Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1895, Page 3

- THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1885-SIXTEEN PAGES. —S— SPECIAL NOTICES. WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN pel meeting WEDNESDAY, waiters, 910 F st. Mrs. M. upt. L. Ky t ‘TEST MEDIUM, HOLDS PRI- m, Also very FRIDAY at 8 619 K st. nw. de16-6t* A. S. 3 CHERN JURISDICTION—MITH- 3 Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, will hold a regular eting on TUESDAY, December 17, 1805, at 7 Work, 6th, 7th, Sth, oth degrees et Ul be taken on an amendment FRANCIS J. WOODMAN, W. HARRY OLCOTT, a BENDIG. vate sittings datiy from & a.m. ‘to 7 acer 2 cirele es, test and 4 m, sharp, Korice— ‘The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Second National Bank of Washi D.C, at the for the k on TUE ‘of directors, will be yy of Janu- ary, 1896, between t o'clock noon and 2 o'clock p.m. s JOHN C, EC a D&jant&13 “A little pa! the tints are Just wl Dry with a hard ou want for enamel surface rs. Many yon'll not tothe $l is cooked and served in y it just ay much SPIRITUALISM. SIE MeNEIL, business aud test me- the full and win- that he resumed the Flour, Grain business at his old stand, 1317’ 14th street nw Where he will be pleased’ to see bis friends and former pat v AN 8 bi next fortnight. Appll- t ouce to the ade BS COMPANY ( W. “nn pathy ete policies to L A, * umount —PORTATLE € BPs cust received. simple wrought- frou and polished 1 ndirons at very OW prices. Other replace fixtures ize. NDARS FOR” ds of designs bi Dr. TIST, HAS n to ladies and chitdren; consultation free. Im* “The €01 among bicycles. held this position s#tely on its merits for nearly one score years. Aud the '96 model Is no #x- ception. DISTRICT CYLCE *Colum- rife de! If 4a You Are in Need OF COMMERCIAL OR FINE STATION of any description, fF orders with FRED. BR. NICHOI NB E st. nw A VOUND OF ANT PLATE-FINISH NOTE Pat Whol phone 1 and retail. ‘Tele- Year isn't far aw: tter see us your BE We've all Kinds in stoek—bigs Even with that—we can't suit ¢ ines; with the ready-made kind. But wi hooks to order —in any size and ruling. ‘They'll be done on time if your order is left now. EPdowest prices for all kinds of Stationery. Easton& Rupp, 421 11th St., ar-Pri Statloners. (Just above ave.) b-bd RIDING SUITS. Eminently correct in every “detall of their fashioning. ‘The making of “Pink’ Coats — 2 rialty— we’ meh time to. sermieti le tart ~ an- other ay SCHUTZ, ** dit 14 ar Look in the Window =i y endars now being over a hundred igns in stock to select n to advertise 2 will be opp. the Arlington. Byron S. Adams, A614 ‘rempt Printer, Bear in mind —Tharp’s Pare ‘Berkel ye Whisky is only obtainable het We are afraid to sell to dealers they might adulterate it and thus lower Ita st lard of purity and strength. $1 full 8 James Tharp, 812 FSt.N.W. ane ¥ in any form positively and perma- Cancer maty curca ‘by a ‘new theory of treatment; city references, ©. H. ENGLISH, M.D., no8-3mn 1107 G st. nw. —-— = AN IMPR SIVE WORD. Ry Its Jucicioux Use a Reputation as a Critie Was Established. From the Chicago Record. . ‘To establish a reputation as an art con- nolsseur a man may spend two or three years v! ing the salons of Europe and writing criticisms for publication. This method is both tedious and exper- sive. Bartley, who lives on the South Side, has covered a better way. Bartley wears big spectacles, and he can’t te!ll a Corot from a Turner. Not long ago he paid a visit at the home of a South Side millionaire, who has a col- lection of pictures on which he prides him- self greatly. T millionaire was showing Bartley his tr ures, and Bartley was nodding his hi 1 and peeping for perspec- tive effects throush his curved hand. It sin the corner of the library where the intings were espe , and the million scanting enthusiastically on their merits. At last he paused before k old picture, cracked and seamed x s is my Murillo. .T rate it very highly In my eollection, Just at this moment Bartley thought it would be necessary to say something to accompany his nodding and peeping. And not having any i on the subje he regarded the Murillo critically and id, “Indeed,” in as appreciative a voice as he could command. The millionaire glanced at him quickly, then flush z kept on gazing, and said md tim “LE should continued the milliona' that this Mu- rillo is only a copy. I bought it in Paris. Very fine thing, don’t you think, for a Most p ved itt? glanced a Indeed And from that moment ais reputation as an art connoisseur was established, - -ste+ Not So Awfully Superior. From the € age Tribune. Pale Face—“Why don't you get a civil- ized name for yourself, now that you have become a civilized Indian?’ Red Man—"Ug! What your Face—“My name is Iglehar' Noble Red n (with crushing sar “Ugh! Iglehart! Heap good! name Eagle Hart! Heap bad — a His Exercise. From the Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Jolliboy—“My husband takes reg- ular exercise at the club gymnasium now, and I judge from what he says that he Is getting on finel: Mrs. Kingley—“Has he €yough to do anything?" “Mrs. Jolliboy—“He tells me that he has learned how to crook his elbow, though I don’t know what that means exactly.” ‘asm) njun’s become expert BAYARD'S FRIENDS Their Only Comfort is in the Analo- gy to the Van Buren Case. THE PRESENT SITUATION 15 DIFFERENT Jackson Could Name His Successor, Cleveland Cannot. HIS USEFULNESS IMPAIRED ee as Mr. Bayard’s supporters are finding their only comfort in the Van Buremcase. Their reasoning runs like this: Mr. Van Buren, for a deliverance while Secretary of State Pronounced undiplomatic and unpatriotic by his political opponents, was refused con- firmation by the Senate as minister to Great Britain, but subsequently was elected Presi- dent of the United States. Ergo, the peo- ple at the polls reversed the Senate’s judg- ment and indorsed the deliverance. Queer Reading of History. This is regarded as very queer reading of very plain history. The story of the eleva- tion of Mr. Van Buren to the presidency is as familiar as any in the books. The people did not pass upon the New Yorker as an in- dividual at all. They simply accepted him as General Jackson's choice for the office, and, on that account, gave him their sup- port. General Jackson was an autocrat so far as his party was concerned. There had ceased to be any appeal from his decision about party matters. Mr. Calhoun had aspired to succeed him in the presidency, but a quarrel between them had completely snuffed out Mr. Calhoun’s hopes. This was Mr. Van Buren’s opportunity; and Re im- proved it in the fullest measure. He was a man of undoubted talents. For one thing in particular, he was the smoothest citizen of his day, and this quality brought into con- tact with tke direct and somewhat rough character of Jackson made that union of opposition from which, in politics, as in matrimony, so much is promised. The two men did get along admirably together, and in the cnd General Jackson made Mr. Van Buren his successor in office. Simply Jackson's Successor. Such, it is insisted, is the true reading of that story. The people at the polls took no thought of what Mr. Van Buren had done or failed to do in any office he had ever filled. They knew him as the man General Jackson had picked out as his heir, and they were desirous of seeing their old hero succeeded by the man of his choice. The bare nomina- tion had insured election. The democracy under Jackson had enjoyed such phenom- enal success that now at the close of his second term as President the genera! w: not only able to name his successor, but to look confidently forward to a continuation of all of his policie: For the true measure of Mr. Van Buren as an individual and a political leader in his own right reference is made to his career as President. He was a di: pointment both to General Jackson and to his party, and after four years in the White House he had the mortification of seeing hls opponents restored to power by a large majority, and himself accused of being very largely re- sponsible for the result. ‘The irresistible democracy as led by Jackson had become the routed and discredited democracy as led by Van Buren. The New Yorker, with all of his arts, could never regain his footing, and, while keeping the boards for awhile, lagged superfluous on the stage. what is there in all this for Mr. ? Is it suggested that a rebuke of him by Congress—something regarded as altogether likely—may be folld next by an indorsement of him by the peo- Do his admirers believe that he could sfully appeal to the people on. the question of his recent utterances in Great Britain respecting the policy of protection? is he to be the next democratic candidate for the presilency? As it Applies to Mr. Bayard. The only analogy between the case of Mr. Van Buren and that of Mr, Bayard is that the former enjoyed the same degree of favor at the hands of Gen. Jackson that Mr. Bayard does at the hands of Mr. Cleve- land. That Mr. Cleveland would be glad to have Mr. Bayard succeed him in the White House is regarded as more than Frobable. But, with that exception, all else is different. What Mr. Van Buren as Sec- retary of State instructed Mr. McLane to ccmmunicate to the government of Great Britain was irue. A change of economic policy was to take place over here by the fassing ,of governmental control from the under John Quincy Adams, to the under Andrew Jackson. Lower were on the cards. But what « rebuked Mr, Van Buren for was axter street style in which he was sceKing to use the fact in his relations with foreign countries. The Senate thought that lis method of soliciting larger commercial intercourse with Great Britain was calcu- lated to lower the tone of the Uniteu States as a nation, What Congress is asked to censure Mr. Bayard for is something the republicans characterize as being not only improper, but untrue. In plain words, Mr. Eayard is accused of slandering his coun- try and its people. Cleveland Has Nothing to Leave. So far as Mr. Cleveland’s favor goes, there is nothing Jacksonian about the democracy's present situation. If the Pres- ident has anything of value for a legatee it is not visible to the nuked eye. His sec- ond term is approaching a very different conclusion from that of Gen. Jackson. Then the democracy was triumphant all aleng the tine. Now the party is all but disrupted, and its leaders are joking one another about the shyness shown when next year’s nomination is mentioned. Mr. Whitney is overwhelmed with busine: Senator Hill proposes Col. Morrison. Sen- ator e must look out for his railroads. Mr. Carlisle is manenvering to get back to the practice of law. And so it goes. All very different from the day when John C. Calhoun was consumed with disappoint- ment foc being unable to secure a nomina- tion which was known to carry election with it. Bayard’s Usefalness Impaired. ° Will Mr. Bayard continue to take an amused view of the matter? Can he afford to do so? Will not a formal vote of censure by Congress, supplemented by the opinions of the representative newspapers of the country, impair even his usefulness in England? Already some surprise is ex- pressed there at his course.’ But suppose net a word of this had been uttered. *Sup- pose all was unreserved indorsemeat there. What availeth it if a man gain the whole world and lose his own soul? What is left of a diplomat, no matter how strong he may be with the people to whom he stands accredited, after he has lost the confidence and the favor of his own countrymen? Castoria For Infants anc Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION, CASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Castoria’ 1s so universal and its merits so well known that {t seems a work of supererogation to indorse it. Few are the intelli- gent families who do not kecp Castoria within easy reach." CARLOS MARTYN, D.D., New York city. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at $ a.m., bars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth cf ar Inch. grees. ‘The Small arrows fly with the wind. lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten snow bas fallen during preeeding twelve hours. areas of high and low barometer. ee THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. © Partly Cloudy O Croudy. 04 = @ fain <5 @ sno a 9 ith meridian tinze. Solid lines are iso- Dotted lines are isotherms or Shaded areas are regions where rain or worls “High? and “Low” show location of ‘AIR TOMORROW. It Will Be Warmer, With Increasing Cloudiness. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For east- ern Pennsyl New Jersey and Dela- re, generally fair and warmer; winds ifting to suutherly. For the District of Columbia and Ma land, fair, but with increasing cloudiness; ‘warmer; winds shifting to soucherl; For Virginia, generally fair; warmer, pre- ceded by stationary temperature in eastern portion; east to south winds. Weather condition: The storm yesterday morning in the Mis- souri valley has moved northeastward, de- asing in energy, and is now central th of Minnesota. The barometer has fallen regions and generally risen elsewher: highest in New England. Showers have occurr n the lake regions and the Mississippi valley and light snow in_the extreme northwi It is colder in New England, the Missouri valley and the central Rocky mountain dis- triets, but the temperature has risen from the lake regions southward to the gulf and in Florida. in the lake 3 it is Tide Table. w tide, 2:47 3S a.m. and Today—L« high tic ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:34 a.m. and i a.m. and ¢ Sun rises, 7:17; sun sets. 4 oon rose, 8:48 a.m. p.m. toda: 348 sets; The Bicycle Lamp: All bicycle Iamps must be lighted at 4:35. ‘The police regulations require that “All cy- cles, bicycles and tricycles in motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights, 2 p.m,; extin- begun at 6:00 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time Naphtha lamps all lighted by 5 extinguishing begun at 6:15, The naphtha lamps burn fifteen minutes later in the morning than the gas lamps, and the moon schedule does not apply to them. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at § a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, condi- tion, 36. Receiving reservoir, temperature, tion, 336; condi- Distributing reservoir, temperature, 35; condition at in- flucnt gate house, ent gate house, 36. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau toda‘ 8 a.m. 2 p.m., 45; maximum, 46; min- imum, 1} tion at south connection, THE ELDRIDGE COLLECTION. An Admirable Lot of Antiques Now on Exhibition at Sloun In the Eldridge collection now on exhibi- tion at Sloan’s, No. 1407 G street, the ad- mirer of the antique will find a rare oppor- tunity to gratify his tastes, while the critic ard conmoss’eur in such things will d cever many real treats among the excellent examples so abundantly displayed. In old English furniture of the! Chippendale, Adams and Sheraten manufacture, the col- lection is notably good, while its speci- mens of brasses in numerous designs, and of solid and plated ware, are particuls worthy of remark. The collection enibraces over 1,000 lots, and will be disposed of at auction by Messrs. Sloan & Co., beginning tomorrow. The -sales will be held at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. tomorrow, ami at the same hours Thursday and Friday, and will pre- sent to lovers of the quaint end artistic a chance seldom offered to secure the pos- session of various objects of an unusually good character. —— Was a Honx. Prof. Hird, the chemist in the health de- partment, made an examination of t supposed infernal machine kcft on the doorstep at the house of the Spanish inin- ister Sunday morning, and found that the box contained an entirely harmless prepara- tion. It is now thought that the terious box was left on the doorstep by A 4 a reporter, who wanted to cau: and perhaps sell accounts of an alleged attempt upon the life of the minister be- cause-of the Cuban trouble. The police are continuing the investigation, and if they succeed in fastening the act upon the young man he will be arrested. = For a Lost Will Several weeks ago, in the Probate Court, Hattie L. Woodworth, claiming to be the mother of one Gertrude Okie, filed a peti- Uon, praying that a search be made for a certain alleged will of thé late Dr. Wm. T. Okie. She alleged, as stated in The Star at the time, that Dr. Okie was the father of the girl, a minor, and that by the provis- ions of the sought-for will_ the girl had been bequeathel the sum of Dr. Okie died the 2st of last August, es Was believed, and Attoracy Clephane was appointed adminis the estate. Upon the filing of M worth’s petition in the Pro! administrator mstituted a search for the alleged missing will, but it could not be found. Late yesterday Mrs. Woodwe th filed a bill in equity, throush Attorney Ed- ward L. Gies, against the wilow and chil- dren of Dr. Okie and against Snowden, for the purpose of the alleged will, and also for and accounting, claiming that Wood- e Court, the discovery Dr. Okie dealt much in real estate, which he placed Miss in the name of others as tr 28, Snowden being, it is stated, one of The defendants are also asked to be er, ed from exercising any acts of ownership over the estate. — Officers Elected Officers have becn elected by Encamp- ment No. 2, Union Veteran Legion, as fol- lows: Colonel, David G. Purnam; lieuten- ant colonel, William C. Carré; major, Ira Brashears; adjutant, Orville D. Thatcher; quartermaster, John F. Stewart; surgeon, Dr. Jacob W. Abel; chaplain, Stephen R. Whitney = 3 officer of the day, Isaac B. officer of the guard, James Mul- ant major, Lemuel Adams; quar- termaster sergeant, Alfred Pew; color ser- geant, Peter Hager; sentinel, William L. Dewart, trustee for three years, Byron W. Bonney. -——-___ Knights of the Maccabees. An enjoyable reception and entertain- ment was given last evening in Luther Place Memorial Church by National Tent No. 1, Knights of the Maccabees. Those who participated in the pgogram were: Miss Ella Butler, Rey. J. G. Butler, Mrs. A. H. Toense, Miss Kate Vregle, Miss Dorothy Hinche, D. D. Aitken, W. 8. Lin- ton,Miss Bina M, West and Prof. Shreeves’ orchestra. —— How to Reduce Corpulency. From the Ladies’ Home Journal. When you are dieting to reduce flesh you must eat stale bread and give up potatoes, rice, beets, corn, peas, beans, milk, cream, all sweets, cocoa—indeed, anything which even suggests sugar or starch. Dry toast without butter, tea without either milk or sugar, sare meat with no fat, and, as far as possible, no vegetables at all should fcrm your diet. Take all the exercise you can in the way of walking; go twice a week to a Russian bath (where possible) and invariably go to bed hungry. Anybody brave enough to live up to these laws will certainly lose flesh. ee: He Understood Her. From the Atlanta Constitution. “How tired you look, my darling,” ex- claimed the Uuttle woman, as she met him at the docr. “Come right in and rest your- self. I've made you a new pair of slippers, and if your head aches I'll rub it with cologne—poor dear!’” All this time he had been regarding her suspiciously. Finally he said: “I had really forgotten that Christmas was so near. Here's $20; it’s the best I can do, Maria, until collections are better!” —_———-+e. The Municipal League of Philadelphia has forwarded to Governor Hastings a protest against the pardon of John Bardsley, who, in 1891, was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary for embezzlement of public moneys as city treasurer of Philadelphia. A Nl Ww DANCE. Combination of the Polka Redowa, Mazurka and Glide Waltz. From the New York World. The edict of fashion has gone forth, which has decreed that the varsonvianna shall be the dance “de resistance” for the winter. It is a medley of graceful steps. It consists of a combination of the polk. redowa, the mazurka and the glide w Slow music, melodious tunes!and delibera- tion of movement are the complement of requisites to master It. ' The following directions will enable a dancer to acquire a knowledge of this new terpsicherean favorite: First part, polka redowa, one measure; point left in second, one measure. Polka redowa to left, one measure; point right above The second, one measure. Repeat the instructions, in all, eight measures. ond art alternates into two me: mazurka and one polka redowa. urka for two measures, comme: ing with the left foot. The polka redow in the first part is made by turning alte: nately from left to right. Two quick s! of may be introduced by expert dancers to advantage, viding a certain grach of movement much to be desired. The advance varsouvianna isan ont- growth of the revival of the old dance. For it the position is the same as in the military schottische. The music is more inspiring and the waltz step more fre- quently employed. The “Maryland,” another style of the same dance, is varied by the chase step, happily intermingled with the glide. I:rtl- Nant and dashy music accompanies i The day has passed when the diddle and the bow were a sufficient incentive to in- veigle the young folks and the old into tireless motion. Devotees of the dance demand an or- ches! whose siren strains shall hewitch the ses, and the entrancing music Uvis supplied to meet the demand is respo! ble for a tremendous outlay of wealth both In affection and coin. The waltz is the primitive round dar: from which all others are evolved. season a variation of the genuine arti is chronicled on the list of new dances. is masquerading this year under the a sumed title of the “two step.” It vi with the varsouvianna for prestige, ard regarded by many as the truest exponent of the poetry of motion. No other mode of exercise is so conducive to the complete mastery of the body. Dancing ts an advanced form of pay culture. It is the graceful and more re- fined degree of athletic training. The prin- ciples and peculiarities of dancing are the same everywhere. It is a universal a complishment and is not Jifficult to mast by one who has an ear for music and ihe proper agility of limb. The slow, swing- ing movements of the arm and the undo- lating circles described by the dancers very pronounced in the dances of the d: The objectionable method of encireling: yeung woman's waist while in the act of waltzing has been subjected to criticism. The mode which now pr s graceful, modest and entirely consistent with propriety. To acquire the proper po- sition the gentleman's left hand should be placed just below the shoulder of the lady. The body should incline slightly and he should relax a little in order that artistic grece may be observed. He holds his part- ner’s hand in his right, while his profi- ciency as a dancer and his good taste tell best how to dispose of the clasped hand: The art of dancing is rot only necessary as a polite accomplishment, but it is the open sesame to the inner circles. It teach- es repose, confidence and self-possession. The manner of presenting one’s self and of receiving others in company with the graceful ease and propriety and the polite demeanor which characterize the well-born is acquired most effectually by those who study this art. —— een The Biter Bitten. From the Monroe County Mail. A prominent family residing in the bus- iness part of Wayneport possess a dox which, having reached old age, they decided to put an end to. They procured a quantity of chloroform and the wife’ proceeded to administer it. The handkerchief satfrated with the fluid was helit to (or near) the dog's nostrils, but the appliéant, watch’ closely to hear the dog draw his las breath, inhaled the chioroform in much larger quantities than the dog and promptly went off into an afternoon nap, which was awakened by the dog’s quite lively voice. The dog still lives, and the family have de- cided to let him die a natural death. SSE Eee vee Chinese Superstition. From Macmillan's Magazine. Among the many singular superstitions of the Chinese people is one which corre- sponds closely to the miaumai of the Hin- dus—a belief that western physicians use the eyes, brains and hearts of infants in the concoctions of their medicines and of those magical potions which are. to be used in the fullness of time to kill off the inhab= itants of China preparatory to the contisca- tion of their land. This absurd belief prob- ably originated from their own practices in this direction. The Chirese, as their law bocks show, are firm believers in witch- craft by spells and drugs, and those paris of the human frame which we have men- tioned are frequently employed by them in the way of medicines—a practice, by the way, not unknown In our own country, even in the eighteenth century. eee meee No Choice. From the Detroit Tribune, “I krow,” muttered the robber, as he ab- stracted the actress’ diamonds, “that this is an awful chestnut, but what is a starving man with a big family to do?” THE BOSSES’. PLAN An Agreement Said to Have Been Made by Quay and Platt. PLEDGES ASKED FROM CANDIDATES Intention to Get Control of the Next Administration. WITH WHOM THEY WILL DE The presidential gossips are talking about the “impersorai combine” for the selection of the republican candidate at St. Louis. It is said that all talk of Quay or Platt favor- ing one candidate or ancther is without foundation, that they have not made any choice yet, and will not do so until “certain things have been arranged.” It is said that ihey have made a compact fast and firm, not at present in the interest of any individual candidate for the republi nomination, but fer certain generel result The idea is that the New York and Penn- sylvania delegations, under the control of Platt and Quay, respectively, are to act together; that they are for the present to held themselves free “from obligations to support any particular candidate, but shail so throw their votes as to prevent a nom:- nation until they have succeeded in getting the pledges they want from some candi- date whom they can nominate. Looking to Results, Not Individuals. The New York delegation will nominally support Morton, ad the Pennsylvania del- egation will vote for any one, possibly Quay, until the time ccmes for them to join forces to carry out their plan. It ts said that they will look to results and not to individuals, and will endeavor, by co-op- erating, to secure the nom! en of some inan wiiose pledges to them will prac give them the control of the administra tion. Both men are tired of working du ing the campaign only to have their influ- ence end with the election of the President. According to the story of their plan, they intend to exact a pledge from the candi- date getting their suppert that they shall name the Secretary of the Treasury; that each shall have absolute control of the patronage of his state, and that they shall dictate the policy of the new administration in certain respec The Bosses to Control. More than this, he is to be bound by such pledges as they may be compelled to make to other delegations in order to secure the nomination. It is declared that Quay’s first [dea was to secure the selection of Don Cameron for Secretary of the Treas- ury. From the fact that Cameron is a silver man, fact, least this_may seem improbable. It is a however, that Quay is not in the disturbed by Cameron's financial For other reasons, it is said, the of Cameron for Secret of the ury was abandoned, and it was de cided that the combine should endeavor to have Platt put in that position. As out~ lined, the plan i: cold-blooded proposition to place the bosses in control. On a bigger scale it is the same sort of a combination as was entered into for the selection of officers of the Hou: the beneficiaries put- ting themselves p vely in the hands of the combine. e Will Deal With Any One Except Harrison. It is said that Quay and Piatt are willing to make a deal with any of the candidates except Harrison, but are inclined to the opinion that they can succeed better with a western man. They would willingly throw the votes of Pennsylvania and New York and such other votes as they may be able to control to Allison if they get the prcper assurances from him, but they real- ly do not hope to get any of the prominent candidates to go into the pian until a situa- tion develops Which puts it in the power of the delegations from these two great states to insure the nomination to the man of their selection. If Davis of Minnesota could find enough strength elsewhere to make it possible for Quay and Platt to nominate him, it is inti- mated that they would endeavor to come to an understanding with him, rather than with either Reed, McKinley, or Allison. It is understood that they have little hope of getting such promises as they would want from Reed, though otherwise they would be well disposed toward him as a candi- date. ee A JOKE SOM About ax Much as Could Be Expected of an Englishman, From the Chicago Ree They were talking of phonographs. “[ heard an amusing story about an old farmer the other day,” said the commercial traveler. “Interest always attaches to the doings of the agricultural classes,” commented the Englishman, hitching up his char with a look of interest. “He had just driven into town with his mules to sell a load of pumpkins, and he stopped in front of the phonograph store. What air them fellows doin’ in there with spouts in their ears?" he asked. “Those are talking machines,” answered a man in the doorway. he farmer was a little incredulous, but he finally left his mules and went into the store. The tubes were placed in his ears, he dropped the nickel in the slot and a brass band began to play. “Whoa, there! shouted the rustic, dart- ing out of the store, ‘them mules o° mine won't stand no brass band.’ ” ‘At first the Englishman looked anxious, as if he expected to hear the rest of the Story. Then suddenly he burst out laugh- "Se reat joke on the mules, eh?” he shout- ed. WHERE. — - Cripple Creek Mines, ‘om the Philadelphia Ledger. ‘Take a pack of cards, throw them down on a table in such a way that more than six shall overlap at any one point, and you vill have a pretty fair representation of the latest map of mining claims in the Cripple Creek district. But for the fact that nine-tenths of the claims have no gold under them the lawyers would get the most of the Cripple Creek product. ee Music and Hair. From the London Telegraph. A statistician has observed that ‘‘musi- clars, as a 1ule, have excellent heads of hair,” end never has one of these useful investigatcrs encountered a dictum which will command such universal assent. We believe that were it put to the largest pos- sible public meeting in the form of reso- lution it would be carried without a dis- senting veice. A “forest of hands,” in the reporters’ phrase, would be held up in its favor. Hew deeply, indeed, this truth has impreseed itself on the mind of the aver- nge Londoner may be seen by any one who studies the countenances of those who are themselves inspecting portraits of certain eminent musicians in the shop windows. soa ears ° Mother of Three Preachers. From the Louisville Western Recor: Three brothers who were preachers made a visit to their mother. One of them said: ‘Do you not think, mother, that you ruled us with too rigid a rod in our boy- hood? It would have been better, I think, had you used gentler methods.” The old lady rose to her full height and replied: “Well, walla when you have raised up three as good preachers as I have, then you can talk. Beecham’s Pills for con- stipation, toc. and 25¢ Get the book at your drug- gist’s and go by it. Annual Sales More Than 6,000,000 Boxes. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS . ATTORNEYS . AUCTION SALES. BOARDING . BUSIN, CHANCES. CITY ITEMS COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. DEATHS .. DENTISTRY FoR For SALE (Houses) SALE (low SALE (Miscella MEDICAL . MONEY WANTED AND. PIANOS AN} POTOMAC RIVER RAILROADS BOATS. RS . ep (Houses). . 1) (\:facellaneous) D (Situations) it RESORTS CONGRE: DISTRICT I The Brightwood RK R. Company. The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Preetor, by request, yesterday, amending the charter of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia, pro- vides for an extension of the read as fol- low inning at the intersection of 6th and Umatilla streets, thence running north- erly to Wabash street, thence west along Wabash street to Sth street, and northerly Sth street to the District line; and the id Brightwood Railway Company is here- authorized to build a branch line of its nt road from such point on its present operated main line of railway between Brightwood, in said District, and its Dis- trict line terminus 4s may be determined cn, and such point to be subject to the ap- proval of she Commissionérs of the Dis- tvict of Columbia, in an easter!y line over and across such lands as may be purchased for a right of way by said Brightwood Railway Company, under condemnation lings, as herei ter provided for, or rwise, lo. a point where said extended line shall intersect the District line, and that said Brightwood Railway Company is hereby authorized to construct, equip, te and run its cars over and along 8 route or routes as above des with the overhead trolley mctve power.” anying the above bill is a letter : Chapin of the firm of Phillips & McKenney, attorneys-at-law, stating that the proposed bill ts similar to a bill which passed both the Senate and House during the last Congress, but which failed to be- ccme a law for want of the President's sixnature. “The bill in its present shape, | Mr. Chapin sa: “has been modified, so I am informed, mect ‘the requirements of the Corfmissioners, connection with the propesed plan of street extension. The former bill provided that right of way should be given over the Blair road, but as that road will be abandoned under the et extension plan, it is not desired to reed over that route; besides the new reute will do away with any colorable ob- or Deeion that might be made to going o ne Blair ros At present the company is set pped in its service of the 1ublie because a loop cannot be made con- recting the hotel at North Takoma with the station at Takoma. This requires a short car to be run from the junction of the two branches on the Brightwood road to the hotel. This short car transports pas- sergers to the main Mne, and the company diring the past summer was frequently ticism becuse it was un- able to give adequate service to the people living at the hotel end on the Brightwood reud beyond Silver Spring. All room for criticism will be removed if the company is permitted to make this eatension of its ov the streets laid out b » for it is to run its at 7th and W ring, thence Takoma, the lines /miss! the Com- the purpose of the ars from the Bound- treets direct to Silver to the hotel, and thence which will be the end route. This will give rapid transit and will greatly increase ities of the road Retirement Fund for Clerks. The bili introduced in the Senate yester- day by Mr. Proctor, by request, for the re- trement of government employes provides that th. all be withheld from the sal- ary of every employe in the executive de- pertments of the government at ‘Washing-! ten, in the District of Columbia, who is in the departmental classified service, under the classification made by the President, ulary is fixed by law, two per | much as may be necessary, e Of creating a special deposit fund, to be expended for the following pur- poses: ‘After July 1, 1897, if any employe in the ck ssified service in the executive depart- ments of the government at Washington, in the District of Columbia, shall have served honorably in the civil service or in the general service in said departments for the period of thirty years in ail, he or she stall, upon his or her application, be re- tired’ from actual duty and service; any such employe who has served honorably thirty years, and is sixty-four years of age shall be placed upon the retired list by the retary of his or her department; any stch employe who has served honorably for the period of at least twenty-five years, to of uninterrupted, the fac! and who, before completing his or thirty years of service, shall by rea age or disability contracted in line of his or her du-y in the said civil service have be- come physically orm ly incapacitated for the proper perfo: ce of his or her duties, shall be placed upon the retired list by the Secretary of his or her department, under such regulations as he may pre- scribe. “Every employe placed upon the retired list as hereinbefore provided shall be paid out of the treasury and by the disbursing clerk of the department in which he or she wes serving at the time of his or her re- tirement, in monthly payments, a sum j equal to seventy-five per centum of the [salary he or she was receiving at the time of his or her retirement. Provided that no retired employe shall receive more than the sum of $100 fer month.” we Hie Was Released., Senator Hawley today sent a letter io the Police Court concerning Prank I who wes arrested at the Capitol y and the court accepted the young rau’ personal bonds FINAN CIAL WE TAKE AS COLLATERAL ANY LISTED STOCK or bond in any city of the Lnited States; also old Une life insurance policies, syndivate certit- cates, Warebouse receipts, real estaze im es and trusts. YERKES & BAKER, 40 to 46 Metz erott buildin; td You should be, on both your bouses and furniture. I the best “elty and foreign companies, JOHN L. WEAVER, Corresponderts of Messrs. Moore & Schley, 80 Broadway, Bankezs and Dealers in Government Bonds. Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Rallrozd Stocks and Bonds and all securities iisted on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Besto. and Baltimore bought and soid. ‘A specialty made of investment sectirities, Dis- trict_tonds and all local Mailroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt in. American Bell Telephone Stocl ai ws Our Free Lette Ours is the only 4-paze Market Letter issued dally fcom New York ‘and Chicago, It 1s full of gossip and live comment on stocks and grain. st we will send this letter dally, hopin part of your business. Orders solicite nt, for cash, or on 3 to 5 per cent rivate wires. illard & Co. Members Board of Trade, Chicago: Produce Ex- change, and Cons, Stock, Exchange, New York. R, 202, 47 New st., N.Y. 17 Board Trade, Cht- cago. ‘ocl4-8m,15 bought and sold. in an: margiz. a FINANCIAL. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO.,, rg05 G ST. The Amount of Surplus of this Company has been increased from $200,000 to $225,000. Capital = = = = $1,250,000 MONEY TO LOAN— This company has money to loan on real estate and collatertl security at pre- vailing rates of interest. Dersons, own- ing the land and desiring 19 build them- Selves a home thereon, can secure the Pecessary money from this company. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES— There is a big risk in ieasing diamonds, valuable papers, &¢., ioos around the house. Lent a Safe Deposit Rox of this company wherein to store them! & and up —according to size avd location. WILLS— We draw and keep all wills at our experse—provided this company is named as tor. STORAG Unequaled storage fa ware, pietures, fine house goods, & burn them or thieves and steal. This Company also coutracts to move houschold effects (rom one house to an- other or from one city or country to another. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO,, 1405 G ST., C. J. Bell, President. Storage Warehouse, 1140 15th St. It PROVI ebina, ABLE Ploney to Loan AT 5, 5% and 6 Per Cent ON Reali Estate. - Onr charges reasonable, and loans made without delay. WESCOTT, WILCOX & HIESTON d14-1m 1907 Pa. ave. n.w. The Acetylene Gas Co. The Carbide Co. Owning exclusive rights for the city of Wasbing- ton and its suburbs for Light, Heat and Power. “he 8 -President KH «Vice “President Kr Seeretary te ‘Treasurer tankers (nn bide) for a Umited number of shares will y the treasurer at $30 hare; par ible in six monthly payments of $5 Applications for the gas will be received at the companies’ office, S19 17th ct. now. ager 1405 F Street. FRANK H. PELOUZE, Member Washington Stock ange. Stocks and Bonds. People’s Insurance Stock bougut and sold. Graphophone dealt in. Pneumatic Gun Carriage for sale. dii-tf T. J. Hodgen & Co., BROKERS AND DEALERS. STOCKS, COTTON, GRAIN AND PRGVISIONS. Rooms 10 and 11, Corcoran bldg., cor. 15th and F sts., und 603 7th st. n.w. OFFICES, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. de10-16r¢% W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1421 F Street. Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & CO., de6-16d New York, HILL & JONNSTON, 1503 Tvania avenue. 0 5 PER On approved real estate In the District of Columbia. TONTINE, ENDOWME: AND PAID-UP INSURANCE POLICIES PURCHASED AT A FAIR Disc: apt-tt EDWALD N. BURNS. 1419 F st. nw. FRANK WILSON BROWN BROKER, 1335 F St. N. W. Stucks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cotton, Direct private wires to principal cities, LOAN, Long-distance telephone 1414. a - Correspondent of Messrs. Theo. W. Myers & Oo., Wo. 47 New st., New York, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Je10-28tt The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia, y YORK AVE. CORNER iSTH ST. AND N Chartered by special act of Congress, Jan, 1867, and acts of Oct. 1890, and Feb., 1892 CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DOLLARS. SAFE DEPOSI! DEPART) ‘. Bete mates Inside burglar-progf vanits at $5 per noun upward. Securities, Jewelry, silverware and valuables of all kids in owarr’s package, trunk or case # ees ite cast. SAVINGS BAN ¥ ‘ Deposit# recelved from TEN CENTS upward, and duterest allowed on § and above. Loans monary on real estate and collateral security. Selis first-class real estate and other securities in of $500 and upward. RUST DEPART a legal depository for court . assigne Wills prepared by a competent attorney in daily attendance, BENJAMLs P. SNYDER, President, THOMAS HYDE, First Vice President, JAMES M. JOHNSTON, Second Vice Pres. MAS I. JONES, Third Vice Pres. E. FRANCIS RIGGS. Treasurer. ALBERT L. STURTEVANT, Secretary. ocl9 SILSBY & COMPANY (ncorporated), Commission Stock Brokers. Correspondents not J. R. Willard & Co. Cc. T. Havenner, * Member Washington Stock Exchange, Rooms 9 and 11, Atlantic building, Stocks, Bonds & Grain. Private wires, New York and Chicago. Investment Securities. For sale—75,000 Lebigh and N. Y. RR. Co. ist mtg. 50-year 4 per cent gold bonds at 94 and int, Tel. 453. 229 The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savingsaccounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern- ment pay days and Satur- day evenings between 6 and fe20-200