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The Washington times., 1903-07-05
CAMERA LENSES NOW
BOOTY FOR THIEVES

T HE sale Of camera lenses Is com
j paratively new branch OF the
pawnbroker's trade" said a dealer IN
Photographic supplies. but a large
number from that source come 70 the
trade to be reftted with shutters and
ianges- A good lens costs anywhere
from $50 TO $3.50, and is as easy 20 raise
money on as a good watch. But you
will notice that the lenses you see in
pawnbrokers' windows are without the
hange. That is a sure sign they have
been stolen. Very few sneak thieves
know enough to lift out shutter and all.
but they can get the lens and make
away with il by a simple turn OF the
wrist. II a man who owned a camera
were to take his naked lens TO a pawn
shop and say he owned il he would not
be believed. and would have TO be con-
tent with the extremely small loan US
ually made upon a stolen lens Pawn
brokers are willing 10 take chances with
them, because the risk OF detection is
almost nil. aud the profits great when
they make a sale. Amateur photograph
ers. who know their business can pick
up q good many bargains in the pawn
shops"
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At $3.50 the character of the advance
changes. The heavier battaIions are be-
ing brought forward to support the fir
ing line. The daughters of the regiment
grow fewer and give place to the young
guards. Mechanics, with huge. muscu-
lar hands. small caps set well back upon
their shining hair. and a briar or
corncob between their teeth, begin to
appear. They carry small Ieathern lunch
boxes.
The older women clerks also appear
at this hour. Salesladies, waitress la
dies. scrub ladies, hundreds of callings
send forward their detachment.
The Main Army in Action.
At s:45 the real attack is uncovered
These are the clerks employed in the
different departments OF the Govern
ment. All the regulars at last. after so
many recruits and volunteers. Here
is the young man who has been lately
promoted, and is already married upon
the strength OF it. He lives in a vine
covered cottage with dwarf shade trees
in the tiny front yard. He is buying II
upon the installment plan. He walks
with erect carriage and springy step Of
the conscript in his second year. No
longer is he a mere recruit. but is ap-
preaching the seasoned veteran. His
prospects, his chances of promotion. his
little schemes of turning an honest pen
ny outside Of his desk work in the Of
flee give length and quickness 10 his
stride. There is a certain dignity about
him withal. as he thinks OF the ire
mendous consequences to the great gov
ernmental machine were he TO draw his
red ink pen under the wrong figures or
put the wrong number on a document.
He has doubtless a little wife TO meet
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pools. blowing through muddg roads,
rushing to the station and catching the
last rail on the caboose in desperate
leap and losing a boot in the frantic
effort What grim, hand-to-hand engage
ments they must have had before they
left home with the hired man and the
hired girl
One popularity every soldier in the
suburban army has in common, con-
script. veteran, sharpshooter or grana-
dier-everyone carries a bundle of some
size or weight. You might think they
were smugglers running the blockade. II
the Car Of all the Russias saw them
coming into st. Petersburg he would
pack them off TO Siberia for NihiIists.
Each package might contain bomb. Or
are there death-dealing cucumbers OF
prize cabbages in these mysterious
bundles? Tell us, oh "subbubs" tell us
for the love OF truth. what is in 'em.
II you stand inside the station you
hear an odd tumble of noise and the
mixture sometimes takes on a semblance
of connection
i've got all my hens cooped up
Its fine, rich land. How much did you
pay for it?''-"three cents a yard, not a
penny Iess'-"he's engaged to the girl
OF his heart"-"she's a cook at the
squire's"-"so l borrowed Mrs. Ma
hans forks"-"and the tramp says 70
me- "Atherton has no chance for
mayor"-"it's a beautiful place and only
five miles and half from the nearest
station"
Jests on the Country Folk.
The suburbanite has been the butt of
many joke in the comic weekly.
Humorists have satirized his joys until
we are tired. But never mind. Sub
bulbs IL they do poke fun at you. You
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d HOW TO PACK A TRUNK D.

IT HERE are but two things neces-
airy for faultless trunk packing
time and tissue paper 1t is
absolutely necessary TO take the time
to sort out and fold clothes carefully
and ft them TO the space of your trunk,
then 20 I'LL every crushable sleeve or
puff or fold with tissue paper. Pack
your skirts. petticoats. lingerie ana
negligees in the bottom of your trunk
your waists in the special trays. I'M
less you are willing TO bother with
hat box, which is much better.
Fold a skirt with the side seams
folded lengthwise. leaving the front gore
fiat, until ii is Just the width OF the
trunk; then place it fun length OF the
trunk folding the top over and fitting
In a roll OF paper in the fold. Never
fold a skirt three OF four times and
put Il haphazard in any part OF the
trunk, or Il is bound to be ruined.
All fancy waists should be hooked
together stuffed with paper and the
stuffed sleeves laid close to the sides
Place the waists lightly In a commodi-
GUS tray. and with long pins pin tight
In the tray.
Shirt waists are not stuffed with pa
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OF their section. Many contended. how
ever. that it was impossible because OF
the great distances between the landing
places. Driven from this position by
cold facts. they still held that it was
impracticable in view OF the enormous
cost OF construction and maintenance.
Many and varied were the proposals
made to Congress. notwithstanding, by
different companies, all Of whom de-
manded a large bonus upon the compile
ton OF the line. For many a year the
echoes IN the two great chambers. in
the corridors and committee rooms at
the Capitol were tired Of repeating the
word cable" Speeches were delivered
which nobody listened to, figures and
statistics we're adduced, and heart TO
heart" talks were given in angles about
the Railways. None Of the proposals
was accepted by Congress.
The Spanish-American war furnished
the promoters a powerful argument in
their favor, emphasizing the necessity
for some means Of communication with
our new possessions in the far East,
which should be at once swift and sure.
~ NDAi'A VIC AlFo6htblt W uBlu the
Philippines in a firm grip without the
cable said the lobbyists Congress
was again bOmbarded with bills and
moro proposals. some favoring Govern
ment ownership and operation. others
demanding a tidy bonus for a private
enterprise. Congress retired TO fits shell
70 chew and digest the matter before H.
In the meantime the project Of start
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him at the station on his way home of
an evening and to wave her apron shyly
at him in the morning as he stops at the
corner for a moment before dashing af-
ter the train. Or maybe his fiancee is
waiting for him 20 be promoted and
they are building the most ridiculous
plans on the smallest of foundations.
Very often this clerk carries a Iunch
with him done UP in a neat napkin.
Then there is the young girl who.
perhaps. is taking care of her parent
brothers and sisters at home. She is a
typewriter and stenographer in a musty
lawyers Office and has to spell words
wrong TO agree with her crusty employ
er. Or maybe she keeps a set of big
leatherbound books in little ,ank of
an Office and has TO get out monthly
balance sheet.
Then the Nabobs Appear.
The old guard comes last OF all. This
is composed of Government clerks who
occupy high positions under Uncle
Sam, the chiefs of bureaus. the
heads of divisions forming the stan
Of the suburban army. Men of
grave aspect are here who carry the
atmosphere of thought along with them.
Men who are rising rapidly in the pub
lie service. Then there is the spinstcr
clerk, an acrid favor to her speech.
She has been in the Government employ
for many years and is an efficient, pains
taxing employee The daily roun1 OF
rk-luneh-work-has become her life
and she knows how TO make every dol
lar of her salary tell.
Then there comes the detachment of
those who are not Of the hewers OF
wood and drawers OF water, those VII
are well enough of. as this world goes,
to do without work. Here is the smart
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q IF WERE ONLY A MAN." D.

&C" ne sion 4''i I'm 7 9s@.n tn; on s''' #
were only mani would
give anything to be a mani In all
honesty. then, or in as much honesty
as she is Obliged 20 have. is not woman.
when she is thinking OF living her life
over again, thinking Of living a mans
life? Is not she wishing 20 set an ex-
to her husband, who has shown him
self so little able to set an ex-
ample TO her. and for whose discipline
she is believed oftenest to indulge what
seems a vain aspiration?
"A very strange thing IN regard to
this is that men are never heard
signing 10 be women. The weakest, the
the most AFFECT of men is
not known 10 wish himself a woman;
and when he considers living his life
over again, 81 is certainly O. mans life
that he has IN mind. He is perfectly
willing 10 allow that a woman is much
better by nature, wiser by teaching.
sweeter, lovelier, gentler, and yet he
loes not ask TO change his lot with
hers; II he were a beggar, and she a
queen, he would not, He is found say
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

Fy VERY morning an army invades
Washington by hundred ave
nues of approach. by the rail-
roads. by the car lines. by the lanes and
highways, an army which never camps
on the battlefield. but retires to the hills
around the city every evening. an army
whose soldiers are counted by the hun
dreds- This army is composed Of the
suburban residents OF Washington. who
are employed by the various enterprises
within the city limits. They advance
upon Washington In sections. a trained
and disciplined army Of veterans and
conscripts. They come down in serried
orderly ranks to do battle with the city
dweller on his own ground; they como
with the country food swelling their
bodies and the country air reddeniug
their checks.
If you viii take up position near
either of the two great railway stations
you can watch the advance. First, the
suburban army throws forward its Skin
Inishers and franc-tireurs. These attack
early so as to take the enemy by sur
prise. as it were. Their ranks are COM
posed. for the most part. OF young men
and boys. ranging in age from twelve to
nineteen and twenty. The larger stores
employ the boys as bundle wrappers.
cash messengers, door openers and petty
clerks
The young men are employed in law
yers' Offices. for the most part, where
thew are expected to do everything. from
sweeping out the Office to hunting up
references in musty law books.
Then. too. there are young girls, the
vivandieres. who accompany this move
ment. They work as "centrals" in the
big telephone headquarters. as clerks
in the great department stores and the
innumerable little ones. On they sweep
crowd after crowd, rank after rank.
spreading all over the city, forming deep
er and deeper about the large stores.
untiA they have covered the entire bust
ness section of Washington.
Nearly All Garry Baskets.
One popularity of these eonscripts is
that almost every one of them carries
his luncheon. Your young city eupIove
bolts his midday meal in the downtown
eating house. but the suburbanite brings
his lunch along and eats it between
whites. when the buster part OF the
day is over These lunches are like a
breath Of fresh cool. country air TO
them.
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Beginning Their Tolls of the
Day in Gay and Happy
Mien With Bodies Nour-
ished With Country Food
and Cheeks Redeemed by
Country Air-Men With
the Atmosphere Of Thought

the suburban army in retreat II Is a
sad and somewhat OF a solemn thing-an
army in retreat But II is not so In the
case OF these troops They have the
prospect of a ride through the cool OF
the evening. the glimpses OF green for
est and meadowland. the swift dash OF
the light electric car around the curve.
the fascination OF fast motion.
The Government clerk Is one of the
first 70 retreat. his front covered with
a Hight cloud of the richer citizens OF
Washington who are OF the Weather
class and return home when they please.
He steps along without much WEAKNESS.
for his daily work is comparatively light
and does not demand very much of his
energy. Not long afterward comes the
lawyers clerk. tagged out after his day
Of confinement in the Office among the
moldering law books. He carries the
burthen Of several reprimands from his
impatient employer with the grim posi-
bility OF a future dismissal The vtvan-
dieres have lost the iaunty step OF the
morning and the marching air IS no
longer heard
The older women clerks show signs OF
fatigue and there is tired look IN tbs
eyes Of even the stoutest grenadier.
Here is the old gentleman who gets a
large salary because he has been
connected with the Government serv-
ice for many years. He has TO
be wheeled to the station In a chair.
His family have grown accustomed to
seeing his pay come in every month and
they wish 10 keep him alive as long as
possible, for want s5ares them in the
face II he should die. II is pathetic 70
see the old mans efforts to assist him
self and the feeble way IN which he
sinks back in his wheeled chair
The End of It All.
Here is the brilliant rear guard. the
Weather merchant, the society woman,
the higher government official. The mer-
chant looks as If he had had a hard
day at the front, the deep marks about
his lips and eyes are apparently growing
deeper yet His hair is thinning and his
physical energy must be repIeufshed be-
fore he can go back 70 a day Of lctive
endeavor over his desk. The society
leader has laid aside the demi-mask she
has worn during the day and seems 10
be a little weary too. The Government
official takes of his hat and recIines at
ease in the railroad car while he looks
absently out of the window. He appre-
ciates every sniff of the invigorating
country air and seems TO grow stronger
every mile. The suburban army seems
tired, 1t has lost some of the easy swas-
ger OF the morning, but it is still strong
and viii be able 10 meet the mornings
work in better trim than the ranks from
the city.
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not considered a necessary factor IN the
big system
At Shanghai the line connects with
Chinese and Russian overland lines. the
southern cables. and with Japan. With
the completion OF this extension the
Mackay interests. placed in half dozen
companies and virtually controlling all,
will operate an Enbroken line of tele-
graphic communication from Paris TO
Shanghai. from the center of modern
civilization to the center of the civtliza-
ton OF centuries ago. This belt viii en-
circle over two-thirds of the globe and
is unequaIed by any other system in the
world.
Will Put New Life Into Trade.
1t Is expected that the new cable will
divert from the older Eastern lines a
large part of the traffic between England,
America and the East Prior 10 the
opening of the Pacific cable a message
from Washington to Manila was relayed
or retransmitted fifteen times: now it is
retransmitted only five times. a great
saving In time as well as doing away
with the possibility Of error. Business
exchanged With England can now pass
across the American continent from Ma
Mia with seven retransmissions. by the
old route seven retransmissions were re-
quired. In preparation for the increased
business expected the company controll-
ing the Pacific cable has doubled its
transcontinental lines and is arranging
20 build two new lines with copper wires
across the West. which viii give IL indie
pendent routes 20 the Pacific.
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soil. Small trees, somewhat like the
sagebrush of the great Western deserts,
are the only form of vegetation which
will grow on the islands. Sand grad
ually forms about these stunted trees
and rises into small hills. The tree dies
then and the hill as gradually sinks to
the level of the surrounding sand. The
Midways are not often touched by ships,
and the operators are expected to lead
quiet life listening tothe booming of
the surf ana watching the constant
shifting OF the great sand dunes Roomy
houses have been erected for the oper-
ators. evaporating and ice plants in
stalled. and almost every provision for
their comfort has been made. ship loads
OF rich soil will be sent to these islands
in the hope of covering them in time
with productive ground.
Cable Rests on American Soil.
II Is a matter Of pleasure TO be able
to say that all the points touched by
the cable are American sofia fact Of
strategic and commercial Importance TO
the United States From Guam the line
extends TO Manila and thence 70 Shang
hal The last section was set up at the
earnest suggestion of President Roose-
Welt himself, who considers direct com
municaticn with the East OF great adj
vantage to the United States. It would
have been easier 70 reach China by way
Of a limo already established from the
Philippines 20 that country. The extern
sion cost the company $4,000. O00. but It Is
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PCKS DREAM OF GDLE AROUND EARTH FORTY MINUTES REALIZED

THE United States has again
achieved the impossiblel During
the past week it was announced
that the Pacific cable would be in work
ing order by the Fourth Of July;
messages OF congratulation were to be
sent from President Roosevelt TO the
different foreign countries. by way OF
the new line. and preparations were
made to observe the event, as being of
value TO this country and the great
powers of the East
Naturally, upon the completion Of this
cable. the mind recalls the achieve
ments Of Field, the great captain OF
industry. and the men who laid the At
1antic cable I'm the face Of discourage
ment and partial failure. portion OF
this mans life has passed into history.
and the year 1866. as we'll as the name
1.-THE Great Eastern" has q genuine
meaning for every schooIboy. Today
there are more than a dozen cables
across the Atlantic, cnd, with the new
Pacific line in operation, we have well
nigh made good Puck's boast "to put =
girdle round the earth in forty min
utes."
The completion OF the Pacific cable
marks the last chapter in a long but IN
teresting tale OF wire laying and wire
pulling. \ Pacific cable had long been
the dream Of the enterprising men Of
the Pacific Slope a dozen years ago.
They declared that it would add greatly
20 the business. both home and foreign.
The Washington times., 1903-07-05
PIGS FEET A CURE
FOR SLEEPL ESSNESS
I(T HE story that the siamese
minister had not been able

IIT HE story that the siamese
minister had not been able
to sleep for a month. not
even for a few minutes. may seem
Incredible 10 persons accustomed to
their eight hours every night" said
specialist in neurastheuia, "but
In the profession we are constant
~ coming across such instances. Most
persons would suppose that man or
woman going without sleep for a month
would succumb 70 sheer exhaustion
Nothing OF the kind. Many patients re-
fuse to take narcotics. no matter how
long they go without sleep. and when
they do feel that way the doctor seldom
insists. / had patient this winter who
never slept a wink for foTty-twO DAYS.
He was suffering from a common form
OF Insomnia. I got his digestion all
right inside OF a month by regulating
his diet and giving him a hearty meal
of pigs feet about three hours before
bedtime. II was as successful as st has
been in other cases. No, ! don't say
that there is any virtue in pigs feet as
a sedative, but In the digestive process
they induce restful slumber, quite DIFF
forent from the stuDor sleep induced by
heavy feeding"
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per, but are laid fat in the second tray.
II they are of light material. q little
paper may be placed under the fronts TO
keep them from sagging. Hat trim
mings are pulled out with paper. the
crown is stuffed full of paper. and the
bat pinned in the tray. II is a great
mistake to stuff out hats and waists
with heavy wearing apparel 1t only
does injury by additional crushing
Do not pack books and little boxes
in with clothes. Fill the corners OF
the trunk with stockings and any small
piece OF lingerie. and put books and
boxes IN a shawI-strap. and all toilet
articles in a handbag
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GETTING AT THE TRUTH.

HOCSANDS Of sermons have been
preached against wOman's extrav-
agance. thousands of men are grooming
under the tyranny of spendthrift wives.
but neither the moralist nor the hus-
band ever dreams that the fault lies in
the man who carries his money in a belt
and that a separate purse for the wife
would stimulate her TO economy instead
OF extravagance.
The Washington times., 1903-07-05

The Sunrise InvaSions and
Twilight Retreats Of a
Peaceful Arrny-Employes
of the Government Depart
ments and the Great Stores
of the Capital City Who
Live in the Suburbs. = =
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01
Ynnr chc,t shonId d nrceEy.

The doctor hears some curious noises
wien he places his stethoscope against
your chest. When the lungs are in a
healthy condition, the medical gentle
man hears pleasant. breezy sound.
soft in tone, IS you draw in the breath
ana expcl it Should the instrument
convey 10 his ear Surgling or bub-
bling sound he makes a mental note Of
the fact that Tou are in what is known
as the moist stage of bronchitis. In the
dry stage OF the same complaint the
sound is a whistlins. wheezy one.
One Of the signs Of pneumonia is the
cracking note that comes through the
stethoscope. Ii is not unlike the sound
that can be heard when your fingers
and thumb have touched . sticky sub
stance and you first place them toSeth-
er and then part them, holding them
close to your ear.
Doctors occasionally hear 4 dripping
sound. and that indicates that air and
water have got into some part Of the
chest where they have no right 10 be.
Blow across bottle and you viii pro-
duce sound which is actually to be
heard in your chest. II is caused in tie
same way-that is, by air passing over
a cavity.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01
Lont combinntion.

The Chinese had all the grand secrets
Of electrical discoveries more tran 5000
years ago, and they made use of the
magnet as loadstone long before that
Historical records show where their ar
mics were led across the vast plains of
the interior of the nation by combi-
nation of electricity as combined
power of loadstones and some other
substances unknown to the Celestals
of the present day.
This form OF electricity is among the
lost arts and must come to the front
with other grand discoveries within the
next few years. But not the great and
learned shall have the benefit of this
forthcoming discovery in electricity.
The one who shall have this golden
key to a grand electric mystery shall
have the fruits OF his labors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-01
ga nlaidn ana clImnte.

The unenllghtened frequently make
the mistake OF thinking that lack of OPP
portunity is responsible for the exist
ence OF single women. but lay most
OF it TO climate. The New England eli
mate is not conducive to matrfmony
or even lovemaking. And even after
the crucial moment has passed and the
single woman has drifted from girl
hood to spinsterhood. a cold climate,
raw winds. chill rains and snow tend
10 increase the loneliness OF it. There
may be old maids in the south. but !
never heard of them being called by
that name. have known some single
women. schoolteachers. anywhere from
seventeen to fifty. and some Of their
grown boy pupils were eternally and
perennially in love with them. \ sin.
gle woman who has made up her mind
not to marry has hard time to keep
her resolution in the south, for she is
always assailed to break it. The very
climate breathes love. All. there It is!
As / said, old maids are surely mat
ter of climate.-Harper's Bazaar.