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The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Poet and Prophet.

1t is wonderful how often the poet
is blessed with the divine gift of
prophecy. You can find a prophecy
in Shakespeare for almost anything
that has come to pass since the great
dramatist laid down his quill, or Is
coming to pass, or may ever come to
pass. And now that the war with
Russia has taken such form that one
may speak of it, as it were, as though
its career were known-and there
are not many persons who take bets
on the other side-it is interesting to
note that the whole story OF Kuro-
patkin's retreat from Liao-Yang was
written in throbbing verse as long
age as 1873.
OF course, the names were simply
made up-not even a poet could catch
the prophetic whispering of such a
name as Kuropatkin in advance.
But the story is all there, as the fol-
lowing will signify:
J n
All on the road from Moskow.
There was Torniazow and JemelovS
And all the others that end in "Ow;
Milarodovitch and Jaladoyitch
And Karatschkowitch.
And all the others that end in Itch
| Schamscheff. SouchoSanem
And Schepalef.
And ali the others that end in eff
/ asiltschikoff. Kostomaroff.
And Tchogolokoff
| And all the others that end in "off;;"
| Rajeffsky and Novereffsky
AID Riefsky,
| And all the others that end in "eRsky;''
Oscharoffsky and Rostoffsky
And all the others that end in 'Offsky.'
If there is any correspondent with
either army in the Liao-Tung penin-
sula who has the ability to paint e
more suggestive, more vivid, Or more
comprehensive picture of the Russian
forces, his copy has been shamefully
blue-penciled. But there is more:
And Platoff he PLAYED them off
And Shouvaioff he shovelled them off,
And Markoff he marked them off.
And krosnoff he crossed them off.
And Tuchom he touched them OFF
And Boroskoff he bored them off,
And Kutousof he cut them off
| And ParenZoR ne pared them off
| And w orronZor ne worried them off,
And Doctoroff he doctored them OFF,
And Rodionoff he fiogged them off
According to report all those sew
eral methods were used in the figh
from Mukden. That they did no
Keep off the Japs is no concern OF tn,
prophet. He cannot make his poetr,
q sordid list of casualties. Nor, a
, poet and prophet, could he look to-
long at one thing only. He did no
. forget that Jason and his band O
rollicking wanderers who went dow,
to sea In ships. Read this:
, And last of all an admiral came
, A terrible man with terrible name,
= name which you all know by sigh
!, very well;
i But which no one can speak and no on
t can spell.
4 OF course, there is more than thi!
e The inspiration covered much NOR
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Municipal Politicians
Ignorant and Degraded
City Missionary Severely Arraigns klsrule IN
Big Towns in Address Before MethO-
dist Conference.

ness OF the human heart. and we should
fight the avarice and inol dinate desires
We meet.
Statistics show that eight times as
many crimes are committed IN the city
AS In the country, and in the slums vice
literally testers TO cure all these things
practical Christianity must pc taught to
those people. end put into their every
day lives. his is no holiday task.
1T cannot be performed by going TO
grand churches on grand avenues The
slums cannot be saved by the absent
treatment, and an uptown leverage. It
must be done by the spirit of Christ"
Plague Spots in Capital.
In introducing Mr.. Ingram, NJ. Brown
said:
There are many places in Washing
ton where sin and suffering abound.
You, no doubt, know where they are
and you know that missionary work is
needed. There are places, too, where
the work of helping the people has be-
gun, and there are some places where
the people are helping themselves. l re-
gret to think, however, that SO little
has been done in Washington compared
to what has been done in some of its
sister cities
A solo was then sung by Miss Eliza
beth Wahly.
Picture None Too Dark
The Rev. Fl. F. Rail. D. D., of Balti-
more then took the platform. He said:
Il don't believe the picture of the
problem, as presented 10 you tonight,
| has been drawn one bit too dark. Pow
| erty is much more severe in the city
| than in the country, because in the city
| it has SO many attendant ills. There
/! is also the problem CT the rich, for this,
| too, is one of our greatest problems.
! The wealthy in cities have a great
temptation when they gather in suf-
cient numbers to make public opinion
| for themselves. 1t is then that they
can hold themselves above the dictates
of right and propriety
| Yesterday afternoon at 2:3o o'clock the
anniversary of the Sunday School Union
! was celebrated, and sn address made by
the Rev DR.. Rhodes, who dwelt en- the
| importance Of the Sunday school in re-
| ligion.
/ Today the ministers of the conference
viii iii many of the city pulpits.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
THE WHISTLING WIND.

Ger frosty caves the whistling wind
Wrestles with furious shapes of snow,
While at each door and window dinned
His menace shrill is heard below.
But they who seek the fireside nook
Where none the wintry clamor breads,
Hear echoes still of bird and brook
And fair the leafless landscape spreads
And thus the soul by love kept warm,
When all around seems desolate,
Hears kindly voices through the storm
Despite the whistling wind of fate.
WILLIAM Upton TAI.BoTT.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
WILLIAM THOMAS HELD
ON CHARGE OF BlGAMY

r,ipamy was the charge recoreea
aqainst William Thomas. colored, on the
hio+ray ut the Eighth precinct last night
Susfe Jones, living on NJ street north
,,,ost ie ire complainant II is alleged
hat Thomas was married in 1897. and,
t,fSc, sttf,. having lived with his wife fer sew
eraI wears. left her. He did not get
1i,1orce il is said, bat married Susie
several months ago
The two women confronted him in the
station last night and positively idenu-
fed him
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
STATE AFTER DEATH
SUBJECT OF LECTURE

Henry Hotchner, RI New York the
csophist. who has just returned 20 the
East after a seven months lecture tour
in the Middle West gave a public lee
ture last night at Confederate Veterans
Hall. Eleventh and streets north
west, under the auspices CT the Wash
ington Theosophtcal Society. He spoke
On Death and the Hereafter
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
PLANS TO IMPROVE
INDUSTRIAL HOME

Plans are being considered by Building
Inspector Ashford for heaung, light
ing and water supply plant for the new
Industrial Home School for Coiored
Children, which is to be erected on the
Districts tract of land at Blue Plains.
-Four cottages or dormltorleS, one
house for the teachers and a main
school building. besides the structure to
house the heating. lighting and water
supply plant, are included IN the pres
ent plans for this institution.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

he politician cf today seeks the in
fuence of the saloon rather than that
or the church. If he breaches civic viz
tue, he is showed under at the ballot
boxes. Political corruption thriVes in
cities. and 1t Is astonishing to see wha-
men aspire to rule In our largest towns.
They are ignorant and degraded. Some
could not tell you whether Washington
or England was the first President of
this country, and many have never seen
the Constitution
This crushing arrdignment of munich
pal politics was made last night by
James Ingram at Foundry Church,
where city missionary and church ex-
tension society meeting was held in
connection with the Baltimore annual
conference of Methodist Episcopal min
listers in session here. Mr. Ingram has
long been Identified with city evangelical
tion, and he took this for the theme of
his address.
Points of Address.
After being introduced by A. 8.
Brown, of this city. who presided over
the meeting, Mr.. Ingram said:
This matter of city eyangeliZation Is
ore of the greatest problems we have to
face. Not only are many foreigners
coming to this country and hating in
the congested centers of population. but
MANY young people graritate TO our
cities from the country. They are in
duced TO do this by the glitter and ease
of city life.
Now, let us freely admit in the start
that the efforts made to solve this prob
/ lem have not been commensurate with
/ its difficulties. We have not had suf-
/ ficient money and consecrated labor in
the work. You notice / put money first.
| Ii we had a Rockefeller TO pour his
wealth into our treasury, or, better still,
! IL all orr people would give their money
! to the church in reasonable proportion
there would be an Improvement. But
/ we must also come to oar knees and
pray for the revival We desire.
Home and Church Decline.
1T has been shown that in OF: eitie:
| two things are happening, the decline
of the home ard the decline of the
i-church. both of which are disastrous
one of the foes against Us in the cities
is greed We are up against the selfish
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Those who have kept up with Filipino
thought say the dusky islanders have
developed the Tom l. Johnson idea OF
q scent fare since they found out they
are to pay for the Congressional junket
this summer
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Senator Kean of New Jersey has been
to the White House with a new griev-
ance against the river and harbor ap-
preparation BIN. There have been so
many fish stories about the bill that
one more or less is no cause for COM
YneDt
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Up IN Harrisburg, Pa, they are pass
ing what they cali ripper" bills. In
Washington legislative halls the bills
are not named. but the ripping Igoes on
lust the same
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

'Flatbush Subway Held Up by MI
Kennedy" is the headline in a Brook
lyn journal. We had begun to think
nothing could keep Il subway up.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

The Texas authorities are about as
near to the octopus they're chasing as
the President is TO the Texas jack rab-
bits now, and the authorities have haG
a threc-Gay start
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

In New York capitalists are trying to
get rid of an ice plant. Give it to Mrs.
Keader-her contact with the frozen mitt
and the icy heart has been SO constant
Of late as to make an ice plant look like
a stove.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Oyama is reported TO be maneuvering
for another battle. It's a cinch that
he'll not have one given to him by the
Russians
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Russia Must Choose.

While peace overtures are being
proposed by the newspapers and de-
MED by the authorities of st. Peters
burg, the upper classes OF Russia
violently opposing all thought OF
peace excepting with the Cars
armies victorious, and Russia work.
ing closer and closer to the wall OF
bankruptcy, there Is war still in
progress in Manchuria.
1t may all be true, as Russia says,
that the peace negotiations must
originate with Japan. 1t may be
true, also, that Russia will never pay
indemnity nor cede territory. 1t may
peace, and that all these stories have
been instigated for some ones ul-
terror purposes But the troops are
in the field just the same.
Japan, no doubt, would prefer to
spare her men further fighting 1t
is probable her generals have tenn
pered their tactics with this refiec-
tion ever since the fall Of Mukden.
But if it should develop that these
Russian declarations are earnest
that the Car really means what he
says, there may still be battles in
Manchuria and I-regret-to-report
sent to St Petersburg
Only two conditions are possible:
Either Russia is willing to end the
war as a nation beaten and sore and
in distress; or Japan is to keep on
fighting.
1t is evident that Tokyo waits or
ST Petersburg to take her choice
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

A trio of engineers will remain with
the new organization of the Panama
Canal Coinmission-they were civil.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

The city of Cleveland, Ohio, has
bought a garbage plant. Washington
is contented with fining a delinquent
corporation as a means Of bettering the
situation.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Which will the President mediate first.
the war between Russia and Japan or
that between YaZoo City and d young
coiored MANI The latter may be the
harder, as the coIored man hasn't run as
far as the Russians.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

There is no plea sure in the life of a
Methodist minister says Bishop Moore
nor In tie life Of Venezuelan minis
ter" adds Minister Bowen.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Jiu-jitsu is the art of defense. but the
Panama Canal Commission had taken no
lessons The President had.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Russia is assailing America for pro
noting peace. The results Of her as
saults on Japan for promoting war in
sure our safety.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

A tramp In Limerick found "a fortune
In an old coat. Russell Sage's cousin,
Derhaps
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Good morning, New York, Was it a
hold-up or a subway fsll-in last night?
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

The "santo Domingo Improvement
Company can scarcely base its claim
OH the results it can show in Santo Do
mingo-things seem to be pretty much
in the rough down there.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Takes a Five Mile Ride
On Last, Working Day

Notwithstanding the fact that the last
working day OF President Roosevelt was
a busy one, the President yesterday got
on his horse and took a five-mile ride
through Rock Creek Park and the
suburbs, going at a good gait all the
time During the morning he received
many callers and attended 10 the final
arrangements for his long trip through
the South and Southwest. When he was
not besieged by visitors he was closeted
with Secretary Loeb talking over plans.
AS the time for his departure has
drawn nearer, the President has become
more and more eager to get away from
the terrible grind he has undergone for
the past four months. and there will be
no happier man on earth than he when
he steps aboard the train tomorrow
morning for his seven weeks tour
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Without charity in private life you re
a sounding cymbai With charity in
public affairs you're shining mark.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
PRESIDENT TO DINE
ON STEVED PRUNES
Rough Riders to Feast Him
at San Antonio.
PROGRAM OF THE REUNION
Cowboys Will Have Former Commander
Exclusively to Themselves at
Two Sessions.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April AR
rangements are complete in every detail
for President Roosevelt's visit here,
April I, during the reunion Of the Rough
Riders
The features of the program are two
sessions at which the former colonel of
The Rough Riders will be exclusively
in the company of his former comrades,
no outsiders being present
The President will arrive here from
Austin on the night of April in a spe-
cal ear drawn by an engine decorated
by ernblems of state and bearing the
figure Of a Rough Rider on the front
stack. The train Will remain in the
yards of the International and Great
Northern railway under guard all night.
fhe reception committee will greet
the President at $50 o'clock Friday
morning The formal program will then
be gin.
Visit to Fort Sam Houston.
First is the visit to Fort Sam Hous-
ton. The city marshal with sheriffs
and constables, will form bodyguard
A troop of regulars, a troop OF Rougn
Riders, a squad of mounted police, and
the Presidents escort Will be in line
Directly behind the Presidents car
riage Will march the Grand Army ana
the United Confederate Veterans arm
in arm.
From the post the President proceeds
TO Travis Park, where the children OF
fifty-three schools viii be grouped, as at
the late President McKinley's visit
Each chill is expected to come with an
armful of flowers. The President car
riage wheels will roll over carpet OF
J fragrant blossoms. America will be
sung by a chorus
Stewed Prunes Dinner.
After the formal welcome TO the city.
the President will lunch with the Rough
Riders Regular army rules Will prevail.
Oae tent viii be big enough to seat the
entire membership, and there luncheon
will be served The main dish viii be
stewed prunes.
| This luncheon Is exclusively for the
President and Rough Riders. No outsid-
ers will he admitted. Guac6s with six
shooters will enforce the desired exclu-
! siveHess.
After luncheon q formal business ses-
sien will be held in the Presidents tent
officers Will be elected and the Presi-
dent will make an informal speech.
Expensive Feast.
In the afternoon the President Will be
taken to a hotel for an hour and half
pr, liminary to the business mems ban
quet at $3.50 a plate.
At $50 o'clock in the evening the Pres
ident viii close the day by meeting the
Rough Riders In the hotel parlors, This
is gain exclusively fer members of thai
organization.
Secret Service men have already ar
rived to prepare for the President
visit
The event viii be a gala day in the
history Of the town. Special trains VII
bring IL thousands.
Two hundred Rough Riders Will attend
the reunion. They come from as far a.
Washington ON the northwest and Mas
sachusetts on the northeast
Mounted on the Texas steeds. as the.
were when Roosevelt WAS lieutenant col
onel Of the regiment. In 1895 they vii
| be constantly at the Presidents side
The cheer they win give when the Pres
iGent steps from his car will be hear,
} in Mexico they say
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

The Corporation Counsel has framed a
set of rules telling doctors when to
report contagious diseases. He very
thoughtlessly neglected to tell them how
to diagnose.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Short Stops in Order.

Short stops will be in order until the
President reaches Texas where he will
spend a week. In Kentucky and the In
dian Territory, through which he passes,
the President will make a number of
speeches. but the one he will make at
Louisville is the only one that will oc-
Cupy mere than Il few minutes in the de-
liverinE. At San Antonio, Tex, on
April {. he will address his old COM
rades, the Rough Riders, whose reunion
will be held on that day. The next day
he VIII start on a weeks hunting trip
in Texas, part Of the program for which
is jack rabbit drive, arranged for the
Presidents special benefit. After that
the Presidents train will head straight
for Colorado. and for five Or six weeks
the President will rough it. Mountain
hens and bear viii be his objects, and
ali civilization will be left behind.
None or the Presidents speeches have
been prepared in advance and it is
probable that they VIII be upon general
matters.
IL one of his speeches, most probably
the one he will deliver at San Antonio,
the President viii express his desire to
| have Congress make an appropriation
| for a monument at New Orleans 10
| commemorate the battle of New Or
leans The defense of New Orleans is
in the opinion OF the President. by nc
means the least of President Jackson S
/ achievements.
The President has been keeping bache'
| Tor hall since the departure of Mrs
Roosevelt and the children for tht
South. He has at present as his guest
Robert Goelet OF New York, who RAJ
down for few days from his place neal
WarTenton, V"
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

a New England doctor has discovered
a cure for spinal meningitis, and the
hope has been expressed that the new
cure will enable Tom Watson's Demo
cratic leadership to sit up and take
notice
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

The Supreme Court could hardly frost
the snow law in this weather.
The Dickinson press., 1905-01-07
HABITS OF III ANT.
The SlseDing, the waking and tho
Toilet Before Work.

Toilet Before Work.
During sleep the ants body is quite
still. Occasionally may be noted a reg
ular lifting up and setting down of the
fore feet, one leg after another, with
almost rhythmic motion. The antennae
also have a gentle, q%uivering, appar-
emily Involuntary movement, almost
like breathing. The soundness Of SUM-
Der was frequently proved by applying
the feather end Of a quill. The feather
tip is lightly drawn along the back.
stroktng with the fur" There Is no
motion. Again and again this action is
repeated. the stroke being made grad
ually heavier. Still there is no change.
The strokes are directed upon the head,
with the same result. Then the feath-
or is applied to the neck With a waving
motion intended to tickle 1t. The ant
remains motionless. Finally the sleep
er il aroused by 4 sharp touch Of the
quill, She stretches out her head, then
her legs, which she shakes also; steps
nearer to the light. yawns and begins
to comb her antennae and brush her
head and mouth. Then she chambers
over her sleeping comrades. dives into
an open gangway and soon has said
Good morning" to another tour Of
duty. Be 1t we'll noted. however, that
her fellows always do. not only rested,
but with her person perfectly clean!-
H. C. McCook in Harper's Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1905-01-07
AN D CHARACTER.
he Queer Freaks OF an English
Pnef and ClePHvman.

The Queer Freaks of an English
Poet and Clergyman.
Robert Steven Hawker, poet and
vicar of Norwenstow, England, was an
eccentric person. In his younger days
he used to daub the village physicians
horse with stripes Of paint until the
animal looked like a zebra and then
summon the physician hastily to an
urgent case miles away in the country.
Two elderly women whom he disliked
he is said to have driven out Of the
town by sending all the undertakers in
Plymouth to them for their
collins.
His marriage, too, was out Of the or
binary. 1t happened while he was at
Oxford. His father told him that he
could not afford to keep him there any
longer. Hawker at once set out to the
home of his godmother, Miss Charlotte
Pans, twenty-one years his senior and
the possessor Of an annuity of $1,000.
He is said to have run from Stratton
to Bude, arriving hot and blown" and
proposed to her. She accepted him.
He returned to Oxford a married man
and won a fellowship. The marriage
was a happy one.
When his wife died Hawker wore at
her funeral a pink hat without n brim.
But this was in no disrespect to her
memory. 1t so happened that it was
his usual headgear at that time.
The Dickinson press., 1905-01-07
February Designer.

The series OF articles. housekeeping
the World Over" by Laura B. Starr, the
initial number of which, on Mexican
home life. appears in the Designer for
February, will aus this already popu-
lar magazine to be more than eve
eagerly welcomed. "Women Who
Wear Crowns" by ]. L. Harbour,
"Modern Tea Room Decoration" by
Mary Kilsyth, and Julia Davis Chand-
ler's interesting contribution. 1.-THE Fem
mime Side Of Rural Life in Pennsyl-
%vania," are both appropriate and read
able. "Athletics for the Snow-Bound
Girl" is the subject Of Bertha Has
brooks discourse In the Interest Of
Beauty" and Lee McCrae tells "How a
Man Should Propose" Valentine
parties, a Washington supper and a
Colonial drill supply the entertainment
features, and the short stories are,
Bread Upon the Waters" a pretty love
story, and "Zoe," a Valentine tale.
%Fancywork in embroidery, rafia, knit
ting and crochet is shown, and the
fashions give a decided hint of spring.
A special article describes becoming
and comfortable tea.gowns and wrap
pers.
The Dickinson press., 1905-01-07
INDIA INK.
The Way the Kind Used In China
and japan Is Made,

The Way the Kind Used In China
and Japan Is Made.
India ink, much used in China and
Japan for writing with small brushes
on soft paper and made extensively in
China since 25O 3. c., consists of a
mixture Of carbon aud gum, with the
addition of a little musk or Borneo
camphor to give it the characteristic
odor. The preparation Of this simple
ink is by no e easy, for If the ma
terials are not Of the best quality and
If the carbon Is not as finely divided
as possible an inferior ink will be the
result. After the carbon and gum have
been mixed the product has to be SLOW
~ and carefully dried. The high polish
is said to be produced with tree wax.
Europeans have produced ink equal
If not superior to the genuine Chinese
article. The reason why the manufac-
ture has remained chiefly in eastern
hands is an interesting one. The bust
ness instinct of the European maker
prompts him to seize any opportunity
Of substituting cheaper raw materials
and SO lowering the quality Of his ink,
while the tendency Of the Chinaman Is
to work Oh in the same groove and in
this case his hidebound conservatism
is profitable.-London Mail.