Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1894, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. AYER’S PILLS. The Best mar | Remedy For Stomach, WORLD'S FAIR. Liver, and Bowel Complaints. AYER’S PILLS Ponday’s Sale At the Palais Royal. The late visits of our “buyers” to the wholesale markets enable new and fare bargains in Dress Goods, Laces, Trimmings, RECEIVED Ribbons, Millinery, Spring Highest aes Underwear and Housefur- Awards PRIZE MEDAL nishings. AT THE aT 5 for $3.48 World’s Fair, |¥°?225 74 Chotee of any 7 yards of All-wool 50c. Fabrics, two of Cart Little Lt A LEGISLATIVE HYDRA |AFTER NEW MEMBERS A New View of the Hirsute Populist From Efforts to Build Up the L, A. W the Bleeding Bate Locally. NEED FOR A DISTRICT TRACK Mr. Peffer’s Ever-Increasing Supply of Tarif Ammunition—Spreading Like a Geneological Tree. pie aes ikel Many Runs Likely to Be Made To- Although the speech of Senator Hill on Monday last in the Senate against the in- morrow. come tax was the pyrotechnic feature of the week in the tariff debate, Mr. Peffer, by virtue of his persistence and lung power, has earned the first place so far in the dis- cussion, He is now regarded by his col- |leagues as a sort of legislative hydra, for ‘every time he is interrupted or checked by the flight of time he replenishes his stock before the next installment is due, so that in a certain sense he is almost inexhaus' OPENING A CLUB HOUSE Now that the cycling season has fairly opened the officers of the local division of the League of American Wheelmen are among which are the latest English mixtures now @ much worn in tailor-made dresses. The pattern You select and ali Linings and findings for ouly $3.48, as follows: T yards 50e Wool Suit! 2 yards Sut -t ya B Ww. Spool @es....6 yards Best Bone Casing. Bteels....12 dozen Hooks and Eyes. ing. ...69-inch Tape Measure... Dress Shields—all for $3.43. E7 The seven yards of dress material ts alone Worth $3.50, so thai when you are offered ull of the above for only $3.43 you really secure more | tham five dollars worth oo this first four barguin | counter. j $4.25 for Dress Patterns of $1 English Suitings and | all linings. ‘The above ts shown tn iatest mixtures, checks and stripes, in reseda, tans, grays, browns, old Blue... .Second floor. For only $4.98 ts offered dress patterns of $1 Serges and all linings. he Serge comes in black, | Ravy, golden brown, seal, tan, myrtle, reseda, gar-| Ret, tan, olive. . econd floor, 40c ImportedScotch Swiss | for only 19c. yard. When one of the leading merchants of Philadel- --- 6 yards Cambric.... Cambric pool of n. ‘otton....Package of Milward's Nee- +1 dozen Best phia advertises these Swisses in the Philadelphia Times as a barcain at 35- yd. we think it is time for the Washington Palais Royal to brag a Little. Suffictent!y p: of this offering to mul 8 G@iep’ay in one of the G'st eet wind ws. You'll « mire the beauty of these charming Swisses at 19¢ | instead of We yd ‘The uew Dress Duck, called Tela-Vela, ts here at 12%c instead of Ise yd., in pretty dgures aod | Sttractive stripes. i 2Se Instead of 35 yd. for Imported Irish Dimities, striped in charming c ‘The India Dimities | tm somewhat similar st only Ie yd. You may know th: is the prevailing price for Anderson's Imported s for waists. ‘The Palais Royal price is only 3 ya. Important sale of Silk at | only 95c yard for choice. ‘The best way to appreciate these Ye Silks is to | make comparison with those offered elsewhere at | $1.25 and $1.35 yd. Not ouly superior quality, but unnsual variety. ‘Ztinech Black Satin Khadame. Black Koyal Z-imch Black Peau de Soie. ya. wine Black Setin Dus ya. Black Taffeta Black Moire F in forty latest street and even- whee oe yd. ty-five new com- | <22.05e yd. | . in latest shades of golden brown, tan, gray, old rose, myrtle, olive, 95e yd. ng’s| avy. Brainerd & Armstro: 100 yards Spools of Sewing} Silk at 6c.a Spool. Four spools of their Button-hole| Twist for sc. ‘The above quoted are the prices charged us in 1,000 dozen lots, so you will understand why we write that the special prices are for Monday only— It is an advertisement intended to attract dress- Makers and others, who will learn that “B. & Bewing SUK and Twist is “the best in the world.” Bone Casing. double. Se piece, 50e gross, Cotton Belting, 10 yards for 15c, $1.65 dozen. 5 dozen. © great gross. | ¢ gross. | English Hooks and Eyes. Spring Hooks and Eyes. Hat Pins. Se dozen, We gross. Basting Cotton. Ze for twelve spools. | by pieces of wor | the most Tt you had ta Pilis before retiring you would not bave had coated tongue or bad taste in the mouth this Morning. Keep a vial with you for occasional use. Ww THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use that old well-tried remedy, Mrs. Wins- lows Soothing Syrup for children’ teething. It ~oothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for v iarrhoes. RY and [wenty-flve cents a bottle. myl-ly ACIAL SOAP complexion. All FOR THE SK druggists. ‘The re: p years’ experience treating the skin. A book on Dermatology with every cake. “To tone up the system and stimulate the app ite take Anzostura, Dr. J. G. B. § urers. At all deal- __ocO-Ly ura Bit Sole Manufseti SACRED ANIMALS IN OLD EGYPT. Many Embalmed and Put im Ca combs by the Anctents. From London Society. Not only did the ancient Egyptians em- balm the bodies of the human dead—they performed a like operation upon the re- mains of the sacred animals, though in gen- eral less expense and trouble were taken over them, animals being chiefly prepared by soaking in natron. The list of sacred animals is a long one, though the very ones that were most highly esteemed in some places were most abhorred in others. The list includes dogs, cats, monkeys, Hons, wolves, jackals, foxes, hyenas, bears, icheu- mon, shrew mice, bulls, deer, goats, sheep, opotami.vultures, eagles, falcons, hawks, owls, ibis, geese, swallows, crocodiles, toads, lizards, serpents, fish of various kinds, rat! mice, beetles, and even insects and flies. As a rule, with the large animals, the head only was mummied, the body being represented i. The birds are squeezed together and lose their shape, except the ibis, which, according to Belzoni, 1s} formed like a fowl ready to be cooked. The ibis and the hawk appear to have had care bestowed upon them, for rosin and asphalt are frequently found with- in their envelopes. Birds in general, having | been wrapped In thelr bandages, were then placed in an earthen urn and deposited in the tomb. No mummies of animals are to be met with in the tombs of the higher class persons. Most of them had their own prop- er sepulchers consecrated and appropriated to their species only, but they were oc- casionally found mixed. The catacomb of birds {fs distinct from the catacomb of human mummies. One bird only ts inclosed in each earthen pot, and an Indefinite number of pots were found in good order, whole and salted. The hot nature of the materials with which they had been embalmed had, however, dried up the greater number to powder. Upon the pos- | session of Egypt by the French, upward of 500 mummies of the ibis alone were dis- din the catacomb of birds. Certain is were maintained at the public ex- pense in sacred parks, and people were ap- pointed to nourish them with the greatest care. Bread, milk, honey, meat, birds, fish, &e., were ali supptied according to the na- ture of the animals. No expense was spared. ‘The keepers bore ‘as devoted, and p@ople paid remarks of respect to them as they passed along. The greatest sorrow was manifested at the death of any of them. They were embalmed and interred with great pomp and splendor. So great was the veneration in which these animals were held that, though when famine afilicted Egypt, the people were driven to eat human flesh, yet the sacred beasts, birds, reptiles or fishes were always respected. They would rather eat their own ecies than lay sacrilegous hands upon at might be gods in disguise. Animals w of the lowest character, even noxious in- sects, were fostered in their temples, nour- ished by their priests, embalmed after of honors. Those who, either by accident or design, occasioned the death of any of these ani- mals, paid the forfeit of their lives as the ty of the offense. Diodorous Siculas ys: “He who has voluntarily killed a consecrated animal is punishable with death, entombed with pomp and received |} Silk Taffeta Binding. 12r for 10 yards. Dress Steels. Se doze cat or an ibis it is impossible for him to! but if any one has involuntarily killed a|, Mr Hutchins was the other victim. He making an effort to increase its member- ship, as this division is represented by only | @ handful of wheelmen, as compared with | the number in some other large cities. When the annual meet was held here the | membership reached something like 1,000, but then they were not all wheelmen. Prizes were offered for the wheelmen pre- senting large numbers of new members, and when this prize arrangement ceased the membership decreased, and now an effort is again to be made to increase the | number to the high-water mark. Chief Consul French is one of the most active workers in wheel circles, as well as being an enthusiastic rider, and his efforts to build up the league will, in all probability, be rewarded. He has already appointed George Armour assistant consul to look after the interests of the northwest sec- tion, and under his supervision this sec- | tion promises to add new names to the rolls and make league matters so interest- | ing that wheelmen will want their names enrolled as membei | With renewed Interest in league matters there is sure to be more road riding and interesting events in cycling circles, and these events will also prove attractive. The District Race Track. The question of a race track is also | claiming the attention of the wheelmen. |The fair held urlder the auspices of the | Georgetown Cycle Club last winter netted | about $800, and the wheelmen of that club | are now anxiously waiting for some of the | | other clubs to lend a helping hand. This | | they will do this summer during the ex- | cursion season, and it is likely that se eral race meets will be given to help swell the fund. Upon the subject of a race track Capital Outing, Harry Park's cycling paper, this | week say: | A track! is the cry of the wheelmen of | this city, and a just and timely one. Wash- ington is at this time the only city of its | Size that cannot boast an exclusive bicycle | race track. And where lies the trouble? | Is ft the fault of the wheelmen themselves? We answer, no. It is simply their mis- fortune. This city does not seem, from | the present outlook, to be able to furnish a desirable location, which will include all of the essential points of a good track, viz: accessibility, level ground and space large enough, even for a quarter-mile cir- cle. The committee that has been ap- pointed to look after this matter have under consideration several places that, although not within the city limits proper, | yet are better than nothing. These are located at Brightwood and Mt. Pleasant. The Need for Bicycle Lamps. Wheelmen are often reminded of the law requiring the use of a lamp and bell, but |the law is generally disregarded, and acci- | ‘dents are blamed on the riders when they |fail to comply with the provisions of this paw. There were two accidents this week in which wheelmen figured, and one of them | resulted from the non-use of a gong or bell. The victim in this case was Mr. E. W. Newman, who tells the story of his mishap in this way: “I was coming out of Riggs’ bank, where I had transacted some busi- ress, and I attempted to cross the street |to take a cable car for the Capitol. As I stepped off the curb I saw a coal cart going west, and, endeavoring to avoid it, I stopped to let it pass. While so standing, and with- ont the slightest warning, a fellow on a bicycle ran into me, knocking me down. | When I recovered consciousness the fellow and his machine were on top of me, and I |was covered with the filth of the’ street. |He was a man, and not a boy. Hence, I |feel that he ought to be responsible for his Policeman was in sight, or I would have given the fellow in charge. Though stunned, I find I was only skinned on legs and on arms.” In conclusion, he asks: “I just want to know if a plain citizen of this town has any rights on the streets of Washington that a man on a wheel is bound to respect?" | was the rider of the silent steed, and the | generous sentiment. Covered Dress Steels. Fedora Dress Shield Boren; size 3 for Ze pair, $2.50 dozer Ree pair, $: a. Whalehone—Every piece guaranteed perfect: Inches long - 8 | 9% 10 Per dozea e | 2 Per gross. s 35 10.00) Stylish Trimmings Cheap & little lot that, if bought in the regular way, would cost $550. bought them for $268 and pass taem on at a slight advance. 4 inch wide $1.75 Beaded Ruttling, $1.25 yd. | Binch SSe Black Spangled Net, @e yd. Butter Color Lace Braids, worth up to 25e, for 6c, Ge and Ize yd. ‘Three styles Jet Bead Edges, worth up to 12¢ for only Se yd. escape capital punishment. The mob drags 2¢¢ident was due to his own manner of Sik Gimp Edges, worth up to 1c, for only 2c ya. Importers Lace rem- 7 nants at less than whole- sale prices. Remnants with the importer are whole pieces of whieh be has but one or two of a kind. ‘has we have laces for 4%e yd. worth Xe > and 9Se. In the lot are 5 to 12 inch wide Bourdon, Chantilly, Potnt Venise, Applique and rare Oriental Laces, sli at 48 yd. ! 7Se yd. for choice of a combination lot, worth Se to $1.50 yd « laces—enough for Mi ‘The importer told our tually presenting fifty « follow! 2 inch wide laces at $1 yd., 1. GS and $1.98. will be in Stock again on Monday. es wide, I2¢ to SSe rd. The new Match Sets of Bourdons will be eagerly They come 3% to 9 inches wide, to $2 vd. | Black Moire Ribbons at) less than usual wholesale prices. Samples will be cheerfully furnished so that rou may know for certain that equal alities else- Where will cost you at least twenty T cent m Width | 1 3 4 re . te.) Be 39e.| 42e. ‘The above are our new prices and widths of Dest quality All-silk Moire Ribbons. The following are Ss that are even better bargains—Lot of 3% ich wide Moire at 19 yd....Lot of % inch | best quality FP Sige Moire at Se sd....Lot of € toch Satin Edge Moire at 37¢ yd...-Lot 34 inch Moire at Ze yd. Bt We yd Spring Underwear, for! men, women and children. Near 1th street entrance is a fully equipped men's furnishing store containing a stock of uml-r- wear inferior to none in town. The fine gouds, @uch as usually seen ouly to first-class men's fur- misbing stores, are here at prices to opeu the eyes of the uninitiated. $2 instead of $3 for finest rib Mires and Drawers, that = im glove the hand... ribbed Balbrigza’ Lot of 3 ine Satin Back M 1 Summer Wool fit the bedy as does a ff $1.50 for best | bished Here Is the sole Washington agency Drated Phyllis Combination Suits and @ecured four medals at the late fa ition. Palais Royal prices are asked for t a as for the American Hosiery Co.” Underwear for ladies and c Tights, open and close... .49¢ for Kibbed Silk Vests, with ‘Work shoulders, mane 3 ing them worth 7! Vests, usually ankle | | drawer ned Waists—< 2 and Housefurni: Bed Koow and Parlor. Palais Royal, A. Lisner, G and 1th Streets. him to it, treating him with every cruelty and sometimes without waiting for judg- ment to be passed.” There Were Occasional Good Samart. tans in the Rough Towns of Montana. Miners in Montana during the first | rushes for gold had a hard time ggetting the yellow metal back to regions of civill- zation,” St. Louis reporter. “There was practically a choice of two routes, and whichever a man took he was almost sure to wish he had taken the cher. If he went across country in a stage coach he was almost | certain to be held up and robbed on the way, and if he came down the Missouri river in a boat he was lucky if he had a whole scalp when he struck the nearest railroad town. I tried both routes, and have never been able to determine which of the two was the least satisfactory. When I came by stage the passengers congratu- lated themselves at each stopping piace that we had got through unmolested, and the usual fate which befalls those who commence shouting before they are out of the wood finally befell us. I had fully 20,00 worth of gold dust, which I had ac- ed chiefly in trading, and it was so vard to carry that concealment was sible, “Finally an accident saved my treasure in a very peculiar manner. Dismounting | from the coach I slipped and fell backward, getting completely Knocked out in the pro- cess, The stage was seven or eight hours late, and as the driver had to make an- | other town before dark he refused to wait while I was revived, and in the crowded condition of the coach it would have been almost impossible to have carried me as I was. The people at the log house at which we changed horses would have made the heart of Diogenes giad could he have found them. They could have stolen every dollar I had easily, but I did not lose a cent, and . finally, IT was able to get away by h se T had difficulty in persuading them to opt_a handsome re for their services. The coach that was in so much of a hurry was held up, and at least $100,000 in goid taken from its passengers.” ——_+er— A Political Autocrat. From MeClure’s Magazine. Now, if we turn for a moment from Dr. Parkhurst to the political powers of New York which he had the courage to con- front, we shail see what a mighty, yet compact, what a perfectly disciplined, force those powers had become. Building upon the grog shop as its foundation, a political organization had been established in New York which, without the outward semblance of power such as belongs to sovereigns, had, nevertheless, es- ablished an autocracy as perfect in many respects as any which exist in the half- ilized countries of the east. It was a man power The ruler of Tammany Hall, public office, ments without any of the imple- 1 power excepting his own of men who had In its subdivisions nded into every lane York. Its subardin- ates obeyed the superiors as patiently ‘and as absolutely as do the subordinates in a g2eat army their superior officers. It had the power, by countless harassments and by threats, to compel citizens to submit to Tt had the power, when papers of the city was at- city tacking it with severity, to raise the taxa- ble assessment upon the property of that a figure that would have . and would hav= done it had not the press of New York united in silent but effective protest. +o+ Personal Mention, Mr. Joseph Wilkins sailed last week for Havre, whence he will go at once to Paris. will He sit the principal capitals of the but will spend most of the time Berlin, Rome, London and St. said Aibert Roe of Denver to a’ without legislative sanction, without | been | rs to choose at the polls | covering a long distance in a short while. Like most all wheelmen, he had coasted the 4 1-2 street hill, and when he reached Pennsylvania avenue his iron horse struck a moving herdic. Several stitches were put in an ugly gash across his face, and his wheel also required the services of a sur- geon. Many Rans Likely Tomorrow. The weather tomorrow promises to be an |improvement on that of last Sunday, and jthe regular weekly runs will probably be more largely attended, and be more enjoy- able as well. Last Sunday the threatening weather in the morning and the high wind during the day kept many riders of the silent steed at home who would otherwise have enjoyed a day’s outing. |, Rockville was captured by the wheelmen last Sunday, who arrived ahead of the com- monweal army. They wanted no camping place such as the Coxey people will need, for those who had not 50 cents for dinner were able to borrow that amount from a companion. The Washington Road Club and Victor Cycle went to this county seat, and met at the dinner table at the Corcoran, where three colored waiters enjoyed their com- pany In what they call a “hustling match for grub,” but the generous “tips” of the wheelmen, which were not refused, paid them for their trouble, and they. are now | wishing the boys would come again. Some of the wheelmen returned home on the train, instead of riding through the gale, | While others rode to Cabin John bridge via | Offutt’s cross roads, and then came home jover the Conduit road. || These were about the only clubs that ad- ‘hered to their reguiar program. The George- town Club had a Frederick century run for | the day, but on account of the weather this was postponed until tomorrow. Several members of the Capital Bicycle Club started out for a cross-country run, but the atmospheric conditions were such as to render such a trip anything but enjoy- able, and so the trip was abandoned, and tomorrow Marlboro’ will be the club's des- tination. The Washington Road Club will go to Fairfax Court House tomorrow. Tonight the Midnight Scorchers will go to Marlboro’. Georgetown Cycle Club's House. The Georgetown Cycle Club will take pos- session of Its club house this evening with- out the usual “blow out” which so often has a demoralizing effect on its participants. But the Georgetown club is not alone in its | glory, for the Potomac Wheelmen went into their new quarters, on Sth street southeast, earlier in the week. _ Should the weather prove good tomorrow, it is thought that fully 500 wheelmen will be on the roads. Concussion of Guns at Sea, From the Ashton Reporter. To one unaccustomed to the experience, it is anything but pleasant to be on board | | of a line-of-battle ship at sea when the big | | guns are being fired.” Before they are dis- | charged the decks are cleared for actioa, | |and all the chairs in the cabin are laid | down and tied together, while every bit of movable furniture is secured. The doctor | goes round and makes sure that every man | has had his ears stopped with cotton wool. | The concussion when the charges are fired |is tremendous, and the iron-clad quivers from stem to stern with the vibration; in fact, the shock of the explosion is so great that every pane of glass in the skylights | is invariably shattered, and muc’ of the or- | namental woodwork is splintered, After a few hours of this rough play the carpenters } | | ible. Thus, before he had launched his imitial tariff speech from the ways of his mind he confided to a few friends that he had prepared material enough for a six hours'discourse. been too allopathic a dose for the delicate constitution of the Senate to stand at once, and Mr. Peffer knew in advance that he must dilute himself, so to speak, and ad- minister his doctrine in the form of succe: sive pellets of populism. The first install- ment occupied two hours in its delivery, as @id the second, each consuming an entire day as far as tariff speeches were con- cerned. Then came Mr. Hill's speech, and then the agreeement to occupy the time be- tween 1 and 5 o'clock daily with the tariff talk. On Thursday Mr. Peffer resumed his remarks under the new agreement, and was under contract, so to speak, to fill four hours at one feil swoop. New Supplies Over Night. In view of his original prophecy as to his Staying powers it would seem as though his third section of nis speech should have more than wound him up. But that is not Mr. Peifer’s style. in his character of hydra his speech takes on two new heads whenever one is lopped off, and the replen- ishing of his storehouse of diction many days ago gave him material for at least twelve hours of discussion. For instance, on Thursday evening, when 5 o'clock ar- rived, Senator Quay interrupted the popu- list to remind him of the flight of time. a strict constructionist, Mr. Quay felt obliged to adhere to the letter of the agree- | ment between the republicans and demo- crats devoting the four hours after 1 o'clock to tariff talk, and he was for keeping Mr. Pefter within these lines. Mr. Peffer, how- ever, estimated that he could finish in thir- ty minutes more. He said that if he con- sulted his own convenience and comfort he should prefer to break off then and go on on the morrow. Then he uttered a most “I have a greater re- for the Senate than I have for my- he said, “and I do not wish to inflict myself upon it hereafter if I may be per- mitted to proceed now.” Many Side Issues, It ts quite possible that had Mr. Peffer been allowed to go on he might have kept | his word and finished in the half hour men- tioned by him. The mere act of damming up his flow of taik even when the reser- voir was so nearly empty had the effect of giving him another night for thought and another chance to elucidate his theor- fes and expand his periods, Mr. Peffer’s propensities as a hydra demonstrate them- Selves in another way. If he talks to an | empty Senate, barring, of course, the pre-| siding officer and those human phono- graphs, the official reporters, he exhausts himself linguistically, though not physical- ly, much sooner than when there are Sen- ators present and listening to him, for dull as the speech may sound to the occupanrs of the galleries it is a constant challenge to the argumentative minds of the states- men on the floor. Mr. Peffer is a man of many ideas; they are as numerous as the hairs in his famous beard and, It may be added, quite as long. Some, of his notions are unique and all of them are interesting to thinkers on such topics as Mr. Peffer seeks to expound. is not infrequently interrupted with ques- tions which he not only answers more or less directly, but which give him hints for further discourse on quite unexpected lines. | He may be compared, perhaps,*to a geneo- | logical’ tree, which’ reaches’ its utmost height with difficulty owing to the ten- dency of its branches to shoot and spread in all directions and to bear other branches in turn to the main stems themselves to still other offshoots. He eventually gets back, of course, to the parent stem of his argument, and adds a little to its stature before he takes his next excursion to the side. It is remarkable, indeed, to note the persistence with which Mr. Peffer keeps to | his main line of thought, however divert- | ing and alluring may be the side issues that are suggested to him by others or by some turn in his own thought. This ten- dency to branch is perhaps the chief ele- ment in his verbosity, and he is being util- ized by the Senators most desirous of pro- longing the tariff debate through this ten- dency. Sources of poly. ‘There {s really no subject in the realm of economics, policies or soctology that does not fall under Mr. Peffer's microscopic and dissecting knife. He is wonderfully well supplied with factors in his discourse, hav- ing books and newspaper clippings, pam- phlets and records in abundance close at hand and carefully indexed and arranged for immediate reference. He is never at a loss for material with which to expand a topic and his printed speeches are spotted with groups of agate types, indicating Mr. Peffer’s clever use of other brains to fortify and stimulate his own. Although he uses the products of other men’s minds with lavish hand he ts by no means a plagiarist. He is always careful and punctilious about giving proper credit to the authors of his | quotations and he never neglects an oppor- tunity to advertise a friend of his own faith or to stigmatize an enemy. Taken alto- gether, this legislative hydra of populism is an interesting creatioi THE CAT CAME Is It the Reincarnation of the Old Musician, Who Didn’t Come Back? From the Plorida Times-Union, “Hants? Why, of course, I believe in them,” said Wes Hearn to a group of con- genial Bohemians crowded around the lunch counter about midnight. “There’s a hant now,” and he pointed to a big black cat, which stealthily made its way in the dvor and under a table, out of the shadow of which his eyes glowed red and green. “That cat’s a hant and a mascot all in one. “One stormy night about four years ago} he came in here, and he’s never been away since. There used to be an old musician who visited us every night steady for years. He used to come in holiow-eyed and hag- gard. He never said a word, but laid down his money, got his bracer—Oid Tom gin— always: the same, and went on his The time the cat came in the night man n ticed that the old musician hadn’t appeared. It was a stormy night, too, just about this time, The wind howled and moaned and the lightning flashed in red ribbons, while the thunder cracked like the guns of battle, and reverberated in a boom that made all) the dishes in the house rattle. It was a bad night, too dismal by far for people to be out in. Everybody was sitting around the stove talkin, ing 12 Mr. e expressed wonder that the old man—meaning the musician—hadn’'t | come in. At that moment the big black cat came In and took his place by the stove, and never uttered a meow, and he’s never been away since, and, more than that, he rever sleeps. If that cat should go to sleep I believe the house would fall down. Once in a while he gets a little bit sick, and then everything goes wrong. “But the strange part of the story is that the old musician never came back. Two days later he was pulled out of the river, dead. He must have jumped in the same night that cat came. I believe the spirit of that old man is in that cat. What makes me believe so is that as soon as a band passes that door, playing, that cat makes for the river as fast as he can tear. He goes away the moment any music is heard, and he doesn't tarry when he starts. What he goes to the river for I don’t know. Per- haps !t was music that drove the old man crazy. I've heard some music that would drive anybody so.” ——+ e+ __ have a busy time in making things Icok More Perfect. |presantable once more, for the ship resem- | prom Hallo. \bles a wreck when she has finished her sath iy chi ener |practice. Ncbody likes it. The sailors peaiens To cmen Zwre contr ems standing by the big gun sometimes find i on | themselves thrown all of a heap across the ae IT ought to—I practiced all |deck, and after an hour or two officers and | Might. |men become as black as sweeps. It is im- | possible to be well out of the way of an- ——_— e+ —__ An Emphatic Question, Jroyance, though perhaps the one place in | From Hallo, the vessel where the guns trouble the crew | “What was that awful noise in your house the least is down in the engine room, which | last night?” is below the level of the deck upon which| “Oh! my wife merely asked where I'd most of the armament is put, been.’ Of course this would have | As | Thus it occurs that he | ‘AMONG ATHLETES Y. M. 0. A. Grounds to Be Secured Near Mt. Pleasant, WORK ON THE C. A.C. FIELD Basket Ball by the Carroll Institute Ladies. END OF THE INDOOR SEASON The athletic field of the Columbia Ath- letic Club in theVan Ness grounds will prob- ably be ready within a month. In the end the club will be far better off than ever before. With the Y. M. C. A., the loss cf their park has been an unexpected shot. A new one at Mount Pleasant will take its place, and the break in athletic work will not be any longer than can be. helped. The fact that the brakes have gone down a little on outdoor work has had the effect | of extending the indoor season, and the gymnasium attendance at both the Colum- bia and Y. M. C. A. has been heavy for this time in the year. The board meeting Monday night at the | Young Men’s Christian Association was | fruitiess, so far as the new athletic field of the association is concerned, as no decision Was reached, but it is thought that the question will be soon settled. The matter has about arrowed down to a site at Mount Pleasant, and the new field will be out in that neighborhood. it is understood that not much work is necessary, and that the base ball team, at least, can go to work at once. The base ball team returned from their | tour south well satisfied with their exper- |ience. The team is to be reorganized with- in a few days for the rest of the season. | In about two weeks the Y. M. C. A. will | hold a prize exhibition, when medals will be awarded to those who show the best | results from their winter's work in the gymnasium. The contest will be among those from all four classes, and although a great many will not go into the race, it is expected that about fifty will enter. A gold and silver medal, as first and ond prizes, will be given in each one of the | regular class exercises. Instructor Sims has invited Instructor Crossley of the Columbia Athletic Club to act as judge in the events. The cyclists of the association are getting ready for the opening of the season. Clapp and Shade have been doing good work in the gymnasium all winter and are in tip- top condition. Fred Sims will ride in the intercollegiate races and represent the jocal Y. M. C, A., as well as Swarthmore College, where he is a student. He expects to break the record. A bicycle club is talked of now, and a-call has been issued for those who wouid like to Join to talk things over. Columbia Athletic Club. bia Athletic Club have been busy this week. The float and incline is ali ready. The crews will not be picked out until there Las been a good deal of work done on the river. shell this summer. The crews this year will be the same in number and class as last year. The ball players have been practicing somewhat lately, but nothing has beea done The diamond will It toward getting a team. | first have to be ploughed and leveled. | with college nines when the team is ready, but some interesting games can be arrang- The last ladies’ day of the season at the club will be next Thursday, when the club- house will be open from 2 to 6 o'clock. From 8 to 4 o'clock a parlor consert will | | be given entirely by the ladies. be vocal and instrumental soloists, and a | quartet. From 4 to 5 o'clock the junior | Classes will give an interesting entertain- | ment in the gymnasium, and from then on until 6 o'clock there will be dancing. Most of the club members will be there for the last act at any rate, and so pleasantly wind up the last ladies’ day of the season. The last of those pleasant Saturday even- ing smokers will be held on Apri! 28 It will be another “Night in Germany.” Canterbury Athletic Clab, The Canterbury Athletic Club will give a ball next Monday night at the National Rifles’ Armory. The hall will be hand- somely decorated. The arrangements are in charge of Mr. James S. King, who will be aided by a floor and ‘reception commit- tee, as follows: Floor committee—Doc Those interested in boating at the Colum- | It Is probable that the club will buy a new | | will be too late to arrange many gates | ed with local clubs and neighborhood teams. | There will | really know how to play basket ball. Notes. Kendall Green's field day will b> ‘eld this year about the middle of May. Arrange- ments are already being made for the event by Messrs. Howard, Kiene, Boxley, Hub- bard and Erd. Although Taylor, who holds so many of the records at the institute, is “way, there will be an effort made to break Some of them by the Kendall boys, and a big day is expected when the date for the affair arrives. The new officers of the Independent Ath- letic Club, a young organization, whose quarters are at 6th and I streets southwest, are as follows: J. B. Holden, president; T. A. Owen, vice president; E. P. Collins, sec- retary; C. J. Springman, treasurer, and Joseph Heath, sergeant ~arms. The or- ganization is now in a very healthy and Prosperous condition. ae He Loved Another. From the Detroit Free Press. “Oh, George, you love another.” Such were the words of a fair, pale girl as she clung to the arm of a tall, handsome man in the dimly lighted parlor of her fa- ther’s home. He was such a man as women love, and this fair girl loved him. They had been sweethearts for months and the day was approaching when their plighted troth was to be redeemed. Into her heart a doubt had come, and it had found expression in the opening words of ead ee sr “Darling,” he said, chidingly, ish you talk. You know I pryad® “But you do, dear,” she insisted. been watching you and I have seen it.” “How could you?" he continued tenderly. Segui no one in all the world I love as I jo you.’ She gazed fond) | “how fool- ly into his handsome eyes, laid her soft, white hand caressingly on hi rich brown hair, and whispered her word: of admiration into his willing ear, until he was so inflated with pride that the buttons on his beautifully fitting coat to = their necks. “How silly of my little girl to her Georgie loves another,” Pegs ited, ae he looked down into her sweet face. She shook her head no less doubtfully than before. “Come, now,” he coaxed, “tell ; me who this person is I love more than I Go you.” She was silent. “Tell me,” he murmured, taking her in ° Pure A cream of tartar bakins pow- der. Highest of all in leavening streneth.—Latest United States Governmes Food Report. Royal Bakine Powder o.. 206 Wall St., ©. ee COUNTING A QUORUM. of the Deliberations of the House Democratic Caucus. The caucus of the democrats of the House was not concluded yesterday afternoon wu! til some time after The Star had gone to press. From beginning to end there was @ hot contest over the question of counting @ quorum. Finslly the following resolu- tion, proposed by Mr. De Armond, was adopted by a vote of 80 to 44: Resolved, that it is the sense of the caucus thet the committee on rules should report to the House a rule or amendment |of the rules by means of which members present ,and not voting may be taken into account in determining the” existence oP | Ron-existence of a quorum, and to compel | the attendance of absent members. The fight began with the introduction of Mr. Springer’s proposition for counting }@ quorum. This was both warmly sup- | ported and violently opposed. Mr. Outh- | Waite, a member of the committee on rules, made a proposition which contemplated the appointment of two tellers on every yea |and may vote who should stand at the } his arms. “Yourself, George,” she sighed, hopelessly, her Georgie, and she for she was on to knew that such a love was unchangeable he grave. from the cradle to t! matter, dear reader, for a It is a difficult handsome man to be in love with anything u forget it, especially if else, and -don’t yor you are a woman. - — coo Only One of Them Remembered. They were celebrating their silver wed- ding, and the couple were happy and affec- tionate, says the Ashton Reporter. “Yes,” said the husband, “my dear wife jis the only woman I ever loved. I shall never forget the first time I proposed to her. I remember it as weil as if it were yesterday. It was at Henley. We were at @ picnic, and she and I got wandering ; alone. Don’t you remember, my dear?” The wife nodded and smiled. “We sat on the trunk of an old tree. You haven't forgot- ten, love, have you?” The wife nodded | again. “She began writing in the dust with the point of her parasol. You recall it, | Sweet, don’t you?” The wife nodded again. ‘She wrote her name, ‘Minnie,’ and I sai | ‘Let me put the other name to it,’ and 1 | took the parasol and wrote my name— | ‘Smfth’—after it. “How lovely!” broke out a little maid who was beaming in a suspicious way on a tail young man with a blonde mustache. “And she took back the parasol and wrote below it, ‘No; I won't.” And we went home. You remember it, darling, I see you do.” Then the ladies murmured sentimentally, “Wasn't it sweet?” The guests were all departed and the hap- couple were left alone. “Wasn't it nice, Minnie, to see all our | friends around us so happy? “Yes; it was. But, John, that reminis- cence?” ‘ae it seems as if it was only yester- | | | “a “Yes, dear; there are only three things ‘re wrong about in that story.” Wrong? Oh, no!” “John, I'm sorry you told that story, be- | cause I never went to a picnic with you be- fore we were married. I was never at Hen- ley in my life, and I never refused you.” ‘My darling, you must be wrong!” T am not wrong! I have an excellent memory, and, although we have been mar- | ried twenty-five years, I'd like to know who that minx Minnie was! You never told me about her before.” —+e-—__ His Tender Foot. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. As an elderly man mounted the chair of a bootblack in a Smithfield street barber shop the other day, he said: “Now, boots, I | Want you to be careful of that right foot: deal gently with it.” “Oh, that’s all right, Kaufmann, Hardie Wilson and J. Oppen- boss,” said the colored bootblack, as hi himer, and reception committee, M. Myer- dip t as the clock was strik-| field, Ewald Schneider and George Stiefel. The Canterbury ball team will play the Herberts tomorow at Waterloo. A chal- lenge has been received from the Rockville team, and the club is trying to arrange a game with the Business High School. John Dougherty is the manager of the club, and | Kaufmann ts the captain. The club would like to play any other nines in the city unde> twenty years of age. Challenges | should be sent to 607 3d street northwest. Lusky, the crack wrestler of the club, would like to meet any man in town of his weight, 135 pounds, give or take five {pounds, for the ckampionship of the | District. Hl w ton Athletic Club, Bowling has been abandoned at about every place now, except at the Washington Athletic Club. There the boys are still at | it, trying to increase their skill and ex- perience. Their great improvement towards the close of the tou>nament last year was noticeable to all, and if a series of games is played next winter between Washingtons are not in it. Bowling is still carried on to a great extent, the record on the alleys having been broken twice in the last couple of weeks, first by Mr. David Schlesinger with a score of 220, and second by Mr. William G. Kids, by a score of 225. Sparring bouts are also often held up in the gymnasjum among the mem- bers these days. The Martna Washington Social Club, the women’s branch, is in the hall every Wednesday. They are making great | Progress in physical development. The dancing class, under the instruction of Prof. John Polley, is also progressing. The next big social event at the club will be a hop, to take place on next Tuesday evening. An excursion will be given to Marshall Hall on June 22. The club intends to make it a kind of field day. There will be boat racing, tub racing, base ball, and all other games of skill and strength. There has been some talk of purchasing four billiard tables for the club, These will not be added until next fall. Columbian ersity Athletics, At Columbian University the battery of the base ball team has been kept at work i right along, though the field have not been able to get their usual practice on account of the loss of the Y. M. C. A. grounds,where the team formerly practiced. The game on April 21, with Georgetown, will be the first time that the two universities have met on the diamond, and wiil be looked forward to with a great deal of interest. Mr. Joseph S, Pendleton, the manager of the ball team, has changed the schedule lately so as to make the trips take in more places and to accommodate other teams. The schedule up to date is as follows, though there are a good many more games | being arranged for: At home: Georgetown, April 21; Trinity, April 2 not yet settled), Away from home: University of Virginia, April 18; Randolph-Macon, April 23; Rich- mond College, April 24; St. John’s College, April 27; U. S. Naval Academy, April 28; Johns Hopkins, May 2; Virginia Military | Academy, May 4; Washington and Lee, May 5; Maryland Agricultural College, May ¥; Episcopal High School, May 12; Western Maryland College, in May (date not set); Washington College, May 26. The Mandolin and Banjo Clubs, which will make thetr third public appearance at the joint law debate between Columbian and Georgetown, will accompany the team to Annapolis and give a concert there on the night of April 27 or 28, Carroll Institute. The ladies seem to have captured the gym- nasium now at Carroll Institute, and al- though the other classes are falling off,more or less, with the weather, they want to keep at work all summer, They have been play- ing basket ball until they know how to do it, and so they have arranged to have a contest by picking out two teams from thelr number and playing against each other. ‘Whe match will come off on April 26, and the admission wiil be by card to ladies, but men can never leara whether the ladies | | | the different clubs it will be strange if the| Kendalis, April and May (dates | to work; “I knows what corns is, boss.” “I haven't any corns,” said the customer. The boy polished and rubbed away, but his cu- iTiosity got the better of him, and he ven- jtured: “Well, bunions is just as bad as |corns, boss.” “It’s not a bunion,” was the reply of the gentleman, which more than |Surprised the bootblack ‘and piqued his cu- riosity. He kept rubbing away at the shoes, ) evidently weighing in his mind how he could get at Knowledge of the trouble in his cus- tomer's foot. Finally a beam of intelli- gence spread over his thoughtful features, and he said: “Well, rheumatiz is worse as | ,either corns or bunions. He then stopped and looked expectantly into his customer's face, but a look of complete bewilderment took possession of him when the man in the chair sai No, I never had rheumatism.” By this time the boots were polished, so the gentleman got up, and, after shaking him- self, stepped down from the platform. But the bootblack’s curtosity had been aroused |to a point where it had to be satisfied, so he threw away the indirect method and asked his customer point blank: “Say, bosa, would you mind telling me what's the matter with your foot?” ‘Why, certainly not,” was the reply. “I lost my leg in the army, and I wear a wooden one. I didn’t want you to get the mechanism of the ankle out of |gear.” The bootblack was so gurprined that ihe dropped the dime which man gave im. ——_+-e-+—_____ Parkhurst a: the New York Police. From McClure’s Magazine. When the grand jury reported, it was found that there were indictments against one police captain, and it was known that testimony had been offered tending to im- plicate even bigner police officials in such misdemeanor as neglect of duty implies. Dr. Parkhurst had placed before the grand jury the sworn testimony cf officers of his society who had discovered a score or more of unlawful resorts, existing some of them within a stone's throw of the station house of the police captain against whom the in- dictment was brought, although that officer had declared that not a single place of the kind existed in his precinct. After this Dr. Parkhurst rushed the battle. His agents were They scoured the city, y of scores and scores of open violations of the law committed daily under the eyes of the police; and sneering at him and laughter at his methods and defiance of him by the political powers were no longer manifested. Instead there came fright and panic. The police commissioners themselves revealed larm. The superin- the signs of utmost al tendent suddenly caused the captains to be shifted from one precinct to another. There went forth the stringent orders for the clerk's desk and record as p>esent but not | voting such members as declined to re- spond when their names were called. Speaker Crisp made a vigorous speech, pointing out the deplorable position in which the House found itself on account of continued and pe>sistent absenteeism, | Mr. Crisp was careful, however, to avoid |pointing out any exact line of action, pre- |ferring to leave that to the judgment of the jeaucus, stating, in conclusion, that he be- |lieved whatever method the caucus decided |upon could be made a part of the rules and enforced in the House. Mr. Catchings of Mississippi, a member of the ruies commit- tee, followed the Speaker with a strong Speech in favor of a rule which would take the House out of its present impotency. Mr. Cockran (N. Y.) advocated a rule on the ines of the Springer resolution, or for some other meaas which would permit the House to do business. Several others favored some sort of a quorum-counting device. Quite a number of speeches were made in opposi- tion to any and all rules looking to the counting of members who refused to vote. Messrs. Kilgore of Texas, Bryan of Ne- braska, Wheeler of Alabama and Williams of Illinois led this opposition. During the course of another hot-tempered speech from Mr. Kilgore on the subject, Mr. Bland ot Missouri shouted something to the effect that if a democratic House was forced to resort to Reedism they had better adjourn sine die and go home.. Mr. Bryan reviewed the fight made by the democrats in the Fifty-first Congress against Mr. Reed and his quorum-counting device, and asserted that the question of counting a quorum had been made an issue on every stump in the |United States. Mr. Reed had been every- | where condemned, and the democratic Con-. gress had been elected partly on that issue. Mr. Cummings also made a brief speech |against the opposition to count a quorum, at the conclusion of which he sent up to the desk and hended in an amendment to the title of any new rule which should be re- ported for this purpose, so as to make it read “A rule to nominate Th Reed for President of ————--2—____ Zola’s Luxurious Study. From McCiure's Magazine. But perhaps the most characteristic room in the whole house (leaving aside the bed | room, with its gigantic and monumental bedstead of the pexod of Henri II, of which | Flaubert, unaccustomed to such luxuries, | said, “This 4s the room of St. Julien I'Hos- pitalier”) is the study where Zola writes, and where, as a rule, he receives his friends. Immediately on entering the huge writing table at which he works. A tapestry cloth covers it, and upon t | are arranged in the most methodical order a hundred and one of what may be describ- | ed as the luxuries of penmanship. In a bowl by the = of the fashion in use before blotting paper was in- vented. To the right the writer as he sits in the high backed chair, have been a th full of litde draw: part of a bishop's stole in Chureh.” And, indesa, The pomp and’ glory rch, An the and glory of the Roman Church have been largely used in the decoration of this unique work room. Fat cherubim with blown-out cheeks look down from the cornices over doors and Bruxelles are religious, and tries and precious stuffs room is hung have a like sugges- ton. By the side of the huge canopied di- van which covers half one side of the room ef a 8 i g eb i f | ii ? i i H il it i i f i i i il | é f | i é t | The political powers were dem: and frightened. The community was awakened. And the indications now are that the po- litical organization which De, urst went forth all but alone four years ago to attack is tottering, and that its doom may be lly sealed when the of New York go to the polls next ————+e- ‘The Connecting Link, From Life. Mrs. Van Veneering—“Do you know the Richleys ye Mrs. Jere dering—“Like a book. employ the same Sramauker aa ~ = ——-e--—__ On Sixth Avenue. From Life, Tract Distributor—“Are you walking tm the straight and narrow way, sir?” Hardened Sinner—“No, sirs there ave bots of crooks in this street,’ Ff i i ; if iat i = greeted, to his was Ruthven’s og jong a route.” 80 i $ i i