WASHINGTON LETTER
Bpactal Correspondence.
It having been definitely determined
fejr Chairman Edward J. Stellwagen of
the Inauguration committee that the
veteran soldier and sailor organiza
tion shall hare tho position of honor
in the parade of March 4 personal ca
vort to the president elect and vice
rildent elect representatives of the
A. R., Union Veteran legion, the
United Spanish War Veterans and the
Army and Navy union have been add
d to the committee on civic organiza
tions. Ooneral O. O. Howard has also
accepted the appointment as marshal
t the veteran division, which will es
ort Mr. Tsft and Mr. Sherman from
too White House to tho capltol, where
they will take the oath of office.
Parade In Two Divisions.
Tho most sorlpus problem that con
fronts Major Ooneral J. Franklin Bell,
who will be grand marshal of the pa
ade, will be to keep It within reason
able bounds. To shorten tho regular
parade It has been decided to divide
It Into two divisions. One will be the
ecort, consisting of veterans of the
civil and Spanish wars, and will ac
company the president from the White
House to the apltoI. The other will
pass in view after tho Inaugural cero
nony at the capltol U concluded.
Despite this new nrrnnseuient (Jeneral
Bell irttll faces the embarrassment of a
too lengthy parade. There Is great pres
sure from the national guard to ob
tain -desirable places In the line, but
the marshal has decided to limit the
number of troops from any one state
to a brigade.
Naval 'Heroes' Statue.
The location In this city of statues
f John Paul Jones and Commodore
John Barry, each of whom Is heralded
by his admirers as the "father of the
American navy," will prove a difficult
task for the special commission
charged with that duty. This commis
sion consists of the secretary of war,
the secretary of the navy and the
halrmaa of the senate and house com
mittees on library.
For each statue congress approprl
ated $50,000, but no action has been
taken to decide the controverted ques
tion relating to the navy's pedigree.
It Is for this reason that tho location
of the cfllgles Is regarded as impor
tant, as the prominence accorded each
In the matter of location will be sup
posed to give some Indication of their
respective merits In the competition
for tho honor of being the "father of
the navy."
Sacred Books of Tibet.
The library of congress has an addi
tion to the collection of extraordinary
Interest. It Is a vory fine complete
opy that is to say, a full set of the
sapred books of Tibet. These, known
as tho "Kanjur," comprise over 100
volumes, together with an Index vol
ume, each volume about two feet long
nnd four Inches wldo, and .conta-inlng
about 300 sheets.
Like most Tibetan books, they are
printed In red on a coarse paper. They
ome from Lassa nnd wore secured,
by purchase, through our minister to
Tekln. Mr. Rockhill.
Mr. Rockhill remarks of the work
that "It ls'absolutely necessary In the
study of Buddhist literature and also
of great value for correcting Buddhist
books written In other languages, as
almost all of them were translated
from a single original."
Ho believes that there Is no copy of
it in America, though there are three
in England, one in France, two in
Berlin and one in St. Petersburg.
Battleship Fleet Medal.
Frank A. Leach, director of the
mint, recently laid before President
Roosevelt a beautiful bronze medal
commemorating the departure of the
battleship fleet from Hampton Roads
for its trip around the world. The
-president is delighted with the design
nnd has directed Mr. Leach to compli
ment the officials of the United States
mint at Philadelphia upon their work.
One side bears tlio figure of Colum
bia sending away on the waters of the
Atlantic the fighting vessels, young
America standing behind. There Is
also a shield of the United States and
In the lower right hand corner this in
scrlptlon: "Hampton Roads, Doc. 16,
1907. Departure of United States At
lantic Fleet in Cruise Around the
World."
Tho other side of the medal contains
n fine relief profile of President Roose
velt, with the words, "Theodore Roose
velt, President of the United States,"
and a small anchor, mirrounded by a
.bouquet of flowers.
Tons of Gold Moved,
Halfwuy ncross tho continent, from
San Francisco to Denver, $225,500,000
in gold coin has been transported, the
largest amount of metal of that value
ever hauled such a distance
Because of the accumulation of gold
In the Snn Francisco mint, brought
from Alnskn nnd other points, the
vaults beenme congested, and It was
necessary to cither store It In insecure
vaults or move It.
The work of removal began Aug. 15'.'
Every shipment of the gold had to be
counted or weighed at both ends, first
at San Francisco nnd then at Denver.
The contract for tho removal was giv
en to an oxpress company, which was
under heavy bond to handle It safely.
The contract will yield the company
something like $250,000.
At first the shipments were In lots
of 98,000,000, twice a week, each ship
ment being accompanied by fifteen
deputy marshals, paid by the express
company. As the work proceeded
smoothly the shipments were increas
ed to IT ,600,000 each, twice a, wek.
The express company handled the
meney on and off the train In both
fettles, The taat aMpeaeat was landed
at Detmr Dec IB.
OAftii soxormcD.
A Tear of ABaivorea-ries.
Motablo centenary dates are not only
numerous In 1009, but arc distributed
over tho whole year. After Poe. who
was born Jan. 19, 1800, followed Men
delssohn, the composer, Feb. 3; Lin
coln and Darwin, Feb. 12, and Chopin,
the composer, March 1, five men ol
genius given to the world in the space
of six weeks. Tho last half of the
year will bo marked by the cente
naries of Oliver Wendell Holmes, fall
ing on Aug. 29; Frances Anne Kem-
bio, the famous English actress, who
passed her prime In America, Nov. 27,
and Gladstone, Dec. 29.
The current year is also a marker
for certain history making events.
Hudson's discoveries and explorations
in 1809 will be celebrated with impos
ing ceremonies along the river bear
ing his name. The first great battle
of the peninsular war was fought in
January, 1809, at Coruna, Spain, re
sulting in an English Victory over Na
poleon's lieutenants and the death of
the English commandor, Sir John
Moore. A few months later Napoleon
redeemed his fortunes by crushing
the Austrian! at Wagram, on their
own soli, and. It la believed, making
terms which Included his alliance
with the Atutran princess, Marie
Louise, and the divorce of Empress
-losrphlue. The divorce took place In
December, IMin, nnd Napoleon's lucky
titar began to wane.
Tales of Cities.
Boston's chamber of commerce) has
made an emphatic protest to the board
of aldermen against any more parades
In downtown streets.
Honolulu Is a clean city. This
doesn't mean comparatively so, but
clean In the sense that would be de
manded In the most fastidious New
England village.
Central park, In New York city, is
assessed at the valuation of $215,000,-
000, not for the purpose of taxation,
but so as to show the amount of real
.estate value that is exempt from taxes.
English Etchings.
England has about 3,000,000 acres of
woodland.
In Great Britain there are 2,000,000
trades unionists.
Until 1757 the legal year in England
began on Match 25.
The last aansus figures revealed
2,500,000 peopsa living In overcrowded
tenements In Bsjiland.
The biggest shingle mill In the
world burned just after Christmas, a
hint from Santa Claus that children
no longer need "paddling."
Manuel of Portugal scents a plot to
take his throne away. A truly royal
sport would start right in plotting to
get it back again.
Requires no high order of genius In
the weather shop to guess it "may
snow or rain" these days.
Strenuousness Is not confined to the
head of this administration, for the
ex-vlce president's job will be railroad
construction in Honduras.
Wonder If South America's political
weather man ever wastes space on
possibly revolution, followed by
clearing!"
White Eggs.
White eggs are laid mostly by birds
that build nests in dark holes.
Imitation Ebony.
Imitation ebony Is made by washing
any close grained wood In a boiling so
lutlon of logwood several times, dry
ing it between each application, then
treating it with a solution of iron
filings in vinegar. '
Russian Minerals.
South Russia has among its valuable
minerals rock salt, coal, coprolltes,
kaolin, sands for glassinaking and for
other purposes, manganese nnd iron
ores, the latter being easily first In im
portance, free of phosphorus and with
little sulphur.
Holes In Metal.
An alloy of nine parts of lead, two of
mtlmony and one of bismuth expands
In cooling, therefore makes a good
tomblnatlon for plugging holes in
metal, as the plug fits tightly when
told. v
Shy on Promises.
Among the Interesting anecdotes Il
lustrative of Mr. Cleveland's refusal to
give pledges of any sort is that which
describes an Incident of the campaign
of 1892 and is printed In the New
York Evening Post. A literary friend
of Mr. Cleveland brought together, as
If by chance, the Democratic nominee
and a prominent Irish-American con
tractor who was supposed to have
much Influence with the coveted Irish
vote.
Tho interview was so managed that
the two men were left alone in the
literary man's library for an hour. At
the end of that time they were dis
covered swapping stories with each
other like old friends.
"Well,'' asked the host of the con
tractor after Mr. Cleveland had left,
"what do you think of him?"
"Sure," replied the contractor, beam
lag all over, "he's the greatest man 1
ever saw. He's a f olne man, a grand
man. He wouldn't promise to do wqg
CHOICE MISCELLANY
The Crack oT a Whip.
Fred Lindsay can wield with a most
marvelous display of dexterity the
Australian stock whip. The fact of
being able to crack a whip does not
Appear on the face of It a very ex
traordinary fent, but the Australian
stock whip Is a very different article
from the ordinary whip, the stock being
eighteen Inches and the thong twenty
four feet in length. At a distance of
twenty-five feet Mr. Lindsay can cut a
cigarette In half, the cigarette during
the operation being held in the mouth
of an attendant. Other of Mr. Lind
say's feats are': The extinguishing of a
lighted cahdlc, then with a different
twist of the whip cutting it in half;
taking the ash from a cigar while the
weed Is being smoked and cutting an
ordinary wine bottle In two. Yet, dan
gerous as bis weapon may appear, Mr.
Lindsay can make It perfectly harm
less. To prove tho perfect control he
has over the whip Mr. Lindsay will
flog a man with apparently terrific
force, yet the man is not injured In
any way. He will tie the thong around
a man's arm, a feat which, if the Judg
ment were to err in the slightest.
would cut the arm In half. Then he
can wind the thong around a woman's
neck, but tho woman would not feel It.
and no marks would be visible. All of
which shows Mr. Lindsay Is what he
clnlms to be the champion whip crack
er of the world. London Strand.
Malvern Hilt.
The burning of the mansion which
hns for a century or two crowned the
historic Malvern hill removes one of
the famous objects of Interest to pas
sengers on the James river steam
boats, since, standing on an eminence
of sixty feet out of the stream which
thereabouts flows In long bows, It
could be seen for great distances and
frequently reappeared in view after It
had seemingly been passed. The con
volutions of the river made this pecul
lar elevation the culminating point for
the last of the seven days' battles of
the peninsula between the Army of
the Potomac, under McClellan, and the
Army of Northern Virginia, under
Lee. Malvern bill thus capped proved
to the passcrsby one of the sights of
an extremely delightful river trip. Like
the other mansions of its period, it
faced the stream, that being its oc
cupants' avenue of communication
with the world.
Big Salt Farm.
One of the strangest farms in the
world Is situated in southern Califor
nia, 205 feet below the level of the sea.
The place Is known as Salton. It is a
salt farm of about a thousand acres,
nero the salt lies, as deposited by na
ture, from six to sixteen Inches in
depth. The salt farmers are busy har
vesting this crop the year round, and,
though tho harvest has continued for
over twenty years, during which time
more rhnn 40,000 tons of salt have
been harvested, only ten of tho thou
sand acres of the farm have been
worked. The salt is first plowed up
into furrows. It is then thrown into
conical piles by men with barrows
after which it is taken to the reduction
works near by and put into marketa
ble condition. The work is done by
Mexicans and Chinese, the intense bent
being more than Americans can en
dure. Now Orleans States.
, A Big Drink.
John D. Rockefeller, testifying in the
government's suit against the oil trust
in New York, during tho Intermissions
in his evidence talked to the reporters
Adverting to an old friend, Mr.
Rockefeller smiled nnd took a clipping,
yellow with nge, from his pocket.
"My old friend didn't believe in the
Texas oil fields," said Mr. Rockefeller.
"Listen to what n Galveston newspa
per said about him at the time:
" 'The oil fields discovered in our
state are excellent in quality and nbun
dant in 'quantity. Great anxiety is felt
for James n. Dash, who said he would
drink all tho oil found in Texas, for
Mr. Dash is a man of honor.' "
Code Book Humor.
Glimpses and flashes of humor in
official documents nre few and far be
tween and aro generally of an uncon
scious type. It nppoars that a new
code book has recently been Intro
duced for purposes of communication
between tho mother country nnd her
colonies, and owing to a misunder
standing a message dispatched in the
language of tho old code was trans
latcd with the aid of tho new one. Tho
message should have rend, "Please ask
Johnson to report alterations in six lo
comotive boilers." It was decoded as
follows: "Can sou sell Johnson thirty
ono hundredweight of hopeless lana-
tics?" Westminster Gazette.
The Fight Against Fog.
Thero has been nn offer of many
thousand dollars, standing for over 150
years, in tho nnmo of a great company
in London, for anything that will dls
solve fogs by the penetration of a cre
ated light. The money has never been
earned by any inventor yet. Fog still
persists, increasing the tax of com
merce in proportion as the volume of
commerce multiplies. The man who
can clear the ship channel of New
York harbor from fog, even for a few
hours' at a time, will be hailed as the
wonder of the ago. Argonaut.
Horse's Record Jump.
I read that a horse owned by Lieu
tenant Monteflore has broken the
world's record by Jumping 27 feet 11
Inches at the Buenos Aires horse
show. I beg to say that a horse named
Forester, owned and ridden by George
Cross of Taplow, won the Chertsey
steeplechase about the year 1848 and
cleared thirty -two feet over a Jump.
Latter in Loadoa Mall,
FACTS IN FEW LINES
Frost Is tbe enemy most dreaded by
concrete builders.
Trains from Moscow travel 4,320
mllos before they enter Chinese terri
tory. St. Petersburg will bold an interna
tional exposition of the latest Inven
tions In the spring.
Last year's death rate from tigers In
India numbers G98 human beings and
nearly 29,000 bend of cattle.
Glass and cement are both used as
substitutes for wooden polos where
the latter are attacked by Insects or
climate.
The proposal to hold an internation
al aeroplane competition In Russia
next summer has been abandoned on
account of lack of funds.
To prevent the theft of electric light
bulbs a socket is now made which
locks with n key, so that removal Is
Impossible without the key.
A recent hurricane In Nicaragua
drove tho water from the river against
the houses In the town of Prinztpolca
with such force that most of them
were destroyed.
A British shipbuilding firm Is mak
ing a specialty of light draft vessels
with a bow rudder, which may be
more easily steered when going astern
In shallow water.
General Botha has presented to the
Transvaal museum tbe Boer flag
which waved above the government
buildings at Pretoria until the capital
was occupied by Lord Roberts.
Three-quarters of the houses In Vlen
na are now without water. The city
is suffering from a water famine, due
to tho almost unprecedentedly dry
weather of the last five months.
A prospector for gold in Alaska
found a hot spring but 125 miles south
of the arctic circle and has made a
fortune by raising fresh vegetables on
probably the most northerly truck
farm in the world.
Major David E. Proctor of Wilton,
N. H., lays claim to possessing the
oldest" newspaper in existence. Prop
erly the date of tbe paper Is 1839, but
by a typographical error it was made
to read "March 15, 1389," or 103 years
before Columbus.
It is an old trick of tbe people In
Caracas to pull down tbe statues and
destroy the monuments erected to him
self by a dictator. That was what
they did for Guzman Blanco, who
went away with $25,000,000 or more to
end his days in Paris.
Tbe traction facilities of Europe are
far behind those of this country. With
in a radius of fifty miles of Liverpool
there is a population of 7,000,000, the
most thickly populated country In the
world and not a trolley line In ex
istence for their accommodation.
King Edward has ordered a thorough
examination to be made of every room
and apartment in -Windsor castle. A
castle with a history of over 700 years
ls -worth exploring. Windsor Is no
doubt a much greater treasure house
than was imagined up to quite recent
ly. Foodstuffs have advanced during the
last two years in India at least easily
40 per cent and rents from 50 to GO per
cent. There is complaining in Calcutta
among all classes, except the very
well to do, that It is almost impossible
to live becomingly on present salaries
and dally wages.
Luminous paint is being used in sev
eral of the Belgian trains with a view
to illuminating the carriages that nre
not in the ordinary way supplied with
lamps while they aro passing through
tunnels in tho daytime. The whole of
the upper part of the interior of the
car is covered and emits enough light
to make reading a possibility.
A joint monument of heroic size, to
be placed on the "Bloody Angle" bat
tleground in Spottyslvnnla county, Va
to commemorate the military fame and
glory of General Robert E. Lee and
General Ulysses S. Grant, which shall
be erected with funds raised in the
north and south, has been suggested
by patriotic citizens of Richmond.
Dr. Paul Haupt, professor of Semitic
languages at Johns Hopkins univer
sity, has Just celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary of his acceptance of
tho chair. Professor Haupt was called
to Johns Hopkins by the lato Presi
dent Daniel C. Gllman after serving
ns a member of the faculty of Gottin
gen. Ho was graduated from tho Uni
versity of Leipzig In 187S with tho
degree of doctor of philosophy.
Simplified spelling has its advocates
in France, for tho minister of public
Instruction has lately ordered that the
public schools shall teach the spelling
of a number of words in the form rec
ommended by tho French academy.
Tbe reforms include the suppression
of tho "h" in words like "rhinoceros"
and tho substitution of "1" for "y" in
such words ns "analyze" and of "f" for
"ph" in 'tihonomenon" nnd similar
terms.
A valuable gift which has been made
to tho University of Michigan Is 1,500
acres of land in Cheboygan county,
presented by Colonel and Mrs. Charles
G. Bogardus to provide a permanent
site for the summer camp of the engi
neering students of the university.
The land has an estimated 'value of
$25,000 and Is situated on Douglas
lake, with a shore line of almost three
miles, allowing a fine opportunity for
triangulatlon surveys.
Spain's industry of bullfighting Is
seriously menaced owing to a "trust"
formed by the matadores, and the
Spanish public is greatly alarmed at
the possibility that Its most popular
amusement will be abolished. For
some time the matadores have been
dissatisfied with the Tate o'f pay con
ceded by managers of "bull rings, and
tfiMr ttAVA AmrAmniaA 4(iAMJi urn
I UmUmi 4n U :
acts? of many of the balls.
Miiefi the "Misunderstood" Man.
To be a soul mate means to feel tbe
highest and purest kind of love a love
all unselfish and free from all that Is
base. But there Is nothing high on
pure In the friendship of the man who
urges you to defy the laws of conven
tion.
Never listen to the man who comes
whining to you that yon "understand
him so much better than his wife
does."
The chances are that bis unfortunate
wife understands him only too well
nnd bos a thorough contempt for him.
Somewhere in the world you proba
bly have a soul mate, and it Is to be
hoped that he will find you, but If he
comes In the guise of a married man
send him about bis business. Do not
allow yourself to become "friends"
with him. Such friendship Is never
desirable.
In and Out of Society.
A macaroon.
A cup of tea.
An afternoon.
Is all that aha
Will eat;
She's In society.
But let me take 1
This maiden fair v
To some cafe,
And then and there
She'll eat the whole
Blame bill of fare.
Detroit Free Press.
What She Wrote.
A widower who was married recent
ly for the third time, and whose bride
had been married once before herself.
wrote across the bottom of tbe wed
ding invitations: "Bo sure and come.
This is no amateur performance."
Arcronaur
MEANS
M UCH
To the level-headed young
man, a bank account,
added to. a determination to
make it larger means
much.- The names of many
such are enrolled on
our books and the number
is steadily increasing.
Areyou among the number?
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The Era of New Mixed Paints !
This year openj witn a deluge of new mixed paints. A con
dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to get some kind
of a mixed paint that would supplant CHILTON'S MIXED
PAINTS. Their compounds, being new and heavily advertised,
may find a sale with the unwary.
TlTEONLYPLACE;iN HONESDALE I TflU'O If lYCi! DAIUTC
AUTHORIZED TO HANDLE UlllL I Ufi 5 ffil ALU I AlR 1 5
Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY.
T here are reasons for the pre-eminence of CHILTON PAINTS:
1st No one can mix a better mixed paint.
2d The painters declare that it works easily and has won
derful covering -qualities.
8d Chilton standi back of it, and will agree to repaint, at his
own expense, every surface painted with Chilton Paint that
proves defective. ' .
4th Those wh'6 iiivb used it &tb perfectly satisfied with it,
and recommettd itt'ilse to others.
The Retraction.
District Attorney Heney of Baa
Francisco a short time after his
wounding discussed with a reporter
at his bedside one of his statements
about the San Francisco boodlcra.
'They expect me to retract that
statement, do they ? he said grimly.
"Well, If I did retract It my retrac
tion would be like the Tombstone edi
tor's. "He, you know, printed a story to
the effect that a rival editor's father
had served thirty-seven years in Jail.
Pressure was brought to bear on him,
and finally, he agreed to retract that
statement. In his retraction he said:
"'We find that we were mistaken
when we said in Inst week's issue that
the Clarion editor's pap had passed
thirty-seven summers in the peniten
tiary. All efforts of friends to have
his sentence commuted to life Im
prisonment failed, and the old man,
as a matter of fact, was hanged.' "
Young Woman a Leading Eeonomist.
At twenty-four years Anna Prltchett
of Louisville will have the distinction
of occupying the chair of economics la
Wellesley. She went to Wellesley last
fall and is the youngest professor In
the history of the college. She also
ranks with the youngest successful
scholars who ever have held so Im
portant a post, nnd leading experts In
economics class her as a brilliant wo
man. She has surpassed all students
with whom she has studied. Her elec
tion to the chair In Wellesley U due to
merit alone and Is another proof that
In the realm of higher scholarship wo
men have the ability to stand on a
common footing with men.
BANK.