Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1896, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. | Storage, 22d and M. Everything we sell bears the stamp of perfect workmanship and finish, * Book Case BARGAINS. —We've counted it up and find there are 150 samples of Book Cases on our floors—not to con- sider the duplicate stock. That makes just 50 more than our space allows. —A bargain sale of Book Cases is the ult. Every Book Case in the house is to be sacrificed till stock gets down to the right pro- portion again. —These ideas of price cuts: lid Ma Rook © a de of the colonies, 40 in. wid : $18 value a . t $11.40 elves, or Oak Book Glass Door Book € in the Dist it qualities, -rang- it Ripans Tabules. F. R. Palmer, city editor of the wa, Times, under date of relates the following €x- compelled by to le est somew at, but I could find no re! he awful fits of Indigestion. When n home to Iowa [ entered ot dmg s ‘Tacoma, me a box of Ripans In less than ay to this ans Tubutes whenever getting in its T/A) fi) OBODY pt those who are our patrons —how easy it ts to furnish a house on eredit. There's no worrying about payments—because we chop them up too fine to bother ANY ONE. Our carpet floor Is a busy place; the very newest and hand- somest of the Fall weaves are here. We Make And Lay Carpets Freel No charge for waste in matching figures. Our prices have been—are now—and always will be lower than those of the CASH houses. We'd like to have you prove this for your- self—and the only way to do it is to come in and SEB! GROGAN’S MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, 819--S21—S23 Seventh street n.w. —ex TUPTTT Tee eee Te ay 4 + TOOTHACHE’ TERRORS are not unavoidable. Tf you are subject to tootLache we can thoroughly cure it. If you ‘tre threatened with It, om Ia tt 2% other words, have unsound teeth, we will put your teeth into such good condition that “you Will not have {t. PAINLESS EXTRACTING. -50e. ARTIFICIAL TEETH (set) 48 E —means_ the opening of the Oyster and Reed Evans’ Dental Parlors, 1217 Penna. Ave. N. W. sed-24 em MET First Fall Month with an rd season. They om with, Po-Kalon'e Se terne’ or “‘Reisling’’ White Wine the wines. would well “tor Speut fench label. Wetter c TO-KALON i" o Co., 614 14th St. Phone 998. __ sero- When you need a new Typewriter Ribbon be sure and get the Star Brand. It will not dry out and be- come worthless. It wears longer and gives better satisfaction then any her. ohn C. Parker’s, 617-19 7th St. N.W. wel0-164 = ‘| Saturday Sale OF White China. Our buyer has forwarded from | Trenton as special values for our Saturday sale ten casks of Fine White China, which will be marked at One-Half Regular Rates Cake Plates. < 22-2. <.sciee eos e200. Pickle Dishes. ce lad Dishes. Fruit Saucer. Oat Meal Saucers......... Individual Butters. Oyster Bowls. Meat Dishes, ; 4-in., 4c.; 8-in., 10¢.; 14-in., 29c. Oat Meal Bowls... 4c. Celery Tray ge. Bone Plates «+ 4c. Vegetable Dishes, 2 4in., 5¢.; 6-in., 6c.; 8-in., 12c. Pie Plates. 3c. Tea Plat 4c. Breakfast Platesnig <6 0i< «2s s-0:0101 ic SC Dinner Plates. /525.06-6---102 0G Soup Plate: + -4¢c. and 5c. Soup Turcens.. 8gc. Covered Dishes. ..29¢., 33¢. and 38c. Oyster Tureens.... diese ee SC: Sauce Tureens. 24¢. MePPOtss soe ccivwces 24¢. Sugar Bowls........ Siecle ore OG: Cream Jugs COCUE CO Gravy Boats sees eee. Butter Dishes. . 1s2QC: Custard and Egg Cups.........5¢. = -5¢. 6c. and 8c. Tea Cups and Saucers..... 6c. Coffee Cups and Saucers... 74 Individual Cream Jugs..... 7c. Pitchers. .....8c., 10¢., 12c. and 29¢. Fruit Jars. Mason's tops, white glass. We have only 150 dozen left. It will only take a few hours to close them out at these prices: 1-Quart Jars 2-Quart Jars - Table Tumblers. 15 barrels of Clear Glass Tumblers suitable for the table or for jelly. 1%c. Each. Lamps Reduced. To make room for new goods we have marked down our line of Decorated Table Lamps with des to match: $5.98 and $4.98 Lamps Now . $2.98 $4.49 and $3.98 Lamps Now $1.98 Bracket Lamps, with reflectors teteeeessseee es BAC, School Supplies. School day: Ine of Supplies Nolseless Slates. -+.Be., Se. and 100. Slate Pencils, American Flag box of 4. weele. Slate Pencils in wood Pencils. ce Colored Crayon Pencils, 6 in box. Erasers in wood Pen Holders. Compasses. Slate Spong. Rulers. Best Ink Best Mucilage. Pencil Boxes. Composition Books. Best Ink and Pencil Tablets Examipation Paper Schoo! Bags 10c. School Bags now. School Bags now. AC. 5C. are coming. Don't fail to see our 28¢. 49. School Bags now... Bargains To be found in our second floor salesroom. Easel Black Boards. -49c. and 98c. Kindergarten Black Boards, with Ilnstrations, 98c. and $1.98 Oak Tables, 141n. top. Oak Medicine Cabinets. Onk Flower Stands, 3 shelves. Folding Book Shelves Curtain Stretchers Hat Racks, 7 pegs, 4c.; White Enameled Coat Racks: Towel Rollers. . Cutting Tables, full size. Lap Boards. z : Remnant lots of Picture Frames, oak, gilt white moldings. Sizes 8x10, 10x12 and 11x14. 2e. Frames now 5c. 85c. Frames now 2c. 49c. Frames now 35c. 50 Framed Pictures. Sizes 20x24. Heasy white and gold moldings. Slightly damaged— $2.49 Pictures reduced to. $1.75 Pictures reduced to. eee Our new line of Pictures for fall inspection. Ready-made Picture Frames at one-half made- to-order prices. Grocery Specialties. Extra Sifted Pees, very small Freneh Petits Pois. Baked Beans, 1-Ib. cans, with or wit! mato sauce. Oxford Baked Beans, 3-Ib. cans. Extra Asparagus... Armour's Soups... Rumford'’s Yeast Powder. Baker's Chocolate. ce Baker's Cocoa, small can, 1 Arbuckle’s Coffee. “Boston Blend" Mocha and Java... “Premium Blend” Mocha and Java. “Momaja” Coffee. Reyal Pekin Mixed Tea. English Breakfast Tea. Our “Special Blend” Tea. Plymouth Rock and Chalmers’ Gelatine.... Richmond Pickles, large bottle. Spanish Queen Olives, 10-oz. bottle... Spanist: Queen Olives, pints. Imported Sardines, very small Clover Leaf Salmon... Hetnz’s Salad Dressing... ... Heinz’s Catsup, % pint, 1Be. Hetus’s Fickles, English, pints. Maine Condensed Mik. Peninsula Condensed Mill ce Baby Brand Condensed Miik, in glass. Brooke's Crystal Soap. Sapolio . Red Seal Lye... Ball Blue, % 1b., 80.5 % bb. Ivory Starch..... 1 pint. soede. Boston Variety Store, Emmons S. Smith, 705-707-709 and 711 Pa. Ave, prizes,—will be given to the or Girls writin; sitions SHOES, oys the Best Compo- “HAHN'S SCHOOL For particulars cf this on contest call for our Circular. ° @ ° 2) a) Keep im the MIDDLE Of the Road© In buying School Shoes avoid extremes; if you buy too fine a Shoe you are apt to get leather that is too delicate for hard goccneeeesoes BOYS! : i] wear—and if you buy too cheap a Shoe you are liable to be deceived into buying cheap substitutes of sole leather that will not wear nor prove any protection from the dampness of the ground. ® Here are some “MID- DLE- OF-THE-ROAD a) = COSEOOOOOSO SG OOOO EOE SHOES” that we can ¢& recommend for fit and © service—they are made @ on good styles and more & economical for you to buy than any other Shoes we know of. $1.09 “Iron Clads” FOR GIRLS.—Of Soft yet Stout Dongola, with Strictly Solid Bottoms and Patent Leatuer Tips, Laced or Button—all Sizes. FOR BOYS.—Heeled or Spring- Heel Laced Shoes, of Durable Veal or Sutin Cait, with Substantial Single or Double Soles. “Monument” Schoo! Shoes, For Girls or Small Boys, are Inade of the Famous Vicl Kid, With Tips of the sume and Stout Oak-tanned Soles— They're Hand-sewed Finish. Sizes @ to 8 izes B14 to 10) Sizes 11° to (2 “Crack=Proof’’ 3 Calf Shoes Have jumped into immediate faver;—they shine Ike an led-leather Shoe, and have all the virtues of the ordinary Child's” Sizes Misses’ or “Champion” $1.50 Shoes, The be: and nd Dress made. for Girls for Boys. Sole”? Shoes. ne Hand-made Ps with Invisible cost. a Htth 0 > “Cork Hai Wm. Hahn & Co.’s & RELIABLE SHOB HOUSES: 930 and 932 7th st., 1914 and 1916 Pa, 233 Pa. ave. se. ave., Boa Wilmarth & Edmonston, 1205 Pa. Avenue. Refrigerator BARGAINS. We've never been in a position to offer you such reductions in the prices of first- class refrigerators. Here it 1s near the close of the season, and we've made up our minds not to carry over a single one if a low price will sell them. ‘The “Waterman” 1s acknowledged the best slate-stone shelf charcoal-packed re- frigerator made, and it {s seldom sold under price. No. 1, $13.50 ones, $9.50: No. 2, $16.50 ones, $11.5 ( 3, $18.50 ones, $13.50 4, $23.00 ones, $16.5 4%, $27.50 ones, $19.50 If there's anything you need In the line of kitchen utensils and furnishings come here for it, for we have got the finest— of all sorts—and we ask not a cent more than you'll pay elsewhere for the tuferlor sorts. Our prices for the best are guaran- teed the lowest. é It 1205 Pa. Avenue. Ya 4-button Dressed Kid Gloves, are grand values, manufactory, and at the price que Our $1.25 Real & Kid Gloves, O5 In Black, White, and, in fact, all ——, m+ 9B SCHOOL rehae l Ls BL AT HALF PRICE. School days are close at hand. Before your “young hopeful” goes back to school he'll require a new suit. You have until closing time to- morrow night to buy it here at half the marked price. The suits are medium weight and suitable for early fall wear. We guarantee to give you better Boys’ Clothing for less money than you can buy anywhere elsc—even when other others advertise their entire stock at “kalf price PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., " Clothiers, 315 7th St. a ae SATURDAY'S) SHOE SPECIALS The interest grows apace. More shrewd women are learning of our Shoe offerings every day. We like to see the store al- ways busy—and we are hold- ing out special inducements to bring you here. Read the story below of tomorrow’s unusual shoe bar- gains. It’s of special interest in the new and extremely stylish “egg’ toe, with patent leather tip. All sizes. First of the season price was $4. Your cholce for e put © quick-selling price on the Fine Oxfords. In bluck and tan, sizes and att styles of toe. Former prices were $3, $3.50 and $4. Your choi $1.95 School days Are drawing near. Your boy no doubt needs Shoes. him a pair of these Fine Culfskia Lace Shoes. You will have to pay $2.50 aud $3 for them anywhere else In Washington. A spleudid wearing quality,, Your cholce for No other shoe store in town ean offer von such unusual shoe values. -We are building up a big trade hers in consequence. avenner pes & avis, avenner 928 F St., Atlantic Bldg. Yale Higrnse Shoes oe Elphonzo Youngs Co. Can just supply the demand for Mason’s. porcelain fruit jars—and that’s all. Mason's are concededly best. Pints, per case of 12, 43¢. Quarts, per case of 12, 53c. Half gallons, per case of 12, 73¢. Eiphonzo Youngs Coa., Wholesale and Retail Grocers, 428 oth St., bet. D and E. KNEESSI, 425 7th st. Can’t help talking about school trunks—for we’ve got such a fine line and we know our prices aren’t near as much as others ask. Suppose you look around and see for yourself. It'll mean a big saving. Strap free and name on the trunk. ‘Trunks called for end repaired. se11-28d If THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE ‘and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teet It soothes the child, softens the gum, all in, cures wind eolic snd is the best remedy for Siarthoca,” 25 centa a bottle, eel0-17 the fusblorable street and evening shades. TRIED ON AT OUR RISK, and warranted a3 to wear and qual- ity. This 1s positively the cheapest fine glove offered by any firm in town! Louvre Glov Co., 919 F St. —It’s bargain time here all of the time, but sometimes the bar- gains are a little bigger—like these: Baby Carriages, $3.50 and up. That’s less Box Gouckes, only slightly solled. W x Couches, only so! e $5.50. Now $5. ‘5 ~ Reupholsteriug ts our forte. No better work, ye, smaller eharges than ours, Estimates The Houghton Co. 1214 F ST. N.W. 010208 J. T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. N.W., CAR- Lining, Felts, Fire Brick and Clay, Asbes % Line, Swe and ance Bly Ecofing Material, ol ANGOSTURA BITTERS IS KNOWN ALL OVER the world as the great regulator of digestive or- ans. Dr. Sfegert’s is the only genuine. At all ruggists. : =< Protecting Pedestrians, As heretofore ptedicted in The Star, the Commissioners have passed a police reg- ulation compelling allysteam railroads to station watchmen with lanterns at all ercesings, unless ‘the fame are protected by safety gates. ‘The’ new regulation as amended reads as follows: “Section 31, Alb:grade crossings or in- tersections of any: steam railroad tracks with strects, avenues or roads shall be mede safe by the company owning or op- eratirg such roads by gates and electric bells, or other means ,and appliances ap- proved by the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Between sunset and sun- rise of each day a,headlight or other equiv- alent reflecting lahtern, or g hand lantern in the hands of an attendaft, to give due warning to persons near or crossing steam railread tracks of the approach of the tra'rs, locomotives or cars, shall be dis- played upon the advancing end of every train of steam railroad cars, and gf single steam railroad cars and locomotives not in train, when moving in the District of Co- }lumbia. It shall be unlawful for any per- son to set in motion, run or operate any train of railroad cars, single railroad car or locomotive, without the said display of such lights or lanterns, over any cross- ing or intersection named herein unless the same is guarded by safety gates as pro- vided in this and the succeeding section hereof.” —>—__. At the congressioral conveytion of the eighth Wisconsin district Weénesday Judge George W. Cate of Stevens Point was rom> inated unarimously in spite of his positive declmation by telegraph, BRYAN AND KANSas| Olaim That He Will Carry the State by 10,000. No Republican Money to Be Put There Unless McKinley Needs the Vote— The Congressional Contests. Special Comespondence of The Evening Star. TOPEKA, Kan., September 9, 1896. There are a great many republicans in Kansas who believe that the republican national committee has abandoned Kan: and will make no special effort to carry the state for the McKinley and Hobart elect ticket. In fact, word has reached head- quarters here that Mr. Hanna will put money into the contest here if he finds that McKinley will need Kansas’ vote in the electoral college. Otherwise, the repub- licans in the state must take care of the financial matters necessary in pulling their state, congressional and legislative tickets through. Candidates for state senator and members of the house of representatives who have a hard fight ahead of them do rot relish this condition. They, of all, ex- pect help in a financial way, and when they are told that Mr. Hanna will put up money in case he needs Kansas in his business, they go home with that tired feeling so prevalent among Kansas statesmen. They are willing to sacrifice themselves on the altar of their country that the brilliant In- galls may ge back to the United States Senate, but if Mark Hanna desires to con- tinue the reign of Peffer for another six years, he can be accommodated, for that will be the result, they say, unless the na- tional committee comes to the rescue. Silver Fight for the Legislature. The silver forces in Kansas are making the big fight for the legislature and the electoral ticket, and if the vote cast two years ago and the accessions to that ele- ment from the silver republicans can be lied upon for an estimate for this year, this state will declare for Bryan for President, and its legislzture will be anti-republican. The free silver republican state committe with Webb McNall as chairman, makes a showing that is not very hopeful to the r publican leaders of Kansas. McNall claims that up to the present time he has reports that there are 502 Bryan clubs in Kansas, with a total membership of 75,485, of which 040 are republicans. In 1894 the popu- 329 votes, and the demo- making a total of 145,038. ‘These forces have fused and will cast their n. Add to the fusion vote rT republicans, and the com- against McKinley is 158,07 The republican vote of 1894 was 148,60) fubtract from that the 13,040 silver repub- licans, and it leaves the republican strength 13 Based upon these figures, Bryan would carry the state by - In this compilation no account is taken of the gold standard democrats of Kansas. A conservative estimate places their strength at 5,00) votes. They wili not vote the Bryan ticket and should, of course, be subtracted from the total democratic-popu- list vote, which is given at 14 which would reduce that total to 140, ‘onced- ing that all the gold democrats would vote the McKinley electoral ticket and that there are 5,000 of them, the state would go to McKinley by 579 Votes. The result may be close, but from indications now, it is claimed that Bryan will carry it by at least 10,000, The Congressional Districts. The contest 1s exceedingly intere the various congressional districts first, Congressman Broderick is making a hard fight and willbe ri majority. That distri lican, and the opposition have no hope breaking the majority. The second district, In which J. P. Ha: is the republican and M.S. Peters the op- ion candidate, is today in doubt the election should oceur within the next week, Peters would probably win. There are several local fights in progress in the district betw hope for Hz of these quarre No one can predict the result in the third district, though the republicans say Con- gressman Kirkpatrick will be re-elected by from 1,500 to 2,000. The opposition has fused on E. R. Ridgley, a populist lawyer of Pittsburg, Crawford county. He is an able campaigner and is making a system- atic canvass,and it 1s the belief of of Chair- man Breidenthal of the populist state com- mittee that Ridgely will be elected by at least 800 majority. Congressman Curtis of the fourth dis- trict will have his usual 2,500 majority. He has the reputation of getting more for his constituents than any man who ever went to Congress from Kansas. Old soldiers who have gone into the free silver move- ment are for Curtis to a man, while the young men of the district are standing by him almost to a man. His majority this year may go above 3,000. Congressman Calderhead, in the fifth, was elected on a gold platform in 184, and he will win this year, but with a re- duced majority. His opponent, W. D. Vin- cent, is cne of the strongest men in the populist party, and, with ex-Congressman Davis, is making a school house campaign of the district. The sixth district was the only one that returned a populist majority in 1894, and that majority was under 200, This’ year Judge A. H. Ellis is again the republican n republicans, and the only is the speedy settiement candidate, while N. B. McCormick is backed by the opposition forées. Ellis be- lieves he will be elected, but at the populist headquarters in this city the election of McCormick is confidently claimed, and the prediction is that his majority will be in the neighborhood of 1,500. Claim for Jerry Simpson. The silver forces also claim the election of Jerry Simpson, in the seventh district, but they do not give estimates of his prob- able majority. Congressman Long has challenged him to joint debate, and the voters of the big seventh are looking ahead to a very lively tilt between these states- men. Long has grown very rapidly since his election to Congress, and the republican leaders say he will be re-elected by at least 1,50 majority. Congressman Blue is, of course, running in the state at large. His election or defeat will depend entirely on the result in the state. If Kansas goes for Bryan, Blue’s opponent, the Rev. J. D. Botkin, populist, will take his seat with the new delegation to be chosen in November. ——.__ “BEER AND BICYCLES.” More Views on This Question. The “beer and bicycles” question prom- ises to attract more attention than the money problem now. rending the country. ‘The Star continues to receive more contri- butions to the symposium of opinions on the proposition originally advanced by a correspondent of The Star that the use of the wheel by women leads to undue indal- gence in drink and tends to the creation of unwholesome moral conditions. There comes a letter signed “John M. Delany,” who directs his attention at the views of “Physician,” whose letter was published September 7. Mr. Delany says: “The first question that arises in ‘Phy- sicjan’s’ mind is: ‘Have gentlemen less re- spect for the girl who rides a wheel than for one who does not?’ Emphatically no. On the contrary, a gentleman's respect grows with his admiration, and though ‘Physician’ apparently sees nothing to admire ina girl with short skirts or bloomers pedaling through our streets, I am happy to say he belongs to the ‘hopeless mincrity.’ In my sight there is nothing more entrancing than a pretty girl in a natty bicycle suit, and she is just as pure, noble and modest in this costume as in any other, gliding along on her ‘noiseless steed.’ She is simply the em- bodiment of grace and poetry, and ail this twaddle about the depraving Influences of the wheel is nothing but the outcome of a narrow or depraved mind. ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense.” “Now, Mr. Physician, I am surprised that a man who is so much concerned about the moral welfare of ‘God’s masterpiece or man’s ideal’ should forget his own dignity so far as to refer to our fair wives and daughters who ride wheels as ‘undignified creatures.’ You talk of forming an anti- female bicycle league. Anti-fiddlesticks. 1 would strongly advise the bicyclists to form an _ anti-interlopers’ league. You surely never rode a wheel, so the most charitable construction I can put upon your criticism is that you are a pessimist.” @Ancther correspondent, whose letter is signed “American Woman,” writes thu: “I have noticed that. The Star is quite Much Vexea impartial in giving voice to men and wo- men alike on this ‘beer and yele’ que tion. Thousands of women and girls are watching the discussion with unusual in- terest. To the ‘Young Lady’ who ‘sassed’ the doctor I would say: For the love of ull that is good and beautiful, abstain from drinking any kind of intoxicants. It will unfit you to maintain even the tam est | kind of a dash for liberty, and, besides | creating a desire for unrefined company, will give you liver and kidney trouble well as a bad breath, with complexi match. Liquor drinking is an c taste, anyway, and can very om overcome. If there is anythiy picable than a drunken ‘lady’ It can only be ber proper mate, the drunk man, Marsh You are probably a mem} mallow Wheel Club and can ™M Bessye, ayme, 9 p contingen hav rly your p ne nee t 1 such litue in at sa “nit,” anything worse in ‘I don’t think,’ and cisms (2) How’ every nerve thrills with excitement and pleasure little taste of emancipation you experienc when you dash up to that beer garden on | your wheel and order beer! Freedom independence are what the human ra sires above all things. But I imagine that your free-born American spi waxed wroth when you read the creed of David C, Bungs the other day. ‘o full of artless Jealousy ts guilt, it spilis itself in fearing to be spilt.’ He probably can prove that {t is £0, as well as ably substantiate t deniable fact that ‘if your } friends are men, they will, in almo: witt ev case, behind your back speak slightin ly of you, and by innuendo asperse your good name and give out an impression of to other men, at which your parents you would blush.’ Apro; of your beloved wheel, wear it out and save cnough out of your sa‘ary to buy yours hext year. But don’t w are so hideously ungraceful. The toon- i pttles that question when he makes ridiculous pictures of hts dear, good, pa Uent, fat, old mother on a ‘bike’ all rigged up in bloomers of the loudest de fon. She doesn't deserve such treatment at his hands, but what's the differen: so long as racy world is amus Methinks mith could protect you girls bet- ter if she would get herself a bicycle and direct her crusade against the real enemy, the men who are ‘only sowing their wild If a bette! one : bloome y th the Charlotte Another writes thus briefly oyer the inI- Is “L. A. R. Vlease give me space in ur peper to » that our good citizens do not really know how low some of their daughters have fallen since cycling has become the fad. Nor do they realize the temptations for them in their iong spins out in the suburbs. If they would like to know let them ask some of the coun} police. They could tell tales if they wish- €d to do so.” B. Mordaunt Wilson has this to say: our correspondent who signs his letter Thomas W. Gilmer says ‘men will certain- ly not reach the high level occupied by wemen until the millennium,’ etc. Now, if he Fad kept to ‘beer and bicycles’ I should not have taken part in the discu: to say ‘men will certainly not reac high ievel,’ etc., 18 such a libel upon men that I must answer him, with your per- mission. That some men do not reach the level of good women is evident to all, but let us thank God for the tho of good men who and reach down strong, kind han and women below them, and b+ Does Thomas D. Giin verse by Dallet: Fuguei? He whistled as he wen He bore the yourg wh deep, And helped the feeble up the hill. He seemed to go with heart athrill, Careless of deed, and wild of will; He whistled that he might not “Thank God there are m. E inen, who fight against sin in themselves, and who help others up the hill; they are on a level with the best women. for they are fighting shoulder to shoul with them and still € streams were uch G. S. Barnes, in writing to The Star, thinks one should look for the beginnings ‘ils complained of in the infancy of the He write en reading wi h much intere: the many contributions which have a peared in what may well be styled “the den or bicycle girls’ column.” 1 en amused, interested and some- astonished at the views which some of the writers have taken, but giving any e the right to express his honest con- victicns, allow me to ask the writers who have dy expressed their views the fol- lowing question: If the bicycle girl and the beer gardens are as bad as some have pic- tured them, how about your nurse girl? Is it not a well-established fact that as a twig is bent so will it grow? and nine out of ten times the first impression is alway a lasting one. Mothers, start your child right in its infancy, and you may rest as- sured your daughter will not be found in beer gardens or on her wheel on the out- skirts of the city at late hours, and often with young men whom she would not for the world invite to her own house. It was only this morning while coming through one of our parks in the northwest that 1 noticed five colored nurse girls, with small children in their charge, talking to one another and using language unfit for the vilest criminal to use. Can you expect your children to be the noble boys or girls that they should be when they grow up under such circumstances? I am not con- demning the riding of bicycles by ladies. On ‘the contrary, I think and believe it beneficial and healthful. Do not condemn the whole for the faults of a few.” —_—_.—___ RACING AT WARRENTON. Some Good Sport Witnessed by a Large Crowd. Correspondence of The Evening Star. WARRENTON, Va., September 9, 1896. Yesterday the Bullturn Jockey Club, whose personnel consists of the most pros- rerous farmers in this section who are in- terested in the breeding of half-bred horses oi the best class, gave its inaugural race meeting on the track near town. The weather was beautiful, and the surrounding country never looked so attractive to the lover of nature. The track was fast, and the recent rain made the Virginia clay stand out in its verdant setting like a red serpent. The first event on the program was rendered exciting by a thrilling inci- dent. Henry Caton, a young man about sixteen years old, had the most remarkable fall without sustaining injury, that was ever witnessed here. After the horses passed under the wire and were still in mo- tion, young Caton’s mount was attracted by @ break in the rail around the track, and making a plunge through, struck a post, throwing his rider fully fifteen feet in the air, who turned a double somersault and fell on his hips. The crowd was at once dumb struck with horror and dumfounded with astonishment when they saw the ath- letic young figure spring out of the cloud of aust that enveloped him, stand erect, and, after a minute or 80, stroll across the pad- dock with only a slight limp to his gait. "The horse was ruined, and will probably be killed. ‘The summary is as follows: First race, one-eighth mile dash—Lady, ridden by its owner, Dr. John R. Hicks, won; Lady Bothwell, Mr. B. F. Cockerill up, second. Second race, one-quarter mile—Lady Bothwell, Mr. Cockerill up, won; Maud, a sixteen-year-old mare, ridden by Mr. U. D. Benner, second. Third race, one and one-half miles—Mr. Isham Keith’s Diamond, with Mr. Cock- erill up, won; Professor Johns’ Do Know, Mr. Jack Barnard up, second. At the three-eighths mile Mr. Barnard’s girth parted, when he drew up, and the race was forfeited. The same horses were matched for the same distance half an hour later, when Do Know was ridden by Dr. Hicks, but Diamond’s speed and Mr. Cockerill’s horsemanship outclassed the only thoroughbred entered for the day. Fourth race, one-eighth mile—Mr. W. H. Clatterbrick’s Ceylon, Mr. Cockerill up, wen; Maud, ridden by Mr. Benner, secon Fifth race, one-quarter mile—Rosette, den by Mr. Coates, won; Lightfoot, Cooper up, second. Sixth race, one-half mile—Lady Bothwell, ridden by Mr. Cooper, won; Mr. Edward Spilman’s mare Zenda, with Mr. Coates up, second. The spectators were entertained during the waits with a pretty Shetland pony race of one-eighth mile, and a 100-yard dash between the same, “Ajax” winning the first event, with Master Erasmus Klo- man up, and “Prime” taking the second, with Master R. Spilman up. The day’s sport was brought to a close by an interesting pacing contest between the hersecs of Mr. Timberlake and Mr. Rawlins, the iatter winning by a head. Some of those in the grandstand were Mrs. Senator Stewart of Dupont Circle, Mrs. Gen. Will- iam H. Payne, Mrs. Landale, Mrs. Pori- iran, Miss Fannie Herbert, Miss Bessie Fcx, Miss Virginia Payne, Mrs. George Stone, Mr. Barclay Beran, Mr. Cecil Lan- dale, Miss Louise Booker, the Misses Spil- man, Mrs. Carter Scott, Mrs, William C. THE SHAKERS’ IDEAS OF MEDICINE. Nowadiys when a man goes to his doctor he is usnally gold that he has some uubenrd-of disens ‘ith a long name, and when he leaves the off he does not know whether it is Vitus Dan umption t is gradually undermining | beau, It fs therefore refreshing to talk with the ers, for their very simplicity commands « + al we have the that t the study of di hundre ‘The y ly too glad to 4 further sa ther for mi have devo; nd its erable old man whom the writer saw wos t. H is pet su at strange ae it migh ed that three HM attribay He then went ont seem, of the to faulty 4 that ac patrid mat or de tbe a nit very poisonous, and mi foods, even if tuk yet these san ach In the fr Dose unless di In auch cases the n tem, when aches and soon fol It devote their energies to the perfect which would sti th assist (hem ty perform their proper work, Th of appecite, g poisons enter the sys- wins, weal Md debitity was tural consequenc m of this that led the Shakers to dnt as necognith not a pr ulate ayy first symptom of d the rdered d hiker 1 stion Is loss stive Cordial is tress after eoplained by Parmtess, Better evidence of the in it could not be found than i that they have he bands of alt auc tried it wall pr e and marked benef at it wil hall, Miss America y Scott, Mr. Russell 1: eand Mr. Weber. The § Shirley GC Mr. Chas William C. Marshall and Mr M The starters were Mr. Edward Darker, secretary, and Mr. F. A. B. Portman, “hip of the Warrenton hounds > SECOND VIRGINIA DISTRICT. Some Opinions ax to the Political yn There. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star WILLIAMSBURG, t a hundred year: © a somewhat great- in polities than capital of th er importance its popula- tion would rcem to warrant. It ts t home of Dr. R. A. Wise, the regular re- publican nominee for Congress from the svcend district. As he sees it the county and district will be carried by the re- publicans so far as ballots are concerned, but it does not follow that they will get the offices. “I do not know of a single on the peningula,” he said in “who will not vote for McKi know of mary democrats who will 1 for Bryan, and some who will v do not know that an will vote for McKinley Ml vote for Pa The ¢ district are republican on a fair vow that we are not likely to have judges of the election ate board, who are treme ally, cannot anding with cith whom they can control or Then thi in this st ‘The voter us write white or b of fraud. ticket marked by a sym scratch out the names which Want to vote. If any remain, so that a double vote cast for any on: = made re bal- . this the pretext for casting out th lot. Then a great many being unable to’ re their ballots fixed for them ntage is taken of Yes, the nomination by the gold democrats in this district will ald us here, as are many who will vote it who w: go to the length ef voting for Mc Judge R. L. Henley says that the is normally republican, but has been ried by the democrats for the last five years. “A conservative republica added, “would carry it now. There good deal of feeling between the of the republican party, and to secure a full vote would both Wise and Dyer and to nominate a new man. There are a zood many demc- crats in the county who would like to see McKinley elected, but I don't know whether they will go to the extent of vot- ing directly for him. There are also a few republicansI know of three, who will vote for Bryan. The split in the party wi in no way affect the presidential In this county it is about equally di Thefe is no populist vote her L. W. Lane, formerly county treasurer, a very intelligent and well-informed man, says that there will be a nearly straight party vote on the peninsula. There are some gold democrats at Newport News and a few at Hampton, but not many will break away from their party. Demacrats cannot afford to risk white supremacy. He admits that he is not favorabie 20 free coinage, and would have voted for a gold man, if he had been nominated at Chi- cago, quite as readily as for Bryan. The farmers in this county are prac tcaly sol.d tor silver. Crops are 0 low and times are so hard that they are realy to iry any- thing which promises relief. Tne county, district and state will be carried by the democrats. F. H. Geddy, clerk of ihe county and circult courts, says: “In the county, cut of a vote of about 900, the democrats have a majority of about 200. In 1887 and 181 the republicans carried the county and most of the offices were filled by colored men. The treasurer defaulted with about $7,000, which brought the parzy into repute. There are some republicans ¥.ho will not support Wise, and he cannot earry his county. Outside of the town it is sclid for silver. If Tyler is renominated a few republican votes will probably be given bim, through the influence of his brothe the president of Wiliam and Mary Colleg Taking everything together, there is prospect of an increased democrat! in the county and district.” Both parties iay considerable stress upon what they call the “normal” vote. The fact seems to be that for the las: ter. or twelve years one party has been on tep about as often as the other, and cach holds the vote by which it came into power to be the normal one. It is quite evident to ene on the ground that the democrats are much more sanguine than the republicans. How far the charge of fraud in the past is justified need not be discussed, but the claim that the coming election is to be carried by fraud must be interpreted as a forecast of probable defeat. It 1s the ge eral expectation here that Ty: renominated at the convent which meets on the 17th instant, though William Young of Norfolk is a close competitor. It is also the understanding that 1) bolting republican, will be withdrawn. The Gold Balance. The treasury yesterday | gold coin and $11,000 in bars. a vote $36,400 in The deposits York the the and day true ef gold coin, however, at N gain for leaves Boston make the net about $2,000,000, which amount of the reserve $1¢ $6 Suffering Among Miners. The Treasury Department has information that there is likely to suffering among the miners at Cook’ who are returning from the Alaskan gold fields, uniess the commercial companies which took them north provide for their passage home. There are about 1,000 of these destitute miners. —o-—____ Toe Show Cause. The Commissioners today ordered that the president-of the Belt line railroad show cause within one week why the Commis- sicners should mot proceed with the remov- al cf the unused car tracks at the south- west corner of 3d and B streets, leading into the company’s stable, and chasge the ccst of the work against the company. This work was ordered some time ago, but up to the present time the railroad haa peid no attention to the order.