Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1896, Page 9

> qe * * ee ee HR HE SRR RR EER HH ee 2 though. —the best. It’s | RHR EHR HH HH HHH HH HH ee es EEE KE HEH HHH HH ee a LAUNDRY. Do you suppose we would be doing great bulk of the laundry work of Washington if we did not do it better than other laundries? Guess not! Trouble with most laundries is, they work by “fits and starts.” good, and sometimes ‘tis ‘bad, very bad. You don’t want that kind of a laundry, > = es a a a me You wanta laundry which you can always depend on—one whose work is always the same plainly evident you want the Yale. Tell you why. whitest, cleanest, best laundry work in Ameri- ca—the only kind good enough for you. Then, if you care anything for promptness you'll like our delivery system. We're as (|? punctual as clockwork—only faster, Let your bundle come! Drop postal and wagon will call. the Sometimes their work is eectentets sees aoetentonteneatens We are turning out the Main H Branches: { me 1OH2. sLostentotescontoniots Receiver’s Sale of c| Fine Groceries. Flour Prices i ‘REDUCED. The Celebrated “Cereal,” $1.25 } bbl. sack. : |; Our New West or Superlative, $1 ; 4 bbl. sack. “Royal,” “Germ” or “Favorite,” § $1.13 } bbl. sack. Q ” or Olive,” $1 4 bbl. sack. : FIXTURES FOR SALE : tr ein Tron Safes, Counter and Plat- form Scales, Shelving, Casing, ete. i Jas. L. Barbour : F) . espectally when x ride. Wonder- by Keeping tho : fatigue 15 to 2c. Towels, Brushes, and’ bath, at wonder 4 qq Chemists, tera EVENS, pharmacists, { AND PENNA. AVE. my20-20d OO te PO Ore Oar lar Pp ti rotection. . much as a well-fitting SUS- ct from as we; and the KOLB PHARMACY, creens.20¢, r grade of nd lasting for a rvice—that's the ut not here. Are ill give Kood ser- See then. able Window “Summer Time. That CALD A ZINFANDEL CLARET selling tho gailon—delivered— of the best Clarets sold i ‘th double what I ask for = wit makes the summer (N. H. Duvall, 1923 Pa. Ave.' p28-th,s,t,20 ~~ The Geneva (Lithia) Mineral Water Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y., Drook Hag given to Mr. 8. THOMP- oN, 7081 the SOLE f EVA (LIUHIA) TNERAL - Any package not bearing a label to this effect is itute. Order di oo ° GET THE BEST— The*Concord Harness.” Beware of ‘mitations. Every genul; ncord Harreas fs stamped with maker's Same nnd tees mack. Also low-priced Harness of all kinds, | [OH OS OS 4O OO OHH"! + 40T PA. AVE. N.W. Adjoining Na*iccal “Hotel, ‘Trunks and Satciels of the best makes at forest prices ap20-16d A Crawford Bicycle at $75 Is rot surpassed In appearance or con- struction by any bicycle on the market. Models at $60, $50 and $40 are the best that car be bought at these prices. Sales rooms over 9th street wing of Cen- ter parket. mh17-3m,20 Maurer's RAT and ROACH PASTE, MOTH and INSECT POWDER. Bi erswhere, but only MAUR Philadel it BR'S.32Y N.S st. Ipbia,Pa, PMP TTT YW AJLIE uxtnory, = + = = Plant 43 G St. a a ae a ae a a a ee Se | nets See st 514 loth St. 1104 14th St. aa Have Us Take Your Photos on the 3oth. * As babs an accommodation to many of our If patrocs we will remain open during the Lif entre day on Decoration Day. “People tn TEL the Departments especially should not’ let 3p this opportunity pass to Lave thelr photos ce taken. se GF Mezzo Tints" are almost like steel W. H. Sialee, tioy F St., Reoma Pure Rye Whisky ally for medicinal purp and vd by the leading physicians es. Sold only tu full quart 1 virt bottles, $1.25 euch. REEVES, POOLE & CO. 1209 -F my18-3m.14 ON THE ROAD. How the President Goes To and From Woodley. Since the recent accident to the Prest- dent's carriage, at the junction of 18th street and Florida avenue, by which no greater damage than a broken pole and disarranged harness ensued, attention has ted to the equipage used by the t in his daily trip to and from his Woodley residence. The carriage generally used, when weather is good, 1s a victoria of ample pro- portions *h both the President and Mrs. Cleveland, neither of them small per- sons, can sit with comfort. The President always occuples the right-hand side, which | the | offictal etiqueite in Washington is believed | all times. They be. It seems strange, however, afternoon proc ion of of which the President's tage forms a part, to see one vehicle alone, with the lady occupant at the left. There is but one man on the box, which is supposed to be an emblem of Jeffersonian nplicity. There is a low seat in the victoria, fac- ing back, in which family friends are car- ried, when accompanying the President and Mrs. Cleveland. A second vehicle, a coupe, which is used in inclement weather, {3 a heavy affair, and its rumble may be heard blocks away. Mr. Cleveland has a surrey at Woodley, but it is seldom seen in the ae The seal browns as they are termed, are heavy, robust horses, just the kind to carry the 450 avoirdupois of the President andMrs. Cleveland. The: e a rather slow, even and are driven at the same speed at ight fall down a dozen pant of the carriage be R times and the o not hurt. It is a matter of comment that Mrs. ‘leveland appears to be growing younger. ertainly is growing handsomer. The embonpoint which threatened to destroy her good looks is not_so apparent as for- n The President has donned his last 3 straw hat and looks quite rakish. - has grown no thinn The children at podley are said to be accomplished, with no affectation, and of lovable disposition. ‘They seldom or never accompany thelr par- ents to the city. Mrs. Cleveland comes in regularly from Woodley at 5:30, to convey | the President home, and the latter may generally be seen coming in to work at about 9:30 In the morning. ————__ CHICAGO BRUTES. A Poor Old Man Tarred and Feather- ed Just for Fun. From the Chieago Times-Herald. Under the pretense of sport, John Ken- ney, alias “Old Dad,” was tarred and dec- orated with feathers on Dearborn ave- nue near Michigan street, this morning at 8 o'clock. “Old Dad” 1s a character well krown on the north side in the vicinity of tha criminal court building. “He Is given to drink, and {s noted principally for his grotesque antics on the streets and his habit of shouting. For years the old man has existed by doing odd Jobs in saloons near the criminal court building, and the hundreds of people who dally visit the north side court house have been amused by his actions. ‘This morning “Old Dad” appeared at the criminal court building in a terrible condi- tion. His face and hair were matted with tar, and tar had flowed down his neck to his’ breast and shoulders. The old man's mustache was thickly daubed with the tar. He had on a feather belt, and feath- ers were stuck in his hat and in the pock- ets of his vest. He looked like a cannibal warrior. Kenney said a saloonkeeper named Kennedy and a bartender, whose name he did not know, had tarred and feathered him. The officials of the criminal court build- ing were indignant. Detectives were at once detailed upon the case. “Old Dad,” in his efforts to get the tar off his face, tore the skin in several places, causing blood to flow. At 10 o'clock Kenney went before Justice Kersten and swore out warrants for the arrest of M. J. Kennedy and Burns, the bartender, charging them with assault and battery and disorderly conduct. The police took Kenney down into the basement of the station, and after an hour's work with sticks and the liberal use of kerosene, a part of the tar was removed. “Old Dad,” who is sixty-six years of age, has seen better days. Twenty years ago he was one of the best locomotive engin- eers on the Northwestern railroad, it 1s said, and ran the “Omaha flyer” ‘out of Chicago. One night he returned to his home in this city to find the building In flames. His wife and two children perished in the burning building, and all that “Old Dad” yossessed was wiped out. Kenney never recovered from the blow. He has been weak in mind and a purposeless wan- derer since that night. -oe Kissing in School is Barred. From the Indianapolis News. The city sanitarium has addressed a note to the superintendent of the city schools, and among other things suggested that kiss- Ing, as practiced by women school teachers among their pupils, be interdicted, because disease is thereby apt to be communicated. He also condemned the habit of pupils of drinking from a common vessel and of using tho same lead pencils. The superin- tendent has promised compliance with these suggestions, : THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. WONDERS OF THE WHEEI Business and Social Revolution Due to the Bioyole. A Hepresentative Washingtonian Waxes Enthosiastic Upon Its Num- erous Applaudable © One of the most enthusiastic wheelmen in Washiagton is Mr. B. H. Warner. It was a lorg time before he could bring him- self to mount a bicycle, but when he did he felt a tirgle in his fingers for the handle bar all the time. The chances are now that Mr. Warner will be found at any day- Nght nour with clips on the heels of his trousers. He had them on this morning, at any rate, when a Star reporter met him, and, noticing the set of his usually well- fitting trousers, asked him if he wore ‘em— the clips—to his meals. Mr. Warner smiled and disconnected himself from the articles, and dangled them in his fingers while he grew eloquent. “The wheel has actually become a busi- ness and social recessity,” he declared, with empha: “We have a number of young men employed in ovr office, and nearly all of them use the wheel to fac! tate business. They can go from one end of the city to another in a remarkably short time. The same line of economy re- sults from the acceleration of speed that is brought abcut by the use of the telephone. Few people realize the magnitude of the business of manufacturing and furnishing wheels, oc the fact that many thousand people have been furnished with a new oc- cupation, and that hundreds of thousands have been given a new means of locomo- tion within a comparatively short time. The Development of the Wheel. “When the wheel first appeared it was considered a toy; in a short time it was re- garded as a luxury; then it had its place as a convenience; now it is classed as a necessit; he continued. ‘The market value of horse flesh and stock in street car lines has been inaterially affected by the wheel. Stand on any prominent strect cor- ner and make a count, and you will see that wheels outnumber horses, and the passing cycle procession will include peo- ple of all soclal grades and professions, from the justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the millionaire down to the humblest servant. Desirable exercise and pleasure {s afforded at the same time that tne wheel is being used for business. Many a man who has neglected to take exercise is now induced to go out into the open air and seek beneficial recreation Le- cause the wheel is so convenient. Hun- dreds of houses in outlying districts In this elty have heen occupied at comparatively low rents because parties can afford to buy wheels, which would carry them and from their homes with comparative ease. The cycle will prove a very great benefit in handling suburban property. Coal Miners Also Ride. “The other day I was talking to the pro- prietor of a large coal mine,” he went on, “and he told me he was surprised to see that many of his cperators came riding up to the mines on their wheels. “Thousands of bicycles are being made every week, and yet the factortes cannot xcnd to the demand. Prices are kept at gh figures because purchasers are so numercus. Within the next two yea will probably be a very great de: the market value of tha cycle. extend its use among a ciasa of peopie who not now able to afford It. “I regard the exercise as much sifer and more beneficial t *k riding, be- cause the wheel Is easy to manage and does not eat anything. It is true that accidents happen day in the use of the wheel, but they will diminish as people find they anust exercise care In riding, as well aa in thing else which aids locomotion. The vecple who use horses or who go on foot must give the bleycle a fair show, and be aa considerate of the bicycle rider as of themselves. I feel a very great improve- ment in health from the use of the ma- ehine, and every time I take a ride am grateful to the inventor. The Moral Effect of Bicycles. “I think the use of the wheel by young men will have a very good effect, as {t will give them occupation and tend to take them out of saloons and pool rooms into the coun- try,” sald Mr. Warner, serlously. “It will give them new lines of thought, and enable them to work off their surplus vitality In a ry profitable direction. Every man who uses the wheel saves money by It. It 1s easy to calculate this. Iam sorry the street car lines lose so much, but it is pretty safe to y that the receipts are diminished several thousand dollars a day in this city because of the popularity of the new and attractive competitor. Why, eight of my family ride," said Mr. Warner, in conclusion, “and we are all de- lighted with our wheels, They mean stronger constitutions, better health and more pleasure. CAPITAL CLUB'S PLANS. Hard at Work Preparing for Whist Congress, The new whist committee of the Capital Bicycle Club has gone to work in -arnest to get ready for the congress of the Ameri- can Whist League at Brooklyn the coming month. Two evenings a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays, have been set apart for reg- ular practice. Last Wednesday evening there were five tables or twenty players engaged in practice. It has heen decided to enter teams of fours for the Hamilton club trophy, the winner of which will hold the cup and the title of champion of the league for the coming year, and for the American Whist League trophy, the holder of which {3 subject to challenge. A pair will also enter for the Minneapolis trophy. A club can make but one entry for each of the three events mentioned, but in addition to those mentioned there are several other tests, so that all who attend may par- clpate in the congress. Mr. Harry N. Low has been selected to captain the team that will go from the c. Bi. C. to Brookiyn. No one questions the wisdom of this selection, The teams of fours, however, have not yet been se- lected. That will be a matter for future development. About ten or a dozen players have already indicated an intention of being in the party that goes from this city, amung them b Messrs. Low, Barrick, Wooten, — Quac ush, Henry, Taylor, Cele, Britton, Wiiliamson, T. P. Borden, McComb, Nines, Lee, Harban and W. T. Johrson. Several others also have the matter under consideration. Mr. Thomas P. Borden has come over from New York city to practice with the other players, with a view to getting on one of the teams. He has played on teams with Low, Barrick and Wooten before. the THOSE “JAPANESE WHEELS.” False Reports of Projected Cheap Im- portations, ‘There has been a good deal of talk in re- gard to the proposed invasion of Japanese bicycles, which are to be sold at $19 or $12 each. In The Star of March 2 an article Was published with reference to this, which was occasioned by the remarks of Repre- sentative Newlands of Nevada, who pre- sented a resolution in the House of Rep- resentatives adopted by the chamber of commerce of San Francisco, calling the at- tention of the country and of Cosgre the invasion of manufactured products from oriental countries, particularly Japan. Representative Newlands made a short ad- dress at the time, and spoke of the sales of bicycles at $12 each, which were imported from Japan and sold in San Francisco. Mr. R. R. Burr of this city of the Eastern Athletic Club, sent a clipping of the article to Mr. A. J. Posten, the Pacific coast pas- senger agert of the Union Pacific railway, a personal friend, requesting that the Japan- ese consul at San Francisco be shown the clipping. This was done, and a reply was received, as follows: “In accordance with your instructions, I called upon the Japanese consul. He was, in fact, particularly careful to note the clipping from The Washington Star, and in reply said that he could only reiterate what he had remarked upon the subject at a former visit; that is, there are no bicycles manufactured as yet in Japan, and the threatened invasion portion of the article is uncalled for (and, as he would say, in the extreme). He went on to say that while labor in Japan is very, very cheap, yet his country does not produce the material necessary £0 tha proposed lnxesd ta ke made upon the Amgrican manufacturers of this particular article. But as his people were quick to observe, at some distant date they perhaps may imitate our wheels, only though, by getting the ‘ores’ from either Europe or. America, and this, he claimed, Was really compulsory; in which event they could not afford to place them on our mar- ket for $25. He Informed me that he re- ceived many letterg}/daily asking about the same question thafjevidently would surely be propounded by. fhe writer of The Star article. He said he was forced to believe it to be the work of some great political schemer, and was ‘Very sorry that articles so newsy should ‘be published about his people without t cause. The consul stated that he would be glad to answer any question upon the subject matter of manu- facturing at any time. ARLINGTON WHEELMEN. Preparations Begun for the Labor Day Races, The Arlington Wheelmen have begun work in earnest for the club race meet which will be held on Labor day at the In- ternational Park. A race committee, con- sisting of William Gettinger, chairman; B. F. Lareonde, Paris Brengle, Frank Potts and Fred. Stone, was appointed to make preliminary arrangements. An application has been filed for the sanction for that date, and it Is expected that the necessary Permit will arrive some time during the week. The club will hold a meeting Tues- day evening, at which the coming race meet will be fully talked over, and, most likely, the entry blanks will,be put out early next month. One of the things which will undoubtedly prove an attraction at the meet will be the club track race for the supremacy of the District between a team of the Arlington Wheelmen and the Washington Road Club. In issuing their challenge a few weeks ago, the Arlington Wheelmen calculated on run- ning the race off on Decoration day, in conjunction with the race meet of the Road Club, but as the latter club did not have any available team for the contest, the challenge was accepted for the race to be run off at some date later than May 30. Efforts are now being made to have this match race come off on Labor day, and most likely this will be done, in which event it will prove a strong drawing card. Last Sunday the Arlington Wheelmen took a spin to Brandywine, Capt. Brengle in command, with fifteen men. A good din- ner was secured at the other end, and the trip was enjoyed by every member. Foote’s Lawn Tennis Cup. Foote and Chace met at New Haven, Com., yesterday afternoon in the final round for the New England lawn tennis championship. Chace had three chances to win the fourth set with a single stroke, but failed to get in, and Foote is now champion of New sland, as Howland defaults for the cup he won last spring. Doubles will be finished today. > HOUS. IN THE Some of the Arkansny Members Ex- change Experiences About Cyclones. While the storm of Tuesday was raging about the Capitol members of the House crowded Into the lobby to watch the bois- terous elements. A group of Arkansas members stood in an alcove, and when the wid lulled for a moment and then came back from the opposite direction one of them said: “Now, if this were a cyclone, {t would strike now; it 1s) when the wind changes that the damage ts ione.”” The mention of cyclones recalled to the minds of the Arkansas statesmen many {n- eidents in) connection with high winds in their state. One of them related how the wind blew so territic y that it drove a wheat straw two inches deep into the trunk of a tree. nther told how a cy- clone swept down on his farm and the suction of the wind had drawn all the water out of a well and sent {t into the clouds. The well bucket, he said, was fly ing in midair at the end of its rope, like a Kite. “You can't tell-a story about a cyclone that I won't believe,” 4 Yr omem- ber of the delegation; lone will do anything. It has mo: an iron safe Weighing four tons a distance of sixteen rods, and another, in gomg through a city, has blown down a house st nding be- tween two others without damaging its neighbors.” “I saw a storm that blew all the feath- ers off a chicken,” ventured a man from Virginia, but he was not in the same class with the Arakansas raconteurs, and no one paid any attention to his remark. The crowd entertained suspicions that the man who had said that nothing could surprise him was about to relate some extraordinary experience, and thelr con- clusions were corr for he went on: “As. a rule, you know, a cyclone is desiructive and a thing to be shunned. But there are exceptions to all rules, and the mighty force of the wind once did work for me that would have required the labor of dozens of men. It was during the harvest season, and the hay was realy to be cut. We had just begun the work when some- body yelled ‘Cyclone,’ and we all lit out for the cave. After we were under shelter i looked out and could see that the funnel- shaped cloud swee down on us would pass over the hay field. It shaved off ev- ery wisp of hay as clean as if it had been cut with a knife, and took it all up into the clouds. “When it had passed we iooked at the fleld, and I was swearing becavse I had lost my crop, when one of the hired men shouted that the cyclone was coming back, and we all dived for the dugout again. When the storm reached us there was @ great deal of thunder, and then everything grew quiet. As I was walking to the house I happened to glance out toward the field, and what I saw was enough to surprise a mule. There stood the largest stack of hay that was ever seen in the state. You see, the storm had carried it into the clouds and the whirling about had made it a compact conical mass, which was deposited when the storm subsided.” The party dispersed in silence, and re- turned to thelr seuts to answer to a roll- call. ——__ SOUP CANNED AT SBA. The Customs Appraisers Decide That It is Entitled to Free Entry. From the New York Journal of Commerce. The board of general sppraisers has handed down a decision that the products ef a canning factory, operated by Amert- can citizens cn a vessel carrying cans of American manufacture, but operating in Central American waters and using Carlb- kean seu and Gulf.of Mexico turtles with | which to fill the cans, are not dutiable. The Gracie T. was sent from this port in 1895. Tue majority of the crew were not rellors, but were cocks and_ tinsmiths. The vessel proceeded to the Gulf of Mexico and at once began the capture of greoa turtles. When a sufficlent quantity had been secured the fires were Nghted in the kitchen and green turtle soup was made and packed. The experiment proved to be @ success, and several thousand cans of the soup were sent to this port by the steamer Adirondack ‘and were entered on August 20, 1895, the Gracie T., In the meanwhile, remaining south for further orders. When the goods arrived Collector Kil- breth assessed a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem as a foreign scup product. R. F, Downing, representing the projectors of the enterprise, appealed the case to the board of appraisers; rnd a decision h been handed down sustaining the objection and overrvling the coliector. ‘The Gracie T. will-be at once refitted in some Americen port and will continue in the business of canning turtle soup. Tia decision was that the expedition con- stituted an American fichery within the statute, even if tho turtles were caught, cooked ard canred in foreign waters. —e30—_____ An Evening of Musto, An evening of music was given by the pupils of Mr. Herndon Morsell at his resi- dence, 1410 14th street, Thursday evening. An exceedingly long program was gone through, each number of which was re- ceived with demonstrations of decided ap- proval. The accompanists of the evening were Miss Lulu Facius, Miss Lulu Boone and Mrs. Herndon Morsell. A collation was served after the concert. Those who perticipated in the rendition of the pro- gram were Mr. Main, Miss Sinclair, Mr. Albert, Miss Ten Eyck, Mr. Devereux, Mrs. Richards, Miss Hill, Mr. Richards, Miss Delaplane, Mr. Young, Miss Mitchell, Mr. McKee, Miss Bagg, Mr. Rollins, Mr. Stotsenburg, Miss Bates, Mr. Moore, Miss Grigg, Miss Chambers, Mr. Hall, Miss Facius, Miss Fisher, Mr. Zepp, Miss Ma‘ tingly, Miss Moore, Mr. Larimer and Mrs. Smith LIKED BY LIBRARIANS The Bill to Reform the Publication of Public Documents. Passed by the House and Now Await- ing Action by the Sen- ate Committee. Reform in the publication of public docu- ments is the object of a bill (H. R. 8237) which recently passed the House and is now in the hands of the Senate committee on printing, and while the average citizen is not particularly interested in it, the li- brary fraternity of the whole country is giving it earnest and united support. In conversation with a Star reporter a gen- tleman familar with the conditions which the proposed measure is intended to im- Prove talked interestingly upon the sub- Ject. ‘For years past,” he sald, ‘the American Library Association has had a standing committee on public documents, and its reports at the annual meetings and the fol- lowing discussions have been a feature that has filled a large space in the affhual me- moirs of the body. It is of no special in- terest to the ordinary citizen to know that the government printing office Is the larg- est publishing house in the world, and that its publications are issued according to methods which have no counterpart else- where. If he gets the one book he wants he cares very little whether the same book may be issued in a variety of other editions or whether the preceding and succeeding numbers of the same series are so issued that no family resemblance is shown in their outer appearance. .These eccentrici- tles are, however, of great importance to the librarian, for he must know everything that is published and in what series it be- longs. Every variation from the epted methods of publication in which he has been trained increases his labors, and in the public documents these variations are So Numerous that, as Mr. A. R. Spofford, librarian of Congress, says in a letter to the printing committee concerning the bill (H. R. 8247), ‘they have long been the ter- ror of librarians and the despair of all try- ing to consult the documents.’ And he adds that ‘no one except an expert, giving his whole time to the business, could pos- sibly keep up with them or successfully find or interpret them to others.’ The trustees of the Boston Public Library, at present the best equipped lbrary in ‘the country, In a communication on the same subject, say: ‘Under the present methods, the labor of tracing material is so great that to insure against omissions there will be necessary in a library like this the con- stant service of an attendant, who shall do nothing else but trace the government publicatiors and apply for such as do not come in ordinary course.’ Librarians Grea Perplexed. “If all librartes were as able as the Con- sressional and the Boston Public to enjoy special librarians to give their whole time to the public documents the need of re- form in the methods of publication would not be so pressing,” he contin a matter of fact, nearly all Mbraries are poor and struggling institutions, with over- worked and undermanned staffs, to whom the perplexities of the public documents are a burden of the severeat kind. They must receive the documents, partly because get them free and partly be works of reference, they are very general library. But About regularly from one ofiice ‘ashingto} get from this source, on the aver- fully one new book every day in the A considerable percentage of the ns frequently write to Washington to complain that they have not received this or that document, which had been sent to them long before. The trouble is that the books are so disguised In various bindings, numberings, letteclags, volumes, parts, supplements, appendices and what not, and under the names of partments, bureaus, commis. ices and surveys that the unfortu. rians cannot find them even when they are right under their noses. This is so very common an occurrence, and it occurs to people so very well informed about most things, that the storles that might truthfu told about it would hardly be credited. Present Style of Publication. “It would be wearisome to undertake to tell here the many particulars in which the methods of publication of the public documents differ from ordinary methods, and the description would necessarily be too technical to be clear. Suffice it to say that most of the annual reports are printed in four editions. which bear so little resemblance to each other in the covers and title pages that nobody could by th guides alone be sure they were the same books. The edition which is sent to the Hbraries is wot any of the others for library us ng bound in p, which most modern librarians de- , and in a numbered seric every imaginable subject is gro: numerical arrangement, and the subject ar- rangement which every modern Librarian wishes to make of his books is made im- possible, except by breaking up the nu- merical arrangement and sca-teriug the consecutive numbers all over lys shelves. “The present objectionable methods of publishing the public documents were not devised by anybody. They are a growth. They were not so much out of the way when the number of publications was small and the number of libraries in the country smaller still. It has long been rec- ognized that the old methods have been outgrown, and should be changed, but not till bill H. R. 8237 was framed had any plan been devised which met with general acceptance as promising to produce the needed improvements without any increase of work or cost. What the New Bill Will Do. “The new Dill, of ccurse, is somewhat technical, but, broadly stated, this is what it will do,” said tho gentleman in conclu- sion: “I. will take the annual reports out of the numbered congressional document series, and thus make them available for library classification. It will cause the pubilcations of each department and of each independent Lureau and commission to he bound elways in a distinctive color, so that identification will be immediate and easy. It will require the outside let- tering to relate to the subject matter of the book. It will require each bound book to have a title and a date on its back. It wiil require the outside lettering and the litle page of every public document to be the same on and in every copy of that document It will provide that there shall be but ove edition of any public document, except reprints, and if a reprint that fact must be stated on the title page. These are the most important provisions, and simple us they appear, they would com- pletely revolutionize the present methods of publication, and make that which here- tofore has been covaplex anc puzzling here- after simple and intelligible.” The bill kas the approval of the public printer, the foreman of printing, Ainsworth R. Spofford, Mbrarian of Congress; Dr. John G. Arres, for many years superinten- dent of dccuments; Mr. Wm. J. Rhees, for forty years In charge of documents in the Smithsonian Institution; Senatcr McMillan, Representative Taft, Henry M. Utley, De- troit Public Library; Dr. James K. Hos- mer, Minneapolis Public Library; Warren Upham, secretary Minnesota Historical So- clety; Revben G. Thwaites, secretary Wis- consin Historical Society; the Massachu- setts Library Club, BE. H. Anderson, Car- negie Library, Pittsburg; W. M. Steven- son, Cainegie Library, Allegheny; J. N. Larned, Buffalo Library; Herbert Putnam, librarian Boston Public Library, and many others. ——— A Powerfal Strom; From the New York Tribune. They were sitting in the Tenderfoot Sa- Joon, and were discussing the shooting of a man who had sold a “salted” mine to a number of invesiors. Finally old Free Sil- ver Bill, who generally summed up the ver- dict on every event for the gathering, sald: “Boys, if they is to be a monyment put up to the deceased, I move thet we chip in an’ have cut on it some words I onct seen on a grave in Californey. They wuz as fol- lows: ‘Death loves a mining shark.’ It will show we are not down on the galoot as long as he good an’ dead, an’ it will be @ powerful strong hint to others to go an’ not do :i.-wise.” The boys chipped in at Hint. 9 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. ‘Twenty-Fifth Commencement of the Law School to Take Place. The tventy-fifth annual’ commencement of the law department of the Georgetown University will take place at the New Na- tional Theater Monday evening, June 8 The following program has been arranged: Overture, “Jolly Fellows,”«Suppe; march, “Georgetown University Law School,” Fan- ciulll; Spanish serenade, “La Manola, lenberg; fantaste, “Fairy Tale,” Bach; opening address and conferring of degrees, Rev. J. Havens Richards, 8. J., president of the university; intermezzo, “Ball Room Whispers,” Ellenberg; concert waltz, “Sea Breezes,” Fanciulli; address to graduates, Judge Lewis E. McCoinas, associate justice Supreme Court of the District of Columbia characteristic, “Darkey’s Jamboree,” Puer- nee; march, “Honeymoon,” Rose; awarding of prizes, Jeremiah M. Wilson, LL. D., dean of ‘the faculty; galop, “Good-bye,” Arndt. Music by the band of the United States marine corps, Prof. F. Fanciulli, di- rector. ° Degrees will be conferred upon the fol- lowing graduates: Master of laws—Henry K. Beck, LL.B.; John Powell Blackmon, LL.B.;° Samuel Blackwell, LL.B.; Howard Boyd, LL.B.; Elbert F. Burdine, LL.B.; E. Gerry Ca- baniss, A. B, LL.B; Guida C. Callan, LL.B.; Robt. P. Carleton, LL.B.; Philip H. Cass, LL.B.; Robert M. Cook, LL.B.; Chas. A. Corey, LL.B.; Addison B. Dogges, LL.B.; Hampton Y. Denman, LL.B.; Charles Karl, LL.B.; Sam'l P. Fisher, LL.B.; Jno. J. Fits- gerald, A.B. LL.B; Daniel Gantt, B.S., LL.B.; William R. Harr, LL.B.; John T. Hart, LL.B.; William A. Jackson, LL.B; Hayden Johnson, LL.B.; Edwin C. Jones, LL.B.; James P. Lavin, LL.B.; John J. Lordan, LL.B.; Michael J. Lyden, B.S. LL.B.; ‘Percival H. Marshall, LL.B.; Joseph C. Mattngly, A.B., LL.B.; Battle Mccar- die, LL.B.; Fred. McKee, LL.B.; Alvin M.Me- Nish, LL.B.; Henry F. Mooney, LL.B; Chas, G. Mortimer, LL.B.; Jas. P. O'Laugh- lin, LLB; Charles W. Osenton, LL.B.; Polk K. Pennington, LL.B.; Chas. Dantel Rooney, AM., LL.B.; Francis P. Sheehy, A.B. LL.B.;\ Vincent A. Sheehy, A.B., LL.B.; E. Richard Shipp, LL.B.; Robert E. L, Smith, LL.B.; John F. Stewart, Ralph W. Stone, A.B., LL.B.; Howe Totten, A.B., LL.B.; Daniel C. Vaughan, LL.B.; George C. Wedderburn, LL.B.; Oliver D.” Wilker- son, LL.B. Bachelo= of laws—Joseph Abel, William E, Akin, Thomas V. Ballard, WYliam E. Barry, A, M.; Richard R. Black, Nathan F. Boone, A. B.; Joseph P, Brady, A. Au- gustus Brantley, William C. Brawley, Fen- clon B. Brock, John C. Burke, Gharies A Calhoun, Stepben J. Casey, James M. Col- Uns, A.'B.; James A. Connellan, Samuel Cottrell, jr, Frark B. Cox, Thomas A usell Cruikshank, George B. Cruse,Charles Davis, Jean F. P. Des Garennes, A. Charles Donnelly, John J. Douglass, A. William H. ry, Clarence E. Erge Artemu: rvin, jr., James Fallon, Da- vid H. Fenton, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Ho- race Ford, William F. Ford, Robert J. Gantt, B. E. J. Govern, Willam W. R Bennett Gardner, Charles dwin R. Gow, Thomas ( Grayscn, Patrick J. Grogan, Thomas J. Grogan, Thomas F. Hanlon, Calvin 8. Hardy, Dudley ‘f, Hasson,Charles T. Hendler, Walter B. Hindmarsh, How- erd B. Hodge, Frank A. Jones, Edward 1. Jordan,Charles J. Kappler, Charles B. Kel- John 8. y. A. M.; Patrick H. n, Richard Mabrey, Francis P. Willam F. 3 Joseph Allen C. Mc , Philip J M.; Irvin C. McRae, Claude Mer Richard T. Merrick, Cha A. Miller, C. Piquette Mitchell, “A. B.; ry Mohun,Derny Montgomery, John B. Mcon, D. Oswald Morgan, Danfel Murphy, John L. Nichels, Bishop Parrott, George P. Pell, Jesse F, Potbury, Harry G. Rask, J. Enos Ray, jr., A. B.; John Rot ardson, Elbert B. Richmond aurice D. Resend: ames A. Ry Fra: Thomas W. Scott, F nH. ' Sefton, Hsrold C. Snyder, Milto: enjamin R. . Jr., Simon E. , Smith Thompson, jr., Walter J. aughan, William H. Wanly, Charles M. Werle, James A. Wetmore, Hugh H. Wi jams. Rich- => FOR THE FIREM "S FAMILIES. A Well-Filled Ho Splendid P That the citizens of Washington are al- ways ready to respond to a call for charity with the most generous kind of support Listens to a cram. was demonstrated last evening at the benefit given at Allen's Grand Opera House for the families of the brave firemen who lost their lives in the line of duty at the recent disastrous conflagration in the commission houses on Louisiana avenue. The theater was well filled, and it ts belleved that a large number of tickets were disposed of that were not represented. No estimate could be made lsst evening, but those who had charge of the tickets are expected to report Monday, and a cor- rect report will then be made up of the net proceeds of the benefit. Everything was donated for the affair, the theater by Mr. Allen, the printing by Mr. James W. Wil- liams, the press notices by the different daily papers of the city, while the attaches of t services for the event. The program which was rendered recom- mended benefit to the amusement-lov- ing public as a meritorious entertainment outside of the object which it given. Of course, the feature of the even: ing was the Marine Band, the tender of which was made by Colonel Heywood, com- mandan: of ihe marime barracks, as soon as he found out that the lives of some of the fire department had been lost at the fire. Although the band was down for five numbers, encores were demanded amphat- ically for every one. The band made an excellent appearance, and under the leader- ship of Professor Fanciulli rendered all of its numbers withou: criticism. The Cecilian Ladies’ Quartet, of which Miss Katie V. Wilson fs director, and a male quartet from the Capital Glee Club also sang, and were received with marked favor, as was Mr. Melville Hensey, in a tenor solo. The Capital Glee Ciub, under the direction of N. DuShane Cloward, also shared in the honors of the evening, while Mr. Charles B, Hanford, the well-known actor, gave a splendid recitation of the “Star Spangled Banner” that earned for him the enthusi- astic approval of his hearers. He received a double encore. —— LANGDON PARK. ‘By the recent action of the Senate in appro- priating $10,000 for the purpose Langdon citizens are soon to enjoy the beneiits of an elegant, mod- ern school building. It 18 to be locatcd on the hill and near the tower. This is s splendid site for a school, as it fs high and healthy, and only @ stone's throw to an elegant spring of water Work 4s progressing rapidly on the new clectrie railway which {8 to pass through Langdon on Khode Island avenne extended from Washington to Baltimore. It fs expected thrt line fs to be In operation as early as ext Sey Lungdon’s popular “sillaze doctor,” A. H. Alder- man, has recently completed six beautiful 6-room They are to be heated by the of the Brentwood road 1s soon to open ti strect, which passes through lisp) tte hich {* 1s) uls mtention to build several cottages. This is on tae line of the new trie round. Mr. ‘Thomas Rossman, the station agent, las innat! street, opened 2 new grocery store on CI and is favored with @ good trade, The Washiuzton Gas Ligin decided to extend thé there is al one lars: from the ¢' pany will oniy haya to, conne this and the Queen's Chapel ri pipes for a distance of 1 This is welcome uews to re houses are, most of them, alr the gas plpes. ‘The beautiful country restdence of Mr. W. Irey, on Emporia street, near the ose bas b leased Mr. John J, Ottinge was recently appoiated from Chicago to a position in the xovernment printing office, Tt 1s said there Is soon to bo erected here on Emporla street acar 22d a 20-room suinmer hotel, to cost in the neighborhood of $8,000. ee Blocdhound Test a F From the Chattanooga News. Assistant Superintendent Ross of the Chicago police department, Superintendent Starkweather of Detroit and other police chiefs en route home from Atlanta stopped over here today. The Chattanooga depart- ment has a bloodhound, Jude by name, that has become famous es a criminal catcher. The local officers arranged for an exhibition chase this afternoon to entertain the visiters. A the coun| and, after making a detour in plain view of the visitors, took to the timber ard climbed a tree. Jude ran well and hurg to the trail, but soon mistook the scent of a hog for that of the negro, and drew a blank. The exhibition was amusing, but the northern visitors are not at ail likely to ask their several councils for appropriations to invest in southern bloodhounds. The negroes say the dog knew he was running for fun all the time. @ opera house gladly tendered their | negro was started across | === THE CUBAN MACHETE How This Terrible Weapon is Wielded iv Close Conflict. Knife Cuban Owns One—Manufactured d@ Hatchet Combined—Every in the United States. Cuba has a terrible national weapon. It in the deadly machete. One of the horrible features of a field of battle where machetes are used ts the number of partly beheaded and fearfully mutilated bodies that are found lying all around, which present a ghastly sight even to the sturdy soldiers who have survived the confiict. The machete has played no small part in the history of all uprisings in the Span- ish-speaking provinces, but in Cuba {t has done such execution that if the island should win her freedom the machete ought to be included in the coat-of-arms of Cuba bra. It is the tool of the Cuban working- man. With it he earns his living cutting the sugar cane. With it he cuts the fire- The Correct Form. wood for his own use. Indeed, it is natch- et and knife combined for him. Every man ir Cuba possesses a machete, no mat- ter what else he does not own. It 1s not generally known that most of these deadly weapons are manufactured in the United States. New York city is the chief market for the machete. It is not, however, used exclusively for z war. It is a useful instrume bandry in all sugar-growing countries, There are over one hundred varieties of mache About 6,000 of them are shipped from New York city every k to Central and South Am n countries. Many of them are shipped to Cuba, though Spain has de: 1 them ons of war a contraband goods. the insurrect in Cuba they are, rectly to that country turer e, not the sent mant by who would then be responsibil the United Stat nt for a br of the 1 lity laws. They neverthel find their way into the hands of the in- surgents. They are also shipped to Hayti, Brazil, Mexico, San Domingo and Vene- zuela. Most of the American machetes are made at Conn. They are made of the finest tempered steel, and great | in workmanship is required in their manufac- ture. Each coun a different form, but the differe: ally only in the curve of the bi. is long, and widens toward th It is excee ely sharp, and the 'y short. Thus the machete is a murderous weapon, spite the agricultural purposes to which it is appli country has a sword of its ow perhaps the only country the same her ri The and file of gents, who come from not skilied in the use of make up for i they engag. ish” soldi When this happens the to fare badly. the Cu with punters with S: The mode of using tirely different from t with the sword. The thrus ployed at all. The aim with is to cut and s dinarily carries th the left side of the from @ chain a ht wrist. In any case ihe weapon is sition for ld tn j vse until the hin a few y of each ot ines are wi When the word is passed the machete is pulled from ihe scabbard with an up- ward stroke Hagonaily to the with the long sharp edge toward the my The stroke is aim en of person attacke nd- ing the body n, with the weapon raised th of the right arm, the wr turned er and the machcie © back to the left, so as to m'a neck, and, if possible, ad oh With one n of the mac! the body ag This is de and these of all mad hands of the use of the n rong, these blows ary live, and a machete wound fs us The machete preser Cubans is very ting less t @ollar. The favo Coue mos: cama has a thirty-inch turn of t e strikes downwar: he ec cleay we insur; wide, long and nea end cut off diagonally to a liner cuts t ot a ribbon. 1s of rough bone is no gue and the wielder machete < his fingers wound: officers’ weapon is shorier and mal er material than that of t privat When the Cuban busbandman receives his machete it is not at all sharp, but he whets and sharpens It until {t cuts like a | razor. ‘The execution of the mache jMes in his wonderful skill in handling An army of the most skillful fencing masters in America could not stand up be- fore an equal number of Cuban cane cut- ters. —— Raining Buflalo to Sell. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. E. A. Bennett, who is at the Hotel Du- quesne, is a Texas rancher. He is visiting John A. Snee, the ofl preducer. Mr. Ben- nett wears the typical sombrero, His ranch 1s 130 miles north of San Antonio. “I must knock a pretty story in the head,” he remarked story of the nature of ‘Lo, the poor Indian,’ and it is that the buffalo, or nerican his: becoming extinct. That's rot co, Why, do you know they are ranching them in Montana and Texas extensively and on a smaller scale | in some other places? A man in Montana is experimenting by crossing the buffalo w hlack-poled Angus cattle. He of the opirion that a firer hide can be o tained by this union. wdnight, the greatest Texas ca - man, has fully 2,000.00) acres of ground ranched in, and ir breeding the bison pur He has ferced off a big tract of land, 1s well sstisfied that he will make a cess of his new enterprise. He has alrea sold many animals of his own raising to show people and tc zoos in several plz Goodnight, too, has a herd of elk, but they are not profitable. There is little or no sale for them. For meat purposes the Buf- falo {3 not In it. The tongue makes good eating and portions of the hindquarter ‘ut the rest of the carcass is worth little for eating. It would make mighty good phosphate, though. “I have sent a lot of cattle on to N York. My partner is in charge. We will get but 4 cents a povnd or $4 per hundred, while garties in Texas who herd cattle to Galveston and ship to England get 11 cents per pound.” so- John J. Forsyth’s Assignme: An assignment to Henry F. Woo ard for the benefit of his creditors was filed yesterday afternoon by John J. Forsyth, dealing in pictures, at_ 1208 F street. The assets are placed at $3,399.31 and the Mabilities at 23,714.58. . sg A Scrap Iron Yard. From Chambers’ Journal. A scrap iron yard is a curious where almosi every conceivable art iron finds {ts way. Iron spoons, kettles, frying pans, tea trays, locks, keys, hor shoes, nails, nuts, bolts, hinges, window frames, steam boilers and thousands of other things besides. About two years ago the scrap yard with which I am connected had about 20,000 bayonets, which were quite bright, lying in the d at one time. They had been made at the time of the Franco-German war, and i never been used, so they eventually found their way into the scrap yard,