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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-08-23
F arewell to
The Odd Bits
OF China

g With big shipments of goods on
the way from Europe, for fall trade,
we must prepare a way for their
display and there's only one way to
do it-get nd of the single pieces
and odds and ends that take up
lots of room.
q We've made big reductions on all such
things and the next few days ought to
bring a change of ownership Of every
piece that is underpriced.
g It will if you realize that opportunity knocks at
your door this week-knocks loud and long
g Come in and secure thar particular item you We
been promising yourself for 50 lOng-and secwe il
at bargain.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-08-23

Sac q GeOrgia. Gym county.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-08-23

NJ. E. B. A. No. 81 meets first anc
third Wednesday evening at 1880 D
M. Rafford Hall. No. 10 West In.en
dencia Street.
A. G. FELL. Pres.
il. SWEENEY. Sec
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
Old Maids.

Old maids and old wine are the
best. New wine and young maids
may be sweeter. to the uniformed
but they are Intoxicating and tend to
produce headache and heartache.
with age come the melIowed
thoughts, the ripened Judgment, and
the delieacy OF the spirit that give
the bouquet and zest of wine to our
old maids.
1t is mark of erudeness in a peo-
pie when the term 3Eold maid" is used
as reproaeh. AS well put aside the
vintage of 1860 in favor of that of
1885 as disregard the superior quail
ties OF our old and gentle virgins.
Even the oldest maid has been as
young as the youngest now is, and to
the best of the qualities of youth she
has added the richness of experience
and the treasures of knowledge.
By little and little the age when
women marry is growing later and
later to the vast benefit of the race.
Old maids are merely women in ad-
vance OF the times, and, heretofore.
they have been martyrs to senseless
prejudice.
The world is beginning to appre-
ciate the worth Of its childless moth
ers, and when it does it will place a
statue to Venus Virgo on as high a
pedestal as Venus Genitrix has ever
occupied
Next TO mother love what affection
was ever SO tender and disinterested
as that OF the maiden aunt? Next to
the sweet compan1onship of a wife
what comradeship is so dear as that
or maiden cousin? Who is the
gentlest of nurses. the purest and
safest of advisers to the whole, fam
lily? It is the sweet-faeed old lady
who is a mother to all because she
never had child to narrow her a.
feetions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
William, |. R.

The Emperor William, to give his
majesty his due, is one of the very
shrewdest statesmen now living, and
his patriotism is not only strong, but
full of wisdom.
Up to the present his influence has
undoubtedly made for peace in Eu-
rope; an armed peace il is true, but
yet peace; though he breathes fire
and birthstone end Is provided with
a splendid array to make good the
words of his mouth, nevertheless the
results Of his fulminations have been
beneficent. If his voice is not exact
ly the voice of Jacob, the other ma
tons fear that his hands are the
hands of Esau.
The other day the Emperor took
occasion TO instruct his higher officers
in one Of the chief lessons of the
present war; that is, that it has en-
phasized the necessity for sober,
moral living among the officers and
men. He said:
Young men in the army must have
more to do; they must work hard ali
day. SO as TO be thoroughly fatigued by
evening and want to go to bed early,
instead of seeking enervating pleasures
lie officers corps is the soul of the
army and must ever be kept in trim
ctherwfse the army suffers.
The present war furnishes examples
enough OF that. The japanese officers
corps Is extremely efficient, and like the
japanese common soldier. has stood the
test fully, The Russian officers corps or
The other hand. has completely failed
whereas the Russian soldiers have be-
behaved well and fought brave1y. My
up all the champagne in Kiao-Chau
Inc soldier in the field must accustonl
himself to an abstemious life aud dare
not think Of such things.
The Kaiser knows whereof he
speaks; he sees as clearly as any that
as an industrial nation having inter
ests in the East, Germany must come
in contact. and possibly in conflict
with Japan. He sees that the Jap
anese have proven their ability not
only TO conquer on the field, but to
make those other conquests of selfish
indulgence that mark manhood. He
Is convinced that the only way &c
meet such a sturdy race as the jap
anese is to equal them in virtue and
abStemiousness and he is determined
to do what he can TO forward the
preparation of Germany for the pos
sible conflict.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
WASHINGTON HlBERNlANs
TO HOLD BIG FIELD DAY

What will perhaps be the largest gath
ering Of Irish-Americans ever held in
this part of the country viii take place
on Wednesday. June %. al Chesapeake
Beach. when the United Divisions OF
the Ancient Order of Hibernians. COM
prising seven divisions of men and six
of the ladies will hold their excursion
and field day. Some of the greatest
athletes of the country will be present
10 compete for valuable prizes.
Invitations have been extended to the
New York Gaelic Athletic Club, and
prominent athletes Of Philadelphia.
Boston, ST. Louis. and Chicago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
PRESIDENT APPROVES
WELLS APPOINTMENT
He Puts an Ed to Controversy Over
Cierkship to Bureau of Ameri-
can Republics.

President Roosevelt has decided TO
end the controversy over the appoint
ment of a chief clerk for the Bureau of
American Republics. He has ruled
that a commission shall be issued at
once TO William G. Wells, the original
choice of the bureau. The commission
of Mr.. Wells had been held up pending
the Presidents return until an investi-
cation could be made of a protest filed
by a number of unsuccessful applicants
for the position, who alleged that the
examination was not conducted on
proper lines.
Assistant Secretary Of State Adee
wrote a letter to the South American
diplomats. who are members Of the
bureau. saying that the President de-
sired the appointment of Gordon Cum
ming to the chief elerkship. In view
Of the action taken at a meeting Of the
Bureau in electing Mr.. Wells. President
Roosevelt has approved of the appoins-
ment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
An Old Square" Piano.

An old piano has stood on a pave
ment near The Times office for the
past two or three days. Out the win
dow We could see a little colored bow
side up and strike its keys like a
sinner looking into the gates of
heaven. Then came two young ladies,
with their noses in the air. Next was
a smart young man with hat on the
back Of his head. After him was a
messenger with bicycle, who tried
TO see how near the piano he could
come and miss it, and left a big
scratch on enc of its legs. All the
others of the procession, like the two
young ladies and the smart young
man. looked at the old instrument
If they looked at it at a3l-in indif-
ference or contempt.
Yet that old square has made q
great many hearts light. Its key
board. now as yellow as butter. has
responded to the gentle touch of who
knows how many small hands? AS
We looked at it we could see the par
lor where it stood-a square room
caTpeted with highly-colored tapes
try brussels" furnished with hair
cloth parlor 'sset;;" a marble-topped
table in the middle, with an album
and the family Bible on it; what
rot Ia the corner: a deep oval frame
on one wall with shells in it; two
eandlestieks and q clock on the man
EEL; pictures of "Eyangeline" and
THE Rock Of Ages" and q motto
over the door reading THE Lord Is
Fly Shepherd"
That is bleak. inartistic. cheer
less sort of a place you say? Well, it
was not too bleak or inartistic or
cherries to contain a great deal of
happiness, and this old piano played
its part in making that happiness.
On baking days. when the bread was
all out OF the oven. the young lady Of
the house would put on her best linen
lawn. ironed stiR, and play Annie
Laurie, Schubert's 'Serenade,' The
Last Hope and when This Cruel
War Is Over" Prayer meeting nights
the family would sit round while this
young 1ady's mother, in silver-gray
poplin with angel sleeves, played
hyInns-not Throw Out the Life
Line or Pass Along the Invitation, ="
but Federal Street" and Come Ye
Disconsolate And on Sister Judy's
birthday they had a party and danced
the racket. the waltz. the polka. the
yarsoyienne. and the Virginia reel.
and Judy's parents went down the
center just 10 show the young folks
some dancing that was dancing.
If you have never been to dance
like that. where the doctors daugh-
ter plays The Bel Goes Ringing for
SARAH John Anderson and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
PENSION BUREAU NEEDS SYSTEM
he Editor OF The Washington Times:

To he Editor OF The Washington Times:
II connection with the application
made for reinstatement by the recently
dismissed Pension Bureau reviewers. it
Is worthy of note that there has evident
ly rot been for many years any sys-
tematic or thorough circulation in the
bureau of the official decisions of the
Secretary of the Interior in pension mat
ters. One would suppose that exam
liners, or at least reviewers. would have
placed before them regularly the leafiet
decisions as issued frem time to time,
and have ready access to the completed
volumes of decisions. now numbering If
teen of the new series. Yet, such does
not seem to have been the case, and
there is an inexplicabie absence of other
official sources of information in printed
form. Theoretically, il is made the duty
of all charged with the administration
of the pension laws to know what the
law fs-or, at least, what Is held 10 be
the law. But there has seemed to be
no active effort to see TO IL that the
subordinates of the bureau are informed
as to what the latest holdings are, and
it is not surprising that errors have oc-
Cured.
Attorneys have frequently had eonsid-
cradle difficulty In setting favorable de-
cisions of the Secretary applied to other
similar cases coming up for action in
the bureau, owing to this laHitY and
lack of method In PRONUNCIATION and cir
cuiatton OF decisions.
The Pennsylvania militia question and
the militia question generally, as re-
CARDS pensionable status. Is not easy
to handle. The holdings of the depart
ment have differed In this important
matter, and Ii is questionable whether
as Il matter OF law the members of this
very Pennsylvania regiment about which
so much has been said, are not, in fact.
entitled to pension. Important facts IN
this connection have not been made
public, and the subordinates of the bu-
reau who have been made to suffer for
the lack Of system have been visited
with unduly severe punishment for their
mistake.
CuriousIy enough no one who has made
mistake causing loss to a claimant
has been known to be given any serious
trouble by his superior officers IN the
bureau. A multitude of claims have
been rejected either through error In
law. error in judgment or error in fact,
all resulting In more or less serious loss
to worthy pension claimants. The re-
ported pension decisions Of the Secretary
of the Interior show even Commission
ers of Pensions personally committing
these faults, and yet 10 one has been
discharged or even reprimanded.
EUGENE e. STEVENS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
MARVELLOUS WEAPON.

The ReXer gun. which Was recently
called to the attention Of King Edward
while he was visiting Ccpenhagen. is a
marvellous weapon. which is likely to
make itself heard In future warfare. 1t
is of Danish origin and is said to lire
800 shots q minute. and . successive
shots with ole pun of the trigger. The
magazine-ciipS are in quadrant form,
could carry 1.t50 rounds. The gun
weighs 1T1@ pounds. and is fitted II a
rest, 1t requises no water-jaclset tt,e
barrel being encircled by q steel cover
cut into a lacework of holes for radia-
ton Of heat. The slaves Of the support
fold into this cover. The gun is fl. ID
by the soldier in n recumbent position.
the muzzle end OF the weapon bciEf,
supported by the two folding legs and
the butt being held against the opera
tors shoulders. One man mounted, with
an additional horse to carry an extra
supply OF ammunition. can take care OF
the gun and $4,000 rounds of ammunt-
tion,-Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
DESIGNS ACCEPTED FOR
UNIVERSITY Bull D|NGS
Award Made TO George B. Post & Sons,
of New York, Whose Drawings
Pleased the Committee.

President Charles w. Needham has
accepted the design OF George B. Post
& Sons. of New York, for the new uni
yeGBfty buildings to be constructed on
the old Van Ness estate at Seventeenth
and c streets northwest
This decision was reached upon the
recommendation of the jury OF three
appointed by DR.. Needharn to go over
the designs submitted. The jury was
composed OF Charles T. McKim, Ber-
nard r. Green, and Percy Ash.
The Post designs include all the uni
yersity buildings, about eight IN ALL
All designs We're submitted without
any name attached to them. They were
marked IN alphabetical order. Alto
gether FIVE sets OF drawings were re-
ceived at the university building. with
the name of the architect Ia a sealed
envelope attached.
After going over all of the plans. the
jury unanimously awarded the decision
to George B. Post & Sons
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
Inventors as Viewed
BY Patent Examiners
Strange Men and Women Of Mechanical
Genius Who Do Business With Govern
nent Make Many Good Tales

well, what can I do for your" said
the patent examiner as he laZily with
drew his feet from the top Of his desk
and extrieated himself from the IN
tricacies of an embryo invention which
was destined to set the world afire-
Stories. Ell? You know this is not
much of a place for stories for publi-
cation. I think I may be able to tell
you something that will interest you
Not so long ago." he continued, we
had an Illustration that practical demon
stration is better than all this theoreti-
cal business we have to deal with all
the time.
"a French inventor came here with
a new scheme for arranging brushes on
an electrical dynamo which he said. In
vantage His way of adjusting the
brushes. he contended, would materially
increase the power of the dynamo.
Invention Turned Down.
well. you know that thing puzzled
more than one Of us. AT last we had to
turn it down by SAYING. III the opinion
Of some of the best examiners of the
Office, we did not think his scheme would
work. The application for the patent
was rejected.
This Frenchnan was not to be out
done by the Patent Office So ne went to
a laboratory in one of the local univer-
sites and set up his model and invited
the examiners that passed on his appli-
cation to be present at his demonstra-
ton of his invention. He proved con-
c1usively he was right in his conten tons.
What he claimed was true in every par
ticuIar.
ut is seldom we make mistakes. But
this is one time that the mighty in
fallibIe Patent Office went wrong.
There was nothing left for us TO do
hut give him his patent
"Hell Frozen Over
Z never will forget the time that hell
froze over here he continued. 1T
happened one hot summers day.
1T seems that a certain attorney that
stood pretty high in the social swim
of the smart set had as a client the
inventor OF something have forgot
ten now what 1t was: but that has lit
tie to do with the story, anyway.
lie wanted to have q hearing before
the Commissioner Of Patents The Com
missioner having made up his mind
that a hearing was not necessary and
that he did not propose TO give one
The young lawyer insisted that he
vas entitled to argue the case and 50
told the Com missioner. The Commits
sioner replied ne WAS not going to give
a hearing and that He'll would freeze
over before he would grant one
THE lawyer told his client the facts
in the case about the determined stand
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14

"Arkansaw Traveller" and the veneer
able principal of the academy throws
off his dignity and "shassays" like
the youngest man in the room, you
don't know what good time is. And
neither are you any judge OF old
pianos.
If we could have back the things
that went with the prim square" out
there on the pavement we would not
give it up for all the '.parlor grands'
that could be manufactured in a thou
sand years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14

bears with crushing weight; in all IN
dustrfal centers the current OF LIE
rushes as in millraee, and the upper
and neither stones of commerce which
it turns grind grist which is largely
husks and bran for the many.
There is plenty of land now await
ing cultivation, but not within the
reach of the poor, the discouraged. the
uniformed castaways of our indus
trialism. And If they were put upon
the naked land without support for at
least a year, without guidance and In
struction, and, what is often more
necessary, sympathetic companion
ship, what would become of them?
There are many colonization soeie-
ties and they ought to accomplish
much good. Perhaps the reason they
have not yet proven of inestimabie
value TO the country is because Of lack
OF sufficient means. Undoubtedly the
schemes are we'll planned and have
all inducements to success-except
money.
These thoughts are suggested by a
circular letter and pamphlet of the
Farm Colonies of the Salvation Army
which ask for contributions for plac-
ing men and families in contact with
the soil. These communications cal
attention to the great numbers Of the
poor crowded in the sluns and tene-
ments of our great cities; the pointed
question is asked rs there no way
out for these suffering masses ?" The
answer furnished is; Place the
waste labor on the waste land by
means Of waste capital, and thereby
convert this modern trinity of waste
into unity of production"
According to the pamphlet, the Sal
walton Army now has three colonies
one at Fort Amity, Col: one at Fort
Romie, Cal, and one at Fort Herrick
Ohio These colonies are now pros.
pering, but money is needed to trans
port future colonists, and to advance
them live stock, cottages, and nipple
ments. The money thus put out is te
be repaid by the colonist and ther
put out again, thus making a con
tinuous chain of good works.
There Is much truth in the ancient
fable Of Antaeus. who when thrown
in wrestling derived fresh strength
from each successive contact with hi:
mother earth, and thus remained In.
yincible until Hercules, having dis.
covered the source OF his strength
lifted him away from the ground ant
crushed him to death. Antaeus is &
type Of that other giant, the people
AS long as the people can get back te
mother earth their strength is re
newed from generation to generation
| but hold them away from the soil fol
a few decades and you have Hooligan-
ism and all its allied Ills.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
Coming to the Point.

Evidence which will slap the Amer
lean citizen in the face was obtained
at yesterdays Beef trust hearing by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in Chicago. If that evidence is not
disproyen 1t will establish these high
ly interesting conditions:
That the Armour company operat-
ing. as owners Of a line of private
refrigerating cars. maintained a code
calculated for the confidential discus
sion of the acts Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission;
That the same company made plans
that it's agents should avoid the law
full summons issued by that commits
sion;
That the same company sent out
agents commissioned 10 offer shippers
rebates contrary to the interstate
commerce law;
That rebates were paid many ship
pers amounting to more than so per
cent of the apparent rate;
That the profits of the company on
filling refrigerator cars with ice ran
as high as 500 to 600 per cent"
This evidence was offered by wit
ness formerly employed by the Ar
mour company as a stenographer, and
On cros3-examination the witness
swore that the president of the Ar
mour car lines had attempted to OBJ
tain the papers and code the witness
had in his possession by threats"
A citation from the code book along
these lines will have the effect of re-
enforcing these conclusions. Where
fore the following:
Laughsome-Rebate. Launch-Better
arrange rebate there. Launching-Can
make rebate. I.aura-Handle rebate
matters very carefully. Laya-Pay re-
bates from cash On hand Lavealio-Re-
bate must be confidential. Woodpath-
Interstate Commerce Commission.
A further citation-this time from
the interstate commerce act-will
serve to define the offense contem-
plated in that code:
That If any common carrier subject
to the provisions Of this act shall, d.
rectIy or indirectly, by any special rate,
rebate drawback or other device.
charge, demand, collect or receive, from
any person or persons greater or less
compensate for any service rendered,
or 10 be rendered. in the transportation
Of passengers or property than
il CHARGE, demands. collects, or receives,
from any other person or persons for
doing for him or them like and con-
Temporal aeous service such COM
non carrier shall be deemed guilty OF
an unjust discrimination, which IS here
by prohibited and declared TO be I'M
lawful
Still further interest will attach
to this testimony from the reading
of a part of section 10 Of this same
act, which provides:
That any common carrier subject to
the provisions of this act or, whenever
such common carrier is Il corporation
any director or officer thereof >
who shall willfuliy do or cause
to be done any act. matter. or thing
unlawful. shall be deemed guilty Of
misdemeanor and shall upon conviction
thereof in any district court of the
United States be subject to a
fine of not TO exceed five thousand dol
la rs for each offense.
Provided That If the offense for which
any person shall be convicted as afore-
said shall be an unlawful discrinlina-
ton In rates, fares, or charges >
such persons shall. in addition to the
fine hereinbefore provided for. be liable
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-14
FALLS FROM BRIDGE;
CONDITION Is CRITICAL

Missing his footing while working ON
the new Connecticut avenue bridge.
Lewis Thompson, twenty-five years old.
of 622 Louisiana avenue northwest. fell
a distance of sixty feet TO the ground,
yesterday afternoon.
At the Emergency Hospital it was
found Thompson was suffering from a
fracture of the left leg and right arm,
as well as a painful cut over his left
eye. made by the sharp endge OF stone
He was badly shaken UP and suffered
much from shock. Physicians say his
condition Is critical.