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The Washington times., 1904-01-13
All Clerks Look Alike.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times;
The solons at the Capitol who favor
longer hours for Government employees
and who claim that they could I'LL va
cancies with farm hands. competent
and willing to work from sunrise to
sunset should inform themselves more
fully as to the nature of much of the
work required With them a Govern
ment clerk is Government clerk.
whether he sweeps out the offices or
performs the duties of an expert ac-
countant or professional man. A visit.
say. to the Treasury Department or
Pension Office. as an example. with an
intelligent study of the situation there
might induce them - modify their
views.
The Treasury in one Of its functions.
is the largest banking institution and
clearing house in the world Many of
its employees are engaged in ordinary
manual labor. or unslxilled clerical
work. within the capacity Of many an
ordinary farm hand. Their work is
not exhausting, even If prolonged Not
so with many others. whose technical
knowledge and experiences is the pro-
duct If long experience and years of
special training. as well as OF marked
ability i'm some particular direction
Many OF the Government accounts are
sometimes so complicated and tangled
as to require extraordinary care and
skill in settlement
Some OF the work IL, the Treasury,
even of a perfunctOry and routine char
acter. such as counting money for ex-
ample, is very exhausting and exact
ing. If long continued To exact a con-
tinuous service OF long hours for fully
10 per cent of the Treasury employees is
as unreasonable as 1t is foolish, because
it involves physical impossioiIity The
same fact applies TO the law and medi
cal divisions and board of review of the
Pension Office. as well as to Govern
ment officials of whatever grade and
wherever employed. who are engaged in
mental rather than physical work. The
latter may be prolonged without harm
or serious consequence. For the former.
seven hours Is too long. F.
Washington, Jan. r.
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

Artists all over the world have photo
graphed and painted pictures of William
J. Bryan. the famous NebrasKan. whose
presence in Washington this week has
shown how many loyal supporters he
still has among the members OF the
Democratic National Committee. but the
most celebrated picture OF Mr. Bryan
was the Farmer Bryan" study. taken
by Louis R Bostwick in 1900.
The picture was taken cary in the
1900 campaign. Mr.. Bryan was living on
his farm near LincOla. which H. had
just purchased. and the papers were
filed with stories of his high-priced
cattle and his first ventures in agricuI-
ture. When Mr.. Bostwiek reached the
Bryan farm he found the distinguished
politician dressed in jumpers. hickory
shirt, boots. and broad-brimmed straw
hat. With his young son. Mr.. Bryan
was standing by chicken yard fence
looking at a brood Of young chickens.
Mr.. Bryan declined to pose for a pic
ture in such garb and turned his face
away from the camera Mr.. Bostwick
snapped the broad back of the silver
leader and the picture made the artist
famous
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
a Hero" in Real Life.
The MelOdramatic Career of Charles
Kruger.


The career of Charles f. Kruger
row under sentence of death in a
Pennsylvania prison cell, is, as related
by himself, one of the most melodra-
matte in the history Of crime. This
man, who IS a Pole, and whose real
name is Betowski, says that he has
killed ten men, the first murder being
committed when he was fourteen years
cd. He is now only twenty-four, and
all his life has been spent as a tramp,
a beggar, and a criminal. The doc
tors are puzzling over the question
whether he is insane, eriminally in
sane, liar, or a simple criminal. The
consensus of opinion seems to be that
he IS telling the truth, but that he has
no sense of the enormity of his crime,
and no spirit of bravado. He COM
mitted murder because it came in the
ordinary course Of business; that was
all.
This is regarded, apparently, as a
proof of abnormaity in the man, an
evidence that he is a monster. But let
Us consider. The hero Of the average
melodramatie novel, if the time of the
novel be three or four centuries ago,
makes nothing of killing a few people
who get in his way. The author
usually refrains with discreetness
from counting up the number Of the
hero's victims, but some of them
would doubtless beat Betowski's rec
ord Of ten. Yet this, being dressed up
il. velvet and gold lace, armor and me-
dleyal trappings, Is heroism. In real
life, and in these days, it is plain in
sanity or degeneration.
Betowski Is Pole, and man Of no
education. All that he knows he has
learned from the world as he sees it,
and it is surprising how different the
world looks 10 a man who is tramp
and an outcast, and to a man who has
from infancy had all the ties Of fam
lily, church, and home to bind him 10
the traditions of good society. The
fabric which we call civilization is
efter all. very much a matter Of the
surface, and doubtless, to a wandering
i'literate Of somewhat barbaric IN
s;incts, the world does not look so UNI
like the world as it was seen by beg
gar of the time of Burns or of
Shakespeare. In Eastern Europe,
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
LUMBER is SCARCE.

Captain Mcclellan. Of the revenue cut
ter Manning. now il, washington. who
has just been detailed by the Treasury
Department TO take charge Of aae Life
Saving Service exhibition at St Louis.
says he never appreciated the need Of
wood so much as when exploring the
AIeutian Islands last summer. These
islands are entirely bare OF timber. and
in order to get wood for their canoe
paddles. and for other absolutely neces-
sary purposes. the natives gather drift
wood .sIong the coast. pick I'D boxes
thrown from steamers s-I resort to all
manner of expedients-
Before / left one IF the islands where
the Manning touched for a time. said
the captain. Il called the chief tor me
and SID: Now. chief I am going 10
bring you a present the next time
come back Let me know what yOu
want. Just think Il over and tell me
what you would like to have above
everything else, and If l can l will bring
it to you
The old man bowed his head in deep
thought for a while. Then his face
Frightened. and he said: Captain, bring
me lumber enough to build new
church -
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
The Reform Ineffective.
A System Proposed Which Will Do
Away With Profanity-If 1t Works.

Away With Profanity-If 1t Works.
Some ingenious person advocates in
the New York Sun" a profanity cure
by what might he called the homeo-
pathie method. Instead of words for
hidden to polite society, people are TO
be encouraged 10 use mild and anaem-
lie substitutes which sound like those
words. For instance, it is suggested
that instead of referring to the ulti-
mate destination of the wicked in an
explanatory tone of voice, the excited
person might say, "Odellw whiel,
would only be changing one letter
and sound much the same.
This is not exactly new scheme.
Darn" "dern," and "blankety-blank''
are all common substitutes for the
stronger word, used by persons who
arc not quite good enough never to
need an expletive, but who are re
strained by conscience or motives of
propriety from using the mule-dIiver
and sea captain variety. But they are
not satisfactory compared with the 81
mon-pure monosyllable which is al
ways so enthusiastically applauded
when it is used on the stage. 1t has
never been found out just why aud
fences, particularly matinee audiences,
should find the exasperated euss words
Of the hero so funny, but it seems to
be the case that they do.
At any rate, the artificial and elab-
crate system advocated in the "Sun"
will hardly work. When man is an
cry he wants something emotional, not
something intellectual. He wants to
lip out an expression of his feelings,
not to practice memory system. The
habit of swearing is not as common as
1t used to be in this country; gentle
men no longer use the language with
the unvarnished freedom of the days
OF Sheridan; when gentleman was
accustomed to consign himself, col
lectively and in sections, to the lowest
depths of perdition in the presence of
ladies, while paying tribute to their
charms. Undoubtedly many youths
who were not brought up TO swear do
swear now and then under provoca-
ton, but there IS, all things consid-
cred, an increasing respect for the
English language, and men generally
recognize the fact that conversation Is
not as interesting or as varied when a
man has but one adjective for all oc-
casions, and describes pretty woman,
a fast horse, and rascally crime with
that same adjective.
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
Scores Cabinet Order.
p the Editor d The wasnInrtnr

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
At a recent Cabinet meeting the
officers pushed asile questions az
weighty moment, to delve into the Ia
to find some section by which the Gov
eminent clerk would be required To nut
In an extra half hours work each day
as means of saving to the United
states Government. These same men
who seek the enforcement OF the law
requiring the Government enpIoye TO
work from a. m. until $50 D. m. 20
and come as they please. and have no
idea of the labor or confinement attach
ed to the duties of an employe of the
departments.
If these same dignitaries. who draw
large salaries by trying to find trouble
would search the Scriptures with The
same diligence they search to out hard
ships on those under them. and find
and abide by the law requiring them to
do unto others as you would have
others do unto you" the Government
would be better governed, and the great
and mighty men OF this nation could
lie down at night with the knowledge
that they had spent one day to a good
purpose.
The enforcement Of this law by the
CoDihCN oiAiCeiS HpL Only places adj
tional hardships on the life Of the Gov
eminent clerk, but on the business pub
lie Of Washington as we'll 1t will
mean stagnatiOn of business until it
can adjust itself, and this means longer
hours to all classes Of business en-
Dloyes. to say nothing of the loss Of
health by an unusual confinement, as
the laws of nature are more binding
than the unHise and misinterprc:ed law
just discovered.
Several of the luminaries at the
Capitol. bearing the misnomer of Sena-
to-. or Representative. rush into print
and tell how glad they are that such
a saving mas been found for the Gov
eminent. when they. after a night spent
in frivolity. on the following day
gather at the Capitol, at noon-after
the department clerks have put in
three hours solid Work-and after
answering to rOll-call, move to ad-
jourD, and 1t is done. These are the
men and class of men who presume to
make this change More recreation and
closer application would be better for
the clerk and the Government
A CITIZEN.
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
UNREALISTIC.

Modern civilization has made the an
cient statue OF justice unrealistic in the
opinion OF Frederick W Seward. OF New
York formerly Assistant secretary OF
State. who came 10 Washington to at
tend the international arbitration com
ference.
This statue is made the type for an
sculptors' conceptions of TIE figure OF
justice. II depicts a figure with drawn
sword uplifted. and in the other hand.
but somewhat in the background IS q
pair of scales. Mr.. Seward says this IL
an ancient conception. which placed
force uppermost in obtaining just set
Element OF differences. The implements
in the figures hands, he thinks, .should
be reversed.
In the ring hand. held aloft. should be
the scales while the LEFT hand should
grip the handle of a sword which IN
sheathed. Modern times. ne believes.
will see a settlement of all differences
by arbitration
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
MAKER OF ToMBsToNEs.

Exchanges of soto vOce amenities
among the attorneys at an important
trial are among the redeeming features
of the work of those who have TO At
tend them. The attorneys engaged IN
the postofice conspiracy cases are IN
usually quick at repartee.
What's that? What did that man
say?' inquired A C. Douglass, of the
counsel for the defense. on Monday ia
the examination of a talesman by the
prosecution.
He says he's a maker of tombstOnes
and when this trial is over he'll be busy
delivering goods for you fellows, re-
piled Holmes Conrad. who IS leading
attorney for the prosecution
''Oh. don't know replied Mr. DouS-
lass. lit strikes me when it's over the
Government will have 70 raise taxes to
get the money TO I'LL the orders tho
tombstone makers will get for the prose-
cuticn
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
GAVE CASE DEAD AWAY"

One of the most popular young lawyers
practicing at the local legal bar is James
O'Shea- a Georgetown graduate, who has
met with signal success at the trial
table.
Recently he represented a negro man
charged in the Police Court with the
larceny OF several chickens.
fair defense was offered and things
looked promising for the accused until
the lawyer placed him on the stand
Are you the defendant in this casef'
said Judge Scott as the negro mounted
the steps of the witness stand.
No, sir" replied the negro, with an
amazed look on his face and pointing 70
his counsel. I'm the one that stole the
chickens; there's the defendant"
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
Wall of a Student.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
As a college student protest against
the action Of the powers that be in add
ing more time 10 the clerks working
day on the ground that it makes a large
percentage of outsiders suffer who have
no connection with Government employ
ment whatever The change has re-
suited In causing the classes at the
college which / attended to be much
later They do not conclude until $50
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
THE SEVEN-HOUR DAY
FROM MANY VIEWPOINTS
Interesting Opinions the Subject Submitted by Govern
ment Clerks and Others

O'Clock now. and thereby many Of us
are greatly Inconvenience.
To many 1t may seem a trivial mat
ter that our afternoon classes are held
by lamphght now. but many OF the
students have found good cause of com
plant on having to wait all afternoon
TO get through with their WORK. and the
change Is most unpopular among them.
STUDENT
The Washington times., 1904-01-13
ASSAY COMMISSION.

President Roosevelt has announced tha
names of the members or the assay COM
mission for 1901 The commission will
test the coins produced at the minis. II
VIII meet in Philadelphia. February 10.
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

Two departments Of the city govern
ment in Philadelphia are disputing about
which shall clean off the snow. In the
meantime the rain is doing the work for
them. Cheap plan.
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

There is a factory somewhere in
Pennsylvania in which idols are made
for the Chinese market. There are fac
tories elsewhere from which missioDar-
les are turned out for the same market.
This country is beautifully consistent
place to live in.
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

The sneer at British operations In So
maitland. when 1000 natives were killed
and only two British officers. may seem
reasonable on the face of IT. but really.
what is a Briton TO do when a six-foot
native is coming at him fun tilt with a
spear in his hand-stand still and say
the catechism2
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

The rules of a convention of the
miners union provide that any delegate
who gets intoxicated shall forfeit his
convention money. Some other conven-
tons might be less hilarious but more
effective for such a rule
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

Representative Gibson Of Tennessee
wants TO have the use of SENATE" end
Congress" prohibited in the District
except when used in their proper sense
But how are people to advertise their
products effectively without the APPROX
al of Congress? And how are they to
indicate ii without using the name?
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

]. Pierpont Morgan says he prefers no
candidate. Mr.. Bryan says he has 10
preference. The listeners feel relieved
for quite different reasons.
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

There are people who are forever
preaching about the danger Of neglected
colds developing into pneumonia or con-
sumption. but none of them has any
sure cure for a cold
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

Some of the people in New York are
pleading for production Of "Parsifar'
in the daytime so that they can see it.
and others are begging that the whole
opera be produced at night. so that
they can see 1t. Do they think that Mr..
Conried is running a vaudeville show?
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

The report OF the Weather Bureau for
yesterday-the Delphic Oracle-an-
nounced that the Carolina depression
has caused rain in Virginia and snow in
Maryland and the District of Columbia. -
IL VIII be observed that the bureau. in
common with most fortune tellers, Is
more able in explaining the past or
present than in predicting the future.
1T is interesting to note that our snow
was the result of a depression in Caro-
way. has spread and affected many OF
US here.
The Washington times., 1904-01-13

Mrs. Morrison, of this city. who was
recently Unmarried" from Mr. Morri-
son, explains that she contracted a dual
marriage while under influence that
made her unconscious of the act This
IS an interesting explanation psycholog-
ica!iy, and, IL founded upon fact. exon
crates the lady. Ii is hardly competent.
however from Mr. Morrison's point OF
view: The chief thing which interests
uation.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-21
Votes and Kisses.

In the letters Of William Cowper, the
poet, Is an interesting description of
some old fashioned political campaign
tactics In England: I'VE were sitting
yesterday after dinner the two ladies
and myself, very composedly and with.
out the least apprehension OF any such
intrusion III our snug parlor. one lady
knitting. the other netting, and the
gentlemen winding worsted, when to
our unspeakable surprise mob ap-
peared before the window, smart
rap was heard at the door. the boys
hallO0eG and the maid announced Mr..
Grenville. Puss-one of1he tame hares
was unfortunately letOut Of her box.
90 that the candidate, with all his good
friends at his heels. was refused nd
mittance at the grand entry and re-
ferred to the back door as the only pos
sible way Of approach. In minute
the yard. the kitchen and the parlor
were filled. Mr.. Grenvllle. advancing
toward me. shook me by the hand with
a degree OF cordially that was ex-
tremely seducing. When the confer
ence ended, Mr.. Grenville squeezed my
hand again, kissed the ladies and with
drew. He kissed likewise the maid In
the kitchen and seemed upon the whole
q most loving, kissing, kind hearted
gentleman"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-21
EASTERN SITUATION

A dispatch from Chefoo of yes
terday conveys the information
that IL general attack has been
made upon Por: Arther by the
japanese. 1t is expected that the
remnant of the Russian squadron
in the port will sally forth to en-
gage the Japanese ships.
Another battle between the
armies under General KurOki and
General Kuropstkin is said to be
imminent.
Eight or nine japanese divisions
are reported to be advancing on
Mukdep. If the battle takes
place it will De brought about by
the japanese, as General Kuro-
patkin seems not anxious for a
conflict at present. What Ia: de-
sires is to gather supplies for an
aggressive campaign next year.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-21
GilmOre's Mills
{ GseffS C0tveSpond@nce.

& Gsene Correspondence.
Sept. 19--Nrs. J. g. Cress, who ha'
been the guest OF Mrs. j. w. Gilmore
for several weeks, left for Lynchbure
Saturday.
Miss Elizabeth Barger returned Fri
day from visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Lee Barger, at Lick Run,V
Mrs. Hugh Shafer spent several
days during the week with herparents
at Waugh, Va.
Mrs. Cora Tolley, who has been
visiting friends in our vicinity, re-
turned to her home in Richmond Sat
urday.
Miss Hope Chiles has gone TO at
tend the Daleville Seminary.
Mr.. and Mrs. w r. Hatcher attend
ed the Confederate Veterans reunion
at Lynchburg last week.
Contractor ]. w. Wallace, has com
menced work on the foundation OF the
new bridge across Cedar Creek at this
point
Mrs. e. A. Seal spent Tuesday with
Miss Kate Thompson at Buchanan.
jim SwINGER.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-21
ABUNDANT CROPS

United States Treasurer Roberts
reports that receipts at the treas
ury department of money directly
traceable to the proceeds of last
years crops at this date amount
ed to S6,249,000; this year the
sun has reached 81, l45, 900. The
increase is due to the advanced
pric ,s in grain and other farm
products.
In this good year of 1904 the
farmer is prosperous. He has en-
jryed abundant crops. The basis
Of prosperity has always been
agriculture, and when this in
dustry yields such abundant re-
turns as are reported this year,
prosperity is the natural result
throughout the land.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-21
pARKER,S HIGH PLANE

Judge Parker insists that the
Forthcoming Democratic hand
book. to be Published with the
sanction of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, shall not in any
way reflect upon the personal hon
or sad integrity OF President
Roosevelt. 1t is said that the
Republican handbook has in it
several things rejecting upon
Judge Parker, which caused him
10 writ- II letter to the managers
requesting that great care be ex-
ercised. that no rejoinder be made
to the Republican charges.
Judge Parker has accepted the
candidacy of his party for the
highest office IN the gift of his
fellow citizens, but he is unwilling
to reach the goal of his just am
bition by making assault upon the
personal character OF his opponent.
His action should lave II good
effect in keeping clean and honor
able the political struggle in
whick the two great parties are
now engaged.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-21

Senator John w. Daniel was in
New York last week and in re-
ported interview said, at the Par.
ker headquarters: ''At no time
lave / ever doubted the election
of Parker and Davis. Now the
chances are better than ever. Re-
ports / have received from every
part of the country, especially the
doubtful States, show that Demo
cratic prospects all along the line
are Frightening. / believe Judge
Parker will not only sweep the
States Of New York, New Jersey
AMI Connecticut, but will also
carry enough States in the Middle
West to make his election an alb
solute certainty
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-21

THAT new salesman" remarked u
fOOYwaker in Broadway Aaberdash.
ers store to the proprietor. Seems to
be an inqulsltlye sort Of fellow. When
business Is slack he noses about, look
Ing ut everything on the shelves, ex-
aminlng tags and peeping into boxes
that are not strictly in his department.
| think III speak to him."
You will please do nothing OF the
sort" answered the proprietor. Clerks
who nose about, as you express It, in
stead Of posing by tie door, are the
young mep who know exactly what
goods wo have IN stock and where to
find them, They do not keep Gus.
toner waiting while they run to you
or me and risk losing sale. There IL
nothing about my stock that don't
want MY clerks 70 know. l would rath-
or they fni oat e themselves than
80 running to you YJr inforipation,"-
New York Press,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-09-21
Timber Ridge
Gazfffs Cor,eStondencf.

Garfffs Co,,eSbondencs
Sept. 19--The Sabbath schools OF
Timber Ridge united and spent an
enjoyable day in McClung's woods
last Saturday. The day was perfect
and young and old joined heartily in
dispensing OF the abundant good
things set before them. -
No seeding las been done yet, but
farmers are taking advantage OF the
delay in putting their fields In first
class condition.
Mr.. j. A. Thompson. who has just
returned from the reunion in Lynch
burg, passed through here enroute for
Bath county for rest and recupera-
ton amid. its mountains and limpid
streams. He is extravagant in his
praise OF the ladies' reception Of the
old vets whose ranks are rapidly being
depleted.
Rev. Mr.. Trostle began a prctracted
service last night at the Stone church
under favorable auspices. ETA.