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The Washington times., 1903-12-30
Sighted BY Royalty.

Loubet's visit is TO last two days and
he will be housed at the royal palace
at Brussels. 1t viii be the first visit
paid to Belgium by a French ruler since
King Louis Philippe went there 10 stay
with his son-in-law. the late King Leo
pold. In fact, until now there has al
ways been a disposition on the part OF
the great powers to neglect Belgium.
anG although Queen Victoria stayed
there several times during the lifetime
only her uncle but also had been her
guardian and mentor. no German. Rus
sian or Austrian emperor nor king OF
lta4y nor ruler of Spain has ever taken
the trouble TO pay state visit to Bus
sells. or 60 include the latter among the
official visits which are nowadays con-
sidered obligatory on the part of every
ruler soon after his accession 10 su-
preme power
It is probable that when President
Loubet visits Brussels Prince Victor
Napoleon Bonaparte, the pretender-
with tact that has chara cteriZeCs all
his attitude toward King Leopcld,s
court since he took up his residence in
the Belgian capital a number Of years
ago. will make 1t convenient to absent
himself at that time for the purpose OF
paving a visit either 10 ArenenbeTg. his
country place in Switzerland. where his
actress wife and her children spend the
greater portion OF the year, or else will
cross the Channel to call upon the En-
press Eugene.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
ALL OF HIS SAVINGS
JUST A BUNCH OF RAGS
Put Money in ?illowcase and 1t Went
Into Washing Machine
and Wringer

MII.LBURN. y. J.. Dec. 30.-''See that
bunch OF rags?' remarked Samuel Day,
jr-, of Millburn, 10 nearly every ac-
quaintance he met. well. that's S1s7. -
Then Day would relate how he had
saved $l37 by great self-denial. He
would add that, fearful lest burglars
should visit him and get 1t. he had
placed a roll OF bills in his pillowcase
when he sought his couch on Sunday
night.
He forgot all about the money on Mon
day morning, and the pillowcase, among
other things, was gathered up for the
wash. The pilowcase and bills first
went through the washing machine and
suds. then they were nicely boiled and
later run through the wringer
The man has gathered all the pieces
together and VIII try 20 get the money
redeemed by the United States Treas
Ury Department.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
.RADIUh CURED CANCER
IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS
Astonishing Results Obtained by Pa
tient Whose Case Physicians Had
Declared to Be Hopeless.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30-Radium as
cure for cancer has been tried with as
tonishing results by DR.. William H. Van
den Burg upon his uncle. William Hoff-
man. sixty-two years old, a contractor.
of Newark, y. Y, who has returned to
his home with hardly a visible trace
left OF malignant growth which had
spread over the right side of his head
from the mouth up.
Six weeks ago physicians in consulta-
ton declared that the can,ser could only
be cured by cutting half the patients
head away. Their verdict was confirmed
by experts here before DIT. Van den
Burg undertook TO treat him. Mr.. Hoff-
man, for the purpose. took up his abode
at DR.. Van den Burgs hon-e
The treatment was simple. At stated
intervals the patient held in his mouth
Theoretically sealed glass tube con-
tanning a quantity Of radium. hardly
enough to cover the point of a penknife.
but having a radio-activity expressed
by the numeral 10000. The tube contain
ing it was about a quarter of an inch
in diameter and perhaps three inches
long, and when not in use was rolled in
many thicknesses of sheet lead and kept
in fceked drawer.
After a very short time Mr. Hoffman
complained of a burning sensation in
the cheek. which became uncomfortable
after ABOUT forty minutes The tube
would then be removed and put away
for several hours. But the swelling on
his face began to go down Immediately.
and in a few days his face presented a
normal appearance and the growth be-
gan TO disappear from the inside of his
mouth.
The tube he had been using had been
obtained from Prof. Hammer. of the
Edison Laboratory. DR.. Van den Burg
secured another from Paris of about
the same appearance. The radium in il
would be about sufficient TO make a pin
head, but it has an activity, measured
by the same standard as the other of
1,S0o, 600. Beneath the influence of this
tremendous force the cancer dissolved
almost visibly, but the treatment could
be carried on for twelve minutes only
at the longest. This tube Mr.. HOFFMAN
took with him on his return to Wayne
county week ago. where it and the
story of his experience is the talk OF all
Newark, for few Of his tOwnsmen ever
expected him 10 return alive.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
COURTS AND CAPITALS
OF THE old WORLD
How Ili-Treated Daughter of Obscure
Canadian Clergyman Became Wife CT
Australia's Governor General.
By the MARouIsE DE FoNTENor.

Lady Northcote. who is now on her
way out TO the Antipodes with her hus-
band. Lord NorthcOte. new governor
general of Australia, can boast OF
singularly romantic career. In the vari-
Gus 'peerages" and standard works OF
reference the name of her family will
be looked for in vain.
She is everywhere described merely al
Alice, adopted daughter of the Cana
dian Lord Mount-Stephen." and no other
information is vouchsafed concerning
her parentage. This is due TO the fact
mat her childhood. spent in Canada was
Tar from happy. She was the Cinderella
oI cIergyman's family, the divine in
question and his wife haIling, 1 believe.
lI Vh vermont, where their daughter,
Alice, was born
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
AN OFFICIAL REPORT
ON QUARRY INTERESTS
Census Office Finds Products Of Slate
and Marble Nearly Equal.

There were 1873 slate quarries, 81 mar
BILE quarries. and POS clay quarries in
the country on December 81. 1908, ac-
cording 10 a bulletin of the division Of
manufactures Of the Census Bureau. is
sued today
Some of the other figures in the bulle-
tin are:
WagC-earners - Total average num-
Der and total wages-Slate, $50; draw
ing SS.177. 459; marble. 4,Q50, drawing
S212. $40; clay. 2.443. drawing Ss5S,S9z
Value of products-Slate, S5,6S6,O0l;
marble S5.O44. 3S2; clay. S2,O61.O72
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
POSTMASTER TO LOSE,
ALTHOUGH EXONERATED
Seattle Incumbent Victim of His Poli-
teal Enemies.

George w Stewart, postmaster at
Seattle. may not be reappointed. be-
cause OF an incident growing out of the
Presidents Western trip.
When the President was in Seattle he
was annoyed by a story i'm the news
papers which said that among the let
tiers awaiting him was one from Mrs.
Roosevelt and addressed by her.
The President directed an investiga-
ton. which showed Stewart was not re-
sponsible. Still his enemies are said
to be using the INCIDENT against him
w. A. Carte, friSnd of Senator An
keny. is the candidate opposing Stewart.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
LOubet to Visit Brussels.

president Loubet, besides visiting in
Rome in April next, is also to pay a
state visit TO Brussels. and this was one
OF the reasons which led TO the expuI-
sion OF the Duke of Orleans from Bel
GUM the other day. an intimatIon hav-
ing been given TO King Leopold's gov
eminent that the President could not
dream Of going to Brussels as LONG as
the royalist pretender was permitted
70 make II the headquarters OF his in
trigues against the republic.
King Leopold has paid many official
visits 10 the various presidents that have
succeeded one another as chief magis-
trates of France. But he has never vet
been honored with return call, fact
which offended his own vanity and also
the pride OF the Belgium people, who.
not without reason. ascrifed the neglect
TO the fact that familiarity with Leo
poid at Paris had bred contempt.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
A Labor Clearing House.
A Plan to Bring the Work and the
Worker Together.

The farmers and business men Of
the great Western States are said to be
connecting a scheme for a sort of La
Dor clearing house, by which the men
who need work may learn where there
is work to be had, and the men who
are looking for latorers may get them
without loss of time.
This, if it can be carried out. will
do more to relieve the strain of set
ting labor problems than most of the
plans heretofore tried. The great
trouble of the man out of work-the
honest, steady, competent mans
that there Is so often a hunt of sew
cral weeks OF months for the kind of
work lie can do. 1t Is all very well
l. say that a man out of work ought
10 be willing to do anything: the fact
remains That nobody wants to employ
& plumber to do carpenter work, or a
gardener to mend kitchen range. If
the right sort OF workman can be had /:
and IN orr highly specialized modern
life there is often a man trampine
the streets looking foe something he
can do, while not far away is a house
holder ardsntly desiring that same
man.
When it comes to large numbers of
laborcrs thrown out Of work at once.
the difficulties Of the problem are
doubled. IT,. when a manufacturer
fails, or business IS slow and men have
10 be laid off, there could be news at
once of every place open TO men, as
laborers or mechanics, Il would save
that long and dreary waiting which
too often eats up the savings of the
thrifty, the health Of the vigorous. and
the resources of the charitable. Ia
America at least half the mechanics
were brought up on a farm. and would
take a job at farm work if it paid
well, and If they could be sure of it
without hunting. If an effective
agency would save the men and the
employees the trouble of this search
for connections, it would certainly be
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
SUGAR TRUST TAKES IN
PACIFIC SLOPE STATES

SALT LAKE CITY. Dec 3o-Arrange-
ments have been completed whereby the
representative in this field of the West
ern Sugar Refining Company. of san
Francisco. win retire on the last day
o. the year, leaving the trust supreme
in the iHtermountain sugar market The
trust already controls all the sugar fac
tories in Oregon, Utah. Idaho. and Col
orado. In this State and Idaho the trust
IS associated with the Mormon Church.
President Joseph r. Smith. OF the
church. being head OF three of the fac
tories.
The change on January l is said to be
required by = consolidation Of interests.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
Return of w. j. BTuan.
Americas Unofficial Envoy Even Now
Upon the Briny Deep.


Our illustriouSN fellow citizen, Col
William Jennings Bryan, formerly
OF Nebraska, now of the world at
large. Is at this moment upon the
briny deep. Even as we write, the
strong ship that bears William j. and
hls fortunes is blowing through the
sea, homeward bound. No danger of
shipwreck or of delay there! Bryan
Is impending. and the elements, al
ways favorable to the truly great, will
combine to help him on The engines
Will work more smoothly, the winds
blow more joyously and favorably, be-
cause they are serving him. The
bosom of the ocean will swell with
pride whether Bryan, lulled to sleep
by its rhythmic motion, reposes in his
berth or gazes with eagle eye out over
the wide expanse of waters-as wide
as his ambition-or softly and with
statesman-like dignity pays tribute to
Father Neptune.
Mr.. Bryan returns, like another Ma
pcleon, the conqueror Of the civilized
world He has been feted and dined
by ministers and ambassadors of our
own country and by statesmen of
other lands He has hobnobbed with
kings. If the defeat of himself and
nis theories over here has caused him
to doubt his own greatness, he comes
back refreshed and again famous with
himself. He has gained new courage
and confidence for the fray, whatever
It's nature may be. 1t is not quite Gel
tam yet what the great questions will
be. probably Mr.. Bryan himself is no.
quite decided at this moment what
crying wrongs will demand his denun-
cation. what alluring theories will
merit the support of his rhetoric. But
of one thing we may be sure: Mr..
Bryan will be heard from, ard he will
be, as ever, eynosure OF admiration
and popular interest.
Il shall return" he says, "a better
American than ever, and l shall give
my support % whatever candidate the
Democratic party puts forward"
We knew without his telling us that
he would not come back with his
trousers rolled up, nor with his gooo
Yankee fat "a's" changed into saws"
We were confident of his American
ism, and it Is for that we all love him.
though we don't quite all vote for him.
We were certain, too, that he would be
ready to support whomever the Dem
ocratie' party might advance as is
standard bearer, always making al
lowances for Mr.. Bryan's conception
OF whom that party includes.
But the main thing is, he is coming
back. lie is now upon the seal But
Few more days, and he will step
upon American soil once more and
things viii begin to move again. We
misse' him while he was away. We
ain. forgot the existence of Grover
Cleveland during his absence. But
our Bryanless days are nearly over
now, and from the moment that he is
welcomed by Democratic New York
things Will begin TO hum again. and
the country march with old-time con
fidence on toward its glorious destiny.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
Mathilde's Grievance.

Princess Mathilde could never forget
that she herself had received an offer
of marriage from Napoleon III. which
she would willingly have accepted be-
ing in love with him. but was prevented
by her father. ex-King Jerome OF West
phalia, who virtually sold her to Ana
tole Demidoff. in whose debt he was.
For in those days Napoleon was still a
penniless pretender.
Afterward. when Eugene came to
Paris with her mother. Princess Ma
thilde declined 70 receive either Of them
owing to the many stories current
about their character and stormy ante
CedentS
Princess 8iathilde. at her cousins re-
quest did the honors for him at the
Elysee. while he was president, and
continued TO officiate on all state Occa-
sions as first lady in the land after he
had become Emperor, until his mar
rlage to the very woman whom she had
not thought sufficiently respectable 10
receive under her roof.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
The Bones of Quantrell.
The Grand Army Objects to Their
Presence in a Museum.

The Kansas Historical Society re-
Gently obtained the bones of the noted
raider Quantrell, and put them in Its
rooms on exhibition, a proceeding
which, while it may seem rather grew
some to people of sensitive natures.
does not materially differ from the
English custom of exhibiting skulls.
or the conduct of museums in SECURING
mummies. The Grand Army, how
ever, objects violently to the presence
Of these bonessin the rooms of the
society, and demands that the super
intendent remove the bones or get out
Of Office.
In some circumstances, a demand
of this kind on the part of an organi-
zation not connected with the society
might be regarded as impairment; but
this seems to be a case in which it is
entirely reasonable. QuantrelPs raid
IS still remembered by the people Of
Kansas who were living there at the
time, as the most ruthless and blood
thirsty performance in the history of
the State. II is not unreasonable 10
suppose that the relatives Of people
who were killed in that fight might
dislike to see the skeleton of the man
who gave the orders, perched up in
conspicuous place among relics Of the
pioneer days of Kansas. Suppose an
attempt had been made to place Sher
mans bones on exhibition in the city
of Atlanta, what would the Cohfeder
ate veterans have said2
The fact is that the exhibition. of
peoples skeletons as relics is a pro-
eeeding of doubtful taste anyway. 1t
may be that at the last day, as the late
DIR. Talmage once explained, the air
will be full of bones flying about to
meet the souls of he owners. but the
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
HEARING To CONSIDER
ROUTE OF RAILWAY
Columbian University Objects to a Line
Past It's Hospital.

Commissioner Macfarland said today a
hearing would be granted early next
week to persons interested in the pro-
posed bill to grant certain rights of
way through the city TO the Great Falls
and Old Dominion Railway.
Several protests have been received
by the Commissioners objecting 20 the
route at present contemplated DR.
Needhan. president OF Columbian Uni
versity has objected TO the line run
ming on RI Street northwest. between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets. be-
cause the university hospital is located
in that block
Although the announcement is made
that the hearing will be granted next
week, no positive date has been set
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
TRAIN
HAS TRIAL IN PARIS

PARIS. Dec. c0.-Paris has witnessed
the successful operation OF Il track less
train Upon the conclusion of the test
the train stopped at the Elysce Palace
and the inventors received the felicia
tions of President Loubet.
The train was composed of a motor
carriage, similar to an ordinary autonno-
bile. and i've cars. Tho discovery con
sists IN the transmission of sufficient
motive power from the carriage to move
each car. II was found that all the cars
tracked exactly with the motor.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
Empress Eugene Infrm.

The Empress has become very frail
and infirm. so much so. indeed. that it
is very doubtful if she will be able TO
stand the journey TO the South OF
France for the purpose of spending as
usual the winter and spring at her
villa. Cy.-os. near Mentone. 1t is some
what singular that both the Empress
and Princess Mathilde should be ap-
parently dying at the same time
They have only been good friends
since the overthrow of the empire, and
as long as Eugene was at the Tuilcries,
the salons of her cousin. Princess Ma
thilde, We're the rendezvous of all
the malcontents. especially those pos
seSsed Of brilliancy and brains. and il
was there. too. that all the most cruel
witticisms at the expense of the En-
press originated
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
Not Asking Much.

Patrick had no sooner settled himself in the
BARRIERS chair -han he was fast asleep Some
time later be was awakened by the tonsoral ar
list
YOU q shave"
shave repeated Patrick ~ didn't want
shave. Put the whiskers back and give me
haircut . Chicago News
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

a New York magistrate recently
emerged from an unheated car, saying
that the railway companies could be
punished under the penal code for not
making their cars comfortable. Now
let us hear what can be done with the
apartment house agent
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

a reason for thanksgiving, for while
the workman's savings melt in his
hunt for work, the farmers crops are
spelling while he hunts for workmen.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

An admirer OF Mr.. Cleveland says that
he could come nearer being elected than
any other man in the Democratic party.
Yes; but while he was coming so near
being elected. think how far away n
would get from the ducks.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
JANUARY DIVIDENDS saOO.OOo,OOO.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3O-There will be
paid out in New York during the com
ing month in dividends and interest
over Sl50,000.000. In other principal cities
OF the United States there win be n
Distribution of S50,000.coO more, making a
total OF 500 100 which will be dis
bUGsed TO holders of Government, rail-
road, and industrial securities
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

less IN evidence the framework of the
human body Is, the more agreeable
will most people find their surround
ings. 1t would be more suitable to
take those bones and bury them de
Gently, or send them to QuantrelPs ma
tive State, where they will have less
tragic associations.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
On Julia's Clothes.

When rs for silkes my Julia goes.
Then, then, metlIinks how fasi she blowes
Ny guide simolcoHs for clothes.
q Julia. thou arc fayre 90 see
Dekt ou- in all .hy fncrie
But how that glitt'riBg breaketh me!
Chicago Record Herald
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

The New York Sun" SAYS that Sen
ator Plat has been in politics a long
time, but is poor man. Why is it
that it is considered so virtuous to be a
poor man in politics, and so ornery to
be a poor man out of politics?
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
Head and Shoulders.

''Now, there's a girl you never see wearing
low-cut gown"
rs that sign Of an old head On young
shoulders
ooh, no. on the contrary. Puck.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

Heath seems to have constituted him
self the advance agent of Hanna, but Il
Mr. Hanna is wise he will find some
sort of stop-cock and turn him off.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
An Irreparable Loss.

Have You heard the latest2 Browns wife has
run of With his chauffeur"
''NIercy. what a pity, lie was such a good
chauffeur, Brown viii never be able 20 replace
bin. Smart SCI.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

Prof Shalers lecture may not have
ieen soothing to the feelings of those
rowdy Harvard students. but it. doubt
less, was to his.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

well-meaning cat carrying a rat in
her mouth caused a wild disturbance in
an f Street candy store just before
Christmas. But think what would have
happened 81 the two had appeared be-
fore the rat was caught.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

Or. Parkhurst complains that the
newspapers have so much more to say
about a good man gone wrong than
about bad man gone right. When Dr..
Parkhurst confines his preaching to the
Y. NJ. c. A. and the Y. p. S. c. z. and
the w. c. T. T., and the rest of the
alphabet. perhaps the newspapers will
reform.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

Winston Churchill says that he made
n great sacrifice when he went into the
New Hampshire Legislature, because il
interfered with his literary work so that
he delayed finishing his new historical
novel for whole year. The public is
suitably grateful to Mr.. Churchill.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
In a Lighter Vein.
Oh. the Snowl

Oh, the snow. the beautiful snow,
Falling. bit by bit,
. /! AZ xxx --
all right-we'u quit.
Brooklyn Times.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
The Latest Fad.

At present the fad is old pewter;
Milady thinks nothing is cewter;
So II ''hcr" you'd delight
with a bauble that's right,
Buy pewter; its certain to sewter
Baltimore American
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

We understand that the people up in
the New England States have taken to
these new-fangIed breakfast foods. as a
morning diet. and in consequence pies
are a drug on the market
The Washington times., 1903-12-30
Shoveling Snow.

The saow 4 has came.
The Snow j. has camel
Our hands they are blistcredi
Our backs they are lamel
New York Sun.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

Russia is ready to reconsider her pro-
posals. after which Japan win be al
lowed to reconsider. after which Russia
may reconsider, ditto, ct cetera, and ad
infinitum.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

The custom of New Year calls ought
to be kept UP. 1t might prevent the
man with the bills from coming around
until the next day
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

The ffty-third annual convention Of
the American Associatioa for the Ad-
vancement of Science is in session in St.
Louis One Of the important subjects to
be discussed is THE Science Of Bood-
ling"
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

The wise men of Russia are evidently
reconsidering their determination to fol-
low that aIluring star IN the East.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

a Cleveland dispatch says Hanna is
able to walk about the house and re-
ceive a few callers-and to sit up and
take notice of things political.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

The prospects Of America as opened
up by Columbus are as nothing when
compared to the prospects OF Colombia
as cut up by Uncle Sam.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

Now that the Christmas shopping is
over. the country may settle down to
ousting bocdltfs once more.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

Japan has established a press censor
that occasionally pass in the night.
The Washington times., 1903-12-30

The Sultan's promises are in the same
class as New Year resolutions.