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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-22

10 take his meals there anyhow, for he
seems never to be able 80 get on without
the German cooking.
when you come to the Americans,
the Westerners and Southerners arc
the ones who give the least trouble. 4
Western man may not always be UP TO
date when it comes TO the clothes he
has on. but he usually has money and
Is willing to spend it. He never 'splurges'
but he always takes good rooms and
likes to be comfortable. One peculiar
thing about him is that he always car
ries gold and silver coin in preference
to paper money. Tht' is the general
rule with foreigners, too.
THE southerner is very quiet and
very polite. and rarely asks a favor.
If he asks you TO cash a check you
need never hesitate to do Il. for. in my
whole experience. I have never had a
Southern mans check TO come back on
me. Twice 1 have had bad checks put
Off on me by men pretending TO be
Southerners, but who afterward turned
out 10 be regular crooks. who played
themselves of as Southerners because
they knew it was a good card TO play
THE most amusing thing about the
man from Dixie is his deep-rooted aver
sion to taking a room above the second
floor. He seems to 20 to bed in hotel
with his mind made up that some time
before morning he viii have 20 jump
out Of the window to avoid being burned
up. OF course. we tell him that the
building is freDroof. bat he never be
Iieves it. He is very polite about it.
and says Of course he doesn't doubt us
but he wants that room on the second
floor.
1T is my impression that in nine cases
ont Of ten Southern man would walk
UP and down Pennsylvania Avenue ali
night rather than go above the second
floor New Workers and Bostonians are
the greatest people for display as a
rule. They are more in evidence than
anybody else, and usually want more at
tention- The New Yorker generally
comes TO the desk, IL he has no one else
to talk TO, and throws New York into
the clerk until he-the clerk. not the
man from Manhattan-is ready to drop.
Sometimes I think that II New Yorker
went one whole day without telling
somebody all about how much better
than yhe rest of the world his dear
'N'Yark.' as he calls it. is. he would
never get over It,
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merely slip off without paying their
bills. but always try to throw it into
the hotel for about $50 or s75 in addition.
Sometimes they do so of. though.
and leave their baggage. but the trunks
never contain anything Of value. We
have a whole room full of them down
stairs now. and 1 daresay every hotel
in the city has the same One woman
fooled US last autumn. She came In
with a trunk that was so heavy that it
was all two porters could do to handle
it. In about a week that woman dis
appeared. and when we came TO open
the trunk there was absolutely nothing
in IT. We found out afterward from
one of the maids that she had been seen
going out Of the side entrance with at
least three dresses on 1 suppose she
wore all ot her clothes away that way
and then quietly skipped herself
Another time a woman stole or leav-
ling a bill Of about $50. When we went
TO her room all We could find was one
of these little savings banks. We broke
it open and found a little over IS in it,
which we credited to her account.
There was game worked once upon
a hotel where ] worked that was bit
out Of the general run. We got lester
from man in Chicago asking our rates
for accommodations for his sister, his
daughter and himself They wanted to
come East for a couple OF weeks. and
wanted the best we had. We wrote back
our rates. and he Immediately answered
that the terms were satisfactory. and
that he would arrive in three days. If.
in the meantime. any letters or an ex-
press package came we were TO receive
them. paying the charges on the latter.
and hold them for him. The next day two
letters and an express package did
come. there being S14 charges on the
package. which we paid. Several days
passed and we heard nothing OF this
man. so we opened the package and
found that it contained n box of chalk
OF course. the man had collected s14
from the express company We then
opened she letters. and they each con-
tanned a blank sheet of paper. In the
main. though. people seem to be very
honest in their dealings with hotels.
Frequently 1 have known them 10 find
themselves unable to pay up when the
time came for them TO leave. but they
nearly always send the money some
time or other. 1 have even seen bills
paid that had been owing for ten or
twelve years. Like that conscience
fund they have in the departments. I
suppose"
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WHSN SHAK SP6ARE wrote.

Nett ilks it was a merry scene,
Tlzis London Town OF long ago;
The chaste Elizabeth was Queen
(Who caused her cousins blood to
how);
The courier sought his Wit to show,
And voiced his artificial lays;
The Thames was m!ghtier than the Po-
When William Shakespeare wrote his
plays.
The lasses were ale. 1 ween.
In sparkling gaud and ribboned bow,
To greet the lads upon the green
And to the fiddle trip the Toe;
Proud danes We're wont the dice TO
throw;
Perchance the plotter got the praise;
The fawning friend was oft the foe
When William shakespeare wrote his
plays.
The query of the world has been.
Was Williams manner quick or Slow
His doubtful face, was it serene
O.. flashed with interpretive glow?
Al ok! of him we little know,
And of that little most is haze,
Did other bards the palms bestow-
When William Shakespeare wrote his
plays?
ENVOY.
All. passing old shall England grow
Ere sTch great poets walk her ways
AS in the stately times. I trow.
When William Shakespeare wrote his
plays.
"A. r. Schuman.
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him half way up the alley. and hit
him over the head He fell, and as he
did SO dropped the pistol We both
made for it. but I hit him again and
jumped on top OF him. The crowd had
stopped at the mouth OF the alley. but
when they saw I had him down they
came on Everybody began beating
him
las soon as the policemen came and
took Smith I went over to the drug
store to see how badly was shot
thought I was much worse OF than I
really was. When we got my coat and
shirt open and looked at the wound we
found it was only a scratch Then We
looked in the breast pocket of my
coat and found out how my life had
been saved.
I'm the pocket I had a pencil with
a brass tip. a police regulation book.
fire alarm book and a messenger book
The bullet which was from thirty
eight caHber revolver. had struck the
brass tip OF the pencil and. gIancins
of. had passed through the three
books. coming against my breast with
only force enough to make a bruise.
1t stung and burned as though I had
been touched with a hot wire. Where
the pencil had rested there is a bruise.
and that has been a little sore since.
but that is all il amounted TO. II my
pockets had been empty, though.
would probably be resting under Mother
Earth about now. with a few flowers
sprinkled over me, instead Of being on
duty"
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CROW OF THE PESSlMlST.

True love is but a transient thing,
And hearts are duh and cold
So pessimistic poets sing
Whose songs are all for gold.
The SNOWFALL bush beside the door,
The scent OF new Elown hay
Are there the same as Of the yore-
Where is the rose OF yesterday
There's not in all the world a heart
That e'er was true, I wis"
The same old pessimistic dart
To pierce the target. bliss.
The shady lane OF naples beck
The recreant away
From toll and spoil and stormy
wreck
Where is the rose of yesterday?
There is no kiss that's worth the
pain
They're boughten and for sale"
The same old pessimist again.
In trouble and bewail
The ivy rope that used to hold
Just two II swings Away
For lovers new in place of old
There is the rose Of yesterday.
New York Sun.
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Presented a Gold MeeaI by the
Company IN Recognition of
His Faithful Work y y

he would recover his health.
A gold medal, which was presented
him by the railroad on August /,
1900. was one OF the old engineer ;
most valued treasures. On oEe side
of the medal there is picture Of
locomotive 1873 which was Williams
engine for a number OF years. and the
following inscription. Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad: service medal" while
on the reverse side is written, Present
ed to W. Blackwell by the B. d o. r.
r., Aug. 1. 1900. Entered the service
May 20. 1S47r
While driving engine s13 Blackwell
made the record run from Cum berland
to Martinsburg. a distance Of seventy
nine miles. and his record stands un-
broken today.
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said Policeman c. NJ Ed
man. when asked for a de-
scription of the sensations he expert
enced during the ..mix-up'' with Charles
Smith. the negro who robbed the Treas
ury Lunch Room last Friday night and
then shot Policemen Edwards and Os-
burn in his efforts to escape.
ITO tell you the truth. I hardly know
hoy to describe my feelings. for every
thing was done so quickly it was all
over before / had time 10 do much
thinking I was standing on the cor
ner of New York Avenue and Four
tenth Street. when 1 saw a man being
chased along New York Avenue from
Fifteenth Street b. crowd Then
saw him turn and shoot back Some
one in the crowd fell across the car
track, and I broke toward the man who
fled the shot. He and struck the
alley that runs beside the Oxford Hotel
at about the same time When he
turned into the alley he fired point
blank at me. I was about eight feet
away.
Il felt as if q man had struck me
a hard blow on the heart with his fist
1t was so hard that it staggered me.
and all at once I felt a singing. burn
ing sensation knew 1 was shot. but
kept after the negro. because I saw
was 50 close to him that could hi.
him with my club before he would have
time TO turn and shoot again. 1 caught
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William Blackwell Entered
the Service of the Baltimore
and Ohio in t847. - =

w LILLIAN BLACKWELL. who
wv died at the home of his daugh-
ter, Miss Harriet Blackwell.
~ california Avenue, last week. was
INC oldest engineer In the employ OF
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. Al the time OF his death Engineer
blackwell was seventy-fOur years of
age He was born in Hancock. Md.
April IT, 1893. and entered the service of
The Baltimore and Ohio as engineer
Nay ~. 1917 He was at work regularly
from that time until about six months
beIore his death. when he first became
III He then came TO Washington from
Martinsburg. ". Va. to join Mrs
Blackwell. who has been living for some
tlne with her daughter. in the hope that
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6 II, YES" said the veteran
clerk Of one of the most
- prominent hotels in the city.
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The Poets Heroine.

''She is not very fair. and yet
I love her quiet face
She wears not beauty's cOronet,
But there's a tender grace
Upon her brow and in her eyes
A light which could not be
II her thoughts were not sweet harmonies,
She's beautiful 70 me-"
New Orleans Times Democrat
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Total RECOMMENDATIONS $40
1t is calculated that out OF every
hundred present at morning services.
thirty-five attend in the. evening. says
the Literary Digest" On the basis of
this computation about $4,000 different
persons attend church IN London every
Sunday out of a total population OF A.
1854. DIT. Robertson NicoH the editor
of the British Weekly" thinks 1t fair
to estimate that every wOrshiper rep
resents two others who are occasionally
present or would like to be If they could
and who are connected with some
branch of the church. So he multiplies
the number of church attendants by
three. making total church going pop
ulation of $500 900, and draws the con-
clusion that london "in spite of all its-
sin and sorrow. is by far the most
Christian and the most moral city
among the great capitals Of the world
The Boston Congregationahst," how
ever, thinks that the facts do not war
rant conclusion so optimistic. It COM
merits:
tic find on i've most favorable esti-
mate that the- are today in London
pyooably 1000. 0o5- people who apparently
haze no use for the churches is start
As4iB AdNN II NcG0 not AAAl one with tN-
spair. but 10 should incite TO serious
thought and greater energy. When half
the population OF any English or Amer
lean community has not the slightest
connection with or interest IN the
church, certainly its work can be looked
upon as only just begun. We trust that
London is exceptional in this particular
We should be sorry to think that in the
average English or American communi-
~ CT. say LOCO persons, 400 Of them
We're untouched by the Gospel. OF
course London gathers in all sorts and
conditions OF men. but if it is from the
point OF view Of church attendance the
most Christian city IN the world, we
wonder what the facts would reveal re-
garding New York. Chicago. Berlin, c.
Paris
New York, it appears. can show a |
better record in the matter Of church /
attendance than London can According i
to a census taken last November by the /
Church News Association. the average /
Sunday attendance ,on Manhattan
Island is 451.72l. out of a total popula-
ton Of 1.S5O.093
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Then we have the theatrical people.
and they are touchy lot to deal with.
After you have had a little experience
with them you get on with them all
right but you have to handle them with
kid gloves. The feminine portion Of the
procession are the most whimsical peo-
pie in the world. Every one Of them
has little dog. and maybe two or
three. that she takes around with her.
and nine times out Of ten she cares
more for that dog than she does for
herself.
You know it is our unbending rule
at this house that all dogs must be
given over 70 the care of the janitor.
who keeps them in the basement. Well,
thet rule lost US the renting of a suite
on the second floor last winter A very
prominent actress came here and asked
20 see a suite Of rooms 10 be occupied
by herself and maid during the week
she was to appear in a local theater
1 went up with her. the maid, and a
little dog that the actress carried very
tenderly IN her arms. She liked the
rooms and was very much pleased with
the rates. and said she would Ike her
baggage brought UP. Then I told her
our rule in regard TO dogs. She looked
at me for a second and then drew her
self up MY dog in the cellar?" she
said. no, indeed If these rooms are
too good for my dog. they are too good
for me-" With that she turned on her
heel and walked out of the room and
out ol the house. And She is one Of the
best-l1nown women on the stage.
Actors are, however. without excep-
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A BOLD HOLDUP.
Two Bandits Relieve Four Prospectors
of Their Belongings.

Dallas, Tex. A special from Here
ford, Texas, says: "Whlle prospect
ing for coal near Ende, N. NJ, a
party Of four people were held up
and robbed by two men who dad
spent the night in camp with them.
While the older of the robbers stood
guard with a Winchester, the
younger che saddled the two best
horses, secured the remaining Win
chester ard two 45-calibre revol-
vers and made preparations for
their leaving. About that time J. c..
Purcell, railroad contractor, rode
up and they proceeded to trade
horses with him without his con-
sent. They also took his watch.
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TOPICS OF MOMENT
FROM MISSISSIPPI
News and Notes Of the Day in tbs
Prosperous Bayou State.
PATENT SIGNED BY JACKSON,
1t was Kept as a Treasure by the Family
to Whom ii Han Been Granted and
Did Not Come to Light Until the Deatf
of the Owners.
Land Patent Signed in 1921.

A. A. Chase. Land Agent for the
Newman Lumber Company, Of Hat
tiesburg. has secured land paten
issued to John McPhall by Stephen
Noble, who was Register of the
United States Land Office at St.
Stephens, now in Washington
County, Ala. The patent was fled
in and signed by Andrew Jackson.
President of the United States and
is dated January the fifth 1921"
1t is written on sheepskin, on the
extreme outer edges of which still
remain small particles of wool. This
patent was never recorded, but was
kept IN an old leather trunk, and
was treasured by the old folks until
their death year or so ago. Now,
the heirs have disposed of the estate
and this. is the first transfer of title.
The land is situated in the south
west part of Covington County, this
State, near the present town of
Prentiss, on the line of the Pearl
ard Leaf rivers railroad.
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FAMINE IN CHINA.
Terrible State of Affairs Said to Exist
in Kwang ST.

Terrible State of Affairs Said to Exist
in Kwang 81.
Hong Kong.-The. estimate Of
Governor Wong. Of Kwang ST
province that over 1000, 900 natives
are starr Wing ia that province is pro-
nounced here to be approximately
correct. The distress is more acute
in certain districts. Children and
women are freely offered for sale.
The rice harvest promises we'll. but
1t will not be available for from
four to six weeks. Extensive re-
lief operations will be difficult with
out foreign supervision which will
be hard to obtain IN Kwang ST. As
siStance has been sent to that prov
ince from Hong Kong ard Canton.
but the funds available are becon-
ing exhausted. The Hong Kong
committee will welcome Subscrip-
tons. The Eewly appointed vice.
roy OF Canton, Tsui Chan Suens is
Fastening his journey to bis post
because OF the serious conditions
prevailing in Kwang 81 pro vince.
The population of Kwang ST is
largely agricul tural.
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Suicide Mystery.

New York. Mrs. Ida M. Corr
sen, of North Brighten, Staten
lslaEd, reports having found the
body of a strange man hanging by
a rope to the transom of door in
an upper room OF her home. A pc
liceman was called and found that
the man was still alive. He was cut
down and revived. put. would give
no account of himself. A mome nt
later he sank into the policeman S
arms and died.
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Bribers Break Loose in Canada.

Toronto. The commission which
investigated the charge made by
Mr.. Carney, the member of the leg
islature who declared he had been
approac he'd by parties representing
the Liberal government and offered
a bride of $4,000 il he would vote
with the government, has made it's
report. In the opinion of the COM
mission, the charges 'staId dis
proved by a great body OF evidence
which appears to be more accurate
than that adduced in support
thereof
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-11
Mosquitoes Find New Vocation.

New Brunswick, N. IA literal
shower Of mosquitoes stopped troll
ley car Saturday night wheE it was
half way between Bound Brook and
Dunellen, en- route for Riverside
PARK. Motorman Abbey was at
tackled on all sides and was obliged
to bring the car to standstill. The
passengers were also attacked and
compelled to leave the car to escape
the pest,
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Courthouse at New Augusta.

After having the matter under
consideration for several months;
Chancellor Stone Deavols has dis
solved the injunction restraining
the Board Of County Supervisors
from building a new court house at
New Augusta. in the FIRST District
OF Perry County. New Augusta is
only two miles south OF Old Augusta
the former county seat, and is on
the M. j. and x. G. Railroad. The
town has it is said grown rapidly re-
Gently and has several large stores,
an express Office and numerous en-.
terprises.
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TripoIitans Cypress Jews.

Tripoli.- Twenty Jews compris-
ing specially appointed commit
tee, have been arrested and impris-
oned tor refusing to comply with
the gov ernor-ge orders to as
sess the Jewish community for a
military exemption tax. The cCm-
mission claims that the extreme
poverty of the Jews renders the
payment of the tax in possible ard
points out that the Mohammedans
are not forced to pay the tax or
perform military duty. Tbs Jews
have. suspended all business as a
protest against the governments
action.
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Smoky Pail Over Baltimore.

Baltimore-A smoky pail SC thick
that it oOscured the sun and rem
dered navigation on the bay and
river diffioclt and in SO strong an
odor as t, e be easily detected hung
ever Baltimore all day. Forest
fires in New England and New
York caused this heavy volume OF
smoke. The smoky pail became SO
thick as to render navigation
dangerous. Captains Of vessels re-
ported the conditions down the bay
as very bad and said the further
they got away from the city the
stronger the smell of smoke.
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Killed His StepmOther.

Loogootee, Ind Mrs. Addie Ly-
ons, wife Of Joseph Lyons, of Kill
leor, was shot and instantly killed
Ey her stepson, fer what cause is
not known. The young man escaped
and search is being made for linn.
He recently returned from a long
stay in California. Three bullets
entered Mrs. Lyons body.
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ImpracticabIe to Secure the Arch.

Richmond, Va.-The special CON-
mittee of the Jefferson Davis Memo
rial Association. which has been in
session here, consulting with the
advisory board, decided to report to
the association that it is impractic-
able to do anything in the way CT
securing an arch for $50, 900, thu
amount. of the bid of the artist,
Gudebrod, whose design was ac-
copied.
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Fierce Forest Fires.

Saratoga, N. Y.-The sun is still
obscured by dense smoke and ashes
from Adiron dack forest fires. Re
POI is from the CatIin lake region
state that the fires covered a terri
tory fifteen miles in width and TWEEN
ty miles in length and are still
spreading despite the efforts OF hun
dreds Of fire fighters. The heat is
so intense and the smoke so dense
that the lighters cannot approach
within two miles of the fires.
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The Mississippi railroad commits
sion, at their last meeting consid-
cred the petition OF the Meridian
board of trade for fiat rate of 3 IL
cents per 100 pounds on grain and
grain products from Vicksburg to
Meridian. More briefly stated the
board wants the rebilIing rate made
an open rate, to which the Ala
bama and Vicksburg railorad pro-
tests, as does also the other roads
hauling these products into Merl-
dian. Former Attorney Genaral Nc
Clurg represented the board of
trade, and and the Mobile and Ohio
counsel made the chief arguments
against the action. 1t was finally
decided to postpone the matter un-
til the first Tuesday in July.
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Lights for Zanzibar.

Washington. Secretary Hay and
Sir Michael Herbert, the British
ambassador, have signed a treaty
for the imposition of light dues at
Zanzibar. The convention provides
for an increase in shipping dueso
an anna-3 cents--per ton, the pro-
ceeds to be expended ir establish
ing light on the coast.
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Senator. Daniel Named.

Richmond, Va.-United States
Senator Daniel has been declared
the nominee of the Democratic
pal ty as his own successor for the
United States senate. He had no
opposition under the party primary
law and the State chairman de-
Jared him the nominee. His name
was the only name presented under
the law. Senator Daniel is now
serving his third term in the senate.