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The Botanic Garden.

There is no more interesting spot in
Washington than this same botanic
garden which Superintendent Smith
guards 50 jealousy. There IL q favor
Of old time about It which makes II
different from any other spot and
which the fond superintendent protects
with all of his might
Every tree In the place has q history.
Most Of them were set out by distin-
guished people to whom the old Scotch
man has taken q fancy. One magnih-
cent water beech was planted IS years
ago by John A. Bingham Of Ohio.
nearby It are two poplars. one Of which
was set out by Edwin Forest, the ira
gedian, the other BY his friend, John
W. Forney. The wife Of Jefferson Da-
Wis dedicated one tree still standing
when Davis was secretary Of war. In
short there are not many men who
have gained great distinction since
Smith has been superintendent Of the
gardens who have not been battered
By him with an invitation to plant q
tree.
OF equal interest with the garden tt
self, as may be imagined. is the old
Scotehman who e its presiding genius.
Not only Is he a horticultural Of rare
devotion, but he Is religiously attached
20 his national songster, Robert Burns,
and be possesses the finest collection
q editions Of Burns works which can
be found IN the United States.
To the mind Of Superintendent Smith
the greatest Of al public men within
hts memory was William Pitt Fessen-
den Of Maine. he ranks Fesssnden on
q level with Lincoln as one OF the two
men who saved the nation at the time
Of the civil war and he has a standing
grievance against every other native
Of Maine because none OF them has yet
shown sumeient devotion 10 Fessan-
den's memory 10 write his life.
In Smiths mind the greatest
achievement of the Maine statesman
vas in securing an appropriation foI
erection Of the conservatives in the
Garden, which are the apple Of Smlth'r
ere. Fessenden was chairman Of the
library committee IN the senate iusi
At the close Of the war. When Smith
vent before the committee timidly "a
get 3 small appropriation to begin thu
work. TIE Maine senator bluntly aske5
how much Il would cost 70 complet,
the lob and then insisted on making
the entire appropriation Of $4,000 81
0nca LOUIS A COOLIDGE
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FAMOUS BEAUTY IN MISERY.
baroness, Once Pet Of Half Of the Cap
itals In Europe, L. Ending Her
Days In Want

The strange and sad romance Of q
beautiful woman, Baroness de Rahden.
who was once the spoilt child Of half
the capitals Of Europe. has Just come
70 light in PLris, says the Chicago
Tribune.
Owing to her fathers financial re-
verses she Joined q circus troupe, be-
ing an accomplished rider, and while
at Riga married the baron de Rahden-
When she was at the height Of her
success, idolized and wealthy, her hus-
band, whom she adored, died suddenly.
and she returned to her former pro-
fession.
One morning on awakening she found
that she had become totally bind. BY
a coincidence she was to ride q blind
horse In the arena the same night, and
attempted to go through her perform
nnce.
The animal. however, noticed some
thing was wrong, became FESTIVE, and
bOlted, throwing his rider against a
pillar and fracturing her skull.
After wasting the little money that
remained to her on specialists who
could do her no good. the baroness is
now plunged in the blacklist misery In
Paris, blind. ruined and forgotten
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MARKS LEFT BY CIVIL WAR.
Trip Through Country Affected by Re-
bellion Recalls Many Excit-
Ing Incidents.

The great battle fields Of the South do
not. as q rule, lie along the railways.
This Is especially true Of the Wilderness,
that bloody scope Of country where
Grant and Lee eontended for the mastery
in the eVentful spring Of 1854, writes
Thomas C. H1rbaugh, In Four-Traek
News. A jaunt through this region to-
day Is both pleasant and exciting. for
the battle fields there remain Just as the
armies left them. torn By shot and shell,
and, here and there. marked BY tablets
and monuments appropriately inscribed.
II isa pleasant ride by rail from Wash
ington to quaint old FredeFiekEbu on
the Rappahannoek, where Burnside, one
December day. left 1900 Of his men be-
fore the fmpregnabls confederate en-
trenchments on hayre's Heights. Fred
ericksburg. with its narrow streets. Its
shot-torn houses. its great national and
confederate cemeteries. and the home
ard monument Of the mother Of wash
ington, interests one from start to Hnish.
The War left IT'S mark there. and the hor-
I'd autograph Of Mars win long remain
Visible on the old city.
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There Is one reservation in Wash
ington which is to all intents and pur-
poses outside Of the jurisdiction Of the
United States government The Ma
tional botanic garden just at the foot
of the capitol where Pennsylvania
avenue runs up against the capitol
grounds, is presided over BY William
r. Smith, the superintendent, who Is
q law under himself.
Smith is a Scotch gardener with a
pronounced burr. who got his early
training In the Kew gardens In London
and he has been in command In his lit
tie domain for so many years that
members OF congress, who are nomi-
nally his superiors, would not think Of
interfering with the old mans wishes.
So It happens that with the exception
of the white house grounds the botanic
garden is the only public reservation
in Washington which is now enclosed
by a fence.
Years ago high iron fences surround
ed every park and public place In the
national capitol, but by order Of con-
gress they were taken down one by
one. Congress finally landed on the
botanic garden and somebody thought
lessly considered in an appropriation
bill q provision for tearing down the
fence. smith calmly ignored the law.
When the officials came to him to car
~ the Law into execution he ordered
them OF and informed them that so
long as he remained superintendent Of
the botanic garden IL was going to be
inclosed by a fence as 1t had been ever
since he was put into control. When
congress came back they received the
old mans ultimatum with amused toll
erance and he received assurances that
he would never be annoyed again.
But a few years later somebody else
absent-mindedly inserted a second pro-
vision for tearing down the fence and
again the canny Scotchman ignored
the law Of congress. This time the
thing went so far that the members Of
the appropriations committee who
were responsible for the slip came
down to the botanic garden and apollo
gized for their mistake.
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oRIoIN 81 MoNETARYNAME
eoarcity Of Small Change Recalls
Methods Of Early Italians and
Roman Customs.

There has been q scarcity Of small
change Of late" said c. n. Binghamton,
for 40years with the United States treas
ury department, to a Louisville Herald
man recently. All sorts Of reasons are
assigned % explain this condition, but,
whatever the cause. Il is vexatious
However, Il Is not as bad now IN the way
Of exchanges as II was In the olden
times.
The early Italians used cattle In
stead Of coin. A person would sometimes
send for change for q thOusand-pound
bullock, when he would receive a %
pound sheep, OF, perhaps, II he wanted
very small change, there would be few
lambs sent back. The Inconvenience
Of keeping a flock Of sheep al ones bank
er's led to the Introduction Of bullion
People often wonder where certain
monetary names came from. I'll tell
you few Of them.
Formerly every gold watch weighed
so many 'earats,' from which II became
usual to call a silver watch 'turnip.'
Troy weight Is derived from the ex-
tremely heavy responsibility which the
Trojans were under to their creditors
The Romans were in the habit Of
tossing up their coins in the presence Of
their legions. and n q piece Of money
went higher than the top Of the ensign's
tag II was pronounced To be above the
Standard"
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP
mN AND HAPPENINGS AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL
PLANS OF THE PRESIDENT
How the Chief Executive Proposes 70
Spend the summsr-A Scotch
Gardener Who Darss Defy
Congress


Washington.-The George Wash
Ington University" is to be the some
what cumbersome title Of the institu-
ton now known as the Columbian uni
versity, which Is preparing for an en-
lsrged sphere OF educational usefulness
By the purchase Of a new site and the
erection Of new buildings in Washing
ton.
For many years Columbian universe
" has been one Of the Institutions of
the national capital. It has been better
known on account Of its school of law
than for any other reason, but some
other Of its departments have been do
ing memorable things in various lines
Of scientific research. The members Of
its faculty are men of national reputa-
ton and they have added the luster Of
distinguished names to the record Of
the university. 1t is now proposed that
the undergraduate department Of the
university shall become more cOnspie-
nous and that the institution shall take
rank among TIE great institutions Of
learning which hitherto have been
magnets for the ambitious youth of
the country.
In order that this mission may be
fulfilled the name Of the university viii
be changed, not because there Is any
inherent objection to the present title,
but because Of the confusion which
necessarily arises between the Wash
ington institution and the Columbia
university of New York with older ira
ditions and greater achievements.
The new site for the university IL to
be on the banks of the Potomac not
far from the Washington monument
and very near the place which Wash
ington himself selected over 100 years
ago as the site for the national uni
versIty which he believed should have
its home In the national capital. Wash
ington set forth his ambition In sew
eral letters as well as In his win. His
motive was one Of patriotism rather
than personal sentiment or local pride
ct Is my ardent Wish,'' he wrote, ito
see q plan devised on q liberal scale
which would have q tendency TO spread
systematic ideas through all parts Of
this rising empire, thereby 70 DO away
with local attachments and state pref
iudices as far as the nature Of things
would OF indeed ought to admit from
our national councils" To this uni
Versity he planned that the youths
from all parts Of the union might be
sent ''for the completion Of their edu-
cation In an branches Of polite htera-
turs, IN the arts and sciences, in ae-
curing knowledge in the principles Of
politics and good government" and "as
q matter Of infinite importance In my
Judgment By associating with each 9th
er ana forming friendships be enabled
to free themselves In q proper degree
from those local prejudiees and habit
ual jeaIousies which carried TO excess
are never falling sources Of disquietude
to the public mind and pregnant with
misehieFous consequences 10 this eoun-
Try"
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BE KIND TO THE PANTHER.
Has Become an oft-euotsd Poem
Books On Nature Nearly All
Entertaining.

Not the least remarkable demOnstra-
ton OF this retuTn-to-nature snthu-
siasm is the outbreak Of nature"
books, says q writer In the Reader
Magazine. Now with skill and now
with ingenious ignorance, writer's
deseant upon trees, birds, gardens.
roadways, farms, vistas, desert
islands and deserted farms. These
books are nearly all entertaining, we'll
illustrated and full OF verve, and lose
nothing whatever from the fact that
almost without exception they are pre-
pared in a city apartment. The maya
zines, too, have been lavish with ma
ture articles, and have acquainted US
with many charming secrets Of bur
row, nest and lair so that our sensi-
bilities have grown to be almost NOR
bid in regard to the Wild brothers OF
field and fen, and BE kind to the
panther" has become an oft-quoted
poem.
A lady in Chicago. who has profted
not a little by the very informing arti-
cles in the magazines, proposes writing
one on her own account, and thinks OF
giving It the title: How to Tell the
Wild Flowers from the Birds"
The broad ax., 1904-05-21

President Roosevelt expects to spend
about two months ct Oyster bay this
summer, and the force at the white
house are already planning for the nit
ting back and forth. The president win
leave Washington about July 1, re-
naming here until the Chicago eonven-
ton. shaIi have done its work. Then he
Win 20 10 Oyster bay for q month OF
20. return TO Washington about Au-
gust 1, which II the time usually set
for the beginning Of the active work
Of the campaign and remain here long
enough to welcome visiting delegations
and confer with party leadsrA After
that he WTu return 70 Oyster bay again
for q stay Of another month and cone
back % washington &c the weather
begins 20 grow cool. He win receive
the news 81 tie election at the white
house.
All this Il Giving the workers IN the
executive once 3 good deal of worry.
A rrsat quantity q 0dce stationery.
records and implements viii have 20 be
csrried back and forth every tine the
nrsSidert changes base and 10 eject
fhe transfer smoothly and expedihous-
lywfll eaIl for an the executive capaci-
~ whieh Secretaries Loeb and Barnes
posssss
Secretary CortelyO1 for years under
WcKinley and Roosevelt managed these
ursrldentfal marches with q sim al
most amounting 70 genius and secFe-
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Earthouakes and skyscrapers.

In speaking OF the probable effect on
New York city's skyscrapers, had the
recent earthquake in New England ex-
tended q little farther south, Prof
James F. Kemp, head Of the depart
ment Of geology at Columbia, said:
"Steel structures are much better cal
eulated to Withstand an earthquake
shock than buildings composed entire
ly Of masonry or wood. The steel
frame Of building would behave much
like a wicker basket It would bend
and Vibrate, II the shock were strong
enough, but the chances are against iIs
falling"
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FAD FOR RUSSIAN ANTIQUES
Craze Started About Ten Years Ago
Reaches Hsight-FGetories
Supplying Demand.

Among the more recent fads "a one for
Russian antiques, and more particularly
those Of copper and brass, writes Bertha
Smith, in Four-Track News The fad
started perhaps ten years ago when
American travellers began to bring home
from Russia certain pieces gathered on
their journeys to the land Of the car.
As usual, Il was slow Of growth and has
only In the past year or two reached its
height That Il has reached its height
IL evidenced BY the fact that the factories
In Russia have turned their attention 10
supplying the demand; and, since II r.
known that Americans, IS q rule, use the
pieces merely a. ornaments, there Is q
cheapening Of the quality, and, unfortu-
nately. an attempt to vary the design in
order to present novelties, with the re-
suit that the value and beauty Of the
original style Is being sacrificed. The
same thing has happened in the Turkish
rugs and draperies, In Chinese and
japanese bronzes, cloissonne and porce-
lains; In fact, wherever any have
thought TO cater 10 American trade.
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RULINGS

tary Loeb thus far has displayed equal
talent But all the same he does not
relish two fittings within short time.
The president does not expect a great
many people at osyter bay. The fscil-
tiles there for entertaining strangers
are very meager and 1t Is both the re-
gard for his own comfort and for thar
Of the people who wish to see him that
he has decided TO make his headquar-
tiers during a good part Of the cam
paign right here IN Washington.
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eoIL FEATURE q BAoDAO.
Every Inhabitant sooner orIatsr SUI
fsrs from It-Bits Of Insect
Givea as Cause

Thers Is one feature Of Bagdad life
which, though apparently small IN
itself, assumes q real importance 70
those who live IN that oriental town,
ssys q writer In the National Geographic
Magazine. Il Is the Bagdad boil This
boil deserves q more serious name. for Il
Is generally more inconvenient and dis
agreeable than carbuncle, for It often
attains unusual proportions and COM
monty lasts for eight or nine months.
Every Inhabitant Of Bagdad Is said, soon
er OF later, TO suffer from one Of these
-boIls. Europeans and Arablans alike
being susceptible TO Il; and so universal
Is Il that old inhabitants Of the region
say that they can always tell whether
a man has lived in Bagdad or not by the
scar which It leaves somewhere on his
body. In order to have q definite idea
Of its nature, the writer called at the
Turkish hospital and INTERCEPTED the
Turkish doctor in charge as to its nature.
After very politely exhibiting a num-
Der Of cases he gave me his opinion as
to It's cause: cit is the water, the ell
mate and the sun, monsieur" In the
opinion, however, Of DR.. Ramsey, the
resident English physician Of the place.
this Bagdad boil is an infection arising
from the sting or bite Of an insect which
he describes as q species Of ny, and be
recounted his own personal experiences.
in which he was conscious Of the bite
OF this insect on the very spot Of his
forearm where the boil ultimately de-
wnlOnad
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WHALES A FACTOR IN WAR.
Cstacean Monsters Resemble Torpedo
Boats and Tsrrify Inhabitants
r. Of Russian Towns.

Whales are giving q great deal Of
trouble at VladiVostOk. One Of them ex-
ploded prematurely torpedo, which 9TH
erwise might have destroyed q Japan
csc Warship, and how a school Of whales
has taken on the semblance Of q feet Of
japanese torpedo boats, and terrified the
inhabitants Of Askold island. Decidedly
the port commander Of VladiTostOk
should take every measure to hunt all
whales from the coast waters. The pres
ence Of a casual party Of whales on the
coast leaves the japanese free to direct
the northern mosquito feet upon other
fortified points. Conversely, by prop
or concentration Of whales upon the
channel all the Russian mines might be
exploded, with no harm except to the
cetecean monsters Yet before quip Is
ladnehed at the affrighted citizens Of
Vladivostok, II behoOYes Americans 70
recall the frequency with which phantom
fleets were sighted on all our watering
places in the early summer Of 1893, says
the New York Post, Had our shores at
that critical time been beset with whales
We possibly might have given no better
account Of ourselves than the Askold
islanders.
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Tsmpsranee Camp N Alasla.

Commissioner Hugh J. Lee, the news
paper man Of Meriden, Mas, who two
years ago went to Wales. Alaska. for
the United States government to look
after the reindeer and the natives
there, has established q Temperance
camp there. In q year there has been
but one case Of drunkenness there. Be
fore his arrival, he says, the natives
we're q laEless set, given to drinking,
but In his FIRST experience as q justice
Of the peace he sent one transgressor
20 the federal fail for three months
ana since that time Law and order have
urevafled
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THE BROAD Ak.

Is for sale at the following news
stands:
The Afro-American News ones.
21O4 State Street
Alton H. Blake, shoe shining parlOrs,
25Osk State street.
J. c. Campbell, cigars, tobacco and
fancy groceries, 471O State street.
A r. TsrValon's Cigar Etors and
News stand. 2s2s state street.
Edward Felix's Cigar Store, sss
sOth street, n. e. Corner Armour Ave.
T. B. Halls Cigar Store and
Laundry once. 2Sl 18Th s.
Turner williams Cigar aud News
stand. 290s Armour Ava
Mrs. B. Williams, Cigars. Notions
and News stand, 1854 state slreat
Frank h. Hart. S5+S1st street. Ct
CARS. tobacco and Laundry once.
Mrs. L. +. Early. groceries and no
lions, 1888 State St
The stationery. 1910 STATE street.
P. s. Hotchkls's Cigars, Notions and
News stand. 1s1 ". 51st Street.
IsIdor Jacobson. cigars. togaeco and
stati1nery. s14s State St
WoodloIk ana Mitchell Cigars. To
baeco and News Stand. lsO2 state
Street
No. ftems ara udvsrussments isls
a dee places YIN and thsir vag
into ne eolunns q ne Broad Az
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When You Go to Florida.

'It's a mistake to think that the Wis
Itors to Florida get the early vegeta-
bles," said Mr.. Thomas H. Benson, Of
New York. "The fact OF the matter IL
that the new vegetables 60 to New York
and other northern cities, and the visit
ors get the aftermath. The only thing
Florida has is climate. It has a corner
on that, and visitors are expected to pay
for Il. They do."-W Washington Post
The broad ax., 1904-05-21
No nrslndr IN Ianan.

Protagonists and antagonists %
what Is miscalled japanese" music
assert that It out-Wagners Wagner In
deseriptiveness-that there Is no such
thing as music" In Japan. The jap
anese themselves say with the utmost
eomplacency that they have possessed
since the eighth century (When to
Corean melody" was added the CHI
nese scale and nOtationl "the perfect
music" There is no such thing in
Japan as melody for itsef-as we
know It In the West-and that Is what
an occidental thinks Of when he speaks
Of music.
The broad ax., 1904-05-21

There Is q policsman's college IN St
Petersburg to train applicants for the
force. In q museum connected with
the schools the pupils make themselves
familiar with the tools Of criminals
timmies, drills. ehiseis and eontriV-
anees for robbing collection boxes. Ths
Russian passport system is studied In
detail. The duties Of the dVorniks, q
sort Of assistant police, are taught
They keep watch on the residences, re-
port on the habits Of the tenants and
their visitors. examine the papers OF
newcomers, and direct them to report
themselves at the police station.
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80 Trna ii Natnre.

A visitor to a museum reports that he
saw q eountryman standing before the
bust Of a woman in a collection Of stat
uary. The woman was represented In
the act Of coiling her hair, and as the
visitor came up the eountTyman was
saying to himself:
mo, sir; that amt true to nature.
She amt got her mouth full o. hair
pins. "-Tit-Bits
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Profanity BAD for Horses.

An owner Of race horses, not At all q
sentimental person, says a writer in
Country Life in America, recently
made an order forbidding his employees
to talk in loud tones OF to swear in the
stable. Il have never yet seen q good
hammered horse" he says, that was
being sworn At al the time. Il hurts
the feelings Of q sensitive horse, and
III keep my word good to discharge
any man in my employ Il catch him
swearing within the hearing Of any
horse IN this stable"
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they were discussing domestic mat
ters with masculine confidence
There's only one way to Keep a cool" "
asserted one.
How Is thatg asked the other.
Marry her"
But suppose you're already mar
risdI"
Easy again. Any time that you can't
make the cook your wife, Why, make
your wife the cool. Brooklyn Eagle.
The broad ax., 1904-05-21
The Klnk That Won't Come Back

The Klnk That Won't Come Back.
You can make your hair just as
straight and smooth as you want to
by using the Original OzOnized Ok
Marrow, and the kink that was there
before will not come back The OzOn-
lied Ok Marrow also keeps the hair
from falling out, cures dandruf and
makes the hair grow. It never fails
One bottle does It. Sold over forty
years to ladies Of refinement all over
the country, giving perfect satisfac-
ton. Send US so cents and we will
ship you a bottle express paid. Ad-
dress Ozonized Ok Marrow Co, 76 Wa
bash Avenue. Chicago. Ill
The broad ax., 1904-05-21

Mrs. Enpeck-I think, Henry, that our
daughter has made a very satisfactory
marriage. and that she viii succeed
very well in the management Of her
husband.
Henry Enpeek-Why do you think so?
Mrs. Enpeek-I overheard her talking
to him this morning, and she got him to
agree to a proposition Ike this: "fyou
win do as want. promise to do the
same. Tit Bits.
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One Occasion.

There was one OCCASION said the
enthusiastic fisherman. when we
turned the tables"
when was that?"
when the whale who swallowed Jo-
nah had to return and tell his ineredu-
lous associates how he caught a remark
ably big man. but let him get aWay."-
Washington Star.
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WhIch - -.

HIm-Havs you ever read Shakes
peare's Works3
H9-No; but I've read bis plays
wasn't aware that he had written any
WorkB.-CiEeinnad Enquirer.
The broad ax., 1904-05-21
Passes for Railway Mem.

More than 1000 engineers and con-
ductors on a southern railway are sub
ject to the following orders, recently Is
sued, regarding passes: Men who have
served I'VE years will receive passes over
their own division; ten-year men an
nuals over the system east Of the Missis-
sippi river, and 15-year men are entitled
to one that includes their wives