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The Washington times., 1903-04-15
HAD CONSUMPTION.
NOW He IS CURED.

The doctors examined my lungs and said
that they were all gone but small spot.
Il spit up q wash basin full Of blood; II hurt
me 10 breathe, and lost 26 pounds in weight
They told me that my only, hope TO 60
10 Arizona, as / was in the third stage OF con
sumption / had night sveats and was 50 ex-
rrenleIy weak that J nearly fell every tine l
tried to walk
Doctors failed to do me any good and abau-
doned my case. ] never would have gone 70 the
kdch Lung Cure, go llth St NV, Washington,
had not the neighbors begged ny mother 10 take
me there They all felt that it was my last
hope.
Il breathed into my lungs tie healing oily va
pors Of tho Koch treatment Tney cured those
severe coughing spells and the pains in my chest.
do not spit up any more blood, and / can
breathe naturally and feel like new person.
Anyone can see me at l0l3 sth St NV
Washington. where ] live Yith my s7other; and
any Of my ueighbors also VIII tell you how
the Koch Inhalation Treatment saved my life. -
HENRY K. DIKEMAN.
lGI3 Sth 81. NV, Washington.
The Washington times., 1903-04-15
MARYLANDERS SENT HOME
WITHOUT THEIR Gu

William Lewis and Harry Lewis, his
son, of Eastport, Md, came 70 Washing
ton yesterday to search for Dolly Lewis.
a daughter and sister. They say she ran
away from her home with a young man,
and they believe she came here. They
The Washington times., 1903-04-15

went 10 Police Headquarters % report
the matter. where a detective saw a
pistol in the fathers pocket The son
surrendered his revolver before he was.
searched
In the Police Court they we're eacn.
fined $50. and the court suspended the.
promised to return to their native
heath The revolveFs were c0nfseated.
The Washington times., 1903-04-15
Ready Tomorrow
Morning.

The brightest feast Of New Spring
silks that have ever taken part in
a bargain tournament
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45e.-A BIOGRAPHICAL DINNER.

We have lately entertained some celebri-
ties at dinner. and our new NEW ENG
LAND AUTHORIZES proved quite equal to
the occasion, though when she is TWO
ENGLISH POETS A PRESIDENT OF
FRANCE she sometimes POET IL, when
she is careless about her fire, which is
usually made of AMERICAN PAINTER
with the addition of a little ENGLISH JUR-
IST. She used two NEW ENGLAND POET
of flour for her bread, which was both
FIRST CHILD BORN IN NEW ENG
LAND and AUTHOR OF RAB AND HIS
FRIENDS. We had roast duck, CT rather a
ENGLISH NAVAL HERO, and some ENG
LISH PHILOSOPHER for those who like
it, though many object to THE ETTRICK
SHEPHERD in any form. For game there
was AUTHOR OF ''WALKS IN ROME
while the roast was a BRITISH ESSAY
IST and also an AMERICAN NOVELIST.
do not like to CONFEDERATE GEN
ERAL of my table. but judging by their
efforts to ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER-
BURY each dish, and what was more to
the point the amount they all managed TO
AMERICAN AUTHORIZES away of the vi
ands. spoke well for the enjoyment of our
guests, and was FRENCH DRESSMAkER
all the dinner cost. OF course had cards
to NEW TESTAMENT WRITER the places
where each should sit.
DOROTHEA.
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tired by special act as major 1t treated
Major General Andrew j. Smith somewhat
better. retiring him as a colonel. But these
men had voluntarily left the army after the
war was over. Rosecrans was put back
on the list as retired brigadier.
In short, these disgruntled retired officers
say that until quite recently the most dis
tinguished officers retired with the rank
they held when they reached the retiring
age Many of those who had commanded
in battle went out as majors, neutenant
coIonels and colonies. Nobody tho1ght OF
rewarding an officer to get rid OF HIM sim
ply because he had seen service In the civil
war.
1T is limited that the Merriam bill is Q
sort of feeler If il becomes law IL viii
be difficult to hold back the other retired
brigaders, and 1T is suggested that Con-
gress might as well at the start provide for
raising every retired officer on the list with
a civil war record one grade In ranL ana
retired pay. There are approximately eight
hundred retired officers. The old retired
colonies. ask 1T act OF justice and be-
cause they object to having their former
juniors jumped over them now on no other
civil war. In the case of officers who have
since earned a reward by field service they
make no complaint. But II the bill giving
an officer an extra grade upon retiremene
becomes law they plead that IL may be
retroactive.
The process of using one original vacancy
to retire several officers with the grade OF
brigadier is not a new invention. but IL 10
a technical prerogative which has been
sparingly used until quite recently. al
though veterans Of the civil war" real
above. were far more plentiful a few years
ago than now. Zeal for the old hero was
unknown in this form twenty years ago.
It is asserted that the process IS in vio-
lation OF the spirit IL not the letter OF the
law, which limits the maximum OF officers
on the active list There Is no statutory
limitation upon the retired list The process
is singular in its effect. With only one va
cancy the President can make dozen ap-
pointments on the active list IL the officers
can be found who will agree 10 retire upon
promotion. While the rosters Of brigadiers
and major generals on the active list have
never exceeded the statutory limits. under
what Is called the LIGHTHOUSE" process OF
retirement, the unlimited list has been
stuffed with officers OF those grades. OF
course, every vacancy on the active list u
filled by a new appointment
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served from beginning to end of the civil
war. some of them reaching field rank.
Whittemore, graduate or west POINT,
had held the grade of colonel more than
thirteen years when he retired three years
ago. Compton had been a colonel or
cavalry twelve years when the president
Williston served as brigadier Of volun-
teers in the Spanish war. Why were not
these old colonies also rotated upon the re-
tired list as brigadiers?
When Compton was made colonel Of the
Fourth Cavalry, I'm 1887, Hayes, just retired
as brigadier a reward for having
been civil war veteran, was still captain
in the Fifth Cavalry, and did not reach the
grade of major until six years after Comp
ton had reached that Of colonel. Hayes Is
a good officer, but he served but little over
two years in the civil war as a volunteer
captain whereas Compton served from be-
ginning to end of the war, and rose to the
rank of lieutenant colonel. The deserts or
the two men as civil war veterans may be
measured by the fact that Hayes was APP
pointed into the regular army afterward
as second lieutenant. whereas Compton
was rewarded with the rank of major.
1t is evident that there Is an inconsistency
about these rewards. The retired veterans
who received none of the benefits OF the
new policy point out still greater one.
They say that under this eleventh hour ex-
cess of zeal for the civil war veteran sew
eral have been rotated on the retired list as
brigadiers who never saw a battle In the
civil war. They call attention to the fact
that so great a soldier as John q. Parke,
a major general who commanded the Army
of the Potomac, and was leading military
figure from beginning to end of the war.
went upon the retired list after forty years
service as a colonel, and that as late as 1852
REYNOLDS DIED A COLONEL.
Major General Joseph ]. Reynolds, an
army and department commander I'm the
civil war, died retired colonel So did
Major General Abner Doubleday. one OF
the heroes OF Gettysburg. The measure
Congress itself puts upon civil war service
is shown in the cases of Alfred Pieasonton
the great cavalry commander, who was
retired as a major by special act OF Con.
gress, and Badly Smith. a distinguished
engineer and corps commander, also re-
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Senator Quay and the semfnoles.

Silent and uncommunicative. Senator
Quay therein illustrates a characteristic Of
the red man, and among the red men he
has some very firm friendships. Near his
lodge in Florida there is an unconouered
remnant OF the Seminoles between whom
and the Pennsylvania senator there has
sprung up warm intimacy.
white man once upon time. since the
senator began TO rusticate in Florida, wan-
tonly and maliciously killed one OF these
Indians and there was no disposition in the
community TO prosecute him. Mr.. Quay put
detectives his tran and spent <1.ooo be-
fore the offender was landed I'm the peniten-
tiary. On another occasion he sent one OF
the unconquered Semincles, who was SUI
fering from a cancer, TO a hospital at Jack
sonvile and kept him there. paying all bills
Tor & year,
The chief of those Indians was a man OF
great dignity and character. Just before
starting on a trip TO the sunny lands Sena-
tor Quay purchased a beautiful silver
chief. who, TO his surprise. refused to ac-
cept IL.
81 cannot take any gifts from white
men," was the big chiefs grun reply.
But IL is a present I brought you" re-
Joined the senator.
81 will buy it," said the chief
az am not selling rifles. replied Mr..
Quay, II want 10 give this TO you.
The upshot of the parley was that the
chief refused. but later brought around q
young Indian buck. 10 whom the chief
wished the rife might be sold. Mr.. Quay
resisted that, but IL ended by Mr. Quay
selling the silver-mcunted rifle TO the lns
dian chiefs favorite for 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
AMERICAS "WEAK SPOT"
DELIGHTED ENGLISHMEN BELIEVE
THEY HAVE DISCOVERED 1T.
ChortIe with Joy Because They Think
They See the Finish of
United States Progress.
Madras Qndia) Mail.

Madras Qndia) Mail.
A striking article on the above subject
appears in the current Nineteenth Century
and After, by a new writer, of whom we
would like to know something more, Mr..
T. Weston. He says that there are only
two countries in the world where states
men find it necessary openly to urge the
people to increase and multiply. 1t has
long been notorious that such is the case
in France, and President Roosevelt has
recently been saying: "A man to be good
citizen must first be good father, hope
the father of many children" AS Mr..
Weston observes, in phrase which Amer
leans will not enjoy, it is at least curious
that civilization at its ripest and crudest
should thus meet" 1t was a disappoint-
ment to all Americans when the census
returns Of 1900 gave the population as no
more than 100000. During the last dec
ade the immigration from Europe has also
decreased by nearly so per cent. This would
not matter If the natural increase upon
76, 000, 600 were enough to secure the progress
Of the United States in the same ratio as
that of other powers. But this Is pre-
cisely not the case. Nowhere, not even
in France. is the problem so serious as
it is in the United States. History may be
searched in vain to find a parallel for a
country dependent upon foreigners for its
vital strength" Transatlantic writer's,
from long habitude. still go on Growing
about the vulnerability of England and the
invulnerability Of the Republic. Yet with
the federation of the British Empire the
problem of our dependence on America
for food is being gradually settled in our
favor. How is the problem of America s
dependence on Europe for the very main
spring of its existence to be settled? Writ
ers like Hawthorne long ago noticed In
both human and vegetable productions
transplanted from Europe a tendency to
spindle upward and lose their sturdy
growth" This may be due to that tenuity
of the physical atmosphere which made
Thackeray, when lecturing in America. feel
that he could never get quite enough air
blight of Puritanism, which still watches
over much of the Republic, forbidding real
ly expansive or genial life."
STATISTICS PASSED, BY.
No one loves statistics, so We will pass
lightly over several pages Of such. In the
| central one of the unlovely New England
States 100000 out of 100000 Of the people
| are of foreign origin, and throughout the
| proportion Of foreign to American births is
| as four to one. Half a century ago an
| American statistician noted that the places
which increased least. or declined in popu-
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4ss.-HoMoxYMs.

/. The hand should ne'er be left 70 ''s''s
which does the action brave,
Or carves the marble "s"-~s or bust or
S@sss the pining slave
.. The Serried See of slim wild -" went
scampering DER the plain:
The wild 80. trampied hy their feet VIII
never grow again.
. An English heroine named "@ (her
name you've heard before)
Was walking Ter pleasant - toward
a wild go shore.
T. A tale by ''''' about a ''''' that loved
in the frontier.
One timid as the gentle '-''. shy as the
startled deer. sssa
s. Now sing this score. IL ends with %,
go you know IL well.
. singer dear. from over SO. your voice
is like bell.
6. There were but SO - walk to-day, inc
weather was so keen:
The snow was falling, 80, quite fast
with icy blasts between.
:. He thought IL ~s%ss TO have the ""'"~@
baptized, he was so i'll;
The clergyman performed the ''''; they
@ss's hes living still
s. He took the ss@"~ and off he sped, in
spite OF sst'' and SHOWS
As long as Edward "ssses he'll crtve. as
DoROTHEA
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AN ANGRY RETIRED LIST
OLD OFFICERS PROTEST AGAINST
NEW SYSTEM OF REWARDS.
Feel that an Injustice Is Being Done
Them by Advancing Their
Juniors in Rank.

Washington Letter in Philadelphia Record.
There has lately developed much discon-
tent in entirely unexpected quarter with
the Presidents established policy of pro-
noting and retiring brigadiers. The latest
kick is coming from the retired list itself,
or, rather, from certain retired officers on
that list. If the bill now before Congress
providing for the retirement of officers with
the next higher grade becomes a law then
the old retired colonies, lieutenant colonies
and majors who went off the active list by
operation of law at the age limit of sixty
four without any such advance will ask
Congress for a special law promoting them
all one grade. There is reason in it. too,
in view of the promiscuous and wholesale
rotation of brigadiers upon the retired list
in the last three or four years.
An examination of the army list shows
that there are approximately two hundred
retired officers of high rank who can with
much reason ask for such promotion. Even
since the present liberal policy was estab-
lished several old colonies were permitted
to go off the active list at the age limit
without increased rank, although they had
served with distinction throughout the civil
war. 1t is said that several of the retired
bureau brigadiers will also press for their
right to the retired rank Of major general
should the administration bill become a
law. There is special bill. already
through one house, promoting retired Brig
adler General Merriam to the grade Of ma
jor general
1t is worth a struggle. There is money
in it. The difference between the pay Of
retired colonel and brigadier is $50 per
annum between that of brigadier and ma
jor general, $3.50 per annum; between that
of major general and lieutenant general,
81. 625 per annum.
The object of the proposed law is really
to expedite promotion. 1T is tempting every
officer who has served thirty years or more
to ask for retirement before he reaches the
age limit. Therefore If it becomes law it
is certain that within few months the re-
tired list will be swelled by number Of
lieutenant generals. about a score of major
generals, and the list of retired brigadiers
will be increased to not less than $50.
STICKLERS FOR THEIR RANK.
Aside from any money consideration.
army officers are punctilious about rank.
sticklers for the regular order. On the re-
| tired list to-day as colonies by operation of
law, or at their own request after thirty
and forty years Of service, are Benham.
| Andrews, Pearson, Compton, A. T. Smith.
Miles, Coates, Whittemore. Williston.
| Ewers McGregor, Combes, Moale. Andrews
| and a number of others. All those named
| have retired since the inauguration of this
new system of rewarding civil colonies by
retiring them as brigadiers. Most of them
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ANSWERS.

4ss-Innocents Abroad: Mark Twain On
o cents, A broad, marked wain.)
439.-The Monroe Doctrine.
440.-1. Wallowing. 2. Reincarnation.
4f-Sarah saw Kanaka wash aras.
AL. Baltimore, Timor. bale. 2. Maine
Ain, Me. 3. Newburyport, Bury. Newport
l. Mandalay. and. Malay. s. Parana, ans
Para. 6. Genoa, en-, Goa.
443-Lark-spur.
AL. d. (e) crying. 2 E)x-acting. J.
D departed. 4. Acute. 5. (E)x-pounded.
6. D(e)-ranging. Z. C(e)-real s. Aiming.
9. D(e)-camping. 10. Define.
445.-Toast.
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New York Commercial

New fork COmmerCldI
The family life or our President n much
to be admired, and the fact that public
duties must OF necessity make Soma breaks
in the even tenor OF such q home Il to be
deplored Since her debut Miss Alice Roose-
welt has been socially much IN demand and
consequently often absent from the home
circle. Some time ago friend OF the fam
fly I'm talking with President Roosevelt
asked after his daughter and said:
II should like very much 20 renew my 40
ouaintancs with Miss Alice"
And 30 would T." said the father. -
would !. too
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4e1.-TRANsPOsITIoN.
.ers wear and FIRsT tha

AS dripping waters wear and FIRST the
rock,
Till FINALLY we witness its destruction.
AS slightly beats the ever ticking clock
We mark our spans unhesitant reduction,
Thus in the little things we must perforce
behold
Types OF the Eternal powers manifold
d. c. YER.
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New York Times

New York Times.
While Richard Mansfield was playing
Julius Caesar" in Brooklyn not long since,
newspaper woman was sent over the
bridge to see him. She was transformations
ly admitted to the stage, where rehearsal
was In progress.
A quiet, unassuming man was walking UP
and down listening to the members of the
company delivering their lines. Ever and
anon he gently reproved a player. perhaps
cracking joke or touching the person on
the arm.
THAT isn't Mr.. Mansfield. is it?" inquired
the reporter.
''Yes'm, 1t Is" said an actor.
''Why, he doesn't seem brutal and quar-
relsome.'
mo. He isn't now. He doesn't know
there's reporter in the house!'
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4so.-poUBLE DEcArrrATroN.

l. Twice behead instruction and leave
small 2 A mischievous little animal and
leave custom. 3. A gift and leave a small
common insect. l. A citizen OF one OF the
United States and leave a kind Of willow
an Irishman and leave an intermittent
fever. :. A musical drama and leave
fixed point Of time. S. To prepare piece or
kitchen furniture. 9. A common bird ana
leave a missile. 10. To injure by treaohery
and leave waiter. IL. a corset and leave
a game. 10 a fling and leave a line. IL,
Design and leave. should. JIM
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4oS-INITIAL CHANGE.

Two big black eyes with fame aglow
Loves ardent challenge seems TO throw,
And well, L was not averse,
Since cupid rules the universe,
few caresses to bestow-
Alackaday, did not know
That she was married long ago,
Else | would not have cause TO curse
Two big black eyes.
Her husband came, a PRIMAL foe,
And mighty was each FINAL blow:
But why this tale of woe rehearse?
Enough TO say / had to nurse
In sorrow, for a month or so,
Two big black eyes.
A f HOLT
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462-CHARADE.

The ONE must THREE TWO boil be
brought
THREE cook TWO WHOLE Alright
And yet THREE ONE TWO flower is not
THREE cook its petals bright
That tits not wise TWO WHOLE THREE
ONE.
You'll all admit is true,
And vet THREE cook WHOLEs, TIN
they're done,
In ONES, is what we do. Il. III.
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451=ANAGRAM.

A BAR, IT, ON IRRATIONAL INTENT
When the great powers disagree,
And, according wise diplomacy,
Give angry feelings vent,
Soon direful threats abroad are hurled,
Their echoes reaching round the world,
And war seems imminent.
Then 1T extends a firm though gentle hand
And Peace again smiles on the unquiet land
SPICA.
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45S.-THE SNAKES.

J. What snake do you give the baby as
plaything? 2. What one do you wear on
your feet? 3. What one on your leg? 4.
What one does the Indian take into battle?
5. What one is worn around the neck?
g. What one does the jockey ride? z. What
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The first Of a series Of stories relat-
ing, adventures ,of, Reynard .thz< oc-
Cured before the German or English
language was born. and put into
modern form by Prof Louis c. Ward.
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one Is proficient in the first principles o.
arithmetic? s. What one Is on the cent?
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SPHINX LORE
4s4.-A THOUGHT OF THE HOUR.
Enfemafic Knots of Odd and Ingenious Kind
for the Leisure Hour.


Iewston incl
New-York tribune., 1903-04-04
SITE FOR NEW COURTHOUSE.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. have read with interest the editorials in
your paper recently tr connection with the choice
of site and erection of the new county courthouse
in New-York County.
It would seem that the plan suggested through
,-or r1auer Of securing the remainder Of the block
from, the new Hall of Records 10 Broadway is a
good one Certainly it is desirable both on the
score Of convenience and economy. 20 house under
the same roof the courts and municipal depart
r7entz Of the city, far as possible An uptown
movement in that particular is not desirable and
would not further the interests Of uugants or busi-
ness.
The Association Of the Bar Of the Borough Of
The Bronx at a recent meeting adopted resolutions
to the effect that a new courthouse was urgently
needed in the county of New-York, and that the
same should be located in the immediate vicinity
Cf rhe p-t sent \ special committee OF hve was
-hare7tgu APPOINTED by the president Of the dSSO-
cfar;on TO cooperate with the Association Of the
Tsar in the Borough Of Manhattan. and take sueh
other steps necessary to secure suitable site Tor
Gid new county courthouse and expedite Its erec-
ti|r The following are the names of the said COM
rrftraa. J. Homer Hildreth. chairman; Ernest Hall.
1-sT Tg0rar Thereto otiicIO belongs w 5tebblnS
Srof+E president Of our association
NJ only excuse for this communication and fur
uishfug the information therein contained IS the
corstanr and consistent interest manifested BY
,.oI.- naDer IN matters that make for the general
JyreaI J. HOMER HILDRETH-
Eevg-York April 5 1893,