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The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
THE ORACLE OF MULBERRY CENTER
By E.K
By s. E. Kiser.

make smoke refuse abolish grade and do the other g
The I.0sd' I'd in the vo hands n 81 ta the y, S0y
Yin this world logical It's just Professor Starr only
like eodblOOded he talks Some Of the big elers
It's the nstchural law supply The big do the
(th whole thing worked logical know it's logical because the
OF course reasOnn the thing Mr. Fi.hs plan might
{sy that the tothe ac logical because the masses don't IKE
cant help agreen principle laid by the Chicago
details about the plan that there's gO to bs good deal Of
than M reasonable $50 to 2 PSse pos & I @ of P 3 bat tb % % % @ % u arc %
& & t t m 1 30 M thew obtns give their free will and consent
Then you'd have situation that wasn't logical would be like the
sos ~Gsn one I m the fair that @ nea
(cf plug that he'd raised himself didn't
about horses than they say an ordinary Justice OF the Peace knows
big crowd the Dave before
jeff says he, "Tve always tried live good Christian life
fifty dollars Do think it's right for into this
ns 'ss ySz s' Rs9's DO
father You've got think your wife and chill
q know it, he I have thought Of them but orn gOin'
anything from him So don't where would be dis
So the off, They start and they went
a haa H sfp @ D wo nti O % M na Sew sud % them % s 5
looked a the crowd i'm the grand nd w he % ers on past
on kind smiled felt sorry for Dave because
afford to lose the money with the interest due in about three weeks
LIONS m % 6 hone 1n nome @ I strseSn we seen & Gn lean 10 ioE % % t &
Then pretty he commenced the whip and still Dawes
bamed old plug kept gon right along 'front.' and almost before
anybod realized what had happened they under the with
about lengths farther back than he when ne began
(let his
After the down
talk about went On told him hed lost He
scratched his head while and then looked kind Of soowi
and said
Z = don't know just how I'm goin' raise the
back to the borrowed FROM and blamed fool bet,
anyway because can't afford lose much but that amt what's
botherin me the most Dave hadn't right to win that His
thoroughbred blood and he didn't
bright Darn it, JEFF it amt logical That's what I'm lookn
tell these
them people have all hggered accodn logic logic
ke the knot the preacher ties 1t doesn't always hold Logs the
same clothes The styles keep changin right along Every little
(while captain of industry tells the
that we ought to quit compann about Yours for
JEFFERSON DOBBS
{ Copyright 1903, Sampson-HOdges Co., Chcago)
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

Indeed the surprise and which feel when good
testify recognition OF the rights and claims
of In his latest respects most absorbing
soryThe Mete OF the Pasture"Jame Allen
with wonderful the shrinking
high minded before the sudden revelation
whom she had previously regarded the best of No.
to condon the lapse from the Of proessedy
good and Their sin greater than that OF the
made profession of goodness
world holds religious accountable higher
than be the
of their feowmen something that Christians ought grateful
instead OF trying complaining because OF the c
csms of their neighbors.
But let forget steals
hundred housandmany of them
tics for perngare honest the Where minister mis-
behaves thousand live clean and helpful lives goodness
se-he real thing mean, goes wrong
1T will always stand the light of day. Therefore all thy gengs
dear friend goodness
And think that modest sensible profession desire and
purpose be good makes harder achieve thing
makes it good deal easier When ally yourself
make righteousness the whe
acknowledge that who
cherish and the highest ideals you gain the added strength
cion.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

heard him of and on as tending store little and farming I
and lOahng good deal Then forgot all about him day
the Kondke Gold King City,
anything you please claims There's never any limit to
what may be worth in those except his imagination
little puzzled when week later Office boy brought
reading Colonel Henry Augustus BoeSmythe sup
posed distinguished foreigner
up that be could round his Chicago his book
and / told the boy to show the general in
I've got pretty good memory OF faces and Id bought too much
shave and plug hat Some men dry up with but it was lust
spoung Told me he had made his pile and that he
tired of living the Stag heap that he'd spent his whole lie
now where would Wanted the Of
bought Hill Boston, and that Id prick up
my occasionally I'd hear something drop into the Back Bay
so OF cog to garry brace OF names your card host
explanations that wanted point
the line Of goods that he's looking for And heard the full
sferTsrd IVA Hank struck Boston with bang, all right
scendant signer ereat-srndson breeds which be-
eve that when the Lord made them be through
Of happened hadn't been in town two hours before
he started in to make improvements There high wroughiron
he said he wasn't running receiving he
mistakes Then he bought open barouhe
wheels painted red hired niger coachmn and started in style
10 soabe and acquainted Left his
Everywhere stopped whole family was out Kept
it week, and off, but didn't any luck Thought
that the be hot and the great gadde keep
the jump much Allowed that they were the lvee little lot
Of A that he had chased Decided quit trying to nail EN-
at time and planned something that
Hank thousand his grand opening as he
called it, left at house within mile Had brass band
he called them for the ladies' ey TO tell ne @ % t % mo M InOr snort as
going on the roof even Beacon
looked out the windows what doing must
have been ten thousand people the and soul but Hank
and his wife and the mixer in the house Some yelled speech
hand and stopped the fireworks with the
other Sad that pesehming was not his stTangehOd that he'd
but that started the ice and he thought
1 the e @ the join SG m Re baG invited w9ud @ su
~ IN m the evening but there seemed be misunderstood
bis hands ''''' nave '"' S000 stun 'DFoe on
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

While this going MayAowe teephon-
for the police Sgnes from
he other and Just crowd yelled and broke for the house
patrol wagons u OF policemen there But they had
call and bring the before could
Hanks little Boston tea-party
Alter all Hank did what out TO party
rounded all his neigbo though exactly according
ITO schedule For there descendants and
reatgndons the police charges that looked
like of the Pilgrim Fathers The Judge fined Hanks
sixteen counts and bound him keep the for hundred
years That afternoon he left for the West special because the
limited didn't there quick enough But before going he tackled
the front door OF his house sign which read
Neghbors their calls will
through windows Not
Gone back to Circle City for little quiet Yours truly
HANK SMITH
an B.-Too swift for your uncle"
Hank dropped by Office for his way Frisco
Said he liked things lively rough
house Beacon Hill for him Judged that
have stayed for week hadn't slipped up the That might
be the Boston idea but he wanted little refinement
Said he pretty free pender and would hold his end but
hated OF told Hank
cracked be in the school histories that Circle
not tough read the newspapers
making him understand that he might have lived for
hundred without being invited strawberry socabe
fellow the Arctic he
going be worth beans the Back Bay.
by
permission Small
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

Some people always looking their friends through
microscope that they may find the flaws.
Now comes the halcyon days when married ladies fit to
the mountain and seashore while hubby stays home alone
and dreams he is a bachelor and is happy.
The world puts heels the neck bows down and
crawls
When loses his pride he never finds anything
in life TO compensate.
When people persist in being blind they are sometimes
awakened by thunderbolt
When who boasts of keeping on the narrow path
happens to stump his toes he gets awful bump.
The grass widow will have chance to harvest her
iieless life that carries dead heart is often of
noblest sacrifice.
Religious fevor that as the reaction after every
vice has brought safety has of fear than zeal in
composition.
If women were perfect would hate them.
If will fall in love don't squea few bruises
Love is friendship that warmed up to the sizzling
point
Success is when woman thinks she's the best dressed
woman in her set Sometimes it might down.
right happiness
When we hear some woman talk we wonder how man
can endure the torture without being choroformed
woman enjoys all the rights coming to her when she
has reduced hubby where he afraid to sass"
her hack
A woman's club may be anything from high-toned
oTess-uP affair TO an ordinary rolling pin onslaught.
It's nonsense to say that we cannot forget widow
can forget two or three pass if golden future looms
in sight.
man has feasted the dregs OF bitterness when he
has TO stay home and look pleasant when his wife enter
ains her club friends If any should sing or recite we
know that the mercy of Heaven gone astray as there
no societies preventing the suffer
ing husbands.
The woman with mission goes through life like plow-
share with megaphone attachment
Eve must have been real lonesome had no best
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

logic what he Big hsh little fish, it's only
able think the good Lord his aeen intended the
men OF this world the little chaps.
Mr. ROCKEFELLER been good and
hrvn omit this professor in his codge probably knew what he
kn about before he spoke Speakn Of fish makes think
of Suyvent Sve the goblin business and
sccorn t. tie he sides in with the professor Styvesan
speech
ey Instead of comm right blooded and ayn it's right for
another he's little refined about and
it's all right for few railroads gobble all the
report about the other day and dsremember it, he there
hundred railroad
TO get up by about fifteen OF the big
ITS the natchera law OF give and take he "You can't
make uphill it shows that the railroad business has
be done by few companies The rolling gathers
which only that it's foolish for the big
force the little in and git swallowed Too
cooks spoil the BROTH which makes plain day that railroad
company with only four hundred and miles of
millionaire its directors hasn't moral logical right
business long lane turnn,
that the railroads OF this have belong ROCKEFELLER
boys that here by the Supreme Being fix
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

perhaps wrecks his future and brings dhonor
his family but strikes foundation of
and the stock Of faith confidence When Deacon
embezzes of his church. Parson Smith runs
(of with another mans wife, people begin ask if
thing as honor and decency.
Now it is well to in the first place. that the
Just ruler Of this universe does stake his
)hs world and its ultimate triumph vice
)ten The righteous and ordering this
goes the respectable Sodom reduced
Once history-so think-God
Ia deal the earthly of weboved Son.
peec life has for nineteen centuries illustrated the moral pob
)tes OF human SOUL If he had devated hairs
tude It would have been harder for persons
another 90 and again from the right their
)pove anything against the reality the majestic supremacy the
moral law itself = : -
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

do not ask the mourneTs tear
OF those who pass around my bieTI
do not ask the tragic grief
In tears alone that find relief;
But bending o'er my narrow bed,
Speak kindly Of me when I'm dead
Ahl lay not flowers, white and sweet.
In rich profusion at my feet
But bring some memories with you there
That link my name with scenes once dear
And beg blessing Ger my head,
A you look on when I'm dead
II have tailedl An. then forget
The Bitterness OF vain Gegret-
Let it for me atonement plead
Forget the thoughtless word deed.
And breathe prayer for me instead
As you look on me when I'm dead
Ali could we of anotheTs life
Its record find Of dangers rife
OF disappointments. sobs and tears.
Temptations, doubts and loves and fears
Wed pause tragic lines were read
In admiration Of the dead.
Ali question SELF and who can tell,
Could you have filed my place welll
Lies troublous ebbs and tides have braved-
Though Yearning for some love you crzved-
So whisper prayers above my head
And Judge me kindly-when Pm dead
KATE THYSON MARI
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
THE INVASION OF BEACON HILL
By Old John "Gorgon'' Graham

NEVER see fellow trying crawl or to buv
his way into society that don't think oi my old
friend Hank Smith and his wife Kate-Kate
Bolts she was before he married her-and how
they tried to butt their way through the upper
crust.
Hank and were boys together in Missouri
and he staNed alono In the Old tn,,, LIE L..
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27
WHEN GOOD MEN GO WRONG
By The Parson.

UNDAY SCHOOL superintendent arrested"
"a treasurer OF benevolent funds absconds" "a
leading church official under suspicion" Such
headlines these in the newspapers not only pro-
duce unpleasant shock upon us, but give rise
to serious questions and misgivngs That is the
worst result OF the wrongdoing Of the presum-
ably righteous man. 1t not only clouds and
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

friend to escort her around the garden Think Of garden
party and only around.
woman is too clever men think her pns. II she ia
not at all so, they think her fool
practical joke is insult in disguise
who boasts Of his morality needs watching
Love is often po0r-paying hot air investment
What sort Of prices would matrimonial mis6ts bring
at bargain sael
1t does not take 6fty-mie gale blow in a Hy-dOTar
dinner
The goose who win pick quarrel with the gander S
to have her feathers plueked
Time is money when fellows watch is in soak
Memory is both the hope and despair Of life
The first lesson some drummers learn the ~RoEuss
March"
A high moral tone may have at times awful twanE
WHEN / AM DEAD.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

ULBERRY CENTER, Sept. al see there's a
Chicago professor that says has a right to
eat his fellow when they amt nothin' else
around that's worth grubbin' up l don't know
whether he's goin' on the theory that human
flesh is about the cheapest article in the market
these days whether he just has natchural
taste for GOOD society hut aru,a,r snosa +here,s
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

His
By permission OF Small Boston
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
ROOF WEIGHING MANY
TONS TO BE LOWERED
Difficult Building Enterprise on Immense Cyclic
rama Structure
rama Structure.

a maze Of scanolding nov fills the
immense CycIorama building at FIT
teenth Street and Ohio Avenue north
west. occupied by the Washington Elec-
tric Vehicle and transportation Com
pany. A score Of workmeu are hard al
work making necessary improvements
An improvised hoist Tor materials has
been erected on the outside OF the huge
octagonaI structure and an air OF ac-
tivity psrvades the surroundings.
The cause Of these preparations is the
intended lowering of the roo twenty
feet because of 'buckling" at the tops
OF the heavy brick side walls Just under
the roof eornice- The work is being
done in compliance with orders from
District authorities, who examined the
building and condemned the rarJ nov
in course Of reconstruction
Because Of the extraordinary weight
Of The massive roof the durability of the
supporting walls has become affected
The roof is made up OF heavy wooden
framework resting on the side walls at
the eight points where the oetason sides
join, with unusually large skylights set
IN slate roof. After fifteen years the
weight Of the root forced big apeTtuTes
in the cornice joints at seyera! OF the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
| HEARING REGARDING
PARKS FOR GEORGE TOWN
Commissioners to Listen to Demands of
Citizens Next Wednesday.

At the request OF Smith Thompson.
jr.. representing the committee on
parks Of the Georgetown Citizens As
ISOLATION. the District Commissioners
have appointed a public hearing for
Wednesday next at 10 O'Clock. for an
expression OF views regarding parks In
Georgetown.
Mr. Thompson and others desire TO
present at least three propositions
one for the condemnation and purchase
OF the old Presbyterian burying ground.
another Cor the use o. the Western
High School grounds and third for
the opening OF the old reservoir site for
public parks Still another idea is 10
convert Cherry HID into a large and
beautiful. park
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
WEEKS D0INGS IN THE G. Ar
AND OTHER VETERAN CIRCLES
Relief Corps at Divine Service.

~NS1ASA Soi 20 dl OiFlDc oeIFlSS.
A. p Morton Woman's Relief Corps.
No. /, auxiliary TO the Grand Army of
the Republic, listened to an annual ser
mOn-the eighteenth-which was preach
ed Sunday evening last at Asbury NJ e.
Church. by the Rev NJ w. Clair. The
organization had as its guests the de-
partment president, Mrs r Meacham.
and the department secretary, Mrs. NJ
Mcclure; members of Frederick Doug
lass Post, No. q; Charles Sumner Post,
No. 8, and Julia Mason Layton Auxil-
larry. No Is. Spanish War Veterans.
/ Morton Corps was organized, 1T is
claimed, about five years before any
other corps in this department was
formed All the presidents who have
served are still living. These are Mrs
Elizabeth ". Marshall. Matte r. Bowen,
Julia Mason Layton, Maria V. Tomp-
kins, Hattie V. Saunders, Mary E. Grit
fin. G. E. Butcher and the present presi-
dent, Julia G. Collier. The corps has G
membership Of nearly a hundred all
active and earnest workers. collec-
ton was taken at the close of the ser
mon and divided between the church
and the corps. The members are making
preparations for Memorial Day The de-
partment junior vice president, Miss NJ
l.. Jordan, is q member of this corps.
She IS also chairman of relief work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12

corners. and this permitted water from
the roof 10 loosen the mortar between
the upper courses of the brick walls.
An investigation OF the buildings con
dition revealed nothing more. it is said.
than the usual wear and tear due to the
elements. but made repairs advisable to
guard against possibility of accident.
For the present use OF the building the
unusual height was unnecessary. so il
was decided to cut down the side walls
twenty feet and rebuild the roof. Mean
while the electric vehicles are stored in
the annex TO the east Of the main build
ing
The sight of the huge building with
out side windows has always attracted
the attention of visitors. and the inter
est has now extended TO hundreds OF
passers-by each day. The removal and
lowering Of the slate from the roof by
means of d hoist outside the building is
watched daily by many people. Men on
the roof are in precaTious employment
and seem in danger OF slipping of as
they loosen the slate shingles, and This
Is generally commented on. No acct
dents have occurred. however, and the
workmen display no anxiety about their
own safety. The Improvements viii
occupy about two months time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
General Miles Command, S. W. V.

A special feature of the meeting of
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Command. No. 1,
Spanish War Veterans at its hall, 6l2
E Street northwest, Monday evening was
the visit of Major Richard Sylvester.
superintendent OF Police. Installing
Officer Dolph made a brief address.
After few remarks by Captain Dyer,
in which he spoke of the friendship
Major Sylvester has always shown for
the soldiers and the great services he
rendered the District volunteers when
they returned from Cuba, as chairman
OF the citizens relief committee, he
major was called on for q speech. and
he replied with a short talk that was
received with great applause. He stated
that those who had served their country
in war would always receive from him
special consideration, SO far as the law
would permit. In Miles Command there
are four members who are officers in
the Police Department
Il was announced by Captain Dyer
that all the commands In the District
will shortly unite to tender Major Syl-
vcsteF a reception, at which many dis
tinguished guests will be invited
The death OF W. W. White, who servei
in the Fourth Virginia Volunteers dur
ing The war with Spain, was announced.
Captain ShoTey, of the Astor Command
was present al the meeting and spoke
concerning the visit to Richmond Va.
when the Confederate capital commanI
was mustered, and the command insti-
tuted there with Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and
other distinguished citizens OF that city
as members.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
COMPLYING WITH THE LAW.

The curvature OF switch tracks on
Penn Avenue, al Pittsburg, has long
been the subject of complaint to the
Iusterstate Commerce Commission With
a view Of removing the cause Of COM
plant the Pennsylvania Railroad has
hcen experimenting with various de-
vices for some time It is understood
that none has proved entirely satisfac-
tory. and the company now announces
its Intention of reducing The curvature
of the side tracks or. where that course
is found TO be impracticable, discon-
tinuing the switching of cars on such
sidings when that service results in
non-conformity with the safety appI
dDCe act.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
Survivors Association Ball.

On The foTty-second anniversary Of the
mastering In OF the Survivors Associa-
zion. D. c. V, Wednesday night, grand
bali viii be given at Masonic Temple
Ninth and F Streets northwest The
proceeds will be devoted 10 the relief
fund OF the association. The committee
on arrangements consists OF Louis
Mundheim, William H. Braund. Daniel
Genau. James l. Parsons. James H
Richards. John T. CLANCY, William
French, Napoleon Bouvett. Theodore
Friebus. Louis p Seibold, William T.
Ulrich. and Josiah T Ford
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
READING ROOM FOR THE BLIND.

The following have volunteered their
services in the reading room for the
blind at the Library Of Congress in the
course of this week between the hours
OF 2:S0 to $3.50 .. m: Monday Miss NJ.
G. Brown; Tuesday. Mrs. Reuben Sbir
refs; Wednesday, musicale. Paul Fish
baugh. piano. Sol Minister, violin, Her
bert Lanson, bass; Thursday. the Rev.
Henry Baker CtaIk on Jndiay; Friday,
Miss Virginia Watson; Saturday, Ed
ward Lind Morse treader1: Mrs. Edward
Lind Morse vocal solos,.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
Commanders Badge Presented.

As an appreciation or the successful
administration of the affairs of Phil
Sheridan Post, G. A. r., during the past
year the members Of that organization
presented their retiring commander, Col
Dan W. Beach. with an elegant com
mander's badge of gold. 1t is claimed
that during the term OF Colonel Beach 5
incumbency the membership was in
creased 20 per cent and the post has
been placed on d solid financial basis.
Gold G. A. r. badges were also pre-
scented to the following officers in recog-
milton of services rendered the com
mand: Adjutant H F. J. Drake; Quar-
termaster Henry c. Traphagan, Officer
of the Day B. W. Bonney and Chaplain
Theodore F. Brown.