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The Washington times., 1903-08-16
HOW YOUR GENUINE
HENRY CLAY" IS MADE

T decorates every tobacco shop win
dow, it is between the teeth OF every
laborer, and David in the nursery
blows soap bubbles with it, yet who can
tell how it IS made? They do not come
from the chalk cliffs of Britain. nor the
romantic boys of ireland, but from the
prosaie earth of New Jersey.
Preparing the Clay.
Woodbridge IS the name Of the queer
little town given over to this odd man
ufscture. and trip through one of the
factories of that settlement, to follow
the pipe from the time 1T is dug as clay
TO the time it appears ready for, the
market. is interesting.
Looking at the chunks and Jumps of
clay as they are transported from the
banks 10 the factories. one would hardly
believe that the snowy, cheap little ar
1icle could have been manufactured from
material so different in color. The color
of this clay, before it is burned, is dark
gray. like cement. Nor is the process of
manufacturing one of these pipes as sim
pie as might be imagined from the abb
surdly low price.
As the clay comes into the factory II
Is divided finely and put to soak in
water for ten to twelve hours. This
soaking is TO divide the clay TO its
smallest possible particles so that in the
ensuing process it will not cake or lump.
and will work smoothly and evenly. This
attained, the clay is put into a ''pug"
mill, where IL is stirred by machinery,
where it gets sitter and sitter.
until finally it becomes stiff as dough.
In this state the clay is roughly nodded
into humps and distributed among the
pipemakers. who begin the FIRST step in
the line Of the humble creation
With Lightning Speed.
Taking a small lump OF clay in each
hand the artist roughly fashions two
pipes at the same time Rolling the
clay between table and his hands he
forms two clay carrots. With in
credible speed the fashioning of these
rolls continues. for ahead of the ex-
pert is the problem of manufacturing
something like seventy-hve gross OF
pipes within the week Then the rolls
are put away TO dry somewhat and for
ten or twelve hours they stiffen so that.
once shaped. they will not fall readily
The Washington times., 1903-08-16

MAY I. 1903-What a delightful
| NV menu our boarding house pre-
sents had been assured that
boarding houses were a snare, but
I was deceived. We have such a tempt
ing array of dishes at every meal that
1 am eating heartier than l ever did be-
fore. The laRdladys name is Mrs. Rog-
ers. and a more retiring, quiet body
never lived.
May 3-This constant recurrence of
hash is getting monotonous II nothing
else We have it at every meal. break
fast, lunch and supper. 1t is open and
above board, though. l will say that in
it's favor.
May THE landlady has lowered her
self in my esteem. There are three
other fellows here, and they agree with
me. She is not content with putting
that interminable hash on the table at
every meal. Tut she tries 10 disguise it
in every possible way. She conceals it
in pot pies. puddeen. readymade sand
wlehes, chicken croquets.
May S-The hash business has become
This morning the landlady brought it on
in the form of an Omlet and to make
the disguise still more impenetrable
placed it on a new dish. But we were
not deceived. Not even the ladies were.
Even Mrs. Anderson. who gives the Itai-
ian organ grinders new pennies SO that
the neighbors will think they're five
dollar gold pieces. saw through the
scheme.
May 10-This day will always be me-
morable as the evening on which we
held our Indignation meeting. Dudley,
Robinson, Pettigrew. and myself were
present. The proceedings were very in
teresting. Pettigrew In particular made
stirring speech.
1t was decided to appoint committee
to wait upon the landlady and inform
her that the hash must 60 1t hurt US
more than her, but we had decided the
hash must go. Dudley. Robinson. Pet
tierew. and myself were unanimously
chosen to serve on the committee. !
await the issue OF our errand 10 the
landlady with some dread.
May 13-We have seen the landlady
and live TO tell the tale. The deed was
done last evening at 7. At first she was
indignant and inclined TO be abusive to
Pettigrew. but as he was suggesting
mince pie, OF which he is passionately
fond. and other dainties as substitutes
for the hash, she yielded. She even In
vited us TO have smoke and each OF us
took a cigar out OF a box she handed
us. / forget the brand, but l think the
box was labeled "Postmortems." Dud-
ley, Pettigrew, and / gave ours to Robin
son, but ! don't believe he smoked
them.
May 20-Hash appears no more Ola
our table, and the relief is very pleasant.
AS an understudy to that dish the land
lady gives us mince pie, according 10
Pettigrew's suggestion. INSTRUMENTATION
has been rewarded With mince pie;
The Washington times., 1903-08-16
GUBERNAToRIAL STRATEGY.

Governor Durbin, of Indiana, who~has
won no little praise for the resolution
with which during the Evansville riot
he upheld the law, was not bad In his
boyhood, but he was mischieycus. His
friends often tell the story OF how,
through misehievousness, he once-won q
bamboo fishing rod.
The principal Of the school that he at
tended was man OF considerable sever
ity. The boys all held him In great awe.
They were, therefore, amazed when
young Durbin one day said to them:
do you dare me to go up to the prin-
cipaI and say Hello and slap him on the
back?"
We certainly do they replied.
''WeIl. III do it, said Durbin- sTn
do It today. But what will you give me
for letting you see me do it?''
I'll give you that there bamboo hshin'
pole of mine." an iIliterate boy said.
"All right" Durbin agreed. watch me
when school begins
The principal sat on an elevated plat
form. The reckless Durbin, as soon as
the session opened. advanced to him and.
sure enough, gave him a hard whack on
the back, and at the same time ex-
claimed "Hulloi"
The principal turned fierce1y:
What is the meaning OF this?'' he
cried.
There was the biggest spider on your
back ever saw. sir" said the boy.
"Oh, was there?" said the Modified
principal. Thank you, my lad, for
knocking il Off Where is IL, thought"
1T escaped down that crack said
DurbiE.
The Washington times., 1903-08-16
oUTPoINTED.

Bishop Mallalieu, the famous Metho-
dist divine, was found in his study and
gave the Times man the following:
Il always take an interest in mems
lives and pursuits. The other day In
Boston I was talking with q sailor.
asked him how old he was, what pay he
received, whether he drank, whether he
was married. Then, getting technical, ]
questioned him about his work-about
sails and ropes and winds. Finally 1
said:
." Can you box the compass?'
Yes, SIR returned the sailor, and he
boxed 1t.
3" Now reverse it, said /.
Smiling, the sailor reversed It.
g Good. good said I, and 1 was about
to depart.
But the sailor detained me, and be-
gan to ask questions in his turn. First
they were personal questions regarding
my age, salary and tastes; then they
became technical questions. regarding
the number of pages in the Biole. the
shortest verse. the longest verse and
all those other things that to q sailor
would seem necessary 20 a bishops edu-
cation. replied to every question fully.
" Now Said the seaman at the end,
repeat the Lords prayer
81 did.
Now reverse tt
=" I'm afraid / can't
Il reversed the compass muttered
the sailor in a reproachful voice
The Washington times., 1903-08-16
A WITTY MAYOR.

IT HoMAs G. HAYES, mayor OF
Baltimore. and a bachelor of
SO years, has reputation as a
wit Times man found him in his
office. but the mayor fatty refused TO
tell story on himself. IT'S prepos-
terous,' he said. John Stewart, of MIL
waukee. an intimate friend of Mayor
Hayes. gave the reporter the following:
"Once, at the military school" saic
Mr.. Stewart, "a teacher was lecturing
on Irish history. His subject was Cork.
Amy of you ever been to Cork he
asked.
Most of us shook our heads. But
Hayes spoke up and said:
"T have never been to Cork. sir. but
have seen drawings of it,
"And then he gave loud plop, like
the sound of the opening of cham
payne bottle"
The Washington times., 1903-08-16
ANOTHER SORT OF MOON.

"A young friend of mine said Sena-
tor Joseph w. Bailey TO The Times man.
married not long ago a woman of fifty
years. She was rich and ugly; he was
handsome and poor.
THE day after their wedding I met the
bride and groom on a Pullman train.
travelling West. The groom went into
the smoking compartment with me and
Evening journal., 1903-02-24

happy old age. and since we are all
Fastening towards it, and can only be
prevented from experiencing It, by
death, we should search diligently for
the secret The other day the Head of
the Roman Church took part in a great
demonstration in honor Of the compile
tion OF the quarter century Of his reign.
The reports indicate that he took a pro-
found interest in the ceremony. and re-
marked that it was the happiest day of
his life. And yet he is approaching the
century mark.
We may be wrong. but we have an
idea that the man who is the happiest is
the one who has the most well-spent
years behind him. for they have prepared
an old age of peace and content. They
have brought him a mind well stored. a
heart warm with human sympathy.
and a good digestion that is rare. even
with the middle-aged. Besides this. a
well-spent life means abstinence and
frugality and these bring a compe-
tence that allows something for self and
something for others.
There is one thing more: it was
never intended that men should with
draw from active life and sit down tc
await death. II frequently occurs thai
persons engage in a terrific struggle for
wealth, deny themselves and their
friends everything, in order to save d
competency for old age. When they
have gotten it together they withdraw
from all business and prepare to take
life easy, with the nvariable result that
they are miserable.
The late Thomas B. Coursey. Of Kent
county, at one time candidate for Gov.
ernor died at the age Of ninety-three
A year or two before he died his mil
burned, and when the final summon.
came he was making preparations tc
build a new one He planted orchard.
when he was over ninety, and he used
to declare that man ought to spent
every day of his life as though he ax.
pected to live a thousand years. His
recipe for happiness is a good one ant
should be followed by old and young
Usefulness and happiness are INSOFAR
able.
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
white Oranges.

In few years white oranges may
grace the American dinner table or the
Italians fruit wagon. says the New
York Tribune. One Of the explorers Of
the agricultural department discovered
this freak Of nature in his rambles
along the shores Of the Mediterranean
some months ago and brought some
cuttings from the tree 10 the United
States. These were carefully grated
on an ordinary stock at the department
grounds aud are now three feet high
A cutting OF this plant was sent to
Santa Ana, Cal. to be tried in that eli
mate. A couple of years will see the
first fruit. If it proves of fine flavor
cuttings will be widely scattered, and
IN time the white orange may be aE
plentiful as the seedless orange.
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
Delaware and the Charges.
! ne Philadelphla Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Delaware legislators would have
made a curious spectacle Of themselves
if they had adopted the Union Republi-
can resolution denouncing The Out
looks exposure of the efforts to cor
rupt the State. If Addicks had ever
been elected to the Senate the circum-
stantial story of his methods would in
deed have been an indictment of the
State and it's Legislature But four
teen years of failure to procure a seat
in the Senate is a splendid tribute to
the character OF the people and their
lawmakers, even though a distressing
number Of individuals have yielded to
the temptation.
Mr.. Kennan quotes a Massachusetts
agent Of Addicks as having said eight
years ago that he could get all the men
he wanted in Boston for $4,000 apiece
but il there were a man in the Della
ware Legislature who could be bought
he had not found him. The statement
about the price Of men in Boston is, O.
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
WHAT ANADNIIssIoN,

Senator Alice yesterday saved the
Union Republicans from certain hu-
initiation by withdrawing the resolu-
tion Of censure directed to George Ken
nan. The action on Friday was hasty,
and evidently the leaders, after think
ing it over, regretted that they had
thus shown their annoyance. Mr.. Ken
nan sent telegram yesterday in which
he said the paragraph in his Outlook
article referring to the employment CT
dissolute women for political purposes
was not intended as a reflection on the
members of the present Legislature. OF
course 1t wasn't everybody knew that
for mhen the materials for the article
were gathered. the present Legislature
had not met But Mr.. Kennan is httb
more specific in his telegram than he
in the article alluded to. He says: i
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
The Penitentiarx Yawns.
From the Fall River Mass Eveniu,
News.

From the Fall River Mass Evening
News.
AT the present time there is running
in the Outlook a series of articles byl
George KEENAN,, the report of extend
ed studies in Delaware to ascertain the
facts as to the Addicks ''hold up of
the State. The allegations made on
incontroyertible evidence are such as
ought to lead the Senate to rise up in
wrath, in case of his election, and re-
fuse him admission. In fact they rich
ly entitle him to permanent residence
in the Delaware penitentiary AS toI
his money in elections a prominent
Addicks Republican told a citizen of
Wilmington, who is well-knoWn in
Washington as well as throughout Del
aware, that Mr.. Addicks spent, in Kent
and Sussex counties, in the campaign
Of 1902, no less than $4,000. With
this corruption fund in use Addicks
bought seven or eight thousand Of the
thirteen thousand votes polled for his
legislative candidates. "The buying OF
votes throughout Southern Delaware
was so notorious that the local Addicks
men did not think 1t worth while to
make secret of it" So Mr. Kennan
asserts. He further gives the figures in
considerable detail as to different vot-
| ing districts. A sample statement is
| the following: In the second pre-
cinct of the Second Representative Dis
trict Of Sussex county, the Addicks men
spent between $4,000 and $4,000 and
| bought 307 Of their 401 votes" A dozen
equally atrocious cases are given, with
| plenty more in reserve. The prices
ranged from $40 to $50, negroes getting
/ less than the whites. Mr.. Kennan
states that the figures he gives were in
most cases given by Addicks' men TO
personal friends or intimate associates
among the Democrats or Regulars. III
is a common practice among Addicks
/ workers to buy negro votes for S. OF
$40 each and turn them in to Addicks
at the rate of SIS or $40 each. So cor
rupt are these tools of Addicks that the
u Secretary of State, an Addicks man
told a friend that among the Addicks
workers in Sussex county there was no.
, body whom he could trust with money
They all stole.
This condition is utterly deplorable
There lis no possible outcome of thl
senatorial contest now on in that Stat
I, that would be SO bad as the election o
Addicks. The primary duty of the hon
{ est men of Delaware is to slaughte
y him. And this should be done at an,
4 political cost.
Evening journal., 1903-02-24

Emperor William has made a deliver
ance on orthodox religion, and OF course
this statement OF faith vii be regarded
by his subjects as authoritative ana
final. but the rest of christendom Will
regard it merely as the personal opin-
ion of a strenuous young man who
Knows a little OF theology and thinks lf
knows much. we banish our Tolstoys
and exalt our Williams.
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
NE WSPAPER OPINION

course, a libel. No Legislature is freer
from suspicion than that of Massachu-
setts. But the fact that this man had
tried to buy a member of the Delaware
Legislature and had not succeeded does
honor to the Diamond State. Mr.. Ken
nan himself, says that the resistance
Through fourteen years to the prodigal
and cunning expenditure of money does
great credit to the people of the State,
and especially to the members of the
Legislature
The publications in The Outlook may
make Addicks uncomfortable. though
they probably have no effect upon him
unless he believes them to decrease his
chances Of success, and they may make
men who vote for him uncomfortable.
But they reflect the highest honor upon
the Regular Republicans, and they do
not touch the Democrats at all; and the
more gross, lavish and persistent the
efforts to corrupt the State have been
the less occasion is there for the State
and its Legislature to resent the publi-
cation of the facts, so long ais Addicks
remains outside Of the United States
Senate.
Ihe general facts have been familiar
to the country for years, and have been
denied only for purposes Of publication.
They have not been given with any
such detail as has now been laid be-
fore the country. The value of this
comprehensive and detailed story is
That it will make it far more difficult
than il was before for any man who is
not already identified with the Union
Republicans to join them, and it raises
some question whether Addicks, if
elected, would be seated. The Senate
is reluctant to go behind a certificate of
election, and it has Shut its eyes to
some obvious reasons why a certificate
should not be accepted. But it has on
occasions felt compelled to investigate
bribery charges and to refuse a seat to
man elected by Illicit means.
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
ABOUT THE PRICE OF PORK

The Rev. w. L. White, of Seaford.
has been discussing the Sussex vote
market, notwithstanding the whining
ton preachers of his denomination
sometime since passed series Of reso-
lutions deprecating further agitation
Of the unpleasant subject. Mr.. white
was discussing Washington and con
cluded that the Father of his Country
would never have used the methods en-
ployed in Delaware at the present
time. This win doubtless be contro-
verted, for there is an argument that
runs as follows: All good men should
go into politics; all politics is neces-
sarily corrupt, therefore ain good men
must be corrupt Surely that would i'm
elude Washington.
But Mr.. Whites comments are in
structive in a way. He has given us a
market report covering the Sussex
county vote. II seems that at the late
election the market was firm, voters
fetching from ten to twelve cents a
pound on the hoof. He says that this
is a little less than pork, but the price
may advance. There was no difference
between Berkshires and Chester
| Whites.
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
4 sao. 600 AUTHORIZATIONS

The bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the Delaware exhibit at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, has not been gen.
orally discussed in the public prints,
and the fact THAT 1t has been reported
favorably comes as something OF a sur
prise. Naturally we wish to make a
proper exhibit at the great fair, but.
there are so many crying needs that we
are not certain that this bill should be
rushed Through. Doubtless it will offer
the Governor the opportunity Of APP
pointing several persons enabling them
to visit the exposition without personal
expense
But we think it is proper to ask what
has become of the tuberculosis hospital
bill. A good start could be made with
that $40 OOO It would be work Of
humanity, and in the advancement Of
preventive methods might, and doubt
less would, result in the saving of the
lives Of many persons we cannot afford
to lose. 1t is not conceivable that this
500, GOO spent for school houses or teach
ers' salaries would be of more value to
the people of the State than stucco
building at the ST. Louis Fair, TO be
pulled down when the exposition is
over?
Delaware is a small State, and con-
sidering our limited population, sucl
expenditures are OF questionable merit
Should New York expend the sam
, amount proportionate to her popula
ton, 1t would cost her three quarter
Of million. Besides we have few in
dustries that we could promote by sue
an exhibit We have advertised our
=, selves to the world chiefly as the sur
! porters Of Addicksism, and a buildin
/. at the st, Louis Exposition would ne
add TO our glory. How many person
! will probably go to the great fair frol
! Delaware? The commissioners an
their wives, and few others. We cal
not make the exhibit we should desil
. for this sum, and since this is true,
- appears to us that it would be better
7, I, appropriate the money for other pu
poses.
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
c u Rim
CONSUMPTION.

When SCOTS Emulsion
makes the consumptive gain
flesh it is curing his consump-
ton.
Exactly what goes on inside
to make the consumptive gain
weight when taking SCOTS
Emulsion is still a mystery.
SCOTS Emulsion does some
hing to the lungs too that re-
duces the cough. More weight
and less cough always mean
that consumption is losing itI
influence over the system.
SCOTS Emulsion is a relia
bic help. send for Ere. s4mpl,
J. SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl ST., n. \
Evening journal., 1903-02-24
Addicks' Latest.

From the Boston Transcript
The latest ultimatum from ]. Edward
Addicks. in Delaware, is so charged
with audacity and iDsolence that it is
not easy to believe il genuine. If it is.
and the people Of that long-humiliated
State have a higher regard for the well
fare of their Commonwealth than desire
TO maintain nominal party lines which
divide the opposition to the machina-
tions of this vulgar boss and hard-faced
adventurer in politics. they should at
once avail themselves of the only course
that Is left open to them to crawl out
from under the burden of political dis
grace which they have so long carried.
In fact, Addicks himself, suggests this
remedy. in a way it is true THAT carries
"a covert threat, but his threats, like
those of any other bully, are only dan
gerous to the weaklings who are afraid
of them.
ION the Democratic side" says Ad-
dicks. "the Democrats can join the bolt
ers and elect anybody the coalition
pleases. This cannot he prevented by
the Unions (Addcks) Republicans, and
thev would not lift a hand to prevent
itr The alternatives to this are that
two Union Republicans. as close to Adj
dicks as possible, shall be sent TO the
Senate: or else that Addicks and Reg
ular Republican shall be the selections.
The proposition made by the Democrats
is that a Regular Republican and
Democrat shall be chosen, so it ciphers
down to Addicks and a Regular Re
nublican Or a Democrat and a Regular
Republican. The New York Tribune,
which is pretty good party authority,
said some time since: 1T is impos-
sible to see how any honest Republi-
can should hesitate about preferring an
honest Democrat in the Senate TO such
political pirate"
Massachusetts on one memorable oc-
casion was decidedly the gamer from
such a coalition as is here proposed, and
she was not in the dire political strait
that has side-tracked Delaware for sew
eral years. either. The Republican
party is at present hopelessly divided
there. 1t is made up of those who are
anxious to keep the State on plane OF
political deeency, who may be regarded
ae the true representatives Of Republi-
can principles; and the commercial ele-
ment. or political opportunists and
"grafters," who are held to the leader
Of the conspiracy by substantial favors
received and the lively hope Of others
TO come.
But the honest Republicans must see
that there is no hope for them il they
insist upon waging the fight unaided
The first duty of all good citizens is tc
make an attempt to recover Delaware s
statehood. They may think she hasn't
lost il, but outside her borders that is
the light in which she is regarded. They
can only accomplish this by first defeat
ing the conspiracy. The success Of Ad.
dicks would not do IT, That would only
complete her degradation and make o.
her not a State but a political chatte
and a byword over the whole country
A rotten borough cannot be a State il
the genuine meaning of the term. w
can see but one effective and self
respecting way out of the difficulty
only one course, which shall give Della
ware her quota of senator's, neither c
whom shall be Addicks or an Addick
man.