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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-06-15

Tickets on sac from all ints East of
OHIO River on July 9th and 9TH, valid
i.r return unit July 10th. 1903, inclusive
For full information concerning time If
tt .ins, fares and stop-overs. coll en- or
address Ticket Agents. Baltimore & 0hi,
Raj road. riS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-06-15
EPNoRTH LEAGUE CONVENTION,
Detroit. July 1919. 1908
Very Low Rates.

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Tickets on sale from all points Eas, CT
Ohio River on July IL h and Is,h. valid
10 return leaving Detroit not later than
July ooh. 1903. For full information
conct rnlng time of trains. fares and stoI-
overs. call on Ticket Agents, Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad. t-i8
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for the larger stamp. and 1928 for the
smaller. The price of the former Is
now 1925 and the latter $17O. which IS
a slight increase over the prices OF pre-
vious years, owing to the increased price
of steel and other materials. The steel
for the stamps is made by the ton by
a Pittsburg company, and Is of supe-
rior quality being made under the per-
sonal directions of Mr. Chambers. inc
increased cost of tho stamps Is also due
to a larger number Of letters and figures
used, the Postoflice Department now re-
during not only the hour. but the min
utes recorded by the stamp. Each stamp
furnished must be guaranteed Tor two
years, and it Is seldom that one falls
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have men working for he now who have
been with me from the very first day
landed here with my machinery. l take
them and train them up in the business
there are number OF branches OF the
work-and they stay with me. I guess
we are just about as contented manu-
featuring community, on small scale. as
will be found in the United States"
IS THE HEAD MAN.
Mr.. Chambers is past sixty years, but
does not look it. and is as vigorous and
spry as most men at forty. He Is looked
up to" by the people Of Lodge. who re-
gard him as their Mayor, judge justice
Of the peace and general ruler and adj
wiser but at the same time his kindly
treatment of them has won their ever
lasting friendship and gratitude. Every
married employee Of Mr.. Chambers owns
his own home-all neat and comfortable
houses-and some of the men have saved
money sufficient to send their children off
to school. DR.. Enoch Weymouth, one of
the leading physicians Of this section of
the State, worked two years Tor MI.
CHAMBERS, saved eNcIy VIA ~ 'AitA1e'
then went to Richmond and studied med
icine, graduating with the highest honors
ir a large class. He was aided by Mr..
Chambers and Is now located at his old
home. In word, Lodge is happy
community.
Mr. Chambers has several times been
approached by gentlemen who endeavored
to impress him with the idea that the
proper thing for him to do was to form
a trust, but he does not believe that way.
and says he Is entirely satisfied with the
way the Postofice Department has treated
him, and the department must be salts
fed with his treatment, as there has never
Eeen any fault found with either his work
or the prices asked. He does not-fear
that any one will get the postmarking
contract from him, as he Is thoroughly
satisfied his process Of using the hardened
steel for making the stamps will never
be discovered. For sixty-elght years near
~ father and son have furnished these
stamps, and the son now believes 1t would
DO manifestly unfair, after these years of
pleasant business relations. to enter into
any combination which would force the
Postoftice Department to pay q larger
price for these stamps than they are ac-
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pufied into strange metallic Instruments
or viciously assaulted barrcl-shaped af-
fairs. called drums The din produced was
terrific. Before it was finished we felt
inclined to send for the veterinarians,
but this was found impracticable.
The noise. which Is called music. ap-
peared to lrritate tho human beings as
much as it did us. They madly beat
their hands together at the conclusion OF
each piece and kicked their stalls until
we feared the barn rafters would coll
lapse.
While could not long stand being en-
tertained by Human Beings, even at
People Show, 1t would be the basest In
gratitude for me to shy that l did not
enjoy their crude entertainment. Our
wallets were as kind as possible to US,
They made our beds we'll, served our
food In the daintest fashion. and gave
lis our baths as often as we cared TO
have them. Indeed found myself pest
cred by too many slaves. Two or three
are all care to own anyhow. despite my
advancing years.
Although I am as stiff as the wooden
horse OF Troy nowadays, and have no
more digestion than that empty stom ach-
ed beast. can't stand so much naggins.
My old friend, Whirlwind, distant
connection Of the late xanthos owncr of
Achilles, says the Richmond People Show
was as good as any exhibit OF Its kind
he has ever beheld. And he ought to
know, for he has even been groomed and
attended by cannibals.
whirlwind. who, by the way, was feel
ing his oats when last saw him. also
told me no had only one kick to make.
He said that In our stable ho noticed
several commoners, whose ancestors were
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Secret Worth Millions Guarded ON Island

Der of years in the factory here, Is pre-
pared to put the stamps together and
meet any demand made by the Departs
ment. When a postofiice. for instance,
IS destroyed by fire. one Of the very first
things the Department does is to order
new outfit Of portmarking stamps for
warded to the office. for business cannot
be resumed until these stamps reach the
office. For this and similar hurry up
calls for postmarking stamps the Wash
ington office is always prepared. and the
factory here is constantly shipping new
parts for the stamps.
REQUIRES MUCH MACHINERY. *
One can scarcely believe that the maxi
ing Of these simple looking stamps would
require machinery sufficient to build
locomotive, but 1t does. and the large
building here is crowded with machinery
of the finest and most expensive make.
Much of this machinery is of the inven-
ton Of Mr.. Chambers father. and
great deal Of it is his own. air. Chambers
has spent months and years studying and
trying to solve certain points about his
inventions which have simply not reached
stage of perfection. and he feels that
everything connected with tho machinery
and the manufacture Of the stamps Is
secure from all prying Interference by
men who would give fortune to learn
the secret, which has caused the govern
ment to pay the Chambers fully a million
and quarter during their contracts Of
sxty-elght years. There are now almost
ninety thousand postof1ces In the United
States and these are being added to every
year ut rapid rate and the offices In ours
new possessions Is swelling the list at a
tremendous rate. Each and every office.
down to the smallest hamlet, must have
postmarklng stamp, and the consequences
Is that the stamp factory here on this
lonely spot of land almost surrounded
by water is kept running on full time.
and the native Virginians who do tho
work are ready to severely handle any
prying Individual who comes nosing
around.
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surest way to reach man Is
through the medium Of his stomach.
This may or may not be so. Young Light
ming Hoof, my neighbor In our stalls
(and q many-tmes great grandson OF
1riddle-back, late owner OF the poet Oil
yer Goldsmith tells me that nearly all
human beings eat three meals a day and
that some of the strongest of blped
friendships have been ce1nented by pro-
vender. He further declares that tho
young male colts are particularly vora.
ciouS.
1t Is very difficult for US Horses to gain
even the slightest Idea Of what Human
Beings neon by the strange noises they
emit. The filics and mares whlnny and
neigh continually.
At the People Show the filles were ex-
cruciatingly noisy and when some Of
our aristocracy went through their PAGES
the female human beings were like a lot
Of barnyard fowls in point of fIs. The
brutes called Men are less prone to using
their mouths than the fillies. Sometimes
however, when excited they emit O. loud
braying noise. strangely suggestive Of the
coarse. vulgar greetings of donkeys.
The word dam" which Is often used
by the male bipeds. does not have the
same meaning with human beings that It
does with horses. We use 1t to signify
mother: when a man uses 1t you know
that he Is getting ugly. and that 1t Is
time to use curb-bit and check rein on
him,
The People Show at the Reservoir was
all that human sagacity could make It..
In addition to the neighing, and whinny-
Ing OF the fillies and the braying and
snorting Of the male bipeds there was
a drove Of gayly caparisoned creatures
collectively called band, who blew and
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the most unpretentious chap in the world
despIte the fact that he is descended from
Marenpo late owner of Napoleon Bona
parte) tells me thai though FLIES as n
general thing are fond of much atten-
ton, these are some who receive courte-
sizes from only one horse. The latter are
known as "steadies,' ana do no go many
gaits. They are screnely ignored by al
the fe1ninines Of the hunter class.
II Is; said that fllics, especially when
Mt n lander age, have very small appe-
tites. but T was astonished to see tho
vast number of useless and unpalatable
Vegetables worn by them on their per-
sons.
There was hardly one IN the stalls
that did not have roses, carnations, vio-
let's or some other plant of that sort tied
"a her person. Indeed they even 20
go far as to use vegetables on their hats
this is. when out trotting on the high
WAYS or when Looping down the streets,
though It Is bad form to ornament onea
headgear thus at a meet such as the Peo-
ple's Show about which l am writing.
This biped show. by the way, is sad
to represent the cream or society. by
the word society" human beings mean
n class Of two-legged brutes who are sup
posed to keep we'll currycombed and to
"a the finest of oats and corn despite the
fact that they pull no heavy loads and get
few gall spots from overwork. Every
colt and flly aims to be a member of So
cety. Those who haven't got the pedi-
gree and know they have been sired by
scrubs and foaled by hacks, sex to pull
themselves under the wire through the
medium of fine harness and gaudy trap
nings or by the generous distribution OF
food among their betters
Human beings ty the way, are very
fond Of eating. Some OF the old mares
who have gotten spiteful. say that the
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told me q great many Interesting things
about the caprccs of bped filhes ard
their dams. He said nlly never wanted
to be anything but q filly and that long
after this class had been turned out to
grass, they still claimed to be two-year-
olds. It makes them snorting mad. TOO
If any of the colts or more mature hack
neys ask to see their teeth In the hope
of thus ascerta!ning their age.
My chum, who. besides being a scion
of lncitatus is collateral kinsman OF
Pegasos, owner of the aforementioned goI
Apollo. also informed me beforehand
that l should be prepared TO see some
very, very weird harness on the mares
and nllies. He said that filly would
sell her very oats to be properly caparl-
soned and that whereas the human beings
were pretending to exhibit themselves 20
us horses the great majority OF them
were really coming to the Reservoir
barn to display their garish trappings.
And verify found this to be true whom
7 reached the big stable. The night
first took promenade around the tan
bark elipsod with several Kentucky cous.
Inc of mine, was dumbfounded at what
beheld-at the apparent incongruity OF
the fillles harness. No two Of them were
caparlsoned alike. Some-doubtless types
of the hunter class-had their necks and
chests exposed and were doubtless put
on exhibition to show how long-winded
they were These cavorted and pranccd
gaily around before they ultimately went
to their stalls, and were most amusing
" skittish when accosted by the mascu-
line steeds When one llly had two Or
more colts around her and a second FL
~, seemingly less popular, approached,
the greatu>t backing of ears and sinister
rolling Of eyes followed.
MY old college chum, Clover Blossom
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admit that would far rather associate
with Man than Mule. While men
are more stupid, they at least know how
to keep their distance.
And 30 It Is but natural that should
feel grateful for the great exhibit of
human beings which we have been view
ing. Truly, 1t was fine display! Es-
pccially attractive and interesting were
the nlles--girls. ] believe they call them.
a biped fiilly is apparently the most &C.
centric and cratic thing on earth. Judg-
Ing from my own observation of them,
there Is no telling when they VIII get
balky. One moment you see them whin-
nying joyously when some sprightly colt
approaches and the next second they
ere backing their ears and showing the
" hites of their eyes when a second young
horse comes up, If nlly gets the wrong
yokemate. she'll kick clean out Of har-
ness and batter the spatterboard until
II looks like the mashed-in helmet OF
Grecian warrior.
SO vicious are some of the biped FLIES
TO whom ! alude that the masculine tho
roughbreds approach them with the great
est caution, and prudently remove the
queer. buckct-like headgear they wear
before getting within range OF the FLIES
feet. Furthermore, the better TRAINED
hunters Invariably dip their heads on
seeing fiery looking flly. accompanied
by richly caparisoned dam. The lat
ter though they exhibit poor action and
bad gaits and wretchcd "conformat ton"
as they get on in years. are hardly less
irritable than the nllies, but their STALL
mates appear far less concerned about
them than do the colts about the lll.es.
How to account for this ! do not know.
While on my way to Richmond, one
OF my paddock chums, who claims to be
a llneal descendant OF Inctatus. owner
of the late Emperor Calgula Of Rome,
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Last year Congress appropriated s37. 800
for postmarking and rating stamps. and
the present appropriation Is $4,000 but
not all of this Is expended for the Cham
bers stamps. his bills running to some
thing like $4,000 annually. There are
rubber and other stamps made OF type
metal which Mr.. Chambers has no hand
In.
While, all the work of manufacturing
Is done here. Mr.. Chambers contract
with the Postoftice Department STIMULATES
that orders for duplicate stamps must
be filled Immediately. and in order to
comply with this he has his son-in-law,
Mr.. Worthngton, In charge of an office
and supply house in Washington. and
that gentleman. having served num-
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Of the most plebian stock-mere street
car horses. These offensive intruders got
in on their good looks. style and ma,I-
ners, but for all that they are not of our
set Horse aristocracy, despite few
thick-skinned pushing plugs, is the most
exclusive thing on earth.
But enough: my valet Is waiting to give
me sponge bath. The poor brute has
worked hard this week. and L want to
give him a might off" this evening.
Good luck to YOU. Editor may your
groomsman always put plenty OF corn
in your crib.
(Signed) SK1NFAX1, Jr.
To the Reader: The foregoing was hand
ed me by "Old Hatrack." our green
grocer's venerable horse. with the re-
quest that deliver 1t to the editor. am
not responsible for 1t. After reading the
article, however, have about concluded
that Sknfaxi can gallop clean away
from mo when it comes to writing.
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How characterization Startling Porto Rico from Her 81

the people OF the tropics know so we'll
how to get out of their crazy little horses,
have practically disappeared And. If one
the passengers aboard that can be crowd
ed into its palsied seats at a reduced
fare for every additional passenger. I'M
der the Spanish regime the drivers Of
these carriages could Shift on the pas
sengers all responsibility for accidents,
and for that reason careless driving was
the rule rather than the exception. The
driver who was In hurry-and they
We're nearly always IN n hurry-could at-
ford to take such chances as, all ques-
lions of humanity aside, are quite impos-
sible to the management or an American
line of trolley cars, The naked brown
children who play about the white road
are therefore safer, since the advent OF
the American trolley car, than they have
ever been In their naked brown lives, And
tho same Is of course true of other pedes-
TRANS, many OF whom indeed, can nov
afford tho cheaper rates OF rapid transit.
A circumstance that certainly adds TO this
security Is the presence among the con-
ductors and motormen of many educated
young Spaniards, among whom service OF
this character has become distinctly pop
uar, on the cars you Will find several
young graduates of Spanish universities
and at least one graduate OF COLUMBIA
University. New York--a young man who
Is not merely serving on the platform as
n vacation experience but who hopes IN
rise to an important position later on
The new line was built 10y native labor
with few imported Italians, whose press
ence at first caused small striks--a mats
ural introduction, cynical person might
say, of American eyllzaaoh--"hlcn WAS
- Ii, 4 ffata a.
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Dear Editor:
AS 1t Is very seldom that a horse con-
tributes to newspaper literature, and as
nature has but poorly equipped mo for
taking my pen in hand" 1t is with the
greatest dindence that comply with
your request to prepare you an article on
the great People Show which has just
taken place in the handsome barn at the
Reservoir.
Though am now but poor, spawned
back number, have from my earliest
cofthood been taught to respect DUO
blood, and 1t may not be amiss here TO
Say that l am a cousn-german OF the
famous Heatherbloom aud nneal de-
scendnnt Of Bucephalus who, as you
know. had that great man AieAahoer
for his valet.
These matters are mentioned not be-
cause suffer from the pride of ances-
Try but because now and then they make
me speak contemptuously or my reno"
horses Nothing SO irritates thorough
bred with an ancient pedigree as CONTACT
with parvcnus and that Rosinante CLASS
OF equines which thinks that the mere
cooking of tail can EQUIP theEh iot
any social stratum.
put more of that anon. / find myself
growing so spiteful in my illusions to
nv fellow horses that nave wen hish
forgotten to say a word concerning the
faithful bpeds who struggled 80 hard 10
entertain us.
And right here in the beginning. MT.
Editor, wish 1t distinctly UNDERSTOOD
that / have the greatest sympathy anu
kindest feelings for human beings. IN
deo5 they are the most amiabie Drutes
I know-much superior to dogs and Ger
tainly vastly superior as companions 20
my pleblan (and L thank heaven. distant no
relation. the Mule. In sooth. despite the
Sact that some may accuse me OF repu-
dating my own kith and kin, frankly
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(secial Correspondence to The Times
Dlspatch.)
ONCE, p. r., Oct. 17.-What the cleo
tic railroad Is doing and may yet DO FOR
I,rto Rico, changing the business and
eclal customs Of the island, making plan
atoms pay whore cultivation has Ian
uished for years. Is an interesting ex-
mp. of the industrial occupation OF our
Stand dependency. Trolley cars buzzing
busily through the Plaza Principe ind'-
cate pretty clearly the change that Is
coming over the face of sleepy old West
Indian communities with the advent OF
the Yankee.
Ponce's trolley line joins the residential
part of the city, built where the early
inhabitants fled to escape the visits of
the dreaded buccaneers, with the Playa
or Port, where a major part of the mod
ern business Of the inhabitants Is carried
on. or q total population of about $1,000
not more than 5000 live In the Playa-a
condition which easily accounts for tho
fact that in the first year or Its operation
the new road has been favored with
passenger business that could hardly
have been picked up in a northern city
of the same size In the States; but the
Porto Rcan people are of the kind who
prefer riding to walking.
In fact all who could afford to always
have ridden, Up to two years ago the
coffee sugar and tobacco growers. when
they came down from the hills 10 trans
act business in town, as we'll as all the
local merchants with their clerks and as
slstants-uscd to drive from Ponce to the
Playa and back in vehicles that closely
resembled the Yankee carryall These
always went NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uncom-
fortahly so. Meantime the aborers-the
coffee pckers, orange sorters and other
workers whose means would not aamlt
Of the EXPENSE of the carriage ride
would trudge gaily mp and down the long
road, barefooted and happy, More stead
NY browsing down from town to port went
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of the new regime in Porto Rico Is the
busy trolley car rushing every ten min
utes along the road. The new line, which
Is one of tho series operated in various
parts of Uncle Sans domain continental
and insular by the Stone-Webster man
agement of Boston, follows the path taken
by GenerU Miles and his soldiers In tho
very beginning of the American invasion.
Although originally designed for tho con-
venence of Spanish troops In quellng In
surrections, the old road Ii here practl-
cally long village street. for Porto Rico
Is very much inhabited island-amost
as thlckly peoped as Massachusetts or
Rhode Island. Peerlng among the tall
palm trees and surrounded by the lesser
"flamboyants' tho cottages Of the poor
or people, often the same type of thatch-
ed cabins once occupied by the native
Indians whom the Spanish occupation so
rapidly annihilated, line both sides OF mo
roadway, separated from 1t by ditch, or
gutter, some four feet deep and crossed
heer and there by small plank bridges. The
ditch itself Is necessary to carry off the
overflow of the little Portuguese River
which does Its best In rainy weather to
turn the country surrounding the Playa
into an unlnhabitabe strip Of marshland.
Despite this temporary marsh. however,
the climate Is the best In the Antilles,
More than that, 1t has been found per-
fectly healthful for Americans provided
they take plenty of exercise and avoid
unfamiliar fruit, so that as winter re-
sort Porto Rico In general and Ponce in
WarslcuIar. rs undoubtedly destined ia
grow steadily in popularity. The city IT.
self naturally a center for the developing
sugar. coffee and tobacco Interests OF the
southern part of the island, Is potentially
of the very first Importance as a point
of dlsembarking for tourists, In the In
terror Of the island there are famous white
sulphur springs which only await Ameri-
can enterprise to attract thousands OF
people annually.
rhe work Of constructing tho electric
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to serve It's allotted time. but OCCASION
ally some country postmaster, who uses
a piece of grave stone for an linking and
stamping slab, will hammer the hard
steel type to ribbons in six months.
First-class offices. where there are the
right kind of stamping tables, wear out
less stamps than the crossroads offices.
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tually worth. He is willing and contented
to let well enough alone and be satisfied
with living profit on his product. even
If it is a product impossible to be OBJ
tanned save from himself.
ARE MUCH CHANGED NOW.
At the close of the Civil War the Post
office Department was paying S24 each
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OF men was forced to employ in Wash
ington; I knew that the most desperate
efforts were constantly being made to
find out the secret process. and deter
mined that I would get where my bust
ness and my men would not be tempered
with. That Is why I located here and