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The Washington times., 1905-01-01
A Round of Joy.

Christmas bells. wedding bells. and
society bellies are all in evidence around
the home of Representative Griggs OF
Georgia., says a lawmaker from that
State, land if my good friend does not
have a good time before We get back
here after the holidays it won't be his
fault.
You know one of Griggs' favorite
amusements it attending froIics, espe-
cialIy country dances He takes the
advice of the late Bill Arp:
"a Now gather round the big room fire
Pile the Hghtwood higher and higher,
Get out the old fiddle, partners choose,
And dance all night in coWhide shoes -
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Boys Theological Difficulty.

This new version of casting out
devils is given by Senator Latfmer Of
South Carolina:
"a class of Sunday school boys and
girls were being talked to about the
miracle of the casting out of devils
who entered into a drove Of swine and
ran into the sea During the elucida-
ton of this interesting subject 1t be-
came apparent that one youth was en-
crossed by anxious thought, and that
for him the twist was not wholly I'M
twisted.
There must have been lot of
EN- said the youth. cycling the teacher.
"A lot of what? he was asked
- Lots O. devils
q No. only one
81 figured that there must have been
devil Tor each pig
Now, Biblical authorities fail to
say who was correct"
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Hard Shells Were There.

Now that The Washington Times has
offered a big prize for stories about
Dreams says a Representative from
Pennsylvania, II am reminded of
story of a close communion Baptist
preacher who had a habit of putting
forth his views by telling a dream. He
said he dreamed he had died and went
TO purgatory, and there he saw all de-
nominations of Christians except Bal
lists And this shows he would add,
that my people go straight to heaven
That may be- answered one of the
old preachers listeners. but I. too.
dreamed a similar dream. But I had
little more curiosity than you, my BROTH
er. L asked the old fellow why there
were no Baptists there. Come with me-
he said, and taking me 70 a little door
afar off he opened it. and there 1 saw
dozen of them sitting there in close
communion -
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
A Curious Toast.

AT a Christmas dinner given to the
unfortunates of BlackwelFs Island a
number of years ago" says a Repre-
sentative from New York, "a number
of prominent persons were present and
took part in the one happy day for
the poor devils of almost every nation
atty.
Among the guests was a certain
archbishop When the dinner was being
served and everything was running
along smoothly, a legal gentleman was
called on for a toast In honor Of the
archbishop
The aforesaid legal light arose and
said:
Our iIlustrious friend and guest,
Archbishop -, the representative of
the larger majority or the unhappy and
unfortunate inhabitants of this island
There was 40 disputing the truth Of
the sentiment, and it was swallowed
with good feeling
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Paid to Be a Tenant.

This good story, given by one Of the
poor but pure members of the upper
house, teaches a wholesome lesson for
the holidays:
Mr.. Webster was fond OF a joke. but
always harmless ones. One Christmas
Eve he visited an old lady who lived on
one of his small places across the river
from his Franklin farm. The land was
sandy and barren and the old lady
could not manage TO exc out an ex-
:stence.
1t was Mr.. Webster's custom to col
iect his rents at the close of each year.
When he rode up TO the humble rented
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Rejoicing in Charleston.

There are in every community men
who, by means indirect and underhand-
ed, manage to accumulate wealth, but
who invariably accumulate with it the
contempt and odium of the community
A story of one of these men is told by
Representative Johnson of South Caro-
lima, who says:
"One of these men lived in Charleston,
my State Finally, in the course of ma
ture, he yielded to the Great Destroyer
a lawyer, famous not only for remark
able forensic ability, but for a peculiar
power of trenchant satire, was speaking
of the defunct. and what a blessing it
was, on the whole, that he had gone.
Said the lawyer: I don't pretend to
know how 1t was in hell when old Har-
rison died. but in Charleston I know
there was great rejoicing -
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

sundry other things in the line of Chris
tian work
My constituent was one of the last
to give his experience He found that
there was little left unsaid. and he SIM
ply got up from his seat and said:
I have been much interested in what
has been said. It has been puzzle to
me to figure cut just why you good
people wanted me among your member
ship. / think the matter is now ready
for solution. There appears to be but
one vacant berth in this church, and
that is the one for the chief liar and
swearer. l guess that is intended for
me. and 1 quietly and respectfully ac-
cept it
with these words the really tireiess
worker picked up his cornet and began
10 toot I Am on My Journey Home"
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

Electric Bus Lines to
Revolutionize Rapid
Transit.
Good Storage Battery IS
the Missing Link in
Problem.
FTER reaching the highest per-

a FER reaching the highest per-
~ lection that electrical engineer
~ ing can conceive, the great
street railway lines of the
United States are threatened with con-
signment to the junk heap to make room
for the transportation scheme or the
future that will not depend upon the
power unit City traffic was handled In
buses when New York and Ph1iadei-
phia were struggling villages; IN the
twentieth century it is to buses tnat
engineering is turning for perfect so
luton of the problem of handing the
congested traffic of the large cities
There is one objection to underground
or overhead electric street car INES
which apparently cannot be overcome
and which becomes more serious as
cities grow in area compelling their in
habitants to travel greater distances
each year. 1t is the unavoidable break
in the power connection which ties up
an entire line during the heaviest rush
hours. With the electric buses deriV-
ing their motive power from storage
batteries this danger is eliminated
Should one vehicle become disabled the
line could be closed up and reserve
bus put into service at the point nearest
throw the system into confusion as at
present Having no tracks to follow
the line of buses could be changed to
different route on a moments notice and
skirt the DISTRACTED district.
Electric Bus Lines.
The construction of an underground
trolley system requires the expenditure
of an enormous amount of money.
Every mile Of the trackage costs a small
fortune. That item of expense win be
eliminated when the bus lines are In
the city will no longer be disfgured by
the miles of rails and pavements cracked
and split by the strain of the heavy cars
as they sway from side to side The adj
vantages of electric buses are SO APP
suggested why have they not come
into use sooner?
There mas been &. defect in all the ma
chimes manufactured in the past that
rendered them entirely unfit to compete
with electric cars The storage batter
les used were inadequate to the task re-
quired of them and broke down so fire.
quentiy that all hope OF applying them
to such important work as passenger
traffic has been given up in despair
Until d perfect battery was invented,
railway men would not entertain the
scheme of electric bus lines.
Edison Attacks Problem.
The old lead batteries live on their de-
probation. The rubber cells rot away
and the lead connecting straps frequent
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Antidote Was Easy.

1T is said" says Representative
Gaines of Tennessee, that the last
words of the joking Matthews were on
the lines of a clean-cut joke. He was
on his deathbed, and his attendant, in
giving him some medicine, made a mis-
take and administered ink.
Good heavens." exclaimed the af-
frighted attendant. L have given Won
Ink in place of medicine
g Never mind, never mind, nv bow
bit of blotting paper
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

we fellows down home have been raised
that way and Christmas is not Christ
mas without firecrackers and such
things.
Il want to get a good square shoulder
hitter at the goody-goody man who says
there's no Santa Claus. Why, the very
happiest days OF my life were those
before I really knew that the old TEL
low really didn't come down the chime.
and dispense his gifts. [ am going
home TO help the young folks have a
good time
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
7 hos A. Edison

what he says about one of his earlier
Inventions
When 1 am absorbed in my work the
hours fly by unnoticed. But that does
not mean I am engaged in manual labor
Hour after hour / sit and watch. Take,
for instance, my first experiments with
the electric light. The first electric
lights | saw were two arc lamps that
were part of circus side show. some
where near Philadelphia. Few persons
thought then the electric light would be
any use commercially. 1t was too
bright and too big.
The Light That Burned.
THE problem that suggested itself to
me was suitable subdivision of the
light and distribution Of it TO peoples
homes. the same as gas. 1t was easy
enough to see that subdivision never
could be accomplished until each light
was made independent of every other.
Hence they must burn in multiple arc
After endless experiments I decided to
try q simple carbon l sent out, got
some cotton thread. carbonized IL and
made the first experiment. That was
October 4. 1879. After the lamp was
lighted and burned into a steady glow /
watched 1t with a fascination 1 cannot
describe.
For more than forty hours scarcely
moved from my chair, watching that
lamp with ever increasing fascination
and elation. After it had burned contin-
uously forty-five hours 1 went to bed
convinced the problem was solved [
knew that 1 couII make 1t burn one
hundred hours, o. even more. 1 was
long time opt OF bed. to be sure, but it
was not exhaustive work. Many men
have q tendency 10 sleen too much
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
STORIES TOLD OF AND BY MEMBERS OF TIE SENATE and HOUSE

paper" says the Representative. '-the
editor said
The hard-named editor biesses him
self that his name is not Smith He is
probably not aware that originally all
white men were called by that name, as
all had something to do, and a Smith
is doer: but whenever one OF them
fell into disgrace, by the commission OF
crime, his name was changed. that he
might not be reckoned thereafter among
the respectable Smiths.
The greater the crime, the worse
the name assigned TO the criminal.
Hence the hard title by which this
editor is compelled TO be called -
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Fifteen Dollars at Funeral.

In my district says a Representative
from Tennessee, I'VE have local
preacher who is as shrewd at a bargain
as he is prompt to attend the spiritual
requirements of those in affiiction. He
was recently called to attend q funeral,
and on returning home remarked, with
no small satisfaction. that he had i'm
proved the time by making SIS in a trade
for a few red cedar trees while the
mourners were viewing the corpse
Red cedar is becoming so scarce in
Tennessee that no wonder my friend
the minister, got in his work"
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Diagnosis Was Wrong.

Representative Sparkman of Florida
says that many years ago there lived
in his State a celebrated physician
named Judson, who was called IN TO
consult with a number OF other ply
sicians in the case of a. wealthy citizen
who had been taken suddenly and Sc
vereIy sick Dr. Judson came late. and
the other gentlemen had already ex-
amined the case and made up their
minds about it. They pronounced 1t a
plain case of brain fever. TO which opin-
ion Dr. Judson at once demurred
Brethren" said he, there Is no
need of my seeing the patient 10 satisfy
me that you are on the wrong scent. I
have known him for more than ten
years. and never suspected him OF
having any brains
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
All Were Once Smiths.

The thanks OF the universal Smith
family will no doubt be rendered a
Massac husetts editor 4 Representative
from that State says that a country edi-
tor bears very ugly name, for which
he is not to be blamed. as his father
had it and gave it to him before he was
able to demonstrate
This editor was whacking away
through the columns of his paper at a
brother editor whose name was Smith.
and the editor with the ugly name saio
he rejoiced that his name was not
Smith
IN the next issue of the opposition
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Like the White Brother.

The colored brother will ape the
white man in spite OF everything
says a Representative from Kentucky.
There are number Of social and ed
ucationaP clubs composed of the col
ored elite Of Louisville A newspaper
man of that city recently showed me
one of the regulations for the govern
ment of this club. II read:
Rule mo one is allowed to re
main in the reception room longer than
five minutes without taking a drink.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Jury Of His Peers.

This story is by Senator Simmons Of
North Carolina:
\ Tarheel lawyer was trying a case
before jury. being counsel for the
prisoner. a man charged with making
mountain dew The judge was very hard
on him and the jury brought in a YER
dict OF guilty The lawyer moved for a
new trial The judge denied his motion,
and remarked:
THE court and the jury think the
prisoner a knave and a fool
After a moments silence the lawyer
answered:
The prisoner wishes me to say that
he is perfectly satished-he has been
tried by a court and a jury of his
peers
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

the mechanism which gave almost per-
feet results Out of every five thousand.
about forty-eight hundred were fiawless.
Such small percentage Of defect was
not enough to discourage practical en-
gineers- But Edison was not satisfied.
That might suit some people. but he de
clared that no battery should go out of
his shop until it was absolutely per-
feet.
The factory was shut down and all
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Fireworks at Christmas.

I'VE don't celebrate the Glorious
Fourth to any very great extent down
in my neck o the woods remarks
Representative Johnson of South Caro-
lima. but the fireworks put in full time
Christmas, and / am going home to help
celebrate, too. 1t may be heathenish to
celebrate Christmas with the blowing of
tin horns and shooting of fireworks. but
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

There is a way of getting physical rest
and recuperation without sinking into
Even a sleepiess man
may obtain rest
1t has been some time since Edison
secured patents on a storage battery
to replace the clumsy one IN general
use, bat 1t has been only six or eight
tie market for commercial use Rail
way men were very much pleased with
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

I bless God and thee for it I viii try
another piece
Too much may be bad for thee.
friend, though thee are welcome
If thee only knew how / live at
home, friend lee would not object to
my filling up a little when I go
abroad"
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

If he doesn't drink and pay for it he
will be put out. You must not eat the
lemon peel you find in your cocktails,
and those who do SO will not have any
more in future, and VIII not be consid-
cred gentlemen. The price of cigar
cites will be cent each"
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

turn to the northwest up New Jersey
Avenue as far as Street, then out
Street around Iowa and Dupont Circles.
and probably out Massachusetts, Ave
nue.
The other line viii probably run NORTH,
and south through Southeast Washing
ton. It would commence at the corner
of Eleventh and G. Streets southeast,
and go up Eleventh, Street TO Maryland
Avenue. and OFT Maryland Avenue 10
Fifteenth and II Streets northeast.
At that pointit would find the best out
let that circumstances warranted or
business called for. Both lines would
transfer to the street car lines, and
world be used only for the convenience
of passengers and the development of
business.
another immediate use Of thebu
lines viii be as feeders in untried terri
tory Temporary service can be eStdb-
Hshed in a section that seems promising
and If it is found that the business built
up justifies such a step a street car line
can be constructed This viii avoid the
expensive construction OF line OF
tracks IN territory that has not been
thoroughly tested
Viii Hug the Curb.
It must not be supposed that the bus
lines would wander over the streets ar
random. On the contrary they VIII prob
ably be obliged to follow the edge OF
the streets next 10 the sidewalks and
leave the center of the streets for the
lighter vehicles This is the custom in
New York where all the heavy vehicles
give the light ones the middle OF the
street. An advantage of this arrange
ment would lie in the fact that passen-
gers could board the buses without
moving far out into the street and con-
seauently the street traffic would not
be interrupted by pedestrians except at
crossings
Edison has not disclosed TO even his
closest friends the nature of the work
mat is occupying his undivided atten-
ton. but men who are familiar with his
work and keep in touch with hiEn de-
clare that the great inventor IS work
ing night and day TO perfect an Inyen-.
ton that VIII mean a great deal 10
Washington
as this city is 20 have the first bus
lines that viii do the work Of the regu-
lar street ears, so we may expect to see
in Washington the commencement OF
the era OF uackless street cars The
Capital City will undoubtedly be the
first in the country 10 have its streets
cleared of tracks and TO replace the
vehicles that will move over the asphalt
with scarcely a sound We owe the
great American inventor a debt OF graft
tude for the IncandeSeent eIectr5o light
the photograph. and the qUAdruplex
telegraph, but it may be that the coming
invention will be the greatest boon his
genius has given the civilized world.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Washington Will Have the First Buses to
Do the Work of Regular Street Cars
and Begin New Era of
Trackless Travel
Trackless Travel.

orders held up until the unknown i'm
perfection could be discovered and 1t
is the study of this invention that has
occupied the Wizards attention He
has stated in the past few weeks that
tne imperfection has been corrected but
stiIl the orders are not being filled and
men who are very close to him say that
he has plunged into the development OF
the battery which, il successful, Will
make the substitution Of the buses
for the street car lines a commercial
possibility.
In its present state the Edison bat
terry Is perfection when compared to
the old type. Instead of rubber cells
and acid, the Edison make has nickel
steel cells that are apparently indie
structible and an alkaH preparation is
used instead of the acid
The inventor has subjected his bat
terry to the seyerest tests He recently
equipped five different types of ma
chimes with his batteries and sent them
out over the rough New Jersey roads.
Each machine was sent over a hundred
miles of road each day until the dis
tance of 5000 miles had been covered
AT the conclusion of the trial every ma
eiline was practically wreck Axles
were broken and several sets OF tires
were worn out and In a dozen ways the
cars showed the effect of the enormous
strain. But all five of the batteries
came out entirely uninjured- The woTK
proved too much for the automobiles,
but it did not injure the batteries to
the slightest extent
Transportation of the Future.
OF course the electric bus lines can
only be operated in cities that possess
weII-paved streets The cost of the new
vehicles is very large and viii propa-
bly, continue to be for some years TO
come. II would not be good policy to
operate a line over streets paved with
. cobblestones or other material that
would create a wear and tear on the
equipment. Washington is almost an
IDEAL city for such q line and it is not
/ strange that the first attempt on a
large scale will be made here
Vice President Harries, of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company,
gave notice during a hearing before the
House committee that It was the inten-
ton of his company TO operate bus
lines as feeders to the street car lines of
his company. The machine he suggested
will hold about twenty passengers, and
will develop as much speed under per-
feet control as the heavy cars that are
confined to the rails.
There were two lines indicated in the
hearing. One would be a crosstown
line, starting at a point near North
Capitol and n Streets The route would
be out n Street to New Jersey Avenue,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-03

Remarkable scenes were witnessed
around the criminal building today. Early
in the day crowds began TO gather and
hours before tho tine for the opening OF
court the corridors were filled with men
and women, hoping 10 break through the
Gordon Of guards around the court room
doors on the first rush.
WAITING CROWDS.
Even I'm the streets around the building
crowds stood waiting on the Tombs pris-
on side OF the street spanned by the
Bridge OF Signs. was iammed with people
waiing TO catch a glimpse OF the prison-
er as she passed the little. barred. half
open window wh,ch overlooked the street.
AS the hour for the opening OF court APP
preached, the regular force of uniformed
guards In Sle building was quadrupled,
every stairway was guarded and an Off
Ger stood outside every elevator landing.
The Patterson case Is now the only one
being heard on the same floor OF the same
big building and hundreds OF persons
taking advantage OF this gained tenn
porary admission to the upper floors.
Time after time the corridors were
cleared and the crowds streamed out TO
the streets, only 10 return TO make other
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-03
DEFICIT
OF $79,748
FOUND

Hartford Conn, May 3.-According TO
an examination OF the accounts OF the
Cooperative Saving Society OF Connecti-
cut made by Morris c. Webster, state
building and loan commissioner. a deficit
OF 1919 appears. The president OF the
society. Charles w. Rohne has been APP
pointed receiver of its affairs under a
bond Of 10000 by Judge Roraback, in
the superior court.
The application for a receiver was
brought in the name of Ernest Cady. a
director. upon vote OF the board of direc-
tors and was supported by Commissioner
Webster
Mr. Cady alleged that the assets were
In danger OF being wasted by reason OF
the large expense i'm running the business
OF the society and he alleged that certain
OF the shareholders We're I'm danger OF
fOstng IN the vafue-of- -t4teff-sAares-
through the payment i'm full OF shares
maturing in the near future and by the
payment i'm full of shares presented for
withdrawal.
Commissioner Webster told the court
that he supposed the business has been
managed as well as it could have been
under the circumstances. The expenses
had been larger than the receipts he
said.
The society. according 10 2 statement
OF Jan. TO- 1901 had nominal total assets
OF s10o3, 99i. including mortgages on real
estate OF s617 9l7. The cash assets are
about $4,000. There are about 1000
shareholders in Connecticut and Rhos1
Island.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-03

at often happens that a paper OF
5000 circulation covers It's field more
thoroughly than some other paper
with 100000 circulation covers its
field and the territory that the
paper OF small circulation covers
must be reached through the coll
umns OF that paper."-Mr. Charles
L. Benjamin, In Printers Ink.