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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11
THE MAN OF THE SIMPLE LIFE" is COMING HERE

they become useless and dangerous. The
only true distinction is superior worth.
II you would have social rank duly re-
spectfd, you must begin by being worthy
or the rank that is your own; otherwise
you help TO bring 1t into hatred and
contempt. 1t is unhappily too true that
respect is diminishing among us. and It
certainly is not from a lack of lines
drawn around those who wish to he re-
spected. The root OF the evil is in the
mistaken idea that high station exempts
him who holds II from observing the
common obligations of life. As we rise.
we believe that we free ourselves from
the law, forgetting that the spirit Of
obedience and humility should grow with
our possessions and power.
One Of the chief puerilities Of our
time Is the love Of advertisement. To
emerge from obscurity, TO be in the pub
lie eye, to make ones self talked Of
some people are so consumed with this
desire that we are justified In declaring
them attacked with an itch for pub
iicity. In their eyes obscurity is the
height of ignominy; so they do their
best to keep their names in every
mouth. In their obscure position they
look upon themselves as lost, like ship
wrecked sailors whom night of tempest
has cast on some lonely rock, and who
have recourse to cries. volleys, fire, all
the signals imaginable. to let IT be
known they are there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11
Death Imminent.
How to Reach Old Age.

The late Senator G. G. Vests death
was due TO no specific disease; II was
the result OF a general breaking down
or the vital forces. the first indica-
tions of which appeared as far back as
1886. The Senator Vest that most Mis-
sourians knew was a big little man. but
those who had seen him within the last
five years were shocked to see how he
had literally shrunk away.
Soon after Vests health began TO
give way, Major Dickinson, late of The
Sixth Missouri Infantry, was in WASH
ington, and the Senator accompanied
him to the War Department on mIsi-
ness connected with the regiment Dur
ing the drive TO the department the
conversation turned on the subject Of
the Senator's health.
I'm in the same fix as an old darky
out IN Missouri ! used to know end
who died not long ago. said the Sea-
atOr. THE last time 1 saw him he was
getting very, old and thin, and 1 said
to him: What's the matter with You.
Uncle James, Deed. 1 don't know.
sab The doctors can't tell nothin
about it, but pears TO me it was ammo
domint L believe I've got the same
complaint as cid James had"
on another occasion Vest had re-
turned 10 the Senate after one OF these
brief absences. Senator Hoar, of Mas
SdShuSClts' lOuI years MS senior, met
him in the lobby. and chide6 him good
naturally for not attending strictly TO
business when vital measures were
being debated. You're a -------
man" said HOar. Ito abseI
at such a time and leave
lows-Cockreu and me and
to handle these matters"
You'll never be as old
Vest. If YOU live fifty years
Bless you, 1 was born IN
preparing for college before
into the world" said the Ms
man.
IF YOU We're born in l126,
not be as old as A., said the
You and COckrelI viii see
YOU viii never see age. ""
lived as lively as j have-and ]
Ing sometimes that / had not
with q weary smile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11

I propose to see them again. where
upon ne punched the mans head Justify
until he beloved for mercy.
Now pick up that oar and go to
work. ordered the mate The man
swung away without a word.
We had caught a little rainwater
curing the gale, but il was soon spoiled
by the sea spray and we began to feei
the terrible pangs Of thirst.
Fourth Day Calm.
At the dawn OF the fourth day the
sea was again calm, and as fiat as a
pan. Our hands were fairly burned up
by the oars. It was terrible to throw
your weight upon those raw spots when
bearing at the oars. but in a measure
the pain made US forget the lack OF
food and water. 1t was sort of counter
irritant
On this day we were so weak that we
could oTEy work al the oars in hour
shlIts- Sear- sunset, with the sea bare
and b9dd 10 the horizons edge, some
BODY began song. II was but little
more than a crOak, and died away for
the lack of moist tongues TO sing it.
Then. as dusk deepened into night
one or the sick men lying in the bottom
of the boat rose weakly. and. saying
"GOOd-by, I'm Off for home stag
gered over the side.
He was pulled in again, dripping, but
refreshed By his bath
During the night Mr. Basse had to
punch another head for INSTRUMENTATION
When the fifth day broke there were
not many Of Us who cared whether we
reached shore or not. We seemed TO be
in dream, and were so weak that we
almost fell of the thwarts every time
we swung an oar
We had now been without food or
drink three full days. We could only
work in shifts OF 80 minutes. but each
minute seemed an eternity.
COlorless as corpses, with blOOdshOt
VIC aFhH fr-rTtr sN.aa
IN.
Death Imminent.
There is one comfort - whispered the
oarsman behind me. ''if no help comes
by this time tomorrow we viii be free
from our suffering"
But I could find but little comfort in
this thought. I wanted 10 live. 1 in
sisted upon living. So I swung away
weakly but willingly at the oars with
my hands streaming with blood
How we lived through that night and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11
The CurzoRs' SPluTge.

Lord CurZOn always enjoyed the repu-
tatiOn of being a well-dressed man. but
before he went TO India as vicerOy MS
wardrobe was far from being an extern
sive one, and his friends used to Won
der how ne contrived TO look so spick
and span while expending so little for
clothes.
Indeed it used to be a joke that he
patrOnized Petticoat Lane and obtained
secondhand bargains there. But since
his return there is no longer any excuse
for that uncharitable Jest.
His garments are now numerous and
costly. He enjoys the honor of having
his clothes made by the Kings own
tailOrS. a firm so Jealous of their reputa-
ton and clientele that they Will make
suits only. for tiptop swells and men
OF distinction.
Instead OF being content with one
valet. as during his busiest days in the
house OF commons, i've IS now provided
with three-tWO Of whom are mostly
employed in looking after his wardrobe.
Every garment has 70 be turned over.
brushed and carefully folded every day
His gorgeous Indian uniforms receive
the special attention Of an old Indian
servant who has been connected with
his predecessors in the viceregal office
for the last fifty years
1t IS now believed that Lord CurZon's
wardrobe Is nearly as extensive and eX-
pensive as that Of King Edward. What
NFGl cASe ne may nave leeLIA1u III 4uuAtA,
he has certainly learned TO put on style
But for the death of her father, which
compelled her TO cancel all her social
nents, Lady Curzon would have
q sensation at the last court
alton. For this function she had
spared a gorgeous gown made
of Indian silver embrOideries
especially for her By natives
/. Many pounds of silver thread
nployed in its construction and
ut must make il a very uncOm-
garment to wear. especially IN
Their. But a few brief hours or
ON would weigh as nothing in
lnce compared with the joy OF
other women enviOus When
ID OF mourning is over doubtless
IRON viii find an opportunity TO
and satisfy the curiosity Of So
lcerning it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11

the latest fashion. end rid themselves
Of useless property at dirt cheap prices.
Instead OF filling their houses with OBJ
jects which say: Remember they gar
nish them g,ith quite new furnishings
that as yet have no meaning. Wait /
am wrong; these things are often SYM
bols. as it were. OF a faciIe and super
fetal existence. In their midst one
breathes a certain heady vapor Of mum
dainty. They recall the life outside. the
turmoil, the rush.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11

forget this life. they would car back
his wandering thought and say zsSmem-
berlin another sense: Do not forget
your appointment at the club. the play.
the races! The home, then, becomes a
sort Of halfway house where one comes
TO rest little between two prolonged
absences; 1t isn't a good place TO stay.
As it has no soul, It does not speak to
yours Time to eat and sleep, and then
off again. Otherwise you become as
dull as a hermit
Words can do little justice TO the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11
IconOclasm.

Not content with setting off crackers
and Innocent rockets, many, to make
themselves heard at any cost. have gone
to the length of perfidy and even crime.
The incendiary Erostratus has made
numerous disciples. How many men OF
today have become notorious for having
destroyed something of mark; pulled
down, or tried to pull down, some mans
high regulations; signaled their passage.
in short, by a scandal. a meanness, or
an atrocity."
To this Unsuitable desire to live in the
eye of the world, Wagner attributes the
gradual disappearance Of the old idea Of
the life Of the home.
Many young people. he says. when
they marry. listen to the voice Of the
world. Their parents have given them
the example of a modes: l5fe; but the
new generation thinks il affirmS its
rights to existence and liberty by re-
pudiating ways In its eyes too patri-
archal. So these young folks make ef-
forts to set themselves up lavishly in
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
MALARIA AND MOSQUITOES.

Up to about 1880 physicians believed
chills and fevers. or malaria, to be due
to the inhalation of poisonous vapors
or gasses from swamps or newly turn
ed earth. Then a French army sur
geon of the name of Laveran discov-
cred that in maIarial cases the blood
of the patients was infested with
peculiar parasite. Three years later
DR.. Koch made his famous discovery
of the tuberculosis bacillus. LAYER
ans discovery has been enlarged upon
by others until it seems that there is
no longer any doubt about the pres
ence of parasites in the blood in all
nfalarial cases. A few years ago there
was evolved the mosquito theory of
malarial transmission, since which
time war has been made on the in
sects more or less vigorously. 1t has
been shown to the satisfaction of
many leaders of the medical profess
sion that a certain kind of mosquito,
having bitten "a maarial patient, de-
velops the fever germs in it's own body
and, later, biting another person, trans
plants in the second PERSONS blood
the germs of the disease.
DR.. Mccarthy, of the North Carolina
Board of Health, discussing the mos
quito theory of fever transmission in
bulletin just issued, calls attention
to the fact that this theory will not
account for the presence or absence of
malaria. In New Jersey, he says,
there are two towns situated near to
each other They are surrounded by
back countries that are practically the
same. Both have mosquitoes, of the
malaria bearing variety. Both have
water of the same kind. Yet one town
suffers from fever and the other does
not. "Fevers are known to be en-
demic in portions of India and Africa
where there are no human inhabi-
tants." How could the mosquitoes there
have inoculated themselves with germs
by biting fever patients? Paris has
mosquitoes, in large numbers. Many
residents of Paris have contracted
fevers in the Campagna and have car
ried the germs home in their blood,
where the city mosquitoes have bit
ten them. But malariaI fevers of
Paris origin are said to be practically
unknown. The conditions there seem
to be against the spread of the dis
ease by the mosquito method.
Dr. Mccarthy does not disparage the
mosquito theory. He thinks it rests
upon good reasons, and that it is the
part of wisdom to protect ones self
from the insects. But he says that
theory does not apparently go far
enough, and that various manifesto
lions of the disease are not accounted
for by it.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
BRIGHT BITS.

The Doctor: Have you taken a
wineglass of whisky every two hours
as directed?
The Patient: Yah, toctor, und 1 hat
also took schooner of peer efery fif-
teen minutes, aber id dond seem to
done me no goot.-Brooklyn Life.
He Knew.-"You must visit our
new country club" said the suburban
tie. THE grounds are beautiful; the
golf links superb. You won't find such
scenery elsewhere. On entering the
grounds the first thing that strikes
your eye
Il know" interrupted the city man,
"a golf ball!'-Philadelph Press.
DO you think that a young man
ought to go into politics?"
NO" answered Bronco Bob. There's
nothing in it. l went to a political
convention once. All they did was to
holler and wave their hands. There
wasn't shot fired. "-Washington
Star.
An Extenuating Circumstance.
Rector-"Ah, my dear Mr.. Cumming.
glad to see you!-glad to see you! But
why are you so rare worshipper with
us?" Cumming-"Well there's one
thing l can honestly say, doctor; yours
is the only church l ever go to-
Brooklyn Life.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25

One of the best story tellers in this
country is F. Tennyson Nicely, a young
man who made and lost two fortunes
in the publishing business, writes Ju-
Illus Chambers. Here is one he told me
this afternoon:
when / was printing books in Chi
cago the copyright of Webster's die
tionary ran out and ] thought it would
be good thing to reprint it. The sue
cess of the idea so far exceeded my
expectations that 1 couldn't print
enough of the books. ] made the price
so low that / sold them by the car
load. One order from New York was
for $4,000 copies; and, when I tell you
that / could only get 5000 copies in a
freight car, you will understand that
Charles Broadway Rouse's order filled
seven carloads. l was SO astonished at
the magnitude of that order that 1 tel
egraphed to verify it. The answer was
something like this: Order is right;
come on to New York; 1 have an idea
that will quadruple the sales
Il was so much impressed that took
a train and came. When 1 walked into
Mr.. Rouse's Office he stopped every
thing to talk to me. We had never
seen each other and the study was
mutual.
what is your idea?" I asked.
MT. WeDSIer COI1plleQ MS QlcIlOn-
airy to teach the meaning of words,
didn't he?" --..-
Undoubtedly
We'll, he was the greatest orator
this country has produced, and taught
the English speaking world how to use
the words he had in his dictionary.
Now
But it was another man. 1 tried
to explain.
Don't interrupt me- Rouse almost
shouted. I want his best speeches, say
500 pages of them, bound in the back
of his dictionary 1t is a grand idea,
and will do more to teach the Amer
lean people the correct use of the Ian
guage than all the grammars and die
tionaries ever printed
Il hated to do it, but 1 had to tell
him that Daniel Webster did not COM
pile the dictionary. Rouse never had
heard of Noah Webster
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
Getting More wages in water.

Ex-Mayor Van Wyck of New York
said in a talk about success to a New
York Tribune reporter before he went
abroad:
''Meanness is a positive drawback to
financial progress. The other day 1
took a Turkish bath. The place is
not getting on well, and 1 was not
surprised when a rubber told me a
story of the meanness of the pro-
prietOr
THE proprietor, seeing the man one
day at the butcher shop where he
then worked, and taking note Of his
huge muscles, told him to resign and
take a rubber's position with him.
"'Ill give you more than you are
getting now he said.
80 the young butcher, resigning in
good faith, turned up the next morn
ing at the bath house.
Well said the proprietor to him,
I'll put you on at once. What did
you get at the butcher's?'
Six dollars and my weeks meat,
returned the young man.
What did the meat amount TOP
About 49,
Let me see,' said the proprietor.
I offered you more to come here,
didn't 1? Well, I'll give you Sc and
81 worth of baths weekly. That is
a dollar more than you got at your
old place."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
RECKLESS ATToMoRILIsrs.

There is no doubt a growing feeling
against automobilists in some parts
of the country on account of the reck-
less manner in which they run their
machines. They seem to have no re-
gard whatever for the rights of others.
magistrate in New York city, speak
ing from the bench, said the other day:
"A man who should use a shotgun on
a reckless chauffeur would be perfect
ly justified" OF course that magis-s
trate ought to be impeached, because
he encouraged the commission of
crime, but the fact that a magistrate
used such language while acting in
his capacity as a judge, shows how
strong the feeling is becoming against
those who are reckless in running their
automobiles.
dispatch from Paris a day or two
ago stated that Mr.. Robert Goelet,
who recently married Miss Wheelan,
the pretty Philadelphia girl, came near
losing his life on the road between Ber-
lin and Vienna a few days ago. at the
hands of a mob of farmers. He was
on his way to Vienna, in his automo-
bile, with his bride. His machine
scared team of horses in charge of
farmer lad. The horses ran away
and came near killing the boy. The
farmers gathered from the nearby
houses, and threatened Mr.. Goelet with
summary vengeance. He attempted to
pacify the angry father of the boy
with a 1 OO0 Franc note nh ...o..z..
was spurned, and Mr.. Goelet and his
wife, seeing they were about to be at
tackled. got into their automobile and
sought the nearest town with all DOS
sible speed.
From various parts of the country
come stories of demonstrations against
persons who endanger life by the reck-
less running of their automobiles. We
called attention to the statement of
the New York magistrate because il
indicates, to some extent, how bitter
the feeling against reckless automo-
bihsts is. This feeling is likely to in
crease in intensity. unless there is
greater respect shown by automo-
bilists for the rights of the public on
the highways.
The effort that was made i'm this CITY
to check rapid driving of automobiles
on the streets seems to have been
short -lived. While there isn't so much
reckless speeding of the machines as
there was sometime ago, there isn't
much doubt that there will soon be as
much ground for complaint as there
ever was if the police do not keep a
watchful eye on the machines and
manifest a determination to confine
them to the speed limits allowed by the
ordinance.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Louisville Courier-JournaI DENY
says: MIR. Bryan, in tossing off at
his first opportunity a plan for the
radical reform of the Democratic par
~, says that he has not until recently
studied the question of railroads, but,
OF course, ii was not necessary for
him to glance at IL twice to solve It.
and he, therefore, loses no time i'm
Formulating for the country a plan for
state ownership. Is IL conceivable how
we managed to get along in this world
before Mr. Bryan discovered himself?"
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
Qnd) says: THAT clause in the Mis-
souri, Democratic platform which says
that other offenses violate law, while
bribery aims at the assassination of
the commonwealth itself. has fa-
miliar sound. This is because it APP
peared In the last annual message of
President Roosevelt. who spoke nf the
givers and takers OF brides as those
who aim at the assassination of the
commonwealth itself But the phrase
originated with Mr.. Folk who used Il
in some public speeches in Missouri
weeks before the President sent this
message TO Congress. Mr.. Roosevelt
got it from him.
Inc bdiNtSNoH NEWS ALtIHJ says.
THE grand old party does not stop
with this reputation Of its old decla-
ration in favor of economy. 1t makes,
in effect, positive promises of extrava-
gance. even of special donations to
the faithful and OF subsidies to the
shipping trust and other campaign
helpers. At one time IL felt bound to
bid for popular support by pledges TO
the people who pay the taxes to con-
duce the public service along honest and
economical lines. IL abandons that
policy for one which leads to open
offers OF special privileges. to unlim-
monopolists. now masters of the men
In charge Of the party. The Repubh-
can party now stands for extrava-
gance. and for the injustice and cor
ruptlon of which extravaganza in pub
lie expenditures Is invariably a part"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notice-Storm Insurance, w.
T. Hopkins.
Business Notices - Larger Than
Ever Thunderbolt Casino: $1OO BIZ
cycle Tires, G. w. Thomas; A Light
Lunch. Sommers' Cafe.
Casino This Week-Jake Wells own
Vaudeville Company.
Imported Molasses-C. NJ. Gilbert &
Co.
Chair Luxury-Lndsay & Morgan.
l Sell When other Brands Do Not
Pete Daley.
Tom Moore Cigarros-Henry Solo
mon e. Son.
A Big Day-At Lattimore's.
Our knowledge of Colors-E. & w.
Laundry.
Red Cross Coffee-Henry Solomon &
Son.
Rubber Goods-Rowlinski, Druggist.
Itching and Burning Skin Diseases
u. T. Shuptrine.
Shoomuskeet-The Solomons Co.
Our 5O-Cent Tea-The Delmonico Co.
A Fine Surf-At Hotel Tybee.
Medical-Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent: For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25
PERSONAL,

William Eversole and Samuel
French, leaders in the famous feud OF
Perry county, Kentucky, are said to
have shaken hands and buried the
Ratchet for good and renewal of the
bloody strife is not expected. The war
between these two families has result
ed i'll the killing of some forty men.
TO Richard Mansfield an enthusiast
tic woman admirer had paid tribute of
praise, adding: Il suppose, sir, that
when in the spirit of those great roles
you forget your real self for days. -
Yes, madam. for days, as well as
nights. 1t is then do those dreadful
things-trample on the upturned fea-
lures of my leading lady and hurl ten
derloin steaks at walters" And you
do not know of it at all?" mot SOL
itary thing, madam, until l read the
papers next day"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-25

Senator Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire, who is also a physician, enjoys
telling of the case of a maiden lady
in Boston, an ardent member of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
who was once taken violently i'll in
consequence of a too free indulgence
in lobster salad.
When the doctor who was hastily
summoned to her relief arrived, says
the New York Herald, he at once de-
termined to administer a stimulant,
but the spinster baked at the brandy
proffered her.
Brandy" she exclaimed as vigor-
ously as her condition would permit.
Dare you offer me brandy, sir?"
But it is necessary, madam" ex-
postulated the physician; you are
quite ill.,"
The lady answered: '''And I may die,
sir but I'll not meet my Maker with
brandy on my breath"
"She didn't" adds Senator Gallinger;
"but they made her take the brandy
all the same"