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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

in these modern days, made in
practically endless assortment, says the
New York Sun Some are made of
modern to the limit But not every boy.
by any means can afford to buy such
a wagon as ne wants. so lots of boys
make their own wagons.
There are row sold, for use IN making
boys wagons, great numbers Of sets of
wheels. They are simply wooden disks.
with a hole bored in the center for the
axle. They cost only few cents a set.
Provided with a set Of such wheels, the
boy buys or begs from a grocer an
empty soap box, and in its simplest form
the soap-box wagon consists OF the box
with two sticks serving for axles nailed
rigidly across the bottom
But the older boy IS not satisfied with
this. He wants a wagon with forward
axle that will turn, like the axle of any
ordinary vehicle. and he nails on the
bottom of his soap box a strip of board
projecting in front of the box, and in
the outer end he bores a hole, through
which he thrusts into the forward axle
a kingpin on which the forward axle will
turn. That Is the soap box wagon in
it's highest primary development, and
there are myriads Of such wagons, with
hardwood disks for wheels, to be seen
in the streets today.
The enterprising boy, however, lets
slip no opportunity TO provide his soap
box wagon with better wheels. He gets,
If he can, for the hind wheels a pair
discarded from a baby carriage, still
carrying the two little wooden disks for
wheels forward.
In these days OF general Improvement
baby carriages are made with higher
and better wheels than they used TO
have. and in many cases with skeleton
wheels Of steel The soap-box wagon
may sometimes be seen with two baby
carriage wheels Of skeleton construc-
ton and in good condition, or it may
have wheels of different kinds and diff
ferent heights on its rear axle, so that
IL says behind on one side like a short
legged man.
Other wheels used nowadays for the
soap-box wagon are the discarded metal
wheels of broken-down velocipedes. The
knowing boy building a soap-box wagon
goes very likely 10 the junk dealer for
his hind wheels, and perhaps for his
forward wheels. too. He may pick up
there such wheels as he wants very
cheap; not perhaps all from one old We
hicle. but mated up from two or three.
Since the bicycle came into a general
use more than one pair of the tireless
wheels of worn out bicycle have come
finally to be used on soap box wagon.
With their thin, curying. wooden rims
they are pretty frail for this use, and
they don't wear long in it. but their
height commends them while they last.
Boys put TO this use the discarded
wheels of broken-down wheelbarrows.
These are pretty heavy for the purpose,
but with a suitable axle they do very
well. They are higher than the wooden
disk wheels and they don't break. A
soap box wagon lately seen had four
iron wheels from broken-down and dis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

head of the "Cecilien movement in
America. He is not only a fine or
ganist, but a thorough musician and a
successful composer. He has been at
st. Patrick's for six years, and for
the past four years has had entire
charge of the music there
Among his compositions which are
sung at St. Patrick's are an 20 Salu-
taris." which he dedicated to Mrs. Annie
Grant Fugitt; an ave Maria" and
'Veni Creator" for alto. and his masses
Nos. and 3, all of which are rated as
excellent musical works.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

4 n nassas. va. held at that place
last Monday. a pair Of pistols.
once the property of George Washing
ton. and carried by him through the
Revolutionary war. came into posses
sion of a New York curio dealer. who
bid them in at $500. The pistols are OF
the finest workmanship. and are beau
tiful mounted with wrought silver. A.4ey
have the regulation long barrel, and
curved haEsdie of the Revolutionary hand
arm
washington presented them to his sec
rotary, Bartholomew cambridge, and in
1904, after the death of cambridge. they
were purchased by Col P. c. MarsteI-
Ter. of Alexandria. who was one OF
Washington's pallbearers- Colonel. Mar
steller was the father of Samuel a. Mar
steiler. with whose effects the pistols
were sold last Monday, and who died in
Prince William county. Va, thirty years
ago. The pistols have remained in the
Marste1ler family ever since they came
into the possession of Colonel Marstel-
Ter. and for years they were kept at the
home of Mrs. Margaret Marsteller Of
Washington
In addition TO the pistols, many other
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
UNCLE SAM.

(Which can be to the o Dxie)
There's who is loved n he land Of cotton
And away North he will be forgotten:
Uncle Sam, Uncle Sam Uncle Is the mani
He's the man who walk from to ocean.
And find every heart brfm of devotion:
Uncle Sam, Uncle sam Uncle Sam is the man!
CHORUS
Three cheers for his old trousers, Hurrahl Hurrahi
His shall roll from pole 70 pole;
Wen fight for him, the dear old soull
Hip, hurrahi Hip hurrah Hip. hurrah Uncle Samuel
HIP hurrah! Hip, hurrah Hip, Uncle Samuel
He smiles the girls IS a little bit frisl1y;
He smokes and he chews is OF good whisky;
Uncle Sam Uncle Sam Uncle s the mani
He is quick, he is slick. mighty sharp n a dicker
He's handy with his fists n awful hard kicker:
Uncle SAM Uncle Sam Uncle is the mani
CHORUS
Three cheers for his old coat-taisl etc.
For the boy who comes from the isle of Erin,
or Fritz with his to beer
Uncle SAM Uncle Sam Uncle Sam
He's the who gather the whole creation
And make OF all a whoppin' big nation
Uncle SAM Uncle Sam, Uncle the
CHORUS
Three cheers for his old stove-pipe etc.
EUDoRUs C. KENNl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

valuable and interesting articles were
disposed Of at the MarsteIler sale
Among them were several pieces OF
genuine Chip7endale furniture; guam
tity of old China; swords. and other
Revolutionary relics. A number OF
Washington, Baltimore. and New York
curio dealers were present at the sale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13
= :. :. UNCLE SAM :. :. :.

To the Editor OF Tmes:
of
TO the Of Dixie which
NIT the nosed publication
worthy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Dr. Howard Gore, professor of mathe-
mates, Columbian University, this city.
has returned from ST. Louis where he
went to attend TO the details of COM
mencing the building to represent Siam
at the worlds fair, for which country
Prof. Gore is commissioner general.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

TTON. WALLACE II. HILLS,
r. Treasury Department. has Just
4 Il been notified that the United
States Government Building at
the St. Louis Exposition will be ready
for the installation of exhibits to be-
gin January l. The Treasury exhibit
will be ready to leave this city for st.
Louis about January 10. Mr.. Farmer ex-
poets to be located in ST. Louis by
January l, ready to begin the installa-
ton of the exhibit of agricultural col
leges and experiment stations The
bulk of the exhibit of the Agricultural
Department will be ready for shipment
in January. The exhibit of the Depart
ment of State is also far advanced.
DR.. Sheldon jackson. of the Bureau
of Education, who has charge of the
Alaskan school exhibit, has Just re-
ceived two large cases intended for the
st. Louis Exposition. One is from the
Haines School at the northern end of
the Lynn Canal. and will show what
the pupils of the Thlinget tribe are
doing. The other is from the Kasaan
School. east side of Prince of Wales
Land, and will show what the bright
Hydah Indian school children are doing
In the cause of education.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

The Secretary OF the Navy has issued
orders to the United States battleship
Indiana TO put TO sea and go through a
series of maneuvers. including the ma
mpulatfon and firing of great guns, as
well as drills demonstrating the life and
duties of officers and crew at sea. The
battleship viii be accompanied by a
navy yard tug carrying a moving pic
ture camera, and several expert opera
tors, who viii prepare a series of life
Ike scenes to be projected on a canvas
15x25 feet. These moving pictures will
be exhibited in the Government building
at stated intervals during the Y. orld' s
Fair. They win show the routine life of
men who belong TO Uncle Sans navy.
both in time of peace and war. A mimic
battle will be depicted on one of these.
TO which nothing will be lacking except
the roar of cannon and cheers of the
men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Advertising Of every kind pays. States
have the best and most legitimate OPP
portunity to advertise their resources
at great expositions. When the exposi-
ton is universal the value of the oppor-
tunity is enhanced a thousand fold.
Every State in the Union should be rep
resented at the approaching Worlds
Fair in the best possible manner. There
are self-evident reasons why the South
ern States should put forth every effort
70 make a particularly good showing
at-St. Louis. Some of these States will
10 this; others viii not. So far. the
7aree exhibit of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad is the most notable feature
that will bring Maryland into promi-
hence. Virginia will be fairly well rep
resented but she will not make a show
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

" VERY child likes TO have a wagon
r of some sort, and toy wagons and
IL wagons for larger children are,
a. ttaSo modem dave made in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Mr.. Oldroyd, the owner of the Lincoln
Museum of this city. is anxious to have
his interesting collection of souvenirs
exhibited at the Worlds Fair The mu-
scum is located at 516 Tenth Street, the
house opposite Ford's Theater. in which
Mr.. Lincoln died. The hallway, the two
parlors, and the small room at the end
of the han are fun Of relics that would
fill a large niche in the space devoted TO
the historical department at the Worlds
Fair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Sam H. Gibson, of Salt Lake City,
the discoverer of GHsonite. saws he
viii take a party from Utah to St.
Louis in his aerial automobile during
the worlds fair. His machine resembles
the hull of a racing automobile with
the rudder at the prov. It's speed
through the air is $50 miles an hour.
He has been experimenting on it thirty
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

headquarters at Fort Worth. where all
sorts OF things are being stored. prior
TO shipment to st. Louis. There are
other branch Offices throughout the
state, where exhibits are being col
iected Her State building, shaped Ike
star, is to cost $4,000 On each of
the i've points Of the star statues OF
such distinguished Texans as Houston,
Bowie. etc, viii stand. The star shape
was chosen because in the galaxy II
States, Texas is known as the Lone>Star
State She will exhibit ever known
cereal. ciays. minerals, gsms, woods.
marbles, and besides this bear her
share in what will be known as the
Louisiana and Texas Rice Kitchen, to
be erected on the grounds.
Missouri. being the Worlds Fair
State, made liberal appropriation. and
her commission is putting it to the best
possible use. She will be the most
thoroughly advertised state in the
world by this time mex year Ken
lucky and Tennessee sill make ex-
hibits, but they will not be as good as
they might have been. fo- lack of ade-
quate funds. Perhaps the average MEM
Der of Southern Legislature will get
1t into his head after a few more
decades Of experience. that State adj
vertising Is as valuable 10 the Com
monwealth as newspaper advertising is
TO dry goods or grocery store
North Carolinian travelling In Japan
writes 70 the ''Asheville Citizen" From
Tokyo we procured jinriltishas and went
70 Arlta- where the blue and white
porcelain is made. We went all through
the works. and saw fine example Of
Japanese skill Most of all the pieces
are made by hand, and the most skiilful
"orkmen In the shop receive one yen
per day. cone yen is eqeal to 50 cents
IN american money! They have three
large vases there that they were just
finishing for the st. Louis EXPOSE
ton
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

T an auction sale of the effects Of
Samuel A Marsteller, of Ma
: nassas. Va. held at that place
Iaet NFop5a,- a ,,oir of rFetore
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Representative Tawney of Minnesota.
chairman Of the Committee on Indus
trial Expositions. has introduced a bill
IN Congress providing a special copy
right procedure for the protection of
foreign art, and literary exhibits. and
musical WORKS at-tha Louisiana Pvr-
chase Exposition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

The largest and most notable gather
ing of newspaper workers ever held
Will assemble in ST. Louis during the
week beginning May l6, 1904.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Texas will make a brave showing.
She has appropriated a handsome sum,
mainly by popular subscription Her
energetic commissioners have opened
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-13

Louisiana made a liberal appropria-
ton, and from every standpoint, niss
torical as well as material. she will
hold her own at the Worlds Fair. Her
Cabildo will be second IN interest to
nothing on the grounds. Her exhibit
of fruits and cereals win be magnifi-
cent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-20

summer. Mr.. Mostelier Is the latest man
in Missouri. Weighing sos pounds. He eats
I'VE pounds Of fresh meat At one meal.
Surely it Is permissible to be thankful
that one is not SO hurdened with heat
generating fat as is the Hazel Run agri-
eulturist. Imagine his moist and painting
condition about now. and especially after
he has just finished one of his Garsan-
tuan feasts OF flesh, washed down with
two gallons of water. 1t Is true that
Caesar did not like lean and hungry
men, preferrine. instead. fat and sleek
fellows that sleep o nights But do
these fat men sleep OF nights-that Is
such boo-pounders as this Mr.. Mosteller-
when the thermometer is in the nineties
and not a breath of wind cooling the at
mosphere?
Think of poor Mr.. Mosetelier's suffer-
ings. We Jeremiahs of the dog days, and
cease your own lamentations. As to its
being cruel to take comfort BY thought
of his plight. hasn't he the bulge on
skinny mah when the north wind doth
blow and we shall have snow? Mrs.
Wiggs philosophy seems to be worth
while in this instance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-20
Division Of School Taxes.

The efforts to divide the school fufiA
in Georgia between the two races in
proportion to their respective contri-
buttons to it was defeated by a heavy
majority in the lower house of the
Georgia legislature, and the action of
the legislature is well and favorably
received by all intelligent men in the
state As a matter of fact 1t would
take an expert to say what proportion
of the school fund each race pays in
Georgia. One-half of the large rental
of the state railroad between Chatta-
nooga and Atlanta goes into the
school fund, and who can say what
part of this is paid by each race? The
amusement tax and the liquor tax also
go to the school fund, and the race
contribution to each is not readily
ascertainable. In the last analysis
no one can readily say what each race
really pays of land tax. for the tax
payer does not pay all the tax that
he hands over. The laborer pays n
share of 1t, as all political economists
know.
Altogether the reactionary schemes
for dividing school funds on race lines
are impracticable, inequitable. and
mischievous. 1t is the states inter-
est to teach all to read and write,
regardless of race, condition, or any
thing else whatsoever. The advanced
states in all parts of the world now
recognize this duty, and even Russia
is endeavoring to teach her children
to read and write. 1t is the capacity
to read and write that is constantly
lifting up the world. 1t is this that is
changing it from conditions bordering
on those of the Dark Ages to those
of our Twentieth century.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-20
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
rhex rook Look At Tfeasury.

]. Craig Smith. Alabama's treasurer ana
prominently mentioned as a popular can
dIdate for governor some few years hence
talking to a number of newspaper men,
told of two incidents at the capitol that
are interesting and laughable
Some weeks ago a lady hailing from,
say Dale county. was brought into the
treasurer's office by some more or less
we'll known democrat said Mr.. Smith
she was shown around the vaults and
finally allowed to gaze upon the states
strong box wherein was stored several
thousand dollars. The old lady enjoyed
It all and as she started out Of the vault
she remarked: DO tell and 1t takes all
that money to pay off the hands around
this building. To her kind Governor
Jells. Tom Helm and even Bob Poole
were all summed up in the category Of
hands. What she thought of their hire
was not stated In words"
The other incident was that of negro
boy whom Eaton Haynes the well known
Lowndes county citizen, had carried to
Montgomery with him. Mr.. Haynes took
him in and showed him the great pile of
money and the negro evinced great in
terest. AS they emerged from the capitol
and started down the stone steps the
negro turned to Mr. Haynes and looking
up at the tower Of the building said:
'.Marse Eaton. the man what lives in that
house sho is rich"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-20
Federal Education.

The National Educational associa-
ton has appointed q committee to
work for the creation of federal de-
partment of education. At present
there is but bureau of education,
which is an important part of the de-
partment of the interior. The work
OF the present bureau is largely stat
istical, and it plays no important
part in the great WORK of educating
eighty millions of people.
As the schools of the country are
maintained by the states OF by local
taxation, or both, it is difficult to see
where or how there is room or need
for federal department. It is diff
cult to see what it could do more
than the present bureau of education
is doing, unless indeed it is proposed
to begin to secure federal appropria-
tons for school purposes. Doubtless
the republican party and its courts
could bring school appropriations
within the welfare" clause of the
federal constitution, as 1t has brought
many other questionable appropria-
tions into recognition, but 1t is
grave question indeed whether 1t is
uest to have the federal finger
brought into the education question.
In some respects 1t would be best no
doubt; in other respects it would be
of doubtful utility. 1t would be a
leap to some extent in the dark
In the north the public school Is
rightly regarded as a local institu-
ton. The state appropriation is in
significant, and each locality pays for
and establishes a school adapted to its
own needs and resources. The north
will never give up localism In school
matters. 1t never should, and in the
course of time the south will adopt n
like plan. The present plan in Ala
bama is unjust to the larger counties
OF the state, and the distribution of
the states school moneys In some
counties will soon or late become
state scandal.
But none of the conditions are ia
vorable to the intervention of the
federal government in educational
matters, and the establishment of a
department of education means that
If it means anything at all beyond
more prominence and pie.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-20
WALKING.
ne Boston Post.

From the Boston Post
The walking habit is one of the most
valuable that one can acquire. The man
who keeps his legs in condition is doing
much to keep his nerves and his brain In
condition, and he will probably be able
to measure his degree of vigor by OBJ
serving the strength of his knees. 1t Is
true, says an English authority, that
walking is not the ideal exercise from
than cycling. for 1t allows Of that half
swing of the pelvis at the advance of the
legs alternately which is wanting In the
cyclists seat; and 1t gives much better
play to the arch Of the foot and to the
ankle. The chief demerit of pedestrian
ism is that 1t gives no exercise for the
arms and shoulders and not much for
the loins. The kind of walking which
fulfils every end of exercise Is that
which one takes with a golf club in hand
round a links. The swing of the body
In welding the club is variety of mus
cular exertion which is too seldom prac-
ticed and cannot be too much priced. A
golfer will sometimes have remarked
that certain groups of his muscles must
be comparatively unexercised in ordi-
nary, from the stiffness which he feels
In them after his first days play follow
ing long interval. and among them are
the muscles OF the loins and TANKS. 1t
may be said to be sound principle.
needing no proof. that the better the
condition of the musclar walls the safer
the state of the organs contained with
in them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-20

about to break down, prevailed on Mr.
Warner to take up some bonds had on
It and to take charge Of It. lie did so.
and when he got the furnace up to fifty
tons a day by studying the mixtures
OF ores and by increasing the blast. the
New York owners gave him dinner for
his success.
While there he trained L. S. Coyar.
who took charge of it when Mr.. Warner
became interested in and went to take
charge Of a Chattanooga furnace. Colyar
in a year or two had that furnace up to
100 tons a day Mr.. Warner made great
success of the Chattanooga furnace. ard
these results attracted attention all over
the south. Mr. Warner turned his at
tention to charcoal iron and made a
phenomenal success with some furnaces
he built in Hickman county. Tennes-
see.
I went to New York and enlisted John
Inman, a Tennessean, who had made
a fortune in that city after the war, in
the Tennessee Coal company, and with
him Nat Baxter and A. NJ. Shook they
developed the coal and ore at Birmtng-
ham, and finally made that city head
quarters for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company, including both its Tennessee
and Alabama properties, Is In all its inter-
ests including its steel works, one of the
largest companies in the United States.
1t owns and mines its own ore, 1t owns
and mines 1t own coal it burns its own
coke and1s making a large part of the
steel rails used in the south. This has all
been done by southern men, not one OF
whom but who came out Of the war
with nothing and had everything to learn
from sticking pick in the ground to
putting a steel rail on the trucks
Mr.. Warner, when he died, not only
had large fortune to leave his family,
but he was among the best iron men in
the United States.
Mr.. Shook, Mr.. Nat Baxter and L. $.
Colyar were all experts in the iron BUSH
ness. So with Mr. Warner and Mr..
Shocks sons. One of Mr.. Shocks sons,
quite young man. has been offered a
large salary 10 20 " i-isi"i" ~ S
charge of some furnaces.
Mr.. Edmonds is right and the New
York Sun is right The south is rapidly
coming to the front after being made
desolate.
The large steel works at Birmingham
were conceived and planned by Mr..
Shook, who spent several years studying
the adaptability of our ores coke and
limestone, making one or perhaps more
trips to England and thoroughly con-
sidering the question of our labor in the
SOUTH