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SISTER. .or s i ....k.t...sem..... T DOES NO' NA tr where it was. I, ' e want other peopl that is to my, these w were around aw reaonse sster or 0 self. It iN net 2b that she wi sme this andla not sored she knows my ano Of eeeressomene / ' draw her attetd=e this paper and she a emember that the ame aized to It is th whsek I signed at the fe6t of a doenmeat made et tgther--nameky, a return of dead At the feet of this paper our namases stood a beneath the other-otand there ownl, perh&, u seme forgotten bundle of papers at the w ofie. I emly hope that she will not we this, for il met cousIder it a breach f professional el qette.. and I a-teh great importance to tI epimise of thin wosman, whom I have only sm am" in my whole life. Moreover, on that o envies she was sabordinate to me-more or Is in the position of a servant. 9omee it to say. therefore, that it was Mn tme. and ou trade was what the commerea pgan call brisk. A war better remembered , yung than of the old. because it wsom putatively speaking. recent. The eid esem to remember the old lights better those fghts that were fought when their bot was sIll young and the vessels thereof a domged. It was, by the way. my first campaign. but was not new to the businem of blood: fur I a no soldier- only a doctor. My only uniform ay full parade dreo-in a red crose on the ar af an oblue merge jacket-said jacket bob much steined with certain dull patches whic ae better not invetgated. All who have taken part in war-doing tj 5 of repairing it-know that things a Not d in quite the soine way when be cartridge is served out instead of blank. TM esre~Isn are very fond of t which siale it is to be presumed was u theiraai brains by its utter inal y.The Paad may be suggested b 9 h r0 dwork be s-when it is a questc Of marehing away frm the lading stage, bi after the work-o work-has begun. there remrhably little rossembbnne to a review. We re served with many oseiad paps, which we never All in. beesuse, on the spur , the moment. It iN apt to suggest itelf that -s vee ame more impotaat. We amisapply a vs majostky of our surgical supb e. because U important Item y left behind headeatmomsor at the seaport depot. In fee We do many thin that we should lve undo. and amit to do more which we are expects (elaliiy) to do. Nor =arm naso-pree=nn=v the abseae i better amen-I was sent up to the front befoi WO had been three days at work. Our hospit by the river was not full when I received orde to fetow the flying column with two ssistaul and the applizues of a feld hospital. Out of hub hise nucleus sprang the large depot for sack and wounded that was form. daring the campaign. We were within am seash of head uarters, and I was fortunate alnelod a free d Thus our eetabbhmes in the desert grew daily more important, as fially superseded the hospital at headquarter We hada busy tine. for the mai column In new losed up with the Arst expedition force, and our troops were in touch with ti enemy not forty aise away from me. In the couma of eha-when the authnrift bussed to cease I ' I g the foe. which is Ink W m in BrI 'a high places Was demed expedient to f ry us. and the In additis to two medical amistants. I was a lowed three government nurses. This ia ne ews was not hailed with so much *I so might have been expected. I aI not in fever of bringing women anywhere SM the reat. They are. for their own ashes am ser he of mind of others, mueh betti left If they ae beyond a certain ag they break down and have to' be sent back I emiderable trouble-that is to may. an teso and an embuine cart. of which latter thm arc never enough. If they are below the el mastris-ever so little 6elow it-Ihey Cus mim ifet another deseuiwtlo. and the wounde me asgiseted. for there ~is no passion of A haman hert se erael and selih as Rove. "I AN ssrvy to hear it." I eadd to Uig homd Ntt le y mle-Warmer, of U nwed hoigide. who me do news. 01ery to hear Z Q! I soeln't b The phseehoagot a dMerent look about it who tem me woman-folk arund. They are i Jefiy clever in their ware-worth te at yON sed crem rmaina." That is as may be." I answered, breahis spen the ease of whisky which Ha=mmy be No-gtupo the Crispe, of his machines go for "Y Private comonaptlem. 20e Was taking the WACine unup o frst, and mighty r be was of it. "A elever gun, he ealed it; "am atmiei Be had rIidea of I-itog on a d his hor-tme ro gseve =Of desert widthe a halt: wathg o It and tenag its Whe mighthave WatChe tended his mother, or perhape some oth leem"E. "Gad! doctor!" he exclaimed, kicking out k standy lessand centempinting with some sam esN the ow ie top boots which he I heeaht thearmy ad navy etee. I kan s well. and-avoid theme. "Ged' do tar, yeu shul see that gun on the warpati et a.ight s aiyle. And when el hbjegito a& e * * mygstae! Click * * e1me e * * elick e e e For altia 1sell Ite a steam launeh's engine-mowis 'em down all the time, yowr ou e ther It wat hoe use e and your stalmeisteesr saheut with shewerm for the baullt. 7, at te thr sie ybyand you'll find ti "Seda erita?" Iasked-in perente~ "Bed. Idon' lie tever of dead esmm A big drinklse. I feel as NfI wesulMi et ed ad esedchifly with bhepla a which -= u eymded the head .mgse ma I had to e er him. 3semadl I hadato before he had touchi *mspe erlIa selpeL. We helladfrmeea s part of ther eou.b'-dswn Devnhire way . ad to aliied extent we knew each othes w~~r~hmfk enpheass ha. a vast mmiim mems heme my bed, bet ~mwould not testaep 3. woaid le with hes armas above I hed (which is not an attitude of sleep) and te shbet et e -retn gem. I demed of to temarmer of hi voieexe oag n the erss comning of theeec andemwab to hear dessin of the riin. We did not talkoet h..me..e deam In beei whn be a eamp fe. Pe pIt u eing te aheanee of t tursu a Mot to a sMm.r's life. We tle hel es cever gun, and ense, just before be t adep, tmmyresened to the sauestion of ti !ma." he amid, "the hs awbemes dot meteld me to tel you that he had ge p mins to seind you thsue narma. Treats' SJath, for my eha. Mn feirbe ~~he ueep end left me tibn he medo ed fet eptait which had prompt 'Ihe artuwsastir mast morning itd. TI heMni~ Dew a bas into eengne Sdeu which left no deet about it, "Ihe all e heade on dash. I inhe It sad am whom wa ofe ethe few msm empal ofme hme before ma en . *Se'ea*h he eadyto g.It asten tom se w eget of eoeer sr smiler w by thewa wahed. ass.:.de ~ to' mn..rto -te. d.. h.Me a ge m ~ e.I hepe la est ofyn e mahIt wts 1'sms to hewmee to ser fr fhe loe ~. I den't ta h any ama; 1 s I wetest fter bmeand I eheha Kiaeasora7Je~L eldthe rein U ~aeretof the yaewebs Naese -- tMal o "em w6th edo epaws "e fee besega hamp sr f kI gasesatenis Tdea m m ast ese tr m~an= en I emns er e~h asto Se bhaded mea nJebbemyehafat J hmdu bmw ei ak mt be hd net wcoa tes l- sema. It sArtman am be vas @Wbr mis.. to r e iw I at my em7masati assistant to the omes' qter with a mgse *tm aywere out to reotthemseeto me mtil hd hid a e rest, a aned in. Y- !t might I -= anamed by t eedy ly al ndomnedto the tautet1 the eeer is em masd. Thin yout's see wa - whiter am his lnen. Be won w hs Mh nd - d in co. , a bey of er 4. thereabout. A covered wih and md bbmad sii ting in a hamm chir rubbng his eyes and A inking earnehibng out of a twaier. ly "News tiee the tremt?" I iq Wiaoti , ete ,h u we M long doe .arasadbnew.w soItcrtainly va ne uimtimft'am .0ea m ead OnewedIeeranwelke , at each oher with hid, anxious I thought of the women, and ahmoi to mead them baok before daylight. In a few memmet a fresh ame. was reseed out Is of his bed, and ment faU g al rog the i- moomlight aerem the to be and the car in command began to repia a conadems. It was necemssry to get my mes to wmk at 0 oe, but I gave particular orides to leave the nurses unditurbed. Diater at the frout meant r- hard work at the rear. We aB knew that, and ml endeavored to mamke ready for a sadden r at 0 af wotnded. a- The rasb began before daylight. A they a came in we saw to them, drem.ing their wewada U - and packing thema as cloely as poib. But d the -treaa wal coutinuous. They never stopped 4 h- eoming; they never gave as a moment'a rat. At $o'clock I gave orders to awaken the 4 I urses and order em to prepare their quarters b a for the reeptiom of th wounded. At 6:0 an M armhospitl earps man came to me in the W g "tibockl' came air just come in," he @m. b h OScer. Gun b;stej, air." i "Take him to emy quartere," I sbi wiping a my instruments on my aleeve. m w I Iaa few mainute I followed, and onenteing 9 my little rom the frst thing I aw wapar d :LVMMwaW no doubt about the boots and the - white deck trousers, and although I could not a ass the ne, I knew that this wa ammy Fita- l P- Warremner come back again. I- A won-one of the nursem for whom he P n had pleaded-was beading ever the bed with a I and a bsi. of tepid water. As I en- D turned apon me a pair of calmly horror-etricken eyee. a "Oh!" abe whispered, smenugly, Mtepping of back to let me appreach. I hd no ime to no- h 'a ties then that she a one of thoWe but 0 at wommen, with perfect skin and fair , who - e make one think of what England mst have a at been before Gallie blood got to be so widely 1 , disseminated in the race. a. "Plmase pull down that mat frem the win d dow,' I said. indicang a temporary blnd which I hd pat up. It She did so promptly and returned to the e bedside. faling into podtiou as it were, await- * a lot my orders. ii a bent over the bed. and I must eomen tiat a a what I Mw there gave me a thrill of horror, p which will come again at times au long an I lie. U At I aade a Aga to ister to continue her tank b d of sponging away the mud, of which ane inge- t1 y dieit we sand. y "Both eyes," she whipered,"aredestroyed." ) it "Not the top of the eke," amid; "you must o d not toach that." 'I P. For we both knew that ow task was without d I have said. I knew -ometing of Pits Warrener's , and I could not ha nger- ti ing there. w I eould do no 0oo4, whom I a a knew that I was wanted eleewhere. a B hlipa moved, and Sister, kneeling h down on Soor. beat over him. 1, Icould not hear what he maid, but think she d - did. I saw her lips frame the whiqipr "Yee" in Ui t reply, and over her bee there @wept eaddenly a a - look of great tssdernsem., t a After a ittle pame ae rame and cmme to me. N' r "Who is her' she adbe d "Fita-Warreser el the naval brigade. Do a r you know hisa?" e "No, Inever heard of htm. Of conse * * * i- with ae am aid acrs his eae ty a pea PrmI Ih began m ern -1in W- at -' a batc'mbj aenleded-ly a.- K a caned tomea tat, na hos e a was amistehig her for sa ma s ese, and that e - foe, or Same wseman's nsam , was daefiving 0 e him pu'posmly." In a .....ew I mas oae of ths. L I tlad Met te lek, but I saw it aL I saw a MpoM b"ind heAds andr over her thrat s an up to herhair. 0 r "Wha i this?" be Muttered quits dise*ety wit that toa of which char- ti asterises the myke of anm ..m.ci.-a n, a "What ibis m cai" a is ngers e over the smowy Hamm h nto they e-m to th atringa, 0 e As an aepirant to te title of gentieman I felt ti ie runin away-many doctors know this y feeling; me a dotr I eould only s 'y. I BiM Ongers fmabled with the 1tig.Still S ter beat over the bed. Perhaps bent an y tech or two mtarer. One hand wax bones* big w cr neck mppo rting the poor shattered hend. 11 4 Be dowly drew of the ceap and his Angee a Ir eoi over e soft fair hair. V " be said qit clearly, 'a 've dose I o yaur hnp,and you're oing ' ta little v a- girl, you know- but a litile girl." 0 d Iend0not helpw hisf and yet 1 w I eltMe a maan ommittnga e O - "When I left you," mid the b voie, lI "yo' were it dawn your basek. You were a ttie I isM em ea litle girl now." ti *he slowly drew a hairpin out. One leug tl s lack fallcaring to her shoukiar. She never 0 g looked unewer noticed a, but knelt thae d P. lUke a ms rlggepraatl oe a e - a girlwhamnwehinevereen. S1 k "My Etiegirl," he added, with a lw hugh, 0 a andhe drew ast another hairpin. In a few mamente all hir hair ma about hir a eho-lies. I hid never thought *tha he amight t I. be carrying mobh glory quietly hiddem beneath ' d thedmiemaareap "atis better."h maid, "that is better." C It And he leteal thehargtsmla em theae e, eserklt. eNew you are my owa Many," he mat- U d "Yea, deer," she maid me tl, "I ama yea own a hert~ hand e etroked his aeaching be. wa a ertin ecience I g about hir tomah, am If she had aes hoews q aoe~of thee mattere.-, ml yand slowly the em-l e in huger. pamie over th wamdefal heir. smnocth- t b e grew mare darng. He tesebed hir d i- to her and ver the enft I "hemn grdmdng?' he askd, ering to the a is bib of hir nsrgas. t s Itwas arveino how the brain, which a i I- laid apen to the day, retained the eeeesamma ifofam one bjeetm earn. II "Yes-dear," ahekipeel is "Your old apre. is eN we!"hoemid repreach- t fully touchig hir breast whine the Moeod--im C u own lood-wae eoly ytg r- His head pamamse and aes t emeakhah I C a saw hir eyes sofles inte seeh a weudestul turn ml dernems tha t ai s I weelehingapart of ishter's lie whish ma erd. of Imaw a ttle meveaut asif tabdawhek-d ad them the reemiutely heid hier tem u her C eyes were dull with a neweda I wesnde--I a ae have wessed ever da. sh emeris t I ms j meleswresk at a -ma aam h in4 "Na, deer." ly "It wEB be aN reh ne, mura. ' hi ha a patisalpst." "e," a 16 hit 'udlyabm and m wii in iMdmt, ser ree asaI~l be. se aSter's temukselimIt 3M f haas C in Whameeed lmhr Gme itmas aspam h, U I a ys satht Ihh ey-4 a wiMh hsi n to -e ts paI aslied as m ee with eS m1m .I be mleds I hd dmy takIame a Med-h bes ir hi ma meri amen aes onS istr Os h. bs b~aI ef'teu st. Wham*0*0e t. hu d W peembste a o 6M S"W ad have *hboa y N,1 e SAWr Is s an- _- be WK, as Seen Sthe ~ be to ageasslate,demiu a duty to oe " andm her t S em I_= W be treeh .ity qoik. TMn rnaar As waIs. h receiver will break a good deal, and l etly he will oberve, "Oh, a b in seb a g comn hurr; uwnat g r salary raised it b y" and the sender, ben yeg sad freh, rejl tothe effect t receiver is a asm and wiN advise bim toqget a elief. hen he will mp out dhe sge "A" perempto Wee *alI go&ba? 1W = e sy hurry and perspire, he won't send easmy a eage the steady old follow during the a sy. 0. the pedreite itsfa diferent. Only 0 best a sare employed ad, no matter T )w poor the characters Way be seat over the " be the isratre supposed to be a b asa se wh cadon't come he is to g I in out of his head. But the steady nder, even on the preo wires, Is appnnied id often makes better time than his speedier E rother. a Operators laugh over the wire, or rsaher ey p mvey the fact that they ae amused. They do a 111by telegraphing "ha, ha." e ieet is indicated by* een li a io~ A ad repeating it several t- a m tpressed by mending "ha once or perhaps s rce. Transmitting it slowly and repeating it b le the trator of the joke at the other end o the wire t the listener is leaning back in q M chair and laughing long and heartily. , When the feeling between two operators In el ro cities, instead of being that of gentle afee- &I )n, Is that of strong dislike the fact can be V ade just as apparent as tlough they were thin a few feet of each other. No personal 5 >lision can occur, of course. That is one of o: e drawbacks. But a man can call names and I eke threats over a wire with almost the same Aility air by word of mouth. One of the favorite sorts when two operators are quarreling is at profesionally known a "fighting circuit." t much is accomplished by this, however, for sen two operators strive at the same tine to at I names over % wire neither can succeed, m orrG crour ALL NG (4T. relegraphers have an old story about "fight- 0 g cirouit." James Austin, who is located on n iwapaper row, who so a Canadian by birth, b ought the story to this city, one of the oper sre in the story being located at Toronto and e other at Buffalo. After a successful ex- a ange of uncomplimentary remarks they b n to fght for the circuit-that is, they both ied to send epithets over the wire at once a key fouht for some time. Neither would t id. The man at Toronto, who was old and b tute, saw that the man at Buffalo was young d stubborn and was in for an all-night strug ). The Toronto man looked around for a oxy. He found it in the clock wire, which g a a wire attached to the clock's pendulum, t aving of which acted to ope and close the 'cuit. He connected the Buffalo wire with P e clock wire and went home to bed, leaving 4 o Buffalo man valorously battling with the k-tick, tick-tick of the clock. The story con- g ides with the veraciousaettement thatwhen the w >ronto man reached the office the next morn- m g he heard the Buffalo man still Aghting the i ick, and that when the former disconnected T e clock wire and closed the circuit the latter apped out triumphantly, "I downed you at t it, did I?" A "Fighting circuit" is probably the most an ying occupation there is. The very impo acy, the very futility of it is maddening. we is a man who has offered a grievous in- L It. Yet the insultee cannot et at the insulter b kick him. They may be separated by thou- ] ads of miles. the iractice of calling bard o mes is not inf uent, possbly, for that ison. "Fighting iruit" has several times " iven men to the verge of frenzy. There is tb record in the archives of the Western Union tb ice in New York the tale of an excitable a' orator, who, after a long and unsuccesful d -uggle to say something mean to a man in 01 bany whom he hated, and who at the same ne was tIfying to say something mean to him , ddenly arose from iis chair and darted from; a e operating room in New York city and ran' wn the stairs into the street. at 1'here be gazed wildly around, looking for me object on which to vent his anger. Near n a e'able. mild-looking gentleman was ving a boots polibhed. The unhppy oper- 01 >r rushed at him. struck him in the face, and ti uted, "Blank, blank you. you're always get ag your boots blacked." ut that was in the I days. & son snasoUs aNsUre' 4 Slot always, however, have differences arising er a wire been wi~out a bloodless termina- u n. It has been the case en a number of oo- Si ions that the insultee has boarded a trait for re 5 town of the insulter, and that upon the in- in Iter being pointed out to him the two have in me together in an affray. But such instances o D exceptions. Even thotigh a man may board rain full of thought of vengoance, it is likely. ai oo ie out after a few hours' ride, and the ti dit, instead of being sanguinary may be one d harmonious peace and good faling. It may u stae positively tha no quarrel begun over b< el ph wire has ever resulted fa over They tell a good story up at the big estern 0 iion office on 15th street. One of .the night ti mn was sending press to Richmond. The rl erator at the latter place said: to "What's the matter? You come so heavy U :an't adjust enough." ] "Is that so?" responded the operator at the h ashington end of the wire. "Wait a second.' o Then came a pause. "How's that?" asked the Washington man. a "That's splendid," replied the Richmond fl erator. "Wat did von do?" "I took off my cuffs,1' came back the reply n am the Washington man, and even the relay F 4 sounder exchanged smiles.U Twenty or twenty-five years have made great 0 anges for the telegraphers. In the old days si operator was an individual to whom a great C terest was attached, and around whom was a U Jo of mystery. Then he received a salary S iich was deemed handsome for what was ap. ri rently such light work. In a boarding house U was always th star. Railroad nassea were a tainable by him for the asking. He-was fr- b tently given the freedom of cities, and when E was not given to him he sometimes took it. ' it now-well. the old-timers asserit that th tI isiness bussgone to the dogs. One drawback a a been pointed to as preventing their ad' f' ncement ij. the fact that they are very elan- a .h. Their working hours are, of course, ent in the company of other operators, but are their leisure hours. They do no bem care to circulate among people of other isinesses. This, of course, is not the cas with a I of them, hut It is with a very great number. al s consequence is that many know practi-ally T thing of matters or people outside of the a eraph class. This handicap works to prevent them from T alizing a desire which sooner or later enters fi e heart of every telegrapher-to get Into-somse U usess where there Is a possibility of advance- C ent. lBnt whep lie looks over the field-If he li Its beyond the mere yearning-he sees that a u ill'hae to aecept a much smaller ancome i an he is alrddy receiving, and that settles it. a a continues to yearn. but ha takes no aoticn. I a finally becomes like a man who has beeng ng In the gvernment service. He stays In a I It. In the tlgahbusiness the comfortable al rths are for tevery few. That eoudition Ii itains more there than in any other business. SI OUE MANY YACETI. he Neein t' Tnema Are 3man O0es Maagd by Their Owness. c emn the Osatury. tiseafeto--tl aataereisatlestone e, cht to every' 10,000 peopla In the land. and fi at an average yashi will carry at les tern ' rsces. This namn that there are at lesm -0 yacht owners In the country and that h ,00 people may partieipate in plesue se g;a large nuamber, surely, to he deveted toea 0 egt which Is ns-----rIy e..and to lessitiss h :rthe water and which Is am ezpaesve pea lurnise and Graplng types, e.aion et u cMI whis to bE iI hahe a is behg master ewn A eft ~g hogtc medr i ehe m i1, 11s5 u. lma PRESS TELEGRAPH.I .a gm tUg Ph Amw mani~tan 'EM AND PIVATE CODE. bl revs "am the Fe~s Quastes er the febe- M Aegtutameee Mad. by the Telegraph M Key-uriend They Ne-er pest-lase fern the Teg"ph wiu run er name s and Ieset How MANY or TaEx SrAS reade compre be and fuly under- v glandthe intrieacies of the telegraph business as a branch of the news paper? Not many, and b yet it is fu of Inres and of Ohe utmost im portance. Wonderful t - strides have been made in the telegraph within a the last five ye look- ti ing to the betterment 1k the news evie, and now hardly a day passes Ithout a startling feat being performed in hob Father Time figures as the vanquished. ti To illustrate this point the reporting of the ti esat hanging of Deeming in Australia may be a ted. He was hanged in the morning in Mel- c Mrne at one manute pest 10, and yet the it pers in this country announced the -n first eight eems Incompre- g, mible, but the telegraph- has annihilated e )th time and space Chronologically speaking, * news of the execution reached this country1 fore the event really took place. The difer ice in time between Washington and Mel- CA mune is about ten hours, that is to may, one andred and fif degrees of longitude. Fifteen grees of longitude.are equal to one hour. Eppose the news was flashed from Melbourne in onday morning at ten minutes past 10 and N, at there was no delay over the land lines of erph from Australia and the cable the dis- bt t would reach Washington a little after at idnight Sunday, apparently ten hours before eeming was hanged. Ci A few weeks beka bright sketch appeared in IP Ws of the teerph papers wherein Prof. tr es is as coming back to life and a great wonderment at the marvelous devel- i meat of his cherished discovery. He, of all as en, would have the most cause for surprise, a 'his crode instruments form curiosities today, g Mile the compact improvements upon his orig- PI al ideas look business-like all over. w' am IWCasass IN TUZ DAILY REPORT. ci Five yean ago the average news report don- th uted of 5,000 words to the afternoon papers th A 7,000 to those that came out in the morn- W g. Today the press association is slow that cl nnot furnish 10,000 word, to the evening i =nd 14,000 to the morning editions. The of typewriters in the press telegraph sine.. i for the most part responsible or t is advancemens. The taking of the regular I rvice of news from the wire when the ma tines were first tried proved such an easy atter that abbreviations were introduced. n his innovation, while It improved the speed, H d not work the operators harder, and the, :ode" was decided upon and is used to a 1 Mater or less extent upon all the newt circuits to day. Walter P. Pillips, an old operator and )w the general manager of a successful news Sdcation. is the author of the code. and to re =u is due the speedy handling of news matter. To illustrate. An item starts out: "It is un- o wetood that the President will visit New York of eorrow evening." The' sending operator 01 ad it over the wire: Ixu-It is understood; t-that the; Pr-President: wl-will; visit; A . Y.-New York- trmp-tomorrow evening. t bile the man at tie key is sending this item a forty-word per minute gait, running the di sed in reality up to sixty-tive words a minute, W opefators at the receiving pointscoolly rite out the words in full on the ywriter. rem this it can be seen that a great advantage secured through she use of the code and the a pe ritas adjuncts to thee att useful abbreviations the e : -out of the; X-in which; Ox-grat excite sat: Chi-committed suicide; iac-House ol emmittee: Ute-under the circumstances; -mthe ground that. &c. It Is t proper thing nowadays for an the os omiet papers, TaS STn among them, to Nk he the news service of both the big preas as- cf *eians, thereby aming 'nothing that is, th arth having. u While the apthods of both these organisa- cc ae- eminently successful. their modes of ar atharing ad disseminating the news are dif- I , rent in many respects. At any rate the two to Pmiepjves are thoro y covered and it is a vi aa y speaking, that slips o Mrough their l asuira 0 IWCasASED VACILrrrZ. a Uxpressioms are often heard, coming from the der generation, that the world is getting are every day because they never heard when i Oy were youn of so many terrible crimes 01 d aring roberies. That Is it exactly. L en- they were young. or even fifteen years go, the facilities for gathering the news were y wy crude and as a result one-half of the news ibs world circulated only in the immediate linity of its origin. Today the younger gen stien is not only told on the same day of a 01 mhing down south, a train robbery in the astsen states, a terrible mine explosion up in fr c oal fields of Pennsylvania. the doinge of ar sCanadian parhisent and the idiosyncrasies the royal familie of Europe. but the fullest el stalls are flashed to his favorite paper and he er mows as much about the particular incident as i wese who were on the spot and witnessed the h isernenee., Another feature-a feature indeed-for whichw lawpiuner readers have reason to be thank ii for th~poement In the press telegraph. ol as the mgfietrepot received during the Iq ist week frmMneplsand will come from i hicango nest week. Tn had Its special. B wrmdnon the ground: the two presn as- b utemish had a crsof news gatherers ~ resat and, as a result,.h Washington read- ya a knew as much and frequently more about ni s eavention a. did the residents of Minneap- * lie How many thousands of words of press ave bee and will be crested by the two een- te matons will be a hard matter to get at exactly, bi Ut the tolls therefor will not fall far short of a a master of a million dollars.T Of the people who handle the tlgasthe , perators-still less is known by th general te leder. They form strong friendsh over the free. Metaphrcal they shake dscor- ~ aI.* twice a day-when they begin work and tt has they end It. Whea busines is dull they hi old cosvesions, with hundreds of miles, e Sthonsamn meparating them, as two friends tdo over a dinner table. liometimes they of their hopes and fears and ambitions and it apart very confidential Information to maen gj hema they wuae ever' seen, but generally the H apie is horse racing orhbse ball. It is aknow le met that teegr operators and printers are r me greatest ontenational gas. in isme.Of coarse, all these exchanges tabe oj lace between those who have been in comma-y iteon eeaktaly for soe timne. There are pairs of meen who have beenmin I ally esn M-to with each other over the -e telegraph wire fur yeare, and who have I seer see each ether. Eneh is well acealnted Sbh the other's temperamsnt, his mends, his yi h-rmiM- and his eesntren e lsgjhIn- it Irume and wires aesi ad etend 1eek Yet, through t e ' -ma ts able to evey esmettmns of iarrow er e absetshilas they may be enpeedI *dpi hA-- that the men who Is seading tees s S er well, er-hquthe sner ag sam weedm-thati hae in gedtmer had. V Urn the eaesree tespm a sys- g in et abbate~isisea sk n eeem to emy g marslem mere in a erthn pessed et 5m fm e tews sh t is met s ste....d.adist..t ei., tere* hieleme of eree t ~ster mes.g ad a h m m e a se st sa "ee s a -~ - gw wma.ma aMM ema, attaaMMenou a mSenss3ms--eua esra waiw ~oa 'emuB wErn enBm-tr ma a-' tro aMactm ST xaev. smauman-!s ROAS AOet I" awem. "GeaneTada and attiete at a tlmess ho streets at Washington Se empionmey moul in easmar." writ s Frak L. Dyer of 1a city In Good eeds for te pmet meA Cr. Dyer Is chief counm of the lcal division af 0 Leagwa of Asserican Wheosmen and writes, 'efOReS, from h esellt's N 0 edeint. "Amaple fclfag," he andense, "broad lawns hd atoAlive bagdisg, pghe end rivete, no everywhere to trat and tateasthe Oer, and lead psasing m to the moeth, gay inete and the elea is detwaft which ran in all directis rough te eity. Thse streets, and scnsm of s beautiful suburban driveways Into whiek My extend, have added to the how ot an afesufc fo all bind 6f d link ty my point@ abhnowMsek assts Muc 6:th tragdy and rMMM* Of merican history. "These same streets, so scentically een raoted and so eetly maintained, ae at lot a modern tion. and abould the visitor a 'today have had the misfortune to be Sartered in Washington during the civil war, ben heavy, black southera med prevailed in wry roadway, when a ved resident street was most unheard of, when cows, pig. and hens we allowed the freedom of the city,' and l ben a sluggish, dirty little straim, called the: lber,' flowed uninterruptdype thme patent( Bce, the transformation 1wi noow observes Ight well be considered marvelous." TUS OLD wASEIINGoN. After discuoiag briedy the origin at Wash goon, Mr. Dyer says: On May 16, IMO, President John Adams Is ed an order directing the removal at the I Inor employee and official records from Phila a (which had been the capital since 1790) h new "federal city," as Washington was en called, but it is surmised that something uet have been known of its unattraotivaness, th from anesthetic and from a hygisensed :nt,foritwasnotuatilthenext OctobethIhe resident'. order was carried out. In a eaink ae, therefore, Washington was first inhabited r compulsion and not by choice. Being for a most part below tide water, and locaded in a extremely swampy section of the eountry is condition of its streets, If such they c called at that time, can well be imagined. In those days there was in Congress a philo iphical member from Connecticut named narew Wolcott, who. filled with misgiving. re trding the policy of the government in trying1 i create a mushroom city as the city of federalj8 Fairs, celebrated the anniversary of Inde mndeuce by writing a letter to his wife on July 1900, in ihich oceurs these words: "I do not perceive how the members of Con-I 'es can possibly secure lodging, unless they UII consent to live lik- sculler. in a colege or on6k in a monastery, crowded ten or twenty one house and utterly secluded from society. he only recourse for such as wish to live com rtably wall. I think, be found in Georgetown, tree milesdistant, over as bad a road in winter i the clay grounds near Hartford." Viewing the city as he did then it would have quired a mind more prophetic than his to ress the ultimate destiny of the capital. ittle could he have imagined that there would a time like the preient, when Georgetown, hich was then one of the most important-clte. the country, would be overshadowed by and mlly added to the "village," which was so aall thst it could hardly supply lodgings to e legislators of the Unted State, and that e road, scornfully referred to as be.4 as bad the "clay grounds near Hartford,' should velop into the magnificent Pennsylvania ave ie, one of the fnest streets in the world. hav g a width of 10 feet, and with a urface as sooth as a billiard table and as clean as chils ad stone. Mr. Wolcott's colleague, John Cotton Smth,j o adds his complaint regarding the new city an article written a little later, in which he ye: "Instead of recognising the avenues and b rets portrayed on the plan of the city, not I Le was visible, unless we except a road with i ro buildings called New Jersey avenus." 9ENWBYLVANIA AVaUWU In OLD TIna3. The Pennsylvania avenue l.aing, as laid own on paper, from the Capitol to the Pre- 1 nt's mansion, was then nearly the whole dis- i ae a deep morasi,.aovwerd with alder bushes, c lit were cut - the width of ah in- - ded avemne aubarme amning winter. The 1 ds in 0very dires were muddy aid an aproved. Viewing the city as it now is it is deed diffieult to even imagine the condition affairs described by these writers. e C C The roadways running between the imaginary reet lines which extended in the early dava of a city are maid to have been little better 'than op quagmire-the legitimate result of the f ahappy position of the cit itself. The were Ottomles and wholly whout a sustaining rface which in any way qualified them for 'en the limited tbalk which the necesities of e city required at that time, and old-tim aidents compare the streets of early Washing a history with those encountered by the nion troops in Virginia during the civil war, 6en it took six horses to drag an ordinary witser a few weary miles each day. The Idea grading these streets was unheard of, and ashington might be sid to have had as amany s and downs to its surface as to its varying rtunes. The White House and Capitol were fifteen and aety feet respectively above tide water, while asylvania avenue, which conflects thum, as below it. Two hundred and ait, rodswset 'the White House was Observat lln - a feet above the tide, and connee ' this usi spitol Hill1 and extending slightly northward as a ridge having an elevation of 106 feet. made tree. were scarce, and these were at ngdin theo most Imperfect order; the aide iswere only crude Imitations of tme real tile and no attempts had been made toward ttengthe condition of the public roads in all adparks. Cows roamed at large over the bole oity and browsed in the front yard. of ie eltisens. Pigs wallowed In the muddy rests, cauln even the President to turn out r them, and heas and chickens cackled and watched and wandered everywhere. Running down from the northwest into the asinesm portion of the city, where the finest ares now stand, was a sluggish, muddy creek, Brat dignified by the elassic ame "The iber," but soon reduced to the comaplace id menial Offie of serving as a natural ~s w'et for the surrounding district. iber" is suppossd to have received its om one of the earl settlers nemud ops hose lwatatofothtpaofthe hill Sm ptlnow stands was eanlsd Rome, lin he f tin the coarevof time anAra -pta greater than the Roman would hba adie of his e---'-u The entire western ction of the city, extending from the river to eridian NiR and Rock creak, was foe the rester portion a tracklss emm n some of a oldest inhabitants recnget thdat~ years lo in aiyweather the mules anid p lbU a sl an enue would ef ten sikt serthemud. There ware no eo. ructed sewers, usiler was there watener ga that whele assiem whisk todayi Aleair3Uet hed whey- were, nd, ohe taathmaki Wemit tmhetie meuM be and whet it new Is te mest besa ldetyvite werMi. "Rsephead,ma he mas eeed, b reasoato the lers esegy dib aman by... us.. at is~ wse 'W~tsd Wasngten estie the mad'* Ru mag y bastoesuing the T ,wsknew ass fer smm distans.e nderth st he eat M4sswer and wae me arthuestern e a EM skaGTh o Dsng apes t tee y -l ,he W 6.m edp w d a - best on"e -_y tambe whees them se 1amw M) and to Fsstand In as eene ffid Oge' IMed wAepoe e em r * p I b Wn eeets of tnes. ke wee IdhI med by the am eta n s mvhlread serhes be the gneeema erns #wsetis kom the a sphh, ON whih na a pa s sest par etnli.me. P 1 fee se dae ing heavy heft skeh a pavemems might bm a dgue "mhla. bt fer V 6 .- aled et*y want. Its -il meinla ty line t. butoc o.f.m the.as that isend - a and sodal and not a man*e Miy. aines the omroee of these ie is yiligt a eali xe AM enaed, while a pleasat and areb in eed toor.The limate -h is espe ay wel 'Ited Ito bm '.d simes the weah=r t seitho 0 ed In winter as to esd hem, nor osm in smmer as to seflousi mIet them. It is tres that in soe samein lays the surMee of the road sofh to I R degree, but this is only sulest to Wos y boass or bare places to be lbad up. In A meinm rens. therefore, than eenrete stree se, in mer, sif-sspulring Up to July 1 MW. there were 2.052,M square yards of se iha met in Wan= embrae a O ecal otr and as iock ag of about ninety-two miles, Thea sreets, with but one or two exceptions, e i he northwestern section of the city, west a iorth Capitol street, and worth of the ma. avw a this section there are not more than va tesets hiAving a length of le than two mile which are not ' "sphalted, with the exceptiom vt 7th street, which is paved with granite bloel rom one end to the other, a distance of few iles. The expense of creating this system o tree.t and maintaining theik in perfeet repak 1 enormous, and in the Tyear enmua ruly 1, 1990, O77000 were expended in stree minprovementa. Bwng to the e~eiet sysmi ed in Washington for cleaning them street her are resar ummaculate, and since this we I done at nigt the streets in the daytime an Aways free from dust. TS *3=rUr= AM TIM AseMaLT. The most ardent advocates of asphalt ktreet If Washington ane the many wheelmen who to 6e here, and whose number, sccording % enservative estimates, is fully 16.0. Of th 0040 people who constitute he population a Vashingion, prob 150.00 are white, and o heds there are y 60,00. or one pas t of every four, who may fairly be so" to b menter of "eaent steed." Iheveles are m verywbere, propelled swiftly,' esily and oh y along and, in contradistinction tA he conditions other cities, constitute not a4 much an element of pleasure as one of nces ity. Business men ride to their effes ,d stores in the morning, returnin4 t night on their wheels, and by tlu se of the wheel is gven the rap axury to some of spending the noon hour. a good portion of it, at their homes. Some al he more courageous ladies do their shopping wheel, speeding gracetally and tLearieude i, ad among the myriads of carriages and wagonm rhich line the buainess streets. Inthe evening Do, when the air is cool they ride over tim ountry roads with husbands. sweethearts am otr ect examples of health and happi A. e smaller element is by no means i he background, and little boys and girl ounted on their wheels spin over the smooti avements with the esse and abandon of ex iert. Staid politicians and statesman cast aidi beir dignity for the nonce and obtain that roe mation aa exercse which tired nature de sand.. 0 0 0 sre anmmnse's TUM. since the time of Alexander Shepherd th nprovements of Washington and its street ave gone steadily forward. The marsh land ave been eliminated with few exceptions, mes f the streets ue asphalted and are in perfee ondition, costly houses ue everywhere seen ad the American citizen points today witl ride to Washington as a At and beautifulespi al to the enterprising hation. Mr. Dyer directs attention to some of lh ighways in the vicinity of the city and eulo Uas the Conduit road, the Fort Nyer road an be roads within the Soldiers' Home grounds 'hese, in combination with the city streets resent, he pays, unequaled facilties for thi rheelmen. In cenclusion he writes: "But ti he man who hoA aeomplished all this to him D whom all credit should be given. as paid but tribute, and today heia ntces from tll under the sorchinq os,aendintg to regain the fmlan a 6iMsIthe eity he todso weL" A Mighty gesao. West the oeaoa Gktoe. At Fischhanaes, in Germany, a wedding feas f Homeric proportions recently took plaa he 16 guests got through one ox, three pigs sur calves, eighteen chickens, ten gee an scik and pigeons in proportion. Four hogs sads of beer, forty quarts of rum and Afty *I theruids served to wash down the Olids he shdeofGarganta should rejoice at thii oble feat. * ~u siDeet ren Peck. r77 an dba -as"sawoene hoa so*@$t6 thtypm Clu. "5e Og 6em M eWN ee rism"e i is as plan I Ws"u be vn.s -*by an e uin @MWN hini arend a peadge of eiroeks, 41 Swns "es amn uvA my wfM boegt Qat Ma house al e sest boyamd S 3madury was tha i.t ha mhsaeetybMoetpgm bba em not quite a an, you knew, bt a m gee Spet. We Wated to bep i o"e g alyir. ea be ft espa ies to base ao every weak er s we we s am e hae a assuer." "Why wlal't a dati 6s?"aed M4' A "A ihal is set a goa el me a Iber-swi g .imanho.. ad Noeoem. ''ammdan, in -eg ft mi e6l~efe t steep. and I somet 4 a.t with ea ay 1or. M ft to my ebeervesft the de pp m igag ib famed whes en is hs ouger eb to temble down without hag ouemeNs ; *a mest asset whas assoping I to be nemfatobha PoIsely 3h hA ter meo have to d With tat, av e oen a balke wIm 106t" "Why, cwtainly." ete i e "As I am 6artag," atme Neefi. -swe wanted a lawa anewer, but wetoumd that a gied e Cost 18 "And tinvestment didn't se k rth forich a edte pt. Ie wee rather pleased wim a aeeg..lM.. to urn bv as od ama of veirmetbl w saee with greeuioh-wMae wh ohr We S& in a remarkab~ mU hoon . around som w rsr from om liehe a grde about e lest e. in which bepees rhg ftw latesive' method, a; I besvWSea is canse. hat is to v. he has f ber little bede of powdered back soi. --ca---a manure water byerforat edas Abed wt iteses and buried he aeeee, and his vegetabieg. of which he aimse in Om m masuming quantity. qReSt asw ;=-I pe." .W et that got to with 3. Iom mmer demanded DI.hA "It shows what a fraga ad agensm buffer thu greenimb-uhe d pa-7 en i." 10 Wooded NoodAs. "Seem.m to e and SaWI so ewished to forma a dub fivee far . par Chase of a laws mower, Uhi we t a e e In Commn, each eM making oed ts convemlmmee. Having already ea-ed Ise aet our neighbors se v=l.bebrn to to asame he would be glad Wf I would wmith hmammmr a t Afth. An aesmeat of *S an aromud weald buy the machin. Netanuy I was damdghie with the idea and at omes amy OL The lawn mower was beoght by eo man, in his cellar. and I was Aaswed by hin ep. portunity of ,adig it ome, I neaer had as other chance." "Why not?" askEd ms. "Wen." amid Noodl, 11ghti-g a beek dog ette. "it wasn't laug bl the r needed cutting again and I west to qth s.mer. It wasn't to be had. becase c domor wM I green whimkers wax of etting grms with f by the job. If I ried oeso more to got dh ma it my property I tred a doesn Vem. but dh ma chine was alwavs oecpied elswhe.t I UKd the toreto a neighbor at ai m ed James and he Informed tw dot he was a ' hi-. in that lawn mower elme, baWing give s fo the privilege to Wbhuu1 wha is ddito a n Rrhdsued*y lor bb grame attended W. 'But thee were say fte ahms," amd "That' what I uVoelted," dNeeiis. "But be in qu'y in the learned Akltily ese m ee who wen lot in on the greewbyWheess I at P each sfer the mdne was bet umI paid for. Doubem t suere ,s. Th working of the specmlait- seamsed to be 6t0 those zsbeeibers who wee to hire him t cutheir grms atas mech a sum 4e -twhile the rest were t 46 at at. they wested to mew emirisnes a3 mower was OMIFGM& e ee g abad a fortnight after per'-e of do mas, I was emking a er es my treus patha u.s I was murprised to se Wase= g u 3e V- pack. "'owdyvP he "IM, eq "'Good evening!' I imu w= . "'I've come it ba a lei amm 'he said. "'am...t,' I ep~ad, astmaLah 'Wha do you ..III=S' "'FIfty smisub OW b 3 m msower.' -V 1Wa 06deremmes aueadb ommmdr I'-P 'iA't yeS a 're.i A to Unbhr he "'I thought I Wa6 but Km anee w*ek 3. ae of it.' "'wen, rve hadto , asnd sa eents all round,' he "' wo't pay r I "'Ihes yeou a't have am me of so me, chine no more ni e' he am sed . -'06 sal' a nW 'nees of P" um*ag too hr pa yew m me gren whimkmre' Up to do po mat I pd SI for th pewmet r in est u mower euso. I lasthat you hae bee . ing sbares in The machine ft at mast ohse pear sum estande at the original -amb-1 m--'-- pu tin thegnoney into year *an peablt. by he t haveyo dese thatr 'The chh is m iansma I hIem auto eel as many aes in t as I che,'u ed to ad ecoudret cooMy. 'Not without 3h eemt at an33me d, three Other orig pinr - e W eWED of the ahinme eiaywith yeomeM Kg.. "'I bogyoar pui' he reisima. 'beM thme eand ltyou inoenita vher. If vou haven't had the mse et it i's besmes to s "' mamm thatay e bees rnsa a living by ing my tow, anwr rb etcttnm emt . ag.'hd~~N "*'I worn't be emba" K demissd. 'Thisia "'I doa't mee hew yeu em .i gtn mery shme. in naigwithout .eaumg 3h. hmi e. amid, reetivel, "and 3.t edent without the comet et aN 3h. othr Oteah holder. I toll you wa I w4. de 3e.e ak of ---"-- I3m aew yarnauhr S cshe a time emi year' aemt in 3.moe deam'?r boye," eaad 3eses as he fied him gme from a tremhy opndbede af hew, "I =me so er way eatat 3. msen, and, I-mma as the stee i 3. asenme had beam watered to mah a etm mew U8 akate was eady werth abeatU , 3.gtIt best to aimeut, --a..ngm es esdpat eem. each me~d hap., w est thelawn e aee at betet totwreml: 3.. 1 ama th emsa K wenut to mah hm fmUn him tn him gaee raiing ematy tmatms ins a ch bymes etis amaN demam. Ee toek .aia ito see E It is,"an Te6,sa wead b Eib d ss m ese "Mr. Ueidr.: te - aw sas ~e, eMs... 'spasawt anwer............ .3 teo~ ema lle ase de... .I psm. oma a 1w ya as ham palI wmu be 4wodft No loo&nls &me m -* sa MAbw "A a isui b" a tm m a" -fft -tw mo aw ad - Umf of bm&W 4 L a bf of wbk in a a boo buoi b t - of s &me@ Inab absia -~w ehasmm *makm d'mki ha9 eposi km. beam Ir~v s iftofo had bn bef bma6 amen *on for fe pemiw 4C Mis b . 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MU&s -njw -o. as - asmbw SCOM1WP bp ha is~ aq" Th 11 bad Op bw bea. han inS and p - idow "0 '%eppe."wMs& Aw as~o. a S. win& sqiefZ.g See by we@mdav eig ig ineto am ir em f maMa Mi b'a ita 6o bSbvw w zeafta it ina amf&Piwo c~i..i ea & ' 4, yams. the :s 9ie e .$== Vb,,wemo in Ii qauI is "M- - ow a" misiW. @be M.o amam gna bmqpaMad a --pwe 1 -mm aw m be Sio beoe"Isd dm MM ia o t I- ~m -updL lwGoata eaha isa" rn Ia~wbtabaSms loftla soo a m, is e imu dm" a yi mw m low. Ge m"obon em b r bam sonde ata -tO&bm am~ M Twoy Spow ame is its~h eOSwn& m u dw.a "a sox= ha ft be h basim~a bm bAbmam mw" ig. hm is fted m ,.f~ 6-A a" i pie S.mowdsb Sm~5d %LsS.S In a l one.. oboopmisai wb& a b wp= by is u " sa dmmai mo ha ha. or s