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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
Foreign Vigilance SerOioe

The inhabitants Of the outlying dis
tTict of the town of Beziers, in
France. have decided to organize a
vigilance service of night watchmen,
who wiz have to see that the doors OF
the houses are closed after 10 O'Clock.
cry the hours and the weather, escort
belated citizens to their homes, and
early. The guardians viii also be re-
spOusfble for houses confded TO their
charge during the absence of the ten
ants. In case Of fire they will sum
mon the fire brigade and inform the
landlord.
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lera-that of creating ia a pine forest
q home for gentleman of large
means who desired his Winter resi-
dence TO be commodious and attrac-
tive but without q touch of grandeur
or display" But when. at the close
Of hard days work in his onice,
George Gould takes the 4 o'clock
train for Lakewood and Georgian
court. he says, with characteristic
simplicity. 4 am going home"
one Of the finest Christmas parties
ever given ia America was that in
Georgian Court in 1899. IT attracted
international attention, and really
marked the entrance of the family
into the sacred precincts OF the 400 Of
New York. Within a few weeks the
Goulds. had entertained the two most
important royal Personages in Eu-
rope, the Prince of Wales and the
German Emperor. and the question
that puzzled society was the most in
terestng feature OF its recent history
at the Gould Christmas party. Mrs.
Gould made her first appearance on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25

BObbie Burns was not a precoclous
poet-aud, like many of his predecess-
ors his first lines were addressed to
a maiden fair. It was not a partica-
larly praiseworthy effort, nor was it
altogether commonplace.
But the caIorffer was smoldering
within him. and it was not long before
he learned the art of transIating into
descriptive verse its genial warmth or
consuming feryor. BY degrees he
gained a considerable local reputation
as a song writer.
His means were scanty. and it was
not until he sought to raise money
enough to emigrate TO Jamaica-inci-
dentany lodging the consequences Of
some youthful escapade-that he de-
cided to publish his first book of
poems.
It was the famous Ki1marnock edi-
ton Of 600 volumes, any one of which
is now worth several times it's weight
in gold.
His Career Established.
This venture esta blished his reputa-
ton and fixed his career.
And there was likewise to be found
in the little KiImarnock book that
wonderful fantasy Of welrdness and
drolIery, Tam O. ShanteFgot 1t is
strange. indeed. 10 see how. critics diff
fer on the merits Of the production.
One Of them. himself a Scotchman,
the only pOet-historian whom Great
Britain has ever produced. Thomas
Carlyle, said, in 1928, it might be done
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
Cancels Alarming G1oloih

Perhaps the most alarming feature
Of the past years death report Of
London, England, is the statement
concerning the growth Of cancer
While the deaths from consumption
show a gratifying dimunition. cancer
makes steady Roadway. In 1901 this
disease claimed 1889 victims. being at
the rate of 90, as compared with rs
in 1891 and ~ in 1S51-60.
The age at which cancer most al
fects people is indicated by the fact
that 39s died at the age of thirty-dve
to foTty-hve. S9l between forty-fve
and ffty-fve. 1924 between ffty-dve
and sixty-dve, 92S between sixty-fve
and seventy-hve. and So between
seyenty-dve and eIghty-fve.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
Fresh cir Tablets

Fresh air tablets are a preparation
discovered by a French scientist. It
WAS while investigating acetylene that
he discovered that he could combine
certain chemicals into a tablet which,
on being dropped into water, dis
solved and gave forth pure oxygen
These tablets will be exceedingly use
full in q closed carriage, a submarine
boat. a mine, or anywhere else where
the air has become vitiated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
GRACE BEFORE MEAT.

Spoken at the table Of the Earl Of seiki-k)
Some hae meat that Gamma eat;
And some wo I'D eat that want it:
But we hae meat, and we can eat
Sac let the Lord be thaukit.
OF Burns's power as satirist, or
his marvellous creative power in origi-
mating fantastic humor. the space at
command permits only a mere alIu-
sion
In the prayer Of Holy Willie re-
ligious hypocrisy-not true religion
is held up to scorn and ridicUle.
The poem on Death and Doctor
Hornbrook has no parallel, especially
in the passage where the doctor laughs
at Death, in the CONF endium OF Eng
lish letters.
AS worldly success Is measured, this
favorite Scotch poet did not stumble
over it. He was often in debt. often
In want and often oppressed with care.
Nevertheless. where can be found a
more splendid tribute than William
Watson lays at the tomb Of Ems:
What wOOs the world 70 yonder sLrIneE
Is it some master faultIess fne-
Some builder on the heights divine,
In whom we praise
The GINNING OF the jeweled line
And caTven phrase3
Nay, none Of these-sHd litt'- skilled
On heavenly heights to sing and build;
But thine Earth, whose fields he titled,
And thine alone,
Was he whose fiery heart lies stilIed
Meath youder stone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25

= COTsMEN the world over will be
remembering to-day as the one
- hundred and eighth anniversary
of Robert Burns
Poet of the people-poet of mankind
for more than a century the admir-
ers Of the Scotch ploughman have paid
tribute to his memory by singing his
songs and telling over the storic5 OF
his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. life
of Bobbie Burns it is exceedingly
difficult TO say anything that VIII not
be said around a thousand festive
boards where his name IS uttered with
hearty reverence
As a poet he fills the same niche in
the life Of the Scottish people that
Jean Francis AiIet, the painter, oc-
cupies in that Of France. One was the
poetic, the other the pictorial, delin-
eater of peasant life.
Few. indeed. Of the great figures in
literature have been the subject OF a
more thorough and analytical discus
sion than the Bard Of Ayr Every
decade gives birth to some new and
authoritative work regarding his per
souality and his genius
But nothing really comes Of it all
beyond a reiterated affirmation that
he knew how to touch the chords Of
human emotion with a master hand
tt was altogether fitting, in fact in
evitabIe, that his birth should have
been in keeping with his life and the
mission he was 70 fulfill Burns was
born In 1853, in a little matched mud
cottage that still stands beside the
road leading from Ayr TO the river.
A Hard Row to Hoe.
Typical Of the hardships # after
years was the circumstance that
within a few days after his birth a
storm blew down the gable of his hum
bic habitati0n, forcing his mother TO
Sex shelter with a ueighbor. But he
grew and thrived.
His father. like his fathers before
him. was a plain farmer who toiIsome-
" wrenched q scanty living from the
inhosri-aI soil OF Ayrshire And his
son. when he grew TO he old enough,
wrought with him. inhaling the whole
some smell Of uew-mown hay. absorb
ing a fondness for nature and outdoor
life that never Iorsook him.
As for his schooling - his father,
William Burns. had the thirst for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
ROBERT BURNS.

All but quiet as well by a man. who. In place
Of genius, had only possessed talent; that it is
not so much poem as a piece Of sparkling
rhetoric. The heart of the story stin lies hard
and dead.
On the other hand. Sir Walter Scott
has undoubtedly registered posterity's
verdict when he wrote:
IN the inlmitabIe tale Of Tam o shanter
Burns has left us sufficient evidence Of his
abilities to combine the Iadlcrous with the
awful and even the horrible. No poet, with
the exception Of Shakespeare. ever possessed
the power Of exciting the most varied and dis
cordant emotions with such rapid transitions.
It is in Tam O. Shanter" that this
familiar quotation occurs:
But pleasures are ike peoples spread,
You seize the flower. its bloom Is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river
\ moment white-then meIts forever.
Like all the great master emotion
aIists Of literature, Burns had search
light perceptions in exploring the
heights and depths Of human nature.
as accurate as penetrating. But quite
early in his career he abandoned all
attempts at lofty imaginative flights
/. or somber explorations into the realms
Of tragic passion
As a Song Writer.
He much preferred to sing Of the
realities Of every day1ife, the joys and
sorrows common to all And a song
writer he was, both by sympathy and
intuition.
Principal Baird, Of oxford, a thor
,r,1-- ,7.o.y,;, ti--z 1ri+io hoe mi. 80,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25

for her wedding, but death parted her
and her lover forever. Burns was
"a long time finding out the cause OF
her death and her inexplicable failure
to reply to his letters.
On learning the truth. he wrote the
immortal poem which bears her name.
Drank Deep and Often.
Like most men Of his time-Hke
many other poets-Burns drank deep
and often. was in memory Of these
occasions that he addressed many ex-
pressions Of endearment TO John Bar
leycorn. One eulogy begins:
There was three kings into the east,
Three kings both great and high,
And they hae sworn solemn oath
John 'arleycorn should die.
Burns's facility Of composition was
remarkable. He wrote verses on
everything that pleased him.
Very dear to his heart were the
crags and heather hHlsides OF RosIin
Valley. Accordingly we find verses
addressed 10 the IandIadv of RosIin
Inn, whose good cheer he doubtless
thought entitled to more than ordinary
recognition
It was natural that the hearty and
healthy farmer lad should enjoy the
salt Of the earth with an Oftimes rev
erential feeling. OF course he ex-
pressed these ideas in rhyme and
metre.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
SUCCESSOR TO MUsALINo.

\ worthy successor to Musasino, the
noted Sicuian brigand, now ia prison,
has arisen in the person of one Var
saIona. whose fame even threatens
70 eclipse that Of the other robber-
Already 500 persons are waiting trial
for aiding him in various ways. but
VarsaIona so far has succeeded in
Guiding officers sent to capture him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25

astonished, the thin young woman on
the platform, whose eyes were dazzled
by 500 brooch, or the train con-
ductor. who saw for the first time the
passengers in the private car. and
turned pale when he thought of the
consequences.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25

and several other journals hold out
the 0ait Of money prizes up to 500, 600.
Motor cars are now, however, the
favorite attraction, and the "ItaHe, %
tho 'Stampa," and the "Gazetta di
Venezia' offer to each group of 1000
or 5000 subscribers motor cars by all
the best makers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
GIFT Package Journalism

So keen is the competition among
The Italian papers that all sorts Of at
fractions are held out to subscribers
in the shape Of prizes.
Thus the "SecoIo" offers villas and
country houses, and the 'Tribuna'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25

this entirely just and enlightening
passage anent Burns:
No wonder the peasantry Of Scotland have
loved Burns as perhaps people never loved q
poet. lie not only sympathized with the
wants. the trials the joys. the sorrows Of their
obscure lot, but he interpreted these to them
selves. and interpreted them to others. and
this. too. IN their own language, made musical
and glorifed by genius.
His love lyrics easily rank with the
finest ever produced. In simplicity of
style and purity Of sentiment what
can be better than his lines to MARY
Morrison" who, by the way, was not
Highland Mary - recalling, as it
does, the best Of the old English bal
lads
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
MUST HAVE BEEN HID

1t is claimed in Kentucky that a
prominent citizen of the State has a
bottle of whisky forty-twc years old.
Not much credence is placed in the
story,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
BIRTHPLACE OF BURNS.

Despite these painful wrenches.
however, his feelings for the gentler
sex remained as he expressed them in
one of his best known lyrics:
Green grow the rashes, o.
Green grow the rashes, o.
The sweetest hours that e'er I spend
Are spent aEnans the Iasses, o!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
MARY MORRISON.

Yestrun. when to the trembling string.
The dance gaed thro' the lighted hs.
To thee my fancy took its wing.
] sat. but neither heard nor saw;
Tho this was fair and that was Draw,
And you the toast Of a the town,
I sighd. and said among them a,
Ye are ma Mary Morrison
Oh, Mary, canst thou wrcck hts peace,
Who for thy sake wod gladly die;
or canst thou break that heart Of his.
Whose only fault Is loving thee
II love for love thou wilt ma gle
At least be pity 70 me shown;
= thought ungentIe Gamma be
The thought o Mary Morrison.
His love of woman was unbounded
too unrestTained for his
own good. His heart was often sore
Iy fractured.
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mortified TO be chased back by cries
Of Kingdom Kingdom When the
young actress blushingIy came for
ward to bow her gratitude young
George Gould was so smitten that he
swore he would never marry anyone
but her. He kept his word. She was
born in Boston in 1862. and comes
from an old New England family
which traces it's descent in unbroken
line to the Pilgrim fathers who bur
rOwed for succulent CLAIMS in the vi
cinity Of Plymouth Rock
George J Gould is the head of the
house of Goulds-short, dark-eyed
and thick-set He is worth many
millions and 8 a power in financial
circles, being a director i n many
railroad corporations and other bust
ness interests.
Poor Woman Made Happy.
It is said that when George J.
Gould MADE his last trip through the
far West in his private car. Mrs.
Gould and his children accompanied
him. At a point in New Mexico it
was necessary TO add the Gould car
to a passenger train for a few hours.
At an obscure station a poorly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
Was a Student.

His studies also comprised a fair
knowledge of Latin and the French
language He certainly was not I'M
lettered, but it is fortunate for poster
it, that he was not q coIlege-made
man. If he had been. he might have
written a great epic, but not the
poetry Of his native land.
Undoubtedly the most valuable of
his studies was self-imposed- His text
books was a collection Of songs. and
these are his own words telling how
he made use Of 1t.
This is my wade mecum- ] pored over them
driving my cart, or walking to labor, song By
song, verse by verse; carefully noting the true.
tender or sublime from afectionats and fas-
tons I am convinced 7 owe 70 this practice
much Of my critie-craft. such as It IS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
RoSLIN GLEN AND CASTLE.

curriculum. perhaps. but nevertheless
works which appealed to a high order
of intellect. stimulating thought and
highly useful as mental discipline.
When not wrestling for Iivlihood,
the whole household was busy read
ing Callers dropping in at meal time
would find the family sitting down
with a book in one hand and a spoon
in the other.
Though poverty often knocked at
the door, the future poet was happy
in his home associations beyond the
common lot He has left a glowing
and imperishable description of his
father in their domestic life in the IA
nous Saturday night OF the Cotter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25
A Matchless IdyI.

Fine as it is, this rhapsody can never
Ifvs in the heart OF mankind as the
following idyl Of marital affection.
matchIess in any language or Iitera-
ture:
John Anderson, my 10. John,
when we were FIRST acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonnie brow was brent;
But now Your brow is beld John,
Your locks sre ike the snow:
But blessings on your frosty pow.
John Anderson, my 10.
Now me mann totter down. John.
But hand IN hand wen 80;
And sleep thegither at the foot
John Anderson. my Jo-
The anniversary Of Burns would not
be complete without some mention Of
the story Of Highland Mary. Her full
name was Mary Campbell.
Mari. Campbell was not celebrated
fer her striking beauty, but had in
abundance the charms Of an intelli-
gent mind, an amiabIe temper and a
gentle disposition. So Mary and Bob
bic Burns plighted their troth.
She went to her home 10 arrange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-25

- COTSMEN the world over will be
remembering to-day as the one
hundred and eighth anniversary
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-06-26
HOW FORT SAN CARLOS FELL,
German Gunners Loaded. Shells with
Limburger Cheese.


German Gunners Loaded, Shells with
Limbnrger Cheese.
In Fort San Carlos the Venezuelan
garrison was pluckily withstanding the
steady fire from the German warshps.
Shell after shell had exploded around
them, men wounded or dead lay here
and there, yet manfully they stuck to
their guns and knew no fear, accord
ing to writer in the New York Times.
do you worst!' cried Gen. Bello
hoarsely, shaking his powder-stained
fist at the flame-belching ships riding
beyond the bar.
And, though the brave Venezuelan
knew it not, the worst was already
coming his way.
From the smoke-clouded gun deck
Of the German flagship Brave Bill'
Pilsener, gunner's mate, had climbed
to the bridge, where the squadron COM
mander, in vexation, was pacing back
and forth.
81 beg to report, sir" he began, salut-
ing and speaking with the peculiar
Williamsburg accent, that l have Il
scheme to put them Venezuelans outer
commission"
"vell, vass iss?" returned the COM
mander, impatiently.
why" explained the gunner's mate,
with cruel, devilish light in his eyes,
we've got sixteen cases Of limburger
| cheese and nine barrels of sauerkraut
left in, the hold, and l would suggest
that we load some OF our shells with
the stuff"
The German commander recoiled at
first from so diabolical and uncivilized
a method Of warfare but he was bent
on victory, and in the end he yielded to
the idea.
Behind the defiantly laundering walls
of the fort brave Gen. Bello was max
ing an encouraging speech to his men.
Remember the customs receipts"
he concluded, in burst of patriotism,
and cheer went up from the powder.
coated throats of his men.
Just then the first of the limburger
and sauerkraut charged shells from the
flagship's main battery exploded ove1
the fort. AS the thick. dense odol
settled down around them the patriots
panic-stricken, drew their cutlasses and
cutting their way through it fed fran
tically from the fort to the clear ozone
of the hills beyond.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-06-26
FORTUNES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

More than $1,500,0OO is expended for
photographs every year in New York
city. Upward of 400 photographers
reap this harvest, ranging from the
Bowery tintype man to the ultra-fash-
ienable artist with a studio on Fifth
avenue.
Be it raining or shining, in war or
in the piping times of peace, thous-
ands seek the skylight galleries every
day with the fell intention of being
"took." The present era of prosperity
is entirely favorable to the natural
vanity which prompts the average man
and woman to face the camera.
Photographers who maintain expen-
sive establishments and cater to the
swell set share largely in the advant-
ages of the good times, but their clien-
tele, the wealthy folk, who spend from
$1,000 to $1,000 year regularly for
photographs, do not vary much in
their orders whether the times be good
or bad. 1t is the average business man
and wage-earner, and more especially
their families, who swell the photo
graph mans wallet these days, and
thousands of such families spend from
$50 to 500 year.
Next to theatrical people. society
folk get their pictures taken oftenest.
Actors and actresses, SO photographers
say, are by no means the best Of their
patrons, and some Of the studios de-
cline their trade altogether, the prin-
cipal reason being that they are bad
pay. A member of one prominent firm
said it was found inexpedient to deal
with theatrical people and their regu-
lar patrons; it was like trying to mix
oil with water, since the requirements
of the theatrical photograph in acces-
sories and background differ widely
from ordinary phases of the art. Not
few fashionable women, however
like their pictures In tile style and
smilitude Of actresses.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-06-26

John Burroughs has an article on
"The Ways of Nature" in the forth.
coming June Century, which contains
high praise for Kipling's WORK in nat
ural history. He says that we are
never at loss how to take Kipling in
the Jungle Books;" and of the story
of "The White Seal" Mr.. Burroughs
says that he could not detect one de-
parture from the facts OF the life his.
tory of the seal 30 far as it is known.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-06-26
His Idea Of Happiness.

Mrs. Enpeck (reading from noveD-
"And SO they were married and lived
happily ever after" Now what do
you think of that?
Mr.. Enpeck-I think they must have
secured divorce right away.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-06-26
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, A. they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear: There IL only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by An in.
famed condition of the mucous liz lg of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
feet hearing, and when 1t 10 entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the inhamms-
ton can be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out OF ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an infiamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused by oatarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills arc the best.