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The Washington times., 1907-10-14

Mr.. Smith. the eminent botanist now in
charge Of the Botanic C4rGen. The
general plan Of the Park Commission
could be followed out and IN every par
ucular; Washington would be the proud
possessor Of a beautiful park Not only
a playground and a public brea thing
place, but park VI such great beauty
that It's fame would spread outside OF
the country. as has that OF the parks OF
England and Frame.
In the square that Is designated to
hold the Graft memorial by actual
count there e-S not more than fifty
trees OF any hist1r'c value. Is the ar
ustic treatment o The Mall to suffer
because OF a s,stacle which can be
easily rentoI.s- ..fth the expenditure OF
Few dCl,a.TE Under the designated
plans, tie -Sal viii contain more trees
when comr'@.rt than now. 1t will az
FORD an opportunity 20 plant trees along
It's broad avenues which will combine
within It's completeness a sentiment both
lasting and effective. The Impressive
and distinctive features SUE gested by
the present Park Commission and con-
tanned in the general plan will claim at
once the artistic eye Of the visitor to the
Capital City.
The Washington times., 1907-10-14
year 1899 says:

Attention Is again called to the con-
dillon Of the mud fats of the yard. and
thls condiuon viii remain a menace 10
the health of the yard as long as meas
ures are not Instituted for diYertiug the
sewage from the Eastern Branch en-
urely, and delivering II into the Poto-
mac river The reclamation OF the
hats and walling in both sides of the
channel, as has been proposed. would
tend 70 improve matters.
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mansions awe the visitor. and its rich
mosaics, gilded domes, massive bronzes
and lnnumerable columns bewilder him
by their very profusion.
ON Site OF Nero's Circus.
Where the lofty dome of st. Peters
raises its head was once, according 10
the tradition, the Circus of Nero. There
in the first century Of the Christian
Era, the apostle was martyred by be-
ing nailed to a cross, head down. Ira
ditIou points to the same spot as the
resting place Of his remains 1t was
not until two and a half centuries after
the death Of st. Peter that the first
basillca was built over his tomb. In
the year 326, Pope Sylvester | succeed,
ed in prevailing upon the Emperor Con
who had become converted to
to erect church over the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

Attention has recently been called. by
two important events, to the enormous
material resources Of the United States
In coal and Iron, and to the question as
TO how long those resources will con.
tnue to exist in such form as to be of
the widest benefit to the general public.
All the ore lands owned by the Great
Northern railway in the Lake Superior
region have been leased to the United
States Steel Corporation. The amount
OF iron ore which these lands contain
mas been estimated at 750,OO0OOO tons.
! The purchase of this ore-for that il
IN reality the effect of the ease-places
the steel corporation in control of CON
siderably more than half of the known
| available supply of iron ore In the
United States. As the price to be paid
for the Great Northern ore Is. by the
terms of the contract, to increase an.
nually for a long term of years. the
outlook for lowerprlced iron is regard
ed as unfayorable even when allow
ance is made for future improvements
In methods of manufacture. 1t must
not be forgotten, however, that there
are still In the Pittsburg and Blrmlng
ham districts enormous supplies of ore
still almost untouched and nearly ey
cry year discloses new fields In other
regions, If the iron ore contract per.
mits, and almost invites, rapid ex-
haustion Of the supply, the expected
action Of the government will retard
the exhaustion of the coal supply. Sec
rotary Hitchcock urges the withdrawal
from entry of the government coal
lands, In order to forestall the posi-
bility Of monopoly in one of the prime
Of life. Ordinary govern
ment land can be obtained for n dollar
and a quarter an acre. but the price
for government coal lands is now TWEEN.
ty dollars an acre If the land is within
fifteen miles of a railroad. and ten dol
lars when beyond that limit. But al
ready so many fraudulent entries have
been made, and so much valuable land
las passed into the hands Of indlyid-
lals for a small fraction of its value,
hat the best public opinion demands
more busineSslike methods.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

A happy woman likes a rainy day
Rain or snow seems to shut her in more
securely with her happiness. What Elm.
erson calls THE tumultuous privacy OF
storm gives her sole possession Of her
self and what Is hers She may take
time to gloat over her treasures, wheth-
err OF household goods, Of art of knowl-
edge or OF loYe-and to persuade her.
self that they are really hers. From
her mind, as from bureau, closet and
library, she may lay out her belongings.
study their value and replace them In
new and more charming order. But
the unhappy woman can hardly bear
snow-storm or the melancholy voice of
rain and wind. Diversion is her mar
cotlc fer the restlessness that dogs her
steps The hope that Somebody will
drop In buoys her UP when the sun
shines. When she knows the hope to
be vain, hungry care, which waits for
her even at the gates of sleep, thrusts !
Its lean hands and ashen face before /
her eyes. The rainy day which is all
too short for the pleasant "odd Jobs"
Of her happy sister drags with leaden
feet for the sad heart. If sadness is
The result Of disappointed egotism, the
sharp sting OF the storm may drive its
victim to dispel 1t by n clearer self
knowledge. But II It Is a pain born of
oss and the selfish sin Of others, of
nigh ambition thwarted and noble en-
leayor come to naught-then the wo-
mans soul must arm itself against the
torn Of nature as against that storm
which has ragged within her life. The
ainy day which shuts the door TO
rlends and incidents must open It for
GOD deeds. A generous letter written to
neglected friend, favorIte dish pre-
ared for the chlldren's dinner, the sur
rise Of call on a sick neighbor, the
.eady upllft Of n brave voice and
leerful face-these are the aids by
hlch the woman with dull pain I'm her
cart may hide 1t through the storm,
nd out Of darkness make for others
sht which shall irradiate her own
y before the sunset.
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A Dazzling Prospect,

A poor Mexican laborer who chancet
upon pay ore returned after his fortu
nate find to the doorway Of his miser
able hoyel, and sat down to enjoy al
leisure the prospect of riches. At first
he conhded afterward to his old EN-.
ployer, his thoughts were hardly
thoughts at all they were a vague. de
licious, golden vision in which details
were ignored. After a time, however,
It occurred to him that he might as
well make up his mind definitely what
he would do with his money when he
got It,
He could decide upon but one thing
but with that he was quite contented
Screens In that region were unknown
and Insects troublesome; but he had
heard of remedy. He would apply
II freely where il was most needed.
when | get my money" he told
himself proudly 81 will go to the store
and spend it, | will spend generous
ly. l shall have no need to be mean
| will buy fy-paper- good sticky fly
paper. Sheets and sheets of II will
bay. Then l will return to me house
and paper the walls with it, and shall
be no more troubled with flies.
"Ah, saints but it is indeed a noble
thing to be the owner of a gold-mine !"
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high altar, and 14S massive columns
support the roof Up to the end of
the seventeenth century the church had
cost upward of $50,0O0OOO, but this sum
does not include the approach to the
colOnnades around the square in front
of the edidce, nor does 1t include the
new sacristy erected by Plus VI at n
cost of 100000. The colonnades cost
100000 and the pavement in the
square 100000. The annual expense Of
keeping ST. Peters in order, includlne
attendance, etc, is about $4,000.
Figures such as these may be re-
garded as very materalistic, yet even
in worldly and material way the vast
church is imposing
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SURPRISES THE POET GRAY.

Success of the "EIegy" OVerpoWer
ing TO the Famous Author.
Priced originally at y cents, mod
est pamphlet of a few leaves was solo
recently in London for the record price
of $500. 1t was a copy of the first edi
ton of the "Elegy Written in Coun
try ChurchyaTd."
Whether Byron on that morning
when he awoke and found himself ia
nous was astOnished is not on record,
but that Thomas Gray was utterly be-
wiIdered by the success which attended
the publication of his "Elegy" is as
certainly true as that the fact is gen.
orally forgotten Published in the
shape of a slim pamphlet, it ran
! through four editions in two months
and six other editions speedily follow
ed. Ere the poem was ten years old
it had been reprinted in several collec-
tons of verse in numerous magazines
and twice translated into Latin.
All this amazed the author beyond
measure, and when the Scottish poet
Beattie sought his permission to pre-
pare an edition for the northern king
dom he in giving his consent warned
his admirer of the risk the publisher
would take, for a London book seller
had "glutted the town" with two edi-
tons of 1900 and $50 copies Beattie
and the Scottish publisher went their !
way, however, and the edition sold 50
quickly that Gray was embarrassed by !
an offer of a present Of books in re-
compense for his consent. Il cannot !
figure to myself" he wrote, chow ii
can be worth his while to offer MI
such a present"
lie never accepted any cash paymeu
for his poems. He held it was beneath
his dignity as a gentleman to barter his
writings for money, and of course the
publishers were glad to oblige him by
such convenient scruple
To one of those publishers, DOdsley
his meant a comfortable profit OF
$1,000 from the fElegy" alone.
Gray's modest opinion OF the ''Elegy'
vas not affectation; it was the consist
mt result of his sensitive, recIustve ma :
ure, AS a matter Of fact he was not |
ven responsible for the publication of
he poem. Eight years elapsed between
is inception and its completion and
ct even that protracted travail did not ]
reate a just conception of its merits t
n the authors part When the last -
erse was written he sent a copy to Ho- 4
ace Walpole with the remark that he '
ad put an end" to "a thing of which
is correspondent had long ago seen
he beginning, adding: you will, 1
ope, look upon it in the light of a p
hing with an end to it, a merit that
lost of my writings have wanted and
re like to want"
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Rural tragedies recur with rhythmic
frequency and mostly they are charnc.
terized by the peculiar atrociy and I'M
naturalness which betray the morbid
moOdiness Of the perpetrator In the
loneliness and isolation Of the farm
the crime has been brooded upon. fan
cied wrongs taking abnormal shape,
and introspection feeding upon a soclal
Instinct perverted by disuse There Is
no forgetting self where the lives of
fellow creatures are not completely in
terwoven. The farm has its own psy-
chology. The compensations are many,
the yigor, the health, the poetry of ma
ture and the inspiration that lies in as
ISOLATION with the soil farm life with
the one factor of monotony eliminated
is mans ideal. But this damning fac
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Needless Formally.

care you a witness in this case?"
go long, jedge-you know | is"
did you see the prisoner steal the
hog?"
MY, my, jedse-don't you know !
see him."
'Well, what time was it?"
"Jedge, you knows ez well ez I does
dat hit wuz watermillion time!"
"But-what time was it by the
Clockg
"Lawd hep you, jedge how could
dey be clock in de middle err a water
million patch, half a mile fun house
what never had clock in it scnce de
day de fust shingle wus nailed on?
How some er you white folks ever gifts
ter be jedge is mo- dan l kin under
stan !-Atlauta Constitution.
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make light wOrk-when the DosS i'
away.
The dutlful are permanently beauu'
full.
Humility is always in fashion In
heaven.
Faith does not prove itself by fool
! ishness.
Religion is reed, with beginning OF
Christ to make it creed.
An ounce Of pleasure within is worth
pounds Of false paint without.
Some people think they prove their
true blood by their black looks.
The man who is lost will not criticise
the gait of the one who finds him.
People who tell all they know never
tell anything worth knowing at all.
Sour grapes often intoxicate men
with a sense Of their own Importance.
Those who have least patience at
home are the promoters Of peace
abroad.
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WONDERFUL ST.. PETERS.
superb Cathedral Mt Rome Scene of
an Anarchist Outrage.

Z
Anarchist Outrage.
The recent explosion of an anarch
lists bomb In the basilica of st. Peters
at Rome recalls the fact that, while
this is the first time the enemies OF
society have made demonstration
against religion, as symbolized by the
great edifice, it Is not the first time
that the Cathedral has felt the effects
Of an explosion. This bomb caused no
material damage, but when, in May,
1891, powder magazine in the neigh
borhood blew up, window in St
Peters over the immense bronze orna-
Episcopal chair was shattered and the
great cathedral itself trembled from the
shock.
st. Peters is probably the largest
building in the world. Certainly no
other church equals its enormous pro-
portions, the result of centuries of
growth. 1t is treasure house Of &c
'lesiastical art, containing, as it does,
some of the most remarkable sculpture,
,ronzes and mosaics In the world. As
piece of architecture in spite Of some
liscordant and disproportionate ele,
nents which have crept into the de-
ign, owing to additions made from
line to time, the immense building i'm
resses the beholder in a manner en-
rely different from that made by any
Their edifice In the world. It's very di- |
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The Marlborough case is an inter-
esting one as showing the increased
cost Of luxmies in recent years. In the
old days, when an American million
aire purchased a little toy like for
elgn title for his daughter the initial
expenditure her hand and dover
closed the deal To-day title is Ike
a good many other commodlties-cnm.
eras for instmce-the original cost Of
which Is a mere bagatelle to the ey.
penditures that have to be made n
keen the toy IN commission. There Is
one good result to be expected out of
these cases They should certainly lead
the fathers of wealthy daughters TO
take greater care in choosing their H.
tied sOns-in-law.
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Consider the hen. She boasts not
neither Is she lazy, and. every year she
contribute about 3000O0,0OO toward
the agricultural output Of the nation.
She is more profitable, several times
over, than all the gold mines We have
made known 10 the world our apples,
our hops, Strawberries, cherries and
prunes to say nothing of wheat, corn
and tiour-all the result of culture. A
first-class article OF food is self-ad-
vertislng. Let's turn 10 and cultivate
the hen.
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Wooden clothing is now to be made
Of spun pulp Waistcoats Of this ma
terlai, said TO be as durable as leather
are already on the market, and may be
followed by whole suits of the best
spruce, sold cheap, ana warranted to
wear for years. Spruce up may thus
acquire a new and more exact mean
ing.
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French Artillery The nest.

After an elaborate review Of the wort
Of the French artillery during the re-
cent maneuvers, the military CORE
spondent Of the London Times reaches
the conclusion: Everything taken 70.
gether, there can be no doubt that the
French field artillery is the best in
the world, and that it is so thoroughly
prepared for war by the practical sci.
ence Of its officers, the skill of its men
and the excellence of its material that
1t must long retain the position of pre.
eminence to which it is justly entitled
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

Statisticians have found that If the
wealth of the United States were con.
verified into 81 bills they would form
string TO the moon and back thirty
times. Isn't 1t wonderful and inter
esting to be a statlstlcian?
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Andrew Carnegie says when he
writes enough" he spells it e-n.u-f
incidentally 1t may be remarked that
there was a long time In Mr.. Carne-
gie's money-maklng career that be
seemed to have had no use for the
word at all,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

News comes from London to the eff
feet that brier pipe famine is threat
ened. Stlll, there is no immediate cause
for alarm. Owing to the bumper corn
crop which we have had the output of
the Missouri meerschaum factories
promises TO be very large,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

Maud-You like Dick better than
you do Jack.
Ethel-How do you know?
Maud-You let Jack teach you to
swim in two lessons, while you didn't
learn from Dick in less than ten.-
Boston Transcript
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If the truth were known It is proba-
Die that a sensible woman like Helen
Gould never did feel like slster-ln-
Law to Count BOni.
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Cradles that can be rocked by cleo
trlcity are IN the market, It Is reported.
Still, the wise baby boy who hopes
TO some day be President may insist
that he be rocked by hand.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

Astronomers assert that Mars Is
ngain trying to signal us. If 1t Is Il
distress signal the astronomers should
find some way Of informing Mars that
we are having troubles Of our own.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

A pound Of quInine now costs only as
much as an ounce did twenty years
ago. We must therefore admit that
the cost of living has In some sections
been greatly reduced
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

Having Informed us how he spells
enough" Mr. Carnegie might still fur
Their satisfy our thirst for knowledge by
telling US whether mllllonaires ever
get L.
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Count Bonls creditors viii probably
find II difficult to agree with those PEG.
pie who refuse TO admit that there Is
any cause for pessimism IN this world.
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It is really very old-fashioned for
Opportunity to knock at anybody's
door when there is the electric bell
right handy.
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DR. Alfonso Penna has Just been
elected president Of Brazil Let as
hope he may be worth 100 cents on the
dollar to that country.
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or course The Kaiser has a thank
less job" but he receives fair salary
for his services In lieu Of thanks.
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If man doesn't amount to anything
himself, he boasts Of his ancestors.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

1t may be better to be happy than
TO be rich, but no poor man ever de-
rived any satisfaction from that
thought.
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Men who think they know It all get
a lot more satisfaction ont of lie man
those who actually know all that it is
necessary for them to know.
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1t will certainly be Count Boni's own
fault II the wolf gets any chance to
scratch at his door.
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TRUMPET CALLS.
Rams Horn sounds n warning Note
to the Unredeemed.

II e L l GION Is
ambition bathed In
contrition.
They who scorn
trldes never find
q truth.
lie grows worse
who grows no bet
ter.
Many h a n d $
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tor internationally writes tragedies OF
a revolving nature across the page of
rural life
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

Chronic borrowers are more or less
tGuchy.
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Dimensions and Cost.

Even In the Invariable Statistics
those facts and figures which always
accompany description of large
structure-St Peters is imposing. 1t
has an extreme length of 63G feet (;
breadth-through the transept-45O
feet; width of nave, 81 feet; height of
nave 151 feet; from the pavement to
the lantern in the dome, 4O4 feet; to
the summit Of the cross, 435 feet.
There are 80 affairs, including the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-07

sarcophagus of the martyred apostle
| In the fourteenth century the papa
court removed to AYignon, France, fol-
period of sixty-eight years, and when
Pope Gregory XI returned in the year
1877 he found the sacred edifce had
suffered considerably from neglect and
other causes.
Like It's successor, the present St,
Peters, this first church was sumptu-
ously decorated with gold, mOsaics and
marbles. 1t was approached by a grand
entrance court, bounded by colonnades
and surrounded by smaller churches.
chapels and monasteries. Drawings of
this ancient edifice still in existence
show it to have been a beautiful struc-
ture, but neither so spacious nor so i'm
posing as st. Peters of to-day. In this
first basilica, Charlemagne received the
Roman imperial crown at the hands of
Leo III, at Christmas in the year 500
All the Roman Emperors from that
time until the collapse of the Roman
Empire were crowned in the church.
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81 Helena no longer shelters an English soldier The have sailed
away greatly the distress the
pendent the garrison
on the solitary Jamesowns furnished
ever VIII be historic the the
was landed there Oct 49, 1875 residence
ongwood lonely the island
career came to an end In 1910 his
magnificent
that he occupied St Helena
purchased the
canlc origin
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-03-15
The ksost Oesolate So ut.

Perhaps the most desOlate spot on
earth is a tiny storm swept islet In
Bering sea nearly midway between
Alaska and Siberia. Nearly fifty miles
from the nearest land. Kings island is
a barren rock. so steep that no beach
landing can be found. Here on the
southern side. perched like nests above
the roaring surf and secured to the
rocks by walrus thongs, are the skin
dwellings of the walrus hunters. Here
The sun is never shining. the sea never
smooth. Cold. chilly fogs enshroud the
place in summer. while the frequent
and furious gales that sweep through
Rer'ng strait at all seasons render the
narrow summit uninhabitable. Ice
locked during nine months Of the year.
the natives depend entirely upon the
seal, walrus and whale as a means OF
existence. During the brief summer
stray whaler may visit the island for
a couple of hours. but this is the sole
communication with the outer world.
The Kings islanders are closely allied
to the Alaskan Eskimos. They are 2
fine, hardy race. Injured to daily dan
gers and privations. and are reckoned
the best and bravest sailors in Bering
sea. Their boats of walrus hide will
carry from twenty to thirty persons in
q mountainous sea.