Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1894, Page 7

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Depot: 460 K St. N.W. | ALSO FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS’. |# mahlt 3 s s Watch, y A Woman’ “Shave |SOMR STREET KODAKS A Star Man Has a Talk With Five Characters, Selling Songs, Whiskers and Violets—_ Professional Flattery From a Boot- black —Bunceed With Violets. | A Star man took a stroll last evening, | and these are some of the sounds he heard: “Aw! de lates’ an’ mos’ popler songs 0’ de dey—‘Dey’r Aftur Him,’ ‘Shabe de Whiskers Off de Moon,’ ‘Daisy Belle,” ‘Do, Do, My Huckleberry, Do, Do.’” This was the song he sang, and the singer was a fakir, who was earning his bread by the sweat of his lung. He was postured on the curb, and his voice was ware-worn and rasping. His appearance indicated that he had never set but a foot within that holy - circle of swelidom, and that his path had | been more strewn with railroad ties than | roses. He had not bathed since ihe close of i the regular drowning season, and he was | not a neighbor to godliness. In the tingo of | the street he was on his uppers. A heavy | batch of blanket-sheet pages, printed on one | side with songs of alleged popularity, rested | on his right shoulder. These were the wares he cried. ‘The Star man touched him for a talk, and opened the conversation with “Good even- ing, sir.” | ‘Hello dere yerself; how’s dey coming?” | was the answer true. “Awl de lates’ an’ mos’ "—— “Yes, my friend,” said the reporter, “I guess I'll take one. “What sort of a living can you make out of this?” inquired the scribe. “Purty tougn. I tell yer wot, times is| hard, grub is scarce, an’ de doorsills ain’t furnished wid spring mattusses. Ef de biz is on de Boom, an’ de people wants ter buy, an’ er feller gits down ter knuckle-hard an’ reot-hog hustle, he kin make about two balls er day, but dis tune ain’t ter be pulled off ebery day. A feller on de dead square can’t make more’n seventy-five cents a cay, an’ no man orten ter kick on dat. He kin | lib high on dat income. Dat gives him tree fifteen-centers o” hash, a long smoke, a bunk an’ a dime, ten cents, fer ter salt fer a “What manner of meal can you get for} fifteen cents?” innocently asked The Star man, as though he had not eaten them him- self. “Bean or veg’table soup, one meat, two | | that dudesquely exquisite young simpleton, day awl ketch on. Dat pal er mine wot yer de tip an’ buy, too. I tell you wot, times is hard.” | Anacosta awl my born days fur nuffin.” | York paten’ leder shine! Lem me shine um | yor size. a tea, coffee or milk, wid no repeats; but den wen yer has ter, yer kin undercut dese ‘axes. Fur breakfas’ yer kin git a bowl o” grits an’ cow’s milk fur five cents; fur dinner yer kin have er glass er milk fer four cents an’ er | cut o' pie fer t’ree cents; an’ yer kin eat yer fill o' baked beans at night fer five cents. | Den yer kin saw wood fer de sleep. Dese | papes cost er feller half a dollar, fifter cents | er hundred, an’ wen yer kin sell um yer kin do it at five cents er lick. Sadday night Is de best time fer rushin’ de :acket. Stor’ girls buys um, bud de jays wot wants ter be actorers is de bes’ guys fer ter work. | De bes’ stan’ {s in frunt oba vryety theeay- | ter. Day goes in er string. Nobody wants ter buy till some feller makes de icad, an’ sees'll git inter er crowd an’ come up ter me an‘ buy a pape, an’ de udder fellers take “Kind friend, will you be so kind as to give me a little assistance. I’m a stranger in town and out of a job.” He was walking along in the same ‘lirec- tion as The Star man, and edged up to him gently, so that the policeman on that beat might not see the attack. The man was young, strong built, talked well and had an energetic 2ir about him, said his lines in a business-like way, bad his under coat turned up and _ buttoned Ughtly at the throat and carricd his hands in his pockets. “Come in here and I'll buy you a lunch.” said the reporter. *‘Why is it that there are so many of you people in town and that every one of you tells the same tale about being a stranger and out of work?” “There wasn't anything doing up home, and when a feller sees that ne has got to get down to hard pan to keep body and soul together he don’t want to go on the bum in his own town, so he makes a sneuk. If he stayed where he was known he would either have to beg or starve, end it's @ great deal better to tackle strangers than home folks. If you get turned down by a stranger you don’t mind.it so much. That's why he gets out of his own town. As soon as he takes to the road he Degins to hear wonderful yarns about Washington city, the capital of the nation, the city of broad streets, great buildings, splendid parks end warm homes. The treasury is there; the places where they print the money is there; Congress is there; all the great people that one hears so much about are there. With all this before the mind of a stranger it seems to him that he ought to be able to get something to eat in a town of that kind. Then he heads this way. He finds work just about as hard to get here as else- where, but, although the people are char- itable and liberal and have done a great deal of good toward the under ninety. they have been imposed on so much by the pro- fessional tramp, who stops here while vi- brating between the north an{1 the south, that you are suspicious of everynody who wants to touch you for somethiag to eat. I've had to sleep out most of the nights because the municipal lodging house was full. I don’t think any more about the future; my main concern is to keep from getting hungry. Hunger is a mighty nice thing when you can feel ‘hat there is a big dinner waiting for you and that the more appetite you work up the better that dinner will taste, but let yourself get bun- gry with no dinner in prospect and the sensation is gripingly uncomfortable.” “Here you are! Musfaches and siders and English don’t-chaw-know whiskers that you,can put on and take off, blond, black and brown, just what the actors wear; only a dime, 10 cents.” “What kind of people buy those things?” asked the reporter. “Country jays and clodhoppers, Uncle Reubens and Old Turnip Tops that come to town to sell eggs and see the sights; kids who want to grow old faster than time allows; squirts who want to be funny end play a joke on their Sunday girl; all these and many more buy my goods. Blond, black or brown, just what the actors wear.” “Well, you don’t live in Washington, do you?” asked The Star man. “Not on your daguerreotype. I follow the crowd. The best field for harvest is Sat- urday night in a small city or any day at a county fair. When one fleld gets worked I move on. I drop into a town, get a room, fix it about my license and then begin to sing. Make enough to eat? ‘Vell, you bet I do. I'll outweigh you right here.” thick ennyways, but if yer kin jess kotch er feller tawkin’ wid his gal, yer kin sull um | faster’n hot cakes. Yer jess warks right inter de pair and puts in yer mouf, an’ de gal she looks down sorter sweetlike and wants ter smell um, an’ den de feller has ter fork out de tin. See? I hain’t bed in “Well, how do you feed yourself when the flowers don’t bioom in the spring?” asked the reporter. “Seilin’ papes, hol'in horses, car’in’ baskets and sweepin’ de crossin’s. | “Boot black! Shine? Shine, mister? New | up, sir?” “Well, said The Star man. “Hully gee!” said the blackenist, as he rolled up the right-hand trouser of the re- porter, “but yer is got er little foot, de lit- tlest dat’s eber ben on dis box fur er man 0’ I reckon I will,” “Say,” said The Star man, “don’t you get tired of singing that same song to every | eyclopie-elephantine hoofed bipedal mammal that walks your way?” “Are you a good judge of human nature, or do you oniy think you are?” timidly | asked The Sar man. “T can tell a man’s character a square off, and I can read you plumb through. You see with all the hair down on his forehead, but not a capillaceous sign of a promissory bair | on the lip? Weil, that feller would give a quarter to try one of these on, just to see | how it would look, but he feels that every- body is looking at him, and thinks it would be deucedly out of form for him to stop in the street and have anything to say to a street man.” “Sweet vyerlets, five cents a bunch, v: lets, sweet vyerlets, only five cents!’ ‘The | Star man had just stopped to speak with his girl for a moment, and the flower fiend had taken advantage of his defenseless position had driven him into a purchase of the blossoms. oung fellow, you buncoed me then n game. Is that the method you use | inquired the reporter. dis chile off'n his Dese hy’ah_bloome: 18 powerful er’s on, is yer? Haw! haw!” exclaimed black-and-blacken artist, as the secre- s of his mouth cataracted into the Lox 1 uu cain’t k h | son, J. A. Oldfield, S. Fukuda; ling next Monday. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. S of blacking. “But some folks does like dat | piece of jolly. Mos’ times it tickles um out- | ‘en tin an’ meksum feel so gude dat dey wants ter have dere butes blacked ebry time de clock goes roun’. I doan kai ef er man what is got feets tew big ter stay on de sidewark, he jes’ bleebes dat he’s got der dandies’ shape on him in der hull town. Ef he's awl spavined up wid bunyuns an’ worts an’ kairbunkles an’ sich like, he bleebs dat he frows dus’ in de face ob der hull 'ceety in 'gards tew feet. Mos’ men sart’nly does put on er heap o’ lugs "bout dere feet. Haw! haw! Brush?” —— AMONG THE STUDENTS. Tke Third Columbian and Georgetown College Joint Debate. The third of the series of joint debates be- tween the debating societies of Columbian and Georgetown law schools will take place Thursday evening, April 5, at Metzerott’ Music Hall. The topic ts one of great in- terest, namely, the question of the annexa- tion of Hawail. The affirmative will receive the support of Columbian, represented by Messrs. Paul T. Gadsden, Harris Dickson and Fred. Achenbach, and the negative will be upheld by Georgetown, represented by Messrs. D. M. Kellogg, Cronin and Mc- Devitt. Arrangements for the commencement of Columbian University law ‘lepartment are Progressing nicely. The president, Mr. M. A, Celes, has promulgated the appointment of the following subcommittees: Conference and arrangements, M. A. Coles, Harris Dickson, A. V. Taylor; finance and auditing, Frank H. Hitchcock, L. F. Speer, Fred. Dennett, J. F. Hayes, J.W. Stuar' rinting, Isaac Pearson, F. S. Doyle, H. Gunder- engraving, Edgar Allan, jr., G. P. Moore, R. A. Stick- ney, 1. M. Marble, H. B. Needham; theater, W. W. Bedford, P. E. Cox, F. Kyselka, J. C. Wilson, A. A. Davis: flowers and decora- ting, W. H. Ryland, Sterling Parks, ‘I. C. Kelly, E. C. Moiby, J. A. Burkart; music, H. C. Sheridan, Thomas Kerl, H. N. Saxton, Keith Forrest, P. S. Crowe; banquet, John McPhaul, G. A. H. Mills, R. L. Russell, Fred Achenbach, F. W. Deaniston. The re- ception committee will be chosen from the junior class. The junior class at Columbian met on Thursday evening. The executive commit- tee reported the details of a plan for a class banquet. Their report was accepted and they were authorized to make the final ar- Loos i a for the holding of such a ban- quet. The lecture Saturday evening completed the course of lectures on constitutional law, which Mr. Justice Harlan has been deliver- ing to the students at Columbian. His course on bills and notes is also bout com- pleted, and he will soon deliver the first et in his course on “Domeszic Rela- ions.” —__ AN AERONAUT’S AWFUL FALL. He Drops From a Balloon 1,500 Feet Into the Sea. An immiense crowd gathered at Cannes, France, yesterday to witness a balloon as- cent of the aeronaut, Wilton, who is well known in America. No car was attached to the balloon, and Wilton ascended hanging to a rope. When fifteen hundred feet nigh the balloon was caught in a current of air that carried it rapidly seaward. It was apparent that Wilton could not control the valve at the top of the balloon, which, had it been opened, would have allowed the gas to es- cape and the balloon to gradually degcend. For some unexplained reason the aeronaut let go his hold of the rope which he was dangling from, and his body snot down into the sea with frightful velocity. The acci- dent occurred in full view of the spectators, and a number of women in the crowd faint- ed. A number of pleasure boats hurriediy made their way to the place where Wiltcn had fallen, and after a short search his body was recovered. His death must have been almost instantaneou:! PRINCETON TAKES THE FIRST. Plays Without Error and Defeats the Georgetowns. Scciety turned out in full force Saturday afternoon to see the Princeton Tigers walk away from the Georgetown University base ball team by a score of 7 to 2. Fifteen hundred people, more than three times as many as attended the professional game between the Washington club players, went to Capitol Park and yelled themselves hoarse, either for the black an2 orange or the blue and gray. Those shining lights of foot bail fame, Phil King and Trenchard of Princeton, and Carmody, Dowd and Mahoney of ‘ieorge- town, each received an ovation on st up to the plate. Georgetown made ei; hits and seven errors, Princeton ending with a like number of hits, but no errors, which tells the story of the game. Harley made the only three-base hit, while E. Mahoney, Cotter and (tco each gained second base by liniag the leather out. Dowd struck out eight Tigers, while but two Georgetown men went down before Forsythe’s curves. Mr. Betts proved him- self to be an impartial umpire. The two teams play again today. Below is the score 0020000002 20200003 x-7 —— Army Orders. An army retiring board is appointed to meet at Fort Bliss, Tex., fur the examina- tion of such offcers as may be ordered be- fore it. The detail for the board is Col. Henry M. Lazelle, eighteenth infantry Maj. James Henton, twenty-third infantry; Maj. Blair D. Taylor, surgeon; Capt. Will- fam H. McLuughlin, eighteenth infantry; First Lieut. Francis A. Winter, assistant surgeon: First Lieut. David C. Shanks, eighteenth infantry, recorder. By direction of the President, Capt. Levi F. Burnett, seventh ‘nfantry, will report to the ‘board for exemination. An army retiring board fs appointed to meet at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, for the examination of such officers as may be ordered hefore it. The detail for the board is Col. Simon Snyder, nineteenth infantry; Lieut. Col. John B. Parke, second infantry; Maj. William E. Waters, surgeon; Capt. Charles Bird, assistant quartermaster; Capt. Louis Brechemin, assist@t surgeon; First Lieut. William N. Hughes, thirteenth infantry, recorder. Leave of absence for two months is granted md Lieut. Joseph Frazier, nine- teenth infantry. The leave of absence granted First Lieut. Charles Tyler, sixteenth infantry, is ex- tended thfee month: Leave of absence for one month is grant- r ed First Lieut. Hugh cavalry. By direction of the President, Capt. Ste- phen Baker, sixth infantry, will report to the board for examination. Capt. William C. Shannon, assistant sur- geon, is detailed as a member of the army retiring board at Governor's Island, New York city, vice Col. Charles Fage, assistant surgeon general,retired from active service. Capt. Ira Quinby, eleventh infantry, will report to the army retiring board at Gov- ernor’s Island, New York city,for examina- tion. Scott, seventh —_+—__—_+e+___ Declared Insane. A plea of insanity was entered in the Police Court this morning in the case of a young man named Lrook Corbett, against whom there was a charge of arson. Satur- day he made an attempt to burn his moth- er’s house, No, 924 M street northwest, by saturating a piece of carpet with kerosene and setting fire to it under a porch in rear of the premises. Corbett is twenty years old, and several years ago he suffered an attack of the typhoid fever, which left his mind in a weak condition. He has been | under medical treatment some time, and Dr. Smith told Judge Miller this morning that some months ago the young man attenpted suicide. The young man stood before the court, but remained quiet during the discussion of ; his case, paying no attention whatever to| what was being said. When Judge Miller questioned him, he made a rambling statement about a decision of Justice Fuller's and spoke of a sermon | delivered by Dr. Hamlin, who was in court. | He also spoke of having appealed from the | decision. Judge Miller heard the statements of the physicians, one of them saying that the | young man’s hereditary record was bad, so he had been informed. The court was thoroughly satisfied thet the young man's condition was such as to render him iegally irresponsible, and his case was certified to the Secretary of the Interior. meetin a The Temperance Cause. “Christian Charity in the Temperance Cause” was the subject of an address de- livered by Dr. A. J. Furst before the} Father Mathew Total Abstinence Soctety | last evening at Soclety Temple, corr Sth and G streets northwest. A talk was | also made by Mr. A. T. Maufrin. | - > St. Elmo offers the greatest induceme nts to home seekers and investors ever ap-/ proached by any real estate firm in .Amer- ica. this pap partic ars on next S: a fitieen page of Will begin sell- ! CHANGES AT HONOLULU The Mission Intrusted to Admiral Walker When He Takes Oommand. To Establish a Conling Station at Pearl River Harbor—No Opposi- tion is Expected. Orders have been issued for the U. S. 8. Adams, now at Honolulu, to proceed at once to Puget sound and take on coal and sup- plies for service in Bering sea. The flagship Philadelphia will remain at Honolulu for! the protection of American interests, and will be the only American war ship in that | port when the command of the station is transferred from Admiral Irwin to Admiral Walker. The latter will leave San Fran- cisco April 5 and will arrive at Honolulu only a day or two at most before the re- tirement of Admiral Irwin, which occurs on the 15th instant. His SpecinI Mission. Admiral Walker's special mission to Ha- wail is undoubtedly the establishment of a naval coaling station at Pearl River harbor, and it is not anticipated that he will meet with any opposition in its execution. There is an appropriation of $250,000 for coaling Stations, and it is believed that as much as is necessary of this fund will be utilized in cutting through the bar at the entrance of Pearl river and purchasing the necessary land in the vicinity for the erection of stor2- houses and other buildings. The harbor is now being surveyed by direction of Ad- miral Irwin, and everything will be In readi- ness for the beginning of active operadons by the time Admiral Walker reaches there. No Change of Policy. The establishment of this coaling station does not indicate any special change in the policy of the administration toward Hawail except in so far as it may be in keeping with the strong sentiment of Congress against foreign interference with the politi- cal affairs of the islands. But for the ac- tion of Paramount Commissioner Blount in hauling down the American flag at Honolulu and the President’s subsequent ineffectual endeavors in behalf of the dethroned queen the present action might be accepted as in- dicating the establishment of an American protectorate over the islands. The relations between the two governments are too strained, however, to justify such an as- sumption. The provisional government of Hawaii has not asked for such protection and is perfectly able to maintain itself with- out it. No Opposition Expected. While there is no reason to suppose Presi- dent Dole will oppose the establishment of the coaling station at Pearl river, there are} excellent reasons for the belief that he would not be willing to relinquish the reins of government to another country the reign- ing powers of which are committed to the cause of the fallen monarchy. As a matter of fact, the establishment of a coaling tion in Hawaii will give the United States no authority over the political affairs in that country any more than the establish- ment of a United States coaling station at St. Nicholas Mole would mean a United States protectorate in Haytl. The possession of a station at either of the places named would be of immense ad- vantage to the United States, however, in case the course of events made it necessary for this country to employ its naval and military strength anywhere in the vicinity. +2 INTER-CITY WHIST MATCH. Members of the Capital Bi. Play New Yorkers. A few members of the Capital Bicycle Club are going to make a flying trip to New York city today, and in the evening a match game will be played with the Knickerbocker Whist Club, at the latter's rooms, in the Hotel Wellington annex, Madison avenue and 42d street. It had previously been in- tended to play a return match this evening with the Carleton Club of Brooklyn, but this has been postponed until a later sate. The team from Washington will consist of Low and Borden, Barry and Wooten. These are the club’s best players, and the abilities of each one in whist circles are well known. This team played at the American Whist League championship tournament last year in Chicago. The Knickerbocker four will be A. E. Taylor and Col. Buffington, Hatch and Donald. These are also crack men, and toe contest is sure to be a close one. >. Blowing Out the Gas, To the Editor of The Evening Star: In view of the fact that it is no uncom- mon thing to read in the papers accounts of persons being found dead in their sleep- ing rooms through the agency of iliuminat- ing gas, is it not a little strange that in the case of hotels and other’ houses pro- viding temporary lodgings for strangers no measure has been proposed by which the said sleeping rooms could be rendered in some degree safe to the lodger? So simple an arrangement as an inch pipe leading to the open air from the level of the ceiling would render it an tmpossi- bility for a room to fill with gas unless the cecupant of the room, with suicidal intent, should seal up the pipe, which could, of course, be done, but as it is fair to pre- sume that rine out of ten of the deaths occasioned by the inhalation of gas are ac- cidental the death rate would be restricted to suicides. Let some legislator prepare a bill making it compulsory for keepers of rooms for transient lodgers to have a pipe leading to the open air in every sleeping room and affixing a penalty to the breach of its observance and there will be fewer deaths from asphyxiation. J. G. — Perseverance Lodge. At the largely attended meeting of Per- severance Lodge of Good Templars held Saturday evening at Elke’ Hall a large number of applications for membership were received and the proceedings through- out were of much interest. Through Mrs. M. J. Frear, as manager, the lodge has arranged for an oratorical contest for a Demorest gold medal by the ladies and gentlemen in this District who have in former contests won silver medals. This will be the first contest of that kind in this city and it is attracting much atten- tion. An invitation to visit Golden Light Lodge of Alexandria on April 10 was ac- cepted and the committee in charge of the details of the trip announce that a very large number have signified their intention to go. On next Saturday evening an en- tertainment complimentary to the lodge will be given at its hall, for which a host of the best amateur and professional talent in this city has volunteered. oF IEE Dr. Longstreet’s Lectare. Typographical Temple was crowded last evening by an audience that assembled to hear Dr. Longstreet lecture on “The Single Tax in the Bible.” Five additional lectures by the same speaker are to be given at Harris’ Hall, corner 7th and D_ streets northwest, this week, as follows: Tues cial Pressure; Wednesday and ‘Th lay, “Elements of Political Economy Friday, “Natural Law in the Social World,” and Saturday, “Practical Demonstrations of the Single Tax Historical.” At the close of each lecture Dr. Long- street will answer questions pertaining to the subject from the audience. Each talk is accompanied with diagrams and interest- ing stories and will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. At a meeting to be held at No. 919 F street this evening Representati J. G. Maguire of California will preside and Mr. O'Donohue will give his observations as Club to an eye-witness of the race for land at the} opening of the Oklahoma reservation. peace Don't buy suburban property until efter you have seen St. Elmo. The terms, prices and inducements offered were never ap- proached by any firm in America. For par- ticulars carefully read fifteenth page of this paper next Saturday. Will begin selling next Monday. Wood. Harmon & Co., £25 13 V orous Plaste,4 Relieve instantly, Ss end cure quicker than any other Porous Plaster, liniment or medicine em- Clean, safe and a IN HOTEL CORRIDORS, The right of petition is sacred to Ameri- cans, and that it is taken advantage of is | evident to any one who has ever witnessed the opening of the day’s session in either house of Congress. Usually a petition is very like a comet, having a small and com- pact head and a prodigious amount of tail; the first being a statement of what is pray- ed for, and the last being an almost endless list of the signatures of those who want it. Mr. Leonidas L. Hamilton brought one down here from Boston the other day, which Was presented to the Senate by Senator Higgins in the absence of Senator Hill, who had intended to submit it, that overturned ali preconceived ideas of petitions. It was composed of many pages of type-written manuscript, containing a complete review of the tariff measure now awaiting action, bad—especially its bad—features,and enough data_and historical matter to furnish half the Senate with material for speeches. All this was signed by the leading business men of New England in the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecti- cut. * Mr. Hamilton is stopping at the Ebbitt House and was discussive on the subject of the petition last night. “It is signed by business men, irrespective \of party affiliations,” he remarked, “em- bracing manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers in every department of trade, very few of whom have any direct interests in the subject matter of the petition. They have all signed as citizens of our great federal commonwealth, laying aside all | personal interests, and have earnestly begged Congress to make such changes in the tariff laws as shall not endanger the | business interests of the country. They recommend that the tariff shall be placed upon a basis that will be, as far as possi- bic, permanent; that it shall be a patriotic ncasure, carefully conserving the interests involved, whether of producers or con- sumers, and that it shall be especially re- gardful of the present critical condition of business and avoid the necessity of the re- duction of workingmen’s wages. “The signers of the paper,” concluded Mr. | Hamiiton,“are prepared to support the party in every manner that the word implies, which will preserve the business interests from injury, whether it be from either ex- cessive protection or excessive free trade measures. They simply want a tariff based upon the orinciples of fair trade.” ‘The petition 1s to be printed in book form and generally distributed. “Come and have a horse collar?” said Capt. Anson of the Chicago base ball club, at the Arlington this morning, to a friend. The latter louked startled. “I have had a horse on me many a time,” he replied, in vague wonder at the invita- ton, “but I never found any use for one of their collars.” “Well, come along and see how one will fit,” insisted Anson, with a smile, and to- gether the couple sauntered toward the bar. ‘wo or three curious people who had over- heard the conversation followed to see the operation. Anson, who never touches alco- holic liquors, pressed his big frame up against the bar; “Make us two horse col- lars,” he directed. Picking up a lemon and a knife, the bar- keeper proceeded to deftly peel the fruit un- til a long silver-lined, golden ribbon hung in a graceful spiral. Taking a goblet, he placed one end of the shaving-like peel in its bottom and placed a lump of ice upon it,then he curled the peel around and around on the inside of the glass so the yellow shone through. A bottle of ginger ale was there- | Upon produced and slowly trickled into the goblet until tt was full. The operation was repeated with another lemon, knife, glass, piece of ice and bottle, and the two decoc- tions allowed to stand for a moment. Then Anson and the man he was initiating rais- ed them to their ifps. Over the face of the novice spread a look of perfect rapture. He never put his glass down until the lump ef ice hit him on the bridge of his nose and a long ribbon of lemon peel slid down his cheek. Then he blinked his eyes ecstatical- ly and called for two more horse coliars, but Anson repressed his ardor. The man was telling about it a few minutes after- ll drink no more rum,” he ejaculated, with determination. “Anson taught me how to wear a horse collar, and I'll stick to ‘em as long as lemons and ginger ale hold out.” The curious individuals also took a shy at the novel drink after the others went eut. One who wants to know what a “horse collar” is must put one on—or, rath- er, in. Marcus Daly, who controls the greatest copper mines in the world, and carries the political complexion of Montana in his grip sack, stopped over at Welcker’s on his way south, but eluded the interviewers. Mr. Daly has dictated which party should win in the eleetions of Montana ever since that commonwealth was admitted into the Union, and having been so successful in the he has grown ambitious to have the capital removed from Helena to his own home at Anaconda, where the im- mense smelters of the Anaconda Mining Company are located. Henry Spurrier, another Montanian, was in La Normandie last night, and was questioned about the proposition. “The idea of removing the capital from Helena to Anaconda is preposterous to the point of being® ludicrous,” he remarked; “but if Marcus Daly seriously desires to have it realized there is no doubt in my mind that it will be done. No one can con- ceive of the power Mr. Daly wields in Mon- tana. No czar ever had greater, and yet he does not use it always cruelly. The miners and employes of the immense mines and smelters which are controlled by him be- leve in him thoroughly, and as they com- prise nearly one-third of all the voters in the state and can infiuence nearly another third to follow any lead they may take, you can imagine how easy it is for Marcus Daly to get anything he wants when it comes to an election. Oh, yes, you may rest assured if he wants Anaconda selected for the state capital the voters will side with him, despite the fact that Helena has everything necessary to a capital city, while Anaconda has nothing.” “The professional guides in Washington overlook one of the most interesting things here in taking strangers around,” said An- drew Prevost of Boston, at the Shoreham this morning. “I mean the underground trolley electric road near the outskirts of the city. I imagine that the majority of the visitors to Washington who come when there is nothing momentous, like the inau- guration, for instance, to attract them, are among the representative people of the places they hail from, and are interested in the development of their own communities. There is no subject being so generally con- | sidered ell over the United States just now I SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE, Was the little Monitor that met the Merri- | mac at Hampton Roads. So too are Dr. | Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, effective in conquer- ing the enemy—disease. When you take a pill it’s an imporrant t to have them small—provided they have equal strength and eficacy. You find what you want in these little liver piils of Dr. Pierce. They're ES up in a better way, and they act in a tter way, than the huge old-fashioned pills. What you want when you're ‘all out of sorts”—grumpy, thick-headed and take a gloomy view of life, is these Pellets to clear up your svstem and start your liver into healthful action. Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels, are prevented, sy and cured. Put up in sealed glass vials, always fresh and reliable. James WILLIAM CRAIG, Esq., of Georgetown, Ky., says: “My wife thinks your little * Pele lets’ arc the greatest pills out.” “From a common pimple on tbe face to t awful disease, scrofula, . ‘s Favorite y. It drives every caint of im- | fon to bealth and beauty. | lou to health and beauty. PSE ER aS j Found ‘$100 Foun ; > , Would make you feel “rich’’ for some > lays to come—we save Piano rur- chasers. frou $25 to $100 ON EVERY P eases elsewhere. o funcy’’ prices HERE for BEST PIANOS—they are out of } Call, we will prove it. The Piano Exchange, } 913 Penn. Ave. mo ee we we we we wee S 16TH for diseases of gs, Boarding for pets. | purity from the blcod and restores the complex- dn the Street dn the Str 4 MENT as compared with prices 7 =} TF Kasy terms, $10 down—$10 a month, PITAL FOR PET ANIMALS. ST. N.W. bours: “HOS ‘Treatment a | Consuit i Telephone 559-3. an exhaustive presentation of its good and | Fin {? 6, Rowever, and aft as the use of electricity as the propelling Power for street cars, overhead trolley is being put in everywhere against the wishes of the people. They don’t know that any other system can be used. Therefore, ali visitors to Washing- ton should be shown the underground sys- tem, which works so well here, as an ob- Ject-lesson which they can take home with them and teach to their neighbors with ex- cellent results.” “The experiment of importing quail from Kansas for the purpose of stocking the de- pleted covers in our section has resulted in rather a failure,” said Mr. Samuel Jones ‘of Montgomery county, at the Metropolitan. “In January the Rockville Rod and Gun Club secured forty brace of Kansas birds equally divided between the sexes and penned them up where they had plenty of room for exercise and air. They soon be- gan to die, however, and after many had Inder were set at liberty. These, however, did not seem to fare any better than their companions did in capitvity, and I don’t believe half a dozen of the entire seventy-two are now alive. I suppose the water and food in this section did not agree with the birds, acous- tomed to life on the Kansas prairies. There are still some native birds left in Montgom- ery, however,and if the legislature can be in- duced to pass a law prohibiting quat! shoot- ing for two years, sport of the most royal kind will be assured for many seasons thereafter.” False Pretenses. Charles H. Peterson, a young man who said he was from Baltimore, piead guilty in the Police Court this morning fo a charge of false pretenses. He went to a th street boarding house and made ar- rangements fur meals for himself and two friends. He agreed to eat his meals at the house, and suid he wanted to take meals to two friends, who remained in the room. That part of his bargain was all right, but in order to induce the boarding house keep- er to let him have the meals he told her that he was employed on the Baitumore Sun, and that he had been sent over here from the Baltimore office. Detective Khodes arrested him, and he ad- mitted his guilt. Judge Miiler held him for the action of the grand jury. —~—_—— The Polscemen’s Fund. While there is so much being said about the condition of the policemen’s fund for the relief of disabled officers, widows and orphans, the officers of the first precinct have been making arrangements for a ball for the benefit of the fund. Arrangements for the affair have been completed and tick- ets are now on sale. The ball will be heid in the Washington Light Intanury Armory Monday evening, April 16. Committees in charge of the affair have been appointed as follows: ixecutive committee—Sergeant James A. Moore, chairman; Edward McCort, James H. Steep, James E. Schuyler, John E. Sears, J. F. C. Nebb, John D. Sutton, N. B. Fields. Floor committee—Sergeant Joseph Acton, chairman; John L. Kiimartin, N. R. Hern- don, J. L. Sprinkle, James M. McGrath, H. C. Waanell, Charles Hooper, William J. Settright, H. A. Dodge, F. R. Emmert, John S$. Eaton, John Tramwell, F. M. Heian, Joseph A. Williams. Decoration committee—Sergeagt Anthony Shilling, chairman; C. A. Curlson, John Garraway, Samuel Nelson, Thomas Holsey, F. M. Tompkins, Daniel Donovan, A. B. Hunt, Arch Melien, E. L. Edelen, Thomas Oriani, William Huber, Yulee Hodges, John A. Boyce. Treasurer, A. R. Lamb. James H. Tayman; secretary, —— ‘ Messenger Boys’ Soci ‘The second of the series of socials planned by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for the messenger boys was given on last Saturday evening. Mr. Frank Chapman gave two of his in- imitable pantomimes; Mrs. Mabel Welsh gave a chalk talk entitled “Danger Signais;” Mr. Lang rattled the “musical bones,” and George Kirklan¢, one of the boys, played “Home, Sweet Home” on the mouth organ. Mr. F. M. Bradley presented the total ab- stinence pledge, which was signed by four- teen of the boys, after which all were served with coffee and cake by the ladies. PahrannOdaens The fifteenth page of this paper next Sat- urday will interest everybody.—Advt. SICK PEOPLE CORE Emi t Doctors at Your Service Free Not a Penny to Pay for e Fallest Medical Examination. Munyon’s Homeopathic Remedy Compaay employ @ wumber of eminent doctors, who huve achieved distinction in diagnosing and curing diseases. The marvelous cures which they bave made have caused physicians of all schools to ponder with amazement, and have attracted sick people to them from nearly every state in the Union. Thousands praise the day they came for treat- ment. There is no guesswork, no experimentiug, no painful operation. You cam get your remedies bere, at your drug store, or not at all; there is positively Bo charge for the examination. Open all day and evening. Sundays, 1¢ *9 12 Munyon's H.H.R. Co., 1333 G st. n.w.mbl2n,w, {tf Widow Watkins Nearly Died from bilious headacses. She cvm- plained and moaned, and in three months paid a doctor s And while she was complaining and medicine con- $90.00 18.60 108.60 than before, and to get no relief she “nye Teer ‘Then she bough! Tabules at the drug store. The frst one cured her beadacbe in Sfteen minutes, and she was well in three ‘3. This cost her... se aud she has four little botties of Tubules still on band. It will thus be seen that it cost ber $108.10 more to be sick than to R7I-P-A-N-S TABULES cure any {llness resulting from a disorde ie Kestiou, and in wine cases out of ten a singia coe Wil! Uring substautial relief in balf au bout Ripans Tabules are for sale by druggists gen- erally. fel5-3m -50 ee | WILL DISCUSS TAYLOR'S RIGHTS. and the infernal | A Writ of Habeas Corpus for the Con | nell Sophomore. ‘The Cornell sophomore, Frederick L. Tay lor, who on Thursday was committed t jail by Judge Forbes, at Ithaca, N. ¥., for refusing to answer certain questions re | Sarding the chlorine gas poisoning affain | Will be out, at least temporarily, on a wri of habeas corpus today. iis’ at Frank M. Leary, of the firm of T | & Leary of Ithaca, together with John B Stanchfield of Elmira, also his counsel, Saturday went before Judge Walter Lord | Smith at imira and secured a writ | habeas corpus, together with a writ of cer | tiorari, which’ commanded that Taylor bt | brought before Judge Smith at the o | house in Watkins, Schuyler county, at o'clock on Monday. Taylor will be examtaed before Judge | Smith today as to the legallty of his detens | tion. Should it appear in «he proceedings that he is wrongfully detained in the Tompkins county jail, he will at once dismissed, but if Judge Smith ts satis of the justice of the detention, he will be recommitied and will therefore be com beled to serve out his term. Taylor was seen on Saturday by a re Porter, when he refused to talk about the matter of chiorine poisoning, but | to be im the best of spirits. His friends the sophomore class and of the university brought a profusion of Easter flowers te his cell. They were determined that if he Was to pass Easter Suaday in confinement he should not be entirely without some tokens of the day. His cell is on the upper floor, and the sheriff before confiniag him cleaned and fumigated the cell, which ts one of the largest in the jail. - o<.—____. Changing Places. The latest rumor in conection with pend ing important naval changes is that Capt. Phythian, superintenient of the Naval Academy, and Capt. McNair, superintend« ent cf the naval observatory in this city, will exchange stations soon ufter the graduating exercises at tne academy im June next, and that Commander Goodrich, who has been urged for the superintend- ency of the academy, will succeed Come mander Chester as commandant of cadets, The democratic general committee of Sam Francisco has adopted a resolution ing against the adoption of the new treaty, with Chins, and requesting the congression= al delegation from California to prevent ite ratification. — —_ One hundred lots will absolutely be given away to builders at St. Elmo, beside free railroad transportation to and from Wash- ington for one year to the nead of each family building and residing on this prop- erty. Don’t fail to read the fifteenth page of this paper next Saturday. Will begin seli« ing next Monday.—Advt. This young lady examines the young scholar, “Johnnie, where is Carlsbad?” “Part of it im every drug store im the Unitell States.” “Bow do you make that out?” MBbe Carlsbad Sprodel Salts and the Waters are.* What have they done for you, that you know se about them?” “Why, they have cured papa of his dyspepsia, and in the place of # crocs father they have given me @ kip@ and loving parent.” Dyspepsia will spoil the most angelic temperae ment. Too much bile insctivity of the liver will start it. Try the Carlsbad Sprudel Salts or use the imported Carlsbad Waters. A standard, a never- failing remedy. The genuine have the signature of “Bisuer & Mendelson Co., Sole Agents, New York,” om_every bottle. Bium Bros., 743,745:747,7518thSt. SE. 7 SALE FOR ONE COMMENCING MONDAY, Siancn oe” Will be remembered by all those attending Greatest Sale on record. Ai the Dargaios we will offer we bave picked ‘out the following to be Having secured the sample lines of Handkere chiefs from two of the la this country, we will put them on sale for this one week at prices thut will make you buy, al- though you ¥ bot weed . hancy Bordered Sith-embroidere 1¥c. Ladies’ Hemstitcbed Fine White Embroid- ered “Handkerchiefs, 10c. 2c. Ladies’ Hewstitcbed All-inen Fancy Bord ered “Handkerchiefs, 12%gc. * This lot bas very fue embroidered edges around, and would wake a big value even at 25c. ‘B5c. " Ladies’ Extra Linen, work being very fine, 15e. bc. Ladies’ Extra Fine Linen, beavily em broidered and drawn, 1c. This Handkerchief has to be seen to be appres . : © wery Handkerchief ts ‘and each one. from {0c. to 18¢., is ou fancy card. First come will get the values. Auotber lot of those Misses’ Past Black Bose, warranted, worth fully 12ic., last lot, now 6c. a pair. 4 pairs ‘to each customer, l0c. Fruit of the Loom Bleached Cotton, per yard. Se. All-linen Crash, 4c. per yard. Our Shade Department is one of this city, as we muke all Shad guarantee prices to be 25 per cent otber house. Estimates will ther fringed or plain. Oswego Shade Cloth culy, Hartsbora's “Rollers "used. If you need of any drop us ® postal, as it will pay you to get our prices. ‘One of our specials ts an Opaque Shade, 6 feet long by 89 inches wide, for 28c.; well worth 50c. 2c. Curtain Poles, 3) ft. long, 1Se.—cberrs, oak, walnut or bluck. complete with timmings. MATTING: MATTIN og aa a Se. it, Sec. > regular . quality. So "rolls Fancy Chinese Matting, Gl. yard; Worth 1%. yard. “We have only about 100 rolle left, as we sold over 800 @urt last week. We have also received 100 rulis of White Mat- - res, semul double dyed, nese, wel woth Bde. for this ope week, are for one bese Special Bargains week only, ‘ind will end Saturday, March 31. Blum Bros., 748, 745, 747, T31 EIGHTH ST. SE mb10-s&m3mo A Nod Of Your Head Starte our shears into the carpet—loads a Wagor full of furniture and delivers it at your house. That's how easy if is to buy of us on credit. Ne notes to sign—no such thing as interest—just a little mouey once a weel or once @ morth. Our Peerless Credit System Furnishes The House From top to bottom—AND FOR LESS MON- EY “THAN THE IDENTICAL ARTICLES WOULD COST IN ANY CASH FURNITURE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON. We don't say this because it sounds BRAVE—we are ready to live up to every word of it. Credit Costs Nothing! EBABY CARRIAGES. More than a hundred brand-new patterns to select from. Prices range from $2.50 to $50, PARLOR SUITES. The largest and most elegant variety ever shown ip this city. T-piece suite, in plush haircloth, $22.50—and on up to $200. BED ROOM SUITES. A whole floor full to choose from. Solid Oak Suite-LARGE GLASS IN DRESSER, $13—and on as bigh as you care to go. CARPETS. MATTINGS, &c. Brussels Cs ts, SO cents per yard. Ip- | srain Carpet, $5 cents per yard. Mattings in | r reliable grades, including the famous | “Cotton Warp.” All carpet’ and matting made and laid free of cost—no charge tur waste in matching tigures. Oak Extensia Table, $3.50. 40-pound Hair Mattress, $7. Woven Wire Springs, $1.75. These are cash prices or CREDIT prices. Help yourself either way. GROGAN’S GREDIT HOUSE, 819, 821, 823 7TH ST. N.W., BET. H AND I STS. We closo every evening at 7. >t , Brown Bread " Is growing in popular favor every MM @ay. It's more wholesome, more H putricious and more delicious i than any other bread—especially Geligitful for luncheon. i] ‘Have You Tried It? i -servel to homes FRESH as | often per week as desired. Is St CY Orders by mail and tele | " phoue responded to promptly. | *Krafft’s Bakery, M Cor, 18th St. & Pa. Ave.}f ie] mh24 | ~~ == BE BEAUTIFUL Ladies, depose those wrinkles, Have your scrawny uecks made plump, Your drooping eyelids Srm, | Face blemishes eradicated and | Made clear, smooth, plump and | Beautiful. Try DrArmond’s Infallible Remedicn, we invite you to cail and investicate our actentific method of restoring pature’s divine gift, tivating self development apd la A In | Tourn, And ealth, included in the course, Re ihe DE ARSOND PARLORS, 3th et. nw. mb24-er* @et the Best. THE CONCORD HARKESS. 497 Penn. ave., adjoining ‘Trunke, Satchels aud Leather Goods, cred