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The Washington times., 1906-06-20
HE WAS READY TO DIE.

Nearly every small town and rural
nelghoorhood has its eccentric charac-
ters-a weather prophet. a mathematical
prodigy, or something of the sort. hut
seldom If ever. do we find just such an
abnornity as is Uncle Jerry" Glenn
Uncle Jerry lives a trife more than
two miles west of the Pickens Court
House, ). c, and in one of the prettiest
nlches In the Blue Ridge mountains II
Is at the conjuncture OF three hills that
rise up behind it and seem 10 shut ir in
from the outside world and throw upon
II shadows that always seem bordering
INTO night II the daytime II is the haunt
or the thrush and the squirrel. when
darkness cOmes-the chic-to-wflIow-and
the stiffness of the late hours Is broken
Dy the weird tremolOs of the screech
owl-to Uncle jerry" the sweetest OF
natures s songsters, and lOath would he
be 10 harm a single feather in their
fluffy iittle heads
Between two Of the hills a mountain
road trips and winds-rugged and rough
through the other pass a stream breaks
TILL Its current is divided into two mill
races-one on either side; with one
Uncle jerry turns the big stone that
Hour; with the other he runs his wood
work shop, where he makes quaint
brackets and the like. 1t is here that
Uncle Jerry rigged up. the< pitched
which connects the wood shop the mill
and the little boX-lil0e house that sticks
IKE lichen 10 rock on the side OF one
OF the hills 1t IS here that ne built for
hlmself-his coffin And this grewsome
op1ect he has set where in his daily
work II is constantly before him.
Uncle Jerry's" life-tenets, both as TO
tne now and the hereafter, can best be
Illustrated by an experience of one of
ms most pious neighbors. 1t happened
that on one occasion, when he was said
10 be very III, that this good brother
visited him. Leaning over the prostrated
Oncle jerry he took one of his short
rouBh hands in his own and asked
WITH Christian appeal. If he thought b.
was ready 10 die. The gru1 old patient
ceased his rather spasmodic griInting
SIa ana propplnS himself upon one elbow.
looked into the soIicitous face of ~
friend and said: Il reckon I'm a damned
Signt higher ready than you. Parson.
I've got my box" SUM-
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SMASHED ALL RECORDS.

Valuable nuggets of information on
scientific subjects are TO be picked up
almost any time by the reader who
Searches the corners of his newspapers
and rnagazines. A recent nugget OF this
sort reminded anyone who might be in
cIined TO forget that the frigate bird
can dv al a speed OF ninety-siX miles
an hour without waggling its wings TO
any extent. And by way OF proving the
rapid transit qualifications OF this
feathered flyer it was added that one ]
Lancaster. an American naturalist. had
seen a frigaIe bird on the wing for a
whole week. night and day. without
st. II was not explained what con-
dition Mr.. Lancaster was in after his
weeks journey night and day without
rest but ii may be figured by any
ordinary mathematician that the gentle
maj had a long and arduOus triU.
At the rate of ninety-siX miles an hour
IL is quite plain that Mr.. Lancaster
covered 1913 miles in his little week 5
journey of observation The kind of
airship used by him in his travels was
not stated. but one can scarcely subdue
pang OF regret that he and the frigate
bird should have got discouraged at
the end Of a week If they had kept on
they would have encircled the globe in
ten days twenty hours and twenty-six
minutes. and smashed all the existing
records 1t seems that some scientists
lead wonderfully fast lives.-Proyidence
Journal.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20

Goose" has bestowed on wearied
parents; think how your own first
thoughts were fixed on the COM
pelhng careers of such heroes and
heroines as Simple Simon, Miss
Muffit, the Frog that would a-woo-
ing go, and the rest of that gallant
company, and then say, if you can,
that Mother Goose" deserves to be
cast into the outer darkness because
a few misguided women have grown
beyond its charm.
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HOW HE ASKED PAPA.

He had been told that he might ask
papa" and he planned 10 do it in Chese
words:
I dare say that you know. Mr. Rocks,
that I have been paying your daughter
Madge marked attention Of late, and
now I have come 10 ask her hand in
marriage I know that I am a Door
man. but I am an honorable one, and
/ am not afraid to work We are will
ing 10 fight the battle Of life as bride
and bridegroom, pilgrims Of life to-
gCtheT- 1 love your daughter devotedly
and / have come 10 ask your consent
TO make her my wife"
That sounded all right when he read
IL for the iftIeth time from the sbsst
Of paper on which he had written Il:
but this was what he really said when
he stood before Mr.. Rocks. with hIs
teeth chattering and beads of cold per
spiratiOn on his brow
'I-I-dare say that-that is Mr.
Rocks. I-I-yOur daughter Madge has
been paying me marked attention-er
no, I have been paying her marked at
tentior. and live are willing to fight
-er the battle Of life-I mean that v0I5r
daughter seeks my hand in marriage
er no I-l-seek her hand and-andSf
love you-er no, your daughter, I mean
she-she-that is, I-I-have come to ask
your consent to be my wife-that is. l.
love you devotedly-no, I mean that 7
love her her-and she-she-I trust I
make my meaning clear, sIr,"-Lippin-
colts Magazine.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
TWO SIDES TO THE STORY.

Mr.. Upmore crept OUT of bed. groped
ms way TO the telephone, and called
up the central office
Hello!" he said. in a low voice.
Please send word to the nearest po-
lice station that there is a burglar in
my house. If they will make a quick
run they can catch him. My house is
There was a pause of half a minute
and then a gruff voice finished the mes
sage in this wise:
Hello. centrali Youse needn't call
up de cops De burglar has got de
guy Wot owns dis Shebang covered
Wit gun, an he'll be out o. here wit
de swag in about leyen seconds. By,
by, Sis
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
inspection Needed, Not Debate.

If the Senate means to respond
to public opinion and follow its own
lead, it Will accept the House version
of the Beveridge amendment to the
agricultural appropriation bill with
cut delaying over minor items. The
legislation drafted in the upper
house was so rough that it referred
TO sections which did not exist. That
the House must practically rewrite it
was manifest. The latter body has
now done the rewriting and it re-
turns the bill to the other end of
the Capitol in improved form and
not disastrously altered substance.
What the country wants is an ef-
ficient inspection of its meat sup
plies. 1t is interested that America
should not lose her foreign trade.
1t is interested also that the pack
ers, transportation companies, cat
tie raisers, and farmers should not
suffer through an undue limitation
Of the meat output. But most of all,
it is interested that the food which
it consumes-not the food which is
shipped to other countries-shall be
clean and sweet and neither colored
nor preserved by chemical processes.
There has been a great deal of talk
of this measure and trade; but the
chief question is and has been all
along one of this measure and food
for the American people.
Under such circumstance the ma
tion viii listen with mighty little
patience to a debate in the Senate
on the details of a measure with
which the chief exponent of inspec-
ton, the President, is entirely salts
fed. Every question of advisability
and constitutiOnalfty was settled as
far as the Senate is concerned when
it adopted the Beveridge amend
ment with practical unanimity and
without debate. The one point on
which American consumers are in
cined TO look questioningly is the
assessment of the cost of inspection
against the Treasury OF the United
States rather than against the pack
ers- Fren there they would not i'm
peril effective supervision of the
slaughtering houses if insistence
that the packers should pay the cost
of keeping their own wares to the
standard threatened either to defeat
or TO delay the reform.
The country is in state of seri-
Gus apprehension as to the quality
OF its food generally. 1t has had only
too much reason TO believe that its
meat supplies have been doctored
and adulterated. 1t looks TO Congress
TO stop both abuses with the least
possible delay; and it Will resent in
dignantly either the neglect of this
bill or any unnecessary delay of it.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
Wfe'S Brave Devotion
Saved ALbers From Jail
Stood by Him Throughout His Trial in Mic
araguan Court Facing Hardship and
Insult From Brutal Officials.

he was banished from the country.
Mrs. Albers was IN NICARAGUA AZ the
time Of her husbands arrest AIberss
brother also was taken into custody
and they were transported a distance
Of sixty miles 10 a wretched little jal
at OcataL Mrs. Albers followed her
husband through the tropical wilderness
and tried 10 procure his release. or
hasten his trial The charge against
the prisoner was contempt OF a town
mayor and slander Of the government.
When Mrs. Albers wanted TO give
her husband some clothing while he
was in Jail a Nicaraguan officer delib-
erately rode her down with his horse.
she was trampied on and so injured
that she was confined TO her room for
several Gays. AS the officer knocked
nand 10 look out and see what he was
See. I am the man who can drive
you foreigners out OF this country.
said Inc officer.
Rode Sixty Miles Horseback.
The trial Of AIbers was branded at
the time as a travesty on justice II
dragged along for weeks. and all OF the
witnesses for the prosecution were per
mitted tC give whatever testimony they
chose, while the defense was almost
excluded from presenting any OF its
evidence Mrs. Albers was one OF her
husbands stoUtest defenders Several
times she rode siXty-hve miles over the
Honduras border so as TO communicate
with his friends and keep them posted
as TO the progress Of the trial Finally
he was pardOned-
Mrs AlDeTS was taunCed and inSulted
every time she appeared on the streets
OF the town where the trial was held
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
DOLLNER BALKED
At DOCTORS GOWN
Senator From Iowa Thought
College Students Laugh
ed at TOggery.

HAMILTON. Ohio. June 2o.-8Iiami
University authorities don't know
whether 10 be amused or indignant over
the reception which Senator Jonathan
p. DOlliyer Of Iowa gave the degree
OF doctor OF laws, conferred upon
him at the commencement. Before
the Senator appeared 10 deliver the
annual address, the college authori-
ties provided him with a doctors
academic gown. which he duIifuIiy
put on After he had spoken a short
time, he turned 10 President Benton. an
old friend, and remarked that the
audience were laughing when he hadn't
said anything funny, and he believed
that they were laughing at his gown
1hereUpon he deliberately took Of the
tOggeTy, threw IL on the floor and con-
cludcd his address At the close he
picked UP the gown, but would not put
il on.
The Senator said he felt ike he had
on a bath robe and a peek-a-boo bon
net
The Washington times., 1906-06-20

NEW YORK, June 20.-AcSG-ding to
reliable reports received from Mica
ragua, a big fight is on there between
a mining company whose interests are
close TO the Honduras border, and the
Standard Oil Company. In the capital
istic warfare the Rockefeller concern is
represented by the TideWater OIL Com
pany. of Honduras, and the United
States and Nicaragua Company, OF Mic
aragua. The arrest and Imprisonment
of william c. AIbers, a native OF Iowa.
and president OF the Llmon Company.
which is fighting the Oil trust. was one
of the incidents in the struggle His
wife's devotion doubtless saved him from
a term in prison.
But Albers has had no end OF trouble
also with the Nicaraguan government
Before organizing the Limon Company
he was interested in the growing and
exporting Of tobacco. While he was IN
this country enlisting capital for the
Limon Company the government
swooped down and confiscated a big
crop Of tobacco he hao in storage. A
monopoly had been granted to a tobacco
syndicate. and this monopoly grabbed
everything in sight IN he way Of stored
cro5s President Zelaya and some mem
bers 2 1 bis cabinet are said 70 Dc in the
monopoly.
Held in Miserable Jail.
At the time OF Albers' arrest. there
was a great clamOr. but the Influence
Of those who were fighting him and his
enterprises was sufficient TO keep him
in a cell for several weeks, and finally
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
BOY RAN HIS TOY AUTO
UNDER THE HORSES LEGS

ColhdinS with a horse and buggy while
riding in his toy automobile, Norris
O'Connor, five years old. Of 514 Second
street northwest, was painfully injured
yesterday afternoon while on the street
in front of his home. The child guided
the little auto against the front legs
of the horse attached to a buggy in
which G. T. Hoover, Of I011 Florida
avenue northwest, was seated The ami
NAL knocked the automobile over and
the child was thrown to the asphalt
receiving cuts and bruises about the
head and body The injuries were
dressed BY Dr. Kemp
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
COULDN'T STAND IT

Peg pardon, sir" said the p,,+1o-
but I'm going to leave next week
Don't pay you enough?' ouerfed
Mr.. Neurich N"eA1eu
I have nothing to complain of on that
score, and you are all right yourself
but I can't get along with your wife -
Hows that?' asked Neurich.
why, you see. sir" explained the
other, she doesn't seem realize that
/ can pack my grip and get out at any
time, so she just bosses me around as
If I was you. sir."-Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
Bailey.

we could wish that more United
States Senators might be induced to
betray the country after the fashion
that Joseph Weldon Bailey of
Texas does it from day to day in
the conrse of his Senatorial service.
a current magazine devotes a lead
ing article to demonstrating that
Bailey is one of the chief traitors
of that body, and if this be true,
then the Senate is entitled to rank
high for patriotism
The State of Texas has set before
the nation a splendid example of
leadership IL that great work of
constructive craftsmanship which
looks TO proper restriction of the
powers and privileges and profits of
corporate wealth. The President to-
day has a unanimous country at his
back in doing, on a national scale,
some of the things that Texas years
ago did on the scale of n State.
They were called populism and
anarchy then, and 'Hogg laws" and
'Hogg legislatures" were butts for
the cheap political wits of the
country Today these achievements
are held up as beacon-lights for the
nation.
Out of that period of struggle for
independence came Joseph Weldon
Bailey, leader of his party on the
House floor at scarce thirty years,
Senator and minority Senate leader.
at little past forty. 1t is beyond
belief that Texas, after leading the
nation in its fight for relief from
corporate oppression, would permit
itself to be misrep-esented for six
teen years Ey an arch-enemy of
every progressive principle for
which the State has stood.
Whether Senator Bailey is
wealthy man we do not know. If he
is, inquiry into the source of his
wealth is legitimate enough, in view
of his public position. 1t is known
that he owns no property in Wash
ington, and that he believes no mem
ber of Congress ought to own prop
erty here, in view of the relation
of Congress to the District govern
ment.
When it comes TO Bailey's rate
bill record-and for this he is at
tackled in the magazine article to
which reference has been made
something can be said with knowI-
edge Bailey never lodged a vote
throughout that debate He voted
right from first to last. The rate
bill did not please him, and he said
so; he wanted a better bill. and Of
fered amendments that would have
made it better He opposed every
effort to injure it, and supported
every effort to better il. He fought
side by side with La Toilette; Bailey
voted for the La Toilette amend
ments, and La Toilette for the
Bailey proposals Both were defeat
ed; and in their defeat the railroads
won On the long record of that de-
bate, in which Bailey not only voted
but spoke as frequently and effect
lively as any other man, it can only
be said that if Bailey is the masked
enemy of the people, then Tillman
and La Toilette are also traitors.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
PROGRAM FOR CONCERT
AT MARINE BARRACKS

Lieut.. Santelmann, director of the
Marine Band, has arranged the follow
ing program, which will be given at 5
o'clock, tomorrow afternoon, in the
Marine Barracks:
March-''With Shot and Shell" .Brse
Overture-'Giovanna dArco" Verdi
Ballet Music-"Coppelia" Delibes
Waltz-"JClly Fellows" "........ .VoIlstedt
Grand Fantasie-"Die Wslkure"
Wagner
Mliltary Polonalse e-------------.--Ch Chopin
Galop--Ride of the Hussars''
"The Star Spansled Banner.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
FRENCH WARSH|P
SCARES MOROCCO

PARIS, June 2o.-The Sultan Of Moroc-
co has yielded to France in her de-
mands for reparation for the murder of
French citizen named Charbonnier, in
Morocco.
Inc sultan was slow in meeting the
representations of the French govern
ment, and it was necessary TO dispatch
q french warship 10 Tangier before he
nnally yielded. -
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FALL OF NAPOLEON
WAS 81 YEARS AGO
Anniversary of Battle of Wa
terlOO Recalls His
tOyiCal Ifs.
To the Editor Of TIE washington Times.

To the Editor Of TIE Washington Times:
Nlnety-ore years ago June 10 was
fought near Brussels. Belgium, one
OF the most decisive battles Of modern
times. the battle OF Waterloo. between
the French on one side and the English
and Prussians on the other
Recently released from confinement on
an island in the Mediterranean Sea. Ne
poleon sped toward the French capital
with the majesty Of a conqueror. gath
ering strength at every point His in
spring presence, despite the greaS re
verses he had encountered. attracted 10
him from the flower OF the French peo-
pie a reliable army Of 1sS.OOO men with
which TO meet the allied armies Of
Europe-English. Prussian. and Rus
sian-an intent upon his hnal and com
plete overthrow
Feverish Fear of Europe.
A distinguished French writer and
statesman described the feverish condi-
ton correctly when he said: If the
were placed on stick on the shores Of
the Brest. ii would cause Europe 10 run
20 arms from one end 10 the other
Perhaps there was some foundation
for this fear when Byron's conception
Of Napoleon is appreciated
Whose game was empires, aud whose
stakes were thrones,
Whose table earth-whOse dice were
human bones"
NapoIeon's army in the bries Water
leo campaign was about equal in num-
ben 10 that of each Of the allies against
him. His purpose was to employ, on
this occasion. his faVOrite tactics Of
moving with rapidity and striking the
different units OF the enemy and crush
ing them by detail In this purpose he
failed and the star OF his destiny set
forever on the night OF June IS, lSl5.
A Continuation of Ifs.
Napoleon was overthrOwn at Waterloo
by a combination Of ifs II all his
trained marshals had joined him in this
final effort anG proved as efficient as
Ney; If he had not, in the hour OF peril,
sent Grouchy on a wild goose chase
against Blucher; II a heavy rain had
not fallen on Saturday night, the 18th
of June. rendering the movement of
artillery and men impTaCticable the early
part of the next day; II Napoleon had
been as well acquainted with the topog-
raphy of the battlefield as was Wei
lington; if he had not, in the face of
widespread superstition been the at
tacking party on Sunday; if Blucher's
coming to the aid Of Wellington had
been delayed a few hours, or If darkness
had set in sooner, II Wellington had not
hardled his troops with such consum-
maze skill: II Napoleon had been as
possessed on this as on some former
important occasions; If, in short. the
stars in their courses" had not fought
against Napoleon the battle Of Waterloo
would have been won by the French
corporal, and the map of Europe would
have been permanently reconstructed.
making France the controlling power OF
the East.
After all, we are forced 70 conclude
There's a divinity that shapes our ends
Rough hew them how we Will
J. FRAISE RICHARD
WASHINGTON D c
The Washington times., 1906-06-20

ViscoUntess Aoki, wife of the Jap
anese ambassador, has sufficiently re-
covered frcm her recent illness 20 go
for a short drive. and if she con-
tinues 20 improve may be able 20 leave
/ Washington within a week The CoUn-
selor of the Embassy and Nine. Mi
yaoka are undecided about their sum
mer plans. but viii either go 10 Beuna
Vista with the Ambassador and VS.
countess AoId. or 80 10 friends in Bos-
ton.
The Naval Attache OF the Russian
Embassy ard Nine. Nebolsine, have
closed their residence, 1925 NJ street
and left town yesterday, for Magnolia,
Mass. where they Will join the Am
bassador and Baroness Rosen. They
will spend the entire summer on The
North shore.
Mrs Metcalf. wife OF the Secretary
Of Commerce and Labor. has gone TO
California The Secretary and one Of
their sons are IN Washington.
Miss Edith Root, daughter OF the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Root, mas
taken permanent leave of Washington
for this season. and is spending the in
terval between now and her departure
for Europe, at their country home at
Clinton. n. Y. Secretary ard Mrs. Root
will join her there some time next
week.
H II. T.. Peirce. yesterday confirmed
as Minister 10 Norway, and Mrs. Peirce
will sail for Europe next Tuesday if
arrangements can be made; otherwise,
they will not sail before the middle Of
July.
Satterlee and Miss Satterlee. sailed
from New York today. and will spend
the entire summer abroad.
Miss Lillian G Rice and 7 Harry
Collihower were married at ST. JcSeph's
Church at o'clock this morning.
Father Fealy saying the high nuptial
mass, and Father Schmitt. rector of
st. Joseph's Church. assisting in the
sanctuary. There were flowers and
foliage about the altar. and quantities
of candles. giving the early morning
service holy and beautiful effect
William Handiboe was best man for
the bridegroom, and Miss Mary Rice
served her sister as maid of honor There
were no other attendants, the wedding
guests Delng limited TO members or the
family. After the ceremony and a we'd
ding breakfast Mr.. and Mrs. ColIifower
left Washington for a short wedding
journey
Mrs. Frederick G. Crane entertained
at luncheon yesterday at Lenox. in
honor of her father-in-law, Senator
Crane, and Miss Josephine Boardman.
Later in the afternoon the Senator took
Miss Boardman for an automobile run
10 Pittsf1eld and LenOX
Mr.. and Mrs. s. W. Woodward have
concluded to open their summer home
at jamestown, r. l., for the summer
and will leave Stockbridge, where they
are now staying, some time during this
week.
Reginald de Koven, whose illness has
caused his friends deep concern, arriv-
ed at Newport yesterday evening, and
Joined Mrs. and Miss de Koven, who
preceded him.
Mrs Walter Fairfield has returned
from house party in Virginia HIl ing
Mrs. Fairheld's absence she turned her
home over to Lieutenant and Mrs.
Arthur Fairfield. who were married at
Annapolis last Thursday. They spent
The Washington times., 1906-06-20
VISCOUNTESS AOKI OUT
AFTER RECENT ILLNESS
Hopes to Leave Washington Latter Part of Week If Her
Improvement Continues to Be as Marked
as in Past Few Days.

three days in Washington before Lieu
tenant Fairfield returned to his ship.
the Minneapolis.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20

Mrs. Brewer viii 80 10 Burlington,
Vt, Friday 70 visit her niece. Mrs i
L Hall Justice Brewer will celebrate
the fftieth anniversary Of his gradua-
ton from Yale at a reunion of his class
at New Haven
The Washington times., 1906-06-20

Miss Mabel BOardman. who was de-
tanned in Washington on business con
nected with the Red Cross Society after
the departure Of her family for Man
chester. Mass. left the city today. and
VIII join her parents there.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20

Mrs James w Wadsworth has closed
her house on X street and, with Mrs
James w. Wadsworth, tr., is at the
New Willard. where she Will remain
until leaving for her home at Geneseo,
N Y.
The Washington times., 1906-06-20

Samuel Brown. whose theatrical sea-
sCu has just closed, is spending a few
davs with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis J. Brown, of this city, where
he viii be joined by his brother, Henry
Brow