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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-30

THE attempts made to force re-
tirement on Mr.. Justice STROBE
were frequent and varied, put
persuasions. pensions. even peerage'
had failed TO draw him from the neneh
T, NAV have been a sense OF the loss MS
unanprociative country would sustain
OF it may have been an inherent spirit
Of contradiction; but there he sat Ike
limpet, dispensing justice untempered oy
mercy. and displaying temper unlusl-
fed by anything. Witnesses who ap-
reared before him we're ordered change
and rest for months; X. C.'s became
rustling masses of fustered impotence:
and as for the junior bar. the most self
satisfied soon Ionged for the ground TO
cape and swallow them up.
Such being the repute OF his ineradi-
cable lordship. few people would have
recognized him, one sunny day in Au-
gust, putting and splashing in the cool
ing waves, his terrifying whiskers
smoothed down and his rudy features
aglow with satisfaction. AS a matter
of fact, the spot was, or appeared 20
be, deserted, lying as it did at least
two miles from Birchley- on-Sea, where
the judge was enjoying the early days
OF the long vacation. The air was in
MIGRATING, the golf links not too ex-
acting for a man getting on in years.
his Importance was duly recognized at
the hotel. and there were some charm
ing women. The Judge, 1T may be add
ed. like most martinets. had an eye for
the ladies. These pleasing subjects for
reflection and the delights of the exer-
else had given him quite an air of bon
homie, which promptly changed TO his
usual expression Of indignant severity
when he turned TO the shore and saw
some one sitting on his clothes.
The trespasser was a long young man.
who lounged lazily. with his straw hat
tilted over his eyes. and the judge did
not like young men. especially when they
regarded him absolutely without timid-
ity or even respect. However, at the
moment he was too much blown with his
exertions TO do anything but splutter.
The. young man put his hat back and
said, in language familiar in the courts
of law, "Your Iordship will doubtless
remember the case OF Hanks VS.. Slim
SOM"
The Judge could only glare and splut-
ter again.
In that case, your lordship will recol-
lect, appeared for the plaintiff.'
His lordship was half out OF the water.
and the wind was chilly on his wet
shoulders.
What is this buffoonery?" he said. in
tones of wrath.
The young man ignored the question
and resumed the tones OF arguing coun-
sell
In summing up. your lordship uttered
what, Of course. can only have been an
obiter dictum on the subject of the
demeanor and capability of the counsel
engaged"
Get of my clothes!" shouted the
Judge. 1t was really getting very cold.
The young man rose. disclosing be-
hind him a solid looking Gladstone bag.
1T consisted largely OF reference to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-30
GOOD STORIES ABOUT ~ ~
" " THREE PROMINENT MEN

NEWSPAPER a i ne
horror fresh with Span
lard well
which Captain Admiral
hundreds
duties do
fully
the
quired
o
within
Chief
hands Discrimination
MEET TRIALS.
the trials of meet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-30

prompt. effectiv9. But the strain showed in
the deepening mes of his kindly face, the
quick start at a sudden sound. the worn look
in his weary eyes. Saturday morning, Feb
ruary 10, the fourth day after the disaster,
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee personally
asked the primo pal correspondents not only
to refrain fro n questioning the captain
about the Maine. but. If possible. to lead
him to talk of other things. Help him TO
lose for a nom mt or more the mental pic
ture of that Sh 'stly wreck" said Lee. and
We all cheerfully agreed.
About IL O'Clock that Saturday night my
work of running fake and real stories to
earth. jollying the censor, and urging speed
on the cable operators having ended, 1 was
tending bedwari in the Hotel Inglaterra
when Captain gsbee came in. After word
or two of greet ng he said:
Lets go in the cafe and get some cold
milk OF something (the mercury was in the
eighties). My room is opposite the Taeon
Theater. and as they are having their night
ly ball, of course L can't sleep. How in the
world they can call that long drawn trum-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-30

" HE Juvenile criminal is one of the
parasites of civilization-an un-
natural product OF these later
times. He is the victim of the sins of
others, and vet for the safety of others,
to insure peace and order. the law must
deal with him as it does with the hard
ened and conscious adult criminal.
It is only within recent years that any
movement toward the segregation of ju-
veniles from adults in court room and
prison has been attempted. Perhaps the
most potent factor toward this achieve
ment has been the increase of the num-
Der of children who have fallen under
the ban of the law. In the minds of the
thoughtful Ii Is question whether our
entire system of penology is not faulty
and inefficient. Certainly, when chill
dren are tried for minor offenses at the
same time and place as criminals guilty
collectively of the whole calendar of
u E44lc IL 10 OCNiOtdig NiOh6- ANN RSA
tial reform, at last, has set in.
Several years ago Congress was asked
to appropriate funds to supply a sepa
rate building and Judge to try the chill
dren under arrest in the Capital City.
With the customary dilatoriness of Con-
gress the money has not been forth
coming, but through the efforts of in
terested citizens and officials from July,
for Juvenile offenders three times
week on Mondays. Wednesdays, and
Fridays, after the regular sessions of
the Police Court.
Recently the plan of holding daily
court has been advocated, because it is
felt that the two days confinement be-
fore trial is excessive. and entails un-
necessary suffering on the part of the
culprit.
Waiting for the Patrol.
On the steps of the Police Court. the
other Wednesday. a little group of
friends, parents. and relatives awaited
the arrival of the patrol, 1.-The Black
Maria A kindly-faced woman, with
brow now lined with anxiety, and a
tired-looking man. whose hands showed
evidences of an earnest. constant effort
to take honorable care of his family,
nervously glanced UP and down the
street. Shame and distress were visible
on their countenances, and involuntarily
one felt a desire TO shake the young
rascal who had drawn these respectable
people into this unpleasant publicity
standing near were black parents who.
with the buoyancy of the race. had for
gotten the cause of their presence there,
and were conversing gsyly with friends.
Up the street the patrol hurries. By
ISLANDERS line up to view the arrival. and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-30

not been even limited at in Porto Rico and
for all the general knew, there would be
stiff fighting on the island Miles sudden
change in his point Of attack left divers and
sundry troop-laden transports wandering
around the Atlantic Ocean. the Mona pass
age, and the Caribbean Sea. But the Chick
asaw showed up in fine form. with General
Brooke, Gen. NJ. V. Sheridan. chief Of staff.
and the Nineteenth Regulars on board.
That evening the big cabin Of the Com
anche. the transport which General Miles
was using as a night hotel in the harbor of
Porto Ponce. presented lively appearance.
There we're generals galore and staff officers
10 burn with military ardor. is meant. of
course), while Colonel Diehl, OF the Asso-
ciated Press. and the writer represented the
newspaper guild. We were there TO get an
order from General Miles allowing to use.
10 the extent OF a couple OF hundred words.
the rehaoilitated cable from Porto Rico. via
Kingston. 10 the United States. opened that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-30

day the Tine
with Maus
and
all for
efromth cir color nd style
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-30
CARRIED IN KHAKI.

khaki much umpled sOled
ion o be 5
andou of
blue CLOTH bullion.
concerned
1
greeting
in quiet bu
pic
vasw out
of
the oil
feathers disappeared
Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-30

days General Miles lad been anxiousy awaiting
battalons peace protocol had
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06
"Hall Marked"

No manufacturer of gold and silver
plate in England is permitted to sell,
and no member would even attempt to
purchase a piece of silver or gold plate,
that had not received the 'hall-mark,"
says Scientific American. This symbol
Is stamped upon every section Of plate,
and is an absolute guarantee Of the
purity of the metal. "Hall-marking" Is
protected by the legislature. Fraudulent
hall-marking is sc heavily punishable
an offense, that attempts to deceive the
public by means of spurious hall-marks
are practically unknown. Probably few
articles can be so easily adulterated as
silver and gold, and were there no such
protection as hall-harking In vogue,
the public would be extensively de-
frauded, as the purity of the metals
cannot be determined by cursory ex-
animation, but only by elaborate test
ing. For gold articles, the standard
marks are a crswn and the carat num-
Der for the two highest carat standards
twenty-five and eighteen carats re-
spectively-this number being follow
ed by decimals representing the proper
ton Of gold In the alloy for the fifteen,
twelve and nine-carat quantities. The
number is followed by the symbol or
mark Of the assaying Office, which in
the case Of Birmingham is an anchor.
while the year in which the assay was
made is represented by a letter. At last
come the manufacturers initials. Every
article submitted to the Assay Office is
returned marked. If 1t does not CORE
spond to the manufacturers statement
of the carat value, it is smashed to
pieces, and returned to the manufac-
turer, in fragments to be remade.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06
Windows as Fire.Spreaders.

In a paper read at st. James Hall
before the Society of Architects, Ellis
Marsland, honorary secretary of the
British Fire Prevention Committee,
stated that unshuttered windows are
the main cause Of the spread Of a con-
fiagration. Lantern slides Of the Bar
bican fire emphasized his conclusions,
and showed that If, as recommended,
all such openings were closed every
night by iron, hardwood or asbestos
blinds, though the spread of a fire
might not be entirely prevented, its
progress would be retarded. AS it Is,
Immediately the hose plays on the
heated and unprotected glass 1t smash.
es and the flames fly inward and on
ward. He suggested that the insur-
ance companies might we'll encourage
this form of protection by reducing
fees to clients who introduced 1t, or
there might be legislation making 1t
compulsory.-London Express.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06
No Place Like Home

A native Of Prince Edward Island
had gone forth to see the world. When
he reached Boston he engaged a room
at a modest hotel, intending to remain
there while he hunted for work.
"Will you register?" asked the clerk,
handing him a pen.
"Register?" said the traveller. what
Is that?"
write your name"
What for?"
I'VE are required to keep a record
Of all our guests"
The man wrote his name, and was
about to lay down the pen when the
clerk added:
Now the place, If you please"
what placer"
"The place you come from. Where
do you live"
81 live on the island"
well, but what island?"
The other man looked at him in
amazement. Then he said with an
emphasis that left no doubt of his
feelings, prince Edward Island. man.
What other island is there"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

acknowledgements ago any one who
had ventured to predict that the young
women in coeducational colleges would
come to Outnumber the young men
would have been regarded as a poor
prophet; yet that condition promises
soon to be realized in many UNIVERSE
ties; for the number of women stu
dents increases faster than that of the
men. The changed conditions have
led in some cases to repressive meas
ures. College presidents find that the
young men r not attracted to an in
%stitution In which the women are
equal or superior in numbers to them
selves. Athletics, no doubt, has some
thing to do with this, but there are
other reasons. 1t has been found that
in some colleges the girls show a ten
dency to monopolize certain groups Of
studies, notably English literature, and
the boys come to look upon that part
of the curriculum as girls studies"
and to avoid 1t, which Is unfortunate
for both sexes. The social relations Of
the young men and the young women,
and particularly the housing. are also
n problem which becomes more diff
cult rs the number of students in
creases. A successful solution involves
large expense, and few Of the State
universities, In which c%oeducation Is
most prominent, have great financial
resources. The discussion has led to a
number Of experiments. In the Uni
versity Of Chicago Segregation has
been adopted. Women are still admit
ted rs freely MS men, and will receive
the same education. but under the con
ditions which render them students of
wha Is almost n separate institution.
In Leland Stanford University the
number of ONE Is limited to thirty.
hVeNper cent of the whole number of
students. Whatever may be the out.
come of the discussion, the II
women need not fear that the doors of
the temple of learning will be closed
to them. They have shown too plain.
ly that they want education, and have
demonstrated too Enthusiastically their
ability to get 1t on equal terms with
their brothers. Conditions may be
changed, but their opportunities will
not be lessened.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

American youth are not the only
ones who have grit enough to over
come all the obstacles in the way OF
getting an education. The daily news
papers have lately been telling how a
Macedonian earned his way through a
large Eastern university and through
a postgraduate curse of three years
by waiting on table in a boarding
house, taking care Of a furnace, and
acting as conductor on a street-car.
He studied and attended lectures and
recitations in the intervals between
these occupations. He received the
degree of Master of Arts, and is now
in Germany, where he intends to
spend two years more studying politi-
cal law. Then he thinks he will be
prepared to serve his native country in
her political tribulations. There are
not many young men Of any race who
would undergo such privations for the
sake Of qualifying themselves for any
service. whether public or private, Sec
ular or religious.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

in his draft of our famous Deciara-
ton of Independence.
In his garden book, as examples OF
his entries, we find:
March 3O-Sowed a patch Of later
peas"
March 31-Grafted five French
chestnuts into two stocks Of common
chestnuts."
July IMPLANTED one celery"
July 22-Had the last dish Of our
spring peas"
These interests in garden and kitch-
en-the close relation Of the two-show
the true horticulturist, and tell us that
Jefferson was an eXperimenter and
searcher after new products, as well
as a %cultivator of established vegeta-
bles and fruits.
Jefferson's weather book shows us
that he did what is now done by
weather bureaus established by the
government-took careful meterorolog-
ical observations. This book he ruled
in ten columns, and in such records as
the following he makes evident the
precision Of his observance and entry:
March "a, at 6:30 a. m.-Ther., 81
degrees; barom., 25 degrees; wind, N.
w.; weather, clear after rain. Blue
Ridge and higher parts of S. w. noun
tain covered with snow. No snow
here, but much ice; black frost"
Still oroir thn,n -yo hi. ,1nI,o+ NV
penditure book, which preserves more
Of his habits and evinces the care and
~scrupulOus e~yactness with which he
spent money. The law student, the
gentleman farmer, the leader of pub
lie Improvement in his neighborhood,
the great reader of his books and lover
OF his violin, the coming President of
the United States found it profitable
and e%xpedient to enter such items as
these: PUT into the church box ID
Paid a barber Id" Paid for pins
As" paid for whetting penknife 4d. y
Paid my part for an express to Will
iamsburg los; !" paid Bell for books
35s.;" paid postage IS. 3d."
Jefferson kept such books and made
such entries not mainly for account
ing to himself at the moment of writ
ing, but with settled plans in mind.
He used the records later, reviewing
them, comparing them and taking
from them every lesson they could
bring. The habit, as we said, began
in his student days.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

The spirit Of speculation has infect
ed the country; farm lands Inf the
West have been bid up by purchasers
with borrowed money; too many town
lots and new sky scrapers everywhere
held at high prices are m~ortgaged by
nominal owners looking for continued
prosperity advancing values to twin
OUT and too many persons are living
beyond their means in the expectation
that their income will catch up later.
In short, there has been too much Dor.
rowing and credit is SO seriously in
Hated that Il shock OF any kind which
would cause n sudden demand for the
redemption OF these credits might have
unfortunate consequences.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

The eleventh census reveals some
facts interesting not only to the econo-
mist and sociologist, but to the business
man. In classifying the causes for
which mortgages have been made, II is
shown that % per cent Of them indi-
Gated prosperity rather than adversely.
That is to say, 95 per cent of the mort.
cages were made In order to raise
money for the purchase Of additional
holdings for larger business operations,
etc, Only 8 per cent We're given because
of adversity-failure In business opera.
lions. And It must be said that upon
the sequel depends the decision as to
whether the increased mortgages
placed with whatever motive-shall be
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

Sentiment is n powerful force, but
when 1t is confronted with a million
and a quarter In ready money 1t some
times gives way. That is what has
happened In Boston, where the famous
Park Street Church, in which Amer
lea" was first sung, Is to be sold for
that amount, The Westinghouse, with
its many historic associations, will be
torn down to give way to a large office
building, and the religious society, en-
dowed with more than a million dol
lars, is to carry Oh its work in n diff
ferent part Of the city.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Man Who Wrote Declaration of INDIE
pendence Was Persistent Worker,

Nan VINO wrote declaration of INDIE
pendence Was Persistent Worker.
Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the
first draft Of the Declaration of indie
pendence, and who was one of the
earliest and most conspicuous leaders
of our democracy, formed, when he
was a student, habits of order and
method to which he kept all his life.
says Kate Stevens, in the New York
Press. He was n persistent worker.
and this methodizing allowed him
much he would otherwise have been
unable to accomplish. His energy and
foresight are remarkable.
He found 1t useful to keep books
with exact entries, and these entries
remain to this day as witnesses to his
industry and thrift. No one ever
mad so minute records, which after.
ward became so important. From orr
point Of view 1t seems as IL he must
have lived with n pen and entry boob
In hand.
AFTER Jefferson left college he took
up the business of farmer, having in
herited lands from his father, who vas
a Virginia planter. 1t was in the de-
tails Of his lands and crops that we
best see his systematic mind and his
minute painstaking.
He not only kept a farm book and
a garden book, but also a weather
book a receipt book, a pocket-expen.
diture book, and, when he began to
practice law, n fee book. He wrote
In each n in the neat hand we see
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06
His Charitable Act

u did n charitable act to-day" re-
marked the bald-headed druggist ms hs
sat down to dinner.
I'm glad to hear 1t, dear" re}oip.
ed his wife. Tell me about it."
"oh, there isn't much to tell" 70.
piled the pill compiler. zone Of INV
clerks wanted an increase in salary so
he could get married and l refused 10
give 1t to him."-Baltimore Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

Emperor William is said to have de-
clared that unless existing govern
ments can stop the growth Of social
ism they must go to the wall. Per-
haps he has just heard what the So
~cialists are organized for.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

Among other things the goods of a
w%ell-known university have sworn Off
sliding down the banisters. They will
also fold their napkins and not come
down to breakfast in their stocking
feet. Why wipe out all the distin-
gushing features Of coeducation at
m fell swoop ? Surely, n such re-
form u year would be enough.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

Oklahoma has n larger population to-
day than any State now In the Union
had at the time Of Its admission and
n population larger than any except
Virginia of the original thirteen when
they came together to form "a more
perfect union"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

1t is now pretty generally agreed
that laziness, scientifically known as
'ankylostoma," is a disease. 1t Is also
pretty generally agreed that oil Of
birch, mixed with a few drops Of ex-
tract Of hustle, is good for 1t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

In It's annual review Of the statistics
of suicides in the United States, the
Chicago Tribune finds that they are in
creasing much more rapidly than the
gain in population warrants. The fig.
ures for the last few years are as fol-
lows:
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

Failing to make pupils in public
schools better spoilers the Illinois
teachers are in favor of reforming the
spelling itself. Probably they CON
slider this the line of least resistance.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

The prices Of the baseball stars
range from $1,000 to $4,000 a year.
The theological and educational mar
kets continue sluggish.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

Bret Harte left an estate valued at
ST. OO-almost as much as a captain
of industry can earn i'll twenty min
utes when conditions are ordinarily
favorable.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06
Grave Irrexa,enoe-

At Alien, in Hess3, the other day a
prominent tradesmeh was sentenced to
t%wenty-four hours Imprisonment for
the grave irreverence' Of reading q
newspaper In court while a case was
under trial. n
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06
Wise Man.

Whats become Of that struggling
author friend Of yours. Cumso" asked
Cawker.
"oh, he's given up the st1Aggle and
gone to work."-Detroit FretHPress.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

The tobacco trust has opSled head
quarters in Germany, thus adding a
little more cement to thei frHndly re-
lations. n
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

The army Of Morocco Is commanded
by u Scotchman of the name Of Mac
Lean. The fact that he seems to be
rather timid indicates that he doesn't
belong to Mary's branch Of the fam
ily
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-06

A woman generally has fohave a
long time to make up her mid, Dut
lightning is slow in comparison when
she changes it.