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The Washington times., 1904-11-06
Stories Tod = Abou Merbers q er1ate I'D House

There is one Tedeemiug feature al
ways prominent in every night put up
by Tammauy Democrats" says a New
York Representative. 1T is never at
tempted TO hide the fact that this or
gaulZatiOu believes that to the victors
belong the spoils.' They boldly preach
what they practice and make no. bones
about IL. If they are defeated they nat
urally expect 10 retire from office: If
they are successful at the polls they
claim all the advantages OF success.
To the victors belong the spoiIs'
originated with the Hon. William t.
Marcy, of New York II was In 1892, in
a debate over the confirmation Of ATr.
Van Buren, as minister 90 England. that
Ar. Marcy made use OF the To the vic
tors belong the spOils.' Mr.. Clay, of
Kentucky, had asserted that the Admin
istratiou had INDUCED IN a pernicl0us
system of poEucs-putting up offices 10
be scrambled for by partisan politicians.
mr.. Marcy declared IL to be true that
the politicians OF his State CNeW York;
were willing 10 give * out in plain Ian
glage that they believed IA taking care
OF their own. They are not said Mr..
Marcy 'averse TO disclosing the pru-
ciples on which they act-to the victOrs
belong the suOiIs. "
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NIpz 5zZLGE2D
Occupied b1
Yale LePsy
at CebU RL.

space some 200 human beings live out
their lives. Another leper hospital that
was built many years ago by the Span
lards is located in Palestine, I'm the
province OF Ambos Camarines. The
building. which is of native wood and
stone shows many signs OF wear and
tear. About six acres Of ground about
% is inclOsed by a stone wall There
are but thirty or forty patients in the
hospital DR.. Tuas0n, who is IN charge.
has asked for fmpI ovements upon the
building and IN the quality OF food that
the lepers are given. Ten cents a day
mas been allowed for each patient. and
while this VIII buy good, substantial
food, il VIII not buy light and nourishiug
oainties such as the lepers should eat
The third leper hospital is IN Cebu.
where there are some 200 lepers cared
for.
The change from. confinement in these
comparatively small hospitals 10 the ISL
ana Cullon. II D thought VIII be a
fort 70 the Wretched people. They viii
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80 D d II.

There are men today, old and gray
headed, who vote the Democratic or Re
publican ticket simply because dad did
IT,. " Is the way Speaker Cannon puts it.
They can't tell their reasons for being
d Republican or a Democrat only that
dad was one.' This leads my mind "a
a yarn they were always telling oH
Senator Vance of North Carolina, one OF
the best men 7 ever knew.
1.-THE story was that Vance was cam
paigniug IN one of the mountain couu-
ties when he noticed a white man and
four negroes busiIy engaged at work,
making pillow lines
what are you doing, neighb0rs2
asked the Senator as he rode up 20
the rope-making outfit
Pillow lines, SIR came the reply.
How many can you make IN a day?'
And Il takes five men a whole day
o -Four pairs
TO make four pairs OF pillow unesg
90 Yep
Why do You waste your time az mat
work, ueighbor, when you can get all
the pillow lines you need at a cost much
less than even the time you put in ia
making them, 70 saying nothing OF the
materlalt
Yep
80 Wei. why don't your
% just case. sir. dad allus made EN- DO
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- l. - Church-

That money makes the mare so Is IL
Illustrated in a sJCry told by soon-to-bs
Representative Ben OF Georgia, who wiz
step into Representative Taus's shoes
lIr. Bel SAYS
ga negro VINO does the bar0erius bust
ness IA my home town was asked Ons
day by one OF his customers;
90 Jackson. how IS your church getting
along?
" Use not a member dis yearh. sahP
90 Have you quit the church2
" NOT zaCtIy quit, sab. You see. sah,
it am dis way. I Jined dat church IN
good faith. an de fu5t yearh I gibs SO
Ter support OF de minister and so forth.
De members called me Brother Jackson
den De next yearh only gib5 ive dol
lars, cause business was not good vgid
me. de white BARRIERS running ms out
OF lots of good customers. Den de mem
bers called me Mister Jackson Dis
past yearh, sab, ] only gibs TWO dollars
and a half. an de members call me dat
Gle niger Jackson. Dat. sab, am why
dis niger 'tsruined ter shave white
folks an let de church alone. Use done
aid dat meeLin' house. sab. Ef de razor
hurts sab. just say so an I strap i'm.
sab
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some Of the congregati ton believed
ought TO take unto himself a wife
Father Haynes was appealed to 10 see
the old man, and talk 20 him. TO this
the minister agreed and going 10 the
gentleman home ne found him very
busy with bis books and papers. and the
room of his den filled with tobacco
smoke.
'It is thought by many OF your con-
gregation," began Father Haynes. that
it would be wise for you 20 take wife,
Mr. Billings"
81 have been giving the question some
thought" came the reply
There are plenty OF good womG "a
around here" continued the good o q
negro minister
yes and / believe you have thr e
daughters yourself Father Hayus b.
Suppose j ask you for one of themE
This was a stumper for che old ma b..
but he answered
''Tle fact is. Brother Billings, ] Es se
spent q great deal OF money educati lg
my daughters. and don't wish 20 see
them throw themselves away"
IL is a peculiar fact that Fat her
Haynes had preached Tor the parish at
West Rutland for six years before OBJ
lection was made that he was a negro
and was communicated.
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Il GrOOIp oFLePeTS az Cebu
No Remedy Ever Discovered to Cure This
Disease, and Segregation Is Only
Means of Dealing With 1t
SUCCESSFULLY

strongest arguments against a declara-
ton OF Independence Of the islands By
the United States. For in what Ian
guage should IL be made and which one
OF the tribes should be made supreme.
United States Has LepeIs, Too.
Leprosy has existed IN all countries.
II has been known since Biblical times,
Jut no remedy has ever yet been dis
covered which win cure Iepers. X-rays
have been tried, but so far in vain The
United States has determined upon seq
regatiOn as the only feasible means OF
dealing successfully with the disease. In
the Sandwich Islands this plan has al
ready been tried, and although there
have been many pitifuI scenes and sep
arations, the benefit to the rest OF the
inhabitants more than c0mpensates the
officials who have charge OF the work
There. too as in the Philippines, O.
small island has been set apart especial
ly for the lepers- Although leprosy is
usually relegated TO the Far Est. there
are a good many cases 10 be found in
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CaIIed - 81 -

Representative OImsted. OF Penusyl-
vauia. says that old DR.. Levi Bull was
a clergyman OF the Episcopal faith and
lived I'm Chester county, his State. many
years ago. The good old doctor was
called upon to baptize child. the on
spring of a family with the surname of
Frog Without any preliminary obseT-
vati0us the father and mother were
called 20 the font at the end Of the sec
ond part or lesson of the service.
Name this child" said the doctor.
owe name iJ after you. SIR said
the mother in a low voice, as she hand
ed the baby To the doctor.
"Oh. but you named the last after me.
IL was chistened Levi said the minis
ter.
Wen. Doctor cali this one after your
'tOLher name"
And so the minister did. Christening
the name OF 8Uu. and the youngster
went forth with the coguomeu OF Bull
FROG.
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ing tend 20 spread the disease widely.
Most of them go upon the good old
principle that fingers were made before
forks and never use forks or knives or
chop sticks. They dip in q fist and take
out Of the common bowl whatever they
wish. Ii is easy 20 imagine that under
such condition disease may spread.
The confusion Of tongues which Oc-
cured during the building OF the Tower
Of Babel was nothing 10 that which
viii arise when the ten thousand lepers
are collected together in CuIion colony.
There are more than seventy different
tribes IN the Philippines each or which
speaks a different language. And so diff
ferent are these languages that the ma
tives Of one tribe as a rule cannot un-
dsrstaud the speech of the natives of tho
others There is no mother root upon
which all are based. which of these
languages viii become the Official tongue
OF the colony is a question, as there are
lFpers among all the tribes. This great
diversity of languages IS one Of the
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a good story is told by Representative
Bankhead, of Alabama about the trial
or q mar who belonged 20 the gambling
fraternity An enort was being made
20 break up gambling in and around NO
bile and IL was well known that the
judge who was 10 try the case was him
self O. pretty slim poker player
The first witness tcr the defense was
talking gIibly of going &c blind.
checking" passing etc. ana The
defendants counsel appeared 90 under
stand all the terms without difficulty
The judge seemed 10 relish the situa-
tiout and said TO tha counsel.
"Air. Jackson. you seem Co understand
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no longer be confined behind great stone
walls. but viii be permitted 10 enjoy
the sunshine as well as their more for
tuuate brothers
LepTOsy Not Very Contagious.
Although lePr0sy is a contagious dis
ease IT IS by no means SO easy TO con
tract as is popularity supposed. 1t is
possible to go close TO lepers and even
10 touch them without getting the dis
ease. There ifs case of a family con
sistIng of a man, his wife. ard little girl.
who lived Tor more than twelve years as
keepers IL the hospital Of San Iazsro.
constantly I'm contact with lfs Ieperz
and none of the family contracted the
disease until the last year and Tban
only the man and the little girl were afs
tected. il leprOsy were as contagious as
the popular suspicion in America =-ould
lead YOU 10 suppose there would be few
f1ilpiuos today not iepers For the ma
tIves continue ~ 1--we i'm constant intf-
mate relations Nth those already faint
ed Their manners ana customs OF live
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Preacher Blames Bell

There's "a church in our county" says
q Representative from Tennessee,
which viii have a new bel, or ] am
very much mistaken la our people. Not
many months ago the pastor was hate
getting 10 the church. and after be had
rushed iu and asceuded the pulpit ne
said:
81 owe aE apology for Lhis delay In
reaching the church. p am overwhelmed
with m0rtihtzff04I over the fact that /
have kept SOU waiting for my appear
auce. j can only say that L was very
busy eudsavoring 20 get my mind on
nay sermon, and j did not hear the bell.
I sincerely ask The forgiveness Of every
enc OF you, brethren and sisters, But
the fact IS this miserable bell OF ours
is no better than an old wool hat with
q lambs tail in 81, II makes just about
as much noise" -
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the United States. In the Northwest
the disease has spread among the Scan
diuaviaus settled there, And ia some
of the Southern States IL IS Co be found.
Louisiana has hospital Tor Iepers cut
side Of New Orleans
In spite or The E-eIt number OF leuers
In the Philippines. comparatively few
deaths occur from Ieprosy. The disease
Heakeus the system. but the action IS
gradual, and il is usually from COM
plicatiou of diseases that the patient
dies. When death actually Goes result
from leprosy pure ana simple IL is be-
cause OF a general weakening of the
vital spark while there are some ter
ribIe deformities 10 be seen among the
lapers, most OF them look little different
from the rest Of the natives. The Fill
piuos pay about as little attention 10
leprosy as the negroes IN the southern
part OF the United States do 10 smallpox.
There are, however re7E marriages be-
tween Ieper5. and fewer ztiG between
those who are leu=Tz and th1ze who are
not.
The Washington times., 1904-11-06
Coat Had Bad Eject.

A pretty rough yarn is told on one OF
the men who holds an important posi-
ton IN Republican national headquar-
tiers Ia New York AS is known 10 YaO-
pie who are ia touch with the great
guns or both political parties there men
VIII get out on the musings and uter-
ally tear one another i'm doll rags. but
they meet socially as the yyarmesf and
best OK friends
IL is told that a Few days ago a well
known Democratic red fire maker called
al The headquarreTs OF the Republicans
Madison Square. TO see one of tine chiefs
on a personal matter. When the Demo
crar was ready To- take his departure fl
was discovered that his overc0at had
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General Pickeuz, OF North Carolina, is
F. the cIeverest story teller who ever came
TO Washington from the Tar Heel State.
Ihis is one Of his latest.
"A hard shell eXhorter was holding
forth ia exalted strains about the time
OF the attack on Fort DonelsOn. lie de
cIared that the Lord fought on the side
OF the South. that Jehovah was en-
camped around about the Confederate
army. and THAI IT was impossible for the
invading Yankees 10 conquer them
Just at she close of one OF these eN-
travasaut statements a man dashed up
10 the country church and cried out
that the Ianks had captured Fort Don
eison and were then making their way
up the river
There was CONSERVATION among the
church members. and the pa-SOn said
" Then, my brethren and sIsteru, save
yourselves. for the Lord has got
licked DID
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Discussing a speech recently delivered
by one OF the sDeIbiuders in West VIr-
gilia. Representative Dalton said:
MANY years ago there was "a fiv-up.
rEa-creek preacher assigned TO q cIrcuit
IN one of my counties. This fellow
used big words and long sentences and
just fairly lifted the sinner from a wick.
eel world right square and dat-footed
into the fowery beds beyond the PearIy
Gates.
cone day AN honest old mountafneer
from somewhere around Berkeley
Springs heard him preach. and after
service he was asked:
" Brother Jemes, how did YOU like
the sermon of the new parsoug'
'Fease 10 bladder, uease IN a bIad-
der-au sound and no substance. sir
Now. that IS just about the way our
people look az the great efrusion By
the aforesaid political spelibiuder."
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Ouestion of Manners

Representative Cooper, Of Texas. tells
story about Gen. sam Houston, OF his
State. and a practicing physician who
did not like the old general, being siren
uously opposed 10 him politically. one
day. after "a heated political discussion.
the physician said:
General ] like you wei enough so
cially, but politically / would not be-
Iieve you on oath
Il would believe you, doctor" was the
quiet repy OF the general.
Then. sir" vehemenuy exclaimed the
doctor. you have O. much better opinion
Of zne than I have OF you"
Not a better opinion, Doctor bat /
simply have a little more pollteuess
than YOU have"
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mysteriOusly disappeared. and thor
ough search failed to bring tie garment
TO light 'Ele Republican Senator Of
fered his Democratic friend the use OF
his coat, saying that he might use it If
he would promise TO walk In the straight
and narrow path. The offgr was accept
ed and the next day the coat was re-
turned with a note saying:
My dear Senator Here's your coat
7 would sooner agree TO freeze than 10
wear your coat again, for all the time
had IT on I felt that I had a perfect
itching for lying, something you know
never do"
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Made 4 Wrong Cues

Have you heard the latest story
Bourke Cochran JeIIs?' asked q New
York politician OF one or his Kentucky
friends at the Riggs House Democratic
headquarters.
II can't say that i have" was the
reply, as the KeutuckIan munched a
Glove.
"kE ell its q good one
Was be about nIms=IE2"
NO
Then. ] have not heard it,
And then the New York uoftfrizu
went over 10 q corner seat and srsldfaI
over the situation.
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She Was a Sassy Woman.

The robes OF a bishop AMI the service
Of the Episcopal Church sometimes give
occasion for odd comment. 2spresau-
tative Smith OF Pennsylvania tells OF
the visit OF a bishop 10 one OF tho out
of-the-way churches in O. mountain dis
trict. where services were 10 be held ir
a Campbellite church. "a deuomiuatioI
which has a large membership in that
State ia the rural counties.
The bishop took along his good wife
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VINO was OF much assisrahcs I'm making
the responses in singing. etc After the
service o. good CzmpbeIIJe sister who
was not mmiudful OF what the New
Testament says ABOUT women who
speak OUT I'm meeting. remarked 70
neighbour
did you ever see SIGH sassy WO-
man as that preachers wife, she just
sit there in meetiu' and sassed her hus-
band all the time he was rsadin'."
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the witness thoroughly. VIII you be
good enough 20 explain 10 the court the
terms used by him2''
a suppressed laughter ran through the
courtroom, for everyone present knew
that the Judge was TO amateur I'm
cards. But the counsel was equal 70 the
occasion and stepping up TO the bench
said:
Your honor I VIII explain with pleas
ure every term the witness has used if
you viii kindly let me have your deck %
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Senator Proctor. OF Vermont relates
a story about the celebrated negro
preacher. Fathcr Haynes, VINO was a
leading ught in that State many years
ago. Among the flock of che coIored
minister vas au old bachelor whom
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the rather or the ll=Deu
which controls the LIQUOR 1
state. He tells d story alb
man VINO bitterly op1oss5
ton or tho traffic.
my friend from the OF
says the Senator. 'was
'crarhur comfort wuust in
sometimes e5teaer. He wa
from the FIRST and one da
He wore a rucfuI cclnteua
10 me.
Ne are LaLle-s 10 maj
1Iisthur IllLmal- il gives
big sntroke. DiNil q W0ude
the Maine law. Fhar VIII
wakes & dunno know. MS
iuEre-F when a. man can
friends uacslllE. nor Eimsa
Us my opinion lEar r-- IA
lated I'd bring srate di-thl
ou the Twin. but ou the de.
TO u.s. " -
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/ Senator Tulmau OF South Carolina IS
7 the father OF the Gi=peusary system
} which controls the LIQUOR A. that
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A MOTHER white mans burden"
~ viii have been successfully
n shouIdered, and Ieprosy wiz be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07

Madison & Indianapolis Railroad is now
completed TO Edinburg. and the cars ply
regularly between that place and Madison.
There was not much doing In the town at
that time. but church fairs and socials,
school exhibitions and an occasional con-
cert or lecture were duly noticed. fair
given by the ladies of the First Presby
terrain Church is thus described in the issue
of April "a. 1871: Never in the history
of fairs have we seen it excelled.
nor what would compare with il in
beauty and magnificence. The rooms of
the Governors Circle. at which place il
was held. were arrayed in a gorgeous man
ner. The ceiling and walls were decked
with everereens. pine and artificials. which
looked as natural as the rose, OF which
they were representation; with paint
ings and engravings of the finest cast in
terDersed Large lamps suspended from
the ceiling encircled by foliage OF the pine.
shed an effulgent light upon the unrivaled
splendor beneath. Tables We're arranged
around the room, strewed in profusiOn in
the rich and fanciful articles whose bril-
liant cclors daZzled the eyes, and elected
the admiration of the assembage. Articles
of every hue and color fashioned in the
innumerable shapes that the imagination
could conceive or necessity invent The
editor was not unmindful of the beauties of
nature. In the issue of Sept. 20 he said:
turnal vision on the glories of the full
Orbed mOon?' and then proceeded to de-
scribe them. In the next issue under the
heading of The Starry Frame he said:
THE celestial vault at this season OF the
year presents scene OF unusual grandeur
and magnihcence. The most brilliant fixed
stars and the more remarkable constella-
tiOns are now to be seen as they move
along in silent grandeur" Again the pub
lie was informed that Our excellent brass
band nightly swells the vesper breeze with
melody OF no ordinary caste. The paper
encouraged the local poets and there were
frequent contributions of verses address
TO Miss Z. s., Miss j. W.. or Miss Sallie
Il. and signed with the initials of the
writer's. In one issue II was asked what
has become of the town clock propositions?
Henry Ward Beecher was an occasional
contributor, but his articles are not signed
and cannot be identified.
In November, 1875 the publication of the
paper was suspended but resumed again in
April, 1S47, for two months when it was
discontinued. In 1913 ii was revived again
by Elder az Hardness, ana under the edi-
torial management of Mr.. John r. Elder
became paper of considerable Importance.
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The Mystery.

1 gazed upon the face of one who lay
In that TRANSPORTING repose called death;
oh, mighty mystery, L turned away
With wildly beating heart and shuddering
breath.
For truly. death is death! Although we think
1t but strange and restful form of sleep.
Still from our common destiny we shrink
And far away the very thought would keep.
If could only know what lies before,
TIL uncertainty perchance creates the dread:
If but one soul could come from the unknown
shore
And tell us what il meaneth to be deadi
And bound by sweet insistent ties;
What wonder our heart-fbers Intervene
Round life-we We're not human otherwise.
But there is life. another life, beyond,
And We our loved somewhere again shall meet;
zen If this be illusion fair and fond,
What should 1 gain by losing faith sweet?
For, though dark doubts awhile the mastery
take,
Deep in my heart that faith remaineth still
These precious ties God would not have US
make
That He might sunder ruthlessly at will.
What matter, then, o questioning soul of mine,
If God the mystery will not dispel?
AS bravely thou canst this life resign.
Hoping, believing that all will be WELL
Margaret Manning.
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THE JOURNALS POETS.



A bird for all seasons, he bringeth most cheer
When he comes with the storm in the dark OF
the year
And picks purple berries Of ivy and clings.
Like Jack Tar to his rope, to the vine it
swings,
Or pluckiy holds with his frost-reddened feet
To the cherry-tree limb all encrusted with sleet
And love him the for the need he sup
plies
The example of courage, the strength to arise
And buffet the storm with no tremor fear
And a voice that gives thanks in the dark of the
year.
When meadows are emerald and orchards are
white
The Flicker's abroad with the first CLEAN Of
light
His notes have a ring of rejoicing. his cries
Are calls OF affection or merry replies;
Till hail ev'ry note OF his song the fence
AS he heralds the dawn with a rapture intense;
Then Huzza, for the crescent he wears on his
breast,
His broad checkered wings and the red in his
crest,
For the nest and the mate that he guarded
with care.
For his rockaway fight on the billowy air.
And hurrah, DER and DER for the courage and
cheer
That the brave Flicker brings in the dark of
the year.
Ben S. Parker.
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Of Methodist Parentage
He Received a Relig-
ious Training and a
Good General and
Professional Education
Which Have Served
as a Sound Basis for
HisLater UNDERTAKINGS

lie excuses of the court of Charles
II and the intolerance of James
III drove thousands of Puritans
from old England to New Eng
land but nrior to that. in 1856.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07

to be typical of the new era of railroad
communication then just dawning. In 1915.
when the paper was started, there was no
railroad to indianapolis. BY the kindness
of Mr.. John II. Ohr, of the founders
and editors, the Journal has been favored
with a bound volume of the early numbers
of the Locomotive. The first issue, dated
Aug. It, 1S45, shows that ii was printed
and published by Ohr. Gully & Co. every
Saturday. at the Indiana State Journal
office" 1t was started as a purely local
paper and there was no attempt to give
outside news, even If there had been room
in its small four pages and twelve columns.