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A Catch C.esticr.

Of Bishop short. who held the see of st. Asaph. many curious stories are told. Occasionally be put questions to candidates for ordination that apnar- netly had no connection with the dis charge of their raror hial Guties They tested probably their wit or tact two necessary qualifications to public men. but nothing more. One sucb JUGS ion proposed by the bishop = .s the fol lowing: (Which has ths greatest nu;a. Der of legs. d cat or no ca: :''
 AS might bc expected. this created Il Utter, but the bishc,' would not take q laugh as the answer :.2,d consequently he repeated the question and desired some cue t. solve t.Ic problem. Al last one of the candidates. smiling. said. T should think. ny ,ord. cat
 "No,' retorted the bishop; "thcre ,"u are wrong. for cat has four legs. and uo cat has five. London Telegraph
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4 1hina of Many Mares.

The Thames has been the cause C. much controversy. Its name has hecD yariously stated as Tameses. Tamcse. Tamises (at the junc;ure of the Is.s and Tame, near Dorchester. Tamisa Tamesa, Thamisia. Tbamesis and final ly Isis (where it flows between the OK. fordshire and the Ruck.nghamshlre shores). Thus at Oxford 1t is still of. ten called the Isis until # receives ,bc shallow river Tame just below DochcS. Ter, from which point 1t is callc{l Thames. Historians trace this erro, to an early attempted division of 1h. Latin word Tamesis into two words, Tame esis or Tame isis. suggested per haps by the existence of the Tame in Buckinghamshire. The Saxons called It the Thames ancient maps and doc,l. ments designating it Thamess Fluvtus From In Thamesland."
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The Puffed Cut Chce..

"Thr ruNcd OH ,.@~t .s a dcluSion which has >Ucc1Hued 70 scientific know ledge of 1,.c ht;;...;u uody." said a drill officer. lit c&Hse= ltta existence purely for show reasons q: from false analogy. It was seen that men deep in the chest were strong men. and the old drill Scr-caEts probably imagined that ny making men throw out thctr chests they would make them strong, as well aS make them took strong which k q complete mistake. Instead Of strengthening man. puhiug his chest tends to weaken him. as t throws q strain upon the heart We now tell mon to hc sure and not luT out t!'eir chests. r yra ,ufr "Ut yo'r chest and do drnj',iseN exercise vou are tO hold the ltrca'h That strains the heart. Any exercise that rceNc crtS breathing freely Is lad I<notted mus cles are also wrong YC;! see a man with immense chcs! muscles and rc- haps you think he is really an ideally trained man. bUt such IHIScles simply bind the chest and tie the heart down" Header Magazine
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4 Testircrial For Veracity.

Its ncishty folr thn- t1 Lave g character for truthfulncsS. remarked OGrady when he returned hoii.r lie other evening.
 "Indade an it is that same," agreed. Mrs. O'Grady, with an approving nod as she hauled one child out of the fen der and scraped the cinders off his frock. An what makes ye say that Phelim:"
 "'Cause me master behaves in III. veracity intoirely." was the response of Hhelim. He lighted his short pipe and took his accustomed seat on :. broken chair near the chimney ''I tould him this mornn. that I couldn { help being late an that had run | moile in minute an half to cc: there in toime. An what Go ye th.n,, he said:'
 "Mebbe that ye desarved another sixpence week"
 Better than that. These are his very words. 'O'Grady, ses he, 'Oi wud just as soon belave ye if ye sed yc had done 1t in half minute So ye see what faith he has in ne veratity intoirely. .'-London Answers.
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Blond Indians.

One or the mysteries of Mexico is presented by the Maya Indians. who inhabit the Sierra Madre mountains il1 the lower part of Sonora. They have fair skins. blue eyes and light hair and students of ethnology have always been puzzled to account for them. There is a tradition. however, that these Indians are the descendants cf the crew and passengers of a Swedish ressel wrecked on the Mexican coas: centuries before Columbus discovered! the new world. But this tradition is founded on nothing more substantial than a folklore tale current among them that their ancestors came over the big salt water hundreds of moons 0gO.
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A Froa of Peculiar Habits.

South America has frog of peculiar habits. Dwelling in the virgin forests at the tops of the highest trees. fl chooses as a site for its nursery some hollow stump and then proceeds tc line 1t with resin procured from trees In the neighborhooG. This lining serves to catch and hold the rainwater, witt which 1t quickly becomes filled. As soon as this takes place the eggs arc laid therein, and here they undergo de velopment into tadpoles. How the re sin is collected is a mystery. nor is i, yet known how the separate pieces be come welded to form the water tich basin necessary to insure the safety c. the treasures deposited therein.
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Pavilion dance at cool Forest Park. Shady hooks and pleasant time. Wednesday night, May 2. Ladies free. Gentlemen 50 cents. 5-26.2t
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Reading the Face.

Restless eyes denote a deceittul, 1e signing disposition; greenish eyes mca!. falsehood, malice and love Of sean da}; blue eyes tell of tendency to co quetry; black eyes mean lively, spir tted and sometimes deceitful charac- ter; eyes with yellowish. bloodshct white usually betoken strong emotions and hot temper; gray eyes mean dig nity and intelligence and brown eyes |, tender. true. kind and happy nature. A mouth had better be too large than to" small. for a very small, pursed IF mouth Is seldom significant of good conversational power. Large mouth are more often found in conjunctio: with liberal dispositions than very small ones. \ person with a pontct chin is fanciful. refined in taste an'' difficult to please. X broad. square chin signifies ardent love. often accom- panied by icalonsy. 4 broad. round chin means ardent love. with q stead fastness and purity of affection.
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Harvard Then a cc'Ieae cf Children

"a 16So. when elected president of Harvard. the Rev lncreAee Mather re fused to resign the pastorate of the North church in Hostcn for the sake O: "forty or fifty children Therefore De used to ride back and forth from Eos ton to Cambridge. charging to the co. lege the cost of shocinc and batting lis horse and mendin= his saddle Many of these students were but twelve 0. thirteen years old.-"Individual Traln ing In Our Colleges" ty Clarence P Birdseye.
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A PuzzIer.

An old white haired darky living O, a plantation, not feeling well, had tn, doctor pay him a visit. The docto: told him as he was getting old h, must eat plenty of chicken and s :, out of damp night air. But, sah, said the old darky. how can you cy pect me to stay in de house at nigh and still get my chickens?
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When Did You Oil Your Watch?

When Gil you oil your watch last $ever: You may remember when yo' iuhric"ted Nour sewing machine type writer, lawn moNcT or g.iDdstonc- within a wear. ltEnnaIl! !--hut voH' watch NoU ner"r oiled, that you cal remember. fet in :: period of eigh;cc1 :Donths .he lt".:iEcc whce! turns cI its axis 13.39GS S0N GOO tines Eyperi watchmakcrs say ,hat watch should be thoroughly cle;tued and oiled ever. eighteen mtn;hs Many persons wea. a watch for years, winding 1t up cacl night. and never oil it. Watches are Instruments of uncertain age: som, r3n indefinitely. keerin. accurate time without need of repairs. AS matter of fact. nothing is so neglected as this email, delicate and useful instrument North American
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Something of That Kind.

Young man," said the serious sc tleman, did you ever pause and thin that each tick of the clock brings yo another moment nearer to the end c your eXistence:'
 "I was thinking of something of th:. kind this very minute" cheerfully ?, piled the youth only the idea struc me that each tick brought pay day tha much nearer"
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His Riiina Day.

He never did lise in the world Ii. he stumbled over lot O dynamite. the village gossip said, "an' even tha> like so many men in the risin' busi ness, he never did know what he ri. ferv-Atlanta Constitution.
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Heath Recipe.

One time a man asked the poet Lon: fellow how to be healthy, and this i the answer he received:
 Joy. temperance and repose
 Siam the door on the doctoF'a nose
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England and Australia are the only islands which exceed Cubs h their 1AturAl resources
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WATSONS (Neryc.Bone. .Musclc) LINIMENT. made to be superior to all others on the market Per .. bottle $1,oo.
 WATSON'S COLO MEDICO j Two famous remedies of famous Veterinary Sur put up in two separate bottles for horses muLsG and cattle suffering with spasmodic colic fatNle1t colc and other forms of bowel troubles Per bottle s1 wATsON's BLAND HEALER , Heals under the harness while they work Heals without leaving unsighty scar One application keeps the flies off all day. Kills screw worms-is in-' sect proof. Per bottle $1 l wATSON'S LIQUID BLISTER. ! The long sought for remedy for bone lameness bone tumors and enlargements, callouses abnormal deposits and growths. This is the remedy PAR EX- CELLENCE when every other has failed Per bot tle S100
 WATSON'S PURGE MIX. The physc for horses and mules Actions sure and E complete Simple. effective and beneficial Each purge given to horse mule gets results than ton of patent stock foods. Per box $100
 WATSON'S FEBRIFUGE. Lessens fever-Aids in carrying off waste pro- ducts resulting. superior remedy on which to acclmate stock Per bottle sf.oo
 wATSONs sTAGGER REMEDY.
 Saving hundreds of horses suffering with various forms of brain sickness Should be hand and used early to secure guaranteed results Per box $1.oo.
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The Washington times., 1908-08-16

van, f. r. Gram Oklahoma, r. II.
AIllard; Pennsylvania. T. Lincoln Town
send. H. N Fooie. James T. Dubois:
West Virginia, Charles NJ. Shinn. J
william De Grarge: Wisconsin, L. II.
Burton. Philip Buelmer. Charles II.
Becker, Wyoming. Charles r. Golden.
Taft and Sherman Club, Elton A. Gcng-
Vtr, HopeweH II. DarneuIe. National
Republican League. District Of Colum-
bIs. Gus A. Schuldt, National Repub-
Iican League, Illinois, Noble y. Potts
National Republican League, South Car
0liua, John g. Capers.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
LIES BUBBLES.

Baby talk never savors of a dead Ian
guage-
What some people call love isn't even
a good imitation
Many young mans unsteadtness is
due 10 steady income.
You seldom see water wagon with
more than one man OF &c.
Don't think that because yO .ide q
hobby you are the only joCle .- the
race.
When A woman throws a brick IN
old hen it's usually harder on the - n
cry than it is on the heU.-ChicagO
News
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

eI those great statesmen whose lives
have Illuminated the annals of our
party, and whose conservation 10 truth
ami duty has made RepuEHoanizm gIo-
rious in history
A spirit which has always made for
the material advancement and prosper
ity of our industrial and commercial
life; that has always kept sep with
the times. apace with the requirements
of the hour, and marched 70 the music
that has preserved the peace OF the
world as the great armed neutral Of
the nations.
AS there is a spirit in man. so there
is likewise "a spirit in p0liticai parties,
a spirit which Is sometimes invisible
10 the eye In party platforms, and In
audible 20 the ear IN campaign oratory;
a spirit that may be Of Hight or Of dark
ness
There is deep rooted i'm the public
conviction that behind an the profes-
sions and pretenses Of Democracy there
turks a spirit which s. hostile % the
prosperity Of the American people, and
a menace to the industrial and civil In
stitutiOus of our country. a rit that
chasm of violence and unrest. and fur
nish-s the embers from which are kind
led the fires OF disorder and discomfort.
And so We are here tonight TO take
counsel Of each other for the success
Of the principles which We know en-
brace the welfare OF che nation. ana %
organize victory for our party
Expects Devotion
To the accomplishment of this result
tie Republican party throughout The
campaign. from this hour TO the -Rird
dav Of November next expects Of its
sons the full measure of devotion, We
must orgauize for victory, remembering
that We have an enemy active, vigilanJ
and uuscrupuloIs, an enemy that viii
strain every nerve, invite every COM
biuatiou, and resort TO every device 10
overthrow us. And, perhaps, it is well
that this Is so.
It is the persistent hostility of the
Democratic party TO the great accom-
plshments of Republican rule that has
developed the splendid record of The
Republican party for creative genius
and administrative ability. II is the
constant brushing up against the brake
of Democratic obstruction and opposi-
tion that has kept the polish on the
ever advancing wheels of Republican
progress. It has been the sleepless eye
Of Democracy ever looking for trouble
that has made MS hew to the line,
In this campaign we are going in Ito
win" and we viii win, because we have
back Of us the splendid successes OF
the Roosevelt administration, because
we have back of us a President who has
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made good 10 the American people who
rep0ssd their confidence ln him, and
the voters Of the United States who
gave Theodore Roosevelt a plurality in
the popular vote of over =, 10000 in the
last Presidential election are not nov
going 10 surrender their convictions
and INSULT their own INTELLIGENCE by at
tempting at the conclusion of his term
TO hamper and retard the fun fruition Of
his policies By aiiing lu placing Dem
oorat iu the White House.
Tine people OF this country are not
sheIIashos 80 the political sea. They are
not going to walk backward .n this cam
paigu. They are not going 90 back out
OF the sunshine Of "a nations prosperity
10 find ar abode ia the caves and cav
erus OF Democratic disaster with the
bats and owls 1T Democratic hvresies
and failures.
Preceding, intrrsuersiug. ard tollow-
ing the oratory, the TAFT and sherman
Gloe club. consisting OF Thomas l..
Jones. fIrsJ tenor. II. b. Jones. second
tenor John +. Furvis, baritone, and
Benjamin a. LiucJack, sang, much to
the enjoyment of the audience. some Of
tle new campaign songs.
Glee Club Gets Busy.
Dividing ume ana houors with the
{ GIae Club was The Williams Drum
/ Corps, under the leadership of the vet
1 erau drummer hoy, Daniel Williams,
and consisting of veterans Of the civil
war Martial music rang through the
air at the old Marshall estate, and
again ON the boat, making the home
ward journey.
/ A pleasant diversion was the press
| ing into service OF President Camp to
handle the big stick ON the bass drum.
which he did with the grace and ease OF
/ a veteran. This. however, is accounted
for by The fact that Mr. Camp has
| been connected with several famous
marching clubs IN Connecticut.
/ At night the grounds were iHumi-
mated with red fire, while the young
/ people spent a pleasant hour at the
dance pavilion.
League Officers.
The officers Of the League of Repub-
/ Iican state Clubs are: Henry NJ Camp.
! president: William l. Symons, vice
president; Gus A. Schuldt, secretary;
Milo Shanks- treasurer. Executive conf
mittee-OId Bows Republican Club, Wm.
! s Odeu John B. Chase; ConnecucUt
Henry NJ. Camp, c. 0. Buckingham, P.
/ J. Sheehan; Illinois, r Stone Jackson,
| William II. Richardson, l. A. NeueT
/ Kentucky, Milo Shauks, Harry Giov3n-
noH. Missouri William Hennessy Smith,
! NJ. r Speelman, G. W. PafhCw; Ne
hraska Edgar c. Snyder; New Jersey.
/ + A NJ. Lawson. Williams c. Fox
/ New York, William c. Connor. Middle
/ ton Smith +. =. Johnson: North Caro-
/ lima, Marion Butler, Robert II. McNeill:
Ohio, William L. Symons. T. NJ Sulli-
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
General Hams Leaves
To See Sons at Flushing

SANDY HOOK y. j., Aug. 15.-Brig.
Gen. Peter G. Haius, on receipt Of the
news of the shooting OF william Annis
by his son. declined to make any sTa5e-
meut. General Hams Immediately
s.aited for Flusning, where his son is
held.
Captain Hains arrived at Fort Han
cock recently from tie Philippines, but
has not been assigned 70 any of sha
companies his military equipments not
having arrived. No enc is inclined to
talk, but il is understood that the shoot
iar was the sequel Of troubles which
had overtaken Hains during his ao-
sence from the States.
His morher had taken charge Of the
house assigned him, and his wife lived
somewhere in Brooklyn.
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A CARLYLE WEDDING

CraIgenputtoCk. where CaTlyle's "Sar-
tor Resartus' was written. has just
been the scene of a notable wedding.
The bride was Mary Carlyle. OF Craigen-
puttO.k. q gTanduiece OF Thomas Car
lyle, and tire bridegroom James Car
lyle. q farmer OF Pingle. Dumfriesshire.
a son of Thomas Carly les favorite
nephew PinCle is about four miles
from EcclcfeChau. Cdrlyle's birthplace.
and this village is .he original of the
Entuphl Of "Sartor Resartus"
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Died.

ADDISON-At AsbuFy Park Y. J. Friday,
August a. 1905 MARY r. ADDISON.
MORRISON-On Friday. August IA. 1908. at
6.45 a. m CAROL SHERWOOD. beloved
son OF Carol X. and Rose ). Morrison.
MORSELI-On Saturday, August Is, 1908. at
S.4O O'Clock a. m, lat her residence, l5lS
p street northwest, LAURA HILTON, be
loved wife CT Richard T. MOrsell-
WILIIAMs-Departed mis- life. Friday. Au-
gust H. 1908 CLARENCE WILLIAMS. in
the twenty-first year OF his age.
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StockhOldeTs' MeefInq.

NOTICE is hereby given 10 all stock
holders Of the Washington, Alexandria
and Mt. Vernon Railway Con pany that
pursuant TO a call to that en ect by the
Board Of Directors a meeting OF the
stockholders Of said Company viii be
held at the COmpany's office at Mt
Vernon. Virginia. on Tuesday, the 25tn
day OF August, 1905, az O'Clock in the
afternoon. for the purpose, among other
things. o. considering and taking the
action essential and proper TO so amend
the COmpauy's charter as TO obtain as
a part ther eof all the powers which
under the general Incorporation laws OF
the Commonwealth Of Virginia, may be
obtained by railroad corporations or
ganized Hereunder.
JOHN ". FITTOCK, Secretary.
eui0-i6t
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CHURCH NOTICES.

HOLINESS camp meeting at DTanesville.
Va, August 1875, E3S. Wednesday. August
10. 1905 The salvation Army in charge.
Those being preseat are Adjutant WisemaR
and wife. Az Itant Quirk and Wife. Captain
Seaver and wife, and stan Captain Brooks
and others Buy your tickets 10 Herndon.
Va BiuemOnt Branch, Southern Railway
Every body welcome aul5-2t
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Mr. Maddox Speaks.

Fletcher Maddox said in part:
Belonging as we do 10 a party of
great national conceptions. it is proper
that we should meet IN the true spirit
OF national Republieanisrn, directed and
guided by the inspiration which alone
can make or keep a political I,aTty
great, the same spirit, the same lOyalt,'
controlled by patriotism which aniIn@5-
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MERCIFUL.

This paper tells of a California wom-
an who hired two men TO beat her hus-
band "
mother beat him7"
Perhaps she didn't want him beaten
GS e to death. '-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16
ORIGIN OF "STRIKE- /"

The first use Of the word strike" in
its present accepted sense occurred in
the London Chronicle in 1868. In Sep
tember of that year are many refer
cnCes TO a great suspension of labor in
the northern coal fields, and the golfers
are stated TO have struck out for
higher wages
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FUNERAL DESIGNS.
FUNERAL DESIGNS

e sVeTy oescTIpuon-modeFateI priced
GUDEk
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UNDERTAKES.
J. WILLIAM LEE,
CEMFNT RURIAL VAuLTS-

UHUEETAZEE AND LIVERY
tS2 Pa. Ave. y. ". Washington. d. c
Telephone Main 1885.
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CASE CHOICE LAGER BEER. soc; 1Oc
rebate on empties. Gal, cnoice Claret,
Port, or Sherry, 75o. T. r. BEAVERS,
AS 41A St sw. Phone III. 5l92 au2-f
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Occasion for Thanksgiving
40 ms :

By Harold Bolce in American Home
Magazine.
am thankful that live IN country
which, with all it's imperfections, has
the most just government the ages
have developed. I would rather feel
the grip of trusts than the heels of
tyrants. would rather be forced to
the wall than be caught in the clutch
Of the IRON Virgin, now exhibited
among other historical horrors in a
castle at Nuremberg as a reminder of
infamous centuries the world has out
grown. - 'rv
am thankful for freedom, blessing
which we of this era did not ordain.
It comes to us as a rich Inheritance, a
perpetual enjoyment. Modern democ.
racy. is worth preserving: It has no
ancient counterpart When Greece
called itself republic, it contained
more slaves than citizens.
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7 am thankful that America, with all
it's inequality, is a land Of distributed
plenty. The cry of discomfort is part
of the roar of progress. Never before
in any land could so many millions
share meals of more than one course,
or pass their plate second time.
A myriad inventions and discoveries
occasion thankful sentiments. Before
Franklin's time our colonial fathers
often prepared feasts of thanksgiving,
but they did not cook them on stoves.
The Dark Ages did not vanish until the
nineteenth century. Gas, electricity
and the friction match are all modren.
-. The only fuel was wood. Many of
Washington's army died of the cold in
state whose mountains are full of
coal? y T4s~4 :. /.
+ am thankful that live in a liberal
age. When forks were introduced into
England, in Elizabeth's time, it was a
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mark of affection to use them, and to
ride in any kind of carriage was con-
sidered effeminate. I am thankful for
the luxury of travel.
I am thankful that nearly everybody
can spell out the wonders in the land
of letters. In the days of tournaments
(when knighthood was in fower) the
heroes whom we idolize could not read
nor write. I am thankful that, while
trusts are uppermost, the multitude
can afford to buy oil and read up on
the subjects of their wrongs.
There is occasion for general thanks
giving that while there have been
many recent exposures of commercial
and political corruption, the vigilance
of the press and the, courage of honest
citizens have started reforms which
promise to be permanent.
I am thankful that many and in
creasing millions in this Republic real