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The Washington times., 1904-08-21
ELECTRIC FAN NOVELTIES.

The newest thing IN electric fans is
little one that can be attached to any
electric light fixture in place Of lamp.
You simply uuscrew a lamp bulb and
screw into its place the little fan and
turn the KEY and the fan starts buzzing
Another new small fan is an electric
vaporizer. used for spraying perfume or
a disInfectant
Still another little electric fan may
now be found installed in telephone
booths 70 make those often confined end
close little compartments more COM
Portable TO the person using the tele-
phone.
Many improvements have been made
in electric fans since their first intro
ductiOn, and they are now made in very
great variety. Now there are fans at
tached to their support by a swivel,
ways. while the fan motor is supported
on trunnions, on which IL can he inclined
20 any angle, upward or downward,
from the vertical. so that the fan can
be made 10 deliver its bTeeZes IN any
desired direction without moving its
support
And there are now fans which Is they
run revOlve continuously on their sup
ports. throwing or the air currents IN
all directions.
There are also oscIuating fans that
swing constantly back and forth within
any arc of a circle.
There are fans with the fan set in a
horizontal plane to deliver the air YER
tically where the direct currents would
be disturbing. as In dining roomS.-New
York Sun
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
KING LEoPoLD'S $4,000 RUG.

King Leopold OF Belgium owns one rug
that cost a comfortable fortune in IT.
self" said J. r. Caldwell, who repre-
sents an Eastern carpet manufacturer
Il have seen the rug. and II is a beauty.
King Leopold paid G15,O or ST.. 600 for
II. / saw the rug when il was on ex-
hibition IN Vienna II was made I'm Sic
Orient and IS hand tufted It3 age Is
it's principal value, and it has been under
the feet Of royalty for probably a CEN
fury. The rug is very large, meas
uring probably sixty by seventy-five
feet
Few rugs like that come to America
though the millionaires frequently nav
a g much as 5000 or 81, 900 for some. I'eV,
carpets are imported, because they can
be made much better by machinery than
10y hand, and America eXcels IN all ma
chine made goods. Large numbers OF
handsome rugs, however. are import
ed every year from Turkey Persia.
Arabia and all parts of the Orient We
have no labor capable OF competing with
their goods"
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
TAFT OPPOSES NAVY
CONTROL OF WIRELESS"
Thinks There Should Be Joint Army
and Navy Board to Keep
Record Of Stations

Secretary Taft does not approve Of
the Navy Department scheme for the
absorbing Of all wireless biography sys-
TENS by the Government.
In a letter 70 the President, attached
to the report OF the interdepartmental
board appointed by the President TO con-
slider the entire question Of wireless
in the service Of the Govern
ment, he says:
ITO the President:
After reading the report of the Secre-
tary OF Agriculture 1 am by no means
certain that the Navy Department ought
to control all Government stations for
wireless telegraphy. It seems TO me
that II would be sufficient for the joint
naval and army board in time Of peace
10 keen q record of all stations, both
public and private. with power IN the
Navy Department TO assume control OF
them in time of war. Provision as TO
control Of private stations would prob
ably need legislative action.
civilian II. TAFT,
Secretary Of War
The report of this board has now been
completed. but has not been forwarded
TO the President. as there are several
minor details 10 be corrected, upon
which it viii be directed to the PresI-
dent at Oyster Bay.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
WAITING.

(Who may you be,
You who crouched by the roadside,
Brown, parched. shriveled,
A mummy with living eyesD
My friend / am Genius.
The real thing.
Fifty years have I sat here
! Wait
For mine affinity Success
Who must pass this way.
Go to meet herr
Not l.
She shall come TO me. by the gods!
As soon as she has come.
As soon as she has seen me,
She will anoint me
And battle me
And crown me
And crown noe with laurel
And give me my purple hemmed linen
10 wear
And bid me step into her chariot
And drive to Elysium.
But one thought annoys me.
Fifty years have ] sat here
In a single position.
VIII my legs answer
At all when Success
Says "Arise?"
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
A New Language.

One Elias Mole, Phi B., of Tacoma.
Wash, has invented a new language
intended to be a medium of communi-
cation between the Teuton peoples,
the English. German. Hollanders,
Scandinayisns. and Danish. II takes
the main root words common to these
languages and makes them over into
a queer gibberish in which the Eng
lish article the" becomes a four
formed do. da. du, and di for mascu-
line, feminine, neuter, and plural.
Mole is a very good sort Of a name
for a man who has the temerity at
this late day to come up into the light
with an artificial language PROPOSE
ton. 1t would take a day OF count
ing 10 enumerate the failures that
have preceded Tutonish. as Mole calls
HIS tongue. Volapus, Esperanto
Idiom Neutral, Pasillingua, Spelin
Kosmos, Lingua Garrison, Aglo Fran
cia, NeO Latino, Lingua Lumina. and
Visona are a few OF the disgraced
entecedents.
In fact, while a universal language
may some time come into being by a
process of gradual evolution. it will
not be any such artificial, meaning
less, and eXpressionless nonsense as
the professors of etymOlOgy would
force upon the world Language is
a living thing tho mold Of Twin o.
thought, the embodiment of the living
idea. II declares the genius Of peo-
pies which use II. The growth Of a
language shows perfectly the growth
OF fits users. A flexible language is a
sure sign Of an adaptable people. A
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
CADETS WILL BE BUSY
DURING STAY IN CAPITAL
Friends Will Meet Them, However, and
Invitations to Middies Will
Be Numerous.

When the middies on the training
squadron under command Of Admiral
Sands. who are coming up the Pcto-
mae to Washington. reach the Capital
Tuesday they Will be given a cordial re
ception 10y their friends. many Of whom
will be IN washington 10 meet them
The mIdshIpmen viii not be allowed
much time for any visiting. They will
be under the strict supervision OF their
superior officers, who win escort them
to the washington navy yard and to
such other points as may be deemed de-
sirable for them to visit
The cadets will scarcely be here longer
than two days, and will be kept busy
attending TO duty during that time
The Navy Department was notified
today that the following ships have left
Boston for the Potomac River: Hart
ford, Whipple, Hull. Hopkins, TruNtun.
and WOrden.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
FAIRGROUNDS ARE
WELL SUPPORTED
Persons Prominent in Financial and So
cial Circles Contribute to
the Cause

The chairman Of the committee on
public Fairgrounds has received the
following contributions for public play
grounds since May 1, 1904:
Harry c Sheridan. +. Berliuer, Col.
John Biddle. DR.. Charles W Rlcaa9.l-
son. Byron ). Adams. Miss Eliza beth r.
Ward. Ladies Aid, Union Church; Rev
j q. Butler, James Sharp, Mrs. Aan,e
w 5. AtchisOn. q. A Weber. r. F.
Stevens, Mrs. Barton W. Evermann.
James l. Norris, a. 3. Brttt0n. Barber
4 Ross, George 4. King, Commission
II L West, Thomas ". Smith. c. II.
Hedley. Miss Annie +. Edwards. Mrs.
Lizzie SHOEMAKER. r. p May * Co,
Davenport. c. {. Willard. Mrs. Gardner
G. Hubbard, Calvary Baptist Sunday
School. Miss Bessie J. kiEby. N w
Baldwin, Mrs. Thomas +. Bayard.
First congregational sunday School
Primary Department First COngrega-
1Onal Church. A. l. SwartwOut Mrs. e
!. Tyndall, Fred g. Mexican. Ralph ".
Lee, Charles J. HedriCk. 5. ID. LucketJ.
Mrs. Elvira r. Adams. Frederick II. Nc
Kenuey. II. G. Burton. Mrs. Mary c.
Gannett, John {. Wilson. Benjamin r.
Snyder Mrs. A N. &. MCkeim. Miss
Adelaide J. Brown. J. ". BabcOck r.
NJ. Van Dyck, Miss 4. Z. SymOnds, Gen.
Calvin De Witt. Henry r Williams,
Charles r. Burr, DR.. and Mrs W. c.
Rives Dr. r b Donaldson. Miss Alice
=.
Bell. Miss Mary p. Coleman. George Otis
Smith, Surg. Gen. Walter Wyman. Mrs.
w. +. GUIDE. Mrs l. 4. Gunsalus. Mrs
Lewis Clephane. Hon. John w Foster,
A. NJ McLachlen. Alexander Britton.
Edward f. DrOOp * Sons Co, Ms Caro-
line Cohen. NJ NJ Shand, Jumes 3
Lambie. Thomas W Smith, WV. Finley.
Miss c. McCarty, Mrs. NJ A. McBride
Brookland Baptist sunday school. Mrs
Thomson II Alexander, William B.
King Miss Ethel Dallas HOrstmann II
X. Porter, Mrs. Julian James. William
H Baldwin. Mount Pleasant CongreEa-
tional Church, Miss Jessie Holsn1an
Metropolitan Church; II Bradley Dav-
idson, Samuel j Prescott & Co. Miss
Amy Clement Leavitt. Miss r Fisher
Or. Frank Leech Newton & Gillett
Mrs 3. s. Luckett, William Feldhaus.
Henry c. Williss, Thomas p. Stephen
son. z. y. Bowman. Henry Brewood
L. d. Gilman. Henry G. Caruth Mrs
II. de X. Woods, James @. Hill. e T
c. Mrs. MuTTey Addison. John II
Dyres, Irving p Wanger and DR.. VIII
tam c. Woodward
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
SUNDAY. AUGUST Il. 1904.
The Scotch Free Church.

Fuller details of the decision Of
the house of lords in the United Free
Church case make more clear the
reasons FOR q finding which has turn
ed Scotland. religiously. upside down.
The fusion of the Free Church with
the United Presbyterians was car
ried in 1900 by a vote of 643 to q.
The minority was composed of the
ministers OF small Gaelic cOngrega-
tions in the Highlands, who called
themselves the remnant" and claim
ed to be the real Free Church.
They insisted that as the majority
had given UP the principle of Estab
lishment, and had liberalized the doc
trine of predesunation as defined in
the Westminster Confession, they had
ceased to be the Free Church, and
that the minority, or remnant" was
entitled to possess all the church
buildings and funds.
This claim was rejected by the
lower courts, but It has been sustain
ed by the house of lords on the
ground, in substance. that the inten-
tions with which the church was
founded, as deduced from the Ian
guage used at the time. must govern
its whole subsequent history. A de-
parture from these principles forfeits
the right to be regarded as the true
successors of the founders.
The records made it clear that the
founders adhered to the principle Of
Establishment and the dogma of pre-
destination. Therefore, by abandon
ing the one and modifying the other,
the majority of the Free Church had
forfeited their RICH. to the name and
property Of the Free Church Some
of the astounding results Of this de-
cision are thus described:
In Edinburgh 5000 worshipers are deprived
OF churches, ffty-fve ministers occupy their
homes on suferance, and the victorious mi
nority has not a single minister within q radius
Of twenty miles to I'll the gap. In Glasgow
103 congregations, with 10000 membership, are
spiritually houseless, while their pulpits have
70 DC suppled 10y the presbytery Of Wee Frees,
consisting Of two ministers only. resident in
Glasgow. Dundee, Aberdeen, indeed, most Of
the Scottish eenters. are in similar predicament.
Wee Frees Is preparing TO take over the Glas-
gov and Aberdeen Theological colleges. though
they have not single professor. Magnificent
Free Church missions, involving an annual ex-
Penditure Of $4,000, and So4 European and 344
native missionaries. pass 70 txenty-eight High
land ministers, who have neither funds nor
missionaries
Grotesque as this situation is, there
are declared to be only two courses
open TO the dispossessed majority.
One is immediate and voluntary offer
ings, on a great scale. 10 make good
the loss Of their churches, mRnses,
and funds. The other is TO move the
minority TO a lenient use Of their
powers. But for this the truculent
and triumphant Gaelic clergymen
show small inclination. Their sensa-
lions, at present, seem very much
what those OF the Israelites may be
supposed to have been when they
spoiled the Egyptians.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
Army Officers Discard
Their Hot Uniforms
Fear That NegIigee Clothing Will Have to
Be Discarded Upon Return Of General
Chaffee to Washington.

Dress of a distinctly ncgIlgee charac-
Ter Is now being worn 10y army officers
S'allohed ln the departments i'm Wash
IhStoh' que 10 special dispensation
made during the hot summer months by
Secretary Taft The innovation began
during the absence OF General Chanee.
the chief of staff, who is making an in
sDection Of army posts. and there is con-
siderable interest among the officers to
know what General Chafree will think
Of the nov plan when he returns.
General Chaffee has always been
known as a great stickler for form when
Il came to carrying out the regulation
strictly, and even on the warmest days
he could be seen about the department
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

rigid language indicates a pedantiC
and bigoted people.
Just at present no one who can
understand English has any particu-
lar use for a universal language
He already knows the universal Ian
guage of the day, for speakers Of Eng
lish are dominating the world Their
thought is the vital. living, growing,
and comprehensive thought of the
day. Mole is still in the ground. His
TutOnish is fOOlishness. The public
school curriculum which included it.
as he suggests, would be perpetrating
an absurdity.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

The officers Of the junior grade es-
pecially find It a hardship to provide the
variety Of dress which is exacted b. the
regulations. Their pay very often is
seriously curtailed by this consideration.
An officer, for instance. must have four
pairs OF shoes. and at least six different
uniforms for different occasions. 1t is
now proposed 70 cut down the uniforms
20 two, one for service in the field. and
the other for dress occasions. This
would d. away for one thing with the
fun dress coat, a heavy and costly gar
meut.
In its place Il IS proposed to use a
composite blouse. 70 which would be at
tached shoulder straps, or shoulder
knots. as the occasion required.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
STAFF MAY
CURTAIL ARMY TOGS
Officers Complain of the Useless Expense of Supplying
Six Uniforms Requested by Military Regulations.

Why do the army requirements make
us buy so many ClothesZ"
This Is the complaint made to the War
Department by army officers in the
United States. and in recognition OF the
complaint II is probable the general staff
Will very soon order a reduction Of the
number of uniforms so as 70 make Il
possible for an officer to live at less ex-
pense.
Anyone who has inclined to the belief
that all soldiers are fond Of trappings
need only 20 apply 10 the general beard
to be Informed of the true attitude Of
the American officer, who, it appears,
has little Of the peacock prOcIivities
credited to his fellow-fighters abroad.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

with his military Jacket buttoned I'D
tightly and his whole dress indicative
OF a soldier ready TO go on parade II
has been this custom for ali the officers
in the War Department 20 wear their
uniforms while at their desks but now
a variety Of costumes IS seen in the
various offices. white duck suits. or suits
of alpaca, with negligee shirts and turn
ed down collars forming the prevailing
style.
General Chaffee Will return from his
inspection trip on August 3. Possibly
he will not make any comment on the
order, the general idea being that off,
GERS can perform better work during the
summer wearing light clothes.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
COLLIE DRIVES OFF CROWS.

On a farm in Maine is n year-old
Scotch collie which has taken upon her
self the general oversight of things.
No crow or hawk can ahght on the
place and remain any longer than il
takes her TO get TO IL, neither are the
hens and geese allowed TO go beyond
their bounds The intelligence that she
exhibits IS wonderful. and il is safe to
say that no offer could tempt her owner
TO part with her,
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

In spite Of the protest OF the Christian
Endeavorers Of the State a bottle Of
champagne will be smashed at the
launching Of the battleship Connecticut
The Christian Endeavorers can at least
comfort themselves with the reflection
that il viii mean one less bottle to be
drunk
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
Points In Paragraphs.

Taggart means business" says a dis
patch from New York. Well. we didn't
suppose he was in the thing for his
health.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
Ready for Launching.

Practically all Of the preliminary
preparations for the launching have been
completed. Most Of the timbers have
been removed from the side Of the Lou
isiana. and her red hull CLEANS beneath
coat OF fresh paint. The chrlstcu-
ing stand is In position, and the sliding
ways have been arranged. The lubri-
cant for the occasion has been prepared
and put on the ways. II the weather
IS abnormally hot. as It was when the
armored cruiser Maryland was launched.
there IS a chance that the vessel will
stick, since the talloW might melt and
run off, In which event the great weight
Of the half-finished hull would make the
friction Of the slide something terrific
While only a small crowd is expected
from Louisiana. the nearby cities will
furnish a large quota of sightseers and
a crowd OF respectable size undoubted-
~ will cheer the new fighter as she
kisses the historic James River
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

The governorship of New Jersey
doesn't tempt Grover Cleveland. Good
God. what kind Of Office would that be?'
he is reported as saying TO a newspaper
man at Center Sandwich. This is en-
phatic, but scarcely agreeable 20 the free
and enlightened electors Of the State
where Cleveland lives.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

DecOllete warblers will no more appear
at the Ocean Grove concerts. but the
bathing suits at that resort are still
cut on the usual model that prevails
elsewhere-except, Of course. at Nara
gansett Pier. What a rumpus the good
and matronly Schumann-Helnl1 did kicl,
up, to be sure
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
THIRTY-SIX NEW
VESSELS IN NAVY
Report Showing July Prog
Pess in Construction.
THIRTEEN ARE BATTLESHIPS
Eight Armored Cruisers, Five Protected
Cruisers, Two GunbOats, and Five
Torpedo Boats.

The Bureau OF Construction and Re-
pair Of the Navy Department has just
completed the preparation cf a table
showing the progress made during the
month OF July ON the construction OF
United States war vessels now being
oulit at shipyards on the Atlantic and
racine coasts, which is calculated u
impress even the most skepticaI with
the liberal naval policy Of Congress in
recent years.
The table shows that there are thir-
ty-six new vessels already COMPLETED
or under construction. of which mir
teen. the Ohio. Virginia. Nebraska
Georgia. New Jersey. Rhode Island
Connecticut. Louisiana. Vermont Kan
sas. Minnesota Mississippi and Tdshl-
are battleshiDs: eight the Pennsylvania
West Virginia. California. Colorado
Maryland. South Dakota. Tennessee.
and Washington. are armored cruisers;
i've. the Chattanooga. Galveston. St
Louis. Milwaukee. and Charleston. ara
protected cruisers; two. the Dub,l1ue
and Paducah. are gunboats. and i've
the Stringham. Goldsborough. BIakolv.
Nicholson. and O'Brien are torpedo
boats.
Some Training Ships.
In addition 20 these the Cumberland
and Intrepid. square-rigsed training
ships. and the Boxer. a training big.
are on the road 10 completion.
The table shows that satisfactory
progress was made on practically every
one OF the vessels under Construction
during the month Of July. The torpedo
boats are all within 1 per cent Of com
pletion, while many Of the battleships.
armored cruisers. and protected cruisers
have already been launched, and some
nave been tried and accepted and are
receiving their armament
In fact. the United States Navy viii
be so substantially augmented in the
near future that officials Of the Navy
Department are already figuring on the
matter Of the necessary increase in the
navy personnel. In view Of this fact
the recall Of the three recruiting parties
IN the field 10 Washington, the other
DAY, and the consequent abandonment
OF the itineraries mapped out. which
resulted from the decision Of the Comp
troller of the Treasury that navy Of
ncers on such duty should be allowed
no other expenses than their mileage,
Is considered IS particularly unfortu-
nate.
4 New Itinerary.
The officers in charge Of the recruit
ms PoI 1iSS are no" preparing 4 new
itinerary which viii be put in effect in
the near future. but IL Is feared that
owing TO the new restriction in fOrcs
the enlisted force viii not be large
enough TO meet the demands TO be
made upon fl.
For that matter, the same may be
said Of the commissioned personnel
Most United States war vessels are IN
dermanned at the present time. while
few officers receive the full quota Of
leave 70 which they are entitled. Just
what Will happen when even n portion
Of the vessels now under construction
are placed IN commission is something
that the average navy officer doesn't
care to discuss.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

The strike OF the United Garment
Workers Of New York against the open
shop has been declared of after a
three months struggle. with a loss OF
nearly 100000 In wages to the en-
ployes- Has anybody gained anything
from II. except. perhaps. wisdom?
The Washington times., 1904-08-21
A Novel Race.

The question was thoroughly discussed
when the appropriation for the Louisi-
ana and Connecticut was under discus
sion and the friends OF the navy yards
succeeded in having a provision inserted
in the bill calling for the construction
of one of the ships at a Government
plant. The Brooklyn navy yard was Sc
lected 10 make the race with the New
port News yard. which obtained the
other contract. The Government build
ers lost a month in the start. The lead
OF the private builders gradually crept
up until ten points ahead had been
reached.
Then for a couple of months the Gov
eminent builders made a squirt. with
the result that the lead was cut down
to six points. Then the Newport News
yard doubled its force on the louisiana
and began to work night and day on
the big fighter. II evidently IS the in
tentiOn to win the race By a good mar
gin. The Connecticut will be launched
at the Brooklyn yard just a month and
two days later than the baptism of the
Louisiana.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

With Storage rate of $50 on the
American line from Liverpool 20 Phila-
delphia IL viii now be much cheaper to
take an ocean voyage than to stay at
home What a vacation chance for a
young fellow who doesn't care about the
frills OF transatlantic service.
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

Why shouldn't rich, Americans pay
titled but impoverished English folk for
being entertained and introduced to
other people with handles 70 their
They receive a ''quid pro quo"
for their money and everyone is salts
fed except the American tailors, whose
clothes our pilgrims are forbidden to
wear under the arrangement
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

An approaching strike Of employees
threatens TO tie up the New York ele-
waited railroad system. Visitors to that
strange city, however. are usually i'm
pressed with the idea that something Of
that sort is the customary thing at
least twice a day-coming downtown IN
the morning. and going back at night