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The Washington times., 1911-01-31
To Him hat Hath Rz b.! 5zR9z r. ~ SeoT5 &C.;
Copyright. The Frank A. Munsey Coz

| there beside me. a little closer,n be-
fore, was Carrie Becker. Well, amt
no wooden man, you know ike the
| ladies. l began to get dizzy; 1 think
! enjoyed it. Yes, while 1t lasted en-
joyed 1t.
"She said a few things to me. and I
said few things ito her-and pretty
soon there she was, tellin' me how un-
pleasant it was livin' with her broth
er's family. l was plumb gone by that
why don't you get married.? !
her hand, all right.
Nobody'll have me- she said.
"'Oh, yes! I said, and named half a
"'But don't care for any O. them
1 only care for one man. she said.
Il asked her who. She give me that
Il was dizzy, you know-.way up In
the air, fioatin' on clouds. and--oh,
well, / asked her. 1 amt goin' to deny
that. l asked her! And you can bet
faIlin' on my shirt-fron AS for me
well. friend, won't go into no details,
but done what was proper on the
occasion. And 1 enjoyed it-yes, while
it lasted l enjoyed it.
'She didn't give me no chance to
back out. Not much! AS soon as we
come from behind the palms, she told,
and then come the handshakin. The
ladies shook my hand. too but cold
to go home. Understand, dom you?
And everybody's been shakin' hands
this mornin'. They think I'm happy.
And I've got to pretend to be- But
Oh, Lord!'
He glared despairingly, wrathfully, at
the corner wherein had been enacted
the tragedy of his wooing, then looked
back at David.
There's the whole story. Now I want
you to help me-"
do?"
what doy roared the mayor sar3
castically. ''D'you, think I'm chasin'
IF can help you that way
''Oh, h! See here-I want you to
help me out O. this blamed hole I'm IN
You ought to know how to get me out
business. There are only three ways.
Disappear or commit suicide
Forget it,
And get kicked out o this part o
.Or have her break it on
Now you're comm to the point
friend. She must, break It on. o course.
But how'll l get her toT
Isn't there something bad In your
past you can tell her-so bad she II drop
yoU?"
'Oh, I've tried that alredu!- ,As Sooii
as | got outside the hall last night ana
struck cool air, l Cme to. l began 70
tell her what a devil of a fellow q
been-part truth, most lies. Oh! lalo
it on thick enough!
And what did she say"'
Say? Dyou suppose shed take he1
hooks out O. me? Not much! say!
She said she was goin TO reform me!
They looked steadily at each other lot
a long time, then David asked:
ADVICE my
serious adviCe?" t,. ,,o,,
What d'yOu suppose brouSht Sou
here for?" Sure | do
Here It is then: Marry her. 49,
David expected an Outburst from the
Mavor, but the Mayors head fell nope
iessly forward into his hands and ne
said not a word David took adVan-
taCe Of the quiet to speak as eloquently
as he could Of the advantages OF mar
rving in the Mayors case. At lehgln
the victim looked up Hopelessness was
still in his face, but it was the nope
lessness Of resignment, not the nope
lessness of revolt. .,-,
well, if it had to be one o, them;
I'd just as soon Y was her. ne SAID
with deep sigh.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Drawn Against Train,
She Sues for SIS, 5,0OC

That a train swept by the depot at
Dominion Heights. Va, at the speed
of fifty miles an hour. causing wind
rear car and seriously injured her. is
the unique allegation made by Mollie
c. Vanata in a suit filed in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against the
Great Falls and Old Dominion Rail-
road Company for $4,000 damages.
She alleges that her ankle was
sprained and that she received in
ternal injuries. Attorneys Ralston,
Siddons. and Richardson represent
the plaintiff
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
CIVIL SERVICE

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The Vital Records.
Births.


James and Rose A. Hackett, girl.
Henry L. and Frances Beck, boy.
Paul s. and Mary c. Colin, girl.
John w. and Anna L. Smith, boy.
Joseph E. and Rose NJ. Tracy, girl.
Philip and Minnie NJ. Dorries, boy.
Albert S. and May Brown, boy.
Robert w. and Florence G. Marshall,
girl.
Randolph A. and Eva E. Walker, girl.
William A. and Elsie Oakley, girl.
Thomas H. and Eva c. Banes, boy.
James w. and Kate Blaine, girl.
John T. and Ida NJ. Herbert, girl.
Walter c. and Lille NJ. Allen, girl.
George B. and Sadie c. Wilkinson, girl,
Frank H. and Mary L. Buechler. girl.
Joseppe and Madalena Passande, girl.
Joseppe and Rosa Gauza, girl.
Michele and Maria L. Rinaldi, girl
Domenico and Elinina Vita, boy.
Carmelo and Grazia Puglin, girl.
COLORED.
Robert and jamie Asher, boy.
George A. and Aline Fernwick, boy.
Arthur and Nora Walker, boy.
Edwin O. and Georgia q Burke, girl.
William E. and Debora-I Gibson, girl.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
Deaths.
WHITE

Pascal Plant, 80 years, 1905 Georgia
avenue northwest.
Fred Walters, 81 years, Providence Hos
pital.
Susan G. Stone, 81 years, 1926 Thirty
first street northwest.
bia Hospital.
Emma P. Spinner. a years. 255 Twelfth
street southeast.
James T. Armstrong, 81 years, Howard
House.
Annie A. Daily. 81 years. 1910 North
Capitol street.
Robert L. Glenn, 4s years, 15n Third
street northwest.
Catherine ". Spalding, "a years. the
Harry Hail, % years, 1927 Thirty-third
street northwest,
George w. Huguely. 70 years, 454 NJ
street northwest.
Mary Desha, 81 years., the Beacon.
Sarah E. Thompson, 81 years, 654
street southwest.
COLORED.
Mary Pearson. 35 years, 40 Blands
court.
Henry Garrison. IS years. 1224 Fourth
street northwest.
Rachael A. Jennings. So years, $40 New
York avenue.
Peter A. Hicks, 80 years, SS2 Twenty
third street northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.)

~ AVID had ceased cooking his
own meals since he had moved
from his basement room, and
had become a boarder at the
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
WANTED-R0OMS & BOARD

ROOM and board in suburb of Virginia, by
young man; convenient to cars. BOX 2S4
Times office.
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Marriage Licenses.

W III j,
Cleveland r. Plumber and Alma Hardy,
both Of Washington.
John H. Hall and Inez N. Reams, both
Of Portsmouth. Va
Rowlman 3. Bcwles and Margaret l..
Wilkinson, both of Richmond, Va.
Robert ]. Mcdonnell and Bessie M. Gar
ner, both of Fredericksburg, Va.
Harry c. Ames and Hilda Hinkle, both
Of Washington.
Burton L. Wallace, Of Rochester, N. Y,
and Masel Brown, Of Dubois, Pa
Haller E. Bucher, Of Baltimore. Nd,
and Relvie .. Mitchell, of Bristol,
Tenn.
COLORED.
Daniel Young and Mary Davis, both Of
Washington.
James Green and Lillian L. Howard.
both of Washington.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-Old furniture. entire contents Of
flats and houses, will buy any quantity;
also pianos and organs. SINCLAIR & CO.,
422 10th st. Phone 2S31-Y.
HIGHEST CASH prices paid for worn cloth
ing, either ladies' gentlemen's; send
postal, will call. B. TARSHES. 1908 7th st.
n. w. Phone North 400.
WANTED-500 trunks to repair: work guar
anteed; trunks Vanished free; dro? postal
estimates free DE NEPHEWS, s0o 9Th n. w.
WANTED-To buy q small engine lathe:
must be in good condition. Address BOX
2S0, Times office.
WANTED-To buy furniture. best prices;
cnntents stores and houses specially. See
me. d. NOTES. Auct., GIL La. ave "a goo.
WANTED-NoTEs' FURNITURE HOUSE.
s2s 7th 81. N. w. pays the highest cash
prices for all kinds Of furniture Phone
Main 1888; will call at your convenience
WANTED-Furniture for cash; sell your
goods to the man who gives you the most
money. See HOPWOOD, Sth and K.
The Washington times., 1911-01-31

(The Continuation of This Story VIII
BE Found in TOmOrrOw's Issue
of The Tlmes.)
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
Memorials to Lincoln.

The picturesque campus of Knox
college at Galesburg is distinguished
by It's oldest, quaintest and least COM
modious building. Off to one extreme
of the grounds 1t stands. enshrouded
In a dense clump of luxuriant trees,
dark, decaying structure Of anti
quated architecture in striking contrast
with the series OF other bright, modern
buildings of recent years, and one won
ders, until he knows, why this out-of-
date landmark is left there to mar the
symmetry of the others. But in and
about this building clusters a romance
of history affecting the destiny OF a
race. OF human liberty itself. And on
advancing one reads upon a bronze
plate an inscription telling why the
building still stands. II was there that
Lincoln and Douglas met in one OF
those famous debates on human slav-
cry and the preservation OF the union.
It would be strange II the sentiment
OF such a memorial did not work its
way into the hearts of the young men
educated al Knox college and find a
permanent abiding place, 1t should
serve to inspire In them a stronger
faith In humanity. a higher conception
of the cause OF human liberty and its
emblem, the starry flag, and a deeper
reverence for the man who suffered
martyrdom for all. It is indeed fit
ting memorial to the greatness of Lin
coin.
Illinois is erecting another memorial
to its greatest citizen-Abraham Lin
coin hall. on the campus of the state
university. II will cost $4,000 and
be a model in modern architecture. II
is to be dedicated in October and
President Taft has been invited to
make the dedicatory address. The
state OF Illinois. linked in history with
the name and fame OF Lincoln. could
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
ADJUSTMENTS for the People.

When Buffalo Bill" gave his two
farewell performances in Omaha this
last week. he showed to approximately
rs, 900 people. He had previously held
forth In Council Bluffs, go that the
drawing power Of his Omaha exhibit
lions was limited TO this side Of the
river. Figuring the population, Of
Omaha and South Omaha at $50 900,
Buffalo Bill" while here entertained
and instructed in a single day one
sixth OF the entire community.
This achievement Is doubtless excep-
tlonal, but II calls attention strikingly
to the unsatisfied demand for whole
some summer amusements for the
people, In which Omaha Is sadly de-
flcient. Our wealthy sets have no diff
ficulty In going away to distant recre-
alton resorts and our well-to-do folks
get along comfortably with their ath-
letic and country clubs, but for the
middle and working classes, there is
little to offer We have not only
closed down the saloons at o'clock,
but the falling lid has at the same time
put the summer garden out of business
or at least deprived 1t of it's ''popu-
lar" features, and the working man
and working girl have to look to the
small picture shows or organize a pic
mic party IL they want to seek amuse-
ment outside of their own homes or
boarding places. Our parks are to a
certain extent attractive, yet they do
not fill the bill for those who are en-
ployed during the day, because in the
evening they are breathing spaces
rather than amusement resorts.
Plainly the class OF entertainment
that meets the popular taste is rare
or inaccessible to a large part of our
population able and eager to pay the
price. The desire for this sort OF
amusement was created in Omaha by
the Midway OF our two expositions and
is kept alive and stimulated by the an
nual Ak-Sar-Ben festival; but In the
intervals the demand is almost
ignored. 1t is too late to do any
thing to supply the omission this sea-
son, but the need OF amusements for
the people should have the serious
thought of all who want Omaha to be
desirable living place for wage work
ers, and a plan should be devised and
carried out to furnish what is wanted.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

st. Louis Globe Democrat; A Wisconsin
clergyman has refused the 50 offered him
for opening the state senate with praNsf |
More money has been made in Legislatures
by opening them with Jack pots" 1
Houston Post; A ST. Louis minister has
written a song beginning. "Oh, let me kiss
those ruby lips OF thine" IL is warm
beautiful. apostrophetc burst OF minstrelsy
but the devilish newspapers in st. Louis
are saying the brother has wife and four
children.
Brooklyn Eagle: There are Just as many
ministers looking for the advertising they
would get by marrying divorced man as
there are ministers who seek advertising
by denouncing the same man. You can
buy anything you want in New York" is
still true.
New York Tribune: Ministers who serve\
merely for the sake Of salary are not much
esteemed and do not deserve TO be, but
there will be sympathy with the clergyman
who resented the fact that his salary was
left unpaid while the church spent 1900
on picnic.
Springfield Republican: Four Protestant
Episcopal bishops show that they are not
afraid Of $2O00o00Oo by denounclng the
coming marriage OF a certain rich man,
who was forbidden to marry by the New
York courts. Bishop Doane OF Albany con-
dennis It as a positive outrage against
public decency."
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
Marriage and Divorce

The country seems to be agreed on
one thing about the growing menace
of divorce and that is that the evil is
increasing too rapidly and ought to be
curbed How to go about curbing 1t is
the next problem. Several plans and
theories have been advanced, al
though none is yet wholly acceptable.
Congressman Sheppard of Texas intro
duced a measure looking toward a uni
form divorce law, to restrict and regu-
late the practice in all states alike
Congressman Norris of Nebraska ad-
vocates the assembling of a marriage
and divorce congress of all the states,
in which the subject be threshed out
and some common remedy agreed
upon.
Whether either of these plans will
prove to be the one leading to the best
solution cannot now be determined,
but both look to the desired end of a
more rational method of dealing with
divorce. Divorce is divorce, whether in
South Carolina, where they have no
law on the subject, or in Nevada,
where DEGREES are granted while you
wait. What excuse can there be for
such wide extremes? They bring 1t
down to a matter of popular whims,
when the question is one calling for
the best and steadiest arbitrament a
government can possibly devise.
Yet divorce is not altogether ques-
ton OF law. So long as any couple
finds 1t possible to get married, re-
gardless of circumstances, divorce is
sure to continue a threatening evil.
Those charged with the solemn func-
tion of Joining lives together in holy
wedlock should understand that the
function is solemn and, lamentable as 1t
is, too many of them, court officers
and even ministers of the gospel,
wholly ignore the solemnity of 1t. Per-
haps they can account, to some extent,
therefore, for the reason why, in late
years, our divorces in this country are
running up. to one out of every nine or
ten marriages. Only two years ago the
ratio was one to twelve and that was
appalling enough. The problem is a
difficult and perplexing one certainly,
but this nation does not stand back
because a problem is hard
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
The Cholera False Alarm.

Only a little while ago a terrible
alarm over imported cholera was
sounded out of New York harbor, but
1t has died down so completely as to be
forgotten, no doubt, by most people.
The st. Louis Times asked few days
ago about the cholera scare" only to
be told by the New York Tribune that
there wasn't any scare" Then II
there was no scare, certainly there was
no cholera Of serious consequence in
New York.
At the same time the alarm was
sounded It seemed to be making a
mountain out of a mole hill, for with
all the precautions taken at the quar-
antine, to say nothing Of what is done
in embarking the immigrants, 1t did
not sound plausible to be told that we
had brought lot of cholera victims to
this country to spread their malady
among us. And If we did, certainly
this alarm would not so soon have died
down.
The manufacture of sensations of
this sort is deplorable and pernicious
When we come to the matter of immi-
grafton, the person who has taken time
to look into 1t knows that the govern
ment is constantly working out new
improvements. whose benefits are felt
mutually to the alien and the country
to which he comes. 1t Is the source Of
great mischief to complicate the prob
lem through ignorance and prejudice
by disappearing the facts, either
wantonly or for some base purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
has Che Week Advanced Aviation

The aviation meet in Chicago dur
ing the week has drawn immense
crowds, but the gate receipts have been
unsatisfactory, owing to the fact that
spectators may witness the aviation
trials az we'll outside as inside the en-
closure. The commercial side of the
enterprise, undoubtedly, is a large one,
possibly the largest up to the present,
and when that side fails, what of re-
suits?
Several aviators lost their lives in
the Chicago meet, yet II science has
actually been advanced, even the loss
OF human life is not reckoned as defeat.
In the history of civilization lives have
been lost at nearly every forward step
in human mastery of the elements.
Men are martyrs in peace as we'll as
war. 1t Ia debatable, though, whether
these local meets have materially
aided in solving the mystery of aerial
navigation, If, indeed, they were in
tended to. Even the young men who
persisted in the demonstrations, 1t is
feared, were a bit more careless than
they needed to be and might have pre-
served their lives. or course, In such
surroundings, the applause of multi
tudes must fire ambition to its burn
ing point. So, perhaps, these aviators
were impelled to undertake the i'm
possible, to launch out little further
into the unknown realm of their
science than prudence prompted.
II is to the feat Of Atwood, on his
1,400-mile journey from st. Louis to
Boston, that one must turn for the APP
parent exploit of the week that may be
really worth while. Atwood undertook
to make this trip in ten days and has
more than maintained his schedule,
SURPRISING the time of the fastest pas
senger trains, keeping his equilibrium,
and avoiding accidents as no other con-
temporary man-bird has done. II he
reaches his destination safely he will
have qualified for the $50, 900 coast-to-
coast contest and come to the fur
therest outpost yet reached and still
men are slow to believe that even so
great an achievement will conclusively
prove the practicability' of air travel.
When Atwood. or some Of his competi-
tors, have flown successfully and
safely from the Atlantic to the Pacific
even then implicit faith in aviation will
require effort
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20

honor itself no better than by these
memorials. They are doubly befitting,
because, while Lincoln was untutored
in college halls, he struggled his way
to a working education, affording an
example which stands as the highest
testimonial to the need and value Of
education. His service to his nation
and to the world is eduoative In the
highest degree of the best principles In
life. Generations to come will derive
inspiration from both the historic
memorial at Knox and the modern
memorial at the state university.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
Twenty Years Ago

Omaha celebrated the opening of its
Grain and Produce exchange which The
Bee referred to as the Inauguration of
an important feature in it's commercial
life" banquet was held at the Paxton
hotel and Euclid Martin, president OF the
Board Of Trade, served as POSTMASTER.
The toast, Nebraska" was responded to
by @. M. Hitchcock; Thomas Benton Of the
State Board Of transportation, and George
H. Hastings, attorney general, then spoke;
many letters OF congratulation were read,
among them one from Governor John NJ.
Thayer. Mayor Gushing then responded
on Omaha" John L. Webster, the orator
Of the occasion, made an address on
Omaha Board Of Trade as an Open
Board"
Miss Hattie Hackenberg entertained at
a progressive hammock party. Among her
guests were Misses AEard, Rugg, Jones,
Hake, Thomas, Foley Messrs. George b.
Dyball, d. Ledwich, C. Miller. c. 'Hacken-
berg, w. VAR, Charles Dyball and II.
Howell.
Miss Anna s. Dillon, daughter Of DR.,
William Dillon of Decatur. Ill. recently
assistant chief clerk In the office Of traf-
fio manager Of the Union Pacific, was led
to the altar by Charles c. williams, for
the last five years bookkeeper for John A.
Creighton. The ceremony took place In
Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. L. Roeder. Mr. and Mrs
II. T. Clarke and family returned from
Hot Springs, 8. D.
General ana Mrs. Henderson and Mr..
and Mrs. J. N. II. Patrick returned from
an extended tour OF the east.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
Count Togo and Mr.. Wn.

Are all distinguished Japanese and
Chinese proficient in the art OF keep
ing their opinions to themselves while
seeming to dispense freely? Il will
be a long time before Americans for
get that urbane interrogation point
from China, who made as many
friends as he met on his two official
stays in this country, Now the little
brown conquerer OF Russia, our guest
for a time, has come to Guido Mr.. WI
Ting-fang in this oriental art, being
inquisitive without committal.
In New York Togo gazed at the
wonderful skyscrapers. and when
asked what he thought OF them re-
piled, They are very tall"
In our navy yards he -beheld the
powerful fourteen-inch guns in mute
Amusement, until an American ad-
miral ventured to inquire his opinion.
VERY great gun"
At the tomb OF Washington he
bowed low and murmured a prayer.
He considered Washington a great
man" and his tomb impressive"
What other ideas and impressions
Togo will carry away with him of our
lofty buildings. our prodigious war
ships and our great men, living and
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-20
TENTING.

Edwin Garlic in ave Maria"
Tonight I'm alone In the open. where the
winds Of heaven race,
With the noiseless patter OF starshlne TO
soften my upturned face;
And / lie by my tent recumbent, with my
tired arms flung wide
With God just back of the curtain where
His consultations ride.
Oh sweet Is the low, green valley; and
sweet Is the mountain high;
And doubly sweet is the silence which folds
me as / lie
And sweetest OF all the murmur OF a softly
flowing stream,
Which lulls my brain to slumber and gives
a restful dream.
on the Earth's kind breast I've laid me.
and l feel her tender heart
AthTob with the love she bears me I've
have lived 50 long apartD
can feel the dew kiss holy which nature
ForgiYing him, though hayward, and blesA
Ing him, defiled.
A breeze comes down the valley from the
foot OF the mountain range
And rustles the grass beside me In whis-
pering music strange.
sense an Insect stirring, and hear q
night birds call;
And then through drowsy eyelids see the
moons gold ball
was born with barter and traffic; I lived
in a town afar;
So left II all behind me and followed the
evening star
AS OF old the wise men found Him in the
manger at Bethlehem,
So / know the Lord Is near mel can see
His diademl