Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1900, Page 6

fo) THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900-22 PAGES. RAR AR ARREARS EP ‘ s6GGOLDEN JOP” ri Beer Really Costs Only «( < 90c. for 12 quarts. ~ We charge $1 for 12-QUART BOT- TLES of our new “GOLDEN HOP” BEER. When the case and bottles are returned in good condition We Refund 10c. warts of this delicious That makes 12 heer cost only EF “Golden Hoy * Beer is pat up expressly for home nse—n quart bot- — tlew—and delivered in unlettered wag- ong. Write or "phone for a case. Washington Brewery Co. "Phone 2154. 4TH AND F STS. N.B. aps-th,s,tu,4 RANSFORM [1 What changes paint W ITH We're selling PAINT. NORLE J. WALKER, 800-806 Fla. ay. “Phone 1502. mukest a conveni ang i E77 Rubber Heels furnished and_put 0 all Women's Shoes, 25e. New Patent | Leathers for Easter, | $3.50 —both HIGH and LOW. Two | styles of former—lace number “416” and button number “417.” The LOW WALK- ING SHOE number “522” has the new 1!4-inch “ROUGH RIDER” HEEL—both the high and low are made on our “WIDE-TREAD” LAST—of NEW PATENT LEATH- ER ON KED SKIN—the ideal “dr shoe”—no burning of - the feet and NO CRACKING ~ as in ordinary patent leather. dieapnetnted. yt begin to advise your be- while our stock t be uble to get Enster. f } | I any more fore “Comfort Shoes”. or Old People and Invalids. and into widths, enlar Fa Cor. id 13th. Va- And mec: pores ROSELL, 418 oth St. STATIONERY AND ENGRAVING. YRS. 4 lanuiacturers of Bedding. Mattress Ours is the only e District. I intl when you buy “s SPRING, BRASS and IRON BEDS - O MATTRESSES, COTS, > COUCHES, PILLOWS, & We make them, and we uarantee them. If they « —— are not just as good as we @ Q —— say they are—let us know. 7) Q —— Well “make them so. 4 e in buying > —— anything that’s sold with @ —— a“Stumph” guarantee. attresses $ Card the hatr with- it, Atr and: dust the >, oi dirt’ Make over % 8 thes re just as ( ‘ ed ‘ 1 ‘ittle colored girl, but who was granted a new tris covered evic the prisoner released where he has been confined sin summer. It was thought impu }vict him in the face of the new y! @ Next to Columbia Theater. $25 in Gold for a nam new mtest closes soap, April 15th. Each purchaser of a cake can gest name and if adopted by us will receive the $2: in gold. Edward P. [lertz, Druggist, Eleven Ten F St. mb24-132°,5 Wateb Crystals, | Malnsprings. Swiss and Fugiish A SUBSTITUTE MEASURE COMISSIONERS AMEND RELIEF FUN! RECOMMENDATIONS. tional Government and District— Provision for Retirements. The District Commissioners today trans- mitted to Senator Allison, chairman of the Senate committee on appropriations, a sub- stitute for the amendment forwarded by them to the committee several days ago relative to deficiencies tn the relief funds of the police and fire departments. As here- tofore explained in The Star, the first amendment transmitted to the committee by the Commissioners provided that a suf- ficient amount to meet these deficiencies should be taken wholly from the District revenues, and attention was directed by The Star to the fact that should the pro- posed legislation be enacted that provision of the organic act of the District requiring the expenses of the District to be equally borne by the general government and the municipality would be violated. In their communication to Senator Al- lison today the Commissioners explain this difference between the two amendments submitted by them several days ago, and that the one forwarded today proposes to Meet such deficiencies out of the revenues of the District and out of any funds in the United States treasury, not otherwise appropriated, in equal parts. “The latte ate the Commissioners, “seems to the Commissioners to be equita- ble. in view of the fact that the police and fire departments afford protection to the persons and property of the general gov- ernment well as to the private individ- uals and property The Proposed Legislation. This legislation was proposed by Major Syl rs £ of police. who informed the Comm that, if enacted, it would pot change ex: #, deficiencies in the two relief funds now being payable wholly out of fines collected in the Police Cour. a ned in the District ap- nact of June 11, 189 inated not with the th ut in Congress. Fines ¢ the chi the s_ District Commi matter of the ago, tention to the y The Star's notice " action several promptly invited the attention of ates to the fact that the United should, in all fairness, and in har- mony with the half-and-half principle of the ort ic act of the District, bear its share of the expense, and they as promptl. greed with him that their first recommen- dation should be so amended. The legislation proposed by Major Syl- ster provided thet the captain of the Commissionei State: police force, the lieutenant inspectors and lieutenant the shall, after fifteen years’ disabled in the line of duty, be retired on half pay. This provis- lon was further amended by the Commis- sioners today by the insertion therein of the chicf engineer of the fire department and of the chief of police, so as to make them, upon into law of the proposed legisla to be retired on half pay. Existing law provides that members of both the police and fire depart- ments shall be entitled to retire after fifteen years’ se or when disabled in the line of duty, on an allowance not exceeding $50 per month. Appeal for Fire Department. In this connection it ts pointed out by the friends of the firemen that the pay of the two assistant chief engineers and the fore- men of the various companies should be inereas The former receive $1,200 annum and the foremen $1,000. The as: ant chief engineers, it is contended, hold as per impo and responsible position lieutena: inspectors on the poli an forem: of the fire companies fully as important and res sible pe annual 31,500, i men itions as the police lieutenant pay of a lieutenant inspector and that of a Heutenant $1,320. is On alt of the foremen in the fire depart- it further pointed out that they tically in every seven, Ww to twenty days’ leave of ar, are given but ten days’ id. are twenty-four hour six - entitled *b: psence every le it is —____ SUPERVISORS APPOINTED. Heavy Fines Imposed on Violators of Local Option Law. Special Correspondence of The vening § 1900). ting of the county commission- terday the following road » appointed: nm district—Charles P_ MeCubbin Waters and ROCKVILLE, Md., April 4, At a me Hig- Albert R. Mnix, David Reinhart and John Crosendorf. Third co'lection district—John C. Rhod James C. Norris and George D. J collection district—Charl Lucian Walters and Thomas H. Of- st futt. Fifth colle hell and Thos. C against Wy TO, We mber of a cha ven cases of violation of the loc: m law were disposed of in the vurt here today, and in another c: jury failed to 2 dispo: si00 penait costs, maximum The mini- mum fine was imposed in on'y one casi and then only upon the promise that the int would go out of the bus n which it the icted part a, nd in fant had been similar offen a $100 and ce previously fines of #200 ts were imposed. om has been be- 1 similar offense. onvictions in the local the treasury of the Montgom- unty Bar tion has been swe'l- by the addition of about $1,000, which vant represents one-half of the fines col- ery ( ed lected Je T. Gi is n, an intelligent white a to be from Baltimore, v in the cfreuit court here to- obtaining by false pretenses a hand- 14 wateh from Mrs. Elizabeth Thy- Spring. He represented him- “a wateh repairer, and secured the nsibly to repair it, but never It was recovered in Washing- « defendant had pawned It. tion of a motion for a was suspended. i to he wanted in Virginia lar offe iding for the issuance of a e of intoxicating liquors Neense for the tbin John bridge. this county, was z the res which failed at the n of legislature just closed. It for consideration in the ate n motion of Senator Bouie indefinitely postponed. Tt had d the Ott and it was certtin to pass the senate the unexpected opposition from was responsible for its defeat, but f David H. Boule, who died y. took place at 11 o'clock morning from his late resi- services were conducted by Rev. umpbell, pastor of the Baptist the pallbearers were Mes: Jones, Joseph Reading, John W. muel E. stburn, John W. Keys jeorge Shaw. ‘The interment was in the Rockville cemetery. The Montgomery county schoo! board has recommended to the Maryland state board of education that Prof. Frank Andrews, principal of the Rockville High School, be grante life certificate to teach in the public echaals of the state. The following cases have been disposed of in the circuit court here: Henry Gruner and Henry Nailor, convicted of a_charge of robbing Mr. Edward Johnson of Martinsburg. this county, sentenced to five and three years, respectively, In the Maryland penitentiary; Henry Lee, charged Goldenberg’s. i “The Dependable 1922-24-26 & 28 7th St. Dress goods. Remnants of Colored Dress Goods, including All-wool Suitings, Wool Cashmeres, new spring Novelties, Iridescent effects, Bourette Novel- ties, Fancy Weaves, Plaids, Neat Checks, etc. Choice of a wide range of desirable colors. All good, usefn) lengths for waists, skirts and dresses. Sold as high as 2 1 ¢€ Soe. a yard. Friday for. x ° Another lot of finer qualities of Dress Fab- ries, consisting of All-woot Serges and Cash- meres, All-wool Cloths, itings. Silk and Wool Mixtares, fine Viaids, Two-tone Effects, new Novelties, Storm Serges, Diagonals, Whipcords, Homespuns, etc. In lengths from 2 to 7 yards Qualities worth up 33¢ to 68c. a yant—for e A lot of 50-inch Habit Cloths, strictly all wool-of superior finish and proper weight for spring tailor-made yuits. In a choice line of spring shades, Including ~ royal, navy, garnet, cardinal, brown and gray. Regular 69e, value. Friday 4 Cc . - 2 tne SIL ont Hosmespan eral: shades of gray. In lnrge. mediw 69c. and | for: White goods. Remnants of 40-inch Victoria 7lAc. 9l4e. 74c. AR. Seman: oe anale Sere 36 inches w Oyands eo Fat 12'4c. Lawns; qualities which sell regu- * Tarly at Ie. and 12% offered for... rds Detedetetetetetecoeees Geter enintetninttenioonon ino ooo OOOOH PPO Remnants of Persian Lawn, fine sheer quality, which sells regularly at to, I8e. yard, for only we Remnants of tndia Linon; su- perior quality. for which you are usually asked 12%e. yard Remnants of Check > and Dimities; all lengths; regular for. Be. to 2 day for only a ae a a as tas Remnants of Fine Quality Pique; fine and medium’ cord; C. regular 12%c. values; for....... ° Black goods. A remnant lot of All-wool French Imperial Serge, 44-inch Broeaded Mohairs, 40-tnch En- glish Mohair Brilliantines, All-wool Bramines and Sik-finished Wool Henriettas and All-wool Storm Serees—worth 23¢€ up to 39c. and 5Oc, a yard—for.... ° A remnant lot of 150 pieces of fine quality Tinck Fabrics. consisting of All-wool | Black Cashmeres, 46-inch AlLivool Tmperial Sereen, Fine Novelty Mobaira, 46 inches wide: Main Black Mobalt Sicilinn# and Trilliantines, Black Crepons, Imported: English Black In Berber Novell en adines, These are in x and sold off the bolt_as high as 9c. and The. yard. Rem- pant price Eases Mattings and bed- wear. A remnant lot of Heavy China Mattings, close-woven quality, left. from a weeks tasy eee eS patterns ge on sale tomort per yard, at Severn! odd rolls of Fine Jananese Cotton p Mattings and Extra Heavy Seam- less China Mattings—teft from our best selling Mn a 1 Cc yard—for. : > 11-9 covered on $1.39 plebed White Crochet Spreads, fine Regular are om both sides with otton. nt these A lot of Do in Marseilles patterns — some are slightly sofled soldat 98e.— go iC; Friday for..... eoiscaee : f yard-wide Silkolines ny The most Remnants in good lengths lett Se a aa ae a aL te a te te te ee ta ae toe te a et a a eo ea a a a wp ular selling Worth 124e 6% FANE MVE Lorne: Be Co A lot of genuine Wool Smsrt : xGi slightly soll for ° aa a a as a a ae i ate a as ae A feast of Friday Friday’s bargain values increase and m yields its richest prizes for yotir choosing—in Dependable Store’s” underselling.: greeted with a great outpouritig of saving shoppers, tomorrow’s offerings tell a tale of A great sale of silk remnants. A bargain table fs to be filed with a big rem- Rent accumulation of Silks tomorrow—and you are offered exceptional opportunities far saving. Included are all the short pieces of fine Silks left from the past week's est and most exclusive novelties of the season, besides the richest of plain Black Silks. Prices are very much less than usual—one-third to a half regular cost. 24-Inch Black Figured India Silks, in a good variety of the newest and most fetching designs—worth 89e.— for . ae ee 69c. Men's Balbriggan Underwear. iu blue, brown and tan; full regular made; some sizes are inissing—also a lot of fine quality 15c ° Jean Drawers, which sold for 38e. and Sde— go Friday Men's fine qnality working Shirts, in neat stripes and checks — full regular ed seams—regular 36c s3 ° Men's Snmmer-weight Underwear, both shirts ae dri vers in fancy stripes— 2 ul nar made, Wd sold 1 Et fe ec aia dwt DC, Men's Pepperill Jean made; with reinforce pende! ular 50- Drawers, fall regular seat an 38 t for... tapes—sizes value Men's Fine and leather bing and ular 25c. yalue—for. i2iZc. Boys’ clothing. An odd lot of Boys’ Percale Shirts, some with collars attached—not all sizes— 25¢ ° some are soiled or mussed. Sold ‘kwear, consisting trace Suspenders, ds; strong web- ends—reg- at 50c. Friday for Odds and ends of Boys of Band Bows and Tied and C Windrors, ete., which sold at variety of styles, row only. 17 dozen Boys’ Regular Knee Punts, in an assortment of good wearing pat- 25 band and taped seams. Frida, Cc. Styles and blest patterns: ouble-lreasted. and vestie styles, with fancy vests and short in sizes from 7 to 16 and latter in sizes 3 to 9—worth $2.50 and terns—finished with patent waist- Boys’ New Spring Suits. in a large varlety of collars, or sailor eollars— $1.98 $3—for.. Shoes. Ladies’ 10-ineh y . in black and brown with corrugated sole $2.50—for . ° Roya’ Black Calfskin Shi with good, plump uppers and stout soles lace style only. izes & to Worth $1.50 O7c —for : ° A bargain table containing Ladies’ and Misses’ Oxford Ties and Shoes, odds and ends, but good, ish shapes and. fine qualities. 7FAc ° 2 bargain lots. for .. An odd lot of Ladies’ Fine Quality Real Jet Belts—and also a jot of Leather Relts—the Ingest styles. Sold at 25c¢ Soc. and zs ° Chotee of Chain Bracetets. Shirt Waist Sets, gat = lena, Ereoches and I2"4c. Hosiery. for... Ladies’, Men's and Children’s Full Seamless Hose—the former in black and tan and the children's in fast black 10c ° Children's Extra Black Ribbed Hose only—double heel and toe. Friday full regular made, with. double knee, beel and. toc, loc Regular 25c. qualities—for. . a ° for ouly ine Quality Fast busy selling—in de- sirable skirt and waist lengths. All the smart- Men’s wearables. eoeeneeteteteteteteteteteten ete » running through bargains tomorrow! ultiply—until the climax of special offerings is reached tomorrow. seasonable and timely Our Friday events are the most important bargain needs at prices that are alone characteristic of ‘The periods of the entire week—and are who have come to learn of the manifold opportunities held forth. And economy no patron can ignore. * All hats trimmed free of charge. A lot of Children’s Pretty Trimmed Hats, in a score of the most becoming styles—which are well worth $1.49 $2.50—offered tomorrow ax a spectal ai Friday’s millinery attractions. Tomorrow will be a good time to come and choose your Easter hat or to leave your order for one to be trimmed before the rush of the last few days sets in. never been before—with a showing of trimmed hats far excel- ling every previous display—and with widened and superior fa- cilities that point nearer to, perfection than ever. We can never grow tired singing the praises of our exclusivestyles—the smart creations that greet you at every turn. i more entrancing ideas await your bidding in our work rooms— to spring to life, the envy of all, at a word from you. Won't you let us have your Easter order at once? . We are ready as we've And hundreds of even We've made np a couple of dozen of Ladies’ Trimmed Hats ar te hewest thoughts of Dame concelts, exclusive as the them t that reflect the Fashion—clever are stylish— and offer at.. o ——SSSSS=a iEmb’ys Remnants of Worth &e brie and Swiss Embroid- and Ie, ¥ assortment of drable patterbs— rd—Fridag 434c. Remnants of Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook deries, in many different styles. includ- e beautiful patterns. Up ches wide—and worth as C. 24ge. yard—for. 2 Remnants of Narrow Valenciennes Laces, fn a great varlety of styles— Worth up to 6c. a yard—go Friday for.. 2c. le. Beautiful All-over Laces, in em- brolders’ and lace ettects—the new- est fad—18 inches wide. Worth 39e. yard—for. & Gloves. Abont a hundred pairs of Ladies’ Heavy Kid Gloves; 2 clasps, in tans and browns, and al- most every size.’ These are heavy welght—left from the winter stock. and. to 19¢ ° clear them out at once Ml sizes, In tan, marked them. . ‘Misses’ 2-clasp Kid Gloves; red and brown—perfect in fit and ‘h soll at 75e.—go to- quality— wh morrow for KO Handkerchiefs—consisting of embroide trim- med and lace border handkerchiefs, some with Fancy Colored Border Handker- ‘re slightly mussed - and 10c., we'll let them 3 A lot of 26-foch Twilled Gloria Umbrellas, with steel “rod and good strong 3 (0) handles—go on sale tomorrow at... Cc. A lot of Ladies’ Coutil 2 mmer Net Cor- sets, in both short and long ety! and in white Friday's price only 39¢ | 139 derw: 19 o%c underwear, lOc We made one big lot of many lines of Ladies’ initials, others plain and fancy hemstitched. although they sold Umbrellas. frame — natural and Congo wood | 69c. corsets, 39c, and drab. Not all sizes. Sold formerly at 69c, Odds and ends of Under ineluding La- r, } dies’ Unibrella Drawers, High ‘and Low Neck trimmed Carset Covers and Children's Aprons. Children's red Dresses—and Corded Waists. y for 190. waists. One dozen fine eta Silk Wi one-of-a-kind styl (ag ase TS. Also a few Satin Waists. $6—for.. ality in “all Plain Bis Lot of 12 Ladi last of our winter kerseys, in blue an sold up to $9—go Fri and Misses’ Jackets, stock—fine black — One dozen Ladies” tylish Skirte—some of them with Ins pleat backs. Regular $5 ¥ —go tomorrow for. A lot of 6 Ladies Serge Suits. in sizes 32, 36, 28 and Fly-front jackets, all-silk lined and percaline-lined «kiris. First half a dozen buyers get them $2.08 and laces.! Suits, skirts and ists, the $1.98 $1.98 | Cheviot only, $3.98 8 Ladies’ Fashionable Brown Venetian Salts, sizes 32, 34 and 36—donble-breasted style— jackets with taffeta silk sti ed lapels. Correct box-pleat skirts. Sold at $12.98—go Fri- $7 08 day for. ween mes =: Extraordinary wrapper selling at 49 cents. We called all the odd: nes depleted by aw offer the choice for 49 cand lots go at a sucrifice price. all there are about 4 dozen Ladies’ Good Qu ity Percale Wrappers. in staple light and colors—and they are all thoroughly painstaking m med in varions style d ends from regular all In nal ark ith rates over shoulders and othera with fancy braid trim- mings. All are se lined “and have good skirts. No matter what riginal price—and some s Every counter Startling selling of domestic remnants. Mill remnants of best quality Percales, in all the new colorings and effects —worth We. a sant — go Pri. 6 aay for since Ac. Rempants of ght and rl ten, So from 3 to By nae aa which so of the pl 3 ® yard—for...... a. . of fat color Calicoes ck and light colors 3 ic. vard~go Friday for. ° ne Remnant: in bine, worth 6. Min cond assortment of stripes, checks and plaids — worth oe. a yard—for ..... = remnants of Dress Ginghams, I 54. A remnant lot of Cottons, in 2 to 6-yard I worth up to for... A remnant lot of “Utica” Pitto hemmed, hand torn es aimee retied — iae 42x : 1 1 | Tie —£0r-ceseesor se : Cc. Remnants of Yarkwide Bunt- ing or € worth day for. long—z0 on ea | tor only. ye. and Children’s irts. Regula Friday for..... "15 c. Reote 15 Children’s Spring Oh gubelin and red red with large sailor to with brnid—sizes 1 | i ER ¢ mm, Re $1.98 ski -98 skirts, 98c. Sateen Petticoats. made with de umbreli ruffle, and 5 small, ruffies on me OS, - ae eee Cc. 19. and 2c. Fedora Dress Shields, pair.12y meriean’ Pine, paper Sind Feather-stitched Braids. piece. Y. ss Silver and Japanned Palley Rett Rives pole Rasting Ce ter’s Kuitting € 2 Aluminum Thimbies for... Li Inens. some of the heavy bleached huck—some of the fancy damask—slichtly sefled fram 2 1 red ° 18 Ladies’ Biack and Colored Mercerized others are cord Regular $1.98 . INotion odds& ends halebones, 7, 8 and inch dozen Jo. Small Steckinet Dress Shields, pair. 10 ball Small lot of Extra Large All Linen Towele— windew display. Worth from 25e Seasoagoatoagongentongoagoadoagonteagoatonroazengoareatonteetontoegoeentonteatingietoes Seg to 3Se... 5 < Warth 50 Serer Remmaut prt NS) = Ribbons. A big remnant accamulation of Double. faced in a splendid ring Satin and Taffeta Iibbons. sertment of the newes shades. Widths from. inehes. Usual 1: and qualities— : 2% inches wide, which sold at 1c. a yard. Not ‘all what we have left at. and shad vat go, per yard, RG’ Teese entee ces esteedendententententensententeny 922-24-26-28 7th S Running through to 704-6 K Street. “THE DEPENDABLE STORE.” tt. 234c. olAc. All-silk Satin Gros Grain Ribbons, from 2 te ise, Sodeietetetetetetntntetetetetetetetntetedntetetetet Remnant lot of 1 a Resize Bleached Turkish = yt DS PS (sr igi ing—eells from the ploce Lini aN "abebdegedeedetn gedit ngs. A remnant ation of Linings. all in | good usable nsixting of Cambries, 1 Cambri a and Plain L which up to Se. yard 2K. f Finest Quality Linings jading Imp yeh Percalines, Silesias, Figured Perealines, Canvas, Nearsiik and Spun Glass. The gues Friday at sold at 12%e.. 15 25e. yard. Remnant price MOFOW sees eee eeeeeeee ny, found guilty and sentenced to and penitentiary for — eighteen . guilty of larceny, sentenced to the Maryland penitentiary for eighteen months; Willlam Mason, guilty of giving away whiskey on election day; Wil- liam Au yt guilty of an assault upon Mrs. mi Jami Johnson were tried yi ona charge of the lareeny of copper wire from the C: ‘Traction Company and were acquitted, but were rearrested on a charge of m: 1s trespass. The defendants are all colored and all from Washington. Mr. Herbert W. Lewis has resigned as trustee of Kensington public school, Brooke has been appoint- with lare: the Ma WELL. The Man Who Does the Job s Poor Insurance Risk. From the Chicago Record. Shooting an oil well is one of the most dangerous occupations known. Few people have any realization of the risks encounter- | ed by that small body of men known in th: Indiana oil fields as “shooters.” When the shooter starts out quietly with his can of nitroglycerine he realizes that a sudden jar of his wagon will send him into eternity, and from the time he starts out until the shooting is accomplished there ts not a mo- ment but what is fraught with extreme danger. Accidents to an oil well shooter are never heard of. It is death, with hardly an atom of the human body left to tell the story. When a professional “shooter” is em- ployed to shvot a well he takes from 80 to 240 quarts of nitroglycerine aboard his vehicle and starts for the weil, over rough roads, where a sudden drop into an unseen hole would end all, and despite the care taken by these daring men many of them have lost their lives In a twinkle, without leaving a scrap of evidence of their pre- vious existence. Nearly every town In the oll and gas belt has its story in connection with these deaths, and in nearly every !n- stance the victims are blown to atoms so fine that it is beyond human power to gather them up. is William Snedecker has followed this haz- ardous occupation throughout Indiana for the past ten years, and has used 400,000 quarts of nitroglycerine in shooting over 4,000 wells. He is the pioneer in this dan- gerous profession and has a unique wagon for transporting the molasses-like fluid to the scene of operation. In a square box under the seat the explosive !s carried. The pox {s padded carefully, and when filled with the cans the padded lid is carefully fastened down and the nervy shooter takes his seat and drives slowly, usually in the early morning, to avoid the natural travel of the day. when the well {n question Is reached long torpedoes, or their tubes rather, are placed within the casing of the well, and the ni- troglycerine is poured carefully into them. When one of the tubes ts filled it is low- ered as carefully as human ingenuity will permit to the bottom of the well. ‘This operation is repeated until the ex- perlenced eye of the “shooter” ts satis- fied that the load Is heavy enough to ac- complish the purpose. When all is ready a bar of iron, known as the “‘go-devil,” 1s dropped into the well, which is often 1,500 feet deep and seldom less than 1,000 feet. All is quiet except the fast retreating “shooter,” who is seeking a place of safety. Suddenly the earth trembles, a crash and a snap, a muffled sound becomes louder and louder, until a tall column of water and oil shoots from 75 to 100 feet high, ‘the country for hundreds of feet around being filled with great clouds of spray, floating to the windward, after which all is over and the shooting of the well is accomplished. ‘The shooter collects his fee and drives home, to await additional patronage from the hundreds of well owners throughout the gas belt. —s Dramatic Censors in Paris. From the Author. Judging from an article in Figaro, the Office of these gentlemen is no sinecure. They are expected to read in manuscript all the plays, pantomimes and songs pre- nted by theatrical directors or cafe con- ert managers, in addition to daily e¢ amining and reading the programs of the cafe concert hails of Paris and its sub- urbs. They are also expected to be pre: ent at all general rehearsals, in order to judge of the scenic effect of the works represented, from-a moral and_ political point of view. Even when a play is duly authorized, their task is not ended. They have to be present at its first public per- formance to ascertain that the modifica- tions or alterations suggested by them have been carried into effect. In the year 1808 883 dramatic plays and performances were thus examined and licensed, this number being surpassed during the first ten months of 1899. The same year the “inspecteurs des theatres’’ were likewise reported to have been present 38 general rehearsals or first nights, while the number of new songs ex- amined by them is estimated at a minimum of 8,000 per annum. The signing of the cafe concert programs alone represents no in- considerable amount of work, for Paris boasts no fewer than 761 concert halls (of. which 120 give daily performances), in ad- dition to seventy-six suburban establish- ments of the same c'ass; and this quite apart from the thirty-seven theaters proper over which these gentlemen exercise a vig- ilant supervision. Their recompense is by no means proportionate to such herculean achievements, the first and second censors receiving a salary of 6,000 francs apiece, the third 3,500 francs and the fourth 2,400 francs, making in all a total of 17,000 francs. oo ——+ nee ______ Why She Scrubbed Her Trank. From the Boston Journal.’ A novel sight was enjoyed by a large crowd which for nearly an hour surround- ed the platform of the West Somerville depot of the Bostomand Maine railroad on Thursday afterhoon. An expresssmfan Was ordered to take a trunk from a Francesca avenue residence for transportation by train to Boston. About 1:30 o'clock the expressman left the trunk on the platform.’ In white paint on the front side appeared in large letters the legend, “Bride's Trunk. To be Married De- cember 14." As might be expected, the curious sight attracted a large number of people. They laughed, joked and wondered, and then their curiosity was increased a hundred-fold by the sudden appearance of a handsome young Woman armed with a quantity of cloths and a bottle of naphtha. Not in the least abashed by the inquisitive throng of “rubber necks,” she at once got upon her knees and set’ to work washing off the unwelcome lettering. ' was a slow task, but for half an hour she stuck to the work until it was completed, never once paying any attention to the good- natured bantering of the onlookers. After the lettering had been removed she remained twenty-five minutes at the depot window, keeping close watch for the pos- sible reappearance of the practical joker. He discreetly kept out of sight. The lady saw the trunk checked and started to Bos- ton on the 2:30 train. after which, with a smile of satisfaction, she quietly walked up Elm street in the direction of her home. THE RETIRED BURGLAR. A Disturbing Experience With a Restless and Nervous Blind Man. From the New York Sun. " “I have told you,” said the retired bur- glar, “of one little experience with a blind man—this is another. I had gone into a not very big but comfortable-looking farm- house and looked around below without finding anything, and got upstairs. I hadn't more'’n struck the upper floor before I real- ized that there wasn’t many people in the house; funny about that, but when there's a lot of people it fills it up with a kind of clectricity that you can feel, and when there isn’t it feels dull and dead. “Well, I got into a front room on one side of this house and found nobody there, and I might remark, nothing besi i back room on that s with a big bed, I found a small boy, fast asleep. I didn’t dare put the bulls-eye on him, but I could see well enougif by a dim light that was burning on a table in a little alcove in one side of this room to guess that he was, maybe, nine or ten years old. ing m eeping there because he'd feel ea: ier and safer there while she was gone. “Nothing in that room, and I went out and across the hall into a room on the other side opposite the room the boy was in. The first step I took into that room made the floor creak, just the least little bit in the world, but I halted, right where I stood; and the next instant I heard a bed in this room snap a little and I knew ther® was somebody sitting up in it and listening. «it was still for a haif a minute and then 1 heard whoever it was in the bed, and it was a man's voice, saying: “Willie?” ‘Of course there wasn’t any answer to this, because Willie was fast asleep; I'd just seen him in bed a minute before my- self; but the man that was sitting up in bed and listening called again: “Willie!” “When he got no answer this time, he started to get up, as I expected he wau'd, and when he made the bed creak in getting out of it I stepped back a step and around the door jamb and hugged the wall in the hall, and ina minute the man came through the doorway. He was as blind as a bat. 1 couldn’t see that, in that light in his eyes, but I could see it in his manner and way of moving, in the way he carried his head and his hands; but he made straight for Wil- lie's room, just as well as though he could see perfectly; the blind man was going to look after Willie. “And he got in there all right and found the boy all right—I don’t know how he told it. I couldn't see from where I was, but maybe he touched the boy's head, or stood and listened to his breathing, but anyhow he satisfied himself that the boy was all right—and then he started back for his own room. I suppose I might have got out when he was in the youngster's room, but it would have been a sort of clumsy thing to do, he'd have been almost certain to hear me, and, though I could have got away all right, I didn't like to go in that bungling way, and thought I'd let him come out and get back into his own room and go to sleep before I started; but he gave me a great shake-up before he did that. “The door to his own room was almost directly opposite the docr of the room where the boy was. A little toward the front of the house from his own door was the head of the stairs leading to the’ floor below. When he came out of the boy's room he didn’t make straight across to his own door, but he took a diagonal course toward the head of the stairs and 1 thought he'd lost his way, but the distance was short and he was there before I could real- ize it. “It made my heart go down to think of i] } | ete ak Seecedetetetet = Seeonteesenenteaseetetonzen = For Mattings, ( = description. accommodation. order that you pare them with the of other stores. seetetentecteceete aginable price. with lace covered satin parasois, rubber tires We tack all Carpets down free of cost and charge you only with the actual and parasol holder: number of yards required to cover your floor. Small weekly or monthly payments. e This Store Your: headquarters 30-Carts, Baby Carriages and Furniture of every Always remember that you are welcome to all the credit you want—and that we make no extra charge for this Our prices are marked in plain figures in y readily com- sh prices S \ We court such! D | a comparison. Our spring stock | is now complete and clegant. H Stock of Go-Carts and Baby Carriages at almost every im- Beautiful Carria ges at $10 and $i2. Comple' wheel brakes Linoleums Mattings, and Sree GROGAN?’S cresit fesse, 817-819-821-823 7th Street. Between H and I sts. Mammoth being found there in the house with © Job you begi Other things bein manwith a broken neck. or a broken le ual, do w! ur hand first or somet over. He stairs and nt plumb to the Pd the 8 it ough been broad daylight and he could see, stood there for wasn't Willie. He didn’t hea: went back into hi a minute What coud nything, and he tur own room and bed and sat up in it again for a minute « he had done before he get up, and then down. . ‘And I waited for him. and when to sleep again I ed, very down the stairs not to creak under my weight, and got ou vee How to Harry. From the Chicxgo Jourval. Reader, do you know how (o hurry? This is a hurrying age, think it worth whi gestions that may help you: 1. Do nothing that you don’t have to do. esentials, Begin Cut out the non-~ 2. Don’t hesitate. Ww once. you are throagh stop, and begin on the next thing. 3. Don’t be too particular what pari ing of that sort, but he d:dn't £0 » of the and I don’t want any run-in and you ought to know how to keep up with itif you Here are a few sug- of ext neare ng next "t pause between J t go fram one job sdone. “Do one thin whi mind. you're hand Do ure 3 king And think about the work ir If you have assimanis, use them. at hey can't do, and afi | ward 8. Do nothing twice. This 1 | essary to do it right the firs: . Don't lay down one tool excep to take cf looking out traction He: put things off. you think of them, If you'll follow these rules and a few more that you can make yourself, you will be able to reduce your office hours about : You won't think you're hurrying, be bored and worn out by your d when it's over you can go and ¥ golf, or pinochie, or romp with the baby with an approving conscience and a at res the window. Do them when os There was a young fellow In Nice Who never would rhyme it with Greece; And when he had thrice Pronounced the town Nice, ~ They simply called in the potice. —Detroit Free Presa,