Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1897, Page 9

ANY TIM Se @ E BEFORE 2) m « 6 O'CLOCK TONIGHT —you can get your Bicycle—with Lamp and Bell complete, and you can buy it on the smalfest monthly payments ever offered by any dealer in this city 1 No notes—no interest. Bicycles, Saddles and Tires kept in repair one year = DODODOOODOOHOS us is guaranteed against a for twelve months. Choice eo handle bars. Every part of every Bicycle, Saddle and Tires sold by colors of enamel—all heights of frame—and all shapes of ccidents and breaks of all kinds of several well-known tires—all We are ready to furnisl on easy weekly or monthly Solid Oak Chamber Suites. ion Tables. from $5 to. Springs... Halr Mat S17-S19-82 oleate EVERY DAY Metetetetetettetetetetetetetntetet We're _ taking ROYAL BLU from men that heretofore have only worn ready reason suit made to your order is prefer- able to a ready i so when the made-to-order one does not cost any more. duce such a remarkable suit for TEN DOLLARS is our secret. you if you ask us. “New Er 906 F Street. COMMOMEOELOEELEOEEPEEOPEORPEEE OME L LN LM (MAT: Not Worth $20. Dispatea A Darky John Baird, a colored youth, w ed and fined $20 for carrying a concealed | mofopoly in the hands of a firm which | weapon. In default of the wherewithal, he | owns the two best mines, Palmnicken and | t to jail for thirty days. The boy's | Kraxtepelle. Fer the concession it has, in Scottsburg, Va., heard of it, tel ‘am Newport News would come vu In accordance with this, a large nes © up, prepared to pay the boy out. an: displayed the money to an office: ened to be the right officer, w pessessed the “open sesame” to the Jai Bnd the two went te that retreat bent 01 r of liberty. When they reache or the cark sunted out slowly, and thi it the officer: “Say, mister,"” quot 11 you take $14 for him, he has bee! some time now?" “Wouldn't take | men and children find easy and lucrative fi for him," returned the gentlefnan. | employment in searching for the amber he negro counted his money again, this | along this part of the amber coast. The time more slowly than ever. “Well,” said | people engaged in this prec: he at |. “he can go it; I ain't going to | ten earn $6 a day and more. In 1895 about ay % Then with a half sigh. and a | 100 tons of raw amber came to Dantzig ‘o | ee e jail, as if thinking of its in- | be worked up, as compared with 140 tons mate, he stole softly away. in 1804. It was nearly all melted to make see lac and varnish. The larger pieces are Definition of a Fool. made into beads, which are sent all over eae et He ee 2 | the world. The beads known to the trade -“What is your fdea of a fool?” Dell A man who neglects to kiss see in a southw ez down free—Carpets made, laid and lined free—no charge for waste in matching figures. Grogan’s ammoth Credit Ho made is obvious. made one, especially Mertz and Mertz, arrest ying that his son from and pay the took out his money, i him to tuck her sleeves ssed just north of Prairie du rly direction, h your house—or any part of it payments Matting tacked use, H ST. N.W., ee ea ae ee Sa a eee eee ee ET Sosteotentontontontontontostontertestoatontonse Seat orders for our E SERGE SUITS sSonteeteete clothing. The A royal good Sestentoetectortortertertonteeteet tee How we pro- eetesete ed see We'll tell eteteletetetedetete eS a” Tailors, total Prussxin‘’s Amber Monopoly. From the London News. ‘The working of amber in Prussia is a 1 g to a report from the British con- sul of Dantzig, to pay to the German gov- ment a royalty of 650,000 marks a year. 9 | It is reckoned that this firm has, up to 1, | Row, paid no less a sum than $1,000,000 in | royalties to the German government. In ~ | addition to the output from the mines in ° a good deal of amber was picked up 1, | on the beach ut Pillau, in the province of n t Prussia, being washed up with the a ng the prevalence of north- y gales. The shore at Pillau after a storm is sometimes covered with a layer of seaweed three feet thick, among which | the amber is found entangled. Men, wo- n h n as Leghorn corals were in strong demand. see Russia has the most rapidly Increasing population of any country in the world. The growth during the last hundred years has been a fraction less than 1,000,000 an- | nvally. a THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1897-14 PAGES. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN BLEW, UP. REMENYI 1N ms OLD AGE. j the Benefit of St. Ann's Ohurch. Local Notes of General and Especial Interest to Residents and Visitors, The fair, which will last one week, for the benefit of St. Ann’s Church, Tenley- town, opened last evening with a blaze of glory and a large attendance, and bids well to be a very successful affair. The hard work of the various committees was cvident by the pretty appearance of the hall and the illuminations of the lawn surrounding the church. All of the large crowd present succeeded in spending a very pleasant evening, and the prospects are that tonight the attendance will be as large if not larger. , The program for the opening night was the closing exercises of the parochial school, the members of which gave a very good concert. The program embraced six- teen numbers, including many choruses by the school, and a number of dialogues. Those who took part in recitations were Miss Florence Poor, Genle Lester, Eugene Murphy, Miss Theresa Moore, George Poore, while vocal selections were render- ed by Miss Lizzie Murphy, Miss Martha Poore, Miss Ada Poore and Miss Florence Poore. After the concert the floor was cleared, and dancing inaugurated, continu- ing until quite a late hour. The various ccmmittees assisting at the fair are as follows: St. Ann’s Aid Society tuble—Miss Isaiah Shoemaker, in charg Miss Martha Johnson, Mrs.’ Way, Mr: phy, Misses Cummins, Misses ‘Call n, Miss Ada Way, Miss Nellie Pocre, Edna Lesier, Mrs. Spencer Poor ss Mamie Murphy, Mrs. Endres. Soda table—The Misses Garrity, in charge; iss Florence Kraemer, Miss Carrie Ba rington, Miss Ethel Marie Armes, Miss Delia O'Day. Bethesda tables—Mrs. John E. West, in charge; Mrs. Charles StohIman, Mrs. Bogley, Mrs. Kline, Miss Stadtle Miss Mamie Geodchild, Miss Georgia Goo‘ Tild, Miss Della McGirr, Miss Mary M Kinley, Miss Bertie McKinley, Miss Lydia Britt, Miss Flora McKinley, Miss Ella Ormstead, Miss Louise Voight, Miss Cora Counselman and Miss Mamie Counselman. store—Miss Janie Schaffer, in arge, assisted by Miss Dcra Cumbaugh nd Mrs. J. J. Schaffer. Flower stand— Miss Minnie Collins, in charge; Miss Virgie Wetzel. Fish pond—Miss Janie Endres, in charge; Miss Ada Poore, Mtss Martha Pcore, Miss Clara Becker and Miss Minnie Lester. Claret and lemonade stand—Miss Mamie Kern, in charge; Miss Nellie Wheel- er. Claret and flower stand—Miss Agnes Morgan, in charge. Paddle stand—Messrs. Charles P. Stohlman, James Archer, Thos. G. Kengla and Frank Ward. Supper table —Mrs. J. J. Murphy, in charge. An claborste program will be rendered this © ening, while tomorrow evening the program will be as follows Piano solo, Miss Nell dance, Miss Annie Downey Miss May Hessler; fancy dance, Master Beau Downey; comic selections, Mr. Geo. O'Connor; Irish jig, Beau A. Downey; grand cake walk. Phonograph Entertainment. The phonograph entertainment will be repeated tomorrow evening at the Dum- barton Avenue M. E. Church, commencing at 8 o'clock. The entertainment of last Friday was not as successful as it might have been owing to the failure of the ma- chine to work satisfactorily, and in order te give all a show the tickets for the pre- vious entertainment will be good for the one tomorrow evening. The proceeds of the entertainment will be for une benent of the infant class. Masterson; fancy vocal sol, Hold-Up. This morning shortly before 1 o'clock the attention of Poli en Lohmar and Brown was attracted by a good deal of noise on h street. Reaching the scene they remained in the darkness and saw two men erdeavoring to hold up a crowd of about six coliege boys who were ccming from an entertainment of some sort on Wisconsin avenue. The boys were 4 tor cigarettes, and upon a refusal th er parties wanted to pick up a fight. Was more or less tussling when ti men dashed out. The would-be sci fied, but were pursued and charged with disorderly conduct. T Georze Washington, colored, who hal only gotten out of the workhouse yesterday, and George Harris, a young white man. This morning in the Police Court they paid a fine of $5 each. oth- There Notes, Mr. U. S. King of 35th and O streets is lying seriously ill at his home. The funeral of Mr. Richard Edmonston of 3144 Dumbarton avenue will be held this afternoon at 4:30 from the chapel in Oak Hill cemetery. ‘The remains of Mrs. Mary Carr, who died June 15, were removed from the vault in Holy Rood cemetery this afternoon and interred in the cemetery. Miss Edith Wescott, Miss Helen Officy, Miss Ulke and Miss Hosmer, most of whom are connected with the Western High School, will sail on the 30th instant for a two months’ tour of Europe. se ee Just in Time. From Harper's Bazar. “Walt—hold on, for heaven's sake!” cried George, as Amelia was about to salute him in the usual way. He extracted two clgars from the upper left-hand pocket of his vest and laid them on the plano. y, then,” said he, “come to my Mainz has decided to celebrate the birth of Gutenberg on midsummer day, 1900, in order not to interfere with Leipzig’s cele- bration of the same event in 1899. The €x- > m. Sunday. It exploded with a inburgh May 14, at the age of neise five miles away. It was of | the first to encourage him to . probably hundre of tons in | a literary career. She lived with shock of the exp on was | ber son doth in this country and at Samoa, felt thirty to fifty miles in all directions. where Stevenson died and is buried. LLOPPLOBED LOD toecteteteittetntetetececetnt style to the 1897 p: sacrifice as above. 3 don’t fail to see these. z We also can give = vastly reduced prices = % POPS able for small men at $25 to close out. POLES Tgededederereeddeey TANDEM, ’96 style, also at same figure. atterns, Formerly sold at $150 list. Patterns that were $55, now $35. Patterns that were $50, now $40. Patterns that were $75, now $60. - A few ’96 patterns of above, 26- / or boys, *S DIAMOND FRAMSIE, both Road and Fully equal in material and but we need the room and are willing to If you can use a Tandem you a fine line of SHELBY IDEAL Bicycles, at inch wheels and low frames, suit- , entirely new, and fitted with G. & J. tires, If that isn’t low enough, make us an offer. Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co, 1325-27 14th N.W. Down-town Agency, 429-31 10th N.W. act year of Gutenberg’s birth is not known. a a a a TANDEM AT REDUCED PRICES! To make room for 1897 patterns we will sell a few RAMBLER TANDEMS, MEN Racing styles, at $85, while they last. é °96 pattern One COMBINATION 2 OOOO OOOD OOO rertrinnrteetttntnirdtnnttetetnietatetntnntetatnn The Wind at Broadway and 3ist Street Came Straight From Below. From the New York Sir. There was a crowd at Broadway and 3ist street on Saturday. There seemed to be no reason for it. It:impeded traffic and made gripmen and truck drivers swear Occasionally a roar of laughter rose from the multitude, drowning the notse of cable cars and wagons. ~The windows in the Im- perial Hotel and. in all the neighboring cafcs and stores were crowded with eager faces. The police were elsewhere. “I wonder what it’s all about?” said a young woman to her escort. “Don't know. Let's go over and find out,” he answered, his curiosity getting the best of him. Across the street they went, and the crowd grew silent as it noted their approach. “Funny, tsn’t it? I don’t notice any- thing unusual,” he said, a vague feeling that something was going-to happen creep- ing over him. ‘The crowd that packed the sidewalk al- lowed but very little room for passersby, and that path lay directly over a row of gratings used by the hotel as ventilators for the kitchen. Through one of these there poured a draught capable of lifting a small-sized boy. On the unsuspecting couple walked. “Strange, we don't- But_she never finished her sentence. Puff, puff went the blast of air. There was a scream from the girl, a curse from the man, and a thun- dering roar of laughter from the enormous crowd. ‘All the afternoon and far into the small hours of the morning this kept up. Hun- dreds of women fell victims. About 1 o'clock in the morning one of the police- men in Broadway made a miscalculation and appeared. For a moment his brain whirled at what was going on. Then he had an idea, and, with a smile of intel- lectual arrogance upon his features, he stationed himself directly over the grat- ing. There the crowd left him, with his countenance wreathed in smiles and his coattails level. ——_—__+e+— CLOUDS DISPE! D. Happy Inf z te Protest end a Good Square Meal. From the New York “If there is anything I despise and de- test,” suid Mrs. Billtops, melancholy.” Mrs. Billtops is not often so vigorous in speech as this, and when she is Mr. Bill- tops knows is time to brace up. As a matter of fect he takes usually a cheerful view; but when he is depressed, as he Is sionally, he is glum and silent and sol- ocea: emn enough; and he makes everybody around him wretched. The children, sit- ting at the table, stop talking, the din- ner gets cold, and everybody is chilly and miserable except, perhaps, at the last, Mr. Billtops himself, who finds, finally, a sort of melancholy pleasure in the general de- pression that he has caused. But Mrs. Billtops has no use for anybody that casts a gloom. She has her own trials, but she never bothers anybody else about them; outwerdly, at least, she cheerful and spirited always; and she can't abide anybody that lets his troubles so far cvercome him that he intlicts them on other people, too; and so She say! “If there is anything I despis ancholy.”” At that Mr. Billtops takes a brace. He } looks up and smiles. It is wonderful with [ what alacrity the children Mr. Billtops responds!to tha is dispeiled once more vy the’ « ful light of ¢ 3. And Rilltops, as_ tire noes, Kets thing to eat, he it's mel- ome- elf better still. He remembers what ite has often s: to himself that feeding of depression should ever be nuine until it has been subjected to the test of a gocd square meal, and #4 finds that the present cone will not stand that under the combined intlsenc rs. Hilltop’s energetic protest amd the geod dinner, it is pidly disappearings and the di progresses Mr. Billtops takes a still broad and more cheerful view of things, anc the time the, msal is finisaed’ he aming with good nature, p ly satis- with the present,,and absolutely con- fident of the future. soe Pets of Lién Cubs. From the Chicago Obrenic! Mrs. John Elitch of Denver is one of the few women in the world who prefer the championship of lion cubs to either dogs or kittens, and she: does not seem to re- gard her preference as the least out ot the ordinary. She makes an especial pet of Kitty, a clever and accomplished young Honess, who apparently knows quite a much as does any ordinary cat or dog. Kitty exhibits a marked partiality for her fair mistress and mildl. to any intrusion on the part of strangers—report- ers in particular. fier main article of diet is bread and milk; until very reeently it was milk without the bread, and the milk vas taken from a bottle.” She great@affection for her mist and ai times is as playful as a kitten. at care is taken that her disposition shall not be spoiled, end she is treated with the utmost kindness and even induigence. Thus far none of the evil traits of her race have de- veloped, yet there is no telling what the future will develop. ——__- ++ —_____ Blind From Eating Too Much Candy. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Louis Clark, the seventeen-year-old son of B. B. Clark of Meriden, Conn., is at- flicted with almost total blindness, brought on, it Is said, by over-indulgence in candy. Young Clark's father owns a candy store. A specialist, after a careful examination of the cyes and inquiry into the young man’s habits, concluded that the blindne: was caused by the condition of his stomach, resulting from eating too much cand. The physician began treating the stomach with the result that the lad has greatly improved, although his sight has not re- turned. At times he can distinguish ob- Jects, which he could not do before. It is believed he will ultimately recover his sight. exhibits. soo —_ rensonnble Complaint. From the Indianapolis Journal. “Mine is a pitiable case,” said the man who had reached the melancholy stage as he leaned against the bar. “What a woe it is to have a wife who has a habit of lock- ing you out of your own house!” “You ain’t one, two, three with me,” said the other melancholy man. “Mine has a habit of lockin’ me in.” ++ —__ Seed Blown Ont of the Ground. From the St. Louis Republic. A terrific storm swept over the Arkansas valley in southwestern Kansas today. The wind blew at the rate of forty miles an hour. The great valley, which averages ten miles wide, is ina bed of sand, and passengers who arrived on the trains from that section tonight say people were driven to their homes for protection against a cloud of dust and sand which no human being could face. tA Many farmer will have to replant their corn. The storm was so violent that corn planted two inches ,under ground was blown with the dust and sand for miles, while the irmgation ditches are full. En- ineers could not. see. ten feet ahead of them, and windows and ventilators in the cars were closed to. protect the passengers from being smothered, Wheat fields -have suffered. sib 4; g + se. Looking Before Leaping. From the Chicago Tittes-Herald. “Governor,” said the young profligate, “do you think I wélild' be warranted in get- ting married on a salary of $15 a week?’ “What do you mean?’ growled the old man. “You've never earned a dollar in your life.”* 2 “I know,” he drawled; “but I know a girl who has a good job as a typewriter.” ——_- e-_ Simple Wants. From the Argonaut. An old darkey was encountered by the expedition sent by Uncte Sam for the reliet of sufferers by the Mississippi floods. Uncle Eph wae in a dilapidated- looking skiff or dugout, which he was having considerable trouble to keep afloat. He was busy pad- dling with one hand and bailing out his craft with the other when the rellef boat came within hailing distance of him. The captain of the relief boat called to him: “Hella, there, uncle! What do you wantr’ “Nothing but wings, boss,” was the an- swer. AN EXECUTION IN CUBA Shooting of an Insurgent Who Trusted the Amnesty Offer. His Sweetheart Saw Him Die Like a Man—Soldiers’ Bratal Ex- ultation, ‘Special Correepondeace of The Evening Star. HAVANA, Cuba, June 19, 1897. One of the most eventful executions took place yesierday in the Cabanas fortress. William Molina, insurgent, and Jose Fer- nandez, private of the Caradores Battalion, were to be shot, Molina for incendiarism, the latter for insubordination, beating and kicking his superior officer. _ The military evinced great interest in the case of the Spaniard, and at an early hour immense crowds were gathered on every point of vantage. These brutal scenes have been so frequently described that their horror palls to accustomed ears. It was the usual scene, the band played a lively quicksiep and the Cuban Molina walked steadily across the parade, accompanied by the priests. It was a humiliating specta- cle—that mere youth, bound and surround- ed by the solid square of armed men, strongly reinforced by reason of the in- subordination sentence to be carried out. The brave young Cuban faltered for a mo- ment, but suddenly recovered himself, looked for a moment at the sea of unpity ing faces, then quietly knelt and met his fate like a man. The brutal Spanish sol- diers, crowded on the ramparts, gave a fiendish yell of triumph as the volleyerang out. Close to where I stocd a pretty young creole girl was watching the horrible spe tacle with apparent interest, outwardly composed. It seemed strange a woman should unblushingly come in a crowd of n to witness such a scene. As the vol- g out her composure left her. “My my God!” she wildly exclaimed as he staggered back. She was the aifianced wife of that mu- tilated being whose life blood was flowing out just below. The soldiers were aware of the fact, and indecently mocked the maiden in her distress. She gave then no heed, but approached the edge of the ram- part again, sobbing bitterly. A glaace w enough—the youth was being lifted into a coffin, and she sank to the ground, two elderly men taking her away in a fainting condition. It was horribie, d as Molina was a victim of W He surrendered, accepting the amn fered, and received a pardon, but he had with the insurgents in a disirict re a plantation had been burnt months ‘That was enough, and he was sen- tenced and shot on the mythical crime of ineendiarism. As the procession again wended its way across tne pardde there was a dead silen The soldiers could jeer at a poor yout! tricked to destruction, but a Spaniard, to be punished for gross insubordination—that was a different matter. The procession, however, passed quickly across the blood- stained place of execut.on. The officer Mour- shed a paper over his head, Mandez was pardoned. raised cheer after che: ping their hands. One could but feel the sense of exultation also at a life spared, but as if in irony at the royal clemency to the Spaniard, the calm face of the Cuban, sprinkled with quick lime, peered from be- neath the shroud, a silent witness of a brutal crime that adds another blot to the tarnished escutcheon of Spain, of whi aniards are unjustly proud, and whic > to the men who have “ y » nation” by 5 assacre and deeds of blood which make civilized nations shudder. ‘ighting is general throughout Hav , and the insurgents ‘The soldiers daneing and clap- irmishes 1a severe engagement where Arango attacked a panish column and drove them hack, ny sick and wounded © brovght-in esterday. Thanks to vaccination, small- PCx misses the army, but yellow fever and dysentery are caus among the troops. GEORGE CLARKE MUSGRAV fearful ne rave ‘That hey pant to $40,000,000 Annually. u the New York Press. treasury agents of the customs de- partment at this and other ports have de- cided that it is a duty of all Americans to make their purchases at home, or, if re- turning from abroad, to pay d upon every article of foreign manufacture which has not been in their possession for one full year. They have under investigation at the present time the amount of merchandise brought to this country by returning tour- ists, and have reached the decision that at least $40,000,000 worth of property—gowns, bonnets, hats, wraps, leather goods, cioth- ing, pictures and presents—come into this ccuntry in the course of a year free, upon which duty may be assessed. For a week incoming passengers have been interrogated by special treas agents as to the value of their purch: abroad. The passengers have, of course, heen in ignorance of the reason for this in- quiry. Some of the homeward bound have stated that they bought nothing, others that they have expended $1,600, $1,300 or $2,500 for clothing and other articles abroad, “Would a $100 limit suit them?’ “Why, that was absurd,” they replied. “They could buy nothing for $100.” The agents soon decided that no passen- ger would be satisfied if limited to the $100 for personal effects of foreign manufacture permitted by the Dingley bill. It was ascertained that probably the re- port of the special agents would be that since no tourist was satisfied with $100 worth of foreign goods, and it seemed im- pessibie to raise that limit, that the privi- lege be cut off entirely, and all goods of foreign make, except such as had been in the owner's possession for a year, be de- clared dutiable. Dr. Hulbert Fuller in the Aren: For when no new invention has recently occurred to greatly facilitate the manu- facture of an article, there are three com- menly observed ways of cheapening prices: First. The manufacturer may reduce wages. Second. He may increase the number of hours of his employes. Third. He may make inferior goods. But better than all these, he may form a trust or combine and so do all three to- gether. Aye, he may do better still; for if he is a good practical business man like the controller of the sugar trust he may combine factories with an aggregate capi- tal of seven millions, and water the stock up to fifty millions. “And having done this, he may now proceed to pacify the general public by both cheapening the price of sugar and increasing wages 10 per cent, simply because of the absolute bulge he has on the stock market. Under such condi- tiors legitimate business becomes a gigan- tic gamble; wages may be anything or Lothing, and sugar the same; for by virtue of his control of the stock, the manufac- turer is so able to influence the market, as to run the greaiest “skin” game on earth, whether the wheels go round or not. In- rocent victims rush in to buy stock, the gilded youth about town, the widows and orphans even,who, the railroads and manu- facturers tell us when we demand a settle- ment, “must not be defrauded.” Finally, however, our easy-gcing public gets angry and alarmed, until one moraing we wake up and read in our rewspapers that a great university hes been endowed with millions of dollars by the president of some enor- mously wealthy and pernicious trust. Pro- fessors are engaged at splendid salaries to teach the advantages of “sound” money ard protection to the youth of our land. Building after building is erected; granite ard oak fairly strain and groan with the weight of so much so much money. Until the wondering world is at lergth startled and disillusioned to learn that one of the professors las been caught teaching heresy; that he dared to effirm that the earth “do” move around the sun; that truth is greater than a ‘trust;* and of course his head is instantly chopped off and his body thrown to the dogs. —+e+—___. Four hundred and eighty divorce cases were granted in the courts of Jackson county, Mo., last year, and still they're marrying. { The Famous Old Violinist Has Become | a Vegetaria Dr. Buckley's Florida Leticr in New York Chris- than Advocate, The Mescotte is a good steamer, and has an unusually courteous and capable cz tain. Remenyi, the famous Hungarian vio- linist, and his concert singers, the latter in showy stage dress, came on board. They had just been giving an entertainment in Key West. The violinist is about seveaty years old, but plays as well as ever. He appears to think that he is the last of the artists of his grade, and walks about with a sheet of incomplet> music in his hand, pert of an extraordinary oratcrio which he is forever composiag. He speaks eight or nine languages, and his English is eapress- ive. He told nic that for sixteen years he had not eaten meat. About nine months ago he feil, from vertigo, and had two or three attacks of the kind. Examinations by experts led them to predict that he hal at the most but a few months to live. He Was very persistent and determined to keep on playing. In St. Louis he met a German doctor who had just returned from Europe, who toid him seven or eight months ago that there was but very little hope for him, but that he might prolong his days if he would adopt a diet of baked apples, bread made of graham flour, water and salt, and for a drink, skimmed milk. On that he has lived for eight months, carrying the bread in his pocket, and having the apples baked wherever he goes, eating seven or eight of them at each meal. Now he seems to be well, every trace of his malady, which chemical analysis caa show, having disap- peared. He created amusement by inviting young ladies to play some of his unpublished com- pesitions, and his impatience was grotesque when they did not perform to cuit him. A family of Cubans, obviously highly accom- plished and wealthy, wes on board. The daughter was as beautiful a girl one the Spanish type, anywhere. sat down to play fcr him, and played entirely oblivious of other listene while he Summoned the interjections ani exclamations of several languages to ex- press his delight. He claimed to be the only diet specialist in the world who is not a crank, becav as he said, he never preached his view and then, with amusing inconsistency demanded whether I ate meat. 1 pleade guilty to eating it once or twice a da » an be said, “Well, I warn you! That is enough to shorten your life,” ard launched into a general and just denunciation of excess of swects, fats, meat and pastry. menyi has plans fo two years’ tour in South America. Like most professional musicians, he makes fortunes and lo: them. A Hungarian by birth, his religious creed is summed up in kindness to every- body, which, as the Iristman said of char- is good as far as it goe: BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWo. he Ore of 7) Groom Darret, but It Knew How to Ride. From the DPhil Pede: ared, horses reared up on their hind legs with fright and wheelmen turned their heads and risked their necks in an effort to se sirl rode down Broad street yesterday. She was a “girl” in the sense that she was single, but she had evidently been so for rly fifty years. Her costume was a Hiphia Record, marvel of antiquity, but it was not her own at- personality nor her bloomers which tracted the most attention. On the hand bar in front of her a green parrot was The bird's feathers were rufiled e wind and Polly i « the ride immen: nd squawked and flapped her wings at a t rate, There was a string tied to the rame of the wheel and at the other end of the line a small dog was securely ued. The little animal chased pst he could, barking enthusiastk . The big reserve policeman at Broad and Chestnut streets motioned to the rider to stop. “You're on the wrong side of the street,” zi h . “Don’t do it again or you'll be Led he lady was inclined to be pugnacious. » complained that she would not have molested if her busband had been hh her. ‘Well, why don’t you bring him along,” aid the reserv he lady blushed and replied, quite pa- thetically: “I have noe." “Well, run long, little good-hearted policeman, be here in seven years. : So she remounted her wheel and rode off. girl,” said the ‘ap year will He Caught the Train, From the Chicagy Post. Sam Wood, whose name is written all over the state of Kansas, was one of the brightest lawyers and best newspaper men in the state. He made and wasted several fortunes before an effort to change a county seat ended in a gun ‘ight which cost him his life. Not overscrupulous, he still had his geod traits, and he has almost as many friends as enemi: even now. One time Sam Wood went out to a new county seat and opened a law office. Pres- ently he found a flaw in the title by which about half the town site had been conveyed to the present holders, and he picked up the link and served notice he would give quit claim deeds to every lot if the people in possession would pay him. If not, he gave notice he would begin suits in eject- ment. They were wild. They were awfully fright- ened. They held a meeting and appointed a committee. The committee looked into the matter and then went to Sam Wood with their reply. “We have searched the records, Mr. Wood,” said the chairman of committee, “and we find you are right. If you insist on trying these cases all these people must be thrown out of their homes. What sound is that, Mr. Committeeman?” It is the fast freignt from the west,” was the reply. “Yes, it is the fast freight from the west,” repeated the chairman. “It will stop at the tank for water. You have just time, Mr. Wood, to catch that train, and I wouldn't take a return ticket if I were you And he began to unwind a rope he had looped up under his ulster. “But threugh freights don’t carry pas- sengers,” said Sam Wood, fully grasping the situation and looking swiftly over the utterly hopeless situation. “This freight will carry a passenger,” the chairman of committee calmly. the end of this rope over that awning pole, Mr. Committeeman. It will carry a pas- senger, ana he can go as live or dead freight, just as he likes. We have just time—" But Sam Wood was in the middle of the street and half a block away, running for dear life. He caught the freight at tne water tank; and he never returned. A Caution to Middle-Aged Bicyclists. 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From the Chicago Times-Herald “Fare, pl said the conductor to the young woman who sat in the car a picture of woe. “I can’t pay you this trip,” answered the young woman, faint! “Why can’t you, m: tone. “I-1 bave lost my car fare. “Did you have it when you boarded thia in a suspicious s, but I haven't it now. You can take my address or give me yours, and I'll scné it to you.” “I can’t do that,” said the man; “it's against the rules. If you lost your fare in this car there is no reason why you should not find it again. I'll help you look for it.” “No, no,” said the woman, in a state of wild alarm. “I tell you that it is lost and you will have to trust me to send it to you. “Very strange!’ said the conduc sus: Piciously. “If you lost it on this car T'can't see any reason why you can’t find it again, How did you lose it “II swallowed it!” shrieked the young weman, driven to desperation, and the con- ductor went out on the rear end of the car azd cuffed a sinall boy's ears, sor “Thank you,” said the lady to the man who gave her his seat in the street car. “You surprise me,” replied the man. “How do you mean? “By that ‘I thank yo She smiled. “I couldn't have surprised you more you surprised me by offering me your seat. The stand-off was thus completed.—De- troit Free Press. soe The Kansas City (Kan.) Univ its first commencement the cther there was one student to receive Ml-health fg more frequent ly the assas sin of “low young dream than anything else in the wide world. 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