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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

The thresher can be made to thresh
the rice OF 1000 or 1 500 acres so that,
II anyone should wish to cultivate that
amount OF land, II would only be neces-
sary to purchase forty or sixty mules.
and the proper multiple Of machinery
stated for 5Oo-scre farm, exclusive OF
thresher.
The gross receipts for the crop OF
50o-acre farm. the report asserts. vary
in the United states from 5000 TO 800
600 in gold. according to the amount OF
red rice found In the paddy.
The report concludes with the asser-
ton that it was not many years ago
when the rice industry in Louisiana
was on the same footing with the rice
industry OF the Orient and yet such
revolution has been effected in the cul-
tivation of rice in that State within the
past fifteen years as has not been &C
complished in Chinese rice culture In
5000 years
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21

Fancy Leather Goods. We
have a choice assortment of pock-
ct Books, Card Cases, Wrist
Bags, etc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21
WAR May COME.
Russin's Reply to japanese PropOs-
aLs Is Unsatisfactory.


ais Is UnsGtisfnctory.
LONDON. Dee. 81. - Reuters Tole-
gram company has learned that consid-
cradle anxiety exists in the best in
formed circles OF London regarding the
possible outcome Of the situation in the
far east. Fears, it says, are expressed
that the Russian government may have
Overstcpped the boundary which would
make Il continuation of peaceful nego.
tiations with Japan possible. 1t may
be regarded as quite certain, it asserts,
that Japan will not accept the prime,
pies of the last Russian note. which
are altogether at variance with Japan's
main contentious, and that Iapan's re.
ply must necessarily be cast in this
sense.
The report that Japan has sent an III
timatum to Russia is discrpdited here,
ana no Information of a corroborativc
nature is in the possession Of the for
cign legations.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21

Our stock comprises 1900
Ladies' and Mems Solid Gold Rings
ranging i'll price from G5c to 1900
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21
LADIES' DIAMOND BROOCHES

nothing prettier was ever shown i'll
this city, every IL guaranteed,
from s. 90 to 90 90.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21
rrcrcric n. Coudcrt Dead.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-Freleric
r. Coudert. the well known New York
lawyer. who has been living in Wash
ington. is dead. Heart trouble was the
ans
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21

Over $50 Ladies and Mems,
ranging i'll price from 900 to
1850.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21
CUT GLASS

is another thing you want to see
before you make up your MIND
where to buy it. We guarantee
every piece to be strictly and cut.
We invite you, inspection.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21
UNI

always make useful holiday pres
ents. We have them from 1.15
to 1900.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21
" a = = E s
Not The Prices, Tell the Tales!
Don't bOthcr with the prices, eNcepT as you coInDaTV UHeIl
with the value stated in every item. WeOnly wish you cOulC
see our wonderful display and unlimited array of
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

to suit every purse. and prices which defy competition and
compel attention. Selections made now will be reserved for
future delivery. Space forbids us mentioning more than just
a few items picked at random.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21

Umbrellas are going fast, but
we will keep the assortment
good by putting out new goods
almost daily.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21
Gloves.
Fur SCarfS.

Sable, Baum Martcn Oppo-
sum, Du Barry Scarss, long
tabs, some with cords and fur
t~asscls, from 80. 90 set, to !.
Triple Stamps TODAY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-21

natural and fancy handl,s,
sterling silver trimmed, 200
values at l.
Triple Stamps today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

Here is 6 book eminently worth the reading, if one is weary of the strenuous historical novel and the narrative of blood shedding and bone breaking ad- venture. It is one which deals with that life within" which we all live within cur tailed bounds; the arcana, so to speak of the soul. It pulls down, with a clash, the walls of conventiopality which hedge society at large. and its individual mem bers, and shows a mans spirit as it is within itself; the bare. throbbing boiler and engine room, where the power is originated and the impulses given vital life. F.
 The central figure of the book is Francis Bradford whose father, under the morbid impression that society considered him a coword, committed suicide in such a manner as to make the death appear accidental. This somber taint left in his blood, young Bradford early developes an acute introspectiveness. A last letter from his dying mother tells him the truth concerning his fathers death. and asks him above all, to be sincere with himself and his fellow men.
 This is exactly what Francis cannot be. His every action is projected with the purpose of gaining the applause or ad- miration of friends or chance acquaint- ances. What complicates the problem and makes 1t keenly psychological. is the fact that he realizes this charlatanish
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

(The following article is so ably writ ten and upon subject so vital that 1t is reproduced in full from The Literary World)
 It is not only in letters and in arts that we must look for manifestations of the creative spirit, but in the more usual activities of life as we'll Otherwise we are in danger of misconceiving the char acter of literature, and making the arts seem hardly an essential feature of our civilization. If we would have the arts to flourish, we must insist on recognizing their inherent vitality in the common life of the nation. If we would make literature that shall re worthy of the name, we must ourselves be convinced that 1t Is something more than an arti- ficial amusement with no real hold on the heart of a people.
 The creative spirit appears not less in life than in letters. Indeed, 1t appears a hundred times more actively and easily there; for our national life at the begin ming of this twentieth century, be 1t what 1t may, is nothing but the result of that spirit working in the channel most natural to it. In our time and genera ton the channel through which the crea- tive spirit most readily finds vent is the practical one, the industrial and com mercial one. It is true the creative spirit has always found these avenues for itself. through which 1t would at- tempt to reach perfection and completely
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

have before me, fresh from the press. the story of a young and unrecognized poets life; his struggles. his sorrows. and his tribulations in a cold and unfeeling world, which, in the bitterness of failure he derides in the most scathing terms; as being a place absolutely demoralized and corrupt, that is, from the poets point of view As the title implies, 1t is a journal, diary of one mans misery and madness. bitter. acrid. and raving from beginning to end. It is not a novel, and. as stated, not fiction but 1t Is tiresome, and would only interest the very curi- ous and the exceedingly compassionate. Hence, the hurrying feet. of heartless throngs who pass the verdict. will tram pie 1t in the dust, and it will die mis- erable death as did the unfortunate writer. It is one long continual wall of "Oh, misery! oh, tempora! oh. mores!
 first to last. It is one thing over and over again. The average reader will lay
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
THE CREATIVE SPIRIT
By Bliss CArman.

realize its ideal. The Time Spirit is the creative spirit. and as 1t moves through the ages 1t accomplishes itself in many ways, producing not the beauties of the arts alone, but the multitudinous reve- lations of common life as well.
 It Is through the creative spirit that We know ourselves a part of that which is abiding in the universe. which under lies the eternal fluidity of change. an| forever repeats itself in the guise of myriad forms, In the early spring flow CTS, in the luxuriance of harvest, in the reddening fruits of autumn, in the leaves of the pine, in the Aux of the laborious tide. in the floating mist over the noun tain crest, the creative spirit lives and moves and has its being-as in the doubt ing, hoping, eager. unaging heart of nan No small portion of our sympathy with our nature is no doubt an instinc- tive recognition of this power in our selves, this capacity for creation. As the beliefs of an olden panthelsm peopled groves and trees and rivers, each with its own divinity, so our latest convictions endow the universe with a single person. ality revealed in innumerable modes and aspects. Whether the divine activity finds vent for itself through the right hand of painter, or in the unfolding oi a fern, is a difference of circumstances not a difference of power. In each in- stance the creative power Is seeking full flment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

of sicence. Unflinchfng logic. unbound ed love, unmltigated delight. any one of which in excess alone would Quickly work the ruin of personality. will. when duly balanced in one fortunate person. operate together for the happiest issue of that life. Only such an 1ndividuality, may we expect significant and enduring achievement in art.
 From such considerations c aclyeme of education for the artist is easily deduci- ble And since he is only the normal man sektng an outlet for activity in one direction rather than another, we gain at the same time a useful criterion for education in general. It Is not enough that the artist should be trained in technique; that is the least of his require ments. We must insure him the sound mind in the sound body, and (ope may add) the loving heart as well. He must be made strong agile. alert. deft. sensiblS to impressions; he must be given the open mind which loves iucidity; he must be inbued with the sweetness of temper, gracious as the morning yet perdurabie a5 the hills.
 To such a man, the work of his own hands is a constant pleasure: his passage through the world. an entrancing revela- tion: and his comradesh1p with men and women an untarnished happiness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Get Out of It. Quick.

A distressing symptom of neurastheniG is a chronic state of evil foreboding. The victim of nerves studies herself. her ail- ments, her wants. her loneliness. or she is forever anticipating trouble for her husband or her children. Living so much within herself, 1t is easy for her to fall into habit of breeding over trouble. be the same real or imaginary. This condition of worry not only works injury to her health, but reacts upon her dis position: her ideas become narrowed and insular. and she loses interest in and sympathy with others. The home is no longer a pleasant place for any one with in 1t and least of all for the sufferer. whose unhappy condition might. although she probably would not believe 1t. be traced to her own mistake in persistentiy ign 1ring the demand of nature for sun- light, pure air and innocent diversion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
By James Weber Linn

every means in his power he strives to win back her respect, and failing In that her affection; but he learns, ultimately, that he might as we'll try to fan into flame the embers of century old fire.
 Now 1t is that his miserable weaknesses of temperament hagellate him mercilessly. He sees himself an actor; the desire to be earnest is there-the power palsied. The pretence and glamour which previ- ously only lent existence charm and momentary delight, have barred him ap- parently for good and all, to the substan- tial pleasures and quiet joys of trustful, satisfied welded love. The peculiar, finely strung disposition of the man Is demonstrated, when he determines on self-destruction, rather than to continue to face the apathetic. deadened love or the woman. Strange to relate the af- fair terminates without a tragedy, ana we are sorry to say, for the arts sake the ending is like the conventional hodge- nodee of fiction-"everybody lives happily ever afterward."
 But the plot, it's working out and de. velopment, Is admirable for the Keen knowledge of subtle nature, and we re- alize as we scan the pages. that society soothes with just such men and women. The novel will establish no new records for sturendous sales, but it will vastly in- terest those who revel in studies of the freakish strata in the individuals about us. OicClure, Phillips & Co.,. New York).
 Sam W Dibble
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
se The Journal of Arthur Stirling. ~:

it down unfinished. for who rellshes even Truth If it be clothed in the ghastly garb oc morbidness and discomfort, with no ending. no let-up to relieve the strain?
 Like the proverbial poet he lived in A garret, wearing a frayed coat, and the cadaverous aspect of prolonged fasting. He writes a great poem. at least, he things it great It Is called '"The Cap tive." And when 1t is completed-O, glo- rious day!-he takes the precious manu- script to publisher, to another and still another. but they all shake their wise, practical heads and look sympathetic. A most noble work! A most deserving pro- duction! but 1t would not 'take.' So there. He walls a few more chapters, philosophizes. goes into a trance-he courts death. You are very sorry, you are very much fin sympathy with him, but you do not see where you are getting your moneys worth. you are not even interested. You throw the book aside, next time you see it you walk around 1t, eyes averted It has that effect. Yet,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
4e The Chameleon

propensity of his nature. and while he cannot resist 1t, and inveterately is placed in the attitude of poseur. he suffers the sharpest humiliation from con- stant fear that others see through his slender sham, and despise him for 1t.
 The potentialities of such a character are realized when he is placedin contrast with a woman of the extrene type; she is the very quintessence of truth. Amy Power will not even tolerate the white lies of society. When the reader; learns that Bradford's wooing is chiefly sue cessful because he has colored and am- plified him many adventures to make himself a hero in the. eyes of the girl, he Is led to smell a most thrilling denue- ment- And it comes. The woman gives to him the first, and sole love of her life: a throbbing and consuming passion, A doglike worship, a pinnacle making, self-effacement which has figured so often and yitally in history. When she dis- covers through train Of interesting in- cidents. that her husband Is largely veneer. and that inherently he distorts the truth to make 1t appear picturesque, she loses faith in him and mankind, and enters into the dull monotone of life which indicates despair and numb indif- ference.
 The pathetic feature of this passage is that Bradford sincerely loves the woman; in spite of his gloss, his affection, he has twined his life around hers until a placable separation Is impossible. By
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
THE IDEAL NOVEL.
By Catherine Dillon.

should be held up as a hero and an crimes condoned; neither is 1t in accord- ance with the things that really are.'s The result of such reading is harmful for 1t causes the young readers to build their hopes upon sand hills; believinn that after their wild acts and 'sowinR Of oats" they may return and receive as great or greater rewards. The novel, ist might possibly answer that only weak persons would be thus falsely led astrayvl but 1t is over this very class, the weak ones. that the novel exerts its most pow- erful influence and it should be q strengthening ara1 hope-giving influencas
 Wicked to-d&y-Great Tomorrow.
 Ths vast maJorsty of the novels of tho day are teachings that men and women may be wicked in the earlier part of their lives and great and good at its close. There could not be taught a baser or more inaccurate thought. The quiet and unknown heroes of today. the men and women and boys and girls who are over-i coming silently petty trials and tempta~ the public heroes and the great and good later in life.
 Show Evil as Evil.
 When a villain Is presented. show what horrible thing 1t is to be such and do not condone or paliiate his or her crime. Again, make prominent all the little faults common to human beings that the reader seeing them in others may be lead to correct them in himself. It Is not at all necessary to preach" in order to do these things.
 Let Humor Abound. Bring a spark of nIrth into your story and adroitly mingle 1t with pathos. for lifes most beautiful pictures come out of shadow and sunshine. Weave the story not altogether in palaces. for fortune only smiles on the few. Show that hap piness Is possible and often to be found in the cottage. and that misery can and does creep through the palace door.
 Away with the modern idea of the novel, which gives us thoughts that go through the mind as clouds through the sky on a dark. stormy day. Give us the true, wholesome novel. which. when fin- ished, leaves the mind clear and brighs with happy thoughts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

Annals" .-s l,z5s,7
 In speaking of Our Comrades" she says, How natural 1t was then for sucb & spirit, awakened to sense of duty by the swirl of the taskmaster's lash and the groans of helpless bondsmen. to enlist his splendid energies in the cause of liberty under the flag of his country.
 The swirl of the lash and the groans of the bondsmen' is not the picture sug- gested by the world ante-bellum to thoae of the Southland. One sees, instead, 9 contented people. singing in the cotton and the cane. the cleanly quarters and a master to revere, trust and willingly and faithfully serve until death.
 of the stories "Atavasism" is to be preferred, but the whole book induces one to conclude that the motto of the Illinois womans Press Association in the annal entitled q. w. P. A." is also the au- thor's own and it reads: t., Sf.a When we write copy For the press, we
 do not stop to think, Just let our fingers chase our pens, and
 our pens chase the ink"
 Abbey Press. N. Y.). Mable Drake
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
WORLDS GREATEST NOVELS COME FROM YOUTHFUL AUTHORS

Roderick Random. and George Sand wrote her immortal Indiana at the sama age. Charles Kingsley was still in hi< twenties when he wrote Yeast. Many of our most treasured novels were written when the authors were little past the 60 mark. Stevenson wrote Treasure Island when he was only 8. Thackery wrote Vanity Fair at 3s. and Mrs. Stowe Uncl< Toms Cabin at 39. Disraeli, Trollope. Reade. Cooper. Jane Austin and Goid- smith-all these gave their best work t0 the press before they were 70. Th4 same is true of Daudet. Balzac. DumaS (pere) and Tolstoi. As a matter of fact there are only 6 half dozen or 50 of novS elists whom time has stamped as really great craftsmen who did not show the real maturity of power before the age oG two score years. Scott did not, but Scott before that age had produced his best
 poetjcal work. George Elliot did not reversing the law that women mature mentally at an earlier age than men- Neither did Hawthorne. These are sx- captions, however. that may be cited only to prove the rule.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Annals of Quiet Country Town
 Other Sketchec From Life. ''
By Julio Katherine Barnes.

well graced and set good. etc."
 In Billy Links Benefit" the bene- ficiary and his wife. expectantly await the hoped-for audience as follows, "Wil- lette, lis wife Gillette methinks he calls her) came to his side, and strain them never so hard their four poor eyes fo- cused on-nothing. CHad you put on specs, chillun. eight eyes might have fotched 'em-.
 Just then. a gong nailed to tree an- nounced the arrival of a street car.
 Peering into one anothers soul lamps for the iniative the hint was taken simultaneously; and two souls with but a single thought, and tour soles acting promptly upon that thought. made tracks -springing-to the river bank which had been postponed by nature the width of the park from the waters edge"
 The sketch, My Pastor" biographical enc. has more dignity than the others and pictures a man loved by his people and strong in the faith of the Lord.
 After this one chooses Our Comrade and Johnny" as an earnest that Mrs. Barnes may do better things than the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
lUitb r11aker$ and Covers of Literature.
LITERARY REVIEW FOR THE WEEK

needed. As result a large number of these books is now on its way to Japan. It is rumored that Japanese mosquitoes have taken wing"
 An interesting and thoroughly reliable presentation of the subject of electricity for the amateur or skilled electrician. If you wish to install an electric door bell. construct a telephone, wire a house, or understand the workings of a dynamo, this volume will furnish the required in formation. A practical book of inestim- able value to every one. It is by George T. Fowler and bears the stamp of the Penn Company.
 The so-calIed negro question" has never received so much attention as at the present time. Our President is pos- sibly imperilling his second term by his attitude, and the controversy is by no means confined to politics. Booker Wash ing on's up from Slavery" set people to thinking, and now another champion has arisen, and one whose views are along quite different lines. William E. Burghadt Du Bois of Atlanta University. already known as a contributor to perl odicaI literature, Is about to bring out hook. Under he title of~"The Souls of the Black Folk" he has collected se- ries of papers which constitute human document quite different from anything that has apeared in years. Unlike MT. Washington, who is for policy and ex- pediency. Professor Du Bois pleads for right and justice to his people-for the spiritual uplif ing of the negro as well as his material advancement The pub fishers assert that a more vital DOCK has never been published in this coun- try.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22

with all it is filled with noble thought, 1t is touching, for 1t is the outpouring of a disappointed soul!
 Running like thread through the book IS plea for his fellow poets The world owes them a living; 1t owes them rec ognition and the means by which they may live. But the higher and divine ele- ment of literature is no longer appre- ciated and understood. His brothers are lost, the world is damned, irrevocably damred! This is his firm belief.
 If I could have read his poem, this creation of sleepless nights and endlese toll. 1t might have been my rare good fortune to have been able to present to the world a work of genius. But as the Captive s not forthcoming. I must say that this inferior product of his brain is void of interest. It will appeal to the very few, to those of his own clique. Yet, 1t isl all that 1t could be in its par ticular sphere of belles letters. CD. Ap- pleton & Co.,, N. Y.).
 Horatio Landlord King.