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It is interesting to note that as the
we ather grows warmer the demand for
food and lodgings falls off. This is part
ly because there is more outdoor
manual labor obtainable by the men,
and they are consequently able to buy
food and lodgings elsewhere; partly be-
cause some of the men who receive the
assistance of the Mission are genuine
tramps and "hoboes," who, at the ap-
proach of spring, leave the cities where
they have congregated for the winter
and take the road for the country, and
partly because. in the case of men who
neither work elsewhere nor leave the
city, the nights are warm enough to
permit sleeping in the open air in any
spot they can find.
Thus the maximum number of meals,
9S2. was in December. a daily average
of SO meals8 In the same month the
number of teds furnished for work was
511, an average OF IT beds night. The
maximum number Of beds was in Janu-
airy, 614 a nightly average OF 90 The
minimum number of meals was Ia May.
326, a daily average of 10 meals fur
4
in that month averaged nightly, and in
| April this number was even less-only G..
| Thirty-three meals and twenty beds
| every day of the winter and ten meals
and six beds daily in warm weather
! furnished to men who would otherwise
| have gone homeless and hungry shows
| the range OF tho Missions work.
Hon Sectarian in Creed.
| The Union Mission, as its name is
meant TO show, is the benevolent insti-
tuition of no particular church or sect,
| but OF all the churches and denomina-
ton of Washington working together In
Z common cause. Its board of directors
is composed of representatives from
every Protestant denomination in Wash
ington, and differences of dogma are
forgotten in the work of ssn1ing help
4 ing hand TO the forlorn.
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started on their twenty-five mile ride
re ok to camp. Scarcely were they out
C sight and hearing of the pass when
tic young Indians heart smote him for
being alive. Drawing an arrow from his
CT .ver, he drove it into the man in front
OF him Halt" cried the sergeant, as
Fischer set his teeth and grsnned IN
pain. ''Dismount, Fischer. Get down, We
fend Now. private he said. half-mad
With his own wound, we can have tn
teasure o. spatterin' his brains over the
read Put yer pistol in his mouth and
Blow his head off," The trooper obeyed
TO the letter, and moment later the
rarity started afresh. oh, It's not at all
pretty or nice any way you look at it
lords and ladies'. but it was war, and
well, you know what war Is.
The gods alone can tell how Sergeant
Foearty reached the camp. For the last
two miles the men heard him joking. and
he threatened to shoot man who Of
fered him water He rode into the camp
weaving in his saddle like drunken
man. his uniform stiff and his boots full
eli blood The big surgeon took him
from his horse as mother lifts ner
bsb. out of the swing Under the knife
Fogarty tainted. and when he came TO
the surgeon gave him the arrow head
as a souvenir, but the point remained
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Sergt. John Fogarty's Trou-
blesone Souvenir of a Fight
With Piutes in the Death
Valley in lo6o-Locdted by
the X Rays.

THEY had been riding hard even for
West since early morning and
the why little ponies showed evil
dent signs of WEAKNESS after their fast
work; but the troopers were made Of
iron, each sat straight in the saddle.
swaying easily from the hips at every
move Of the animal, sabers clinking,
leather belts creaking and the cavalry
guidon aflap round its staff. Their errand
was a typical one for the time-a band
of a dozen braves OF the Piute tribe,
stolid, patient and cruel as an Apache,
had been making free with the lives and
scalps of the California settler and We're
riding off hot-foot to escape the VEN
geance of Uncle Sam. "Only take few
'calp. Teal squaw. No hirt poor Indian
for that" they would say in excuse But
Gen. J. II. Carleton, who was on cam
paign against the tribe, thought differ
emily and meted out punishment swift
and full These twentyfiv troopers rep
resented the pick of the First Dragons,
which was under his command, and IL
all happened forty-three years ago.
Suddenly the Indian trailer who was
riding ahead pulled up and said TO the
grizzled first sergeant at the head of the
troop: Heap more Indian join Piute.
Thirty brave, ten squaw. No more blue
coat help. Piute big devil. Bluecoat ride
off, THAT /. do, said the segeant, Il
can't 90 hack and tell the captain I was
frightened off. Well follow thin. :"
UGH" said the trailer with blood-curd-
ling emphasis, Heap kill" But there
was no hesitation in the eye or mouth of
the sergeant and his men. The veterans
were actually chuckling over the pros
pect of brush after the long, hot ride
Just then they came In sight of their
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Earning Their Breakfast.

friend to whom they caa turn for
in their distress. The last cent went
for a bite to eat at noon. No one has
work for them, SNUG success looks at
them suspiciously.
Somehow they think of the Union
Mission.
ness and cheer. If they have no money
and it is too late in the night to work,
they are given free beds on promise to
do a stipulated amount of work in the
morning. II 1t is during the day that the
man applies. he is given a ticket for a
Decent meal in return for, chopping
one fifteenth of cord of wood into kind
ling lengths. This job requires from
three-quarters of an hour 20 an hour
and half. according to the skill and
rapidity of the individual. For an add
tional quota of labor he is given, If ne
desires it, a ticket emitting him to 10
cent bed for the night. This would
seem not much of sleeping place to
the reader who has not inspected the
dormitories of the Mission. The
beds furnished at this rate are pro-
vided with clean linen. and comfort
able blankets, and the man who sinks
into one OF them finds it a bed of down
In comparison with park bench or the
cold ground. AT the side OF every bed
in the 10-cent dormitory is a chair for
the occupants clothes, and in the Is
cent dormitory each has an Individual
upright locker.
Cordwood can be cut by steam saws
for s1.25 per cord, so the handwriting at
10 cents per fifteenth of cord is more
expensive; but the Mission exists for
the purpose of giving every man a
chance to earn a meal and home for
the night.
Three rooms in the cellar are used
for storing the cord wood bought at the
wharves The wood is bought at the reg
ular wholesale rates charged for cord
wood, and often being chopped up is sold
at regular prices for kindling wood. an
honest profit which pays the cost 81
supplying the workers with food and
lodging, and gives a surplus which is ap-
piled on other branches of the Missions
charities.
Bill of Fare for Pay Customers.
The meals supplied to the hewers OF
wood and drawers of water are the same
as those served TO people who patronize
the restaurant as a place where goot
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A SOLDIER WHO HAS CARRIED AN INDIAN
ARROW HEAD IN HIS NECK FOR FORTY YEARS

quarry-a dash of brilliant color against
the dull sandy hills, and the dots OF
chaparral The Indians were just en-
tering the big frying pan with two
lips called the Death Valley. Haiti"
cried the sergeant, as wheeling round
he faced the men: Dyes. will We follow
me?" Through HE'LL was the ready
answer as If only one man had spoken.
That's satisfactory. I thought ye were
min OF sinse. Now. listen to me. Be
cool, caam, and delibrut. We're long
ways from base. and yen oblige me By
making livery cartridge tell. Be cool.
caam. and delibrut. for the ball is about
to open. Pistols! Ready! Charged"
This was before the days when the
wholesale killing of men had become
fine art and Hotchkiss rapid firers, dunn
dunn bullets, and the more helltsh type
of civilized weapon was yet to be in
vented. The cavalryman of 1850 wore
freak" arm. monster pistol. long as
your arm. and carrying six shots. 1t
was heavy ''gun" with swivel on the
butt. for lanyard to be attached and
slung around the neck Slowed in hol-
ster on the withers of the horse, a mo-
ment was enough to draw it out, and,
resting the barrel on the crooked bridal
arm, to blaze away.
A Volley of Arrows.
The quick thunder of hoofs and the
squeaking of saddle leather followed the
sergeant,s orders. The Indians, caught
in the pass, poured in volley of ar
rows with shrill. whistling crash. ak,
ak, ak barked the sixteen-shooters in
answer, as the troopers loosened their lit
tie howitzers. Then the white men were
among them and there was five minutes
of a hand-to hand scrimmage. arrow and
tomahawk against bullet and saber. Stub
bornly, as became their tribe and train
ing, the Piutes fought, but the odds
were too uneven, and the struggle was
short. With a mad cheer the troopers
swept right OF through them. leaving
the pass behind a horrible human sham
bles echoing with the shrieks of a
brave with bullet in his stomach. and
the violent coughing of another who
was shot through the lungs.
Just as they were pulling up to look
dlter the WouHQeO, anu COIupltle luSlT
work they passed the chief. a mag
nificent brave, clad in his breech-clout
and war bonnet. The sergeant stopped
Within a yard of him when he saw the
Indian raise his arm. He ducked quick
fy, but it was too late. and the arrow
drove home In his shoulder close to the
neck.
The soldier Strengthened IN the sad
d,e up with his pistol and sent a bullet
through the 1.-THE. brown body beside
him The chief threw up his arms in
a scream of agony and spun round and
round like big top, but the sergeant
shol him again in the throat, and he
was dead before he fell.
Took No Live Prisoners.
Tender, rough hands drew the shaft
out and bandaged the wound, but the
head OF the arrow remained in the ser
geant's shoulder. The troopers took
but one ~risoner, a young buck who was
Luz. up behind Private Fischer. With
L; ndaged heads and limbs, the party
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town hall The News" was printed for
long while in Rockville; it was then
taken to Gaithersburg, and finally 70
Kensington, where 1t has been rstap-
Hshed for eight years Editor Clum
tells with great gusto the story OF how
he issued his paper though the printing
office and the town hall next door were
burned down in the same fire. The ac-
cident occurred on Thursday some
years ago and the News" was to come
out on Friday. Mr.. Clum took no rest
until he had his entire paper written,
and then went down to Washington,
where the types We're set up. On Friday
the paper was triumphantly sold on
the streets of Kensington. Editor Clum
will have the pleasure of saying N his
next paper that the synod of the Luth-
eran Church, of which Cornelius
Eckhart, the present mayor of Kensing-
ton, is treasurer. has conferred on that
officer the degree of Bachelor of Arts
In view of the windows of the News"
sanctum is the pretty home of w II.
Mannakee, which has been rented Tor
the summer TO the Cuban minister,
Senior Don Gonzales de Quesada.
Prosperous Woman's Club.
The social and literary societies of
Kensington are pleasantly blended in
the Woman's Club. This organization is
the largest and most influential in the
town 1t was organized in 1899 and Its
purpose is. according TO its constitution.
''to promote intellectual growth among
the members" The club meets once a
week at the home Of one OF the mem
bers. The following programs, taken at
random from the year book OF the club,
will give a fair idea of their entertain
! ing features:
NOVEMBER a.
Responses, Bayard Taylor
'sWhere Congress Assembes-The Capitol
Building Mrs. Cunningham
| .'Bayard Taylor and His Literary Friends
Mrs. Terrell
"a Danish Interlude" 90 minutesl. Mrs. Huntley
1.-The Last of the Saxon Kings 90 min
..c uses2 s,.,t:. MIS- MIS- i ssonsTf
| MARCH 90
| Hostess. Mrs FentoT
Responses. from the Writers of the Day.
''The Secret Service" ....-....-,..-. Mrs North
Ruth McEnery Stuart" Paul Lawrence
| Dunbar Miss Gayte5
Music.
| 1.-The Commonwealth f10 .ninutes). Mrs Potts
''The Puritans and olakers'' 90 minutesl
| Mrs. Armstrong
Current Events" ...............-.Mr Mrs. Huntles
! One of the most enjoyable portion:
OF these meetings is the little talk or
current events which closes every pro
gram.
The club has corresponding member
Mrs. Mary G. Brooke, who is now II
the Philippine Islands in search o
health Notwithstanding her sevent,
years. Mrs Brooke writes a very in
teresting letter. and her work is ire
! Quently printed in the local paper. Mrs
Eliza P Hartshorn was the first presi
dent of the club, and with the exception
of one year when Mrs. Theodore Gun
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ningham held the office, she has always
been head OF the organization
The club devotes each year to the
study of some subject or group of sub
jects which will further the object for
which 1t was organized. This year it
has studied England, American litera-
ture, and civil government. At the end
of each year. the subject for the next
year is decided upon. the speakers
chosen, and boo flet is issued from the
"Clum Press giving the program for
each evening throughout the year. The
club has made a reputation for carry
ing out its programs TO the very Letter.
Four or five open meetings are held each
year, at which some special feature Is
presented. Once every year there is a
banquet to which the gentlemen of Ken
sington are invited.
The Clubs Annual Reception.
The annual reception OF the club IVES
held at the home of Mrs. ]. P Herr
mann, on Friday last. A paper was
read by the historian of the club. music
was furnished by the Kensington Man
doIin Club. composed of young ladies'.
and by number of voealists from the
countryside. and refreshments were
served on the lawn. The address OF the
! evening was made by Mrs. Snallwood
The Woman's Club is a member of
the Federation of Women's Clubs of
Maryland. and in the last session of the
parent body the club was admitted %
be one of the largest and most pros
porous represented.
Following is the roster of officers of
the Woman's Club of Kensington for
| this year: Mrs. Eliza P Hartshorn,
president; Mrs. Sarah n. Wood. first
vice president: Miss Anna F. Gayiey.
second vice president; Mrs.-.Aiice B.
Chapman. recording secretary, Mrs.
Catherine Fenton. corresponding secre-
tary; Miss Estel,e Perry, treasurer; Mrs.
VI. NJ. Thompson. parliamentarian. Mrs.
Eva Kumier, historian. and Mrs. Laura
Terrell auditor
! Calendar eommittee-Mrs. Theodore
! Cunningham. Mrs. Madge NJ. Thompson.
Miss Anna F. Gayley, Mrs. H. L. Cham
| bers, and Mrs. Alice B. Chapman.
Educational commitfee-Mrs. Amelia
A Huntley. Mrs. Eliza p Hartshorn,
Mrs. Blanch c. Armstrong. Mrs. Alice b.
| Chapman. Mrs. Eva Chase Kumler. Mrs,
L. A. Langflle. Mrs. Margaret D. Lewis.
Mrs. Jane p Marshall. Mrs. Sarah n.
North, Mrs Laura Terrell Mrs. Eliza
beth NJ Townsend. Miss Anna F. Gayley.
and Mrs Adra Covert Martin.
Music and art committee-Mrs. Ella
NJ. Russell, Mrs. Theodore Cunningham.
Miss Nj. Isabel Jackson. Miss Letitia A.
Langille, Miss Lueie May Massey. Miss
Mannette Milliken, Miss Elizabeth Per-
Try, Miss Mabel Estelle Perry. Mrs
IIadge NJ Thompson. Mrs. Catherine
renton. Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Bronson. Miss
Edna v Tegeler. and Mrs. Geneviese
Forbes.
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ago. The reading room is provided with
long table. comfortable chairs, and
desk for the librarian 1t is a favor
lite gathering place for the upper ten
of Kensington of an evening. Ladies
and gentlemen who go to the theater
in Washington assemble for their aEnuse-
ment at the library when they spend
the summer in Kensington- This speaks
we'll for the literary influence Of the
place Crosby S. Noyes gave the books
and Brainard H. Warner, prominent
resident of Nensington, donated the
building Miss Catch will tell you that
the children are inveterate readers.
The appearance of the little town and
the example of their elders should
make them such. It is an ideal place
to become acquainted with Tom Sawyer.
'Huck" Finn, old Pew, and John Silver
the Black Arrow, Jem Taylor. Brom
Bones, Sam Weller. and the jungle
| books.
The Weekly Newspaper.
| Kensington supports weekly news
paper called the Montgomery News"
which is run and edited by Cornelius
| W. Clum. 1t has four pages and is de-
voted to chronicling news and happen
! ings of interest to the countryside and
town. The page is a good deal larger
than the ordinary sheet of the Wash
| ington 1ailies, and is crammed full of
good leading matter. Editor Cium is
loyal and an enthusiastic Kensington
man, and has made his home in the
town for the past seven years. He does
not spare his wit, and the columns of
the News" are often as full of jokes
as those of "Puck" and Judge" The
following is taken from the paper:
Edwards thinks he is the whole
| thing. now. eh. SMITH"
well. I should say so. Why, he
thinks he's such a big man that he
really ought to wear golf links in his
cuffs instead of the ordinary buttons. :"
The editorials upon current topics CT
| interest to the people of Kensington are
always well written and readable. Mr..
| Clum has attempted TO make his paper
more of a magazine than is usually the
case with the country journal. In this
weeks issue he has lengthy article on
the new bicycle corps which the Gear
has established. The News has ad-
vocated the Improvement of the grades
and crossings about the railroad sta
ton. Fifteen hundred dollars has been
expended of late years upon the grad
ing in front of the station. This is a
fair example of the power which the
paper exerts in the community.
Besides his paper. Editor Clum con-
trolls a printing office and turns out
some work which would do credit 10 any
of the big presses OF Washington. Last
year he printed a telephone book Cor
Kensington of fifty pages, and this ycaf
he intends to produce one of larger size
and more artistic makeup" The
home of the paper is located in cozy
one-story frame building next to the
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THE INTELLIGENT PROOFREADER.
By WILLIAM Upton TALBOTT.

his
the scroll of fame;
reputation firmly based solid
be a
and it
a brilliant the starlt field
AS a truth
admired maiden fair
n loved declare.
In words
her
passo1-drifed soul;
Alas. mi Arabic
For encyclopedia
In the called
But that son OF my
inclined
I mind"
damp of mud"
No to othe folly
He implanted corns poetic
frgd smiles
Andth us Shakespeare NJ
70 learned friend
With mutated the passion flowers of rhyme
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SONG.

Gather the rose buds while We may,
Old Time is still a-fying;
And this same flower that smiles to-
day
Tomorrow viii be dying.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the
sun,
The higher he's a-getting.
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.
The age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer,
But, being spent, the worse and
worst
Times still succeed the former.
Robert Herrick.
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STAKE for a steak a piece OF
~ wood for a piece Of bread.
is the wise rule at the
headquarters Of the Central Union
Mission. 622 Louisiana Avenue north
west. When the man down on his
luck and "up against it, applies there
TO chop wood for his meal. and the
request is gladly accepted by every ap-
piicant who is manly enough to pay for
his bed and board in work if he hasn't
the money. There is no reason for any
man in Washington with a bit of
strength and pride, to go hungry ar
shelterless when such a place as the
Union Mission exists. Downright aims
giving is never good thing except when
the recipient is unable. because sick or
crippled, to work; and the able bodied
man who begs, with no intention of earn
ing his living, is unworthy of the name
OF man.
The Philosophy of Almsgiying.
Jacob A Riis in his latest book, 'The
Peril and Preservation of the Home, "
says in speaking of tenement houses: I'm
the business of building homes for your
brother there must be no faint of the
almsgiving that Is miscalled charity.
more is the pity. It must be an honest
business between man and man, II II
is to succeed" The same course ought
to be followed in all charities; II the
applicant for help is able to work he
ought TO work for the assistance given
him. The charity lies in giving every
man this chance 10 earn his sustenance,
no matter who he is or how low his
condition seems, and in supplying him
with his board and lodging, in payment,
at cost price. This is the rule followed
by the Central Union Mission in the
help 1t extends TO the homeless and PEN
niless men and women of this city The
men chop wood and do other manual
labor; the women assist in the laundry
which washes the bedclothes of the two
hundred odd beds OF the mission house.
Midnight in the City.
The night damp is in the air. The
night chill begins to strike through
the worn clothing of men whom fate
has treated harshly and the world has
forgotten. One by one the places where
temporary rest and warmth may be
obtained are closed up for the night
and the outcasts are turned into the
streets. Not one of them knows a
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meals can be bought at a minimum price.
The following is typical daily bill Of
fare, served from kitchen as clean as
that Of any restaurant in the city.
BREAKFAST BILL OF FARE.
sunday-Breakfast 7:3O to $50 a. m. Dinner
$3.50 TO $50 p. m.
Whole oranges or bananas. SC. Strawberries, &c.
Farinose oat meal with milk.
Pork chops or eggs, 15c.
Boiled mackerel Lamb stew with new potatoes.
Broiled Smoked Herring.
Ham. Beefsteak Shad.
Potatoes, Lyonnaise or boiled.
Apple sauce Homemade rolls.
Bread and butter (gilt-edge creamery, 1c extra)-
Coffee. Tea. Milk. Iced Tea.
Cocoa. &c per cup.
15c-Choice of cereal. one vegetable, one
meat, hot cakes, or bread and butter, with
one beverage.
1Oc-Choice Of one cereal or vegetable, with
one meat, bread and butter, and one bey-
erage.
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EXTRA.

EXTRA
Meat, SC Vegetable Sc Toast, &C. Milk toast,
&c. Beverage, &c. Eggs, 7c. Onlelet, &c.
From figures kindly furnished The
Times by George w. Wheeler, of the
beard Of directors, was prepared the
following table of Union Mission re-
ports for an average half-year, Deem
Der. 1902, to June. 1903:
a. Tickets issued for single meals for
work in the wood yard.
Is. Tickets issued for lodgings for work
in the wood yard.
c. Meal tickets issued for work not
specified
I. Lodging tickets issued for work
not specified.
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LUNcH OR pINNgR BILL OF PARE.

LUNCH OR DINNER BILL OF FARE.
MEATS
Prime rib roast. Spring lamb, with mint sauce.
Fricasse chicken. 2oc Shad.
Ham, beefsteak, pork chops or eggs, I5c-
VEGETABLES
Potatoes, mashed OF snow. Lettuce salad.
Dried apple sauce. Sugar beets. Sliced cucunbers
BREAD.
White. Graham. Rye. Whole wheat.
DESSERT.
Strawberry shortcake
Lemon gelatine. Blackberry or pineapple pie.
Green tea Black tea. Coffee. Iced tea Milk.
Cocoa, DC per cup
Whole oranges or bananas, &c. Strawberries. SC
15c-Soup and crackers, choice of one meat and
three vegetables, bread and butter, choice Of
one dessert; tea, coffee, or milk.
I0c-Soup, choice OF one meat and one vege-
table, bread and butter, cup of coffee,
tea, milk