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The Washington times., 1906-05-05

school census of the town at five
cents a head. He actually hired for
his musical daughters a piano, and
he raised the standard of living in
his home by an appreciable degree.
But this minister reckoned with
out his deacons. When his term ex-
pired recently they informed him
that it was not meet that a clergy
man should sell milk or chickens or
vegetables, nor take censuses, nor
belong to the school committee.
They refused TO renew his pastorate
unless he agreed to give up all they
objected to. They declined to raise
his salary, even by s1oo, although
the congregation is well-to-do. Mr..
Blanchard has since resigned.
In the face of such revelations as
that, is it n matter for wonder that
the divinity schools are finding it
hard work to fill their ranks with
able and ambitious young men?
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
EXPRESSES GRATITUDE
FOR TINES GOOD NEWS
W. S. Ballard Heard Through It's COL
umns About Safety of Son
and Family.

w. S. Ballard. OF "a r street north
west, has expressed his heartfelt thanks
to The Times for it's aid in locating his
son, II. S. Ballard: his daughter-in-Iaw.
and three nephews. who were in the re-
cent earthquake al San Francisco.
The first information he obtained Of
the condition Of MS son and family
came through The Times of last Satur-
day he had made several efforts
through the Government TO get some
news. as he noticed that the portion of
the city in which he lived had been
completely destroyed
He felt worried and appealed to the
Coast and Geodetic Survey in which
service his son was employed, for some
information. Falling there, he applied
TO Surgeon Wyman. OF the Marine Hos
pitat SS-vice, hut again met with failure
Noticing the good work The Times
was doing In locating San Franciscans,
he applied fo- Information on Thurs
day, April IS. Saturday last. through
The Times, he was Informed that his son
and his family were safe
Or last Wednesday he received a tele-
gram from his son stating that though
they had lost everything they had. they
were not disheartSned end were farinE
remarkably well. considering the ex-
perience they had gone through.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
The Simplihed Spelling Board.

Thus the Bookman;
The mem bers OF the Simplihed Spell
ing Board are an able band There are
several university presidents among
them, and also the president OF Dime
Savings Institution. OF course Mr.
Carnegie is there; and Mark Twain, as
Is most fitting, since the whole thing
Is stupendous joke Our old friend
Brander Matthews is the chairman
II is a curious circumstance. but We
have often received letters from many
OF the gentlemen who make UP the
Simplified Spelling Board. and we
have never observed that IN these let
ters their spelling was any different
from ours. Their proposed reform
would be so muCh more convincing 10
the average mar. il they would only
heroically lead the way IN IL them
selves. Yet e[en Mr.. Carnegie, who is
putting .P she money, wrote Us a let
ter not many weeks ago. and he SPELL
ed his words according 70 accepted
usage.
Prof Matthews has. we believe. late
ly advocated a perfect freedom in the
matter OF ,pelling. advising every one
for awhile TO spell exactly as he
pleases. until finally definite simPli-
ned GEOGRAPHY shall be evolved II we
were TO ask him why he does not spell
as he pleases, he would probably say:
Il do; only Il happens to please me 70
spell in the usual way. In other
words, he prefers to spell like a gen
tleman rather than Ike bOor.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Exit Witte For a Time.

Not at all to his own surprise, OF
course, Count Witte mas been po-
litely ousted from the premiership
such as il is-of the Russian en-
pire, and H. Goremylin takes his
place. Thus at the very beginning
of the career of the new parliament,
when 1t would seem that the Car
would require the services of n
strong and proven nan like Witte,
the potentate changes guides and
faces the unknown with a weaker
lieutenant.
The Gear is probably forced to
the action-or, at least, believes
himself 10 be. The victories of the
constitutional Democrats indicate
to him that he must proceed at once
to curb any liberal tendencies on
the part of the douma, and Nyitte
was not to be used for that purpose.
Goremyhn is a reactionist, although
not harsh or tyrannical man, and
4AC Will use lnc tICIlenuOuS lnuu-
ence of the autocracy to see to it
that the Russian people do not get
more liberty than is good for them.
n st. Petersburg dispatch says
that Count Whites retirement
from public life is complete It
may be complete. bur we do not be-
lieve that it is permanent. The big,
old fellow has been downed by his
enemies several times before this,
and yet has come back to rule over
them. The chances are that he will
do so again. When Russia faces an
other great crisis and needs a pow
erful brain and a splendid adminia-
trative ability, she will surrey cal.
upon the man who bulIv Up her In
dustries, organized her railroads,
reformed her finances and finally
saved her from grea, humiliation at
the hands of japan.
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Rather Rough Usage.

Heaven knows the salary of the
average country minister is mig
gardly enough at best, but when TO
meanness in the matter of pay is
added prohibition against the pas
tors engaging in any side industry
TO make both ends meet and sup
port his family decently. the propo-
sition he faces is decidedly tough.
That he does face it occasionally is
no fiction, as proven by the case of
Rev. Edward 3. Blanchard, of East
Douglas. Mass.
This clergyman, described as a
man of ability and culture, was set
tied at a salary of $500. with per-
mission to preach at another church,
afternoons, for $3.50 more. Having
a ouiverful of children, Mr.. Blanch-
ard found his S1,o5o yearly rather
inadequate, and he set about in
crcasing it. He bought three Jer-
scy COWS and sold their milk and
cream; he furnished a few chick
ems for the market: he raised vege-
tables for profit, and he took the
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Mrs. Wards Word of Thanks.

In a predatory note TO her new novel.
''Fenwick's Career" Mrs. Humphry
Ward pays a very graceful tribute 10
Albert Sterner. who has illustrated
this story with the same sympathetic
art so widely commented upon in his
drawings for The Marriage Of VIII
liam Ashc."
I have TO thank him indeed writes
Mrs. Ward, not only as an artist, but
as q critic. In the interpreting Of Fen
wick, he has given me valuable aid;
has corrected mistakes. and iuumined
HIS own painters craft for me, as none
but a painter can. But his poetic intel
Iigence as an artist is what makes him
so rare a colleague. In the first lovely
drawing Of the husband and VIE sit
ting BY the Westmoreland stream.
Phoebe's ; lovely face and look VIII be
felt. I think, by any sympathetic read
er as a light or the course OF the
story; reappeariug, now IN storm, as IN
the picture Of her despair, before the
portrait Of her supposed rival; and
now in tremulOus afIerglOW. as in the
scene with which the drawings close.
To be so understood and so bodled
forth Is great good fortune. and beg
10 be allowed this word Of gratitude.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
KEEPER BATTLES HARD
WITH BEAR IN CAGE
May Lose His Leg as Result of Strug-
gle With Three Hundred Pound
Syrian

NEW YORK. May 6-AfteT an en-
counter lasting fifteen minutes with a
30J-pound Syrian bear in the den at the
New York Geological Park yesterday
morning. Frederick Schlosser, one Of the
keepers. was rescued by three other at
tendants. The wounded man was re-
moved to Fordham Hospital, where il
was found that his left leg was torn
and the iesh on his left hand and arm
badly laoerated. The doctors said last
night that the leg probably would have
to be amputated.
1t is the custom each morning 10 wash
out the bear den. In the enclosure are
three bears. Two of them are white
bears and the other a large Syrian.
This animal was bern in the Geological
Park three years ago and was named
Tear He has always been pet with
the keepers and has never shown
disposition to be ferocious
When Schlosser entered the den with
a hose yesterday Re patted Tsar on the
head, and the bear at first seemed to
appreciate the attention. Suddenly. how
ever, Tsar turned, and, showing his
teeth, with a snarl sprang upon the
keeper and seized him about the body.
Schlosser is a big man of powerful
strength, but he was helpless in the
grasp of the bear
While the white bears, seeming TO un-
derstand the situation. sat in the corner
and growled. Schlosser and the Syrian
fought all over the floor of the den.
The keeper made an effort 10 open the
door, but could not do so. His cries
FOR help were finally heard by other
keepers and three rushed to his assist
ance- Armed with irons and pitchfoFks.
thev entered the den, and after strug-
gle drove the bear into a corner and
carried SchlOsser outside
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Carnegie and Harris.

Joel Chandler Harris is an encOurag-
ing example OF the real rewards that the
best kind of literature brings, in con-
trast with the temporary glory achlev-
ed by authors OF trashy best sellers
Air. Harris is making Atlanta a sort OK
literary shine, though he is himself the
most modest kind Of hero
Last fall President Roosevelt journey
ed to the home OF the great Georgian 10
offer up his words OF praise; sic only
receutlv the great ironmaster and
founder Of libraries also made a pill
grimage Mr. Carnegie said on leaving
MY visit was a great pleasure as wei
as a great privilege. Mr.. Harris has
given a helping hand 10 all the world.
and brought sunshine into many homes
He has won the hearts OF all the chill
dren. and that is Eolry enough for any
man. He s. a genius"
Mr Harris still continues 10 bring
Measure 10 the little folks His last
contribution TO the young is another
series of tales Told BY Uncle Remus."
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Edison in Fiction.

II is not often that authors attempt
10 introduce prominent living people in
20 fctian under their real names IN
his new novel. "The Triumphs OF Eugene
Valmont'' Robert Barr has his hero
Valmont. the great French detective
describe a meeting he had with Thomas
A Edison, in a hotel in Paris After
paying a glowing tribute 10 Edison as
a man and an inventor. Valmont gives
this as Edison's own modest story Of his
invention Of the incandescent electro
light;
'-It was not an invention, but dis
cOvery. We knew what We wanted: a
carbOnized tissue which would WITH
stand the electric current In a vacuum
for. say. a thousand hours. II no sUch
tissue existed. then the iuCandeScenL
light as we know il was not possible
Ny assistants started cut 20 find this
tissue, and we simply carbonized every
thing we could lay our hands on. and
ran the current through K In a vacuum
At last we struck the right thing. as
we were bound TO do II We kept on long
enough. and II the thing existed Pa
tience and hard work viii overcome any
obstacle
EdisOn's closing sentence made such
an impression on NalmOnt that he used
il as a text whenever difficult problem
vas presented 10 him
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Building in Washington.

The building operations author
lied in the District of Columbia in
the month of April represent the ex-
penditure of S1.5s2. $50. and illus
trate at once the extraordinary
growth of the Capital and the need
for guarding that growth with
regulations which snail be prac-
teal, wise in the largest possible
view, and clear.
In all, 504 permits were issued in
that one month. The buildings plan
ned include three churches, three
warehouses, one bank, about 100
brick dwellings, and an apartment
house which is TO cost nearly $780,
600. The aggregate is not so large
as that for April of last year by
about 5000, ,O0O-when the building
operations reached the extraordi-
nary total of about $1,75O, 600. But
it is large enough to rank Wash
ington-fifteenth among the cities
in population-as sixth or fifth in
the value of its building operations.
The state of the local building
regulations is in this light mat
ter of unusual importance. They
arc now regarded by many build
ers as complex, retroactive, and
obscure. TO a certain oegree that
criticism may be discounted as an
overstatement, but it is yet so far
true as to make the appointment
of n special commission of citizens
TO edit the present regulations one
of the most sensible things done
by the present board of District
Commissioners
The commission viii convene in
few days. When it has organized
it is important it should divide its
labors according to the special quail
ifcations of its members, intrust-
ing the engineering problems to
qualified engineers, the legislative
problems to lawyers of high stand
ing, and the sanitary problems to
sanitary experts. They win then be
able to unite their recommendations
by next fall and assemble them in
a series of regulations watch every
intelligent builder can understand
at reading; so that the building
for next spring can be planned with
full knowledge of the regulations
which viii govern it. Unless such a
division of labors is agreed upon
the commission will be in session
interminably and the operations of
all our owners, architects, build
ers, and laborers be hindered and
confused thereby.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
A Question of Beans.

The following-from the esteem
ed and loyal Journal of Boston
will come 20 readers of Washing
Ton as a Teviving reinsurance that
the railroads, telegraphs, and fast
mails have not altogether destroy
ed local distinctions:
We are not among those who mourn
because the carloads Of Boston Baked
Beans recently sent on its errand Of
comfort 70 the people Of San Fran
cisco had 70 be purchased in Balti-
more. We do not look at IL as at all
Ominous Of the decay of our civiliza-
tion that such a quantity of the food
that makes men great was unprocur-
able in this town. The facts are that
we were eating all OF our genuine
baked beans ourselves. and that the
articles sent TO the Golden Gate are
not Of the Boston species and never
have been
1t is a curious thing that about all
Of the Boston Baked Beans"-in cans
are put up in the Middle West Thus
they are neither Boston nor baked
There is as much difference between
our local beans, drawn hot and aro-
matte from out their brown earthen
pot, and the stewed variety in cans as
there is between a fresh killed spring
chicken and an embalmed hen. The
glorious. genuine product is never
found outside New England. for it does
not seem to bear transplanting
Those canned beans will furnish ex-
cellent nOurishment TO the San Fran
ciscans, and serve their purpose well.
But we do not like TO haze the inhabi-
tants Of the devastated city believe
that what they are getting has the
sublime favor OF our time -nonOred
Saturday night chef d'oeuvre"
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Good Enough.

New York magistrates have
breezy and unconventional way of
dispensing justice. They seem TO
be less bound by red-tape and awed
by the seeming necessity of holding
men for higher court than are pJ-
lice court judges in some other
cities. They often approximate to
the King Solomon or the Haroun al
Raschid method of settling things,
and New York is not a bit the
worse off on account of it. A re-
cent example is eminently to the
point.
A young Bostonian the other dag
had couple of New Workers arrest
ed on the ground that they had
they induced him to bet on horses
that did not win. The trio finally
came before Magistrate Breen, of
the Tombs court, who promptly dis
charged the prisoners, saying thai
"the complainant entered the
scheme to make money with the
others, and if he lost, it serted him
right. 1 cannot say that have any
sympathy for him"
Cool logic; admirable common
sense. The young man undoubtedly
knew exactly what he was doing
when he put up his money on the
horses. Had his ponies" won, he
would scarcely have questioned the
legality of the proceeding. He lost,
and, with that species OF ''welching"
that actuates some losers, he tried
to make his AGENTS III the affair re-
spOnsible. He reckoned, however,
without the everyday sort of mag
istrates they have in New York
city.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
sherman's Capacity for Friendship.

General Shsrman's capacity for
loyalty to his Did soldiers was so ex-
pansive that Il Included their children.
One Of these, Mrs Louise Morgan sill.
author Of the poems. IN Sun or
Shade" relates an instance Of the gen
erals friendship for herself and her
sister after the death Of their father,
Gen Morgan L Smith.
In settling TIE Iatters estate some
information was needed. which only
General Sherman could supply. and II
was needed In a hurry. At that time
the general was living IN New York
and was being lionized socially. He
was not young man, and the wear
and tear OF social requirements was
more or less bUrdeusome,
Mrs. Sill. then a young girl. wrote him
hurriedly for the information needed.
and his reply came by the next mall
It gave the full details required. and
covered two sheets Of note paper. In
IL the general stated that he had Just
returned from a dinner party. and
though 10 was long after midnight he
wrote at that hour in order 70 promote
the interests Of the children Of his
"favorite general, Morgan L Smith"
But II they had been the children
OF one Of his favOrite soldiers. were
he a brave one. II would have been
all the same TO Sherman
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
An Automobile Edition.

Charles Gibson, who has recently re-
turned TO Boston from months tour Of
New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington. where he gave a series OF
readings from his own works. has ar
ranged with the successors Of Herbert s
Stone & Co. Messrs. Fox. Dufaeld K
Co. OF New York. 20 bring out two new
editions OF his first volume OF France:
Two Gentlemen in Touraine. Il was
first published in 1900 under the nom
de plume Of Richard Sudbury. from
which Mr Gibson seems now TO have de-
cideG to emerge.
One OF the editions viii be a less ex-
pensive one than the original Edition
de luxe" and VIII be known as the
Automobile Edition OF this admirable
work on the life and history OF the
Royal ChateauX of Touraine. These
editions viii also Re published in Lon
don probably this spring. the demand
for the work being considerable both
IN England and France as guide TO the
automobilists who fiock to Touraine dur
ing the summer.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Social Progress and Socialism.

The 1895 issue Of social Progress"
which has just come out. presents
some startling statistics in view OF the
ferment Of socialism throughout the
world Dr. Strong, as head OF the
American Institute OF Social Service.
indorses and laboTs for much social
istic work. but he is not, in the ac-
cepted sense Of the word. a socialist
Nevertheless. this new book which
is international in scope, includes un-
der the various countries reports or
the advance of socialism. ana IN the
United States shows that since 1852
when there were 2-G4S social votes cast
there has been an increase or nearly
100 per cent every two years, until the
total vote for 1904 was 442,402, and
no man dares estimate the posslo4s
vote for 1906
Throughout the world ii shows that
there are nearly 100000 socialists to-
day. with a representation Of nearly
l-l6 Of all the legislators and nearly
700 published organs
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
English Books by a German.

Brentano.s are preparing for imunedi-
ate publication a book OF dramatic
sketches entitled "A Game at Love, and
Other Plays" by George Sylvester Vie
reck- These plays are novels cast IN
dramatic form They treat problems ef
life and love as seen through the me-
dium OF an extremely modern tempera-
ment, ranging IN theme from love as
a game and temperamental studies 70
the more primitive expressions OF a NOR
alty. TWO years ago Dir. Niereck pub
hshed a volume OF German lyrics. "Ged-
lchte, whose strength and perfection
received instant recognition az home and
abroad. Leading critical journals and
individual critics IN Germany and Amer
ic2 VIed with each other IN appreciation
Of the poems. Prof Calvin Thomas. Of
Columbia University. spoke OF the book
as "a most unusual phenomenon" a
Game at Love, and Other Plays IS Ir.
Nierecks first English book
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Back 10 the Ice Age.

Brentano's announce the publication
Of "a Woman Of the Ice Age" by L
p. Gratacap, which is a story in a new
field of romantic invention. II carries
its readers back 10 the ice age, the
mast0don. its predatory enemy, the
saber-toothed tiger. and 10 stin-lingev-
ire renreeentative Of the great sloths, IN
the phistocene age OF North America
The scene is laid in the far west of our
continent. on the edges Of the Pacinc
ocean. in a region whose contrasted and
interblending features include the ice
cap 70 the north. a morainai land south
of Il, an area of sub-tropical beauty
sIilI farther south. and the developed
canon areas 10 the east
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
IN THE BOOK WORLD

no way unusual, simply a double stamp
OF two heads placed IN profile. side by
sloe But when it is reversed and
studied for a moment. resolves itself
INTO a death mask OF King Alexander
OF serVia, who. with Queen Draga, was
Iils.ssacred some three years ago.
Ine stamp was issued 10 commemorate
the anniversary OF King Alexander. but
the engraving being intrusted 10 2. clever
Frenchman IN the pay OF the revoiu-
uonary party. he cunningIy wrought in
70 the stamp the EhasJly portent. BY
the suDerstitious Servians, this starnp
was regarded as a heavenly sign" ana
certainly the assassination of Alexander
proved the belief not without founda-
ton.
This extraordinary episode Arthur
Henry Nesey has ingeniOusly vrought
into the plot OF his latest novel, The
Castle Of Lies" which the Aupletors
have Just published.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Written in Manchurian Trenches.

Richard Barry. author OF Port
Arthur; A Monster HerOism," Will have
a novel on the market next month with
the scene laid IN San Francisco where,
curiously enough. NIr. Barry Is now
studying the great earthquake catas-
trophe for leading New York magazine.
The novel. which was written last SUM-
mer in the trenches OF Manchuria, viii
be entitled Sandy From the Sierras-"
II deals intimately with life and charac-
ter in san Francisco and is written
with the authors accustomed vigor.
Mofat, Yard & Co. are the publishers.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
LIGHTNING CUT GIRLS RING
WHILE SHE SLEPT IN BED

STROUDSBURG. Pa. May 5.-The
family of Samuel Kresge. of Reeders.
had a most thrilling experience during
an electrical storm. A bolt struck the
house and falling plaster awol1e the
family, seven in number.
young daughter was rendered un-
conscious for an hour. On one finger of
her hand she wore a ring and with it
the lightning had done n most unusual
thing. The ring had been cut in two
pieces by the severity Of the bolt. and
the pieces were found on the pillow
alongside the girl
She will recover
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
RAM AND GOAT FIGHT
AND TUMBLE INTO WATER

ALLENTOWN. Pa. May 5-Andrew
Reifsnyder. of near Hensingersville,
mourns the loss Of fine goat and In
cidentally has tired ram on hand.
The goat and ram yesterday got into
a fierce fight Finally their horns be-
came interlocked- and both animals fell
into an abandoned ore pit. half filled
with water and over forty feet deem
Several boys launched a fishing raft
and rescued the ram, but the goat was
drowned.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
Read in The Times of
Safety of Friends

To the Editor Of The washington Times:
In tonight.s Times. May 4, 1 read with
pleasure and satisfaction of the safety
OF Mrs Gallon and her dear family.
For the aid given us by your valuable
paper we return our sincere thanks.
MRS. NJ. c. ST. CLAIR AN FAMILY.
washington, May A.
The Washington times., 1906-05-05
WANTS DIVORCE AFTER DAY
OF MARRIED EXISTENCE

WORCESTER. Mass. May 5.--Hudson
Darling, a well-known resident Of
F1tchburg, wants divorce after one day
of married life.
In his libel fled here. he alleges his
wife Sarah, whom he married June p.
1902, deserted him June IS. without rea-
son. He believes she is in Salem. Mass