Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1894, Page 14

14 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. === NEW OFFICES AND CAR STABLES. COLUMBIA’S CABLE The Construction of the Conduit Now About Completed. THE SYSTEM ADOPTED IN THE WORK The Buildings Erected for the Cars and the Machinery. IN PLACE OF HORSES See eo oe ee ae HE CONSTRUC- an interesting opera- tion to everybody except the adult resi- dents along the route. It is only when the work is completed and the street has been re- turned to its original smoothness, and the cars move swiftly back and forth, an- nihilating time between home and office that the grown-up population vegins to re- cover its spirits and temper and forget the weeks of dust and days of mud and the din of iron workers and the thousand and one unpleasant accompaniments of the im- mense undertaking. Already the big folks whe tive on New York avenue and H street, where the Co- lumbia street railroad runs, are beginning to regard the work that has been accom- plished on the ne ¥ cable system with some- thing like approval, and in another week or two they will be more than glad of the inconvenience they have been subjected to cause of the benefits that will accrue to them by reason of it, for in that time, or a little later, the road will have been entirely completed and the cable singing through the hidden yokes. When it is completed the Columbia com- pany will possess one of the best equipped cable systems in the country. When the company decided to modernize its plant the engineer, Wm. B. Upton, de- cided upon a conduit similar to that in use The Power How upon the Washington and Georgetown road, and E. Saxton, the well-known Washington contractor, was authorized to construct it. He began work some weeks ago with large force of experienced men, which was increased rapidly as progress was made, and the small army of mechanics and labor- ers made the route one of the busiest scenes in Washington during the time the excavation for the conduit and its building was being done. Some Ra; Work. Imbedded in the solid earth and incased in heavy timber and cemented frames are 7,000 tron yokes, each weighing 450 pounds. Through these and seven inches below the surface, in a Z-shaped slot, 15,000 feet of wire rope will shortly be buzaing along, carrying the new cars now in course of con- struction over the smooth rails above. Some idea of the rapid manner in which the work has been performed may be gained from the fact that when the weather was good and materials at hand the conduit was com- pleted at the rate of 60 feet per day. The system followed was perfect in the opinion of engineers. ‘The work was assigned to different gangs named and lettered from A to V, and eaco under the direction of experienced fore- | men and assistants. One gang took up the paving; another did the excavating over the full width of the double track to a depth of ten inches. ‘Then the trenching gang came | and prepared the way for those who cut the chainbers for the yokes. The other | gangs laid the yokes and the rails, filled in the concrete, and so forth. Each gang was provided with a complete set of tools for its particular work, which were kept ready for use in mounted boxes that could be run on the rails after the tracks were laid. Vehicle and foot bridges were placed in| position at the intersecting streets, andeat | night guard ropes were put up at the sides | lighting these lanterns, and when darkness came a glance down the line gave one the | impression of seeing a long and pictur- esque torehlight procession. A temporary | double track was laid along the asphait for use of the cars of the company and | of the work in progress and liberally | strung with lanterns. In the evening the | small boys along the line had great fun | many a bicycle rider came to grief and | numberless carriage riders were bumped prodigiously in crossing the T rails of which they were constructed. ' Nearing Completion. The conduit is now virtually completed from H street and 15th street northeast to New York avenue and 15th street north- west, and the paving between the tracks | of hard paving bricks is being rapidly fin- ished. At the termination of the line on New York avenue the transfer of cars from one track to another will be made by an ordinary cross-over switch, such as is used at the Baltimore and Chio depot terminus of the Washington and Georgetown rail- d, but the company offictals say that autions will be taken that will abso- y prevent danger to pedestrians at the always busy corner or to passengers get- ting on or off the cars. H The power and car houses and the offtces of the company will be located at the H treet terminus of the line. They are now approaching completion, and were designed by '@ Washington architect, Mr. Waddy B. | The Car House. The car house, which will also contain the offices, is 128 feet front by 2 feet Geep, the office part being 128 by 35 feet and two stories high. It will be equipped with every modern appliance for comfort and | convenience and will contain, besides the offices of the road, a large vault, lamp and oil rooms, and conductors’ lunch and iocker rooms on the first floor. The second story will be devoted to the hoard room, the president's office and other apartments. The building will be heated by steam and lighted by electricity. It will be finished in clear pine with hard oil and sand finished plastering tinted a pale olive. The car house part of the structure 1s 15 by 165 feet in dimensio: and one story in height. It will be so arranged, with a transfer table, that the entire car equipment of the road can be stored in it, and any one car be gotten out without shifting or disturbing the others. ‘This will be advantageous in many ways, as in the spring when summer cars can be used during the warmer hours of balmy days they can be gotten out at once, while the same ease will apply to bringing into us the closed cars on rainy days in summer. The tracks in the car house are elevated, allowing cars to be put in any part of it without removing their grips. The roof of the car house is bitumen and slag, resting on. large girders carried by iron columns. The floor will be concrete with a top dress- ing of Portland cement. There will be hose connections at convenient points through- out the building so that water will always be immediately accessible for washing cars or in case of fire. The front of the build- ing, or office part, is laid with brick in red mortar, with a slate roof except on the bay windows and towers, which are cover- ed with red Spanish tiles and have copper cornices, granite belt courses, sills and lin- tels and ornamented with terra cotta de- signs. Black rustless iron is used for the gates and general ornamental purposes. The Power How The power house is nearing completion and is a mode) building of its character, having every appointment that can possibly be necessary to the most economical and rapid running of cars. It is divided mto four large rooms and contains a basement 8O feet square and oil rooms and other small apartments. The room devoted to the engines and driving machinery is 80 by 75 feet in dl- mensions, spanned ty steel trusses SU feet in length, so that the ceiling is supported entirely by the outside walls. Two enor- mous engines will be erected here, as well as the driving machinery, consisting of a rope drive and two winding drums, both driven from the same pulley. Next is the tension room, 31 by 114 feet in size, where the cables will run after passing around the driving machinery. There will be some intricate mechanism in this apartment by the use of which the strain upon the cable at all times will be known and lessened or increased by the movement of a series of weights as the engineer in charge may deem advisable. The exact tension will be shown by an ingenious instrument designed by Chief Engineer Upton, an indicator up- on a dial showing at all times the exact weight upon the cable. By observing it and regulating the weights attached the cable can be kept at the same tension all the time. The other two apartments are the boiler and coal rooms. The former is 63 by 45 feet and will contain the boilers, pumps and other machinery needed to run the engines. The coal room ts 48 by 45 feet and will hold 1,700 tons of coal. The building is built of red brick laid in red mortar, and is covered with a slate roof resting on steel trusses. The corner bay windows have red Spanish tiled roofs and the friezes are of granite and terra cotta. > -— THE MATINEE KISS. A Visit to the Theater Not Complete Without Lots of Osculation. From the New York Herald. There ‘sn’t much that men don’t know to the way in which men kiss girls. What they never stop to consider is how girls kiss girls. If you stand outside a New York theater after a matinee and watch the young women saying adieu to cach other you will see every variety of oscula- tion known to connoisseurs. The less they like each other the warmer is the salute, cynics think. “Mamie and I never did care for one another very much,” says a young woman to another, “‘but it's worse since I got my new cape. The things she's been saying about me are just as horrid as they can be. Why, Mamie!” she exclaims, as she sights a girl just ahead of her, “is that you, dear?” Then they fall upon each other's shoulder and kiss. It is a matinee kiss and it doesn’t count. When girls come out of the theaters where tragedy has been played and where the stage has been left littered with corpses, stif! and stark in their gray and white make-up, there is something a little hys- terical in their kiss. The women who have just left the grewsome dead house like to feel the pressure of a warm cheek against their warm lips. It shows them that there is at least something left alive after the fiery onslaughts that the tragedian has been making with his broadsword and dag- ger upon helpless humanity. They grab each other wildly and sometimes there are three or four kisses exchanged before they let go to wipe out the chilly feeling caused by the cadavers they have just seen. “He looked at me twice,” says a iittle pink and white idiot in a pretty bonnet to another girl from whom she is parting. She is speaking about the dignified tenor in the well-fitting tights, whose wife and eight children are at home, wondering if father will bring them home a pocketful of nice things from their Thanksgiving. “He looked at me twice. I’m sure he was thinking about me when he sang that serenade.” Then the girls kiss. It is a little ecstatic; just about the way in which the pink and white idiot thinks she might kiss the tenor after their engagement had been ratified by the stern but ultimately forgiving parents of the twain. ‘That's a matinee kiss, too. It doesn't count, either. They never do, or rarely. Women don't waste kisses that are any good upon other women, it has been said, but perhaps that is too strong. Matinee women have a right, if they care to kiss, to do so until they are black in the face. There is nothing in constitution, statute or common law prohibiting it. But that isn’t any reason why they should biock up the gangway while they are doing it. Their favorite standing place while ad- ministering their farewell salutes is right in the doorway. There ought to be special exits for men attending the theater alone, or with their wives, and who consequently haven't any one to kiss. Then the feminine kissers and kissees could incumber the other exits as much as they pleased. “I'm so glad, dear, we saw that Mrs. Lipz to Mrs. Phace—kt: wanted"—kiss—“to 8 ctly lovely ?”—kiss. ~kiss—"Give my love to the | children"—kiss. And all the while half a hundred men are waiting their turn—not for a ki but to climb out of the theater in si way or other. But they have to wait Matinee kisses can’t be dispensed with by cause a lot of mere men want to seraim out and run to their offices for a few ments to have a last dab at some unfini. ed busir Two Mean Men. From the Iodianapolis Journal. “My husband,” said the large, fleshy lady, “has a habit of marking all para- graphs in the paper that say mean things about women.” “So you will not fail to see them, eh? Stull, that is not as mean a trick as mine plays. He cuts them all out. Then I have to get another paper only to find that I have been fooled again.” GALLOPING SIXTH A Thrilling Experience of the Veter- ans Now at Fort Myer. ENCOUNTER WITH THE CRUEL APACHES Treachery of the Scouts and an Indian Attack. THE MEDICINE Te - MAN Written Exclusively for Th» Evening Star. HE GALLOPING Sixth! Throughout the service the sixth United States cav- alry, a portion of which is now station- ed at Fort Myer, was known as such, for the reason, more than anything else, that it was, to use a slang cavalry ex- pression, always on the jump. What did s it matter if the sixth could not put up as fine an exhibition drill or inspection as some of the other regi- ments in the service when it could always be depended upon if hard service after the White Mountain Apache or other Indians was necessary? This, too, over rough and dangerous trails, where, as a rule, it was impossible to carry forage for the horses, and through a country which furnisied but little sustenance for the hardy and sturdy bronchos that carried with hardly a stumble or misstep the gallant troopers of this ever-active regiment. It was seldom the troops had time for drill, and neither men nor horses, from ‘79 to '89, knew what a rest with regular gar- rison duty was for any length of time. Many a.time would the weary troopers be welcomed back from a long scout to the post at which they were nominally sta- tioned only to be informed that, as soon as rations, consisting principally of coffee, bacon and hard-tack, could be issued, their FORT APACHE, ARIZONA. scouts and a pack train and packers—in all about ninety white men and twenty- three Indians. The command reached the Cibicu about 2 o'clock on theiafternoon of August 30, having camped the night before on Carriza creek, twenty-live miles from Fort Apache. The Indian sceuts were not furnished with ammunitiontuntik the command went into camp at Carizzaticreek. Rumors had reached the comtmanding officer that the Indians were having @ great pow-wow at the Cibicu, during whieh the medicine man urged them not sto bé disheartened if he should be killed ‘sy the troops, for, should such an event happeh, he would surely return to life in ahrea(days. It was also known that the Indians were aware that Gen. Carry with his command, was marching onithem, and, not believing the word that had been sent to them by “Mose,” the first sergeant of the Indian scouts, that thei intention was simply to take the mediciné man, to whom no harm would be done, they shad evidently made arrangements to?givesthe troops a warm reception, and were closely watching their approach. 1 Medicine Man Captured. Upon reaching Cibicu creek the “medi- cine man was found without any trouble, and a talk between him and Gen. Carr resulted in the latter taking him prisoner and putting him under a strong guard, who received very positive instructions to kill the prisoner if he attempted to es- cape, or if a shot were fired. The medi- cine man was informed of the instructions given to the guard placed over him. A spot was then selected as a camping place for the command, which was a picturesque little basin with the Cibicu creek at one end of it and the hills all around. Capt. Hentig, commanding troop D, having de- tailed a guard to herd the horses of his troop, ordered the men to dismount and unsaddle, while Capt. Stanton, commanding troop E, kept his troop in the saddle, and marched to the creek to water the horses. This action of Capt. Stanton’s proved to be probably the greatest factor in saving the entire command from massacre. ‘The horses of troop D, glad to be rid of their saddles and riders, were soon quietly grazing at some distance from the camp- ing ground in charge of a non-commission- ed officer and four privates, while the men were making themselves as comfortable as possible and preparing to rest. Meantime the twenty-three scouts and other Indians who had joined them ap- proached the camp and were told by Capt. Hentig to “ucashay,” which Is Apache for “get away from here.” ‘Dead Shot,” the second sergeant of the scouts, said they wanted to camp there, as there were too many ant hills in the place selected for their camp. He was again told to “ucashay,” and go somewhere where there were no ant hills. The scouts, like their friends in the surrounding hills,. were spoiling for a fight, and the incantations and exhortations of the medicine man had taken the same effect upon their minds as presence was needed elsewhere to hunt or watch the restless Apache, or give protec- tion to some poor settler. This has been the kind of duty which, with one or two exceptions, the sixth cavalry has not only been required to do, but has nobly and gai- lantly done, during at least the last fifteen years. And every officer and man in the regiment enjoyed it and gloried in tt, and now the headquarters band and troops A, E, G and H are stationed at Fort Myer, where they expect to enjoy a well-earned rest. The Fight at Cibica Creek. In talking of the sixth, one is reminded of one of the many fights with Indians, in which part of the regiment, and one of the troops (troop E), now at Fort Myer, took part, namely, the fight at Cibicu creek, which occurred August 30, 1881. Cibicu creek, or that part. of it which was the scene of this engagement, is situated about thirty-five miles due west of Fort Apache, Arizona, but, owing to the extremely rough country, it is necessary to travel about sixty miles to reach it from that post. Circumstances leading up to the disturb- ance and fight were as follows: A medi- cine man, named Man-Nock-aye-det-Klin- ne, had in some manner gained the con- fidence of and made himself popular with the White Mountai Apache Indians, at and near the San Carlos Indian agency, and instituted near Fort Apache a series ow-wows” or war dances. But little attention was at first paid to these dances by the military authorities, as it was not deemed likely that the Indians would at- tempt to go on the warpath, especially so near the fall of the year. The medicine man, taking advantage of the superstition of the Indians and their traditional liking for certain of their chiefs who had joined the great majority, promised to bring these chiefs back to life again, provided certain things happened. The Whites Muat Dic. The chiefs, he said, were angry when they discovered that thé white men, with the free lunch counter for’ their wives and pontes, were in possession of Foft Apache, the home of the Indian, and refused to return until the Indians drove them out of the fort and captured A GROUP OF APACHE SCOUTS. _ they knew that Man-Nock-Klin-ne was a prisoner in the hands of the troops, and well they knew that these same troops would carry out Gen.°Carr's instructions and kill him if a shot Was fired. But what of that? Had he not promised to bring their chiefs back to life if the Apaches cnly wiped the whites from the face of the earth, and had he’ not said: “Do not mind if 1 am killed. 4 will return alive to you in three days?” ,, The Fight Begins. Their blood was up; all the intense hatred of their race for the white man was coursing through their veins. ‘The moment for action had come, and, led by “Dead Shot” and “Dandy Jim,” they, instead of getting away as commanded by Capt. Hentig, raised their already loaded car- bines to their shoulders, fired a volley at the troops, and took to the hills among their friends. ‘he result of th€t volley was the instant death of Capt. Hentig and two men of troop D, while later in the day three more men were killed and three others wounded, one of whom afterward died on the return march to Fort Apache. These men all belonged to troop D. All this happened quicker than it can be told. Even before troop 1 had watered their horses the fatal volley had been fired. The horses of troop.) were stampeded and run off by the Mhdians, and not one has been recovered from that day to this. By order of Gen. Carr troop E immediately dismounted. leaving their horses in charge of number four of each set of fours, at once formed a skirmish line, returned the fire of the Indians, and cleared them from the creek bottom, ‘his movement of Capt. Stanton with his skirmishers saved the day. ‘There was but little shelter for the troops, breastworks: being made of stores, saddles, rocks and aparajoes. Luckily the aim of the Indians was not particularly good, and, although a hot fire was kept up until dark, no further casualties than those already mentioned took place. It has never been discovered what loss the Indians sustained, but it must have been severe. The Medicine Man’s Fate. To return to the medicine man. When they had done en their kinsmen. Well all their property. That settled it. The Indians, already excited and worked up by this man, needed only such a hint to go on the warpath. A great pow-wow took place, at which it was understood that measures should at once be taken to clear the white men from Fort Apache, and next day the redskins left the vicinity of the fort for Cibicu creeix. At this time there was at Fort Apache a company of twenty-three Indian scouts, regularly en- listed In the United States army, and drawing the same pay as other soldier: These scouts were White Mountain Apa- ches, and, although apparentiy outward! loyai to the troops and the governmen were heart and soul with their kinsmen in the desire to carry out the wishes of their dead chiefs conveyed to them by the | little incidents, un- happened, were re- intense medicine man. Many thought of when the: called afterward as showing the feeling of hatred which these scouts held | for the troops. However, as believed to be 1 cided by Gene ugene A. Carr, manding egiment, that it was nec- ry to m@h against ‘the Indians and capture the medicine man, these scouts, under the command of Lieutenant Thoms Cruse, sixth cavalry, were taken alon as part of the attacking force. The g rison at Fort Apache at this time con- sisted of only troops D and E of the sixth before stated, were yall, they cavalry, the strength of the former being six and the latter thirty-three men, and one company of Infantry, It was necessary to leave the infantry at the post for its protection, and Genera! Carr's avail- able force, therefore. consisted of but two | troops of cavalry, the company of Indian and when it was de- | then | the first shot was fired hg made a determin- ed effort to escape. The guard, under whom he had been placed, were old sol- diers, and well they knew their business. He fell mortally wounded with the sound of the volley fired by the scouts still ring- ing in his ears. When darkness set in the question on each man's lips was “What will tomorrow bring?” Here they were, hemmed in on every side, with one troop dismounted, and dbout sixty miles from Fort Apache. The general opinion seemed to be that the only hope was to make a night march, riding two, and perhaps three, on a horse, and try to réach the post before | the Indians could dyertake the command. Gen. € realigng this, and knowing that the Indians wuld not fight at night, ordered a night n for Fort Apache, believing that, to r@main.at the Cibicu, was | certain death to every dne. | The last sad rites to their dead comrades | were performed by the command in silence and tears, A large hole had been dug, and in it were tenderly and carefully pla ed the bodies of Capt, Hentig and his five men, who had been so treacherously mur- | dered by the Indian scouts. The general | repeated what d of the burial service, and ' sounded. This served for “good night,” and algo to indi- | cate to the Indians that the command was going to sleep. To tire volleys over the grave would hay been to notify the In- dians that the dead were being burted at | night with the intention of moving at once. | This was to be only a temporary resting | place for their bodies, as, in the event of the command reaching the post in safety, Gen. Carr intended to send a detachment | to to recover the bodies, and give them burial with military honors. Return to Fort Apache. What a march that was from the Ci- bicu to Fort Apache, the men, worn out and hungry, the horses loaded down with extra men, the wounded to care for and the trail a hard and dangerous one. Next day, however, the post was reached with no greater mishap than the loss of two pack mules and one horse that had stum- bled, rolled down the mountain and was dashed to pieces. The next day the Indians attacked the post, firing, however, at long range, and were easily repulsed, the only casualty be- ing a slight wound in the leg received by Lieut. C. S. Gordon, who succeeded to the command of troop D. By some means the general learned that the Indian scouts who mutinied at the Cibicu were in the habit of com- ing down from the mountains at night to a friendly village of Apaches who were camped about two miles from the post, and that from these people they were receiving their necessary supplies, and most of the time sleeping in the village. This was his opportunity, and the early mounted drills of the cavalry were .or- dered to take place daily in close proximity to this friendly Indian village as a part of his scheme to effect their capture. : The Indians Not Suspicious. The consequence was that after two or three weeks of this drill the Indians, if they were afraid at first, became used to the presence of the trocps drilling in their neighborhood, and were not the least sus- picious of the trap into which they were being led. One morning before drill the troops were ordered to take ball cartridges instead of blank, and started for their morning drill, as usual, At a certain point on the road and with- in sight of the post the infantry company way halted, and at a given signal the men formed a skirmish line, advancing directly on the Indian village from the post side. Meantime the cavalry troops, with the exception of troop B, closed In on the Indians from the other directions, in order to cut off all means of escape. Presently a cloud of dust was seen to arise from a small ravine, and troop B, sixth cavalry, dashed into the village and captured the greater number of the scouts, who, thinking themselves secure, were s0. surprised that they quietly submitted to be made prisoners. Not a shot was fired and {it is believed that only one of the scouts who had been in the friendly vil- ipse the previous night, made his escape. ‘he prisoners were heavily ironed, placed in the guard house afterward taken to Fort Grant, tried by court-martial, several of them hanged, including “Deai Shot” and “Dandy Jim,” and the others sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Thus did Gen- eral Carr avenge the death of Captain Hentig and the other members of his com- mee who lost their lives the Cibicu —-———_ WINTER CARE OF TACKLE. Lines That Will Repay the Angler. Little Precautions With Red, Reel and From the New York Sun. “It's a source of great surprise to me,” said a veteran angler, “to find that some men have any tackle at all left over from the preceding year when I see the careless way in which they treat it. Rods are dumped hastily into some garret corner, often dry and hot enough to warp a tele- graph pole. Lines still wet from the last day’s fishing are tossed into an envelope to mildew or are left to rot on the reels, The reels themselves, put away damp, un- cleaned, and without oil, are of course bound to rust and give poor service the following season. Hooks are tumbled in with the damp line, the steel to corrode, the gut to dry and crack and split. When the unfortunate who thus leaves things to care for themselves loses a big fish on the opening day of the next year’s sport by the sudden parting of a rotten line, he breaks into a torrent of abuse directed against the innocent tackle maker, and goes straight to some shop to buy a com- plete new outfit, declaring that last year’s stuff is never good anyway. “Now, all this can be, and should be avoided. An hour or so of care at the end of the season will insure the preser- vation of rods, hooks, and lines. Every rod joint should be carefully straightened before it is put up for the winter. The tips, especially, are bound to be more or less set from the constant downward strain, The remedy for this is to lay them on a flat board and tack leather strips across, holding them down to the plane surface. By keeping them damp a few days you can readily warp them into prop- er shape. Next give a good rubbing down with a mixture of powdered pumice and sweet oil to take off the cracked and broken surface of the old varnish, and then two thorongh coats of thin varnish, allowing plenty of time for the first coat to dry before applying the second. You must always look to see that the guides and whipping are complete and in good order, and repair any frayed or loose ones before putting on the preservative. This dressing fills all the pores of the wood, and shuts out all decay. Then lay the ro.s in their cases on a shelf in some room of moderate temperature. Standing them against a wall is a bad practice, as it tends to bend and set the wood. “Reels must be carefully taken apart, cleaned of all rust and grit, and olled. Lines should be removed from the reels, first wiped off with a damp cloth, and when dry with an oiled one, and then wound on a flat bit of board. Hooks should always be dipped in ofl before being stored away, and grease will also keep the gut js moist and pliable. ‘Artificial files require more care than all the-rest of the outfit put together. A whole army of buffalo bugs, moths, and shiners are on the lookout for the soft feathers and silks. Take every one out of the book,.and after laying in the sun for a few hours to kill any chance germs or eggs, wrap in camphorated paper or in plain tissue paper and sift thoroughly with powdered camphor gum. Then pack them away in a red cedar case if you have or can procure one, and no prowling vermin will disturb that outfit. “With such care taken in time the an- gler will find at the opening of the next season that he has saved many a dollar, and all of his outfit is as good as ever, and some of it even better than when it was new, because of the seasoning.” ———_+e- WEATHER FORECAST 1 ‘TH. BY THE Dentists Car Piognosticate by Keep- ing Count of Thetr Customers, From the New York Sun. “What's the use of a man in my line keeping a barometer around?” said a den- tist the other day. “I can tell when storms are coming and when we are apt to have long spells of geod sunny weather as accurately as any barometer or weather indicator ever made, if not more so, and the:, too, without budging a step out of my office, without consulting any kind of scientific instrument and without even so much as glancing out of my window. And if you will ask any other dentist in town about it I'll wager that he'll tell you the same thing. “It’s. a very simple matter. Human beings are the greatest barometers in the world, and there is no part of the human system which is so quickly affected by damp weather as the teeth. Of course the degree in which a man is affected by the weather depends entirely on the condi- tion of his teeth, but how many people have perfect teeth? Very few, I can as- sure you. Now, during the week of fine weather which’ preceded the last rainy spell I had over thirty people, two-thirds of them strangers to me, come in with aching teeth. Most of it was neuralgia, put I knew the sign and said to myself, We'll have some rainy weather now sure- ly’ It was a sure indication, and I knew there could be no mistake, when, as the end of the week drew nearer, they began come in faster and faster. In the stormy weather they keep coming In, and then all of a sudden they'll stop, and al. hough it may rain for two or three da; after that I know that fine weather is at hand. When toothache patients are few I | know that we are in fora lot of good weather, and though the people would exvlt at the prospect the dentist groans, for while it ts not so pleasant the work of pulling testh, treating neuralgia and curing toothaches {s far more lucrative than filling teeth, I can attend to ten such cases in less time than it takes to fill one tooth. It all proves, however, that the human body {gs the oest barometer in the world, and if you would have weather fcrecasts of an accurate nature consult your dentist,” THE JOKE IN CORRUPTION. A Bit of Humor Which Only Ameri- cans Are Able to Laugh At. The delight of being a nation, and a very big nation at that, has not yet with us lost all the charm of novelty, and we pelt one another with ridicule after the joyously aggressive fashion of schoolboys pelting one another with snow balls, writes Agnes Repplier “In the Dozy Hours.” Already there is a vast array of seasoned and recognized jokes which are leveled against every city in the land. The culture of Bos- ton, the slowness of Philadelphia, the os- tentation of New York, the arrogance and ambition of Chicago, the mutual jealousy of Minneapolis and St. Paul—these are themes of which the American satirist never wearies, these are characteristics which he has striven, with some degree of success, to make clear to the rest of man- kind. Add to them our less justifiable di- version at official corruption and misman- agement, our glee over the blunders and rascalities of the men whom we permit to govern us, and we have the curious com- bination of keenness and apathy, of pene- tration and indifference which makes pos- sible American humor. Now Englishmen, however prone to laugh at their own foibles, do not, as a rule, take their politics lightly. Those whom I have known were most depressingly serious when discussing the situation with friends, and most disagreeably violent when by chance they met an opponent. Neither do they see anything funny in being robbed by corporations; but, with discouraging and unhumorous tenacity, exact payment of the last farthing of debt, fulfillment of the last clause in a charter, Our lenity in such matters is a trait which they fail to understand, and are disinclined to envy. One of the most amusing scenes I ever witnessed was an altercation between an eaceedingly clever Englishwoman, who for years has taken a lively part in public measures, and a countrywoman of my own, deeply imbued with that gentle pessimism which insures contentment and bars re- form. The subject under discussion was the street car service of Philadelphia (which would have been primitive for Asia Minor), and the Englishwoman was ex- pressing in no measured terms her amaze- ment at such comprehensive and unquali- fied inefficiency. In vain my American friend explained to her that this car ser- vice was one of the most diverting things about our Quaker City, that it represented ene of those humorous details which gave Philadelphia its distinctly local color. Th Englishwoman declined to be amused. “ do not understand you in the least,” she said gravely. “You have a beautiful city, of which yuu should be proud. You have disgraceful streets and trams, of which you should be ashamed. Yet you ridicule your city as if you were ashamed of that, and defend your trams as if you were places of them. If you think it funny to be mpoeed on, you will never be at a loss for @ joke.” —— -—-- +06 —____ OLD CLOTHES MEN. What is Done With the Garments After the Trade is Made. From the New York Herald. The men before starting out on their pur- chasing tours provide themselves with an assortment of knick knacks such as will appeal to a woman's eye. These, in the parlance of the trade, are called “fishes,” and the men are known as “fishers,” be- cause, with this bait, they catch the cloth- ing they want. Whenever they find a stock of old cloth- ing of which the owner !s desirous of dis- posing they make the closest bargain they can—and only one who has come into con- tact with them knows how “near” they are—and then do their utmost to give in payment some of their chinaware, towels or whatever they may have picked out as the best to serve their purpose. They want to avoid paying out money, possibly be- cause they can purchase their “fishes” at a price so low a3 to astonish one, Each has a separate route, which is sacred to himself, and with their knowl- edge of character they soon know what is most likely to appeal to the women in their bailiwicks. So up and down they stroll, getting rid of their “fishes” for garments of every description, which they sling into their big bags. The men on whose trade these peddlers depend, in the main, are wholesale dealers of the lower class. ‘These men have large tailoring shops, and buying these goods at a ridiculously low rate, they put them at | once into the hands of their tailors. A coat is relined, new binding is put on it, any rents are artistically sewed, the frayed bottoms of trousers are cut off and sewed anew and fresh buttons are fastened on; overcoats are steamed and treated to a general renovation, and marvelous, indeed, is the transformation in the garments. They are then shipped to retailers in the south and west, and it is no reflection on a man’s intelligence that he should purchase them and wear them, believing they have never clothed any one previously, see COMPASSION FOR JU LIUS CAESAR. He Missed So Many Blessings of Mod- ern American Life. From the Scientifle American. Julius Caesar was considered a great man, and so he was. But he had his Hmi- tations, and some unknown writer gives a few illustrations: He never rode on a "bus in his life; he never spoke into a telephone; he never sent a telegram; he never entered @ railway train; he never read a news- paper; he never viewed his troops through @ field glass; he never read an advertise- ment; he neve~ used patent medicine; he never cornered the wheat market; he never crossed the Avantic; he never was in a machine shop; he never went to a roller skate rink; he never controlled a manu- facturing company; he never dictated a letter to a typewriter girl; he never in- vested in railway stock; he never played a game of billiards; he never saw an electric light; he never listened to a phonograph; he never posted a letter; ne never had his photograph taken. —_~-+-—_____ Good to Throw at the Cat. From the Woonsocket (R. I.) Reporter. Book canvassers should take courage from a story told by an English lecturer on “The Art of Bookbinding. A man of their profession had called at a house whose occupant met him with a growl. “It’s no use to me. I never read.” “But there's your family,” said the can- vasser. “Haven't any family—nothing but a cat.” “Well, you may want something to throw at the cat.” The Look was purchased. eee The Reason Why. From Life. Little Willie—“I was going fishing Sunday, but my papa wouldn't jet me.” Rey. Dr. Saintly—That's the right kind of a papa to have. Did he tell you the reason why Willle—“Yes, sir. He said there wasn't bait enough for two.” see How Officer O'Hoolihan Lost His But- tons. From Lite. AN OFFER OF $5,000.00. Every testimonial publisbed by us is bona fide and so far as we know is absolutely true. To any one who will prove the coptrary to an impartial referee we will give $5,000. H. H. WARNER & ©O., Rochester, N.Y. College, New York. I do, to a branch of the profession Who believe that no one school of medicine knows all the truth regarding disease, and being inde- pendent enough to use any remedy that will r leve my patients, without reference to the source from which it comes, I am willing to acknowledge pan commend frankly the value of Warner's SAFE lure.” MRS. ANNIE JENNESS MILLER, leader of dress reform. “It gives me pleasure to express my faith in the virtues of SAFE ure, which is the only med- felve I ever take or recommend.” the famous REY. J. E. RANKIN, D.D., LL.D., Pres't Howard University, Washington, D. 0, “I have known of several persons who regard themselves as greatly benefited, and some of them as permanently cured of diseases of the kidneys and — organs by the use of Warner's SAFE Cure.” fA “Sick Chamber +Often* requires additional heat— furnace inadequate to keep it at a temperature. A Gas Stove will do—and it woa't cost you much tt you it of us, and’ we will kesp it in repair one yenr free. i a, $10 up. jas Heating Stoves, Taylors Fiteplace Ticktory, $25 up. Covered Gas Stove Tubing, Ze. ft. ‘Gas Appliance Exchange, $1428 N. Y. Ave. pam Wamsley & Nedwell, 825 N. CHARLES ST., BALTIMORE, MD., Will open at COCHRAN'S HOTEL private parlors, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, December 11, 12 and 18, A Large Assortment of IMPORTED GOWNS, CARRIAGE, DINNER and RECEPTION DRESSES, BALL and EVENING GOWNS, CHIFFON and SILK WAISTS, CAPES, COATS, OPERA and EVENING WRAPS. ‘Materials for making the same. Orders taken and fit guaranteed. hran’s Hotel, 14th and K Sts. COSCO: Make a most useful and sensible pres- ent for Christmas. Pure risk i. selecting now, as we'll ft exchange all gift corsets after the holi- ine live of BLACK CORSETS from $1 up. rs.Whelan, Mgr., 47-200 1107 G ST. NO BRANCH. A stock that’s irreproachable. Brery- thing yon're likely to want is here. Prices are most favorable to you. MOQUETTE RUGS, SMYRNA RUGS, SKIN RUGS. gatait® sod Gray exin Bugs tor — “T7'See our JAPANESE Hugs. TI e HoughtonCo., 1214 F St. N. W. nwo LOPPHPLOSSESEI OOOO PESIODOD Catarrh is annoying and offensive, Nearly every one suffers from it in greater or less degree, but It can be cured, speedily and effectually, by . Foster’s German Army and Navy: Catarrh Cure. Used in numerous cases with unvarying success. Is also a positive remedy for Cold in the Head, Hay Fever and all infamma- {iva of the nasal passages. 60 CENTS AT DRUG STORES. Foster Medicine Com- pany, Baltimore, Md. FURS 7 AT COST. 4 e s ° 2 eeee We have 2 ALASKA SEAL ¢¢¢ CAPES and 8 ALASKA SEAL 9 ¢¢ JACKETS, which we will sell for 222 cost price. 2998 | We are receiving daily STYLISH ee CAPES—all — grades—all —kinds— Price, $20 up. TFSee them, whether you wish to buy or not. James Y. Davis’ Sons, HATTERS AND FURRIERS, 3 12 NA. AVENUE. a5-284 BESET OS SS8900650900 00000008 DOSTOOSHHHSHSHTEVSOTONDIOD Butterine Is eee and clean, satisfaction, the right kind. joriginstors of | strictly HIGH GKADE BUTTERINE tn Wasb- better gion, and ever a pound of kind but the best have we offered for sale, and we th don’t ask any more money for an te kind than others do for cheap, shoddy goods that don't even look like Hutter—oars can- Agage [Rot be distinguished from the Butter, |raucy output of tue tinest cream- 3 lery. Wilkins & Soaatimiy * i 3 ° SQUARE MAKBLE AND GLASS STANDS, - Center Market. a7-400 PEOCSOOESS $90 0SOO0: Last Year’s Sealskins Cheap. Senlskin Jackets. Size 36, Worth $155. To close..... $100 1 Seal Jacket, old style. Soa Worth $150. To close... Willett & Ruoff, 905 Pa. Ave. aT-20d Interior Studies A speclalty—suitable for Parisian Panels and large photographs. .Special appointment necessary at this season. Prince’s Studio, PA, AVH. AND 11TIt ST. 81 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK wo2ttodelT-20d