The Washington times., 1904-01-12

through.
Anon with splendor all the prospect fill
ing.
From jeweIed trees to skies Of deepest
blue
When lives are dark and hope has
ceased beguiling.
Some unexpected CLEAN may glad the
sight.
And after years, in Fortunes perfect
smiling.
BE hiIed with naught same honor. love
and light.
/ little warm rain just now. to melt
/ off the remainder OF the snow and ice.
would not be bad thlug. There are times
when rain is preferable 90 sunshine. be-
cause it works faster aThis long cold
{ spell that we have been having. by the
I way has been "a powerful ally of the
! Cold Feet Association. With "A little
more such weather as that of the past
! few days. that powerful body would
/ raise such howl chat we should have
/ closed cars ali summer. And IL hasn't
/ been cold at all, really; that is to say,
/ Il hasn't been comparatively cold. IN
somewhere i'm New England the Their
mometer went down 20 30 degrees below
zero. a correspondent i'm Haclrensack.
/ y. j.. wired us a day or two ago that
Il was 30 below at that place We didn't
teei much sympathy FOR him, because q
mar VINO is sufficiently misguided 20 re-
/ sloe m Hackensack, doesn't deserve
sympathy. lie added the following in
/ tcresting item. which may be useful to
( Colonel Moore. High Priest of our Del
Dhic oracle, the Weather Bureau.
"A weather prophet says the cold
snap is due TO hole in the sky. Rain
3ill fan, hlling up the hole in the sky.
and the temperature viii rise MS rapidly
as ii fell"
There is probably some mistake about
this. 1t would seem to laynan as
/ though 80 below could be best rene
died b. opening up q hole to the other
place. We refer the matter TO our
high priest, Colonel Moore.
Modesty is now the order of the day
among Democratic leaders. we had oc-
casion yesterday 30 refer to the acces-
sion Of modesty-like new crop Of
hair covering a bald head-that Colonel
Bryan brought back with him from mis-
hobnobbing trip. And now comes the
Hon Thomas Taggart, Of Indiana. who
/ is perfect Lady Godiva of states
men. His fitness for the national chair
. manship is apparent 10 all, yet ne covers
I h,msef with his natural modesty and
says. coyly:
oh. that is just a compliment the
boys have been paying me-
Fortunately modesty hath its own
reward. for every species Of pulchritude
is only made the more alluring by cf-
forts 10 conceal IL.
The silver-tongued James Hamilton
Lewis. Of Chicago. is in our midst, and
il viii be his pleasing duty to deliver
an GRAFTON before the Democratic Va
tional Committee. setting forth the
beauties Of Chicago as a convention
city. He viii speak from his heart. and
notable burst of eloquence may be
confidently expected. for every Chi
cagoan believes i'm his city-the mildness
of the climate. the Iimpid cIearness of
its river which they compare 20 the
castled Rhine; the cleanness of the
streets, the perfect order maintained by
its police. the adequacy of its hotel ac-
Communications. and the philanthropic
disposition of its bonifaees. Mr.. Lewis
has not given any IT the reporters a
synopsis of his iD.snded speech but
he has made public one Of his most
convincing arguments certificate of
deposit in Chicago bank of $4,000
Mrs j. Wesley Bovee Of this city
must be one of the lucky ones of the
earth for il is an undisputed fact
proved 10y the annals of humanity from
the beginning, that some people are
born fortunate. while others are pursued
all their lives by disappointment and
disaster. The ancient belief in lucky
star was founded upon something more
than superstition. This woman left
5000 worth of jewels and $40 in cash
in a handbag in a Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad car They were picked up by
another woman who has been looking
for the owner Of the lost treasure ever
since and has at last found her. When
the common run of US lose our valu-
ables in chat way. they are not gener-
ally found by persons who devote the
remainder of their lives to searching
for us. 1t is quite likely that this is
not an isolated instance Of Mrs. Bovee's
luck, for good fortune is as often a life
long attribute as red hair or perfect
teeth.
We learn with great pleasure that
President Roosevelts health was drunk
with enthusiasm at a banquet given Sat
urday night at Panama. The dispatches
do not state the degree OF the enthusi-
asm, but there is every reason to believe
that it was all the most patriotic Amer,
lean could wish or demand The ap
prevail of our sister republics means "a
deal to us in these strenuous times.
Bowling is still holding its own as
favorite game among observation-disclosures. /
and some high scores and individual
averages are being made As the season
advances the enthusiasm of the compet- (
ing teams increases, and with fl the ex-
cellence of the work being done. Ex-
perts say no better bovgling is To be seen !
anywhere in the country than right here !
in Washington, and we have every rea-
son to be proud of our crack clubs in the /
various departments and of our cham /
Dion players. The average thus far
made by Hardie, Of the Bureau club. /
1901 In - games. is one 10 mi with I
despair the breast Of an ordinary play /
er. II IS pleasing 90 note that the Jolly /
rat Men are still doing themselves /
proud. They ought 10 win out. con- /
cessiOn 10 the literary sense Of the com /
munity, If for no other reason. There I
is sentimental relationship dating back (
70 ShakeSpe8rean times between jolly /
IaI men and the successor to the an 1