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The Washington times., 1905-08-20
FOR RENT--STOPES.

ONE HALE Of large store for rent. ON 81
NV, between d and r. Address EOX AZ
this Office, s1,3o 50 80
FOR RENT-s25 per month: store End t0go
rooms ana bath. lflS I2tH ST. NV a ID
ADDISON. SOS 18th a.. NV. ans
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR MISUNDERSTANDING new. steam heated
apartments. six rooms and bath: rear yard
and porches: ready September I; S32- so. ZIG
North Carolina ave. Sc kARRICK & MET
CALF, 1888 O ST. NV aul9-3t
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

FOR RENT-Apartmen in The Ellsworth on
second floor; seven large, beautiful rooms
heated perfectly; private modern bath ana
hot water; rent, $50 30; big inducement 10
good tenant Inquire at LACEY'S OFFICE.
COZ New York ave NV auls-gt
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
LOTS

LoT-Corner 9TH and SITS. NV: 2Olkxl00
Price, $50 per foot.
LOTS 3. 4, s. 6. 7, and s. in Square Il4O
East Capitol St. at &c per foot
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

EXPRESS
sping Car TO Pittsburg. Con-
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

IT Elmlra ard Remove datiy
y. For SSilliaulsport daily,
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

LILY-BUFFALO DAT Ex-
through Buffet ParIor Car
to Buffalo, via Emporium
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

FOR SALE-On easy terms one splendid
iarEn, near Washington; suitable for stock
or dairy PURPOSES also acreage plots on
the installment plan. Address OWNER. 523
9Th St NV. ARM
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

FOR SALE i TEN-ACRE
TRACT Al 4 SACRIFICE
Within fur blocks Of street railway q
RladensbuER road II street 10 hisect la
property. enabling economical subdivision
price less than &C per square foot with
out doubt. the Chea pest proposition 10 b
found in Lhs District. See me at once
WM. T. DUNE.
tsl4-tf IIJO II ST. ne.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

. Erie daily. CansHdaIgua. Roch-
Niagara Fails daily. except Sun
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
The Author of "Ren Blair"

One of the most important points
of Ben Blair" is the fine descriptive
power, which is so much in evidence
in the story. If any man is qualified
for depicting western life it is MI
Lillibridge, for there is no one who
knows this life more intimately than
he. Rancher and herder. he has seen
the country under every condition, In
all it's seasons and in all its moods. He
is a child of the west and loves the
country and the life. He has traVerS-
ed everv inch of the land, from north
to south. from east to west: and in
reading his novel one feels that the
vivid descriptions, the fine character
drawing, in fact the whole atmosphere,
could only have been the work of a
man who has lived the life, experience
ed the situations and absorbed the at.
mosphere of the west.
The new story published by A. c.
Mcclure &S Co, Chicago. contains a
striking frontispiece in color, by May
nard Dixon. the California artist.
whose pictures of western life are now
attracting so much attention.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
Ii This Were Twenty Centuries Ago.

If this were twenty centuries ago,
And three wise men should seek my
house and say:
I'VE BRING glad tidings! Christ is
born today;
Arise and follow yonder star, whose
glow
VIII lead you to the Child!' would
/ obey
If this were twenty centuries ago?
From out my urn of precious boarded.
things,
Would l make haste to pour the
richest share
For Him? The sweetest of my per-
fumes spare
To bathe the feet of the young King
of kings?
Or break the costliest ointment on
His hair,
From out my urn of precious boarded
things?
Alas! l dare not say this would ! do,
Since l have sighted many an
other guest
That came from God, have stayed
many a quest
That would have led me to the good
and true,
To slumber on with head upon my
breast;
Nay, nay! | dare not say this would
/ do.
My best resolves like shifting shadows
are;
Each day some holy light shines on
unSought,
And while my silly, f1uttering wings
are caught
BY the worlds rosy candle. Christs
own star
How can / tell might beckon me
for naught:
My best resolves like shifting shadows
are.
And when Christ comes again--as
come he will
And wise ones hasten forth with
rapt delight
To welcome Him and own his King
ly right,
Will men be questioning and odubting
still,
AS when upon that first far Christ
mas night
When Christ shall come again. as
come he Will?
Christian Work and Evangelist.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT.
(Henry Blount.)


To the Editor:
Tomorrow is merry Christmas.
and while our own faces are lit up
with glad cheer and our hearts at
tuned TO merry making, let us re-
member the poor orphans upon whom
the hand Of misfortune has been laid,
and make them feel that there are
hearts that throb in responsive Vlbra-
ton to every touch of suffering and
of want and that there are hands 10
soothe and solace and ease all the
pangs that misfortune can give. Let
us go to them as they stand cold ana
shivering amid the snow and the. sleet
of affiiction's frozen winter, and give
them some of the flowers of comfort
that bloom amid the vernal glories OF
the luxuriant spring OF plenty, and
sweeten their lives with the perfume
of good cheer.
Let us make them feel that they
are recognized as love knit fellow
pilgrims vending their way to the
same Eternal Home, where the gloom
and the shadows and sorrows of Or
phanage shall be lost in the love light
of the Fatherhood of God.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
THE CZAR'S SPY, by Chevalier
William lie Quenx. Price so Cents.
Publishers. The Smart Set Publish

ing Company, Oh NEW 1OFk
THE Cars Spy" may be termed
present-day historical novel; but more
it is a novel so excellent in its execu-
ton that no reader will lay it down
who once opens it. While the scene
of it's action changes from Italy TO
England and Scotland and thence to
Finland and Russia, the chief interest
centres in the heroine's adventures IN
the country of the Car The narra-
tor of this fascinating story. who Is
the hero. finds himself the English
consuls deputy, at Leghorn, during
the consul's absence in England. The
arrival of magnificent yacht causes
sensation in the little seaport, Whlch
is emphasized on the yachts depart
ure, when the consuPs safe is d1scoV-
cred to have been broken open ana
riaed. The hero accidentally meets
the man whom he suspects of the THEFT
at a country house in Scotland ana
becomes acquainted there also. with
a beautiful young lady who proves 10
be a friend Of q still more beauutul
girl the portrait of whom the nero
saw on board the mysterious yacht
Complicated situations of the most IN
volved and exciting nature occur. IN
which the hero plays the part OF the
Drotagonist to advantage. 1t IS oniy
towards the last third of the book that
We are introduced to the heroine her
self and the recital OF her dlscoV- :
| ery in the terrible Russian prison ana
| her rescue, forms the most absorb
: ing chapters in fiction. Mr.. LeQueux
certainly has tho art of capturing the
attention of his readers. THE Car S
Spy" is a book which every one VIII
certainly enjoy. 1t is a fasclnatns'
healthy story.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
joel Chandler Harris's Modes;y.

When President Roosevelt visited
Atlanta the home of the genial cre-
ator of Uncle Remus Mrs. RooSe-
Welt requested that Mr. Harris should
ride to the ceremonies at the State
House with her in her carriage. an
invitation which Mr.. Harris could
not be persuaded to accept. lhe TACT
is. that of all our leading writer's to-
day Mr.. Harris is the most fetlllls
and the most modest. Tnere was
probably much truth in PRESIDENT
Roosevelt's remark about migrate
fully requiting a kindness with
which he prefaced his enthuslastlc
praise of Georgia. S great author. Mr..
Harris was cutie uncomfofuaple our
ing the Grafton. He lives very quietly
and very simply indeed. IN ms little
home in the outskirts OF Atlanta. ana
sees very few people. he IS more Of
ten seen at the office or tne Atlanta
Constitution than anywhere else. Tor
the editor and the members OF tne
staff of that paper are MS cloSest
intimates, with the exception OF James
Whitcomb Riley whom MT. harms
has known for many years. MT. XII
lev frequently comes TO AtldIud. ana
Harris declares that the pesl unes
of his life have been spent III swapping
tales with the Hoosier poet Nothlne
could indicate Mr.. Harriss $ rea! mod
esty more than his answer 70 ms pup
fishers when they asked y ne would
write more Uncle RemuS SloIl 10
YOU really think that people are m
terested in Uncle Remus any more
he replied.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
THE STAR ABOVE THE MANGER
By TheO iii. Hill.

By TheO III. Hill.
One night while lowly shepherd
SWANS
Their f1eecy charge attended,
A light burst Ger Judeas plains
Unutterably>splend
Far in the dusky Orient,
A star. unknown in story,
Arose to flood the armament
With more than morning glory.
The clustering consultations, erst
So gloriously cleaning,
Waned, when it's sudden splendor
burst
Upon their paler beamng:
And Heaven drew nearer Earth that
night
Flung wide it's pearly portals
Sent forth from all its realms of light
It's radiant immortals:
They lowered in the golden air,
Their golden censers swinging,
And woke the drowsy shepherds there
'''' ' go
Yet Earth, on this, her gala night.
No jubilee was keeping:
She lay, unconscious of the light.
In silent beauty sleeping.
No more shall brightest cherubim
And stateliest archangels
Symphonious sing such choral hymn,
Proclaim so sweet eVangelS:
No more appear that star at eve,
Though glimpses of it's glory
Are seen by those who still believe
The shepherds simple story.
In Faiths clear armament affair."
To Unbelieve a stranger
Forever glows the golden star
That stood above the manger.
Age after age may roll away
But on Times rapid river
The light of it's celestial ray
Shall never cease to CULVER.
Frail barges on the swelling tide
Are drifting with the ages;
The skies grow dark-around each
bark
A bowling tempest RACES,
Pale with alright, lost helmsmen steer
While creaking timbers shiver;
The breakers roar-grim Death is
o who may now deliver!
Light-light from the Heraldic Star
Breaks brightly Ger the billow:
The storm, rebuked, is fled afar,
The pilgrim seeks his pillow.
Lost-lost indeed his heart must be-
His way how dark with danger
Whose hooded eye may never see
THE Star Above the Manager
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
Renus Stories.

1t is the privilege of critics to dis
agree, but they seem to have fore
gone this right entirely in the case
of Joel Chandler Harris's new book
Told by Uncle Remus." OF the hun
dreds of reviews that have been pub
ished in the press of the United
States not one has been lukewarm or
contained even a line Of adverse crit
icism. LAS good or better than the
first Uncle Remus tales that we loved
in our childhood is the unanimous
verdict; with a word in addition al
was of admiration and affection for
the modest and gentle Georgian.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
Hard at the Rate Problem.

The large proportion of his message
to Congress, which President Roose-
welt devoted to the rate situation is
only another powerful proof that this
is the knot the untying of which is
anxiously awaited by every thinking
citizen. The President suggests the
placing of rate making in the hands
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion; the enormous power welded by
the few big shippers to the loss or
downright ruination of their smaller
competitors, must be curtailed; crime,
no matter how respectfully disguised,
is crime. That the very biggest ship
pers are deali.Ag in crime, Ray Stan
nard Baker, who is making a careful
study of the rate situation, tells in his
article on Railroad Rebates in the
December McClure's. 1t is hard to
believe the revelations Mr.. Baker
makes, but he has the proofs, and one
must acknowledge is only one of the
most deplorable situations in the his
torv Of American Commerce.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
CHRISTIANITY IN EARNEST.

a cable from London states that Mr.
George Herring, formerly turf man.
has given the Salvation Army five hum
dred thousand dollars. with which 10
experiment with land colonization IN
Great Britain.
General Booth has written to the
King explaining the scheme. He VIII
select about 800 deserving city. poor,
and will establish. each of them In a
cottage with five acres of land. fafm-
ing implements. etc. All the money ad-
vanced in this way will be repayapie
i'm instalments, spread over forty years.
after which the land will be conveyed
tn the holders. The scheme will thus
be self-supporting. 1t will be con-
trolled by the Salvation Army.
One hundred years ago and more,
when John Wesley and George WHIT
field were stirring the hearts of men
as they had not been stirred since
Luther, and Charles Wesley set thous-
ands to sing hymns of praise,
great man in England, asked what
this new Methodist society was. re-
piled: 1T is Christianity in earnest
If a great man of this age would give
the same reply as to the Salvation Ar
my he would properly describe 1t, ana
he should add also that it has under
General Booth a practical direction
that is to open the way to what IS
really better than the modern 1nstitu-
tional church, so-called
Mr.. Herring has no doubt given his
money. to the best organization in the
world for the purpose he has in, view,
for Gen Booth and his assistants have
done more to reach the neglected
classes and what is called "the SUBJ
merged tenth" than any religious
organization in the world. The success
of Mr. Herring's plan opens way
for self-help that. if successful, will
be largely followed by other men
of means. The best gift that can be
given to any man is to give him
chance to help himself. 1t will not
do to say that every man and boy has
that chance. In our complex society,
particularly in the great cities. 1t is
only the youth of superior endowment
who rises in spite of obstacles. The
great mass of ordinary men, who need
to have a helping hand in the right
direction, live and die in the crowded
place, when a little help to self help
would have enabled them to provide
good support for a useful family.
The world will watch with interest
and confidence the experiment which
Mr. Herring's generous gift enables tn,
Salvation Army to make.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
MORNING TONIC.
lCharles DickenS.l

/ have always thought of Christmas
time as a good time; a kind. forgfving,
charitable, pleasant time; the only
time / know of in the long calendar
of the year. when men and women
seem by one consent to open their
shut-up hearts freely. And therefore
though it has never put a scrap of
gold or silver in my pocket. / believe
it has done me good and will do me
good, and I say. God bless Christ
mas!"
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

Some people see only the strenuous
effort in preparing for Christmas.
They cannot get by the cost. But
the many who make Christmas the
day that gives cheer and JOY to a
home do not count any labor or cost
that sends sunshine into souls of young
hearts and the burdened hearts OF
old folks grown tall.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
The Same Yesterday.

Judge-"What is your age?
Fair Wftness-"Twenty- mine. your
honor"
That's exactly what you said two
years ago"
well, I'm not going to say one
thing today and another thing to-
morrow. Translated for Tales from
"F'liegende Batter"
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

Our old friend, Hort Bower, has
been acting rather curious of late.
He went to Washington, SO it was re-
ported, to call on the President with
but when his name was called out, to
come forward and be initiated in the
Blackburn Guards, 10, and behold,
Hort had '..vamoosed" and turns up
in Pennsylvania visiting kin. 1t is
probable Hort couldn't stand the dose.
and his friends look for him to "quit
his foolishness" and abide in the
ship"
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

One gentleman in Raleigh yester-
day made his wife Christmas present
of years subscription to Tie News
and Observer, and she'll love him bet
ter every day during 1906. He con-
tinues his paper at his office and she
gets her copy at home.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

The railroad lobby and subsidized
press are resolved to try to give the
people a stuff doll ll-rate-regulation in
stead of a real baby that can make
the railroad practicing extortion walk
O. nights. Legislators should cut into
the baby to see if it is stuffed with
SaW-duSt.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
1t is not often that one finds a mag

1t is not often that one finds a mag
azine article at once SO sprightly and
instructive as that upon Woman Suf-
frage in the Tenements" by Elizabeth
McCracken in the December Atlantic.
Miss McCracken's wide experience as
a student and interpreter of the life
of women everywhere In America Pc
culiarly qualified her for the kind of
work she has undertaken in this arti-
Gle. The results that she has attain
ed are of the first interest She has
conversed with the women of the ten
ements in many cities concerning their
interest and experience with woman
suffrage, and these curious conVersa-
tions are here set down in full 1t is
a paper which will open the eyes oil
many theorists.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

The President is said to be greatly
displeased with the Anderson affalr.
Is it the suit he objects to or the con-
tract made by office-holders who pre-
sumed to be brokers in offices? II
the President would only be explicit
as to the cause of indignation. the
country would understand him better
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

The Southern Tobacco Journal does
itself proud this year as usual in its
beautiful Christmas number. Printed
on elegant paper. handsomely illus
trated. its bright pages TEEN with good
reading.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
An Essay by John Hay.

A study of the great FranKlln from from
the pen of John Hay. our iale sec
retary of State. will appeal, % i'd dl-
Century. % The paper was prepared sew
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

"They say the President did all the
talking when the Blackburn con-
tingent recently visited the White
House. That was rough on that ag-
gregation of sDell-binlers who went
to Washington partly % try the acou-
sites of the White House.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

The gift is very small and mean
if presented as a duty or as return,
no matter how costly or beautiful. 1t
is very large and noble. no matter II
it costs but a penny if pure affection
prompts it. and goes with it.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

eral years ago. with the expectation
that it would be delivered in Chicago.
Ill health caused postponement of the
address, which was finally set aside al
together, and will now be given to the
public for the first time.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

mo paper Tuesday" writes an es-
teemed exchange. Happy man! But
The News and Observer folks. anxious
as they are for a holiday, do not feel
that they can take it in justice to
sixty thousand people who will be
looking for it's visit Tuesday morning
as usual. Therefore the "Old Re-
liable" will take no vacation this year
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
Fair Exchange.

He-"H6w beautiful you are to-
day
She-"And how witty you were
Yesterday Translate for Tales
from "Le Rire."
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
THE POETRY OF JESUS.
By EDWIN MARKHAM.
(From the C osmopoEtan.)

1t begins
through whirwnd and earth
quake. rsinga a o
expectancy in all hearts
an upward looking on all faces coming
Angel Go a of Naz
are announce to virgin that she should bring forth son ana can
his
little Behe
hem asking place the chd of Mystery There was rush of
ethereal fields of air.
morning of our little world
1t good dings to all people For in the bibles OF all %
Divine Child
the
hollow Of
of the Mother
him In the beginning the
He established the
also caught the
Isaiah 10 okng the centuries had cried
government shall
his shall be called Wonderful The wise
of Psaso tradtnaiso waited Tor the AVaa fo ages
skies had kept vigil upon the lofty towers watching
the wise Fastening over the
Syrian following the heavenly signal
Changing
What long thoughts Of things
his heard to Uo to
serenity joy song Of the sky
the brightness the We can well believe that moth
escaped his poets glance down to the delicate and ne
the wind the tender branch put
ting forth its green leaves in the April light the lilies in thF tn glory
gulf his works and his ways Astound
ing rc.cence in sequesered
of Gaee ordering the problem OF our sorrows
Was he training himself po and mill and carpenters bench that ne
through old cities
] m the aces Of ON nsnr on the dust of fallen gods and the
poret OF me .n pt e ICES o " M ma s n . m m nc Ta ~ IN tn desert mast
pushing of the East to hold communion with
the ysterious 1agi of lie
young Ganee
hand" In the poetic passion
his spirit he had rejected he kin gdoms of the world lie wouo
ngdof of higher Kingdom founded on service and self
1 hr after So he set himself to the organization
private veal to the commonwea The
Sublime conception! this purpose
unite the and the secular give the Spirit working body in
he st#
that labor heavy la den and will give you rest This
there be order of things in
fulfilled great prop hecy concerning
shall vineyards and
eat the fruit of them They shall mo- build and another nhab they shall
he Constitution New
- % @ a ] @ on unnn a service W 9 , na ns f i S % n p @ % e , % =
Golden Rule principle
s st one the
other whoever shall Indeed told
that the New Order will take thought his life what
he shall eat what he shall drink yet for his body what he shall put
on These things viii be provided the Kingdom All shall live the
feedetb tho T II vas the m bar ~ mos Of iesu w 5 - sr @ ont e
their sterile
this Kingdom in
the Twelve their
he
This to
unparalleled the earth. /.
For the
hours before they had know the searching renuncao that
M door ] % ms M hnsdom @ Then they fell away and gulf Of isolation ion
Elders and dark anagonisms wall
of the higher
despsed by the ruling classes the
marked
Between his battle
following his
the
Little his life lie was one
murdered exiled rejected till they pass from
translated INTO o
to the
the young seer is out on
his purpose 70 form
that shouo e
gone down IN maj over
a had peeh ucheu with e"
flied from
vista of time would IL NOT
monly in
would be lifted up unt It's
1t become
the heart of all heroic re the
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
Dr.. MitchelI's New Novel.

DR.. S. Weir Mitchell. whose work
seems to grow better and richer with
every passing year. is at work on a
new short novel. the first chapters OF
which will appear in the February
Century. The scenes Of this latest
work OF the author of Hugh Wynne,"
Constance Prescott" etc. are laid in
Paris at the time of our Civil War.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

The industrial edition of the Will
mington Messenger vas an eye-opener
to those who have rot kept up with
the marked progress of the States
chief city. The Messenger adequate
ly and handsomely pctures this prog
reSS
The news & observer., 1905-12-24
Non-Conlinittal-

Mama, did you ever flirt when you
were a giri?"
"Yes, my dear, I did once.
"And were you punished f3r vt
''It led to my marriage with Your
ther."-Translated for Tales from
lie Rire."
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

If j. Pierpont Morgan gets real
sure enough rate regulation bill in his
stocking he will lose faith in Santa
Claus
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

N.Y. my! What is the country
coming to when a sport is fined a
hundred dollars for gambling at "the
gentlemans game of poker?' Gamb-
ling is gambling, and the only good
Judge is the man who Furnishes the
'.crap- shooter" and the gambling
sport alike.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

Merchants hire extra clerks to keep
up with their increased Christmas
trade. put on more delivery wagons,
and spend money to accommodate
their customers. Railroads ought to
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

"It is more blessed to give than
to receive" reads like a riddle TO the
selfish soul which has never sought
the highest happiness in making others
happy. But it's deep meaning abides
i'm the hearts of all~Who have climbed
the mountain-side and found that true
happiness abides only in the heart
that gives joy to others.
The news & observer., 1905-12-24

run extra trains with new crews SO as
to take care of the rush Christmas
business and not subject the travelling
public to the annoyance and disap-
pointment of delayed trains.