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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
ARMED DEFENDERS OF THE CAR

The usual time a recruit serves with
the co!ors is five years. but by pass
ing a certain standard in education
any one can claim the privilege Of
serving only two years and of paying
his own expenses all this time. Such
men are called volunteers. and barons
and dukes are included in their ranks.
Every year nearly a million Russians
become liable for service, but of these
only 27O,0O0 enter the active army. the
remainder being passed direct into the
militia for twenty-five years.
About 10 per cent. of all conscripts
are unable to read or write, but they
are taught the rudIlnents Of reading
and writing when they join the colors.
Numbers of them are ignorant, not
knowing right from left Hay, there
fore. is tied round one leg. straw
round the other. and the drill sergeant
instead Of shouting. Left, right!'
bawIs. Hay, straw"
In the matter of equipment the Rus
sian army is up to date in every par
ticular. 1t has a special balloon de-
partment, cyc!ist corps-even dogs are
pressed into the service Of the Great
White Gar Many q time have the
cyclists heard the Cars familiar.
''Spaseebo. bratsee' ('Thanks. broth
ers'J at a review The lord EmUeror
wishes the cyclists to pass mounted q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
4 Versatile Jongleur.

IT He Car of Russia commands
the greatest armed force in the
world.
Russia has an army of 1,555 bat
taHons Of infantry. 1853 squadrons of
cavalry and 3.778 cannon. Her ally.
France, can, if she wishes lend her
II23 more battalions, 500 squadrons,
and 4.l76 cannon In case the Dual
Alliance went to war with the Triple
Alliance, the latter could muster be
tween them 2,S0G battaIions of infan-
try. 1.G8S squadrons of cavalry and
6.758 cannon.
The Russian army looks up 70 the
Car as its natural head. In fact, it
has done so since the time Of Peter
the Great. who introduced consCrip-
ton. Al first the mobiles were exempt
from service. as were the professional.
commercial and artisan classes, and
the army was composed principally of
serfs. In 1851. however, Alexander II.
freed the serfs, and an agitation was
commenced with the object Of ma king
CONSUMPTION general for all classes.
As a result. universal CONSUMPTION
was proclaimed in 1874.
There are almost as many races
in the Russian army a in the Eng
Hsh. Every nationality overland
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

from Europe to China IS represented
During the recent troubles in the
FIowery Kingdom, and more espe-
cially in Manchuria-which is now
rapidly becoming q Russian province
many Manchers. the best fighters in
China. were taken as recruits for the
Russian artillery being subsequently
given a Russian name and received
into the Orthodox church.
The CossaCks.
The Cossack IS n peculiarly prom
inent feature in the Russian military
organization. Nicholas II takes
special care that these wild. pic
turesque horsemen are always repre-
scented in his bodyguard, and on oc-
casions Of military pomp and cere-
mony they are the observed Of all OBJ
servers.
These Cossacks form separate
class. They give their military ser
vices for fifteen years, in return for
which they pay no taxes
All young Cossacks become soldiers
at eighteen, and after three years
training they pass into the front bri-
gade for twelve years. Every man
provides and maintains his own horse,
and provides his clothing and equip
mcnt. As many as sixteen thousand
Cossacks enter the army every year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

his head--a strenuous life indeed:
Many Of the early Ministries be
came outcasts by law. and were
forced 10 band themselves together
in bTotheThoods. for mutual protec-
ton and security, and. growing in
power and numbers. these brother
hoods Increased. and from their
number chose q supreme ruler called
the King of the NInstrels They in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

course of time grew so powerful that
prelates and princes gave them char
ter rights and privileges.
And we are the descendants OF
these jolly beginners.
Another" Wis US. Wis pleasure.
Monsieur. a votre sante."
MessIeurs Bless and Boyer expect TO
require two years more to circle the
earth on their anachronistic Journey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
HRT F25TER OUT ar R4RIJ o.

second time" was one of the orders
given a the recent uaueuyerS.
Each man carries certain amount
of luggage on his machine. consisting
OF Il copper drinking cup and cook
ing vessel. small Cautcen and nraC-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

ti,aljy the same amount eff awmuni-
tion as au ordinary Iafautryman- The
cavalry carry leather or skin sacks
which, when inflated. serve as floats
t~ rogh man and horse when crossing
rivers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

twenty-six. Monsieur Boyer has been
known as a clever Paris Hteratteur
since he was a very young man. His
companion, the son of wealthy
Partisan banker voluntarily chose TO
run away from home and country and
from his own assured financial sue
cess 10 become a wandering minstrel.
What They Say.
This is what they say.
We are simply following the exam
PIE of the old Troubadours of France,
in our travels. and only in the length
Of our journey are We departing from
the precedent given US. You know
that the jongleurs Of France were
the earliest expositors Of secular song.
All music up to their time had been
sacred music.
Now the stories of these early
singers carry US back to the eleventh
century. Robert lie Mains was noted
jongleurist and a very perfect gentle
man.
Versatile Jongleur.
He could play the lutte. the violin.
the pipe, the bagpipe, the harp, the
g,gue, the zittern, the symphony, the
vegaI, the tambor and the roto. He
could sing, tell story, and turn
verse with any. Among his other
accomplishm only original
fro1Iba 4 c7Ir-y-as balancfrp rbafrc
making tables dance and walking on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

But the amusement lovers Of ROuen,
knowing a good thing when they see
Cor hear it, Immediately claimed les
messieurs from Montmartre as their
own, and not only gave them a royal
welcome. but sent them on their way
rejoicing to Brussels and beyond Be
yond in this instance proved 10 be
Canada and trouble.
Canadians, it so happens. are still
fighting the old race war Of France
against Great Britain. What the par
tisans of the one adore those of the
other execrate, and so it was bur
natural that the Partisan troubadours
should receive the best of treatment
from the French and the worst from
the English Canadians. Brawls were
not uncommon among the students
in Quebec and Montreal, for all Of
which Messieurs Numa BIes and
Lucien Boyer were held responsible.
Taste Prison Fare.
It was in Montreal. too, that they
found themselves in prison It seems
thatnot knowing the law of the land,
and thinking it to be the same there
as in France, they had engaged a
theater and had given an entertain
ment on Sunday For this they were
promptly hailed before the Admins
traitor of Justice and sentenced to
three months Imprisonment But the
Judge had a wife who had heard their
entertainment and enjoyed it so much
that she persuaded her liege lord to
suspend sentence.
Only Coin Is Wit.
SO these clever Journalists. song
and verse writer's. who are making a
tour of the world with their wits in
lieu Of a bank account. are at pres
ent journeying toward Washington.
One part of their entertainment
last Thursday consisted of scenes
from MontmartTe. The stage was
filed with artists. sculptors, painters.
litterateurs, singers and actors. who
sat at little tables drinking their beer
or light wines. and adding greatly to
the general bohemian air Of the pic
ture- The sketch for which the
scene was made was written by NM.
Numa Bles and Boyer and brought
in the services Of
NM. Pal. artist.
Pierre Feitu, sculptor.
Matthew wormser. journalist
Paul Aumonier. vocalist.
Allard. pianist.
Ncrdellet. litterateur
OF course. the writer's Of the skit
appear in the stellar roles. but there
were others shining, also. in the cast.
Their Itinerary.
Following the entertainment the
troubadours-aIthoug quite averse to
recounting their trials and successes
on the road-opened their hearts and
portmanteaus and made public for
the first time their itinerary
They are both young men, the older
but "a little past thirty and the
younger, Monsieur Numa Bles. but
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
By FREDERIC DEAN.
z ESSIEURS- Lucien Boyer

= 4 ESSIEURS- Lucien Boyer and
M Numa BIes-the former a
celebrated Partisan man Of
letters, and the latter an only son and
heir Of one Of the weaIthiest bankers
ID France-arrived III and departed
from New York last week on their
way around the worId-as penniless,
wandering Ministries. Messieurs Boy
eT and Bles yclept themselves jong-
leurs, a name. which has a medieval
ring quite a few octaves more musical
than the modern hobo. and so they
are circumnayigating the globe in a
halo Of romance.
On leaving Paris d year ago they
took the following inventory Of their
combined assets:
One change of apparel
Promising press notices.
4 satehel full of romance.
And
The ability to play any instrument
extant in the time of Amadis de GauI
ard medieval worthless of a like kid
ney-
Nothing if Not Romantic.
Truly AIessieurs Bl4s and Boyer are
nothing if not romantic That a per
son may jongIe and still be Iaw-abid-
ing was evidenced at Carnegie Ly-
ceum, where these young men
jongIed for several hundred auditors
last Thursday.
By way Of a prologue to the enter
tainment they explained that the
nantes Of the minnesingers and
troubadours had fallen on their
shoulders; that their mission was to
prove to the present prosaic genera
ton than man can jongie his way
around the world as well to-day as
in the days Of BIondin and Richard
the Lion Hearted.
Left Paris a Year Ago.
This strange journey is the sequel to
a prologue in the office Of the Paris
Figaro a tweIvemonth since.
Il is not everyone who has oppor-
A-AArA-r nv 1li1ftstl tAE LtlE--E 4-ot- d.
moons. They are as exclusive as
the Bagby Monday morning musicaIes
at the Waldorf It is only the great
the eccentric, the faddist, if you
please, who is permitted to speak or
sing on the stage of the Figaro Sale
des. Fetes-
On the 18th II May a hearing Of the
Song Singers OF AIoutmartre was had.
and all Paris that could possibly beg.
borrow or steal a card Of admission
car4e.
And what they heard was this: NO
tninitabIe cafe chanJant artists sing
ing their own songs. reciting their
own verses, appearing with other
artists Of their choosing in scenes and
one act plays Of their own writing
OF course It was a beautiful start
for the tr0ubadour duo. but not a
money making one. and our two gen
1lensD OF the road trudged cut Of
Paris the next morning headed for
Rouen with the capital noted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

NieuB Num B and Luen Boyer, Followers Raboeuf Robert
Mains, Encie the Globe Carrying Neither Wallet
Who They Are and What They Do Why They
Wealthy
Sing Their Way and Seas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14

One OF the most popular members
Of Congress is Representative Living.
ston Of Georgia, a former Confederate
soldier, who was thoroughly recon.
structed' soon after the last gun Of
the conflict had been fired. He was
telling a story of the war in the ap
propriations committee rooia at the
capitol the other day Of his narrow
escape from Yankee soldiers during
operations at Atlanta. He and
Texas scout We're sent on a perilous
mission in citizens clothes. Z
knew every path leading to the city
and the streets as well as / did the
hog paths around my own farm, and
Gen. Hardee directed me to ascertain
information about the enemy, which
believed I could do from woman
living in the city" id Mr.. Living
ston.
We rode up to the back gate, but
to our astonishment the Yankees were
in her house. l sprang back into my
saddle, and we galloped away, the
Yankees hot after us. Years after
ward. the late Gen Coggswen Of Mas
sachusetts, and met here in this
committee room. and | happened to
learn that he was the military com.
mander at Atlanta at that time. Then
told him my story.
When I finished telling it Gen.
Coggswell put his arm on my shoulder
and said:
LET us be frienus through life
am mighty glad the boys did not
catch you AS a soldier, you know
what would have been your fate
under the circumstances and we
never would have met under such de
lightful conditions.
From that day until his death
Gen. Coggswell and myself were as
fast friends as any two men who ever
wore the blue and gray. I was one
Of his pallbearers ami saw him laid
to rest among the people he served So
we'll"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14
Youna's Best Ball.

Cy Young's most effective ball laat
season was a slow one with a big
drop on II. and after he commenced
using this he had all the American
league stickers stretching their
spinal cords trying to land for safe
ties.
They could not connect at ALL and
he wound up the year with a brilliant
record Of victories behind him. His
discovery Of the tantalizlng ball was
almost an accident
Early in the season the Baltimore
club was playing in Boston and big
Cy had been selected to do the twirl-
ing. AS usual, he began sending
them up SO fast that they looked like
birdshot But the McGraw aggrega-
tion had good eyes that day, and
every time bat was swung it hit
something Singles and doubles we're
being made with a regularity that
commenced to take all the tuck out
Of Cy. He showed evidences OF being
weary Of the game
Finally hs threw a slow one, de-
hvered partially underhand. II just
lobbed up lazily and then all Of sud
den it dropped from the batter's
shoulder almost down to his knees
He famed at It.
This surprised the pitcher as much
as II did the sticker. Again the trick
was tried, and again il was success
ful. The rest OF that game Young
worked the slow outdrop in connec-
tion with an occasional fast straight
ball, and he pulled a victory out Of
what looked like sure defeat He did
not forget the slow bah, and great
portion Of his practice after that was
devoted to perfectlng It. He made a
study Of the delivery and before the
season was old he had IL down pat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14
POPULAR SCIENCE

that is preserved by a process which
is said TO keep it in good condition as
long as seven years. The invention
Is that Of DR.. f. 4. Schidlovsky. who
injects a compound through the heart
to the aorta, so that an the blood IN
the slaughtered animals body is re-
placed by the preservative fluid The
carcass is divided and packed In
timed iron boxes and strewn slightly
with salt Thus prepared. 1t is said,
to retain for a long time and under
trying conditions its nutritious and d.
gestible qualities. Some of It was
found recently at the end Of a six
months voyage in the tropics. during
which the temperature Of the ships
stores rose 10 100 degrees, to be with
out psrceptible deterioration and it is
said that other samples which were
found to have retained their principal
qualities The preseryatiye solution
is, OF course, harmless, OF said to be,
to the human stomach.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14

The dentist will tell you that it is
Of vital Importance in cleaning the
teeth that the brush be moved toward
the edge Of the teeth instead Of toward
the gums, as the improper use of the
brush will cause the gums to recedo
from the teeth and expose the roots to
the action of decaying acids and other
detrimental matter The new brush
shown in the accompanying drawing
has been designed with a view to
meeting this demand for movement in
a single direction, having a mechanism
which prevents backward rotation
when the handles are relaxed for Civ
ing a fresh impetus to the brush. As
viii be seen. the handle is designed
to contract in the hand, and is ex.
panded again by the V-shapeG spring
at the ends The shaft which carries
the circular brush has a toothed whee'
at the opposite end, and a reversible
rack bar is attached to the upper
handle to rotate the shaft as the
handles are contracted. This rack
bar can be shifted to either side OF
the shaft to move the brush in oppo
site direction, and as a ratchet is 10
Gated inside the gear wheel to trans
nit the motion 10 the shaft tbe latter
remains mationless while the racb
bar is moving backward With a lit
tie practice the operator can produce
rapid rotation Of the bristles in the
proper direction on either side of the
face, cleaning the teeth much more
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14

Charles Francis Adams Praises Lee.
Charles Francis Adams delivered a
notable speech at a dinner Of the New
York camp OF Confederate Veterans
recently in which he said
las an American-as an ex-soldier
of the Union--as one who did his best
In honest. even fight to destroy that
fragment Of the army of the confed-
eracy to which he found himself op-
posed, rejoice that no hatred at
taches to the name of Lee. Reckless
of life to attain the legitimate ends Of
war, he sought to mitigate its hor-
rors. Opposed to him at Gettysburg
!, here, forty years later, do him jus
ticc. No more creditable order ever
issued from a commanding general
than that formulated and signed by
Robert E. Lee as, at the close of June,
1868. he advanced on a war OF in
vasion.
No greater disgrace, he then de-
clared can befall the army. and
through it our whole people, than the
preparation of barbarous outrages
upon the innocent and defenseless,
and The wanton destruction Of private
property. Such procceo,ngs not only
disgrace the perpetrators and all con-
nected with them. but all subversive
Of the discipline and efficiency OF the
army. and destructive of the ends of
the army, and destructive of the ends
of our movement It must be remem-
bered that we make war only on
armed men
Lee did not. like Tilly and Melac,
exhort his followers to kill and burn,
and burn and kill. and again kin and
burn. 70 make war hell. He did not
proclaim that he wanted no prisoners.
He did not enjoin it upon his soldiers
as duty to cause the people OF
Pennsylvania to remember they had
been there. y thank Heaven he did
not. He at least. though a Confed-
crate in arms. was still an American,
and not a Tilly or a Melac
And here, as a soldier Of the army
Of the Potomac. let nc bear my testi.
mony to such of the army of North
ern Virginia as may now be present.
While war at best is bad. yet its nee
essary and unavoidable badness was
not IN that campaign enhanced. IN
scope and spirit Lees order was oh
served and I doubt if hostile force
even advanced in an enemy's country
OF fell hack from it in retreat leaving
behind 1t less cause for hate and bit
terness than did the army Of North
ern Virginia in that memorable cam
paisn which eliminated at Gettys-
burg. Because he was a soldier. Lee
did not feel It incumbent upon him to
proclaim himself a brute or to exhort
his followers 70 brutality"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14

The new Eastern League rule pro-
hibiting the purchase or exchange OF
Of players between club members
within thirty days Of the close Of the
championship race is wise one. II
Is designed TO prevent q recurrence OF
the 1902 scandal. when Buffalo and
Toronto. the final eontenders for the
pennant. took between them no lessi
than four players from other East
ern League clubs to strengthen. A
repetition of this sort OF work would
inevitably lead to charges OF hippo
droming. cast suspicion upon play
ers and smirch the Eastern Leagues
ponnant. OF an things In baseball the
most important is to keep the game
clean and above suspicion. Inasmuch
as the public will stand for much and
forgive almost anything but crooked
ness. even the appearance OF that
should be sedulonaly avoided by
major and minor leagues alike.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14
Popular war covernors.


Gov. Brough 1t Is true, was harsh
in language and judgment, and his
quarrels with officers we're fought to
the end with the bitterness Of the
time" says a writer in the Chicago
lnterOcean. But often he got as good
as he sent In several cases the Of
hcers under criticism wrote the gov
ernor warning him to mind his own
business and in other cases his letters
were returned with dignifed but
severe comment Col. Dan McCOok
wrote Brough a letter which the
governor regarded as insolent and he
wrote in reply a stinging rebuke,
whicA Col. Dan was smarting under
when he led the assault at Kenesaw
mountain. Brough PROBABLY regretted
the letter. but McCook's friends never
forgot it.
"Brough was master IN war af-
fairs. It was on his suggestion that
the governors OF Illinois, Indiana.
Ohio and Iowa offered the govern
ment the l00-days men in 1864. And
Brough, it must be remembered, had
10000 National guards. as he called
them. in the field in sixteen days His
plan was that these shortterm men
should take the places Of older troops
guarding cities and railways. and that
a veteras srmy at fuIl strength should
be hurled against Lee, and SO end the
war in aundred days.
Il knew several Of the war govern.
ors,' said the major, and they all
we're fighters. Tod went into the
governors Office in Ohio in 1862, when
the clouds Of war we're very dark and
he was naturally impatient AT tho
time Of the Kirby Smith raid toward
Cincinnati he hurried raw troops pell-
nell into Kentucky. and after asking
for tents for them three times tele-
graphed Stanton at Washington to
the effect that be didn't know who
was to blame for not sending the
tents, but he could whip the fellow
whoever he was. Again he tele-
graphed Washington, For Gods sake
furnish Ohio troops now in Kentucy
with canteens. All these things were
irregular, but they made friends for
Tod among soldiers everywhere.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14
Pressure Of Lloht Waves.

Nichols and Hull made. before the
late meeting of the American Astro
nomical Society, a demonstration Of
the pressure of light waves. The ap
paratus was an hour glass vacuum
tube which contained some carbon
sponge dust of particles only one OF
two microns in diameter, the cham
Der having been very carefully ex
hausted to as high a vacuum as pos.
sible. When the dust was allowed to
fall from the upper to the lower cham
Der in a powerful arc-light beam the
larger particles were seen to fall yer
tically, while the finer ones fell out Of
plumb and away from the light The
angle Of deviation was stated to be
about that to be expected on the radi
ant push hypothesis
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-14

A new fire apparatus. the invention
Of a German, was tested recently at
Pittsburg, Pa. with marked success.
It consists Of a telescope ladder. capa.
ole Of being extended 10 a length Of
9ighty-fye feet, and worked by means
of compressed air The ladder is at
tached TO a heavy truck carrying an
air tank The ladder can be directed
at a particular window or other place
IN a burning building that it can pos
sibly reach. A fireman lashed to the
end Of the ladder is shot up with it.
and rescued persons need not Chamber
down as the ladder can be quickly
lowered with them on it.