Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1897, Page 10

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We're ready to call for your bundle whenever you say. It The Yale, 518 10th St. use —— Fitted shy. Hosiery he.” NEW WASHING INSTRUMENT HOUSE, 1108 F ters, Elastic DN SURGICAL Bw. jad-3m SENATORS IN TOWN — Not the Law Makers, but the Kind That as Ball. 10 SPEND ti MONTH in PRACTICE eens Sizing Up the Teams of the Na- tional League. ae NOTE OF See during the THE PLAYERS ‘al of the Senators floated into town pest week, ord at the present Temple cup series, but if they slump off at all they are very likely to miss the prize money by even a worse location than third place. The Rusie Case. It was thought when the league decided. to assume the cost of defense in Rusie’s suit to dissolve the reserve rule that it meant that the members of the league had banded together to boycott the Hoosier pitcher; that, in other words, if Rusie wins his suit none of the other clubs will en- gage him. ‘This has been an impression that has gone around, but it seems to have been a mistaken one. James Hart, the president of the Chicago club, said the other day that if Rusie won his suit the Chicagos would certainly make a bid for his services This demonstrates that there is no boycott against the pitcher. Free to go where he desires, one will not have a hard time guessing where Rusie will play. He and President Brush of the Cin- cirnatis are the very best of friends. Rusie is not an ingrate, and he may yet be found with the Reds. Should he play vnder Brush's banner there can be no question but that the Cincinnati club will win the pennant hands down. But think time quite a formidable team could be | of Freedman! To lose Rusie would be bad gathered at the 7th street grounds if the | enough, but for that great pitcher to ap- ther permitted ouside playing. Charley | Pear against his team under the banner “Billy” Lush, “Jim” (lass condition. chummed together, as usual, seen parading the Lush is down to fighting wi Ibach’s hand looks as good as ever. and Si The Washington during the coming week. Wagner will be here next Monday. Light gymnasium work will be indulged in at first, but it will have to be very light, as all the boys er weight. ( will probably Institute gymnasium chosen by be work will begin. grounds can be used with Nat.onal Park will be the scene of interesung contests between the ral members of the team, reinforced by local the Norfolk ers, and April 1, am of the Virginia and ? ween two regularly s. Then the Georgetown team, under the guidance , the great left fielder of the Bal- McGuire and Selbach are the latest addition to the colony, and every one of them is in first- Cartwright and McGuire and could be venue almost continu- remainder of the team are expected in Man- ager Schmelz is already here, and Mr. Earl down to the prop- Manager melz in which to knock the kinks out of his men, but at the first opportunity outside of of Brush would be enough to send him to the hospital. But stranger things have happened, and since the “Big five’ have been cut down to the “Little three” there is every indication that what Freedman thinks and says amounts to very little. Prospects of the Browns. ‘The St. Louis Club’s official organ de- clares that the Browns will be a first di- vision team. They may be until April 2: and then they will hit the toboggan so hard that it will tear chunks out of their bloomers, says the St. Louis Star. The St Lou's magnate made a good start at se- curing players to strengthen his team when he secured Hutchinson, Bierbauer and Esper, but like the old skates at his out- lawed track, he seems to have given out in the stretch. St. Louis will have to have at least another half dozen such players be- fere a real ball team can be organized the mound city. Dowd, Bierbauer, Har per, Hutchinson, McFarland and Sull van are all right, and probably ‘Tuck’ Turner, but the rest should be given awa and new players secured. Manager Stal- lings of tre Phillies has given it out that he will trade any man on the team except Delehanty, and will probably sell a half dozen other boys that wouldl become sta if placed cn the St. conclusions with the | if Louis pay roll. Wi abudenes splay | Wen der Ahe does not try to open neo! Contest will he 4 | ons with the Philadelphia manager is a ay developer: tou) hac 166 The | MyStery. McFarland is a good man, but Strong Syracuse team follows on April | Be can get two or three men in exchange Seat ann it nik senonte arene til who will benefit the mound city team much ie ta Reoreeee Tes Suppo mere than the splendid catcher. to be the Pittsburg E peak or he Pe half dozen of their men will be found in| WiGarneae ce cuceeraLucs: Bae Another “farm” team follows fhe Philagelohia manager is worried the delphia coming April] about a shortstop, and last Thursday 8, 9 b m is a developer for} wrote to Geier, the Washington boy re- reeehe are on the tenn. Then oar own {ever played short stop, and whether he team theworon thought he can fill that position. Geier’s 14, and the local follower short and to the » can get a line on the much ad MeGann, and in size McCauley, 1 the of or talked about by local cept the showing of the dif- Looking Over the Teams. point. He “Of course I can, and I'll open some if you give me a chanc And there you are. If the Phillies really nt a shortstop, why don’t tney go afte> ? They can't use , and best fielding third basemen in , tne Senators can. Wrigley, the utility man, is only a few » Montreville, and when in gue batted up over 400, batting is not needed in Phila ia, and he would cinch about the only in the Quaker outht. If Man- Close and exciting struggles have mark tallings doesn't want to part with the race for the championsnip of the perhaps pe ee Coole; ti ague for the past two seasons. eaten al 1 ley, t of “04 was a better one than chat | persuasion in the way of but it is the belief of experts that | to make him part with the brilliant in- the season of * ill be even t than | fielder. of its exciting predecessors. Almo: every one has about come to the conclu- on that the coming season will be a b: This c f that at k little figu r one for the big start mores, to finish. bar year to win the pennant, beeat they will so against a harder game than the ever did before. Many of the friends of the 0 not like the idea of so r stars tting married just pr ng of the season, but a few her the old re spirit remains er whether the respon: being a will be a h innati, ¢ Boston, New “azo at iladelphia wil » the pace decidediy warm one for timore bir ston team shoul? not be under- imated. They were followed by a stri ot bad luck jas ason, but nding the entire team toge: right positio: Either » were i all the tim ja team, no mat The chances ar lt right the co ¥. who is with & likely be hes been will very, health ernal Notes of the Game. Shorty Fuller and Ace Stewart are being lered for the Cincinnatis’ short field ase Corcoran fails to materialize. Pickering, the sensational centerfielder of Louisville, id to be as good a short- stop as he fs an outfielder. He may be needed. The Prookiyn Club will play cent ball the coming season, all reports to the con- trary notwithstanding. That's what the admission will be, but from the present outlook it tion whether the ent cl: i. will astonish the ub 2ut condition : » he appears in uniform. He must certainly be fifty-pounds unde ht: his belt alone be eight inche: horter. the boy What a “baby’’ he would be if he would hit up around for 0 this poth on and off the ball field. wrong. Corcoran is a geutleman and i educated, and does not want to be peddled around among the clubs Hike a piece of pork. He thinks he might have been con- j suited before the recent deal went through. ‘The the Boston club will have a novelt uniform line the coming season. ‘The will be decorated by a mammoth ireular patch, upon which the word rin white. The Bean- an assortment of sig- in ill look like Pulliam must have made that r for Childs just to cause a little newspaper flurry. He certainly had little idea that it: would be accepted. Childs, in > have entirely « te of his 200 pounds done up in five feet are that the four, comes as near being a $10,000 beauty heaters will certainly be a strong prop. | as player in the league. Childs not osition the comi: only plays a great ond base, but he New York: only one star | “bings "em out” at over a .300 clip, d can ‘9 make the team a very strong | get down to first pretty nearly as fast as No sleep nec in teft hela. a be lost over Sta a hard hitter, and Eddie Capt. McKean or Jesse Burkett. Bill Joyce of the Giants suggests a ee tal shades sh change in base ball playing rules which h Toding if his stick work is all right. thinks would result in better playing. Bill aiegie nee te t season, | suggestion is nothing more or less than to ae oat Se sight of. kness | do away with the error column in scoring— By eee naginary than | not to keep track of the errors at all, any as Joyce can be depended upon to | more than to the number of foul balls hit their nerve, and the exhibitions given in this city by Wilson, Warner and ordi- Zearfoss were far from bein A good man to t Ke ace the Giants in may finish up close » bottem of the st six. two grand pitchers, Young and he * of the ; hold up, piders” will be, as a strong bidd for the pennant. It is a very evenly balanced team outside box. but it has two of the greatest pitche s in the league to support. A good team, with a pitcher that can do his part. makes hard games very easy. A team can be a little shy on hitting and base running and win out if pitcher is in the box. awful handic puzzling: Bad pitching fg an ort number of step a player tak running the bas This, of course, would do away with fielding averages, but Joyce thinks it would result in players making greater efforts to get everything that came their way. WIND AN CARSON. Livery Stablemea the Only Ones Who Enjoy the Weather. CARSON, Nev., March 6—If either of the big fighters do outdoor work today it will be confined to the exercise of wading through snow drifts, for Carson is once more covered with a few feet of the,white : D. nuisance. All yesterday the wind tore nae Le — iis Siocionals finish? That’s | madly across the plains and the heavy question. Captain gs recently said: "I never make it a practice to im, | Gar clouds hung over the mountains. dulge in any lofty predictions. Brag isa | 1® the early evening clouds drifted over bad dog. I said when I took hold of the | the vaHey and, opening up, let fall a few team that we w son than we did the se spring I said we we year we will f As there were son before, would beat the h better than we did this. d any p aged, but to me that in charge. yon two pennants, the world’s cha puship on iwo diffe occasions. I think the Reds for 1897 one of strongest tions ever put together, an Yorks, w Ne are fi m that Temple cup mone; If Tommoy Corcoran can be brought into and will put forward his best en- no falling down next year. of nerve last s out of first place and ut Corcoran can be vill | in the fighting world. s a harder team to beat Add Breiten- 19 Corcoran and {t will easily be seen that the Reds have been strengthened tne fold leavors there wi strous one S$ want last demoralized the whoie is not built that way, team, and if ke an the Clevelands. more than any other team in the leagu ‘The Chicago and Philadelphia clubs the one ble. base ball enthusiast. the “dope” lewing order: more. Cleveland, adelphia, lyn, Louisville and St. Louts. Cincinnati, Boston, Baltl- New York, Chicago, Phil- This takes the Baltimores out of the uld finish better that sea- Last : record made in 1805, and I believe that next teams ahead of that I have our I have never nt for teams that I man- sannet be but a matter of pride le I was is se ball wegrega- nd that with our of good luck we will not be far cff e that may cause all sorts of trou- This list takes in seyen clubs, and It is a good guesser, indeed, who can locate the club that will head the second division. Placing the clubs at the end of the season is an old proposition, and {t rests entirely on the opinions of the different writers, but it makes good reading for the average From all the infor- mation obtainable and a rearrangement of book the teams should come under the wire next fall in about the fol- Pittsburg. Washington, Brook- | way officials. The entire rolling st: million tons of snow. In half an hour fully an inch came down, and the fall continued well into the night. All this pleases nobody but the gentlemen who operate livery stables, for it means much added wealth to them. There seems to be an unwritten rule in Carson City that anything on runners shall cost more than anything on wheels, consequently visitors to the training quarters of either one of the two sole and only champions of the world must pay more by one-third for the distinction of sliding to their destination than for reaching it on wheels. The livery man has no good reason for this save that it is the custom of the place and it goes. There was the usual crowd around the depot this morning to witness the alleged incoming of John L. Sullivan, who, as usual, did not arrive. Nobody seems to know when Sullivan is coming or whether he is coming at all, but in Carson City and in Reno crowds surround every incoming train to catch a glimpse of the man who gave Corbett a chance to rise to the top A regiment of Cor- betts and Fitzsimmons cannot begin to draw the crowd that John L. attracts. SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.—Elaborate arrangements have been made for keeping order at Carson during the big fight. Will- fam Pinkerton is to have sole charge of the police, and 100 of his men will be brought from various gections of the coun- try. There will be twelve from San Fran- cisco, fifteen from Denver, ten from New York, ten from Boston, ten from St. Louis, ten from Philadelphia. The rest will come fiom St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago. In addition, the Carson sheriff will swear in 600 deputies. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 6—The demands for railway accommodations for |- | the fight at Carson on the 17th instant have rall- of - | exce@ded the anticipations of all the Pullmans on the Pacific coast division the Southern Pacific Company from Paso to Portland has béerfengaged for the accommodation of patrbr® fifty Pullmans having been engaged ftom San Francisco alone. The passenger ,dgpartment of the Southern Pacific believes that the company will carry at least 12,000 fo the fight. Coil. C. F. Crocker, vice president of the South- ern Pacific, has issued @ ¢irculer, suspend- ing the free list until aftem the fight. STAR POIN SOLD. The Famous Pacer Brings $15,600 at Auction, James A. Murphy of (CHfcago bought the famous pacer, Star Pofnter, record 2.022, for $15,600 last night at the horse sale in Ma¢ison Square Garden, in New York. Bidding was lively until the $10,000 mark was reached. After thattMr. Murphy's only opponent was “Bod” Palmer of Boston. The bidders raised the price first at $1,000, then at $500 a clip until it reached $1. . Mr. Murphy bid $15,6) and Palmer refused to bid any more. The auctioneer then de- Clared Star Pointer sold to Mr. Murphy. BOW LING. The Washington Athletic and Carroll In- stitute bowling teams rolled a league set of tenpins last night on-the alleys of the former, and each team won a game, the Carrolls winning the first game by the score of 740 to 604 by the Washingtons, a margin of 46 pins. In the second game the Washingtons put up a score of 756 to U9 by the Carroils, winning by 60 pins. Mar- tin made the highest score of the eveninz 17 pins, end also the best average, It) pins. Locraft made the highest score for his side, 174 pins, and Ellsworth the best average, 157% pins. Locraft made the dif- ficult spare of 5-8-10. The score follows Washington Athletic Club. FIRST GAME. | SECOND GAME. Sp St. 3) Kida. ii 172 Martin. 219 Dietz. a + 146 Schl 1 ‘hlesinger. 11, Carroll Institute. SECOND GAM alsworth, 5] Locraft Ston i 4| Stone. . Armstrong. 3 4| Armstrong. Totals. 11 2il Totals. ‘The next set of games will ke rolled next Monday night on the Suengerbund alleys between the Saengerbund and Washington Athletic Club. Roberts of England Willing to Play Champion De Oro in Lond John Roberts, the English billiard cham- pion, has just made known in England his willingness to play a match at pool in Lon- don with Alfredo De Oro, the American pool champion, says the New York Sun. Roberts has agreed to allow $250 to De Oro for expenses and $1,500 stake if he wins, or $500 if he loses, the match to last one weck, playing afternoons and evenin Roberts announces his willingness to de posit $500 forfeit to bind the match. De Oro’s serious sickness has thus far pre- vented the settlement of this match. Roberts wants it played in May or June, and says that he awaits an answer from De Oro. “CHECKER Messrs Mundelle and-Farquhar finished their match of fourteen games for the checker championship of the District. M Mundelle won by the close score of 3 to and 9 draws. The last’six games pla’ between them were drawn. It is probable these players will play ‘another match in the near future, CHESS. The unfinished games. between Me Wanna and O'Farrell in the tournament the Washington Chess C! completes last Saturday evening, the res ng drawn game. The ending was as exciting as the were anxio opening had been. Both 7 to vin, as‘a lost game de- royed the loser’s chances, for first hon- ors. A draw meant the same thing for O'Farrell, but Mr. Hanna may yet tie for first place. But four games remain to be played. M Walker and Tharp will probably play this evering. ‘The score of the ay leaders is as follow Won. Lost. Tharp Walker Pillsbury h 1g cured a decided lead in match with Showalter for ihe cham- nship of the United State being % to 0 in his favor i played the Lopez opening 1 gave up a Pp score ‘to the fourth game for positio: thing. He Ru Showalter lost another. pawn on the tieth move, and resigned on the forticth move. The fifth game was also a Ruy Lo- pez, ope y Pillsbury, who won three Showalter was com) up for a pawn in order two T On Monday last Sho- iter availed himself of his second “oft” » following is the score of the are. Hanna and O'Farrell: game 166 UK) -KE RU)-B3, K SK 0 RED Rxluk5) ROK 2 Ix? 3K 0 Castles P-Q3 K-QKtt 15 Castles(kry Pax? Pxk 6 PxP B-K3 6 P—KKtE 17 BOK Kt-Q Pxv P—ghs PKs BsKt Px P-KKts PRD K_K PRG its KR- LRT P—BSQ) Kt P-RRQ) Q—Q8eh Q-Bich KRG” Q-Qieh Kr-Kts K-Kiz. QR-Q 5S K-Bt = Q- —KRt It 59 K-Ktt Q -KB2 RxB Drawn. Athletes Broke Records. ‘The indoor games of the Cornell Athletic Club were held in the university gymnast- um last evening and proved close and ex- citing. Two Cornell records were broken. Results: ‘Thirty-yard handicap run—Won by Vree- land (2 feet); second, Whinnery (3 feet). Time, 34-5 seconds. Thirty-yard hurdle (low)—Won by White (3 feet); second, Yale (sgratch). Time, 41-5 ‘Thirty-yard hurdle (high)—Won by Yale (scratch); second, White (3 feet). Time, 5 seconds. Running high jump—Wpn by Cameron (9 inches); second, Hudson @ inches); heighi, 5 feet 3 inches. ih ‘Standing high jump—Ti (6 inches) and Hastings.4 inches) at 4 feet inches. Burnett, at geratch, jumped 4 feet 97-8 Inches, raising the Cornell record an eighth of an inch and reaching within the intercollegiate record. Putting 16-pound sh (scratch); second, Lue: tance, 39 feet 2 inches, jicreasing the Cor- nell record by 1 foot 4 inches. Broad jump—Won by,,Burnett (scratch); secon, Chalmers @ inghes). Distance, 10 feet 6 inches. e between White ‘Won by White (6 inches). Dis- The Showalter-Pil ilisbary Match. The sixth game of the chess match be- tween Showalter and Pillsbury, which was adjourned late Wednesday night, was won yesterday at New York by Showalter, after seventy moves. Last night the seventh game of the match was played, Pillsbury opening Ruy Lopez, and Showalter, for the first time in the match, defending with 3 Kt. B. 3. The score now stands: Showalter, 2; Pillsbury, 3; drawn, 2. “Dave” Fouts Dead, “Dave” Foutz, the well-known base ball player and in recent. years manager of the Brooklyn league team, djed at his mother's home at Waverly, 2, suburb of Baltimore, yesterday, of asthma. David L. Foutz was born in Baltimore forty years ago. In the ays of the American Association he was ar pitcher of the St, Louis team. In = he joinet the Brooklyn team, and until the close of last season had been connected with that club as pitcher, first baseman and manager. retire. Il-health forced him to Bass Will Be Protected. ‘The laws of Maryland, Virgiria avd West Virginia, passed for the protection of bass in the Potomac, will go into effect today. This is by virtue of the fact that Governor McCorkle of West Virginia signed the bill for the protection of the fish in nis state. The protective laws of the three states were contingent upon the passage of simi- lar laws in each state. West Virginia was the last to pass the law ase eee RHODES PAID THE FINES. Resumption of the Transvaal Raid In- vestigation, The inquiry of the parliamentary com- mittee into the Transvaal raid was resumed yesterday in Westminster Hall, London, with the attendance smaller than usual. Col. Cecil Rhodes continued his evidence. He dwelt upon the relations between Ger- many and the Transvaal, which, he reit- erated, he believed indicated a mutual at- tempt to make a treaty. He added that there was no revolutionary movement at Johannesburg until every effort to secure necessary reforms had failed. Mr. Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, next examined Col. Rhodes, and elicited further testimony as to the harshness of the Transvaal laws toward the Uitlanders. Cel. Rhodes gave instances, prior to the movement of 1895, when serious conflicts were threatened in the Transvaal, adding that a similar outbreak would recur if the rights. in Uitlanders do not get their Thereupon Mr. Chamberlain erpased, saying: “I am dealing with the past Replying to a question as to whether he thought the present government of the Transvaal was dangerous to the peace of South Africa, Col. Rhodes said drily: “What do you think?” (Great laughter, in which Mr. Chamberlain joined.) Further evidence showed that Col. Rhodes personally paid the fines of the members of the reform committee of Johannesburg, amounting to $250,000. This completed the examination of Col. Rhode Two African members of the parliament of Capt Colony testified that the adminis- tration of Rhodesia was impossible by the imperial government, and that it must be continued in the hands of the British Char- tered South Africa Company. The inquiry was then adjourned until Tuesday. —+ 2+ ON HIS WAY SOUTH. The Hunting Party Change Vessels at rfolk, V Grover Cleveland passed Norfolk yes y morning cr his way to the North Carolina sounds, where he will put in a week or two at hunting. He will go to Florida and possibly Cuba, before his return to Princeton. Mr. Cleveland was the guest of Cap’ Lamberton, inspector of the fifth lighih< «strict, and Captain Roble the navy, who is a member of the house board. The party were transferred from the lighthouse tender Maple to the Violet, and continued their journey souta by the inland route. Mr. Cleveland wore a gray suit and tall silk hat, and seemed to be in fair health, Gesp attack of rheumatism: Mr. ( ed to nis wife that he w ng beticr, and gave instructions for his mail to be directec to Washington, Na CLEVELAND Ex-Presid: hight- Mr. Cleveland had several fowling guns and an of : and expec seme shooting over Cap- tain Lamberton’s - of d the freedom of the Violet’ med to find a ane diversion dm tie Lovelty of their surroufding Mr. Cleveland will the New York banker, on the latt Oneida at Beaufort. The Oneida will s for Florida in the cot of a cou; weeks, and the ¢ deat will tr hand at hauling ner peppe hides of any : -alling on friends was ked about his southern y trip, and if he w He laugh- ingly rep “You'll have to ask the news- papers about th: He said that Grover Cle going south on the Oneld tion being the Guif of Mexico, but he said the date had not been fixed ‘3 He ex- pected that the Oneida would be at Green- Wich by this time, bit i: had been neces- in order to pla ngineei ceek and s1i tion on the the winter. All the interior renova~ acht was completed early in eee GERMANY'S NAVAL NEEDS. Statement of Vice 4 von Holl- mann to the Reichstag. In the German re Ing the discussion on Vice Admiral von Hollmann, the navy, said that that in ous con’ would 4 efficient not only for coast defense, on the high seas. He con- tinued: “We still require ten cruisers, five dispatch vessels, two gunboats, five iren- clads, two monitors, two flcating batteries and twenty-two torpedo boats.” The admirai pe 1 out the new inven- tions since the scheme for_the foundation of the German Lavy, in 1873, and detailed how Russia and France had improved their fleets, adding that the interests of Germans abroad required consideration. The discussion was adjourned until erday dur- y estima secretary for Germany expected her nay: a se ‘ove but ‘The effect of Von Hollmann’s statement was to preduce general consternation. Herr sald it was utterly impossible to continue the proceedings, us the diet had been asked to vote 000 of marks du: ing the next two years. ask,” he said vas the secretary of the treasury a ed with this scheme beforehand? Count Posadowski made no Herr Lieber, continuing, the chancellor, the only of the empire, nouncement?” Herr Richter, discussing the estimates last night, said that this scheme, togeiber with the amount asked for the army re- serves, would involve an increase in the im- perial debt of 500,000,000 marks within the next four years. = en Gang of Tramps Run Down. An express train on the Pennsylvania railroad dashed into a gang of tramps near the Zoological gardens ‘at Philadelphia last night and killed one and injured three oth- ers. The killed and injured are: William Nordenhus, 220 River street, Hoboken; ekull fractured; instantly killed. John Hen- than, twenty years, Hoboken; severe in- juries to back. Henry Harper, Newark, cut head. Refused to go to hospital, and ran away when police arrived. Unknown man, badly contused forehead; walked away immediately after the accident. A gang of tramps, numbering five in all, came to Philadelphia from ‘Trenton on a freight train. They were driven from their positions on the bumpers by the train hands when the cars stopped, and started to run along the tracks toward the high bridge that crosses the Schuylkill river, closely pursued by several railroad detec- tives, whom they succeeded in distancing. ‘The tramps crossed the bridge safely, and were walking across the bridge that arches Girard avenue near the main entran-e, When the express train bore down upon them. said: “I ask if responsible official has authorized this an- ee A Valuable Reference Book. One of the best books of its kind ever published is The Evening Star Almanac. As a reference manual it has no equal, and few, if any, contain so much valuable mat- ter. It has been carefully compiled to meet the demands for an encyclopaedia in con- ed form. This little volume is for sale at The Evening Star office, or news stands, for 25 cents a copy. a She Never Touched It. From Flarper’s Bazar, “How did the vase get broken, Mary?” ‘It fell off the pedeshtal, ma'am.” low did you upset the pedestal?” ‘Oi niver touched it. The chair bunked Into it, ma’am.” “And didn't you push the chair?” “Ol did not, ma’am. It was the table done that. All Oi did was to push the sofy up agin the table, an’ Lord knows Oi Sane gee phot’s a-goin’ to happen that far o1 ES emer : a 3 = the ye = . word, NA — v ‘2 = Columbia ye ° ty = Bicycle % mprovements + a : 5 =i —are real improvements, not experi- Eye ments which may or may not be suc- eg cessful. Columbia experiments are 2. gone through with so thoroughly x that the results are beyond question e ae dependable. _If there is a ‘97 “im- aA provement” which Columbias lack, 2 depend upon it that “improvement” ys xy was not worth having. ry Pope Mfg. Co., Columbia Riding Academy, 22d and P Sts. J. 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We invite you to get all the furniture and carpets needed—and pay u for them—little by little— weekly or monthly—no notes to sign—no interest to pay. CREDIT IS FREE! And you will find upon investigation that our credit prices are LOWER than you can buy for cash elsewhere. Six big double floors full of furniture. Carpets made, laid “E—no charge for waste in matching fig- and lined FRE ures. Mattings tacked down free. Oak 3-piece Bed Room Suites. Oak Dining Reom Chairs. dak G-foot Extension Tables Wire Springs. 0-pound Hair Mattress. 9 Mammoth GPOLAMI'S credit House, 817--819--821--823 Seventh St. N.W., Between H and I Streets. mht TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT. At the recent cycle shows, the would-be imitators of the fork and — gated hub which have made the Sterling Bicycle famous, by actual count, numbered forty; copying as closely as the makers dared, one or both these features. A fact like this only in- creases the prestige of the Sterling. Send for Catalogue. W. ROY MITCHELL, 14th St. and New York Ave.