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The Washington times., 1905-05-18
Harlans Going to Louisville.

Justice and Mrs. Harlan will go to
Louisville TO be the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Augustus E. Wilson for q week
arriving there the last of May Judge
Harlan will celebrate his seyenty-second
birthday on June 1, and the Louisville
Bar Association will give a banquet in
his honor
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Ambassador White and Senator Hen
ry Cabot Lodge Were the guests of hon
or at dinner in Rome last night given
by Signor Tittoni, the Italian foreign
minister. A number Of distinguished
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Rear Admiral and Mrs Van Reypen
will entertain a dinner party tonight in
honor of Baron Serge korff and Miss
Van Reypen. whose marriage viii take
place June 5
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Thomas w Sy-
mons We're hosts at dinner party
Tuesday evening in honor OF Secretary
and Mrs. Taft, the evening winding up
in a bridge whist party.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

will entertain dinner part of men to-
night in honor of Mr.. Takahashi, mem
Der of the Japanese house OF. peers. and
a noted fnancier of that country, who
arrived IN Washington Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Prof. and Mrs. Jose Siryent are at
Acacia Cottage. Capital View Park, Md,
their summer home. AS guest they viii
have for the season Prof. Z. Carreta,
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

The opposition 10 the Kenilworth
poolroom is because it's get-poor-
quick scheme.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Referring to the canal purchases
abroad, Speaker Cannon says we have
the greatest market in the worid-also
the greatest prices.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

A war correspondent agrees with Mr..
Huh as to the japanese invasion of the
Philippines, which * another refutation
of the claim that war correspondents
have no imagination
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Jimmy Hyde is an authority on
French Hterature-and on French din
l.ers on French leave.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

The loss of two papers in the Bowen
Loonis case won't matter, as Bowen
has plenty more.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Possibly, the policy the trusts have
had Of holding up the Government
on contracts accounts for the way
Treasury funds have been letting
down.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Since they've been pitching pennies
for District contracts, they might have
a game OF crack-a-loo to decide when
the new Anacostia bridge will be COM
pleted
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

A man accused of murder puts up the
defense that his dual self did the kill
Ing. II was his dueling self.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

instructor OF Spanish at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md
DR. and Mrs. Guy Fairfax Whiting
will pass the summer abroad, instead of
at Bar Earbor, as is their usual custom.
DR.. and Mrs. Whiting sailed Tuesday
f, ON New York on the Caronia, which
lay all Tuesday night On Sandy Hook,
where she ran ashore IN the fog three
hours after leaving her pier.
The Baltimore Horse Show, was vir-
tually opened by Miss Katherine II. Eli
kins, a daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Elkins, of West Virginia Her horse,
Pendennis, was the first to perform IN
the class for green hunters, which was
the first on the program. The class
was a fair one Miss Elkins rode well
over the jumps and was much applaud
ed.
Mrs. S. r. Hanen. of Grafton, ". Va.
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
A. Gillliland. of GIG Eleventh street
northwest. After a two weeks stay,
Mrs. Hanen will go to Chicago, where
she will be the guest of her brother, H.
B. Gilliland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur L. Day, with the
Misses Margaret and Dorothea Day,
sailed yesterday from Baltimore for
Bremen on the North German Lloyd
steamer Hanover.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

The mayor Of Detroit declares thar
voters are upright. Slot machines are
made in that style. too.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

When man sees the seashore girl
this summer in elbow sleeves and knee
skirts. he can say he saw more of her
than ne had expected.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

The hop crop is short. but Milwaukee
streets are not yet blocked with water
wagons.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Nan Patterson thinks Philadelphia
good place to let the dead past bury its
dead.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

| II am out of politics for good,'' says
| ollie Belmont. being several millions to
| sfle good.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

The Nevada Legislature has repealed
the law requiring gambling 10 be done
as high up as the second floor of build
ings Some law-maker must have been
''iet in on the ground floor"
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Pat Groves failure to be made a
United States marshal proves that
birds of a feather don't always flock
Together.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

They do say Representative Brown
low thinks that new Southern State
would be a good road to the United
States Senate
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

The Rev. Washington GLADDEN. is an
other drawback problem"
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Everything is going well in Santo
Domingo" says DIT. Hoilander-espe-
ciaIly the Money.
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Nine Wilenkin, wife of the financial
secretary of the Russian embassy. VIII
sail for Europe On June g, ACCOMPANIED
by her two small children and their
governess. She will be Joined later by
Mr.. Wilenkin, who now finds i. impos-
sible to leave Washington with MS fam
lily on the date first selected
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Bernard Shaw says verse writing is a
gift Funny how shy Providence was
with gifts when Berry blew In
The Washington times., 1905-05-18
ENGAGEMENTS
ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Reinberg of Baltimore,
announce the engagement Of their
daughter. Miss Selma Reinberg, to Lee
Baum of this city. AT home Sunday
evening, May q at Poll McCulloh street,
Baltimore.
The engagement has just been an
nounced of Capt. Chauncey B. Hum
phrey, L. S. A, now on duty at the
Military Academy, TO Miss Florence
Warning, of Philadelphia
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Not counting the rich Americans IN
London. the city has 1900 lunatics.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Russia's war losses are making her
war prophets look like thirty cents.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

The New York aldermen have made
it misdemeanor to pull teeth on the
street. To pull a mans leg is still law
ft1I
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

instructor Of Spanish at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18
Will Go to Bar Harbor.

Ex-senator and Mrs. John B. Hender-
son Will close their residence here June
l. and will go to their home at Bar
Harbor. They have sold their bungalow
in the Adirondacks, where they enter
tanned delightful party of friends
every season.
Mr. and Mrs John B. Henderson, jr..
will leave Washington when their par
ents take their departure, bur will go
TO Casanova. n. Y. where they will
spend the summer.
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

Miss Chaffee. daughter of the Lieu
tenant General of the Army and Mrs.
Chaffee, will &c to West Point TO at
tend the commencement exercises. and
will remain for all the social festivities
connected herewith
The Washington times., 1905-05-18

l did not read Judge Davis statement,
and il l had 1 would say nothing al ali
about ii, l make ii a practice never to
discuss any cases that have been tried
in my court.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31
IN WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Significance Of the Rejection of the
So-Cailed Reform by Two State
legislatures

The Kansas and Montana iegisla-
lures on Tuesday rejected woman suf-
frage propositions. Neither of tncse
states can be called ultra-conservatiye
Their simultaneous rejection OF this
so-called reform has more than neg
ative significance. 1t is constructive
ly declaration of policy from the
thinking women Of Kansas and Mon
tana.
For there is not the slightest doubt
that il even large minority Of the
wives and mothers of Kansas and
Montana or OF any other American
state really made up their minds that
they wanted the suffrage they would
get IL just as soon as the necessary
legal formalities could be complied
observe more accurately what are the
women dear TO them. and the women
who really count, do not want toe
suffrage could induce any body III
American men to refuse it.
But the experiments with woman
suffrage, while neither profitable nor
pleasing in their direct results, have
given Us one indirect benefit. They
have moved the women who really
coUnt-the wives and mothers--tc
observe more accurately what we the
sources Of their strength and how
they can best reach power and happi-
ness.
And these women who really count
are seeing that they are strongest
when they do not fritter away their
strength by trying to do for themselves
what they can more easily get men 10
do for them. They Are seeing tha.
when they insist on voting they do
pot purify politics. but merely weaker,
the inborn power of womanhood. The!
are seeing that the penalties of poiit
ical competition with men are Il
thons;,ndfold greater than the prizes,
and they are declining to enter into
struggles SO Improbable.
The women who really count are
recovering from the mental and sp1T-
itual errors into which woman's new
freedom from material bondage to
man led her in the last century. They
are seeing that woman is strong not
as she is like man. but as she is dii-
ferent. They are seeing that as ii
is mans task to spend his strength
that civilization may go forward 50
it is WOman'S to save hers that tie
gains of civilization may not be frit
tered away. For as man is the crea-
tor Of new things,sO is woman the
preserver of good things.
The woeful experience of Colorado
may not be the last in woman sutf
rage, but there are not likely to be
many more in this nation. The WON
ell who really count will increasingly
oppose any more wasteful experiments
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31
Distance I'm Florida.

But few peorIc hace auy conception
OF Florida's eXtert. Jacksonville is
about as far north OF Miami as she il
south of Charlotte. y. C.-about as far
north Of Key West as she is south OF
Danville. Va. Ignorance Of the ex-
tent of Florida leads to many amusing
mistakes. We sometimes FEAR the rail-
loads Of the state charged with max.
ing poor lime. Why, it takes over
tWenty-four hours to 90 from Pensaco-
ua to Miami. The man who makes the
remark would think he was travelling
on a flyer if he made the trip from
Pensacola TO Chicago in' the same
length of time it would take him to go
to Miami. But there is very little diff
ference in the distance. \ land trip
from one end Of Florida to the other
is as long as from the Lakes to the
Gulf. \ citizen of Maine who makes
up his mind to come south may get
or the cars and pass through Maine,
New Hampshire. Massachusetts, Con
necticut. New York, New Jersey, Fem
Sylvania. Delaware, Maryland. the
District Of Columbia and far into Nir
ginia. When he has done this he has
taken no longer a ride than he could
have taken by an equally direct line
from one Florida town to another, and
there are some men green enough 10
think they are making poor time when
they find it takes them longer to go
from Pensacola ID Miami than from
the eastern to the western side of
Maine. OF course, the old stagers do
fhaSa E.YS
They have a pretty clear conception
of the geography of Florida. There
are many, however, who come on their
first visit with very haZy ideas of the
state-Times-Union.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31
"A SOLDIER PARDONED
Sentenced for Refusing to Arrest i;
Comrade at Peril of His Life.

Through the intereession of Sena-
tor Overman L. H. Aldridge. SOL
aier boy who enlisted from this city
and who was serving a three-year SEN
tence in a military prison for refusing
to arrest a comrade when ordered to
by an officer was pardoned Saturday
A,dridge is the son of Mr.. John AID
ridge Of this city. and enlisted three
years ago this spring. He was very
young when he enlisted. but had the
appearance of a man. being tall and
large.
The circumstances connected with
the incident go far towards extenuat-
ing the offence and those facts being
placed before the secretary Of the navy
clemency was exercised.
The officer who had arrested ons
| of two soldiers who We're drunk or
dered Aldridge to arrest the other
The soldier was a boon companion OF
-AlGridge. who knew the man to be ar
exec eedingly dangerous customer when
drinking and at this time did have out
a knife swearing that he would kill
any man that attempted his arrest
Under the circumstances Afdridge re-
fused to arrest him and was senten-
ced to three years in the military
nrison.
The family of Aldridge live in eas,
Kinston. His term of enlistment will
be o..t next month.-Kinston Free
Press.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31
Mixed PeODieS.

On Wednesday of this week Martin
Peoples. of this CITY,, was married to
Mrs. Anna Hine. Of Old Town. 1t re-
quires some expert figuring to keep
track of Mart" Peoples. as rule. AMI
in this instance it looks like he had
thrown us. On the 2rd of last No
Ven1ber the reservoir was blown uD Or
exploded. and his wife was killed. Peo-
pies himself had TO be carried to the
hospital for several weeks of repair.
Getting on foot again. he purchased
fine team of bays. had their tails wrap
ned in ribbon, and kept the ice and
snow moving between Winston and
Old Town. And now we find things
as above stated. Now Mart Peoples is
not a bad man, but he is the worst
mixed up man we ever saw. His brid.
was his last wife's stepmother. and
hence he becomes his own daddy. He
not only becomes his own daddy. but
he is now his stepson's grandfather
and his mother-in-law's husband. and
the father of his late wife. His wifi.
is in nearly as bad a fix. as She Is her
husbands mother and her grandchil-
dren's mother also. But Mart Peoples
can work 1t all out. and will no doubt
give a correct answer in the wind-up
He Is evidently a man of destiny
Winston IN. CD Guide
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31

games out of five. and if there is any
getting mad you will be the one"
You'll hear no squealing from me.
as you call it. I've got the book of
Hoyle right here, and we shall be
guided by it in our play"
Mr.. Bowser agreed and began to
chuckle. The cards were cut and the
deal fell to him.
mo squealing now," be said as he
shuftled off the carIs. Il propose to
show you that
II order up your Rand" interrupted
Mrs. Bowser.
What! Order Up TIE very first
hand! | never heart Ct such n thing.
but was going u take it up. anyhow.
Lead away, and if don't make You a
tired woman before you get through
then You may call IRE Il goat.
Mrs. BOvser led and continued to
lead until every rrck was taken. and
:as she scored two NEr. Bowser forced
"a laugh and said:
"All right for you. / am just lead
ing you on. Don't try to stack those
cards. for l have my eye on YOU
"You know | can't stack cards.
We'll don't try TO learn. There was
something very funny about your TAX
ing all those tricks. Play to that
Mrs. Bowser happened to have the
better hand and she covered his lead
and took three tricks and scored an
other point
You are having bullhead luck" he
sneered, but wait until the cards be-
gin to run and you won't know you
are In the game. It's my deal"
The luck was still with Mrs. Bowser
and she scored two points and made
Chicago" Womanlike she could not
conceal her exultation, and Mr.. Bowser
turned red clear around to the back of
his neck and answered.:
You can blow your horn now, but
wait q few minutes longer. Rsmem-
her. if there is any cheating, out OF the
game l GO
Five more hands were played and
Mrs. Bowser won by two points.
Fearing an outbreak. she said nothing.
{ but the cat looked out from under the
!, lounge and caught her eye and swinked
at her to go slow and let Mr.. Bowser
8 win a game. She tried TO do so, but 1t
happened that the cards were running
her way and she couldn't help but take
the tricks It was another Chicago
for Mr.. Bowser. and he shosed back
from the table and queried:
..Haye you had an old gambler up
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31

tere teaching you how to palm the
cards.
''Of course haven't she indignant
" replied. Luck is simply running
Uy way. or else
"Or else WHAT"
Never mind
But | do mind. | want to know
what you mean by your or else"
We'll. maybe you are not a good
card player"
What? What's thatg Woman, have
you got the cheek to sit there and tell
me such a thing as that, who was
playing cards and beating everybody
for ten miles around when you were
still at the nuI sing bottle? By the
great horn spoon. but that is unadul-
terated gall, | will; now show you
spot"
But he failed to keep his word. The
cards still continued to run to Mrs.
Bowser, and the result was that she
was a winner again. The last trick
was taken with an ace, and Mr.. Bow
ser grabbed the cards and shouted:
"No, you don't! / played a king
there"
And I played an ace"
II know you did, but If you think an
>ace takes king then you'd better
learn the game of euchre.'
But of course it does"
But of course it don't"
''Here is Hoyle, and he says the value
of cards is
'What have got to do with Hoyle"
demanded Mr.. Bowser
Hes an authority on games, as ev
erybody knows, and he puts the value
of an ace above king"
81 don't care a peanut what he does
/ say king takes an ace every time,
and l can go out and find you fifty
men to say SO. l asked you to have a
few friendly games of euchre with me,
and what do you do the very first
thing? You stack the cards on me-
"Mr. Bowserw
"Oh, you can pretend innocence, but
I know all about it. On the very first
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31
BURIED ALIVE
Nor Mother of Senator Hawicy Buried
Alive and Revived by Grave. Rob
hers.

The Laurinburg correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer writes the follow
ing interesting article to his paper:
'Apropos the death of Senator
Joseph Roswell Hawley of Connect
cut, on yesterday there is an interest
ing story being told here to tie effect
that his mother was supposed to have
been dead once, and was buried. and
that after her burial some robbers
went to her grave dug her up and
were helping themselves to her
jewelry,' when one of them, in taking
a ring from her finger. caused her
to have conscious spell and they
discovered that she was not dead. IL
their fright they left her and some
neighbors in passing discovered mel
condition and took her to her home.
ut was after this that young Joseph
Hawley was born. The old Stewards
vile plantation on which the senator
was born is now owned by Mr.. Henry
w. Malloy, of Wilmington a son-in-
law of Squire Peter MacRae of this
place. Our older citizens give the
above story as authentic"
That such an occurrence really hap
pened is not to be doubted, but Mrs.
Hawley was not the lady who iig-
ured in it. The above peculiar cir
cumstances attended the supposed
death and burial of Mrs. Lindsay
and the child afterwards born was or
dained a Presbyterian minister. This
occurrence was many years previous
tc Senator's Hawley's birth.-Laurin-
burg Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31
Thought ii Was Champagne.

1t is related, of a Quaker who at
tended the banquet the other night
that he became SO enthused he con
cludeo he would drink a little cham
payne for the first time IN his life. He
waded in, took several glasses and said
Yesterday he never felt IL in the least
He had been drinking White Rock
lithia. But he was not the only man
fooled Some of the old FOUNDERS, ac-
customed TO new corn Juice, drank II
for champagne, too, but ii was toe
weak for them and they soon caught
on.-Greensboro Record.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31

hand out you stole trick from me,
and ON the second game you cheated
like blazes. Yes, you did, and now you
have the cheek to tell me that an ace
takes kingv'
"Of course it dOes.'
What: You still stick to it? By
the Lord Harry, woman, but I'll GO
out and get testimony to mash you
flatter than pancake, and when
have mashed you 1 will see you Oh the
train for your mother's!'
How silly to run out and let folks
know that we can't agree on game
of cards.':,she replied.
SILLY or not. I'm going. and you sit
right here and I'll bring in whole
house full of witnesses. Where in
blazes is that old yaller eyed cat?''
In the back yard, maybe"
"And it's blamed good thing for
him that he is. Don't try to sneak
out of this thing by running away"
Mr.. Bowser knew that his family
butcher was card player, and he
made for mis- shop and put the ques-
ton.
Does an ace take king?" repeated
the butcher. Let me ask you if a dol
lar is more than 75 cents?'
But does it:''
always and forever. and il you
don't know the value Of cards you
had better quit playing"
Mr.. Bowser called the butcher q liar
and passed on to the druggist. The
man of bottles was busy, but he found
time to whisper in reply:
ASK Mrs Bowser She knows more
about cards than you can ever learn
in all your born days."
The shoemaker and the plumber told
him about the same, and he gave it up
and started for home. In front Of his
house he met a pedestrian, and as a
last hope he accosted him.
Are you drunk or fool to ask such
a question as that?" exclaimed the
stranger.
"Don't you insult me, sir
81 don't believe / could, you old rip!
What sort Of a game is this, anyhow"
The next instant Mr.. Bowser tackled
him, and five minutes later snow
burdened and dilapidated figure softly
opened the front door and sneaked up
stairs.
"Have rou got ffty men to say that
an ace won't take kingT called AIRS.
| Bowser.
But only echo answered.
NJ. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31
The Feature that Was Lacking.

In review of the Tar Heel ban
quet The Wilmington Messenger says
this
There was one thing lacking at
this banquet That was the presence
of some one who in answer to the
toast. Our President could speak Dy
authority to the two-term federal Of
fice-holders and clear up for them the
doubt and uncertainty which have de-
velOped from the several contradic-
tory announcements which have been
made at the White House as to the
course the President in tended pursu-
ing toward them"
That so. by George. If somebody
had gotten up and said in a low, con-
versa tional tone that he came with aL
authoritative statement from the Pres
ideat on this subject. his remarks
would have been heard with more il.
terest than the most brilliant grafton
Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-03-31
Bowser Plays Cards
Brings Home New Pack and Induces Wife Join In Few
Lively Games Of Euchre Her Luck Aneers Him.
Accuses Her of Cheating and Defies Foyle.

copyright, 1905, by T. c. McCIure1
- n r. BOWSER had been read
/N ing and smoking for half an
u hour after dinner when he
seemed to suddenly think Of
something and rose up and went down
the hall to his overcoat When he re-
turned he had "a fancy deck of cards
in his hand and said to Mrs. Bowser:
I'D almost forgotten these. They
were given me by an agent who hap
pened into the office today"
Mrs. Bowser had a word of praise
for the deck, and then Mr.. Bowser
continued:
1--WE finished with the paper, and I
don't believe you care much for your
book, and suppose we have a few
games Of euchre to initiate this deckY'
IL don't feel much like playing to-
night" she replied, remembering pre-
Vious experiences and wondering how
she could turn his mind into another
channel
Nonsense! Just put away your old
book, and We'll have a few lively
games. l think I heard you Dragging
around few weeks ago that you could
beat me all hollow"
Cant we let it go antil tomorrow
night? Mrs. Green is making a dress,
and she may send in for me at any
minute"
When she sends y0u can go, but
we'll probably have time to play a
dozen games first"
Mrs. Bowser saw that there was no
way out of it, and she laid aside her
book and said:
1.-THE last time we played you said 1
cheated and raised great row about
it. If you get mad this time
"My dear woman, | have no recol-
lection of raising a row. and if you can
cheat me you are welcome to-"
But I don't want to cheat l want
to play fair, and 1 want you to do the
same"
Certainly l will. Only if a man
beats q woman at cards she always
squeals about it 1 shall beat you four