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The Washington times., 1906-04-08
Joufi Welcome Awafts

Not that they won't receive the
little Washington girl with every
possible cordiality and attention, and
with all the human curiosity and
human kindness that she could eth
er desire or deserve. Probably more.
For the American girl does not take
kindly as a rule to too much embrac-
ing and demonstration from
strangers. InterminabIe bowling and
kow-towing from officials make her
wish they'd move aside so that she
could go on without stepping on
them, and having her hand seized
and kissed by the multitude partly
embarrasses and partly bores her.
Anyhow it's dollars to doughnuts
that she soon wishes they wouldn't.
It's simply that their ways are not
her ways.
No one who has not been there
can in the least realize what the
progress" is likely TO be like. The
Central American republics are not
progressive. They are content to
sit down and let the fruits of the
earth drop into their mouths. They
don't have TO work, and when they
need little excitement one of their
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
BE CAREEW

one effect Of the revival OF ethical
considerations which must be given due
consideration by the retail merchants in
any and every line is the aroused spirit
OF resentment 10 imposition This is a
matter which the average merchant
would probably say off-hand that he was
not guilty of and therefore did not need
to give II consideration But minor
matters which have gradually worked
into use, and from long usage have be-
come generally accepted as a matter of
course, sometimes include things which
viii not bear analysis ethicsny- These
matters have not been taken seriously
but with the revival of higher ethical
view they may be.
The little trick which has been dcno
and accepted by the public with a Isbgh.
or marking an eXIraVa CANT value 7ipon
goods and placing on them an apparent
cut price, when the cut price is in reality
about a normal figure, is something
which will not be accepted so easily a.
IL has been. Already we hear Of the
purchasing public holding that sort OF
action against merchant and making
IL breach of ethics=in a stronger man.
ner than was formerly the case.-Michi-
gan TradeSmaa-
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
POWER FROM SKY

Franklin's bolt never. has been
snatched from the skies and harnessed
in human service. But NJ. A Brewdel,
a Frenchman, thinks it should. Ex-
plorations Of the atmosphere have
proved that large differences Of poten-
tial exist in il at points not widely
separated II has been found that a
difference of potential OF 100 volts per
meter has been measured. and even
values as high as 300 volts. A con-
ductor might be placed with its ends
at two points were the difference of
potential is lG,0o0. or under favorable
conditions il might reach 5000 volts.
There should be some means of utiliz-
ing these enormous forces OF atmos-
pheric electricity. 1t is suggested that
a possible method of collecting the
energy would be to send up balloons
surrounded with a network of conduc-
tors. IL is thought that by means
of a transmission line carried up p
mountain so as 10 give a difference in
altitude OF about 500 meters between
the upper and lower ends. that this
should make available a potential OF
from 10000 TO 5000 volts Remains the
question how this high tension IS TO
be converted 10 pressure suitable for
commerce.-Chicag Tribune.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS AWAIT TTiE WASFiINGyTON
.---a-,. BRIDE OF MCARAGUlAN PRESIDENIC SON
The EveHtfuI journey She Is Making. Up
River and Over Mountain. to the Capital
City Of the Central American Republic
Will Not Be as Delightfully."- Romantic in
Reality as It FIds Sounded in Print. :. =.

"bouillas" Is likely to blow around
the corner and satisfy the craving.
Nicaragua. to do her justice, is more
progressive and less inclined to
"bouillas'' than some OF her neigh
bors.
Young Sonora Zelaya and her hus-
band having had enough OF New
York, start for Nicaragua. They
ca. sail directly from New York.
which IL is understood is the route
selected. or they can go to New Or
leans and sail from there. In either
case the vessels-well the vessels are
all right you know, but they arent't
like the Atlantic liners, not like
even the steamers of the cheaper
lines; while the luxuriously equip
ped greyhounds of the crack lines
would make them look like 30 cents
or even less.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
A Country Cart of Nicaragua.

river Is not so wide that the traveller
cannot enjoy the luxuriance of the
tropical scenery, and the pictur-
esqueness of the native towns and
villages scattered along its hanks
And picturesqueness, like romance,
is as rule pleaSanter thing to
look at than 10 be part of. From
the San Juan river the little steam
er will emerge onto Lake Nicaragua,
which deserves 10 be classed with
our American great lakes, being 100
miles long and forty-five broad.
Young Mrs. Zelaya's trip will take
her almost the entire length of the
lake to Granada at its northwestern
extremity, and from there after an
other taste OF the Central American
hostelry she will probably take the
short line railway 10 Managua The
distance is nOI over thirty or forty
miles at the outside, but heaven il
knoweth how long it will take to
traverse it. Some times there's q
train every day, sometimes there
isn't. You never can tell. The usual
way is so- some one belonging TO the
hotel lc t1ae2 a look out and pres
emily rush back TO announce that it
would be well to get ones things
on as the engine seemed to be get
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
Mcaraquan Canal Route

From Gerytown to Managua the
route is for a good part of the way
what would have been the Mica
ragua canal route had that been
decided on. The chances of wait
of ten days or so at Greytown for a
boat are pretty good. The chances
of a wait, for almost anything, are
nearly always fine in Central Ameri-
ca. Boats and teams run pretty
much at their own convenience, and
occasionally stop on the way to
think things over. Still, they may
have improved in the last few years.
Moreover the bride of the presidents
son may not have to put up with tic
delays which annoy ordinary mo.-
tails.
: She will probably, however. have
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

ting up steam At least that was
the way not many moons ago. It
seems curious to an American.
The road is rough; the cars ara
likely to leave the track ar any
stage of the game Or for that mat
ter the track is likely TO leave the
ears; sections Of it are not unfre-
quently missing washout or some
thing" The cars themselves, unless
they have improved. are rather sug-
gestiVe Of cattleN cars. They have
benches - wooden benches = along
their length Their side walls are
Of plain boards laid alongside OF one
another In rounding curves these
boards are likely to separate a bit,
on a straight stretch they close up
again. and fortunate the passenger
who. If he or she happened 10 be
leaning against them, does not find
at least part Of his raiment pinched
in between them and held fast until
the next curve releases him. In fact
he's fortunate II it's only his raj
ment that is pinched. Five or six
hours ought to cover the thirty or
forty miles, but they don't always.
Sometimes it's mile an hour-and
as no one but some blooming for
eigner IS ever in a hurry ther5's ab-
solutely no use kicking.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
The Parental Objection

President ZeIaya did not at all
approve of his sons infatuation with
an American girl; he had other
plans for him. Just how he was
persuaded is of little importance.
Some say that he experienced d
gradual change Of heart; others that
Alphonso threatened TO commit
suicide as his elCer brother had done
under similar circumstances. Any
how it was with his fathers consent
that the young man started to Wash
ington to claim his bride. But there
was another delay. AT New Orleans
he was stricken with appendicitis
and had to submit to an operation.
However, he survived that, reached
Washington in poor health, but
mighty good spirits. and almost i'm
mediately the wedding took place.
1t was then that the world heard
Ne delightfully."- romantic" story.
And when it was announced that the
young couple had gone TO New York
for a brief stay. whence they would
sail for Nicaragua TO visit the young
mans father at Managua, the dear
public again exclaimed How de-
lightfully romantic"-not New York,
OF course, New York is delighted.
but hardly romantic-but going to
Nicaragua as the bride of the Presi-
dents son. Triumphal entry and
progress TO the capital, cheering null
titudes at every stop. receptions at
the-er-White House or whatever
they call 1t in Nicaragua. functions
OF all sorts in honor of little WASH
,ington girl-sort OF Alice Roosevelt
sase reversed-de-lightfully roman
Fine, oh very fine! but all
S5eaImi
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
Loading the Passengers

Ladies, babies. old people, and
invalids are lowered very much as
If they were bales of goods. ex-
cept that a sort Of guide rope is
used TO steady the descent And
at that ii is mighty unsteady. For
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

DMANCE all uepenuS On
4 the point of view
W whether you're looking
on or whether you're
at" AS a rule Il Is far
pleasanter TO look on at. or TO look
back upon. than to live through
while you're doing IL.
Little Miss Baker, of North Capt.
tol street, who recently married
Alphonso Zelaya, son of Nicaragua's
president, voiced the secret convic-
ton Of newest heroism Of romances
when she said while ago to an
acquaintance, Everybody says How
delightfully."- romantic Perhaps it
Is; but l can tell you there areu
times when it's anything but cheer
full"
All the world that loves a lover
read the story of Miss Bakers court
ship and marriage with a smile and
a warming OF the cookies of its
0edIl, Guu Sdlu Win -AASo DAAASA ~
friends, How delightfully."- ro-
mantic." And it is-de-lightfully
romantic-in print.
Young Zelaya, SO the story runs,
was sent up here TO complete his
education. He came TO Washington
on a visit and met Miss Baker. 1t
was a case of love at first sight For
4 while they were absurdly happy
and full Of plans for the future. But
one evening when young Zelaya
and his lady love were telling one
another that life was one grand
sweet song, a representative Of the
Nicaraguan government appeared on
the scene, armed with proper au-
thority. and REINFORCED by couple
of detectives. took possession of the
young man and bundled him of to
Nicaragua.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
A Typical Nicaraguan Family.

sheet OF muslin, and a small and
very hare hair pillow; and wash
stand with a grass mat before it.
Not luxurious, but adequate, and in
a country where crawling things
abound, the less funiture the better.
Apart from crowding things. this At
lantic coast of Nicaragua was long
known as the mosquito coast, and at
certain seasons deserves the name.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

sometimes a person or a bale is
put over the side just as the fat
starts down wave, and keeps just
so far from it all the way down.
Suddenly another wave coIles along
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

and lifts the fiat tc its crest, and
sends it smashing against the
freight, human or otherwise, as the
case may be. Eventually the fiat
is loaded and towed ashore, the
sturdy masculine element mean
while having intrusted itself TO a
small open boat and the tender
mercseS of the boatmen. II sounds
periIaus, but as a matter OF fact
everybody reaches shore safely. with
the feeling uppermost that they
might as well have been drowned
as scared to death.
The best hotel in the place con-
sists-or did a while ago-of a large
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

~ 0MANCE all depends on
the point of view
V whether you're looking
on or whether you're
"It" AS a rule e Is far
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
Bird's-eye View of Managua.

to put up with the same little dinLIy
stern wheel steamer which plies be-
tween San Juan del Norte Grey
town. and Granada. For the San
Juan river is shallow. and only light
draught vessels may navigate Had
that canal route been adopted there
would have been a short cut from
Greytown TO Conchuda. about half
way up the river, and from there on
to Lake Nicaragua the river would
have been deepened. However, as
things are, the little noisy, Gathering
steamer has 10 follow the windings
Of the river for the 124 miles Of its
length.
1t is a pretty trip even II the ves-
sci is not as luxuriously equipped as
our American river steamers The
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04
A MISSOURI COUNTY IDEA.
Novel Method OF Encouraging Road
Improvement

Novel Method OF Encouraging Road
Improvement.
Among the unique methods Of pro-
adopted by citizens of Saline county in
Missouri, says Walter Williams in the
st. Louis Globe Democrat. From Mar
shall, the county seat, has been mailed
to the farmers Of Saline county a circu-
lar letter setting forth the plan. The
plan proposes TO assemble ut Marshall
on certain day all the farmers who
get their mail Mt that town. They are
and team Of horses. The farmers thus
assembled are to be divided into
groups, and each group Is to drag and
otherwise improve that day from three
to five miles Of county road leading
into the town OF Marshall. The citi-
zens Of Marshall are to supply assist
ance in money, teams and otherwise
1t Is expected that much road improve
ment will be accomplished by this one
days united work
AS an added inducement a photo
graph is TO be taken Of the thousand
farmers and their teams who are look
ed for In Marshall on that day. This
will be taken In sections four feet by
eleven inches In size, and copy of the
photograph will be furnished free to
every participant in the road dragging.
1t will he called "The Good Roads
Legion Of Honor" and the promoters
Of the plan say It will be the most Won
derful photograph ever taken in the
state Of Missouri
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04

MAIL CARRIER'S DESoLATE JOURNEY.
and boards pry the sticky stuff off by
main strength. In some places the
pulling was so difficult the horses
would have to stop and rest every
twenty-five feet The axle was oftener
dragging mud than above it. When
they struck the yellow clay the horses
hoofs would come out with a noise like
the crack of pistol.
"'Good rOadsv was the prayer of
every farmer along the murky journey.
They feel deadly certain that some
thing ought to-must be--dOne, but are
helpless In devlsing a remedy OF
course every man has an idea, some Of
apparent practicabillty.
You fellows over in town growl
because it hurts your trade remarked
an intelligent looking man at the gate
Of a neat cottage home, but what do
you think II means to us? We're shut
up here like castaways on a desert is
land week after week and can't even
think Of getting to church, let alone
with going to town with stuff to sell
1t seems to me that If you people
wanted to do business with us you'd
lend hand TO help us to get to you"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04

Robert +. Hooper, the new chair
man of the good roads committee Of
the American Automobile association,
recently went to Chicago from New
York for the purpose of comforting with
President John Farson and several 9th
er western advocates Of the good roads
movement, says the New York Times
Secretary GOrham said that Mr. Hoop
er's committee intended to pursue a
more vigorous policy toward exerting
the automobile influence for better
highways than had been the case In
the past. Mr.. Hooper Is a member of
the Germantown Automobile club, near
Philadelphia. and his pet project now
Is the furtherance of the plan to build
macadamized state highway from
Philadelphia to Plttsburg, distance
of 248 miles. All of the automobile
clubs Of the state are working toward
that end. Not content with this Penn
sylvanla road, Mr.. Hooper has also pre-
pared rough plan for continuance
Of the highway from Pittsburg to Chi
cago. New York and New Jersey au-
tomoblllsts are still discussing plans
to improve the roads between New
York and Philadelphia.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04
Magyar Music.

OF Magyar art music seems to have
gained the widest admiration, and 1t Is
certain that musical executants Of the
first ORDER and in the case Of List of
unique grandeur, have justified part
Of the expectations with which musical
Europe has long looked upon Hungary.
Magyar music can be likened to moth
ing more aptly than to the exclusively
Hungarian river Thesis. Capricious
and majestic, teemlng with life and
sitting up for miles, surrounded by
charming Torture of water lilies and
alder trees and suddenly again by poi
sonous marshes and swamps, such is
the Thesis, such is Hungarian music
stirring, bewildering, unspeakably SAD
dening, ineXpresslbly exhilaratlng. Il
is the music Of rhapsodic souls, Of in-
toxicatlon, Of the battlefield. Of wild
war dances after the victory. But, like
the great river, it cannot be regulated.
Nineteenth Century.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04
GODFREY'S TANKARD.
A Seventeenth Century Relic of the
Plague In London,


Plague In London,
A curious historical relic of London
Ii the large tankard of solid silver pre-
scented by Charles ii. to Sir Edmund
Berry Godfrey for his valuable services
during the plague and the fire Of Lon
don, for which he received the honor Of
knighthood In 1865. The tankard,
which Is Of plain silver, has hinged
cover and weighs nearly thirty-six
ounces. Its front 10 engraved with the
royal arms and the crest of the recipi-
ent together with inscriptions In Latin
and engravings of scenes connected
with the fire, which are still in excel
lent preservation. The engraving Of
the pesthouse men carrying corpses to
the dismal plague pit and that Of the
crowded blocks of houses surmounted
by flames are very quaint and curious.
SIR Edmund. who was born in 1921 at
Sellinge, In Kent, was timber mer-
chant, possessing wharfs at D0wgate
city and at Charing Cross. He prosper
ed, became justice Of the Mace for
Westminster and member or parlla-
ment for Winchilsea. In history, as no
reader of Macaulay and Green will
need to be told, his name is most IA
nous in connection with his mysterious
murder, which was popularity attribut-
ed to the zeal with which he had devot-
ed himself to unraveling the alleged
popish plot. His body was found In a
ditch near Primrose hill, face down
ward and penetrated by his own sword,
under circumstances which precluded
the Idea Of suicide or robbery.
The excitement caused by this still
mysterious event is indicated by the
fact that when the funeral procession
left the city. with great pOmp and
pageant, for the burial ground Of St. |
Martin's-ln-the-F Fields. 1t was preceded
by 20 clergy and followed by upward
of 1000 persons Of distinction.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04
A Miniature Inland ocean.

One Of the queerest sheets Of water
In New England or within the limits Of
the United States, or the world for
that matter, is the celebrated Shows
ocean" In the state Of Maine. When
calm it is to all appearances an ordinary
pond of no great dimensions, but OBJ
servations and investigations made
more than a century ago prove that the
little body of water is veritable
ocean. 1t is located in Orrington, near
Bangor, and Its popularity Is that, al
though situated among some high hills
some distance from ocean or river, It
has tides which rise and fall as regular
ly as do those Of the great Atlantic.
Many so called scientific examinations
OF this miniature oceans bed and sur
rounding banks have been made, but
so far no tenable explanation Of the
phenomenon has ever been given to the
public. :.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04
MAKING MAPLE SUGAR.
The Modern Way and the Grade
Methods of Early Days.

The Modern Way and the Grade
Methods of Early Days.
The sugar season opens q busy in
lustry in Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont. Buckets are loaded on to
the OK sleds, boxes of spiles and axes
and away to the sugar orchardl
Sugar making nowadays Is a science.
Only In the extreme rural sections still
remain the wooden buckets and cedar
spiles, but there is still a sugar
warmth, bursting Of healthy Joy that
breaks forth just as the swelling buds
OH the naples.
No longer are there the crude meth
DDS of an open fire, of the kettles
strung on green forked poles. Pos
sibly sugar making has lost some Of
its genuine SAVIOR In the modern eyapo-
rators but the product-and its com
mercial feature Is of all importance
Is finer grained, of purer color, freer
from bits Of bark and other foreign
refuse.
Important changes in the sugar in
dustry have lessened the work of the
farmer. In the early days wooden
buckets and handmade cedar splles
were used. That made bother In the
orchard, for the bucket had to be
placed on the ground, and the spite
could not be far above 1t else the wind
would blow the sap to one side and
thus waste 1t.
AS the snow melted the splles had to
be drawn, new holes nearer the ground
made and the bucket replaced.
Nowadays the spiles are of metal and
the pals are hung on them. The evap-
orator Is a sample Of the rapid strides
In sugar making facilities. The mod
ern orchard has tin or galvanized pals
and metal splles.
Occasionally a tree runs bucket
full every fair day during the season,
an average of ten quarts, although the !
general run is about half that amount, !
unless the weather holds so the trees
run during the night.
Good honest strip weighs eleven |
pounds to the gallon. and 1t takes a |
barrel of thirty-two gallons of sap to /
make gallon of strip.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04
COnsolatory.

A correspondent Of an English paper
tells how some one visited a wild beast
show and saw countryman come In
bearing unmistakable signs Of having
had glass too much. A tiger scratch
ed the back Of the hand with which the
man grasped a bar Of the cage. The
liberation was severe, and the pain
was great. The sufferer danced about
and twirled his shillalah. crying: Let
him outl Let him out till l have me
will av him. A companion tried to
soOthe the irate dancer. with this neat
lmpromptu: Never mind, Pat. Sure,
he only wanted to scrape acquaintance
wild ye."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04
THE JAW AND THE TEETH.
What May Happen If We Contfnu,
Using Soft Foods.

What May Happen If We Continue
Using Soft Foods.
The teeth are really appendages of
the skin, and not Of the skeleton, as
people generally believe. The Jaw IL
formed in accordance with the neces-
sity for providing a hold for the teeth
that is, If there were no teeth to come,
the Jaw would grow differently, and
would not have its present shape. The
jaw Is not an independent part. as It
would like to be; 1t has to form itself
to accommodate tenants with which,
strictly speaking, 1t has no ties of kim
bred
The use Of soft foods decreases the
size of the teeth, and they will ulti-
mately disappear, unless we make
more use Of them.
AS there does not seem to be any
likelihood of a change in our habits,
we must expect to lose them in course
Of time. Then the jaw will assume
probably another shape. Further, the
gums might disappear, for there can
be no use for them after the disappear
ance of the teeth
The loss Of the teeth makes the lips
fall in, and brings us near to the Punch
form of face! We find it impossible to
pronounce sounds, such as t, d, sh, CHI.
The change Of face, so to say, will GER
tainly lead to a modification of the
tongue. and this I'm turn TO the inability
to pronounce other sounds.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-04
Atomic DyGDeDsia,

The ultimate cause Of atomic dys-
pepsla is constitutional depression. 1t
may be due to overwork, and especial
ly to prolonged worry Sometimes the
dyspepsia is the first manifestation Of
tubercular poisoning. Again, there
seems TO be an inherent failure of the
digestive organs. Once established,
dyspepsia Is, In turn, the cause of loss
of strength, of mental Inertia and vfs-
ceral weakness. Some degree of sim
pie anaemla Is almost inevitable. The
exciting cause may be an illness Of any
kind. the excessive use Of tea, coffee
or other beverages, the lack Of proper
food, some error in habits of eating.
Often 1t Is not discoverable