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The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Still an Exp FIN ant,

The experiences OF the French and
English naTiesfwith Submarine boats
cannot be called encouraging. The
English admiralty has spared neither
money nor effort to perfect this serv-
ice and make it really an effective
branch OF naval equipment Yet
there have been no results, practical
". aside from q long series OF, pain
ful accidents, which indicate that the
problem OF under-sea navigation is
apparently further from solution
than that of human travel in the ar.
The accident to the fine French SUBJ
marine, Farfadet, at Bizerta, indi-
Gates. as have some previous French
experiences with this class of craft.
that the French admiralty is no
nearer solving the problem than the
English.
At the opening Of the Russo-Jap-
anese war great hopes were enter
tanned and rosy promises made of
achievements by which the subma-
rines, in the hands of the Japanese
were to revolutionize naval warfare
Much was written about the myste-
rious sales of this type Of fighting
vessels 10 the navies of both belliger-
ent countries, and American makers
especially were confident that their
vessels would make q reputation.
But with the naval warfare now
over, and with the most remarkable
record ever made for total destruc-
tion Of an opponent, the japanese
give the assurance that they have
| used no submarines, and the evi-
| dence is that they are telling ths
| truth. Both sides had submarines
| beyond question, but neither appear!
| TO have used them. Torpedoes, gun
| fire, and good seamanship have beer
the determining factors in this nava
contest. The submarine has dis
tfnctly failed to do practical service
and it will probably be given res
| for while.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
HIS QUAINT EXCUSE.

Admiral Uriu is among the officers of
the Japs ..ese navy who began acquiring
honors carly in the fight with the Rus
slams. y Detroit boy who has ad-
vanced rapidly in our own navy writes
this home:
.Uriu received his nautical education
al Annapolis. No one was ever a harder
student or more. conscientious in the
performance Of the manifold duties i'm
posed upon q cadet.
"One day he WAS i'll. The surgeon
examined him and made a report that
Uriu was not in condition 10 perform
his oaily work. But the little fellow
had sense OF obligation beyond this
and wrote thus to hls favorite instruc-
tor:
You have seen that / do not today
stand before you. | am inclosed IN the
room by much sickness l do not feel
IKE making the stir Tomorrow 1 hope
greatly TO ind it easy to make the
stir "-Detroit Free Press
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

has become fairly effective preven-
tive OF excessive corruption in cam
paigns
One provision of the Connecticut
bill limits to 5000 the amount that
may be spent by a gubernatoriai or
senatorial candidate in his cam
paign. A motion TO reduce this to
anxious 10 be reasonably strict but
evidently it thinEs its candidates
ought to be left the poor privilege of
buying 4 few drinks now and then
without getting oser the dead line
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

professors; but the comment didn' t
help get students
So tfa Goctor still, according to the
Chicago story, caused or at least
was pleased when somebody else
caused, Mr.. Rockefeller to give mil
lion to Yale The seat os much dis
affection about the Rockefeller dona-
tions to the Chicago school was To-
Gated N New England, and the fol-
lowers of Old Eli were by no means
last in the procession which felt ho-
lier than the folks who used petro-
leum-havored pelf for purposes of
education.
So it was done. Yale bit at the
milliou-dollar bait, and, Dr.. Harpe.
calculates, is now estopped from
fault-fnding with his sources of rev.
enue. Chicago is looking for a
three million-dollar donation in the
near future, and expects to enjoy it
without any interference of New
Haven sarcasm. II the Gar hears
this story of DR.. Harpers diplomacy
he Will surely invite the Chicago ed
. ucator to sit on the peace commits
| sion and extract an indemnity from
Japan. The doctor ought to be
equal to the task.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Good News From Japan.

That Is good Sunday news from
engage in no great battle with the
Russian forces pending the decision
Of the peace conference. Lives are
as precious in the field as at home.
The hundreds of thousands encamped
in Manchuria represent just as many
wives and children as any similar
number anywhere else in the world
1t is good for humanity that none of
them are to be sacrificed needlessly.
Yet Japan enters into no agree
ment not to fight. Her army is In
the field for business. Oyama is con-
tinuing his encircling movement, and
Linevitch is being relentless1y sewn
up in q sack Let him once try to
turn the peace negotiations to war
like account and his men will pay the
price.
On the whole this is much more
satisfactory to the world than an
armistice Russia, calmed by rest
of three or four months, might easily
set aside all the recommendations OF
the conference and renew the war.
But Russia, with the Manchurian
army under Japan's upraised paw, is
not nearly so likely to play double.
She has gone out to fight and been
whipped If she is ready to cry
quits she must do SO like man.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Mint Julep5.

Some of our contemporaries are
indulging rather intemperately in the
mint julep discussion The question
is one of annual recurrence, whether.
in concocting that insidfous beverage,
the mint should be bruised or merely
inserted in the mixture.
Concerning this we cannot assume
TO speak with authority. 1t is, we
venture to suggest, not so much a
matter of taste as of smell, and in
any aspect it should be approached
deliberately and without heat.
Careful research among the ency-
clopedias and textbooks reveals the
fact that the essential. ingredients of
mint julep are a sprig of mint.
some sugar, more ice, and most
whisky; but whether the mint should
be bruised IN the liquor or merely in
serted therein the most profound
authorities are carefully reticent.
The matter, however. should not
lead anyone into acrimonious debate
or heated discussion; it should be
approached with the GOODNESS of the
subject itself-it should lead to a
sweetness of temper, a concentration
of thought, and an aromatic spiciness
of wit that would suggest the true
and original julep, not the spurious
concoction served in the city for
filthy lucre
There Is only one iuIep in the
world; it is to be found only at rare
intervals, and south of Mason and
Dixon's line The mint is picked
from the margent OF limpid spring
by your Hearts Desire, the ice is
brought from the icehouse by a
grinning gray-haired darby, the
sugar is furnished by the mother of
your sweetheart, and the Colonel sup
plies some Of nah private stock,
sub! Twenty yeahs old in the wood,
subj" How the Colonel prepares the
| julep no one ever discovers, because
! just as the critical moment arrives
your eyes are fixed upon those of your
Hearts Desire, and the secret of the
concoction escapes you.
But its charm is not altogether in
| the twenty-year-old whisky, or in
| the mere mint AS the ice tinkles in
the glasses the sound is mingled in
exquisite harmony with the softened
music of the cow bells in the distant
meadow; the flavor of the mint is
heightened to the dreamy aroma of
nectar by the knowledge that She
picked that mint with Her lovely
hands; and as the dusk blots out the
landscape your eyes are riveted upon
| her fair face, your mouth is glued to
that delicious draught. and you an
swer the war stories of the Colonel in
/ a somewhat irresponsible way.
That is mint julep! What can be
bought in the restaurants and clubs
is a pinchbeck imitation, not the real
/ thing at all. 1t takes the rainbow OF
love to locate that potable gold. Nc
man has ever tasted that nectar
more than once.
/ Only a sense of public duty coulc
4 induce us to depart SO far from oul
! usual editorial abstemiousness with
/ regard to mint juIep as to say ever
i this much on the subject. But it has
i seemed TO us that the. discussion was
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
A SHRFWD BUTCHER.

Miss Marion Winchester the American
girl who Is known in Paris a S the Sugar
Queen on account of her successful
sugar speculationS, has a reputa ton for
cynical huTnoT.
Miss Winchester" said New York
woman, was recently called on for q
toast at the annual dinner of a woman s
club.
She spoke very brightly. She made
many keen, swift thrusts at the faults
of women. l remember how she attacked
womans vanity.
There was a butcher, she said, who
in a sea son Of depression went TO a great
expense He put up behind his counter
tremendous mirror. Concerning this
innovation some one said:
Why has the butcher put up that
large and costly mirror behind his coun-
ter?
The answer was:
ITO prevent the servant girls from
watching his scales.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Chicago Has Muddled
Municipal Ownership
Mayor Dunnes Present Plan Is to Form a
Corporation to Rival and Gradually
Absorb Old Railways.

mediate steps for municipal ownership.
and If there is any quicker way than
that which / have suggested TO the
council / will do It.
Il believe that under the contract
plan which / have explained to the
council, municipal ownership can be
brought about in the quickest way,
while under the city plan 1t will take
longer and be a slower process.
Prompt Action
''If the plan is adopted by the local
transportation committee and is adopt
ed by the council, the dirt will be hyins
on the construction of the road WITHIN
ninety days after the council acts. IL
will take thirty days TO call for speclfl-
cations and bids. thirty days to secure
the bids. and it will be thirty days be-
fore the construction Of the power house
and road will begin.
There will be absolutely no profit 10
the company above the per cent inter
est. The directors of course, will re-
ceive a decent and fair salary, but ev-
erything over this will go to the city.
II was anxious to present the matter
te the public so that it could be dis
cussed The council can determine the
best way for the city to obtain munici-
pal ownership. / think that the Local
transportation committee should work
diligently through the summer, but OF
course not every day, in order TO fine
the best and quickest plan. | think thai
all advocates of municipal ownership
should adopt the contract plan or fine
q better one.
II am not anticipating any trouble
with the council. but / viii assume thai
the council will carry out the wishes
of the people and what the people want
is municipal, ownership. 1 do not think
it will Place any obstruction in the
way.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
COOL ABOUT 1T.

CAPTAIN Richmond Pearson Hobson
tells the story of a friend Of his who
fell in love with beautiful widow, 10
whom he proposed one evening. The
widow gazed into the fire thoughtfuily
Then in low, appealing voice. she said
Don't make me answer immediately
Give me ID little time for thought
..Very good" said Hobson's friend.
How long do you want? "A ha!i-
hour" murmured the widow. a half
hour be it, sail the suitor, taking up
his hat And in the meanwhile, ne
added, IN jrs. go down to Smiths and
get a shave The ultraeool wooer Is
still - bachelor.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
What Do You Think7

In one year in the District of CO.
lumbia nearly 700 adults and about
$50 children died from consumption
In one year in the Capital of the
United States CONSUMPTION cost this
community nearly $4,000 900.
What a showing this IS! What
discredit it constitutes tor both city
and nationi Yet it is net the whole
of the story.
On another page The Times pub
fishes an article under the caption,
Ten Millions for Health versus Fifty
Millions for Disease and Death.
Turn over to it, in the comfort OF your
hammock or porch chair, and read 1t.
Begin it as indolently as you like.
You will never finish it indoiently.
Its showing is too piteous. its conclu-
sion too inevitable
What of the S32 lives represented in
that total of over $4,000, 600? What
do you think of the 6s4 grown men
and women who died Gf pulmonary tu-
berculosis when nobody knows, GER
tainly not either ypu OF The Times,
how many of them might have been
saved? What do you t;link of the las
children who might ali have been
saved? 1t Is awful, is1'L it?
Yet that is not the whole Of the
story.
In that one year, twelve brief
months, more thar 325 Eildren died
of diarrheal diseases, and practically
all of them might have been saved
Suppose one of those youngsters had
been yours, what, then, of the city's
failure to provide proper medica
care.
Yet even that is not all.
The whole number of deaths from
preventable causes in that year-it
was the year 1904, and on the whole 6
normal year-was 1,487. Do you real.
son out of every 200 in the District o.
Coiumbia?7 And, do, you. understand
that those 1,500 lives might nearly al
have been saved2 10
Old people must die, to be sure a.
they are to die, some of them will di.
OF preventable diseases. But children
need not die. They will not die i
they have fresh air to breathe, goot
food to eat, and chance to play
This list of 1,500 includes how many
children, do you think? More thar
half a thousand for that one yea
alone-63S little lives sacrificed!
There is a business side to all this
These lives and the care of then
while the end draws near cost tn,
community about s5 800, 900, as near a.
it can be calculated That is lot o
money. Dollar for dollar it Offset
every cent collected in the District O
Columbia from taxes and still show
{. balance
Ten years Of such loss mean tota
Of $50 900 900 and more. The estimat
ed cost of preventing this loss is ST,
133 $50, with an annual cost of 1854
SOC for maintenance. The total in tel
years would be not more than $40,
100000. One dollar against fifty An
$4,000 lives savedi
Is it worth while?
What do you yourself think abou
it?
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

Cows, Sheep, and Hogs
interesting figures about milch COWS.
cattle, sheep and hogs. The number of
niilch cows increased over 10000 in tire
last year. On January 1, 1904, there were
1s,419.S17 milch cows in the United
States. One year later this great herd
had increased to 17.572, 4s4. valued at s4s2.-
273,203. The value of miIch cows showed
Il slight decrease during the year
The number of other farm cattle re-
ported was 43, 669. f43. an increase OF $40, 900.
4 he value of the other cattle was placed
a 1851 ,571 -3e@- New York is the richest
State the dairy farms swell the number
of cows to the great number of ]. ~ ,ot1
valued at $o4, CO.'S
The great herds of cattle, long horns
and other kinds-Which rove the inn
mcnse pains of Texas, put the Lone
States regarding cattle The number OF
cattle reported from Texas was S,e49, T49
Sheep Show Falling Of.
Sheep showed considerable falling
off from January /, 1901 to January /,
Ieo5. This was due 70 the severe win
ters in the Western States. The number
of sheep reported this year was Is, ,170, 42SS
over 5,tuD,o6J less than a year ago.
There was. an Increase in the number
of hogs raised. The farmers Of the
United States reported 4I,22G,5f1 hogs
on January l. i905. which is an increase
. Of S20. COO over he figures of last year
RecapitulatinS we find that on Janu-
ary l. 1903, the total number of farm
ar,iynaIs reported in the United States
was I73, ,sI9,o13, valued at S3,6ee,oSo,aS
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

That Missouri girl who committed sui
eide because she feared her fance was
too good for her, would have done diff
ferently If she had waited long enough
to get married
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

The scandalous iniquity of that new
stock transfer tax is somewhat palliat-
ed in the New York view by the fact
that it is starting out on a basis which
promises to produce s.. .00e. 900 annual rev.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

Mr.. Devlin. who wrecked three banks.
relied chiefly on his memory record
of his transactions, and now he stands
to find that not everybody forgot as
easily he did
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

1t is reported that. despite the hot
weather, 70 artificial cooling methods
were neeIcd for the comfort of guests
al the lunt heon Count Cassini gave to
Earon Sasen
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

Grover Cleveland, the uneasy Equita-
bic trustee, is giving good imitation OF
now the thing at the other end of The
fishing Ene ;eeis.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

A New York society man gave $4,000
dinner the other day. AS he is not
connected with an Insurance company.
nobody Knows but what he paid for ii
himself
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

The announcement that game
called water baseball has been started
Is not surprising in view of the sloppy
exhibitions some of US have seen on dry
Lon
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

Race suicides one redeening feature
is that. in the course Of time, there
would be no mothers-in-law
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

Judge Dill. of New Jersey. ought to
know the weak points of all those trust
laws he got up. anyhow.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
UNCLE SAM POSSESSES
MANY FINE ANIMALS
Stock of Horses and Mules in the United States Greater
Last Year Than Ever Before

The official figures III the year book
Of The Department of Agriculture show
that there was a finer stock of horses
and mules in the United States last year
than In any previous year
The figures are especially complimep-
tary to the farmers and stock raisers of
tsle country and show that every year
a more consistent effort is being made
tC raise cattle along systematic lines.
on January /, 1906, there were 1851
Ia2 horses in the United States ard
2sSS110. mules. The horses We're valued
al 81. .2G0. 310630. and the mules at s25l-s40,-
3Is. Il total value for both of 81, t52, s50.-
39S The combined value Of horses and
mules; on January /, 1874. was s1,354 47s. :
100 There were over 100000 more mules
reported this year than last
Mules Tare Valuable.
That d good muie is more valuable In
this country than horse is shown con-
cIusively by the figures OF the year book
The average value of a horse In this
country is S70.37. while the average value
or a mule is $S7.1S Horses are more
valued In massachusetts than any other
State, In the Bay State the average
value of a horse is s110.45. The lowest
value per head is found in New Mexico
where horses are sold for an average
Price of So g.
In South Carolina, Georgia, aid Flori-
da mules are very highly valued. reach
ing an average price Is the latter State
OF si20.S1
Texas has more horses than any State
IL the Union, and likewise has the great
est number mules. The number oi
horses and mules reported in Texas on
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

Young Mr. Hyde continues to present
less and less of the JekyH aspect as the
days pass.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

CHICAGO. July S.-The traction mud
die of Chicago is as far from clearing
as ever.
Mayor Dunno. who was elected in
April on the platform of immediate
ownership of street railways and who
assured the voters at that time that the
plan was feasible has not accomplished
arything yet.
The companies have offered to sell
their properties and rights, but the
mayor has gone far :4feId- His platform
declared for an offer to buy the exist
ing properties at a reasonable figure,
failing in which he was to begin imme-
diaie condemnation proceedings Over
II rec months have elapsed since his
election. and he has neither accepted
nor rejected the price tentatively fixed
by the street-car companies nor brought
any proceedings.
Mayor Dunno instead has apparently
adopted the theory OF his late opponent,
Mr.. Harlan. He proposes TO begin com
petition with one of the old companies
by establishing a line on a street on
which the old franchise has expired, and
On other streets where no tracks now
exist.
His Corporation.
He would esta biish corporation. COM
posed of five men. to be named by the
council ard himself. TO manage the city
lines.
This corporation would enter into a
contract with the city to finance the
lire, but the city would retain control
o. the system. Mayor Dunno expects
tl.at this line would eventually absorb
others as the franchises expired
1t has peen said by some of my
critics that / have switched around,
said the mayor today. This is not cor
rect. l ran upon a platform to take i'm
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

Anyway, the glorious Fourth didn't
give William Travers Jerome .ockjaw.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Rifle Inferior.

Nov that the whole contract for new
rifles has been given out and thousands
OF them are already in the hands of the
soldiers, it is found not only that they
are far inferior 70 the old as far as ac-
curacy is concerned, but also thet they
would be absolutely useless in hand-te-
hand fights, such as have occurred al
most daily between Russians and jap
anese.
Should English soldiers ever have 10
defend themselves against soldiers OF
any other European army. they would
be absolutely helpless, If left to the
mercy of a weapon which lets the enc
my drive five inches of steel into their
body before they would have any chance
of reaching him.
Roberts Responsible.
AS Lord Roberts was the chief adro-
cate of the new arm. the war depart-
nent IS trying to conceal its inferierity
Discomfort among infantry officers is
so pronounced, however, that IT is more
than likely that demand will be mads
that the contracts for the rifles not yet.
manufactured be cancelled and the rifia
already in use be disposed of even at
a very considerable loss
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
TOMMY ATKINS GUN
NOT FIT TO Use
New England Army Rifle
Is a Failure.
MAY HAVE TO BE CHANGED
Lessons of Far East War Teach Neces-
sity of a Weapon, Good in Hand
to-Hand Fights.
MAY HAVE TO BE CHANGED

LONDON, July S.-The lessons gather
ed during the Russo-Japanese war are
apt to cost England more than SIS, e00, ,065
Military experts of the government
believing after the Boer war that bay
onet charges would be impossible in
soldiers Of unnecessary weight, recon-
mended that the new rifles which were
TO take the place of the Lee Euneld rifles,
be made several inchs shorter than the
old
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

January :. was f.277.76S and Ssi.esS. re
spectiYely
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-02
PLEASED WITH SENTENCE.
Soldiers Happy because They VIII
Escape Further Service In the Army.

Tho two soldiers. Charles Il. Merrill and
William Handle, who were arrested Tues
day for being drunk, were in city court
yesterday 1t was u second offensc for
each and fines of SIS and costs of $50
werc fixed. The alternate sentences are
los days in the House of Correction. AZ
ter being arrested the soldiers intinlated
that they were glad to be sent TO the
House of Correction as in that way they
would get a dishonorablc discharge from
the army aud escape further service.
Frank Miller told Judge Hawkins that
he had been a frequent visitor i'm city
court ard seeing that cases of intoxica-
ton were infreuuent decided TO relieve
the situation. Later he said that after he
got into bed some one sent for n cop and
had hin, arrested, thinking that such n
course would cure him. lie was fncd s.
ana costs.
Narciss Blondin made his first appear
ancc in court yesterday. lie was fined 81
ami costs for being drunk.