two
aqunre miles. The total exhibition
space az Chicago was s2.3 acres: at st.
Louis l2s acres will be required. The
total outlay at Chicago was $27
600; at st. Louis S4O.O0O.OO0 will be
spent At Chicago the entire horse
power and machinery in operation was
1000; at st. Louis 1t will be 10000.
The Midway ut St, Louis viii be GOO
feet wide and mile I'm length and viii
be called the Pike. and there will lie
thirty-five miles of roadway inside the
Enclosure. Washington Post
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
The indiana Bishop.

Bishop Whipple's courage was p,x-
eminently shown IN his attitude to
ward the Indians. He was the rndi.
ans bishop from the first. His digni.
ty, his reserve, the humor lurking be.
hind the sober mien. his truthfuiness
and stanch ioyalty-they lovingly dub
bed him straight Tongue.--put him
at once I'm touch with the Indian ma.
sure. Add to this his sense OF Justice.
q dominant characteristic, and II was
natural! that the Indian problem should
be almost the first problem faced ON
his coming to Minnesota as its bishop.
Facing the problem. he fearIessly faced
the lndiens' enemies and their more
oiscouraging lukewarm friends. He
had to convert both the house OF b.sh-
ops and congress. He lived to sea his
conception OF what was due the IN
dian and OF what the Indian was oa.
pable OF I'm large measure successful.
Bishop Whipple believed I'm the In.
dian; he believed ali the good stories
ne told OF him; he compelled a like he
lief In his unwilling brother bishops.
In the prejudiced. evenehostile clergy
ana iaity and citizens of?Allnnesota.-
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
WITH TIME CONE CHANGES,
An Order From the Paciac Coast For
Nfckels and Cent Pte~&s


Nfckels aud Cent Pieces.
The treasury department has receIv-
ed an order FOR 5000 nickeis and 1000
one cent pieces from the Pacific coast
The order is from the subtreasury at
San Francisco. Five years ago such
an order FROM the subtreasury would
have been regarded in the nature of q
mistake somewhere, and the chances
are that an Inquiry would have been
put on foot TO ascertain If these coins
We're really wanted
Just what started the use of pickeis
and pennies on the coast Is not definite
ly known. but treasury officials say that
its beginning was during the Spanish
American war, or rather during the ex-
istence of the war taxes imposed at
the time. These war taxes called for
stamps on different articles, and Off
Gals OF the government. In selling the
stamps. gave the proper change In
pennies aud nickels. m
Ii Is q well known fact that a cent
was a rare thing ON the Pacific coast
five years ago. so far as trade was con-
eerned, and nothing was sold from the
store that called for change In cents.
The eastern bargain counter with it's
40 cents and its ''SI.9S' placards and
other features attractive to female
shoppers was unknown. Everything
was sold In even money and paid for
that way. Even the five cent piece
was rare. The ten cent piece was
practically the smallest piece In cir
culation. III an article worth 10 cents
was purchased and the purchaser ten
dered twenty-five cent piece the
chances Were that the merchant would
hand him 10 cents In change merely
because he did not have the other s
cents to make the change.
The Pacific coast people do not now
ike to carry small change, and the
order that has been received is a CON-
paratively small one, but to the treas
ury officials IL reveals the fact that the
habit is growing and indicates that in
a few years the nickel and the penny
will be In general use In a section OF
the country heretofore having no re-
gard for them. N1E eee 81
The thing was true OF parts OF the
south until eight or ten years ago, but
the objections TO the small coins there
have been almost overcome They are
still not so generally used there az In
the east and portions Of the west, and
there are still many places in the south
where the nickel is the smallest coin
accepted In trade and general USE
Washington Star.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

-'N@oeAeog oA tHOts
Tommy, have you been vaccinated? r.
Yes. ma'am."
Have you had your vermiforrn ap-
pendix removedy'
Yes, ma'am."
Have you a certificate of inocula-
ton for the Group, chicken. pox and
measlesr'
Eyes. ma'am." fr fa
rs your luncheon put up In DR..
koch's patent antiseptic dinner pailY'
YES. ma'am."
Have you your own sanitary slate
bag and disinfected drinking cupg"
Yes, ma'am." r rr
do You wear camphor bag around
your throat, collapsible life belt and
insulated rubber heels for crossing the
trolley line?"
"All OF thesey'
And life Insurance policy against
all the encroachments or old ageY"
Yes, Dia'am."
Then you may hang your cane on
the insulated peg and proceed to learn
along sanitary lines."-Judgc.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
women .na rearh,n=

Teaching is often characterized as
one Of the essentially feminine profes.
sions, but DR.. Earl Barnes is of the
opinion that there can be and are too
many women teachers in the elemen-
tary and secondary schools. At "wom-
ems week" at Chautauoua recently he
spoke earnestly upon this subject. The
result, he said, OF putting education
into the hands OF women has been to
eheminate the curriculum and to raise
up corps Of teachers who. while they
are strong aleng the humanities. are
proportionately weak along the sci.
ences. Women. he thinks. have intro.
duced too much emotion into their
teaching.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

by the aid Of finely divided nickel
ana ether metals petroleum has been
obtained from acetylene and hydrogen
oy Sabatier and Senderens. This has
suggested O simple explanation OF nat
urai petroleum. Instead OF assigning
10 II an organic origin IT is only neces-
sary TO assume the existence In the
earth or alkaline earthly metals and
their carbides., which on contact with
water would yield hydrogen and acety-
iene Meeting nickel. cobalt and iron,
the two gases would give rise to reac-
tion that would furnish the various
kinds or petroleum.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

Simon Cameron was wise man In
his day and generation. Mr.. William
Sayford OF Harrisburg. In his recollec-
lions of sixty years ago." printed In
the Harrisburg Patriot recalls a Cam
eronian incident as follows:
Dropping in at my house one day,
MS attention was attracted to my boy.
is that your boy. SayfordT he
asked. 49, 1
Yes, general replied.
well, Sayford,' said Cameron In
his brusque way, never let him, have
anything to do with politics. It's the
meanest business in the world" Ell
NO man In the United States had a
more thorough knowledge OF .politics-
IN what has come TO be the common
understanding OF the word.-Philadei-
phia Record. IS esS s. - sll5f
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
American women and ui.aoo,.m,

American womanhood Is acknowi-
edgedly the finest, the very best, phys
icaly and Intellectually, OF all the
womanhood of the world An ideal
American woman is the ideal Of the
worlds womanhood. This could not
be unless the male American himself
worshiped high ideal. An American
girl will travel from end to end of the
continent In absolute security. Travel.
Ing In the same railway compartment,
no male will even think OF staring at a
female. The American women are god
desses and are worshiped because they
deserve the alteration.
And let the final word be said on our
own behalf. II India and America are
TO be brought together II will be by the
sympathy and active endeavors of
American women. We have had al
ready abundant proofs. OF these mat
tiers. American women are among the
foremost propagandists of Hindoolsm
and Buddhism. Being such, they are
likewise naturally interested I'm the un-
derstanding and solution OF the ma
tional social problems OF India. An
American league. with numerous
branches, Is now In existence, which
has for Its object the social ameliora-
ton OF indian womcn.-Indian Mirror.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

No fewer than ffty-seven British
peers have no heirs to succeed them.
That number of titles is therefore like
~ to become extinct on the death Of
their present holders.
Curiously enough, nearly. all these
titles are OF modern creation. The an.
Gent, historic nobility is well provid.
ed with heirs to carry the family name
down to future generations.
The leading exceptions to this rule
are the twenty-second Baron de Cliff
ford, whose title dates back to 1920 and
would die with him IL he expired to-
morrow. and the thirteenth Baron
Borthwick, whose title was conferred
on his ancestor In 1852.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
singing in.o a phono~,,n,

When singer is up before an audi
ence he or she can tell whether the
eject OF the voice Is pleasing or not by
Watching the eountenances of the lis
teners." says Thomas A. Edison In
Popular Mechanics. when, however
one sings into dead instrument. like
The photograph. without the slightest
recognition as TO whether the voice Is
properly tuned and pitched, the singer
becomes rather nervous. 4 know some
very capable singers who can sing
spiendidly before an audience. but
when 1t comes to getting their voice
into the photograph they are dumb
have brought people OF great note out
to the works and paid them handsome
~ for their vocal efforts only to find
when 1 came to reproduce these at
tempts on the photograph that the rec
ords Were utterly worthless"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
= Value of Addiction.

1 have seen a human life crushed by
disappointment or by bereavement
or By some heart sorrow worse than
death 1t seemed as though all the
light had gone out OF IL. black night
and gloom, and yet as time wore ON
the stars came ont, and when the soul
had become accustomed to the new
environment there was a peace, calm
resignation. which yielded no small
degree OF actual happiness. The mar
row circle gave more than the larger
circle OF other days. and the burdehed
life had flowers In 1t which do nor
blossom In sop which is rich with ex-
element and pleasure. Many man,
has learned what life means through
ahiiction. and I sometimes think that
our sorrcws are the best part OF us.
The man who has his own way has n
very poor way. and the man who IL
led by God Is on the road to heaven
0enroe " ytenwnrfh.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
p,ct.,ior ana pinn.......

Herbert Spencer says that up to
lo6o his books and review articles
were written; since then they have all
been dictated There is n prevailing
belief" he adds. that dictation is apt
10 cause difruseness, and 1 think tho
be,;cf is well founded. 1t was once
Remarked TO me by two good judges
tue Leweses-that the style OF Social
Stotics' is better than the style OF my
later works, and. assuming this opin-
'on to be true, the contrast may. I
think, be ascribcd TO the deteriorating
eject OF dictation. recent expert
ence strengthens me in this concIu-
Mon When finally revising First
PRINCIPLES which was dictated, the
cutting out OF superhuous words,
rlauses. sentences and sometimes par
ngraphs had the effect of abrIdging
lhe work by fifty pages. about one
tenth"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
ARE Fish ABLE TO HEAR,


Harvard Predecessors Exp~rfmeut,
show That Some Have Useful Ears.
Scientists have long been asking.
Can fish really hcarr' and expert
mcnts are now being made systemat-
tcally ali over the world for the pur.
pose OF finding the answer. Working
from the well known fnct that there
are fish, such as the sen robin. that
when attacked snake a noise which is
presumably audible at least to the
enemy, Professor G.. ii. Parker OF Har-
ward university has obtained perhaps
the most satisfactory results after a
series OF experiments conducted at the
biological laboratory of the United
States fish commission at Woods Uoll.
Mass.
Since sounds are manifested by vi
brations that spread out I'm eddying
waves, IL is extremely difficult To de-
eide whether "a fish really hears. or
merely feels the agitation that noise
makes under water, and consequently
PROFESSOR Parker'sexperiments have re-
quired apparatus of the most delicate
sort. To make noise Under water
with as little vibration as possible he
used partially submerged deal sound
ing board upon which was stretched
the string Of bass viol giving a very
low note. and when sharper tone was
required It was obtained by means of
an electric tuning fork. The small
green killfish-the common New Eng
land minnow-was selected for the ex-
pertinent, and during the test was
placed In network cage suspended in
such manner that IL should not be
affected by the sound vibrations.
Three classes OF fish were tested-one
that was entirely normal, second in
which the ear nerves had been cut so
as TO produce complete deafness. II
there ever had been any sense of hear
Ing, and third whose outer skin had
been made insensltive to vibrations
while the ears were left normal In SO
cases out OF 100 the normal fish acted
as II they heard the noise, while only
IL of the 100 whose car nerves were
operated upon seemed to notice any
thing unusual. The fish whose ears
were normal. but whose skins were in
sensitive. responded to the noise quite
as readily as did those that were en-
tirely normal. Professor Farmers con-
clusion Is that there are some fish, any
way, that can hear.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

Several years ago an American CON.
tractor cast eyes upon certain con.
tract on the Nikolaevsky railway. Not
being able to obtain IL by fair means,
he. went on beautiful cloudless day to
the parsonage who had control of the
contract, taking with him a huge um.
brella. In reply to the personage's re-
mark that there was no danger OF rain
the contractor offered to bet 100000
rubles that 1t would be pouring with.
In half an hour. The offer was accept
ed At the end of the half hour the
sky was still cloudless. the sun was
shining even more beautifully. The
contracting therefore lost the bet, but
be got the contract
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04

7ne Rev. Dr. Dw1gnr M. seward, --rn-
bishop OF the coast." was fond Of tell
Ing OF clergyman who spent his sum.
mers In the Adirondacks in a settle
ment at the southern end OF Saranac
lake The clergyman cultivated the
genial habit TO a degree and would dis
pense greetings to every one as he
walked along the street The aimple
country folk could not quite under.
stand the good mans cordiality. On
one occasion he had bowed most hearti.
~ to noted barroom character OF the
town. who was plainly much surprised
by the attention. BE watched the re
treating figure of the clergyman in a
troubled way. Finally he turned to q
group OF friends and said. Snow. where
tr. hla-es ns 20 met TINT man2''-NeN
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
a Modern INDIAN wedaine.

"A modern Indian. wedding contains O
grotesque combination OF civilization
and barbarism. as viii be seen from
the following account OF a marriage
ceremony which recently occurred In
oklahoma: THE bride, was handsome
~ alfred In pink silk fonlard, with
pink SILK ribbon sash. blue collar and
Guns. black hat with yellow and law
snder trimmings. a green veil and black
gloves. The bridegroom wore the con-
ventional black, except his coat. which,
II being warm day, he had left nj
home. He carried an immense eagle
wing" -. .t. 49,. -.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
CrueItx tn Hor...

In the parks and pleasure drives OF
New York locked tail horses are nu-
merous. 1t is barbarous to mutilate
animals in this way, and there is no
excuse for the practice. Animals
treated In this manner suffer torrents
from flies and are permanently dis
figured. The banging of the tails OF
thoroughbred runners does no harm.
NO sinew or tendon or skin is touched
by the shears used on the "bang tails"
Only the hair is shortened. But the
locked tail horses are victims OF In
humaplty.-New York Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
Plucky kinx AIsa...

King Alfonso OF Spain performed A
feat recently which should endear him
TO his buiifighting compatriots. II was
worthy OF toreador. His majesty was
walking In the Prado. when bullock
broke from herd that was being driv.
en- and tearing away at full gallon.
showed every disposition for using Its
horns among the pedestrians and equi-
pages There was regular stampede,
Dut the Ring showed his spirit, and.
drawing his revolver, brought the beast
down with two or three swiftly. deliv-
cred shots.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
Norfolk & Western Railway Co

Commencing May 25th additional passen ger
train service will be operated over the Nor
folk & Western Railway as follows:
Leave Roanoke at a. M. Ly nchburg $40 a.
m, arrive Petersburg p. m, arrive Rich
monc so p. m. Leave Richmond i:l5 p. Iu.
Petersburg p. M. Lynchburg SIS p. M; ar
rive Roanoke p. IN.
Leave Lynchburg TO a. M, arrive Roanoke
san a, m. arrive East kadford l0:i6 a. M, ar
rive Bristol ESQ p. m.
Leave BrIStJl no p. M; arrive East Rad
ford 800 p. m. arrive Roanoke T:55 p. M. ar
rive Lynchburg $50 p. m. Close connection
at East Radford To and from Bluefleld, Nor
ton. WEIGH and intermediate points.
Leave Roanoke p. m, arrive Hagerstown
4:l5 a. m. Returning leave Hago rstown I2O
a. M, arrive Roanoke 800 a. M. connecting
TO and from Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New
York and interior tennsS lvania points Phil
man sleeping cars Philadelphia and WEIGH,
W. Va.
Leave Roanoke 9:l5 a. m, arrive Winston
salem p. m, arrive Charlotte, N. C.. D. M
returning leave Charlotte ll:i0 a. M, leave
Wlnston-Salem POO p. M. arrive Iioanoke
$40 p. IN. Train runs solid between Roanoke
and Charlotte.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
Got . Reput.tso,

William the Conqueror had Just land
ed on English soil. TX = -
But how" he was asked, did YOU
acquire your titleY
- once licked a janitor." he replied,
with frank naivete.
Pereeaying that he was worthy Of the
name they fastened TO do him rever-
snce.-New York Herald. - -
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-09-04
Our chilarsn

The best calculation that can be
made shows TINT the average number
OK children in the white native family
a century ago in the United States was
more than six; In 1880 it had fallen to
less than i've; In 1850 to less than four:
IN 1872 to less than three; In 1000
among the upper classes" IN Boston to
less than two. = y