Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1896, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, “There 1s no accounting for tastes. as far as the eating of watermelons and cant2 Joupes is concerned,” remarked the head waiter of one of the principal hotels, “and I am not surprised any more at anything that is called for or eaten on them. Re- cently we had a party of New Englanders here and they all ate sugar on thelr cante- Joupe and salt on their watermelon. Usu- ally, however, salt and pepper are used on canteloupes. The using of sugar on cante- loupes was a new thing on me, and I asked the people about it and found that it was customary to do so by many Massachu- setts people. They prefer sugar to salt, and that {s all there is about It. Those who eat salt on watermelons think the salt makes the melon more 1 There are many people, and especially Call- fornians and Pacific coasters, who never eat an apple after a meal without sprink- ling zalt on it, as many do upon nuts. My observation, however, is that the most par- ticular epicures eat watermelon plain, with- out putting anything on it. Still, it is the old story ali the way through that one man’s food is another man's poison. Among ladies I have observed of late years that the practice of putting any condiment at all on fruits Is fast growing out of custom. ** eK “The story in The Star the other day about a dentist pulling the teeth of a dog reminds me,” said a leading Ohio lawyer who practices in this city, “of another case the same dentist had. It appears he made a set of teeth for a Congressman, who, al- though he used them, claimed that they did not fit his mouth well, and for that reason declined to pay for them. The den- tist offered to make any alterations that might be necessary, but the Congressman woul not have the changes made. Then the dentist demanded that as the Congress man refused to pay the bill, he should re turn the teeth, which demand was also re fused, though the Congressman said he would y the exact cost of the materia! used in the teeth and no more. Things remained in this way for a week or more, when one ¢ in the daily papers here that the Congres: man would make a speech on a matter that then occupied considerable public at tention. The day prior to the delivery of the speech the dentist called on me and asked if it was possible for him to get an injunction on the Congressman’s teeth, so as to prevent him from using them while delivering his speech. The proposition was a novel one to me, and I promised I would look it up and let him know that night. I reat of Hen Butler's famous case where he laid an injunction on the driving wheel of a mill, and other somewhat similar notorious cases, and convinced ; there was enough merit In the ist’s claim to apply at least for the in- junction. Somehow the Congressman heard of w was intended to be done, and, a ludicrous position that for an injunction ent for the dentist Before that he knowing what even the application put him in, he the bill of was only willing to pay the $ which th materials in the teeth cost. The story & out by a publication made by Mr. T. crawford, then the correspondent of | » Times, and it was circulated in | congressman's district, and, with oth . brought about a defeat for re-elec ae * & * “When the Coggswell fountain at 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue was given to this city, it was with an understanding,” sail a gentleman preminent as a tempe! an reformer, “that during the summer { was to be used therein so that the water should be kept cool. The most elaborate arrangement in the way of an ice box and coil of pipes through which the water was run was built near the base of the fountain, and. as a matter of fact, ice water was furnished to all drinkers for one or two weeks there. All of a sudden in- filvences were put ito operation and the ¥ of ice was cut off, and since then the water has not been cooled during the summer. My understanding of the matter is that under the terms of Dr. Coggswell's gift ice should at all times be kept in the refrigeratoring coil of pipes at the base of the fountain at least from May to October, and I would like to know where the re- sponsibility for the failure rests.” eee et Jmited riding for one fare is now pos- stble,” remarked a street car conductor in this city, “and though we are trying to put a stop to ft, we do not succeed tn every case. A passenger gets on a@ Ith street car on the avenue or 14th street and rides out to U street. A transfer is then secured to the U street line and then when the passenger reaches 7th street a transfer can be nad down 7th street. At the avenue Junction a transfer ts taken to the 1th street car and the trip is taken over again. Though it does not often occur, I have known of parties who spend the entire evening making this round. There is a rule not to give a transfer on a transfer, but in the hurry to get off at the end of the U Street line at 7th street, transfers are very often given to those who ride on a transfer from the lith street line. Once on a 7th street car, the junction agent at the corner of 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue, of cours annot tell whether or not the pas- senger rode down 7th street on a transfer from the U street line, and of course he asks no questions. To vary the trip, passen- gers on the following evening, ride down the avenue and get a transfer up 7th street, and from there get on the U street line and transfer down Ith street. The same kind of a continuous ride for one fare can be had by a little manipulation on some of the other transfer lines, though they have nearly broken up the practice.” ee ee ssof giving lessons on the bi- of very extended proportions " explained an agent for a popular “and it furnishes a pretty eteady empleyment for a large number of young | men, night and day, except during rainy weather. After learners take several les- sons in the halls or covered tracks they are anxious to get on the streets. There has recently been a cut in the price. It originally started at a rate of 50 cents per hour or lesson, which included the use of the bicy Then a cut to 25 cents per lesson was made, and now somo of those who give lessons give thelr own services the use of the wheel for 15 cents per lesson. arly one-half of the instructors are ci and some of them have every r time from early in the morning to late at night engaged for weeks he instructor who does the best with the West End folks Is a col- . and while he does not exactly y to burn, he makes more money every day than do many men in what are known as the learned professions, especial- ng the summer months. xe ee * tween the electric and cable cars on one side and the bicycles on the other,” complained a Montgomery county, Mary- Jand, farmer, “the demand for hay has fallen off so that there ts not one-half sold in this city that we used to sell some years ago. The avenue car line kept over six hundred horses and@ the Metropolitan line nearly as meny. They fed their horses on & great deal of hay, nearly all of which was Sought tn the local market. The several other lines which have dispensed wita horses were also free buyers of hay. There were owned by the car lines alone nearly three thousand horses. Then there were hundreds of horses kept for light driving and errand and delivery purposes, which 1s now done by bicycles, thus further cutting | down the demand for hay. The result is that those who need hay know they can get it almost at their own price, and they hold up on the price terribly. The hay crop ts very large. but the money paid for it so far digestible. | y the announcement was made | is very small. If these darned bicycles ate hay, we might enjoy them better, but as it | \s, they make a hay grower sick to look at them.” ke eK KY “Bat hunting 1s our favorite amusement | and oc@upation these warm nights,” said a resident of McPherson Square, “for all of a sudden and without any previous notice we have bat visitors in profusion every night. Their headquarters seems to be in the grove of trees in McPherson Square, though their vists are by no means limited to our immediate neighbor- hood, for I have heard of their visits to hovses four or five blocks distant from us. Though the bats are unusually large they do not seem bent on any harm and after annoying and in some cases fright- enirg those they visit they depart cnly to return in a short time, probably the next night.” ek we Oe Oe “General Butler originated the employ- ment and coined the term of press agent at political headquarters,” remarked a gen- j tleman who has given many years to the consideration of active politics. “During his campaign for the presidency on the jlabor ticket he noticed that though the representatives of the newspapers gave frequent visits ta the republican and demo- cratic heedquarters they gave but little attention to the iabor ticket headquarters. He decided. that this should not continue. Bailey, the circus man, who was a friend of General Butler, took some interest in his campaign, and General Butler spoke to him of the neglect of the newspapers. ‘Do as we do,’ replied Bailey, ‘and hire men to take your stuff to the papers— we call them press agents, though you can call them anything else. The idea was adopted immediately, and Bailey was ask- ed to spare one of his press agents for a couple of months, which he consented to do, and sent Major Hugh Ceyle, who re- ; Sides in this city during the off circus sea- son, to report to General Butler. Coyle Was therefore the first political press agent employed as such. He took hold of the Butler boom, and played it for all it was worth and ran the campaign on regular circus principles. He had a man three or ‘four days ahead of the general, whose {duty it was to organize Butler clubs in j case there was not any or where the club ; Was an insignificant affair. The clubs ; Were organized on the principles and in ithe same way that armies, villagers and | ballets are secured for theatrical or elrcus representations—that is, hired for the time | they were occupied in making the parade. | The uniforms, banners, flazs, drums, trans- | Parencles and other paraphernalia of p | litical clubs were owned by General Butler, and, like a circus tent, was sent to the city where it was to be used one or two days in advance. There Is hardly any political organization these days which dees not have a press agent, but there are few of them who will ever compare with Hugh Coyle, for he combined great experience with intelligence, and was a manager in every sense.” xk kk x want to see a lawyer,” snorted an an- | sry-dooking individual, as he bustled into a lawyer's office on F street last Saturday afternoon, mopping his face with a large bandana, and looking around upon the several ocupants of the room. He is pro- | prietor of a summer resort with a sulphur ring attachment, a short distance from the city, and some bad boys had been de- filirg the spring. “I am en attorney,” said a young man, a recent law-school graduate, jumping up from his chair; “what can I do for you?" “I want to bring suit against some young hoodlums for throwing filth in the spring,” was the answer of the angry man. “Ahem, yes,” said the bright young dis- ciple of Blackstone, with a wise look, as he scratched his chin. “I will attend to the matter for you. Just leave a retainer, and come in next Monday morning; in the meantime } will look up the law on the subject and see what can be done.” Handing a greenback to the young law- yer, the kotel man walked out with a satis- fied expression on his countenance. Mo: @ay forenoon he dropped into the lawyer's office again. “You have no case at all,” was the first greeting of the young attorney. ‘You haven't a leg to stand on, and the judge would throw the case out of court.” “How's that?" questioned the disappoint- ed landlord. “I've looked over all the law on the sub- Ject, and I find the boys have just as much right to throw filth in the spring as they have in the fall! * eee * “Out In my home,” said a visiting Min- nesota lady, riding down the avenue in a cable car during a hot night last week, “we He around in hammocks in the evenings during July and August, and generally get pretty well chilled before going to bed.” “How many does it take to bring on a chill?’ questioned a companion, and she immediately moved to the far end of the seat. xe eK OK “Tom Watson prophesies that the silver- pop. combine is going to sweep the country like a cyclone in November,” remarked a department official to Tom McKee at re- publican headquarters the other day. “Yes, said Tom, with his child-like smile, “Watson ts one of those prophets who remind me of the Zulu maiden in Zulu- “She has little on her in her own coun- try. * eee * “Speaking about swearing,” sald an old department clerk the other night, “Gen. Harney could dress an oath up in more fantastic colors than any man I ever heard, and when he got mad the swear words split the atmosphere in every direction. “Along in ‘5S I was attached to his com- mand,crossing the plains toward Salt Lake. We had a large number of wild Kentucky mules and many army wagons, and one of the diversions of the commanding officer was to have a lot of six-mule teams hitch- ed to army wagons one or two mornings in the week, and have the men break them in. “Mules are obstinate, and those wild Ken- tucky animals were worse than obstinate. One nice morning we had thirty teams of them hitched up and standing in line, when some rascal at the head tied a tin van to a dog’s tall, and he started howling down the Ine. “Scatter! Well, I should remark! Those mules started in thirty different directions, and they didn’t stop unill they fell from | exhaustion. They covered the country, and so did the cuss words that old Harney sent after them. It was a week before we gath- ered the mules together aguin, and the | wagons—well, some of them ere cut there on the plains yet. ———__ “The Street Car Strap. From the Literary Digest. The moist leather of street car straps ts said to be a fertile medium for the con- | veyance and propagation of Infection. j The straps might be furnished with brass handles and washed with a disinfecting go- lution every day, which would remove some of the danger. cee In the Wrong Shop. From Hurper’s Bazar. “But, Mr. Daubs T don’t think it looks a bit like me. “My dear madam, if you want a likeness, zou should go to @ photographer. I am an artist.” IN HOTEL CORRIDORS “I have a friend who might be termed a human chameleon,” said H. L. Richardson of Manchester, N. H. at the Cochran. “While not so pronéunced as tm the case of the chameleon, she nevertheless takes on the color of the thing next to her. It is caused by disease, of course, but the phys!- cians have never been able to determine the nature of the complaint. The color of her eyes remains brown, and her hair black, but her face and hands change to suit the color of her clothes. She does not dare wear rib- bons nor any of the shades of blue, red, green or yellow. In pure white her face | ghastly, and the color of her hair and eyes makes it even more so than it would be if they were lighter. Black renders her #0 dark a brunette that there might be a strong suspicion that she was not of the Caucasian race. She, therefore, wears none but sub- dued grays and browns, which render her less noticeable. The affliction, for it is a great affliction, came upon her gradually and is steadily growing more pronounced. “Thero {s & very considerable gold excite- ment in the Mojave and Colorado deserts,” said L. C. Twineham of Phoenix, Ariz., at the St. James, “and hundreds of prospec- tors have gone in search of the yellow metal. None had returned when I left hcme a week ago, and there Is strong rea- son for fearing that most of them never will. This is the hottest season there for a gcod many years, the thermometer ranging for weeks at from 125 to 135 degrees in the shade, and at least ten degrees hotter in the sun. There is but little shade, and, to add to the danger, the nights are not over ten to fifteen degrees cooler than the days. It is known that some of them, including two Chinamen, who are supposed to endure heat better than Americans, have perished, and theré are probably a thousand prospec- tors out in the desert at the present time, while more are going every day, the excite- ment of discovering gold outbalancing all prudence.” “The most elaborate decoration I ever saw was in Milwaukee,” said A. D. Daniels of that city at the Arlington. “It was de- signed by a Milwaukee electrician, and I do not know where the work was done. The walls of the house were covered with the most beautiful roses, lilies and other flowers. In form and color they were 80 perfect that it was almost impossible to realize that they were not the products of nature. They were made of glass, colored to Smitate the flowers, with tiny’ electric lights inside. There must have been thou- sands of these lights, each giving out only sufficient glow to bring out the flower dis- tirctly, and the colors of the glass were so Liended that the whole appeared genuine. The cest of thus covering the walls and chandeliers with flowers was over $20,000, d the idea will, therefore, never be very widely adopted.” “It Is refreshing in these days of sea- serpent stories to. know that there will be a full Investigation of at least one specle: said Harry Whalen of Tacoma, Wash., at the Shoreham. “The press gave a brief acccunt seme time ago of the capture of two sea serpents in Puget sound. These have since been on exhibition in Tacoma, but In a few days will be sent to President David Starr Johnson of Stanford Untver- sity for an examination and report. They are peculiar-looking reptiles, the male being eight feet long and the female sev: feet. They are about as large in circum- ference as a medium-sized man, and are marked like diamond-back rattlesnakes. They have heads like bulidogs and fangs liks tigers. A fisherman hooked the fe- male serpent and the male rushed to the rescue of his mate, biting a heavy steel gaff hook in two before he was captured. A thorough search of all books obtainable in Tacoma failed to give any mention o: serpents even remotely resembling thes: “The ncble red man may yet be ctvilized by means of bicycles," sald A. L. Bartlett of Beatrice, Neb., at the Regent. “The Otoe tribe have steadily resisted all efforts to induce them to become citizens, and thelr numbers have dwindled until but few of them remain. In fact, there are few more Indians in Nebraska now than in New York and Indiana. A few days ago one of the chlefs of the Otoe tribe visited Reatrice and became much interested “in bicycles. The owner thought it would be fun to let the old Indian learn to ride, and it was not long before the chief had mas- tered the art. Then he must have a wheel of his own, and not having eny money he traded four ponies for one. He rode it to the reservation and next day half a dezen Indians came to town, bringing pories to trade for bicycles. ‘Ride faster. No feed,’ they say, and when the bicycle manufacturers learn of this new field it is prebable that they will reap a harvest, and the Indians will lay aside their primitive customs and join the L. A. W. in a body.” “I believe the oldest living person !s a Mrs. Sebastian of Montreal,” said D. P. Heustis of that city at the Raleigh. “She Is of French birth, but has lived in Montreal for over one hundred years, being now either 130 or 131. A few months ago she knit a pair of socks for her son, Narcio Sebastian, who at that time celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday. She speaks French, English and Spanish fluently, and has a remarkable memory for the historical events that have taken place in Canada during the last 120 years. Her son, Narcio, was one of the first Americans or Canadians to settle in Call- fornia, and is known throughout the state on that account. When he was ten years of age he was stolen, and sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and up the Pacifie coast. He escaped at what is now San Francisco, and has lived there ever since. He wae mourned as dead for several years, but finally succeeded in communicating with her. When Mrs. Sebastian was 120 years old she took a trip across the continent, un- accompanied, to see her son, returning a year later.” “I see that the experiments in raising ostriches In Washington have not been suc- cessful,” sald J. C. Orton of Los Angeles at the National. “The raising of these birds has not really passed beyond the experi- mental stage in California as yet,and at first there were enough discouragements to have daunted almost any one. “In fact, several who had invested a good deal of money in it went out of the business, but now there is one farm upon which there are over one hundred healthy birds, and these net a very handsome profit to the owner. The ostrich farm is visited by hundreds of tourists annually, and is one of the most Interesting sights in the United States. Still even there the loss of eggs und young birds {s very considerable, and more is constantly being learned about the proper methods of taking care of them. The pros- pects are that they will be raised very ox- tensively in the west within the next few years.” “I have discovered that the laws con- cerning giving bonds to keep the peace constitute life imprisonment,” said C. T. Mcliwaine, a prominent lawyer of Nasn- ville, at the Metropolitan. “A man in my city was bound over in a small sum to keep the peace, he having threatened to assault a neighbor. He could not give bend and was sent to jail. When in jail the only way to get out was to give bond, which was an absolute impossibility. I went to the judge, but neither he nor I could find any law authorizing the judg- ment to be vacated, and no one had power to release the prisoner. He had already been in jail a year, which was certainly sufficient punishment for an idle threat to give a man a beating. The only recourse, however, was a pardon from the governor, which we obtained. Had he actually whip- ped the man he would only have been im- prisoned a short time, but a threat to do so brought what was equivalent to a life sentence.” “There is a row of five houses fn Indian- apolis that have a singular reputation,” said T. B. Bridgeman of the hooster capital, at the Howard. ‘‘A year ago all five of the houses were built, and they were occupied soon after completion. The occupants all worked ia a veneer mill about three blocks from the row of houses. Soon after the families moved in twins were born in one household; then the same happy event oc- curred in another. Others followed, until each family was possessed of twins. The remarkable coincidence was talked over by the fathers and they all moved from the row. It became generally known, and for the past three months the houses have been vacant. They are only well located for the employes of the mili, and none of them will occupy a house in that row." B 5 ‘Women have ia entered the trades and professions ,that <& no Ionger excites sur- prise that one stibuld adopt any calling, no matter how ‘ly it would seem to be suited to the feminine sex,” said 8. P. Gardner of 8t. is at the Willard, “but I believe the family with a woman coachman 1s irf §t. Louis: She was raised tm the country,_apd is an expert handler of horses. She loyes the care of the stables, and no Griverscin beat her. At first she bought @ cab, and was in business for her- self, but disliked the night work connected with driving a leap. Her ability was noticed by a wealthy leman, who employed her to take charge-of his stables, and now she has developed—into a full-fledged coach- man or coacl jan, and her employer ould! Rot re| her with any man in St uis.”” = ———— DAN, THE BARKEEPER The Prevalent Political Discussion Affects Him Queerly. In Endeavoring to Hold Custom His Susceptibility Becomes Increased. to an Alarming Degree. OU ARE LOOKING pretty thin, Dan,’ said one of the regu- lars who dropped in- to the Oft and Early yesterday afternoon to seek solace from the solstice Ly means of a Santa Cruz punch. “Tin?” repeated Dan, the barkeeper, with a quick glance at his image in the mirror; “t'in, is it? ill bet er cow agin’ er glass er skim milk dat I won't be more'n er shad- der by ‘leckshun day. Dere wuz er dub in yere las’ week, an’ I tole him dat I'd fo daffy sure ef dis yere feenance tawk didn’ drap ter sumpin’ like er w’isper dern soon, an’ now I'm willin’ ter make almost enny kind uv er bet dat my body'll shrink same ez my mind in de same time. Say, I got de curusest d’zeze yer ever see. I ketches de last {dee dat I heers on dis yere munny queschun, Dat’s er dead fac’, an’ I ain’t stringin’ yer er bit. Whut do I mean? W’y, I means dat w’en er feller cums in an’ gits up ergin me an’ gives me silver tawk I'm willin’ dat minnit ter fight fur silver agin John L. hisse’f. Den, wen anudder dub cums in an’ gits ter shoutin’ : » You ik Agree With Him, 4 erbout gole bein’ ab proper caper ter base de long green on V’m jist ez reddy ter dance out an’ teckle-éven-de Pompydore ef he sez er word ergin Tt. Funniest ting I ever see, an’ dat’s straight? Reg’lar seesaw wid my mind all de timacgn’ it all cums fum dis yere scheme ev rkeeps ter ergree wid ey’ry boozer dat gf up In front o-de bar— whut de bossitaHs de.‘derplomercy uv de bizniss.". He sez ter me wun day, he sezs, ‘Dan,’ sez he,-‘dis yere munny Jssher is goin” ter raise ‘ell fum now on, an’ yer gotter keep yer eye peeled an’ yer years open ter keep custim. Ef er ellver crank comes in, an’ holes yer up ter his gaff jist fine in an’ go ‘im wun better on silver, an’ ef er gole bug crawls in an’ yawps erbout de yeller mettle you jist make ‘im t'ink dat his Kind o’ gole 1s rank brown w’'en sized up ergin de color ov de kind dat you b'lieve in. “Well, kun'l, orders is orders, an’ I stuck ter ’em. Whut's de result? W'y, jist ez 1 tells yer jist now, on’y stidder makin’ bilieve I'm wid de silver man an’ de gole man, I’m wid em fur de times bein’ sure enuff. Whut do I do w'en a silver an’ a gole man cums in tergedder? Shur, man, it aln’t my put den; dey’ll fight it out atwix “em, Whut am I fur dis minnit? Silver. S'teen ter one, free an’ unlimbered; dat’s me, right now, but I'm li’ble ter change in er second. Last night I wuz gole till I look like I had de ja’nders. How'd it happen? Well, "twuz Ike dis: Yistiddy evenin’ ole Andy Gleeson cum straddlin’ in yere fur er beer, an’ er plece er cheese. ““Dat’s de color uv hones’ munny,’ sez Andy, holdin’ up de free lunch. “Yaller?’ sez I, queschun like. “rYaller,” sez ‘Andy, comin’ back. ‘De dem silver mine owners an’ all o’ thim fel- lers want ter phroshtichute dther pooblic credhit,’ sez Andy, ‘bud, bedad, dthey’ll niv- Let ’Em Fight It Out. er dot It,’ sez Andy, an’ wid dat he t'rowed enuff gole an’ McKinley tawk at me ter make dat school er orytory eroun’ dere on G street luk sick. “Course, I ‘greed wid Andy, an’ dern ef I didn’ go home an 'dreem bv lUttle gole angels; an’ say, I woke up in er sweat an’ tought I had de jims, ‘cause ev'ry wunner de angels had Andy Gleeson's head on it, an’ dat’s straight. “Well, dis mawnth’ who shud cum in yere. drest in wunngr dpse crash towel suits er cloes but Tom Coakley. I knowed Tom w’en I wuz drawin’ mixed ale at Dooney’s, over in N’ Yawk.Tom gits er rickey an’ he sez, sex he) ‘Maine went ‘ell bent fur Guvnor Kent, and;dat’ how de whole Noo- nited States i3,er,goin' fur William Jay Bryan.’ : “*Yer means McKinley,’ sez I. ‘T’ell wid McKinley,’ sez Tom, wid er Tam'ny luk. ‘{icKinley ain’t in it,’ he sez. ‘De people’s va\ces,js ter be heard dis time an’, dey’s cryin fuf, Bryan an’ free silver like er baby fut de bottle.” “Den he lamg silyer tawk inter me till I thought I wuz made ov it, an’ w’en he says ole Mace ee is in town dead busted e an’ cud I cough yp er half ter help ‘im out, dern if I didn’ Cough it up. Dat shows how I'm ‘fected. , Dis yer whip-sawin’ d’zeze whut I goin’ ter land me in de insane asylum bone yard at de same time. Dern ef ain, losin’ fl’ poun’s er day, an’ dat’s straight.’ —————.__—_ A Reason for the Name, From Judge. Miss Keedick—“Did you know that the wealthy Ruth Stopaclock was married?’ Miss Fosdick- Miss Keedick- Miss Fosdick- low I know why people call it the almighty dollar. —_—_—re-—_____ The Night Customer. From the Chronicle-Telegraph, Druggist (awakened at 2 a.m)—“wWhat d’ye want?” Customer—“If you'll let me look in your Girectory to see how to addrese this letter TD buy a stamp from yeu: yt ‘a? ART AND ARTISTS After a short stay at Cape May Mr. Hinckley is again in the city and has re- turned to his work in portraiture. He is at present engaged upon four portraits, which he is painting for the Metropolitan Club. They are the likenesses of Admiral Porter, General Sherman and General Schofield, former presidents of the club, and of Judge Davis, who now occupies that position in the organization. * ** Mr. Rudolph Evans will go shortly to Frent Royal, Va., where he will remain for scme time, devoting himself chiefly to rest and recreation, but working enough in clay to keep his hand in. His portrait of Dr. Patch of the Gunton Temple Memorial Church is progressing rapidly, and is now practically finished. It is considered by all who have seen it to be an excellent like- ness. One of the most interesting things that the sculptor has yet done is a medal- lion head of Frederic Bond, which he has just completed, and which is destined to occupy a place in the reception room of the National Theater. Mr. Evans has caught very successfully the character and expres- ston of the actor's face, and beside its merit as a likeness the medallion is an extremely well handled piece of modeling. * x * Mr. Edwin Lamasure has been working on the Greenbrier river, up in the Alleghe- nies, this summer, and has been collecting a large amount of interesting material for his exhibition of water colors in the fall. The grandeur of mountain scenery has a pecullar fascination for most people, and his sketches made up there will give a more varied and cosmopolitan character io the work which he will exhibit. * * * With the closing of the summer school Mr. Emil H. Meyer's work as an instructor at the Columbian University ended for the season, and he is devoting his entire time to painting. A subject upon which he Is now at work is a picture containing a sin- gle figure, that of a girl seated on a stone bench just inside a high garden wall. The foliage of the tree which overhangs the wall casts a network of light and shade on the ground, but the sunlight throughout the picture is subordinated in order that the strong light that strikes upon the girl's dress shall bring the figure Into prom!- nence. Mr. Meyer has paid especial atten- tion to the harmony of the values in this Picture, and in this respect it is superior to a smaller painting that he has just finished. In the latter, a German interior view, the details are brought out so strongly as to break the general effect, and it has not the unity of the other picture. * * x In portraits Mr. William H. Coffin seems to have found his forte, and he spends most of his time in following up this line of work. The pcrtrait of Prof. Wiley, which he fin- ished a short time ago, is a very good like- ness, and, considered technically, ts one of the best things Mr. Coffin has done. It will probably be exhibited for a short time at the Cosmos Club. * * * Miss Grace M. Patten has been doing very little work in oil lately, but has been con- fining her attention to water color. In this medium she has done a number of land- scapes and several still-life studies. Among the latter is a sketch of some peaches, and also a spray of red clover, which is extreme- ly decorative. Miss Patten expects to take up work in oil before long, and has a num- ber of study heads in view. = x * Miss Annie W. Ingle is spending the sum- mer at East Gloucester, Mass. The scenery there is quaint and picturesque, and if the workers tire of the many marine scenes they have only to turn to the moors to find material of an entirely different character, equally interesting for sketching purposes. ‘The many different kinds of pictorial sub- jects to be found there have made the place a prime favorite with artists. Parker Mann is sketching there this season, as in former years, and among the other Washington artists who have been working there this summer are Miss Sara Bartle and Miss G. E. Atwater, who in the spring conducted a class from the Corcoran Art School in out- door sketching. * * * Mr. Clary Rey is just back from Paris, where he has been studying during the winter. Mr. Ray won last year the schol- arskip to the New York League, which was offered to the workers in the Art Students’ League of this city, but he had already set his heart upon Paris and so did not avail himself of this opportunity for study. He plans to-remain here about a year and he will then go abroad to make a second stay of longer duration. While in Europe he visited most of the famous galleries in Holland, France and England and took in the salons of the Champs de Mars and of the Champs Elysees and the English exhibition at the Burlington House. He considers that the work shown at the London exhibition was su- perior this year to the Parisian salons, and is of the opinion that the painting ex- hibition there by Edwin A. Abbey, an American by birth, was the picture of the year. Mr. Ray expects to begin work on some portraits before long. es * * After East Gloucester, Paxson, Va., seems to have the first place in the hearts of the Washirgton artists, if one may judge by the number who have sketched there during the summer. Mr. E. C. Mes- ser is usually the first in the field and the last to leave the place, and he has been working steadily with his class since early in the season, accomplishing a great deal. Mr. Lucien Powell is another worker who has been there for some time, while Max Weyl has just commenced sketching there. Mr. Hobart Nichols has been doing some very good work in the field, though he only goes out for a short stay every little while. Spencer Nichols and Mr. Carl Wel- ler were working at Paxson a short time ago, and when they were there an interest- ing exhibition of sketches by all the work- ers was shown in Mr. Messer’s studio. pis si eesti HOW MUCH? ‘The Postmaster Wasted Information About Free Silver Distribution. During the last congressional campaign the free silver question was as much an issue in many sections ag it is now. One of the best illustrations of the peculiar misunderstandings arising from it was told a Star reporter. In Unicoi county, Tennessee, there is a large district known as the Flagpond, al- though it is a mountainous section where there are no ponds and no flags grow. A man named Lands runs a general store and controls the votes of the district, as almost all the voters are indebted to him and let him act as political dictator. At a meting in Erwin, Sands was an at- tentive lstener, and after the speeches were over he called the free silver advo- cate to one side and said: “I'm in favor of this here free silver, ef it’s goin’ to be run fair an’ juare, but I'm ag’in’ it, ef we people out here in the mountains ain't goin’ to git none of it. Now, I want an under- standin’. All of the people in the Flag- pond deestrict will vote for it if it’s all right. Now, I am postmaster out there and of course I would be the man to give it out. Now, if it carried, just how much of that free silver am I goin’ to git for each man?” z —— Cause for Suspicion. From the Cleveland News and Herald. Mr. Banks—‘‘Has the new cook said any- thing today about quitting?” Mrs. Banks—‘“‘Not a word.” Mr. Banks—“Then discharge her at once. She must have some evil designs upon us.” ——__+0+___ Sure Preventive. From the Detroit Free Press. “Professor,” said the fair leader of the re- form delegation to the reticent neighbor- hood philosopher, who was supposed to know everything, “we're trying to make this world better, and have taken the lib- erty of seeking your advice. What is the surest way to prevent divorces in this country?” “Don’t get married.” And the delegation filed out. HARD LUCK. It All Came About Through Starting to Dig a We “I was going along @ mountain road in West Virginia,” said a timber buyer to a Star reporter, ‘I had been in the same section a year previous and had stopped at the cabin of a man named Turner, where I had been well treated. I con- cluded to trespass upon his hospitality again and reached the place about sun- down. He was sitting on the step playing a violin. “Hello, Turner,’ I called. “ Howdy.” ‘Can I stay all night?” ‘Reckon not this ti ‘Where are the folks ‘Waal, sence yo’ war hyar I played in ha’dest luck yo’ ever seed. Went ter dig a well an’ went through inter a cave. I wanted a cellar anyhow, so I jess got down an’ splored that air cave. It opened down by the crick, an’ I seed b’ar tracks. I wanted th’ cellar wuss than I did th’ brar, so I went ter town an’ got pizen. Then I baited the cave an’ went huntin’, While I war gone my boy seed th’ bar lyin’ down an’ shot ‘im, not knowin’ he war pizened. Folks ate ‘im an’ when I got back with ten turkeys an’ a heap o° squirrels thar wa'n’t no one; folks war Jess startin’ with th’ funerals, not knowin’ when ter look fer me.’ ‘* ‘Iam very sorry to hear of your trou- ble,” I said. ‘Yaas, it set me back right smart, but ef yo" come by this way next week Ill be all right egin an’ yo kin stop. I'm gwine ter marry th’ Widder Logan an’ her three children termorrer. I'm gwine ter see th’ squar’ ternight, else I'd let yo" stop now.’ ” —_ HE GOT JUDGMENT. jut the Merchant Doesn't Want Any More of the Kind. A Washington attorney is rather noted for the facility with which he forgets financial obligations. He has owed a cer- tain grocer $8 for a year or two. The other day the merchant concluded to try a new course with him. Meeting him in his Store, he said: “Judge, I have a customer who owes me @ small bill and has owed it for a long time. He makes plenty of money, but wen't pay. What would you do?” “I'd sue him,” said the lawyer emphat- ically. “Well, I will put the account in your hands,” and the merchant presented a statement of the account against himself. ‘All right. I will attend to it,” said the disciple of Blackstone. A few days later the merchant received the following note from the lawyer: “In the case of against I took judgment for full amount of your claim. Execution was issued and recurned ‘no property found.’ My fee for obtaining judg- ment is $10, for which amount please send check, Will be glad to serve you in any other matters In which you may need an attcrney.”” —— WHAT HE WANTED. The Farmer Will Vote for a President Who Can Cure Hog Cholera. President Cleveland will get one Maryland vote. “I was in Hagestown the other day,” said a traveling man to a Star reporter, “when I met a farmer and began to ask him about political affairs in his neighborhood. “‘How do your folks feel about free sil- ver? I began. “ ‘We ain't caring much about it,’ was the reply. “How about the tariff?” “Well, I don't see no difference, high tariff or low tariff. It's bugs that bother us most.’ “< ‘Who are you going to vote for?” “ ‘Cleveland, He's the best President we ever had.’ *: ‘But he Is not a candidate.” “I don't care. I'll vote for him, anyway. I can vote for who I please. There is no law agin it. These politicians talk about the kinds of money and tariffs. That ain't what we farmers want. Why, my hogs took sick, and I wrote to Mr. Cleveland to know what he did for cholera hogs, and he just had his hog doctor, Saimon is his name, send me a prescription that knocked out the cholera in three days. Borers got in my trees, and I wrote to the President again and got a book about em. What I am after 1s a President who knows something about hog cholera and bugs.’ ” > POLITICAL PROSPERITY. When Parties Were Closely Divided Every One Was Benefited. In McDowell county, W. Va., I found the most uncompromising republican I ever saw. No matter what subject was broach- ed, he would turn it into a political chan- nel and eulogize the republican party. By accident I learned that he had formerly been a strong democrat, so I asked him how he came to change. “Well, sir,” he said, “I never changed until it was proved I was wrong, and when I am wrorg I'll always acknowledge it. 1 was born a democrat and raised a demo- crat. I never knew a respectable man who was not a democrat since the war until a few years ago. Then some republicans came into the county, and after a while there were so many of them that the race was close between republicans and demo- crats, and they brought political prosperity with then. Why, in the old days, when two demucrats ran against each other, I never knew votes to bring more than a dollar. Now no man is asked to vote for less than two dollars, and some of them get more than that.” WANTED HIGHER TAXEs, Where the Campaign Orator Mistook the People He Addressed The last congressional campaign in Ala- bama was an exciting one. Judge Tumley, one of the best political orators in the state, visited Jacksorf county, and wes given a rousing welcome on Sand mountain. The first part of his speech was lustily cheered, but &-mountaineer, following the time- honored custom of that section of question- ing political speakers, arose and asked: “Jedge, we've heerd them fellers in Wash- ington is gwine ter increase the tax on whisky. What do yer think of it?” It was a delicate question. The judge knew that whisky was a staple on Sand mountain, but he also knew that there were prohibition sections in the congres- sional district where he might be quoted, but he took the chances. “Whisky,” he said, “is the poor man’s drink, champagne the rich man’s. Raise the tax on cham- pagne and lower it on whisky.” He ex- pected cheers, but none were offered. When he concluded, not a man waited to shake hands with him, and he went alone to the Place he was stopping. He asked his host: “Why don’t you people want a lower tax on whisky?” “Jedge,” was the reply, “our folks air pore. They don’t buy no whisky, an’ they Jess git for it whatever the tax are. They git 90 cents # gallon now. Take off the tax an’ they wouldn’ git nothin’.” ae Wonderfal, (Copyright, 1896, by Mitchell & Miller.) Mother—“Why, Constarce Amelia, where pays Tou been? What has happened to “C. A.—“I went to the barn and fell asleep on a bag of fertiltsing powders.” THE THOMPSON STREET Bi- CYCLE CLUB. Written for The Evening Star by M. Quad. Gem’len of de club,” said President Toots, after the routine business had been cleared away at the last regular meeting, “I hev to announce de fact dat a sartin’ member of dis club has riz up to a queshun of privilege. Dat means dat he wants to Teopen @ subjick disposed of at a former meetin’. De name of de pusson who has riz up am Silverplated Henderson, an’ de Subjick am, ‘Should Preachers of de Gospel Ride de Bike?” We had de queshun befo’ us on two occashuns, an’ arter a full an’ free debate it was decided dat it didn't do any moral harm fur a preacher to ride de wheel. Brudder Henderson wasn’t heah dat eavenin’, an’ he now demands de right to submit sartin statistics which he has gathered up.” The Said Statinticn. The secretary then read the statistics, follows: “Rev. John Coontree of Kentucky was a Pillar of the church, and had saved ten thousand souls; after four lessons on the bike he jabbed a hog with a pitchfork, kicked a mule over a fence and pounded his wife almost to death with a bed slat. Now in jail and hollering for gore. “Rev. Chillblain Green of Virginia took two lessons on the bike at a camp meeting, and then turned to and tore down seven tents and punched the head of six other Preachers. Taken to jail, but it was the general opinion that he was possessed by Satan. “Rev. Chuckalong Jones of Ohio, who was known for eighteen years as ‘the Vol- cano Exhorter,’ and his volce when singing or praying could be heard three miles against the wind, took a spin on a bike dewn a long hill, ard after he came to he set fire to a church and went into the bust- ness of selling root beer. “Rev. Greentree Wharton of Indiana was So good that he wouldn't eat strawberries on Sunday and stopped his clock at sunrise so as to giv> it a rest on the Lord's day. A stranger left a bike with him for thre days and Satan impelled him to ride it. Is now in jail, charged with seven different crimes, and. if he escapes hariging, will be @ maniac all his life.” Only s Brother Henderson, in arising to defend his statistics, stated that they were only sample cases culled at random from hun- dreds which could be found in the daily papers. How on earth the club could have debated this question and overlooked these statistics was more than he could account for. Here was a matter concerning the very foundations of morality and society, and yet the club had passed it over as if it Was of no more account than voting the sum of 15 cents to buy a rabbit's foot He had understood that certain members opposed the use of the bike by pr on the ground that it detrected fro a:gnity of the cloth and iowered their standard, while others had vigorously de- nied that such was the case. He had come to the meeting loaded with a big gun for b’ar and a small gun for woodchuck. He would now fire off his small gun: “The Rev. Caesar Higginbottom of Tili- nois, after five lessons on the bike, went around pinching the sisters’ ears and pat- ting them on the back, and one of them put his eye out with the ferrule of a blue cotton umbrella. “The Rev. Moses Skupanong of New Jersey took two lessons on the bike and eloped with his own wife, thinking she was the hired girl. When he discovered the fraud he broke her jaw and was sent to jail for thirty days. Were Not These Enough? Brother Henderson said he could go on with these statistics until night faded into daylight; but were not these enough? Did the club want anything further to satisfy tne most capricious member that it had taken a wrongful position, and could not get out of It too soon? He was willing to cee preachers swing the club, put up the bells, jump the bar or ride a bucking mule, and he didn’t know that it would do any barm for preachers to put on the gloves = scrap a little, but as for riding a bike— nit! Professor Hindfoot, who had been one ct the preachers’ champions at the other meeting, now asked that the question might be decided in the negative. He was even then giving a preacher lessons in the art, and the idea that the man might suddenly hop off the saddle and kick a dog or throw stones at a church almost paralyzed iim. Several others spoke to the same effect, and the question being put to a vote it was unanimously resolved that no mem- ber of the cloth should tackle the biko until it had been ascertained what was wrong with it. ——— $s WANTED PENSIONS. He Hnd Two Boys That Enough to Vote. I attended a political meeting at Boone, N. C., a mountain town in the western part of the state. One of the listeners was noticeable for the intentness with which he caught every word any of the speakers uttered. After the speaking was over, he followed Mr. Mc- Laughlir, one of the legislative candidates, to his hotel. “Mr. McLaughlin,” he said, “I war at the meetin’.” “Yes, I saw you there; glad to see you; hope you will vote right,” said the orator. “Yaas But I listened to every word yo" uns all said, an’ none of yo’ mentioned th’ pint I want ter git at.” “What was it you wanted to know?” “Waal, of course I heerd "bout th’ tariff, an’ sil an’ them things, but yo’ didn’ none of yo’ say nothin’ "bout pension: “Well, I 2m in favor of liberal pensions.” “Yaas, but I reckon yo’ don’t quite catch thar p'int yit “Well, what is it “Yo’ see, I git a pension of $8 a month from the government, an’ it's holped me pow-ful. I hev two boys, one’s twenty-two an’ tother jess cum twenty-one. 1 writ ter th’ pension agent "bout it, but never did git no reply. How ole do'them boys hey ter be befo" they draw pensions? Be-ent they ole enough now?” McLaughlin explained matters, but he lost three votes by doing so. ee SHE PITIED HIM. Were Ola And Thought the Country Would Do the Doctor Good. One of the leading physicians of Washing- ton is small of stature and very Boyish in appearance. A lady entered his office the otber day, one of the bustling sort of wo- men, who never quit talking, “Boy,” she said, addressing the physician, “is the doctor in. But I can see he is not. “He is in,” began the physician, but the visitor interrupted him, “Oh, Le’s in, is he? Then he's engaged. IM wait. Does he allow you to sit at his ‘Madame? “Oh, of course, you would say he does, but I'll warrant you'll catch it, if he sees you there. You look sort of pale. I should think the doctor would give you something to make you stronger. Your ma ought to send you into the country. That would make you grow. How soon do you think the doctor will be disengagea?” “Madame, I tried to tell you before do not think you can see the doctor today. “Well, I'l come next time I’m in town. But you ought to quit staying in this office and go into the country. Not that it is any of my business, but I do hate to see boys lcok’ 80 pale and puny.” She disappeare: and the doctor is wondering what she wi say when she calls nex: time she comes into the city. * On Board Ship. From the Detroit Free Press. Pitkin—“Brace up, cl@ boy. Scasickness can be thrown off if you only think so.” " ny one--t we nn —_—_———_-o-—_ ——_ Smallest Watch in the World. R. P. Holden of Chicago claims to have the smallest watch in the world. On the third finger be carries what ‘ooks at first Like a seal ring, but it Js e watch. Mr. den once assisted a traveling companion i ascending the Matterhorn, and he cred- him with saving his life. He was a watchmaker in Zurich, and insisted giving Mr. Holden a souvenir and sent the tiny watch,