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The Washington times., 1904-12-04
THOROUGHLY HONEST BOY Will NOT PREvARICATE.

Honesty goes deeper Jhau the super
-ite'il strata or the mind. The thorough
iy honest boy win n no case stoop Goo
HirFuricaS0u or faisehOod. An instance
rerlr5 t1 me OF o. boy who was tu-
ri1Eed ir q bank. ana 60 whom one day
letter was given with q direction o.
hand il 20 tur president when tHat
gentlemen should come in. The bog Was
=ent GA several rrrands. and entirely
forgot the letter E his. pocket. It hap
pened that the president OF the bank
end the boy both lived in a suburb some
mles from the city, the one I'm man
sion ana fhe other iu cottage two
miles distant. Evening came and jh,
boys bedtime was approaching. Whti.
suddenly. putting his hand m his pockel
De discovered the letter sim there. Rain
was falling bon torrents and the night
was pitch dark, His parents said
why not wait TN morning and make
your excuses az the bank for your
forgetfuiness? Its a long walk through
dark streets this wet night
"No' said the boy "rH take ibis
letter 10 Mr tonight and tell aim
how sorry Z am that , forgot IL. I ann
afraid its very important But amy
bow. Il tramp over there and deliver
ID now"
This was certainly the boys only hon
0rabla course. The president appre-
ciated his straightforwardness. and, IA,
In three months the boys position was
fnaffnrr since
The Washington times., 1904-12-04

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The Washington times., 1904-12-04

fiber, nodded In dir ,er enJ shape. An
artist 10 mis- nnger-t fDs. he lived i'm "a
beautiful dregm-wor' a. "a world. how
ever, of severe Stu6e and jealous eX-
actions. Before C.. mas he would sit
ana work. uncouscio as of fatigue. Buy
Ing and selling were not in his line,
He pleaded 10 be nBlwed 20 90 TO Paris
10 study. The request was denied. Fore
ed into the wareF soCse and tied 10 I'M
congeniaI toll he made a sorry hgures
and I'm less than four years, suddenly
broke down. and after short illness
died. The round 7 eg could noL iJ into
the square hole. over the grave of his
iirst-born, too late. the hard-headed
parent realized IA al he had made mis-
take, one OF tho -. irretrievable mistakes
that r.. r. sin has branded IN his poem,
The Fools Ttsayer' Alas, how often
obstinate faith, IFS and ambitious mothers
make blunders when they force boys by
gentle iusiste lrc or harsh commands
into places f. r which the boys are unfit
Another case was of lad who,
strange 20 As. wanted TO bee "a farmer
So many fa5 mcra' sons rush away from
The Washington times., 1904-12-04
SOMETHING HeHER IN HOME rRAINING WANTED.

Honesty the best policy bat this is so low motive that
be
honesty Of policy bur from motives right
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The Washington times., 1904-12-04
THOSE WITH CHARAC TER Will FIND THEIR LEVEL


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The Washington times., 1904-12-04
MONEY Is NOT - ONLY THING WORTH HAVING

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! e. " lor "a SON.
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and
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Why
right for
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The Washington times., 1904-12-04

EVER week print report
O
or common honesty Temptations
once 10 in The nfn
The Washington times., 1904-12-04
MADE SORRY FIGURE, TIED 10 UNCONGENIAI, TOIL.

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pushing
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OF OF
The Washington times., 1904-12-04
CHARACTER TELLs Is "a ALWAYs IS.

& allied
aerx
remembering
m a. place vlen
hey q D. we'll
of eth or honor
ion 90 the day bout
TO make headWa Yet
character tells as always The
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
THE ROSES
OF OLD CHIOS

Although the rose is so popular
throughout all the world now, that
great fortunes are being earned by
growers everywhere, the queen of the
flowers does not enjoy the unique po-
sition that she held in ancient Greece.
The love of the old Greeks, and par
ticularly the Athenians. for the rose
was almost akin to worship. and
many a high liver of those days has
gone down in history as having spent
his whole patrimony in roses for
feasts.
The Greek knew nearly all the gen.
eral varieties of roses that are known
SONS; and big tracts of land were
taken out of the grain and food pro-
ducing era in order to grow roses.
The old island of Chios was al
most entirely an island of roses, and
to those who approached it from the
sea it presented the appearance of a
gigantic bouquet of red and white and
yellow blooms, which the shining white
pillars of temples and villas cleaning
from the splendor of the flowers.
Shiploads of roses were sent to
Athens every day from ChioS. That
was probably the most beautiful
freight that ever went by sea since
the world began. and it must have
been a glorious sight to see the gall
leys, all decked with flowers, steering
over. the blue Aegeian Sea.
Roses were used for emblems of
joy and sorrow, for triumph and de-
feat. A wreath of roses ornamented
the bride, and wreaths of roses decked
those who were going to their graves.
The victor entered cities over a path
of roses. and wherever he trod dur
ing his triumphal march, the blos-
SONS formed carpet for his feet.
In old Rome, too, the rose was
considered the most precious of flow
ers. On May % a great rose feast
used to begin in Rome in memory of
the dead, and for a week or more the
cemeteries were literally overwhelmed
with the flowers. In the great time
of Imperial Rome. the guests at big
feasts sat on rose petals that were
piled high around them. The floor
was carpeted with them and men WED
with each other to find new and ex-
travagant uses for the beloved flowers.
For one single banquet. Nero i'm
ported $125,O0O, worth of roses from
Alexandria.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
NEW YORK PILOTS
HARD WINTER.

Has Been the Toughest in "A Quarter
of a Century.
New York, March 12.-The harbor pi-
lots win be glad enough when the ice
leaves port. They have had the tough
est time in quarter of a century.
Even the biggest liners only barely
managed to get through the foes at
times, and it happened again and again
that passenger and freight ships that
used to be considered cracks got
caught hopelessly.
One of these was the Anchor liner
Californian. Her pilot had got her
nearly out of the harbor when, just
before they reached the bar, a great
field of ice swept on her and began
to force her slowly and surely from
her course in the channel.
Better anchor here" said the pilot.
seeing that her engines couldn't beat
the ice.
Down went the anchor with
mighty plunge-for about ten feet.
Then it stopped plunging; and when
the amazed pilot looked over the side,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
OF UNKNOWN
LANDS in THE FAR EAST
Great Deserted Cities on the Edge of the Desert
of Cobb

New York, March 12.-One of the
most interesting of recent American
arrivals from foreign parts is Oscar
7. Crosby of Washington, who has
just stepped foot on the soil of the re-
public after a long and strenuous Sc
ries of journeys through unknown
lands.
The term unknown lands is used
here advisedly. Since his departure
from this country, some two years ago,
Mr.. Crosby has crossed Chinese Turke-
stan and Little Thibet, regions where
few white men ever go. Some parts of
both these countries have never been
visited by an American before.
Mr.. Crosby used all kinds of primi-
tive methods of transportation in his
Journeys. Part of the time he rode
camel back, part of the time horse
back and part of the time he used
''shank's horses His route for many
miles shirted the edge of the mysteri-
GUS desert of Gobi on which sandy
waste is located a large number of ex-
tinct cities. These towns, some of
which must have been of at least 1O0,-
900 population, and were full of life
and energy 5000 or 1900 years ago,
have been deserted so long that no one
knows exactly when they were in
fiourishing condition, or who it was
that lived in them.
There are no traditions, even, of
their period of prosperity. All that is
known about them is that they are
still in existence and that their build
ings are half covered with sand, which
also chokes their once busy streets.
The inference is that the inhabitants
were driven out of them by the en-
croaching desert.
Uninhabited for ThOusa nds of Years.
At all events they are tenantless
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
KILL THE DANDRUFF GERM.
Or Your Hair VIII Fall Out Till You
RecOme Bald.

Modern science has discovered that
dandruff Is caused by a germ that
digs up the scalp in scales, as 1t bur-
rows down to the roots of the hair,
where it destroys the hairs vitality,
causing falling hair, and ultimately,
badness. After Prof. Unna of Ham,
burg, Germany, discovered the dam
druff germ, all efforts to find a rem
edy failed until the great laboratory
discovery was made which resulted In
Newbro's Herpicide. 1t alone Of all
other hair preparations kills the dan
druff germ. Without dandruff, hair
grows luxuriantly. Destroy the cause,
you remove the effect" Sold by lead
ing druggists. Send 10c In stamps for
sample TO The Herpiclde Co., Detroit,
Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Co., Special
Agents
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
THE DEEDS OF NAUGHTY NAN.
No. L.

To sit upon is what chair
Is for, as all the worlds aware,
And. therefore, as you will admit
It's painful when you try to sit
Upon one, and discover air
Where you thought you would find
the chair.
So Aunt Samantha found when she
Sat on the floor in misery:
And it can we'll be understood
That for the old it is not GOOD.
'Tis sad that this is only one
OF all the things that Nan has done.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13

ords of West Point and Annapolis
academies prove that we are not, lin a
Warllke sense, military people When
the civil War came, Grant, Sherman.
Mcclellan, Burnside, Halleck. Early.
FOLK, Pendleton, Slocum, Rosea,rans.
Hooker, Lawton, Nichols, Bledsoe, Bry-
an Leadbetter, j. R. Anderson and
many others, educated at West Point
Military Academy, had left the United
states army and were engaged in peace
1ul pursuits. All over this country to-
day, IN the professions and pursuits of
peace, are to be found graduates of
our military and naval academies Not
rev OF them have become ministers
OF the Gospel of Christ. Where is
mere better military city than
savannah, and yet one less ''warIike. -
This is distinction with a big diff
ference.
Referring to errors in official publica-
tlons in my last letter l said the Army
register gave the birth of Mai. Oscar
u. Brown as 1853, instead of 1883.
similar typographical error in Lee e
Agnew's Historical Record of the CITY
Oh savannah (1S6s) gives the organi-
zatlon OF the Savannah Cadets as Nav
T. 1916, and that they served along
the coast of Georgia and South Caro-
ma until April, 1854" According to
TINS, they served continuously almost
ntty years before they were ordered
to the Western army" I also
notice in this Record" called "Iistori-
cal, that the name of Tattnall has only
one t, while the name of Sorrel has
an extra !. Commodore Josiah Tatt-
nall is in the list of Savannah's ma
Jor generals and Lieut. E. C. Ander-
son in the list of brigadier generals.
Both We're once in the United States
navy. Several old naval officers who
entered the Confederate navy also be-
came brigadier generals. The Lost
cause" magazine of Louisville, KY,
Tor December has a page of pictures
OF Confederate generals from Louisi-
ana, one of which is Brig, Gen. Edward
higgins, formerly of the United States
navy. Admiral Rapheel Semmes and
Commander r. L. Page and one other
whose name 1 cannot just now recall.
were also brigadiers. AS to Commo-
dore Tattnalrs name, Scharf's His
tory of the Confederate States Navy
has it Tatnall. The names of Lloyd
j. Beall and J. D. Waddell are also
given with an I. instead of a J., evil
IDENTIFY the usual typographical error in
such cases. The Sunshine Bulletin of
New York has the name of Count Cas-
sini-the Russian ambassador-print-
ed Count Casino"
Sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13

now, and owing to the complete lack
of moisture in the desert of Gobi
many of the belongings of the long
dead inhabitants are still in as good a
condition as they were when the cities
were in their prime.
Among other well-preserved relics
occasionally to be found in these cities
are manuscripts, not tables of stone
or OF baked clay, imperishable under
all circumstances, but manuscripts
written on paper so many years ago
that there are now in the world not
more than two or three persons who
can decipher them.
Ancient Manuscript.
Mr.. Crosby was able to secure some
Of these manuscripts while on his re-
cent journey. He takes no credit
for securing them, merely thanking
his stars that he was lucky. Along
the edge of the desert are many good
sized towns whose inhabitants are
very much alive. While Mr.. Crosby
was stopping at one of these towns, a
native, who had recently returned
from a trip in the desert, approached
him with some old manuscripts. He
offered to sell them at what, to him,
seemed an exorbitant price, but which
was Well within Mr.. Crosby's means
Accordingly he bought them, and they
are now in his possession. Undoubted-
ly fac SMILES of these manuscripts
will soon be published.
Some of these manuscripts are writ
ten in Sanskrit of the most ancient
sort; these can probably be translated.
They have been shown to an eminent
student at Oxford University, and he
has been able already to get a general
idea of their purport. Others are writ
ten in characters somewhat resem-
bling the present Chinese characters.
whether these latter manuscripts can
be deciphered without the aid of the
learned men of China is a question.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13

The Morning News, I think, errs in
claiming that 1--WE try to persuade our
selves that we are not military peo-
ple." The claim should be that 1--WE
are not a warlike people," for we are,
and always have been, a military peo-
ple-citizen soldiers, always ready and
willing to serve our country even to
the death. In time of peace, said
Washington, prepare for war, and later
he followed his own advice when war
with France was threatened. The rec
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13

Capt. Robert L. Rodgers, in one of
his letters about Savannah, in the
Sandersville Herald and Georgian, re-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13

~ new and unique "ice-resisting"
metal buoy was used this year for the
first time, and it got black eye, as 1t
was run under" by the ice as regu-
larly as the ordinary can and spar
buoys. The latter proved to be the
best in this weather; for while the
ice would run them under like all the
rest, they were sure to bob up again
the moment the foes weakened in the
least. But the can buoys became
so heavily covered with ice that once
under they remained under.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13

he fould that the mighty piece of iron
mad fallen on submerged ice, and
anchor, ice foe and ship calmly drifted
to the mud banks on the edge of the
channel and stuck there.
The lighthouse tenders did a funny
thing. The ice not only pulled the
spar and can buoys under, but the
dashing waves froze regularly on the
superstructure of the big bell buoys
until they got top heavy. Every day
during the freeze half a dozen bell
buoys would capsize, so that their
warning bells hung ingloriously and
mute under water. The lighthouse
department tried all kinds of meth
ods without much success; at last they
devised one that worked. 1t was sim
pie, too. lighthouse tender would
steam as near as possible to the ice
where a capsized bell buoy was frozen
in and then the engines threw hot
water on the mass till it melted away
and the buoy bounced back to an un-
right position.
Sometimes the hot water actually
had to be pumped into the sea around
the buoy before 1t could be released.
Warming up the ocean this way GER
tainly was a new thing, never done
before.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
Doctors Admit Facts, But Unable to Explain
Secret of His Marvellous Power Over Death.
HEALS THOSE HUNDREDS or MILES AWAY
THE SAME AS THOSE CALL IN Pc

Refuses Pay for Discovery s
Belongs to All Mankind Free of Charge.
From India News
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
What Mysterious Power
Does This Man Possess?
The Dead Brought Back to Life

Would
Cures He Performs With Strange,
Gin
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-09
LIGHT AND HEAT
FOR PENITEN1IARY
Bids for the Work Arc Opened
and Referred to a Sub
committee.

a, meeting OF the Building Commit
tee of the Virginia penltentiary, held at
that Institution yesterday, bids were
opened for the construction OF an cleo
,ric light and eating plant and for tho
plumbing to be done III the new cell.
building.
Bids were received from nearly every
prominent city in the country this side
OF the Rocky Mountains. SO far only
those pertaining to plumbing have been
locked at by the subcommittee, TO whom
they were referred. These range all the
nay from $4,000 to $500. and the low
es, is something like 5000 In excess OF
the basis the committee had laid. How
over, all are subject TO discounts that
may bring many Of them within the fir
inE line.
All Tie bids were referred for minute
examination and report to n snpcommit-
tfo composed Of NJ y. Marcuse. T. II.
Elicit and w r. Bradley, who will hold
a meeting at the Capitol next Thurs
day to further consider them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-09
MYSTERY LURKING
IN A TELESCOPE

The Virginia Passenger and Power
Company Is holding a piece Of property
at the Reservoir end of the Main Street
line that is not needed IN their business
and they would Ike 10 have the lawful
owner to call for the same.
The property consists OF modern hand
trunk, known as telescope and about
one hundred pounds of worthless stone,
The mysterious package was placed on
the front end of one OF the new Pull
man" cars n few evenings ago by an
unknown man 10 Fulton, who said he
would follow 1t TO Reservoir Park, lie
did not get on at the rear platform OF
that car or any other so far as any.
body knows. When the car reached the
park end of the line Conductor Turner
handled the telescope with great care, for
ne lad conceived tho idea that the thing
contained dynamite,
Cautious investigation however. re-
vealed the fact that 1t held only harmless
and inesplosive granite,
The owner can get the telescope and
| contents by calling any paying charges
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-09
FULTON NEWS.

patfsfK Snf aes ed g;S4o
NSsss l's sre M9hifSs e,y FSons
ohsr s9cs were SisG p Ausr Inc naton
e'o os new e snS ss and tho Of tho
regular severn" ys sry o ,"Ief sstr
h eounss Mr. lIoG Gciv q leG te
stons asE sn15y sSsns MAJ ss
M Mr y Gs1sas pes SS'
e pSrie iIfry Council e r II ie iss c cSa
e Mo Nb f i inn ass psr q Humorous speeches. dc
lighted THO aaeneo With MS ,v WI rendered nr an N
e GnsS address, and Mr sans Of Liberty ~.
Council who also entertained VIII m I'M ,n fr.
sf sss 81 ho orshesra
Uf 'isrs es, and
Wesley 'whltjock. After lie above exercises
m = elegant collation. of refreshments was
'' rSe tn G1nep Mrs rsnees resSsn
who died a. tho home Ct her aaaEGser' n,nr rs
news Sc IT, aShn s'Fse place e
ton Baptist Church tomorrow merhnlms q =
o a2 mi, nhe ca hpsia y y III i
Henrlco county. - ,..,o
Inc CtlTA ENJuhH
dstillery Is mt Fair Oaks on the sever lines
Electric Railroad began opera ions yefsteruaS.
License was granted TO Mr. y Donnti. pr pre-;
scott, OF tho .Henrico Circuit. Court. !. !.
Quoted at tho Denny street Methodist Episco-
pal Church by tho Rev. George Wesley Jones,
OF Norfolk, are continuing wlth success .9g
MIR. George Genert lis III at his horne on me
Government Road near the National .Cen,cterH
Mrs. Henley Ball.3who has been extremely "
for several months. Is much improved
Misc Roxe Brittle, of fienrico county, mas
returned home after pleasant visit TO friends
In the city. IN
Mr.. r.. a. cavcdo;is able to be out afteria
recent Illness. s5s&sHs& .s
Miss Verna I.awdcr. daughter OF deputy conf
missioner Of revenue j. Harry Lawher. IS
quito sick at her home OH Nicholson street
Mr.. Kari Cornwall has returned 70 his nome y.
at wilton Henrlco county. after q VISIT
to West Virginia. !, n II,
Mr.. Anthony Mnnooy. watchmnn,of the Old
Dominion, Steamship Companys sheds. who has
beenrillss now considered TO be In serious
Mr. Louis l1cnsen has given ntract for
the erection OF two handsome brick dwellings
Fulton Lodge OF tho Grand Trntcrnlty met
last night at Nelson's Hall Four new ncm-
bera swero initiated
Mattaponi Tribe No. 1la, !, O. r. NJ. will
meet Tonight ut Nelson's Halt ~
The Builders League OF Denny Street Meth-
odlst Episcopal Church Will meet this afternoon
at o'clock mt tho residence OF Mrs. w. j..
Mars on State Street. t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-09
Property Transfers.

Richmond--W W, Lefew and wife 10 A. A.
Clarke sss. fec, on west side Tenth Street, ~
fee, north OF Clay. S35s,25.
HcnrIco-c ommonwealth OF Virginia to
Charles II. Jones and r. l.. Barnes, an Island
in james River short distance above Old
Pump HOUSE, containing one acre.
Bridget Mahoney to John ]. o'Nell. 80 feet
on west sidn Mosby. ldo feet north OF carrlns-
ton. $500,
~ IL oxenham and wife 10 JOEL ". White
60 feet on west side Tweniy-thIrd Street. 90
feet north of V. S2.lG0 .ss
stephen Pleasants to Charlotte Plcasants, his
wife. 30 feet on west Side Center Street. o: foot
b. H. Vosglcr 10 Mary T.. yocgier. 10 acres
! mile from Richmond, near Nine Mile
Road, ST.
10 Lane stern, special commissioner, to W. s.,
Forbes, 90 Seet on south side FRANKLIN Street
4? feet west OF Sheppard. fLo1a.t9. , Y