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The Press., 1903-04-02
Greatness Not Free From shame.


The transcendent power and fame
with which great genius has at diff
ferent periods endowed various men
do not always insure them from after
misery and shame.
This was strikingly exemplified in
the cases of the four greatest Of mill
tary congratulated Hannibal,
Cesar and Napoleon. The general
Judgment Of mankind has conceded
them the first place in the lines Of
action for which they were seKerally
distinguished. Yet they all met with
melancholy and tragic deaths.
Two of them suffered for years the
keenest humiliations which a total de-
struction of their hopes could bring.
Two persisted at the zenith OF their
power. just as they might have expect
ed long enjoyment Of the fruits of
their tremendous achievements.
The Press., 1903-04-02
Some Of JerroId,s wit.

Douglas Jerrold, the playwright, once
complained of the inferior company
that was performing one of his plays
at the Haymarket theater, i'll London.
"Why, there's w." said the manager,
protesting. HE was bred on these
boards" ''He looks as If he had been
cut out of Them" growled Jerrold.
The playwright was always very
nervous on first night" Another
dramatist, popularity supposed to lift"
his plots and situations from the French,
assured him that he did not know the
meaning of nervousness on such an Oc-
casion. II can quite understand thai"
the wit said pleasantly; your pieces
have always been tried before"
Call that kind man." said an ac-
tor, speaking of an acquaintance who
was abroad-"a man who is away from
his family and never sends them far
thing! Call that kindness"' Certain
ly," said Jerrold; '''unremitting kind
The Press., 1903-04-02

The Marquis of Worcester, while I'm
prisoned in the Tower of London in
1856, invented and constructed a per-
feet steam engine and had it publicly
exhibited the same year at Vauxhall
in successful operation. Thirty-feur
years later, in 1890, Dennis Papin add
ed the piston to the marquis discovery.
In 1898 Captain Savary devised and
built steam engine different in many
details from those made by Worcester
and Papin, and in 1705 Newcomb, Cav
ley and Savary constructed their cele-
brated atmospheric engine, which was
complete in every detail.
The above array of historical facts
Notwithstanding, James Watt. who
was not born until sixty years after
these great men had given the steam
engine to the world, enjoys the distinc-
ton Of being the yeritable inventor,
originator and author of the most use
full contrivance Of the present day.e
Fulton, who lived and worked in the
early part of the century, is given the
credit Of being the man who demon
strated that steam could be applied to
navigation; this, too, in face of the
well known historical fact that De
Gary propelled a vessel by steam In
the harbor Of Barcelona in 1913.
The Press., 1903-04-02
Not Much of a Snowman.

The showman's little boy had q
Noah's ark which he examined with
some contempt.
"Sayv he exclaimed at last. Noah
wasn't much of Teller. was he?
1t was suggested to the youngster
that Noah succeeded in gathering to-
gether a pretty good menagerie.
"Goody exclaimed the boy scorn-
fully. Huh! Where's the two head
ed calf and the six legged goat and
the ishthyosaurus and the elegianto-
pard and the magnicintelope? Why.
If Noah set up as Snowman in these
days he couldn't make expenses"
"He couldntY
"Of course he couldn't. Why, say,
he didn't have a thing in his ark ex-
cept animals that actually exist
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Press., 1903-04-02

In reply to inquiries we have pleasure
in announcing that Ely's Liquid Cream
Balm is like the solid preparation OF that
admirable remedy In that Ii cieanses and
heals membranes affected by nasal ca
tarrh. There is no drying or sneezing.
The Liquid Cream Balm Is adapted to use
by patients who have trouble In inhalIng
through the nose and prefer spraying.
The price, including spraying tube. Is IS
cents. Sold by druggists, or mailed by
Ely Brothers, 66 Warren ST., New York
The Press., 1903-04-02
No Ennui There.

mo; we're never troubled with ennui
out at my house. Our minds are al
ways occupied"
''In what wayw
swell, I'm trying to guess what my
wife will say to me when get home,
and she's trying to guess what new ex-
cuse I'll have for being te."-Chicago
The Press., 1903-04-02

One day, while mending the roof Of
his house, Chodja lost his balance and.
falling to the ground, broke a rib. 4
friend Of his went hurriedly for a ha-
kim (doctor).
"Hakim, have you ever fallen from q
roof and broken a rib?" was the first
question Chodja asked the doctor.
"Thank God. nor replied the hakim.
'"Then go away at once. please" cried
Chodja. II want doctor who has fall
en- from roof and knows what it isl'
The Press., 1903-04-02

DUE NoTIoE Is SERvED.-Due notice Is
hereby served on the public generally that
DeWitt's Witch Haz-l Salve Is the only
salve on the market that Is made from
the pure, unadnltersted witch hazel. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve has cured thou
sands OF cases of piles that would not
yield to any other treatment, and this fact
has brought out many worthless counter
feits. Those persons who get the genuine
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve are never
disappointed, because 1t cures. w. ID.
Head.
The Press., 1903-04-02

take and harmless One Minute Cough
Ce Group and IaGrippe be because cause It It
does not pass Immediately into the stom-
ach, but takes effect right at the seat of
the trouble. 1t draws out the infiamma
tion, heals and soOthes and cures perma-
nently by enabling the lungs to contribute
pure life-giving and DEMONSTRATING oxygen
TO the blood and tissues. w. d. Head.
The Press., 1903-04-02
r liver troubles and constipation

FOF liver CFOUUl6B HuU CUHSCIpHVIUu
There's nothing better in creation
Than Little Early RiserS, the famous little pills.
They always eject cure and save doctors bills.
Little Early Risers are different from all
other pills. They do not weaken the sys-
tenn, but act as q tonic to the tissues by
arousing the secretions and restoring the
liver to the full performance of It's func-
lions naturally. w. D. Head.
The Press., 1903-04-02
Ei,ttc,,.,I ont.

deviwayte-I thought of II very fun
ny joke i'll my sleep last night. but
when | woke up somehow it was as
fat as pancake.
Litewayte-No wonder. | suppose
you slept on it.
The Press., 1903-04-02
Makes A Clean Sweep.

There's nothing like doing thing
thoroughly. OF all the Salves you ever
heard Of, Bucklen's Arnica Salve Is the
best. 1t sweeps away and cures Burns,
Sores, Bruises, Cuts, Boils, Ulcers, Skin
Eruptions and Piles. It's only 25c, and
guaranteed to give satisfaction by A. e..
Eaton, druggist.
The Press., 1903-04-02
A ThouxhtfaI Man.

NJ. M. Austin of Winchester, Ind -,
knew what TO do In the hour of need. His
wife had such an unusual case of stomach
and liver trouble, physicians could not
help her. He thought of and tried Dr.
Kings New Life Pills and she got relief at
once and was finally cured. Only PIC, at
A. G. E1ton's drug store.
The Press., 1903-04-02

"Well, well, old man! This is quite a
change Last time saw you you were
among the Four Hundred. And now
Nov am clean back in fractional
Baltimore American. .
The Press., 1903-04-02

For the Good of the Service.
Clara-He gave me an army and
navy kiss.
Maud-What kind il that7
Clara-Oh. rapid hreI Sixty q min
ute!-Smart Set
The Press., 1903-04-02
1t Was On.

Mistress-I told you half an hour ago
to turn on the gas in the parlor. Bridg-
ct
Bridget-Sure. an did, mum. Don't
yeZ Shmell itp-T.ontlOn Fun.
The Press., 1903-04-02

No man is failure because he says
what he thinks. The failure comes
when man thinks OF the wrong thing
to say.-Boston Christian Register.
The Press., 1903-04-02

1t doesn't follow that the man who
boasts of his rural origin will enjoy be-
ing told that he looks like farmer
Ohio State Journal
The Washington times., 1903-05-11
ARCTIC EXPERIENCE
OF WILLIAM j, PETERS
Has Been With Many Exploring Parties in the
WidS of Alaska.

William J. Peters, of the United States
Geological Survey, who is to represent
the National Geographic Society on the
Ziegler arctic expedition. has lived in
the far north much of the time since
1898. He went to Alaska with the KIon-
dixie rush that year in the interest of
the Geological Survey and with a party
of five or six men went over White Pass
and explored the White and Tanana
Rivers IL canoes.
The next year Mr.. Peters took a pack
train from Pyramid Harbor. on the Lynn
Canal, and started across the mountains
in June. His party explored the head
waters of the Tanana River and went as
far as Fort Egbert, or the Yukon River,
near the international line The party
devoted much attention to study of the
topography of the country and was also
accompanied by a geologist who studied
the minerals
In 1900 Mr. Peters explored the east
end of Seward peninsula. in which ttH
Nome district lies. IN 1901 he started
with small party over the snow and
ice and explored the Koyukuk River.
The party went to the Arctic divide. It
returned 10 Bergman, a trading post,
The Washington times., 1903-05-11
FILIPINO WILL WORK,
SAYS MAJOR HALFORD
CiviIizing Influence of Good Government
in the Archipelago.

Religious conditions in the Philip
pines" was the subject of an interesting
address made yesterday by Major Elijah
W. Halford before the members of the
Young Mems Christian Association
Major Halford was formerly private sec
rotary to President Harrison and is now
an officer in the regular army 1t was
the second address delivered by Major
HaIford on the conditions in the Philip
pines; his first talk was on the condt-
lions as he found them while he was
on service in the archipelago.
The islands. he said, are capable of
great development; the process of edu-
eating and Outstanding the Filipinos
will be slow and no material prosperity
can be hoped for until the people are
enlightened. Continuing, Major Halford
said:
Il have no patience with this Kipling
ism that we hear so lippantly whitfield
about with the smoke OF good cigars by
men sitting in luxury in their clubs and
drawing rooms here-this assumption
that the Filipino won't work and cant
be made 10 work, that the East can't be
hustled. You know the epitaph that Kip
ling says was written on a certain mans
tombstone, that he tried TO hustle he
East. The East is being hustled now.
And the Filipino will work. He will work
now. He will be a much better workman
when he ha- been taught that his work
counts for something for himself and
his family and his country. The centuries
that he has been under the domination
of Spain, when his work did not count.
have left their mark on his character,
and this must be eradicated first, by the
civilizing influence OF good government
and of Christianity.
"One of the great factors in favor of
the Christian missionaries in the archi-
pelago is the administration of justice
by the courts Of this Government, This
Filipinos are getting the idea that the
meanest of them, the most Insignificant
of them. can go to the courts and get
justice. II used 10 be that there was
no use IN his going to the courts
The Washington times., 1903-05-11
UNIQUE FENCE GUARDS
GEORGETOWN PROPERTY
Rails Are Made of Rifle Barrels Res
cued From the War of 1872.

Georgetown has nothing which better
proves her age than the curious old fence
rails in front of three houses on the
north side of Street. between Twenty
ninth and Thirtieth Streets. They are
rarely pointed out to the visitor. but
there is a certain amount OF interest
attached TO them.
When the English troops looted the
city in 1872 they burned in addition TO
the Capitol. a great quantity OF arms
and ammunition at the navy yard. The
stocks of the rifles were destroyed by the
fire. but the thrifty citizens of George
town made use of the barrels. They
were sunk into cement, Joined together
and a small spike was placed in each
muzzle. An ornamental fence was the
result
Indentations on the barrels showing
where the sights were removed and
where the stocks were fastened may be
seen today. The old rifles are defending
the property from the footsteps Of
marauding children, even as they beich-
ed flame at the advancing British nine
decades ago.
The Washington times., 1903-05-11

which was its basis of supplies. After
the breaking up of the ice the party
went again by canoes to the Arctic di-
vide and explored the Colville River.
skirted along the coast to Point Barrow,
and from there went to Cape Lisburne
in an open whaIers boat. From Cape
Lishurne Mr.. Peters and his party re-
turned to Nome in collier and then
took the regular steamers for the United
States.
IN 1902 Mr.. Peters was detailed 10 make
map of the country about juneau,
which includes the famous TreadweIl
mines. He returned last fall to the ia
nous Tonapah district in Nevada, a
map of which he completed a short time
ago.
Aside from being an expert in geo
graphic and topographic science, Mr..
Peters has had so much experie ice in
roughing it in the arctic region that he
is especially we'll qualified to accom-
pany the Ziegler party, which is to
make a dash for the North Pole.
Mr.. Peters is a native of California.
He was born in Oakland and educated
in the schools of the Golden State. He
entered the service of the Geological
Survey nineteen years ago.
The Washington times., 1903-05-11
CULTIVATION OF RICE
IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Methods Employed Extremely
Crude and Improbable.

What wheat is to the Occident, so
is rice to the Orient a recent bulletin
of the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture,
received by the Bureau of Insular At
fairs. War Department, publishes in an
Interesting form the results of it's in
vestigation Of the methods of growing
this inn ortant staple. Notwithstanding
the fact that rice is one of the principal
agricultural products of the archipeI-
ago. its consumption greatly exceeds its
production.
Statistical information relative to i'm
portations during the Spanish regime
are meager and entirely unsatisfactory.
though fragmentary details available
would seem to indicate that under nor
NAL conditions and for period at least
there were considerable expectations of
this commodity to China 1t is known
the acreage under cultivation has been
decreased to one-fourth as an incident
to the war, cholera. rinderpest and
surra. Importations of rice are shown
by the reports of the Insular Bureau
10 be as follows: During tho calendar
year 1901, 376, 211 ,3S9 pounds. value So
l0S,811; and 1902, 539, 460,07T7 pounds,
value $S.7S4, 3SS OF this amount. and
during the calendar year 1902. 412. s94 jO1
pounds were received from the French
East Indies. and III, 900, 981 pounds from
China.
During the present year the decree Sc
in production has been so great that in
order TO avoid famine the Philippine
government has imported large quaint
ties, and is selling it to the people at
cost.
The method of cultivation of rice in
the Philippines is in many respects
similar 10 that practiced in China.
Japan, India and other Oriental coun-
tries The process Of preparing the seed
beds, transplantng, pudding the soil
and harvesting the crop all conform to
the practice of other communities where
labor is cheap. The probable economic
prohibition against the Introduction of
advanced methods and the consequent
failure of occupation of greater por-
ton of a crowded population dependent
upon the soil, which Will apply to China
and other competitors, loses its force
of argument in the Philippines. of a
population Of only about 5000, 900 to an
area equal in extent TO the whole of
New England and the State OF New
York
II is even fast becoming a necessity,
a. wages increase under American stan
dards, 10 introduce improved methods
in order TO increase productive capacity
necessary for competition with foreign
rice. As an illustration It is stated that
while the Filipino Iaborer now only re-
ceives $50 gold per annum and board.
and a Louisiana laborer $500 gold and
board. yet the former, impeded in part
at least by crude methods, while receiv-
ing one-tenth the wage of the latter,
produces but one-hundredth Of the rice.
The Washington times., 1903-05-11
A-RAY DEMONSTRATES
SUCCESS Of LORENZ
Shows Bones Conform to
Natural Conditions.
PHOTOGRAPHS. HARD TO TAKE
Prof. Kassabian Originated Idea OF
Following Operation With
Hips in Casts.

PHILADELPHIA. March II. - Vim
dication of Prof. Lorenz and his meth
DDS for the reduction of congenital
dislocations has just been furnished in
this city by the use of x-rays in a
manner never before attempted. Com
ing at this time. when the medical and
surgical world is wrought up in a con-
troversy regarding the merits of the
Lorenz system and when an attack upon
the Austrian surgeon is anticipated at
the Congress of American Physicians
and Surgeons, the evidence is of wide
spread Importance.
Radiograph photos taken through the
plaster casts which hold In place the
limbs OF little Marion Green, of $40
North Forty third street, who was OPP
Grated upon by Prof. Lorenz during his
visit here, show beyond all doubt that
the surgeon accomplished his purpose
by placing the heads of the femurs into
their natural sockets.
The pictures we're made by Prof. Min
ran K. Kassabiau, official x-ray pho
tographer for almost all of the local
hospitals, and who took the original
ddiOSI dpuS u CHliIIeH OpSIdISu ou last
December by the Austrian orthopaedist
The photo taken last week compared
with the one made before Prof Lorenz
operated on the child shows what re
suit has been accomplished. In the first
picture the heads of the femur bones
rest fully two inches above the natural
sockets. being twisted out of place. In
the new picture the bones rest exactly
opposite the sockets, conforming TO nor
NAL conditions.
The making of the picture marks not
only a complete vindication of the Lo-
REM method, but as we'll a new utility
for the X-ray. Heretofore the use of
the rays so far as the Lorenz operations
are concerned was confined to making
advance pictures TO be used by the sur
geon while at work. The prints showed
exactly what difficulties would be en-
countered.
One of the prints from the negative
was sent TO the convention in New Or
leans last week. Dr. Kassabian will
take pictures made before and after the
operation TO Washington this week,
where he will exhibit them before the
Congress OF American Physicians and
Surgeons.
To refute the charges of bad after eff
fects from the operations. DR.. Kassabian
says that Marion Green has since been
in good health and shows every sign. of
recovery.
The Washington times., 1903-05-11
ARROW IN SHOULDER
OVER FORTY YEARS
Sergeant Fogarty Will Now Have
Flint Head Extracted.

After forty years former First Ser
geant John Fogarty, late Of the First
United States Cavalry, has decided TO
an arrow which was shot into him by
an Apache, on the edge Of Death VAL
ley, Cal, in 1860.
Fogarty, who is attached to the Army
Medical Museum, was taken down to the
barracks this morning and there under
went an x-ray examination. The part
of the arrow was located, and it is to
be cut out. .
In telling of his injury Fogarty says
ton, who was on a campaign against
some of the Apaches and their red
friends of the southwest. The Indians
were determined and fought for every
inch of ground they lost. Fogarty and
squad were on their way down a
mountain at the edge of the valley,
when an Indian of great stature and
strength, arose from behind a boulder.
He was armed with bow and arrows
warriors.
Fogarty was lower down the noun
tain than the Indian. and when the Red
man let fly his arrow it pierced the
sergeant through the neck and lodged In
his shoulder joint. Fogarty dropped
If N his horse, and nearly died from
l. IS Of blood before his wound was
dressed In falling he fred twice at the
Indian. hitting him both times and kill
ing him instantly. Fogarty's companions
pulled the shaft of the arrow out of his
neck, and they got some of the head
Most OF the flint, however, remained in
the bones. Fogarty had il probed for
and surgeons cut into him for it, but all
without avail.
Recently the flint again began to pain
and burn in the old wound. Some one
suggested the X-ray and Fogarty gladly
availed himself of it,
Fogarty carries with him the arrow
head which came so close to ending his
career. 1t is made of the red flint of the
southwest. 1t is rough and has ragged
edges. deep scar on the right side of
the old sergeant's neck testifies to the
Indians deadly aim and strength. The
arrow struck him with the force of a
rife bullet Take that" Forgarty SAYS
the Indian shouted as he twanged the
bow you American robber" Fogarty
answered with both his pistol and car
bine. In the fight about twenty-five In
dams and four soldiers were killed.
The Washington times., 1903-05-11
CAPTAIN ASH IS NOT
A RAINBOW CHASER
Glitter of Gold Has No Fas-
cinatiOn for Heir.
OTHERS TO FIGHT 1T OUT
Has a Clerical Relative Who Believes
There Is Good in the Root
of Evil.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE gilt
ter of gold has no fascination for Capt.
William R. Ash. Content with his
modest competency, he advocates fru-
gality and refuses to strive for a for
tune Of $3.50. 000 600.
Wealth would be burden 20 me-"
he says. land opulence might corrupt
the lives of my children and grandchi1-
dren. Let the fortune go to slake the
British thirst for gold
But Captain Ash has relatives who
are not of his way of thinking. There
are men and women related to him in
various degrees of consanguinity who
are ready to stake a large share of their
present possessions on the chances OF
Wrestling from the strong vaults Of the
Bank of England a fabulous sum OF
money and obtaining title to crown
lands of almost incalculable value.
These relatives met last night at Cap
tain Ash's home. 1872 Harrison Street.
frankfort, and discussed ways and
means of obtaining possession OF the
real and personal property which, they
believe, was once owned by their CON-
mon ancestor. Capt. John Whitaker. one
time a Chester county farmer
This ancestor. so the story goes, was
a loyal subject Of George III. When the
Colonists proclaimed their independence
he sold his Pennsylvania lands and
sailed for Albion's shores Not content
TO offer his life TO his King. he lent the
needy government 81 900, 900, which rep
resented a part of his accumulations in
Chester county.
1t SENS that he also invested extern
siveIy in British real estate. which, dur
ing the century and a quarter that has
passed. has developed in value almost
beyond the power OF imagination.
A lineaI descendant of this royalist IS
a clergyman, the Rev. William g. Whit
aker. who preached the gospel in Kan
sas until his relatives raised enough
money TO send his across the Atlantic
Since that time he has searched British
records as well as the Scriptures.
The Rev Mr.. Whitaker, unlike his
military relative. believes that money
in large Jumps may be used Wisely and
we'll His heart is strongly set on CD
tanning the fortune. His reports 10 the
stay-at-h home contributors have been
pregnant with hope and prolific of
bright Wisconsin fact, great many
eggs have been counted
The clergyman would like 10 go back
to England. but it was decided last night
TO delay such an enterprise. temporarily
at least. Those who attended the meet
ing not feeling complete confidence in
their own judgment, proposed 10 wait
until they can consult with Robert c.
Hopkins, another heir. who is con-
nected with national bank in Port De-
post. Ff
The Washington times., 1903-05-11
PRAISE FOR CIVIL WAR AUTHOR

Major J. H. Slime. historian Of the
Army of the Potomac, was enthusiast
cally received in Columbus, Ohio at the
meeting of the board OF control of the
Ohio Teachers Reading Circle. Major
Slime was assured by Mrs. Williams,
president of the board, that his history
has received a unanimous vote as a
reference book.
Major Shines book has received the
highest commendation from prominent
organizations and societies. Prof. Bone
brake. State school commissioner Of
Ohio. and Prof. A. J. Willoughby were
among those who offered their congratn-
lations. Prof Bonebrake Will soon visit
this city and will be the guest of Major
slime while here. public reception
Will be given in Prof. Bonebrake's honor.