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The Washington times., 1913-07-04
A FOURTH OF JULY SENTIMENT.

The nations natal anniversary comedies this year
with the semi-centennial of the decisive defeats OF
the Confederacy. The reunion at Gettysburg and the
nationwid discussion of the relations of Gettysburg
and Vicksburg to the wars outcome, have given an
unusual character to this years celebration of nde
pendence Day. 1t is as much memorial OF the
preservation as of the establishment of the Union.
Neither the Declaration of independence nor the
twain victories of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, how
ever, decisive of the national destiny. Satisfac-
ton in the contemplation of past achievements can
not but be marred by thought of the very recent rev.
eations of corrupt and cynical methods in national
affairs. The nation views in new light much that
has passed unconsdered or unappreciated in recent
time. Last year brought a political revolution, the
result of political debaucheres which would hardly
have been ranked as possible few months before
they were perpetrated. Since then revelation
of vicious conditions and more vicious methods has
followed upon another The lobby probe chances
upon the Lovett charge, the Lovet charge brings the
Lamar story, and along with both comes the Muhall
narrative 1t is not hour for much national plum
ing and self-righteousness.
But at least there is satisfaction in the fact that
the nation is learning more and more about itself,
about its real masters about the Invisible Govern
ment that has been, till now, a figure of rhetoric, a
ngmeHt OF perlerVlQ lmdglnauon, 10 altOSemeT 100
many complacent Americans. The people are learn
ing that conditions, in some directions at least have
not been overstated by even the most bitter assa-
ants of the old order There is encouragement in
the fact that the nation is capable of being shocked
and dsgusted and of resolving that the fabric of rot
tenness shall be destroyed.
This particular Fourth of July, then, seems to
bring little of the inspiration of New Year. with
its good resolutions for the future. 1t is most fit
ting day for entering some high national resolves
that this Government shall in deed and truth be
stored to the hands of the people That decree, pro-
claimed from every platform of patriotic oratory
throughout the land, would apty portray the ambi-
ton that moves the national mind today
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
One Third of All Your Life
Is Spent in Another World

on his business and his home Ask him
to think of some wildly horrible or inn
possible thing. II by any chance he
consents to so foolish an act. the most
his imagination can conjure up Is an un-
insured ship sinking or a mad dog
chasing a child
Now. let him go to sleep. What hap
pens? He promptly begins to dream Of
things more wonderful. more terrible.
more absurd than Edgar Allan Poe ever
put on paper. He 10 master Of vivid
IMAGINATION. Yet, awake. he has no
imagination at ALL
A brave man often dreams of running
away in terror from some peril that. in
his waking hours, he would face with
laugh. A coward dreams Of putting
to flight a dozen prizefighters. And so
on.
Dreams can't be controlled by the
mind. It has been tried. A famous
nights concentrating his mind on the
study of one branch Of science. He let
himself think Of nothing else. Then he
wentsto sleep. All night he dreamed of
he remembered that while going through
a cyclopedia in his three days Of study
he had chanced to see one picture Of
bear and had scarce given 1t second
glance. Yet 1t was of bears. and of
nothing but bears. that he dreamed.
Perhaps the most frequent bad dreams
is that of falling from a nigh place.
Science explains that by saying our
ancestors slept In high trees Or on
cliffs to escape from prowlins anir,als.
Their worst dread was of falling to
death while they were asleep And this
ancestral fear Is handed down to US in
the form of that falling" dream.
For centuries people believed that
prophecy of some sort. And thousands
of dollars have been spent on dream
books.
After all the ages of research this
land of dreams in which We spend a
third of our mortal lives IS still as
unfathomable mystery as ever.
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w on are ION earth" for only about
" two-thirds Of your actual life.
The other third you are dwelling
In the queerest sort Of an un-
known world.
II you care to put 1t in another way
you are sane and conscious for only
about two-thirds Of your life. A man
Of ninety has had only about sixty
years Of sanity.
The remaining thirty years (almost
the average length Of human life) he
has spent in dead Inconsistencies and
In a crazier frame of mind than has any
inmate of an insane asylum-a frame
of mind where he Is sometimes pluns-
ing over precipices. sometimes fleeing
through the darkness from shadowy
foes. sometimes walking down the
main Street Of his home town, most
inadequately clad; sometimes suffering
horrors, sometimes, an heir to millions-
Here's the idea: Most people sleep for
about eight hours out Of the daily
twenty-four. That means they sleep
one-third Of each day. or one-third Of
And, according to many scientists. the
whole time We are asleep we dream
We do not remember most Of these
dreams Indeed. we remember only the
very last one before we wake. or some
dream that is so vivid It wakes US.
In other words, for one-third Of our
total lives we are dwelling In Dream
land. And Dreamland is q country Of
more utter absurdities, more srisly hor-
rors, more fears. hopes. surprises, and
novelties than any land described by
the most imaginative author.
1t is a land full Of mystery, a land
that science has for sixty centuries
sought in vain to explore II lies amid
wholly unexplored regions Of the hu-
man brain. regions which Its possessor
never saw.
For example. take some stolid man
who has practically no imagination In
his waking hours his mind Is centsred
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that the law of supply and demand acts automa-
ically; that capital always rushes in wherever the
chance for profits is great; that high prices caused
by low production and great demand will themselves
lead to more production.
The price of meat has steadily advanced since
1907. Ii would have advanced even had the number
of cattle in the country remained stationary, be-
cause the population demanding meat increased by
100000 Under the normal and simple operation
of the law there should have been corresponding
increase in the cattle-rasing industry. Instead the
industry has flown in the face Of political economy
The supply of cattle, instead of increasing, has fallen
by ~ per cent And this despite the fact that any
farmer could figure on the back of an envelope how
much more a steer would bring him this year than
the last
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
GRAFT SIDE OF POLITICS.

The Mulhall revelations contain the. familiar
story of how the willing political contributor was
touched for the local campaign committee the State
committee, the national committee, and the Con-
gressional committee, and the manufacturers organ
ization. There was pretty nearly no end to the
demands on the bewildered manufacturer. Each was
insstent each represented that its demand was
highly important to his welfare
II would be interesting to know how much money
is raised and spent each quadriennium in the actv
ities, or on the pretext of politics. 1t would 60 to
q considerable number of millions Then it would
be still more interesting to know how much OF this
is diverted from the uses for which it was intended
and either wasted or worse
The man who finds himself mulcted from so many
sources, fearful of refusing any demand naturally
comes to think his contributions entitle him to
participation in the Government. He expects some
governmental quid pro quo Sometimes he gets it;
s<metmcs he does not. But whether he gets it or
not, his attitude toward politics and legislation is
perverted, and the whole realm of public affairs is
demoralized
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
His Mistake.

a KANSAS CITY minister. visit
"a ing an Indian reservation in
Idaho. inquired Of a Govern
meut agent where the mission
airy could be found.
''The chief can probably tell you." re-
piled the agent. pointing out his tent
CLASP your hands. look heavenward.
and ask. mission man?' He will un-
derstand You, doubtless"
ed.
II presume yoI are seeking the mis-
sionary?" replied the Indian in excellent
English. please be seated, sir. He
will be In presently. II You will excuse
me will so down to the agency and
iambast into Inconsistencies that fool
clerk who directed you here."-kansas
City Star.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
GOOD STORIES
Serious Loss.

~ n the third day of his Aunt
James visit to the city Motor
ton took her for a ride in his
high-power runabout. They had
proceeded only a mile or so when Darn
the luck! exclaimed Motorton.
Goodness! What's wrong?" said
Aunt Jane.
Engines missing" tersely replied
Motorton.
Dear mel" said Aunt Jane. 'T do
hope it's been found by an honest per-
son. Where do you suppose We dropped
it?'-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
A Handicap.

-HE neatness Of the New England
housekeeper is a matter Of COM
mon remark. and husbands In
that country are supposed to ap-
preciate their advantages.
A bit Of dialogue reported as follows
shows that there may be another side
to the matter:
Martha, have you wiped the sink dry
YETI" asked the farmer, as he made
final preparations for the night.
Yes. JOSIAH she replied. why do
you ask % .-..-- ...
"well. l did want a drink Of water.
but I guess ] can get along until morn
tng."-Evsyybedy's XAgASanA
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

LITTLE over one hundred years
~ ago there wasn't single train
~ in America We owe our WON
derful railways. largely. to .
man who, sitting beside fire. at that
time. saw q kettle steam and won
dered what he could make OF that
steam. Every one knows what steam
engine or locomotive looks like from the
It's like on the inside. We'll divide the
body of the engine, just roughly. into
three parts. The front part Is an empty
space, with chimney at the top.
Through this space heat and smoke 30
up through the chimney.
The middle part (the biggest paro II
the boiler, filled with water. and with
pipes carrying great heat running
through 1t, horizontally. The back part
Is the furnace. where you see the flames
as the engine passes you
A furious fire Is kept burning con-
tinually in the furnace. The pipes run
ming through the boiler carry such In
tense heat from the furnace that the
water forms steam. The steam. trying
to find an outlet, rushes to the top Of
the boiler, where there Is q dome
you've seen 1t on locomotives many
times). From this dome there u a pipe
that carries steam. now running furi-
ously. down to cylinder that's In the
lower front part Of the engine.
There Is heavy piston In the cyiin-
der and II il attached by a rod to the
driving wheel Of the engine. When the
steam rushes into the back Of the cylin-
der 1t forces the piston forward. max
ing the wheel revolve.
Then the back valve of the cylinder
closes automatically, and a front valve
opens so that the steam now goes In
that way and forces the piston back to
where 1t came from-making the wheel
revolve again. Just that Is the funda-
mental working of the steam engine.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
THE SEASH0RE

(Bein2 excerpts from an eversolong essay
on the subject by Sambo).
Sea breezes seem to plan their vaca-
ton at the same time 1 plan mine They
are never at home when i call When
i tell this to a cottager he remarks
that only last week the weather was so
cold they had TO sleep under blankets.
So / hang on and keep my quilts handy
each night for the heavy work, and still
/ suffocate under a sheet, and wish the
hotel would provide bed-clothes of mos
quito netting. which would be more
than / would require.
With most people the daily sea bath
is merely a duty. like paying ones taxes
on the last day that the law allows. And
the bath MUST be taken between IL
and l o'clock To go in at any other
time would be decidedly NAL a propos.
Between the morning bath and the
evenings entertainment there is a lapse
of number of hours that ] never have
been able to place. What becomes of
the afternoon has always been a mys-
terry to me. You never hear Of any,
thing happening then; you never hear
of anybody doing anything then; you
never go anywhere then-or IL you did
you wouldn't find anybody when YOU
got there.
boardwalk is a lengthy promenade
bounded by the ocean on one side and
japanese pool tables on the other.
A hotel is a building partially sur
rounded by porches that are planned to
accommodate about one-quarter of the
people who want to use them. The
porch costume is known as "loungerie 1"
The salt air is one Of the great talk
ing points Of seaside press agents. 1t
takes you several days to get accustom-
ed to this air, but when you get back
to town you don't notice its absence
from which you can make your own de-
ductions.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
POSSIBILITY OF LENGTHENING LIFE.

There is something that interests all of us in
the possibility of a human being living far beyond
the allotted span. Proof will be needed that DR.
Chao-Choy, Chinaman, reputed to be l49 years old
who died in New York this week, really attained
the age which he claimed but at least there ap,
peared to be circumstances of probability about the
case.
Prof Irving Fisher, of Yale has recently startled
us by declaring, with impressive statistics, that
American mortality after middle life is growing
worse instead of better. He says that no general
progress has been made in combating the chronic
diseases which afflict older persons 1t is true OF
course that the average duration of life is increas.
ing in marked degree, but that is due to reduction
in the death rate below the meridian period.
The immediate task of medical science is TO
avoid waste of vital force during the period of maxi
mum usefulness; to check preventable diseases and
develop the practice of sanitation Making longevity
possible to the average man and woman is, of course
Fart of its work, for life must be preserved as long
as possible. But it may be doubted if there is any
widespread desire to lengthen life far beyond the
period which we have been accustomed to call old
age
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
Deplores incident.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
1t seems great pity. and II is a
source of regret to me "a Virginian)
that SO grand an occasion as the re-
union of The Blue and the Gray"
sbould be marred by the ineXcusa BILE
Conduct of a young man claiming to be
n Virginian and the son Of a Con-
federate veteran. Such an act as his Is
iscking in true American spirit. and
only tends to defame the cause for
which our fathers fought
A. g. HAMILTON, JR,
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

Merrily leaping from item to item, we
discover that We have come within two
paragraphs Of the end without kicking
over having to work today.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

'Tis well, by the way, that the pageant
is to be PACED on so mild a day az tbi.
one. Else the prostrations from the
excitement would mount into the hun.
dreds.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

Whatever be said against 1t. It's
fact that the safeandsane idea does
away with a host Of bloodshed. It's NO
longer the Gorious Fourth.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
The Adamantine Apex.

G. s. X: The hardest thing: Success-
fully wearing a belt on trousers that
have no belt straps. KJ
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
THINGS WE WANT TO KNOW.

=, Why 1t requires ten days from date
OF application for the installation Of
telephone. Particularly when the house
already Is, wired and the actual instaIla-
tion takes fifteen minutes. -.. -.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
OUR OWN DICTIONARY.

JOY RIDE: Any automobile trip that
winds up with an accident
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

And the next hardest. we opine, is
finding a copy boy on a holiday morn
As we push to press the score is 4 to n
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

|. Yet even safeansanity. carried to ex-
cess. may cause fatal results. There's
the chance It may kill some by boring
them stifr. - Pc. >.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

her days work Thursday.
''Out to a party last night? inquired
one of the other girls.
.'No. but / didn't get much sleep"
Weren't you feeling well?"
Yes. but after / had put the light
out and Jumped into bed 1 found some
thing round under the covers. and
lay awake nearly all night wondering
whether II was a nickel or only just a
metal button with the hook broken
of. off."-Youngstown Telegram.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

Celebration by University Heights
Citizens Association. site Of Fort
Bunker Hill.
Celebration BIZ citizens of Petworth.
afternoon and evening.
Pageant. Continental Hall.
Unveiling OF tablets marking historic
spots
Municipal track and field events. Mon
ument Grounds, afternoon
Fraternal meetings-evening:
Masonic-Hiram No. 10. Royal Arch
Chapter.
Red Men-Seneca Tribe. No. II, 3lS
Pennsylvania avenue southeast; Min
cola Tribe, No. IA. Anacostia: Idaho
Council, No. /, Degree of Pocahon-
tas. Twelfth and H streets northeast.
knights of Pythias - Syracusians
Lodge, No. 10; Rathbone Temple. No.
5. Pythian Sisters
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

Today being comparatively coolish. II
is safe to read about half OF the Sack
ville-Scott story. But have restoratiyes
handy.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

Great little terpsichoreans-the Marine
Banders The attraction at Chevy. Chase
Lake, take it from What's or, the Pro.
gram in Washington Today" consists
Of dancing and music by Marine
Band"
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
FERDINAND's TREMENDOUS GAMBLE.

Gar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is credited with plan
ming Napoleonic coup raised one degree. Divide
the enemy and defeat him in detail was Napoleonc
strategy; Ferdinand seems to have meditated divid-
ing his enemies into three parts and defeating each
separately He sought to force a wedge between
Greeks and Servians and destroy their armies sep
arately then to wheel about and crush the Roumanian
army if it should take the field ..- s.'
The plan has failed thus far, judging by meager
ard in some respects conflicting reports, because
Greeks and Servians acted together; also because,
apparently, they displayed fighting quality quite un-
expected and for which they had not earned due
credit in the contest with the Turk Perhaps before
the present marvellous mx-up is ended we shall learn
whether in fact the Bulgars deserved all the credit
they secured for carrying the brunt of the war against
Turkey. There has been considerable suspicion that
their superior efficiency was largely in the press
agent department.
Bulgaria would seem to be in peculiarly poor pos
ture to attempt herocs Her population is almost as
great as that of Servia and Greece together but it
is gavely doubted if she able to match their forces
At this time. With Montenegro thrown in on the
GrecoServian side, the latest estimates fix the popu-
lations thus:
|'aoo'ooo
Montenegro .--..-..........-........ 5000
Bulgaria .4.15s,0oO Allies. 5,214,00O
With the little countries all straining the last
nerve to maintain the fullest equipment the diff
ference in population is not inconsiderable. But
more important is the fact that Bulgaria also is the
object of Roumania's hostility and Roumania is
credited with 100000 population and a very re-
spectacle army, now on war basis
The Bulgarians have appeared even with their
side giving out most of the news largely, the ag-
gressors in forcing conflict If there is widespread
ccnict as is seems increasingly probable with every
hour of the present situation, the responsibility
seems largely on Bulgaria. That responsibility
would increase her chance of liberal treatment in
settlement arranged by another Berlin conference
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

That leaves US only one paragraph
kick in.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
IS POLITICAL ECONOMY ALL WRONG?

Golfers Weekly collects from the Department
of Agriculture and Census Bureau these statistics:
No. of People No. of cattle
in U. s. in U. S.
1907 7......... s7,178,s5S 72534O00
1913 ~........ 96,765,573 56527O00
From which it draws the deduction: There is
no way for man to serve his fellow-man during
the immediate future more powerfully than by rails
ing cattle, and no way more certain of reward"
The matter does not seem to be quite SO simple
rs Golfers supposes. We have always been taught
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
THIS & THAT
Wnh SOMETIMES a Lutte erfhe ofhe,
A POME OF THE PUBLIC.

l.
A bunch of years ago today,
Some fearless men collected
In Philadelphia, Pa,
And did the unexpected.
The t1ay they ICON the diadem
Has brought them endless fame;
There ioas 9oodly bunch Of them
HOW MANY CAN you NAMEH
They said we might as well begin
To be a living nation. -f
And boldly they advanced the In
Dependence Proclamation.
Which same, It Is admitted, com
Compare 10Th ANY prose
BUT ASK THE ORDINARY MAN
HOW MUCH OF 1T HE KNOWS.
When England wouldn't knuckle or.
Leave off its persecution,
They went ahead and fought the war
Yciept the Revolution.
About the tDar they struggled through
You've read In days a0one-
BUT ARE you POSITIVE THAT you
CAN TELL WHAT BROUGHT II
ONr
Can you enumerdte Uho ioent
And signed the treaty made at Ghentf
And name the pery date, eract,
of that momentons little actf. NJ, ,
II you can't ans,cer those and more,
Why celebrate July the fourf-
And II they're things you CAN discuss
You surely hdpe something on US.
Speaking of white shoes" advise,
Doc Wright. did you ever have a pail
cleaned at shoe-shining parlor
There are two ways Of doing 1t. In
some shops they boldly pour the liquid
over the tops of the shoes. and in
others they content themselves with
pushing it through the eyelets. The re-
suit is the same-whiteas socks, whether
you started out with them or not"
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
Amusements.

columbia-"In Mizzoura," 2:15 and SIS
Polrs-."The Talker." 2:15 and Sis D. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Glen Echo-All amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-Danctng and music
by Marine Band.
Marshall Hall-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf 10 a. m. $50 p. m. and
$50 y. m.
River View Park-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf, 10 a. m. and =. m.
Steamer ST. Johns leaves Seventh street
wharf at p. m. every evening except
Saturday and Sunday for forty-mils
txtp ON the PutI mac.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04

Bus. Of kicking Il IN.
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
Cause for Worry.

SALESGIRL In q local depart
ment store yawned drowsily as
she removed her wraps ana
started to get in readiness for
The Washington times., 1913-07-04
Learn One Thing
Every Day
THE STEAM ENGINE.

LITTLE over one hundred years
ago there wasn't single train
in America We owe our WON
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-03-22
A GOOD BREAKFAST.
Some Persons Never Know What Il
Means,

A good breakfast. good appetite
and good digestion mean everything
to the man, woman or child who has
anything to do, and wants to get a
good start toward doing it.
A Mo. man tells of his wife's good
breakfast" and also supper. made out
of Grape-Nuts and cream. He says:
II should like to tell you how much
good Grape Nuts has done for my wife.
After being in poor health for the last
Is years, during part of the time
scarcely anything would stay on her
stomach long enough to nourish her,
finally at the suggestion of friend
she tried Grape-Nuts.
Now, after about four weeks on
this delicious and nutritious food. she
has picked up most wonderfully and
seems as well as anyone can be.
Every morning she makes good
breakfast on Grape-Nuts eaten just as
it comes from the package with cream
or milk added; and tnen again the
same at supper and the change in her
is wonderful.
I'VE can't speak too highly OF
Grape-N Nuts as a food after our re-
markable experience" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich
Read the little book. THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's Rea'
SON."
Ever read the abeve letteFY A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genulne, tTae, and fall Of human
Interest. Adv.