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"n' s?z&ss VASLW'V-UUiUHliUAIVAHV'JWpanPHBn ir l---T-s-, ."V7 w ' THE TOJS.? 1895. V ,1T'T f T"!" TheWashingtonTimes (MOBN1MQ, ETIKIXQ, AXD SUKDAT.) OWNED AND ISSUED Br The Washington Times Company, TIMES EtflLDINO, oituwest corkek pek3ti.t.13u a vents ami Texts Stbxtx, Telephone Editorial Rooms, 411 Business Office, 33. Frier Morning or Evening Edition... Ono Cent. Eund ly Edition Terse Cents. "Hontnly by Carrier Horning anil Sunday 7nlrty-flve Cents. Evening ....Thirty Cents. Morning. ) iveulngand!- FIFTY CEXT8. Eauday, J WASHINGTON, -D. C, AUGUST 6, 1895. qTRADX Subscribers to "The Times" will confer u las or by promptly reporting nny discourtesy ot collectors, or neg lect of duty un tbo part of tlio carriers. Complaint either by mall or In per son will recetso prompt attention. Tbo Morning Edition nlould lo de lls ered to ull parts of the city by 0:110 o'clock u. in.. Including Sunday. Tbo Evenli: Edition Bliould betnthohunds of subscribers not Liter t ban 5:30 p.m. "Tbo Washington TIiiim" In a mem ber of tbe Itochdale Co-operative So ciety. TAKE THE TIMES WITH YOU. Summer Outings Will Not Bo En Joyed Unless It Goes Along. Ttio Niiinmer tldo of pleasnre and Iiealth-aeekor has set In toward mountains, springs and seashore; No plans for the season's ontlng will bo compIote.unlH.is The Times Is In cluded among tbe necessaries. Men and women may go from town to leave care behind, but those who would keep their finger on tho pub lic liaise, or bo abreast ot tbe world's happenings, or. Indeed, who need u golden link between themselves uud the wblrllglif ot time these must huvif Tho Times sent dally to their sylvan or seaside retreat. WASHINGTON AS AN ART CENTER. August and September are months wben the bey-day in the h'ced of artists grows riotous and when they court naturo with oil tbe ardor of a sincere and passionate lover. Washington studios are almort deserted. Only thofe few linger who have work in hand which cannot well be de ferred. It is a Joyous end gentle mob of mon and women, youths and maidens, who are now afield transferring with magic brush to lasting canvas the treasures of woods and marsh, mountain and beach. Never before has there been so general an exodus ot mature and amateur as this scar, and they are certain to return with sketches and studies which will not only add to their own reputation, but also to the fame ofWashiiigtonasagrowingarl center, when completed and put upon public exhibition. Washington's rapidly increasing develop ment as a center for the pioduction of art works and for education In art is arousing general interest. New York'smuch-vauntisd Art League no longer monopolizes the attention of student and critics. Our own Art Lcagi-i and Corcoran School of Art arc now ot iqual reputauou with the best schools of America. The Corcoran Gallery of Art contains a splendid collection, which will coon be greaUy enriched when the magnificent new gallery shall havo been completed. Few cities of America can boast of finer private co'lections than those of a number of citizens of Washington. A much-needed addition to existing art machinery is a studio building, where artists may concentrate in tho best of workshops and have a commodious tchoolaud favorable light for exhibitions. Another project which should be con stantly agitated by artists and lovers of art, is tbe establishment of a rational gallery as a repository for art treasures of a'l periods and for the encouragement of a popular art spirit and the production of great works by American artists. It Is a big ui.derlakirg to convii.ee typical Con gressmen of the Importance of such nu institution, but it can be done. Washington will oLe day huve its Louvro HELP IT ALONG. No doubt Is entertained that tbe colored citizens of America will have a creditable nxhibit at tbe Atlanta Exposition, illus trating the vast progress they base made sluco they became a free and independent pcoplo Thir efforts in the Southern States in this direction have been in the main suc cessful because the States thcmselve-s were intrested and in some instances assisted with appropriations Tor that especial caus", while giving other moneys fop the proir representation of the Common wealths at Icj?e. Of all places in the country, tbo colored pople ot tbe District of Columb a, who embody the highest average ot Intelligence ot the race in any section of America, should b- well represented at Atlanta, but they have no appropriation to aid them and are therefore coinielled to depend wholly upon their own exertions and resources. Their eam"kt t.-.d sagacious efforts have ben to some extent rewarded, but much yet remains to be done, and it Is apparent they are bent-upon doing it braely. The fete which is to be held in thrgrounds of Howard University this afternoon and evening is one of the most elaborate pro jects yet devised for raising funds. Ke freslrueiits and amusements at.d more or less serious speech-making will furnish every imaginable attraction for all who feel an interest in this laudable work, and if ths weather be propitious, doubtless a largo sum will be realized. Tho Times would also suggest tl.at per sons of public spirit and plethoric pockets would earn the thanks of tho whole Dis trict and ot tho colored race In general, by liberal contributions to aid the colored people or this region to make an adequate display at the great Southern and-International Exposition. A SUBURBAN LAMENTATION. Suboiergod conjpln'ly under a great tidal wave ot sympathy we quote the following lamentation from our sincerely esteemed contemporary, tbo Falls Church News: No country vilksje has reached the Ideal existence until it can boast ot a brass band. Every citizen, from tbe small boy up to his honor, the mayor, takes a persoHn interest in such an organization, and is ready to root for it on state occasions. Once upon a time we had a band that dlpensed soul-inspiring music during tho long summer evenings, but now those re hearsals, concerts and serenades are as myths of the past, and Falls Church has degenerated'lnto a bandlcss town. And yet our profound regret for tbo bandles3 condition so much bemoaned by our able neighbor Is not unmixed with a tingling desire to extend congratula tions. While Music, the sweet twin-sister of Poetry, should be wooed by village lads and lasses as well as by city peoples, where bands abound galore, there are bands and bands and ba'ndjaasteri and bandmasters. Not alt of us ca.n be Fqnciullis or Bousas, and the piping; ot the untutored Slwa'COUNCILjp sam boru Is not so alluring as the reed of Fan, played by shepherds of the plain. Let our contemporary forego Its lung Inc and fill' Its painful Told by draughts of tbe vivifying oxygen of hills and dales In-the vicinage of lu beautiful Tillage; re gale Its cars with the song of the thrush and meadow lark, if not ot tbe nightingale; driuk in the ceaseless rustling of tho long-leafed niaJze; the inaudible musio ofjerowing gross pud "garden sass." These, indeed, be things that may well supply tbe lack of a horn band in lovely rural places, sybcre high and close-built walls do not place an Insurmountable ob stacle in tbe nvay of soulful communion with nature lu her purest and loftiest moods. Be comforted, dear neighbor, with tho beauties you possess und hunker not for' trumpet blasts which may offend your cultivated cur, and lead 'your tongue to utterances which can only be expressed by iwo-em dashes. UTILIZING THE HOLMES HOBBOB. The conspicuous character of sonic of the evidence agaluct Holmes which Is fouLd in the "castle" at Chicago, ard tbe case with which it might liave,,becn discovered, Bug geststhatthepolii'carespoOHingltnutonthe Installment plan to advertise themselves and "Greater Chicago." This mystic and -magical "castle" busi ness is about plated out. Hardlyoneatoiuof evidence of crime that has been "discov ered" during tbe last week or two has been eo bidden that it might not have bceti"iSd eovereiT by even a stupid detective at a single initial aearcb, thus enabling the press to put all the ghastly, ghostly, repul sive story in one reeking chapter. "Greater Chicago" may like-that sort of thing, but the greater country at large is easily sated -Mib such sensation.. When two weel-arc required for the discovery of blood, plainly bespattered on the "castle" walls, it is evident the "tJeuths" are play ing for notoriety in serial form. Who is the gentleman contractor, any way , who is t rylog so neatly and yet so des perately to resurrect the. Hoxie-Lydecker subterranean ship canal for angle worms and water bjgs? It is a curious fact that while tbe District Is out a million or two on account of it, some mysterious some body yet thinks there's millions in It. Some public spirited medium should kindly ,woo the shade of Goldsmith from its celestial environment, and induce it, it possible, to suffer a brief residence at Now Alexandria. President Phillips is simply superb when taking passage on one of his Lice new un derground trolley parlor cars, but he shrivels awfully when he Is forced to ride behind one of bis woe-begone, bony, niaugy,. wheezy, heart-broken, horse-car teams from the head of East Capitol street to Georgetown. While Senator Quay is fighting not only his own battle, but that of Cameron as well, the, latter is disporting hlmselt In the breakers of New England beaches. If Don's speech was silvern last winter, as- suredlr his silence is golden this summer. tj Waiving the right or tbe wrong of the sugar bouuty question, it would really be interesting to know what Mr. Ilowler would think of the Constitution if he hail been a big Louisiana sugar producer during the last year or two. Mr. Secretary Herbert will doubtless dock the Government for the lime when he Is not usiDg the Dolphin, at least to thenniount of railroad fare from his point of landing to Buzzard's Bay. President and Cabinet are non est in ventus, but tbe Government at Wash ington still lives. w now sweetly unconscious of his wit was that New Jersey correspondent of a Philadelphia newspaper who In solemnly describing the condition of ilis Green, a maiden disappointed In love and who at tempted suicide, wrote that "although still under the doctor's tare it is believed she will recover." That spick and span, brand new In dependent American party, Which has just donned its swnddlhig clothes in Kansas, should try fcomething easy, like see-king the north pole by baloon, or like pulling the supporting pillars from under the hea vens, or like finding a resting place for a fulcrum for the lever of Archimedes, rather than to attempt the removal of the capital of the United States from Wash ington. Tho Home Outing. Now come the days that we love best, With front doors sealed and barred. The smart set takes its annual rest In the lngh-walled backyard. The girls sit in the sun and tan Their faces a seal brown. While all the boys and the old man. Swear that they're out of town. And later, when the summer ends. With freckles fair to see. They will come forth and tell their friends How they enjojed the sea! PERSONALITIES. Louise Imogen Gulney and Miss Alice Brown have started together for a walking trip through England. Miss Guinc is the well-known critic-poet and postmistress and Miss Brotvn has books to her credit. John C. Hancock, of Hancock, Mil., who has only bis le.r arm to shoot with, the right having been lost- in a carriage acci dent, has killed this season with his shot gun 209 squirrels. 123 rabbits, 217 part ridges. G2 pheasants, 28 wild turkrs, and :)5 woodrnck. Of wild ducks he has shot 2:1 mallarJs and 7 redheads. Margherita of Italy Is not only the most ft j Ilili. but tbe most intellectual and ac complished or Queens. She speaks Eng lish, f rench, German and Spanish, reads Latin and Greek, knows tbe great poets thoroughly, reads much theological lite rature and Is a fair botanist and geologist. Tbe War Department has awarded a medal or honor tn Christian Albert, pri vate. Company G, Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteers, for most distinguished gal lantry at Tieksbarg, Miss., on May 22, lc03, while serving with a storming party. The Countess Cecilia Plater-Z beck, one of the wealthiest women in Russia, has been enrolled in the guild of master tailors of Warsaw. She is at tbe head ot a cutters' school in that city and doe much to help tho poor. The Kev. Edward Beecher. the brother of Henry Ward Beecher, who died in Brook lyn at tbe age of 92, Is reported ae saying: "I never smoked or chewed tobacco and never drank ardent spirits in any form, Irit was fond of out-door exercise." John Jacob Astor has bestowed a $1, 00,000 piece of jewelry on his wife. Cornelius Vanderbilt has gates from France, stone from- tbe West, a gardener from Berlin: and plants from Italy. Will T. Hale, tbe sweet singer of Ten nessee, like Frank L Stanton, is a news paper man. He is one of -the editorial staff of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal Logical. Talmage I hare finally discovered why emigratlonlsal ways to ward tbe West. Crandall Well, why Is It? Talmage Because tbe earth , you know, rotates toward the East, and the people try to keep on top , of cou rse. Truth. Didn't Ask Much. "I do not ask. much," in pleaded. "Please consider my request in a serious light." '.'What were you about to ask?" she said. In a rerpectrul way. . . "If you cannot marry me pleas bo a' summer glrllor mo." Judge, THEY WANT LONGER TIME Assistant Assessors Cannot Beport by the First of Next Month. Work la Hedged With Difficulties find tho Results Would Be Better.lt tho Limit Is Extended. "Tbe board of assistant assessors la making as good progress as was hoped for, uuier me circumstances," said Col. liatcs to-day. "We work hard every day, and probably put in more hours than any other board In or out of tbepubllc service." When asked how much territory had been Inspected, Col. 11a tes said that all that eectiou from liock Creek to B street northwest, and to and including Eighth street northwest, has been gone over. "Aud there is not a piece of property in any square where we have been," he added, "that has not had our personal inspection. We go all around tbe property and give It careful examination, from the alley side as froai the street." 'l-ae board laes office fixtures along Aud tbo entries are muuo as soon as a de clsiou is arrived at. Then, to make ossur auco doubly sure, the items are reviewed ou the succeeding morning. No plat-book is takeu to tbe f led two days in sac-cession, mere Deing two, representing different squares, uud -n.u these tuu uoard uuex nates. The work has been hedged about with dirricultlcs so far, but these obstacles will not continue, fio members say, after the area upon which they are now employed is finished. There's a great deal of work to be done in Mm county. Col. Bates eays. Considerable property beyond Boundary, bo ascer tained, is assessed at too high a figure, and tlioro are inequalities there that require correction. It Is tin opinion of the board that tbo work required of it cannot bo completed in the time given. Under the law, the report shoild be ready by tbe first Mon day in January, 18HU. but under the circumstances it Is regarded as a pb steal impossibility to bays it ready- by that thus. Several conferences between President Bates and the Commissioners have been held concerning the matter, and it has been determiued to ask Congress for an extensloa of the time to January 1, lfe97. No hardship can result. It Is argued, and In the end the result will be much more sat isfactory. Col. Bates' proposition Is to have tbo assistant asvssors coufmue "their work until July 31 f Lext year, then resolvs into tho board of revisers and sit until that work is complte, and tave the re lort ready by the first Monday in the suc ceeding January. This win require a. ostponenieut of the collections, as was don1; this year, but It Is not believed that there can be reasonable objection made to that method, since the benefits that will result will be found in a much mure equit able adjustment of values. By completing the report by January as suggested, tbe asessor "ill hare ample time to get the assessments ou bis books for tho May collection. INDUSTRIAL ECHOES. New Orleans has ordered an $8,000,000 sewerage system. A florist estimates that $500,000,000 a year is realized from flowers. Our copper production is more than two fifths that of all other countries. Both Alabtma and Michigan have passed Pennsylvania as iron producers. It is estlmatod that in England one wo man in every six earns her own living. One of the latest trolley fenders has two small wheels to support It on tlio track. In Paris th other day a barber shaved a man In a cag? wllh a lioa to winawager. Carpenters in Japan earn on an average about 31 c-nts a day measured lu .Ameri can money. Ceylon has 2,700,000 imputation, and does an annual trade with Great Britain of $40,000,000. A French railroad company has ordered clocks to bo placed on the outside ot every locomotive. The capital for the building of the Jui'g frati Hallway Is to consist of 0,000,000, 000 francs . At Joukoping, Sweden, there is a mon ster machine which makes 1.000,000 box's of matches per day. Th2 aggregate of life Insurance iwlicies in tbi United States now outstanding is s'afJd at $3,000,000,000. Chicago and Milwaukee ate to be con nected by an elevated bicycle road. A toll of ten cents will be leWed. Tbe cellar In the Bank of France recem b'es a large warehouse. Silver coin is stored therein 800 largo barrels. Three salooui;- ers were fined $300 eatb at Yub- C.iy yesterday tor violat ing tbe proMiticu law of that county. Mt crariiufetu is the only State that has a clas" of lollceinpn who are appointed especially for work on btrcet cars. Asa result of improvements on tbe Seine, that river is now navigable for steamers of 1,000 tons burden as far as Paris. Tbe Pueblo Indians have resisted all at tempts of traders to introduce whisky and pla)ing cards lu their midst. Fifteen years ago about 3,000 bicy cles were annually produced In England, during 1891 oer 00,000 were manufac tured there. According to tbe Itailroad Gazette the railroad companies have ordered 25,000 freight cars this jear, at a cost ot $10, 000,000. Th expenses of the round trip oT a steamer like tbe St. Louis average be tween $10,000 and $80,0000, according to the season. From Loudon to Aberdeen, a distance of 504 miles, is now covered in eleven hours by a train or the London and Northwestern Railway. ENGLISH BATHING CUSTOMS. The Englishman shows nothing more typical of hlm-elt than the manner In which he bathes at the seashore. The English look upon bathing as immodest, therefore they go the whole length possible, and bathe in the ocean In a manner shocking to visitors. Men and women do not use the same beach, but as they are separated only by a few hundred yards, are lu plain sight of other, and might as well use the same grounds As they arc supposed to be separated the bathing costumes are the most extraordinary. The suits for the women arc made In one piece, skirts not considered necessary; in short, they are simply the old-fashioned bathing suits worn in America by the men. The suits areoftcn cut decolletteand come only to the knese. The men wear a remarkable garb; nothing less than the swimming tights of the American small boy when he slipsaway to an unfrequented stream. As a result of the separate bathing the English bath Is stupid and unpleasant. The pleasant, proper camaraderie, which Is possible at Freucn and American retorts, Is impossible. Each Egl'sh woman as she appears on tbe beach must bring her stick with her; she could never take her morning constitu tional without It It is no uncommon thing to see an English party on the beach, the women all armed with walking sticks and tbe men all minus tbatartlclo . The English beaches are markedly in ferior to those ot America. At many places the bather Is compelled to wear sandals with wooden soles to keep the stones from cutting bis feet, while in three or lour steps at high tide be is over his head. A Sure Sign. A liorso expert says that bad temper is Indicated by an eye "which shows tho white.r glauclDE backward," This jjpin loa is entitled to respect, It only for its antiquity, and a more .or less general be lief that it applies to men nswellos imim New Torlr World. SOME: COLD PUDDINGS. How tbe Housekeeper Saves Herself .-Jjt Hot .Weather, r (Written Tor The Times.) Co'd puddings are much more dainty and wholesome at thlssearon'.than when served warm with rich sauce. .They are alto more convenient to'tbe housekeeper when made' tbe day before they are to.be eaten, or In the cool of the morning,-' preventing the necessity ot going over the tire in the heat of the day. The' receipts here given will be found economical afc-well asca'sy toprepare. CUSTAKD PUDDING. Put a quart ot milk ou the fire to boll. Moisten two tnblespoontuls of cornstarch into a little cold milk and stir with the boil ing milk. Beat the yolks.qf six eggs and halt n cup of sugar together and add to the milk. Take from tbe flre.Cayor with a tablespoon ful ot vanilla, pourThto.' a pudding dlsb. Beat the white ot the1' egis to a t tilt froth, add three tablcspcKntu'Is of powdered sugar, heap on topi'df'she pudding, and set in tho oren forftT minutes. Set onlce until very cold apdeerre. QUEEN-SuBUPDINO . (An English Teclne) cMu&ten four table spoonfuls of corn Atarch with a little cold watcr.mlx into a pint of boiling wnter, add half a teacup of i sugar and a pinch of salt, stir and let bbll tan minutes. Take from tho fire, flavor with a teospoonful of vanilla, add tbe well-beaten white of three eggs, mix, ancj turn into a pudding mould, spt on ice until firm, and servo with vanilla sauce, - '' " frost Pudding. Put bait a box gelatine in a little cold water to (oak for half an hour. Pour over a pint ot toilinjt'wateri add a cup and a half.of sugar, stir until dissolved, squeeze In the Julco of two large lemons, unci stir toe mixture into- a tin pall, set on ice until cold. When thick and cold, beat with an egg beater until whiter Whip tbe whites ot four eggs to a. stiff froth, and stir them gently Into tbe pud ding. Turn Into a fancy mould and set on Ice to harden. Serve with cold pud ding sauce. COCCOANUT PUDDING. Beat four eggs until very light, add three-fourths of a cup gf sugar, a pint and a half of milk, one grated coacoanut and a tcaspoonful of vanilla; stir all to gether until well mixed and set in a mod erate oven to bake for fh!ilf aud hour. Serve very cold with vanilla sauce. COLD CHOCOLATE PUDDING. Pour four ounces of grated chocolate In a small sauce pan, and 'stand over tbe tea kettle to melt: stir until smooth. Tut three coffee cups of new milk on the fire to boll; dissolve half a' cup of corn starch In a little cold milk and add to tbe boiling milk; let cook until thick; add a small tea cup of sngar and the stiffly, beaten whites of five eggs, beat all to gether over the fire.' for Jive minutes. Take up and flavor with vanilla. Divide the mixture into halves. To one half add the 'chocolate. Pour halt the while mix ture into tbe bottom of a pudding mould, then half the chocolate, pour with the white, then add the remaining chocolate. Bet on Ice until frozen. Serve with whipped cream sweetened and flavored with vanilla . . LEMON PUDDING. Beat the yolks ot four eggs to a crram, add half a cup of sugar, two tablespoon ruls of milk, and three tublojpooufuls of corn starch dissolved in a little water, beat until smooth, and strain. Add the Juice of two, and the grated rind of one lemon, with the beaten whites of the eggs; turn Into a greased pudding dish, dredged with powdered sugar, and set in a quick oven tob.ike.Wl.cnco!dscTi"e with whipped cream. ORANGE PUDDING. Strain the juice of eiiOil large o ranees and two lemons through a coarse sieve. Add one ounce of disohed gelatine with a pint of clareficd sugar. Stir and pour into a fancy mou'd;' set on ice. When firm turn out on a flat glass dish and garnish with bonbons. ' CKS" PUDDING. Cover a box of gelatine with cold water and let soak half an hour, pour over three largeeiipsof bplling'tvater.'tidd two cups of sugar, tht julco1 p'f'l&ree rem'oas'aud'tnro'' oranges! stir until this' sugar is dissohed, strain through a Jclljrbai; aud stand away until cold, but not hdnL Dip candled strawberries or cherries In a little of the jelly, so us to make stiff, and arrange around the sides ot a border mold, pour In some or lbe Jelly and .stand lu a pan of ice to harden. Fill tbe center with the liquid jelly, when hard, dip the middle out Willi a spoon and fill the space with orange cream. Stand In a cold place for two hours, and serxe with vanilla sauce. Several of the last receipts are trouble some to prepare, and the Ingredients ex pensive for ordinary use for the tamlly table, but will be found exevllent for a company dinner, and more economical than ices. ELIZA R. PARKER. Tin- Now Man. "Do you allow your husband to carry a latchkey?" asked the old-fashioned wom an. "I don't." "Neither do I," said the new woman, "but once in a while he steals mine." Cluclnnuti Tribune. IV ho Ho Was. Haverly-Who is that, pale, nervous, sickly looking man? - - Austen Don't you know him? That Js Dr. N. D. Jestian, the great dyswpsia specialist. Exchange. - WHEELING . Mr. J. B. McGlrr. Mr. J. B. McGIrispnc of the most popular members of the Georgetown Cycle Club, and one whobasevcrfjakenauactlvointcre st In all ma'tters pertaining to it. He was one otthe rhftr members, and iron- Its In ceptlou lias ieen an officer, fca Ing served as sect. ;. vice president and president, Jn the latter office having guided tbo dub business successfully or three terms. He is a graduate of the Georgetown uni-Tersitv-Law School r dhtnerullsot member ship of the leading associations of this city will LeToucd hU lining. While the George lowjii Club .has been forced" by cjrcuin tancesorerwlilchjitiliadiiooontroltoglve np Its cluLiionsa, yet It would not be ur prlsliigatancarlvdste'toseethecolorsotuio club floating over even more spacious and commodious quar(cr,''n it bad, aud wl thevcnalargerandmoreenthusiastlcmem berslnp. r BIG JOB ON THEIR HANDS New Political Party Who Want Jo Move the Capitol. " v It Is One ot the Beams In the Plat form of tbelndepeudcutAmerl- Cans ot Kansas The new independent American party, which Is called to meetin convention atTcv- peka, Kas., September S, is said to favor, among other things, a removal of tho National Capital to a" more central location. It Is this article of Its political faith which is of most interest to WasbingJ louians, aimougn, ot course, no one nere believes that the Federal Capital will ever bo removed. Tbe proposition Is notn new one. It has been repeatedly advanced in Congress, and It was advocated with conspicuous force and ability cat thesecond session of tbe Fifty-third Congress, by Mr. De Armood, of Missouri: In private conver sation, however, Mr. De Arniond never hesitated to express his doubt that any proposition rhch involved the removal of the Capital to trJ. polut farther West or South was likely to be adopted by Congress. It Is not generally knoiro that tbe loca tion of tbe Natitnal Capital on tbe Poto mac Kiver was brought about by Alexander Hamilton, tbe first Secretary of the Treas ury, with tbe co-operation of Thomas Jr frrson. -Hamilton had laid before Con gress a plan for the assumption by tbe Fed- Government ot the debts of the several States growing out of tbe revolt of the colonies against tbe mother country. The Southern members as a rule opposed as sumption, while the Northerners generally ravorect. Congress, at the same time, was also con fronted with. a contest among Its mem bers as to the location of the Capital. Whether it sti&ulc? be in New York. r Pennsylvania, iu Virginia or Maryland; whether It should fall to the North or the South, wasa burning question, second only to that of assumption of local debts. IJam- m'tu nin luuuierriii. us iu wuicn aiai4; se cured this honor. Hf had. however, cham pioned tbe assumption plan with all the force of -his- fiery and energetic nature, and he sawln this contest overlhe CapKil an opportunity to help his assumption Plan He decided, therefore, to sacrifice what he regarded as a trifling question, and thus save a financial policy which he con slderesl to bo of vital Importance, and the very corner stone- of the government. Thomas Jefferson had Just returned from France and taken his-place nt the head of the Washington Cabinet. He had, moreover. 'no prejudices' at that time a canst the author of the assumption policy. With no line marked cut for bis conduct, and ready until e ents"decided otherwise, to sustain the administration, be fell In easily with the schemes of his colleague. "There was," as one hls'.osan naiiely puts it, "a little talk and a little dinner and Hamilton agreed to secure the sotes for a Southern capital, while Jefferson promised to do the same for assumption." As a result the capital was located on Southern soil, and Hamilton's plan of as sumption passed both Houses of Congress by a fair majority. MARK TWAIN'S CHARACTER. How It Was Interpreted by Three 1.1111(1011 1'iiimistrt. The London Borderland recently published pictures of Mark Twain's hand, and Invited palmists to Interpret its lines Tbe rendings of foir hand-seers who responded have been pjbllshed. Between them rhey give a vast dal of information abutMark. Onesavs: "He loves to explore hidden mines of truth. His lire nan li-en checkered with reverses. He only trusts those whom be first tests " Another describes him as "successful (within limitations) and popular, warm hearted hut cautious a vigorous person liable to lose money- and aims, and to gain them " Another says- "He counsels others bet ter than himself; lbe ladies sway blm; hi slews are clear to himself, bJt freaks of opinio. s will sometimes astonish his friends " The last one gives him "an excellent opinion of himself, because he is generally made m ich of by the other sex, and be. In turn, also is subservient to the other sex. He has a greatamountot travel developed, and not a small share ot trouble, directly or irdireetly, from excessive alcohol it looks." The Kills' Wit-Wat Explained. William IV. once extricated hlmselt from a difficulty after a bad break. "Take away that marine," said his majesty to a waiter, pointing to an empty bottle which stood upon tbe table. "That marine!" said a colonel of the marines, wbo was present. "Does your majesty compare an empty bottle to a marine?" "Yes," rcp:ied tho king, pulling him self together; "I mean to tay it has done its duty once and is ready to do it again." Exchange. Hick Why did you put that pin In Mr. Sitanchhi's chair, you little scamp?" Dick Hicks He's always been looking for one when he called and seemed dis appoint ed not to flndlt. New York World. FAVORITES. BOBBERS' STRATEGT. A ThrilllBX Story ot Early Settler on Pearl River. (By Maurice Thompson, Copyright 1805, Jy Maurice Thompson.) At Logtowu,- which Is a lumbering sta tion of Importance not far from Pearling ton, on Pearl Rlverrin Mississippi,,! was 'lold,that years ago a band of 'robbers;, controlled by a desperate man , one of John A. Murreir successors, named Copcland, infested the country round about, commit ting all sorts of terrible crimes, and openly defying tbe officers ot the law.- This put me on the track, for new material for my -sketches of early life in the PeaH'river country, and diligent Inquiry rewa'rded me with some very romantic and thrilling in cidents Illustrative of what the advance- guard of American pioneers experienced iu a region of a country which Is still al most primitive after all our years ot progress. When our great civil war ended there was no railroad in southern Mississippi, and, tbe condition which "prevailed fifty years earlier over a large part of Jhe Pearl River country still existed, with the added confusion and distress brought about by four years of lawlessness and the natural demoralization consequent to war. Peace wa-s declared, but there was.no peace in tho region between Honey Island and the Alabama Hue. Copeland and his gang for a long time terrorized the wbole popula tion, black and white, Creole and Ameri can, Indian and Dago. No man dared let it be known tbat he had money. At this time two boys, half brothers, by tho name of I'avre, the elder called Pierre, the younger Alpbonse, were in a boat in a ba you or creek fishing for "green trout," as the natives designated bass, wheathey saw flames issuing from, tbe root of their home, which was about a mile away, across a marsh. -The house wasan humble one, built of pine boards, but it contained a few things of value, and underneath its floor at a certain place was buried an earthen pot containing several hundred dollars In sliver money, which the family had been boarding for years. .As soon as the boys saw the fire they rowed for dear life, until they reached a landing place, whence, without delay, they ran to tbe house, only to find it already burnt to coals and ashes. What had caused tbe conflagration? Tills was a mys tery to them, for not a spark of fire bad been left on the hearth. They stood there gaping stupidly and gazing in silent dis tress. What made the matter most dis heartening to them was the guilty re-collec- iion tnat tneir lamer and mother, on leav ing home that morning with a wagon load of potatoes for a distant town, to be gone two days or more, had particularly charged tbem not to get away from tbe house at any tune during the parentalabscrtiice.and they had disobeyed, with this disastrous result. Residence, out-houses. :verylLing gone to ashes; not so much as a shelter or a bite to eat left. Pierre and Alphonse Favre were thir teen and seventeen years old. -respectively swarthy Creoles of mixed blood, brave as boys could be; but their hearts sank at sight of this destruction, as wU they might. The nearest neighbor lived twelve miles away, so there was no one to ad vise with or turn to for help. Nor did they dare leave the Bpot, r-uieiulVring that the little treasure of silver lay bur ied under these hot coals. All ihat they could do for a long time was ;o saunter or stand around, with their haislsiii their pockets, gazing dolefully at the s,owly dying fire. It woald be twenty-four hours to wait yet before their parents could return: meantime, what tvete tbey to eat? This question xnld Lave been very easily answered, but for a single fact. Although their guns were safa enough, back yonder In the tat, vhere, in their haste to reach tbe burning bouse, they had left tbem, not a charge of powder re mained in their powder horns. The last shot bad been fired at a duck, vhlch Pierre had seen while flshiug. A small amount of ammunition bad lvn Teft iu the house, but, ot course, it was cow gone. Pierre was first to speak "Well," said be, "we'll have to wait and watch here till the fire goes out, and then dig up the money and go to some body's house." Alphonse assented to this; It teemed the only thing to do; so while ore of them re mained on guard tbe other went to bring the guns and lisbicg tack-e from the beat. They had not very long to wait for the fire to burn out, tbe pine boards were dry and rlcb with turpentine. A little after noon they began sweeping away the n'bej from a certain spot with a brush of pine boughs, and foon were ready to dig up their father's buried money. Now all this time, four men were hidden at the woods' edge hard by watching them narrowly and with no little impatience. These were the robbers who had t fire' ! to the house, cunningly calculating tbat tW first thing that the boys wou'il rib wben the fire went out would be to dig up tbe money. It was, indeed, a tine pi.ee of vlliianous strategy, for the outlaws knew that the Faires bad buried the money; how they .fourd it out I ccuTd Ent learn, and they knew as well that no threats or tortures. r.or anything short of wily strategy would ever force a d:f closure of the treasure's hiding place from any que of the family. Doubtless the four Tienrtless wretches chuck'ed grimly enough, when, after long walling, they saw the boys sweep away the nshes, and begin to dig with an o'd axe, from which t he handle bad been burned Their p'an had worked to perfection; all they had to do was to lie there iu the shadv edge of the wood, smoke their pines and wait till the money was found, then go and take it. All unsuspecting, tho boys ddlved away, taking tin 113 at lbe ax. It sesms that they mad-: a slight miscalculation as to the exact spot, and soliail agood dal orextiadiggmg to do, but In lss than an hout they reached the pot and drew It forth from its grave. At this time Pierre was digging, and it chanced that Alphonse on the ery instant the treasure wa3 uncovered, saw one ot the robbers thrust his head above a clump of undergrowth some forty yards away. "A man!" b9 ciied In bis brother's ear. "He sees us." Pi"! re looked, when Alphonse pointed, and saw four hads instead of one, four dark and excited faces, four palraof greedy eyes, gazing over the boshes. A moment was time enough o disclose the whole situation to Pierre's quick Creole mind, arcl his first clar thought was that he must meet this emergency with prompt action. It was no pait of his nature to consider a right lost befoie it was ended, much less before it was tvgun. Alpbonse was scaled and trembling from head to foot, his eyes as round as a dollar, his hair fairly lifting his hat. A moment later, tho four men broke through the busnesand came runningtoward the boys. It was time to act, and Pierre acted. H seized the little pot of silver and spiang to his fet. "Come Ton, Alphonse! Run! Follow me!" And away he went as hard as he could run. Alphonse was at his heels: their feet twinkled under them, and what was coming behind them gave their lithe limbs double energy. Naturally enough, the rob bers stopped to look about for a minute at the place where the pot bad been dug up to see perchance if the tvys bad left the money. Then on tber came. But they had given the boys a good start, which had been of great a d va nta ge. One of the men fired a pistol and yelled. "Hall!" Another- banged away- with a Winchester rifle. A ball rom the latter sang close to Alpannsc's ear. Just as he followed Pierre Into a wildly tangled piece of forest, when the undergni wth was half reeds, half swamp bustjes. It was mora ii matter of accident than of choice that the jfoys reached thls'dcnse part of the wood, and tbey round great tlirflculty in entering, so matted wis the rank growth. The men were close behind tbem,. shouting as they ran, and yelling forth all manner of dire threats and im precations. Alphonse gol himself caught In a tangle of weeds, and vines. Plerrerfcll down and spilt part of the money, but they wiggled out of the difficulty Just in Ume to elude their pursuers. They escaped. Indeed, and, after great suffering, round their way to the house of a friend. Pierre held on tn the pot, but nt the end of the terrible ran there was scarceiy-iilirf the money lft in It. The robbers did not get so nittch as a sin gle dollar, and by diligent search the Fa-' vres found most nt what tbey had lost. A ) car later Copeland and his gang weroi brought to Justice. OPPENHEIMER'S, . 514 9th N. W. Money Savers. 9c 3c 3c Eyeglasses and Spec tacles to suit all sights. Usually sold 50c apiece 1,000 Men's Hand kerchiefs worth 10c a piece. a piece large size Scrub Brushes. Usually sold at 10c. Fine Feather Dusters. Usually sold at 10c. Ladies' White India Linen Shirtwaists, usually sold at 75c. 24 Sheets of Paper, 25 Envelopes, 3 Pencils, IPen and Holder, all for 9c Cake White Castile Soap. A box of 3 cakes of But termilk Soap. apiece closing out all of our Boys' Outing Shirts. 3c 21c 9c 2c 9c 13c SI9.50 Our New Family Sewing Machines, equal to any sold at S55, warranted for 5 years. OPPENHEIMER'S, 514 9th N.W. HISTRIONIC ANECDOTES. No actiess could ever call up tears as readily as could Adelaide Neilson. Once wben she was playing opposite a Romeo who was much of a dandy and diessed his pai t vary well he could not Imagine why his beautiful blue satin waistcoat was all stieaked. Finally he discovered that Miss Neilson al -vays wept when her head reclined on bis shouldsr and he was obliged togrimly sacilfire bis coat to art. Vancauson, tbe celebrated mechanician, who constructed a duck that could walk, eat tnd diiuk and was all but nature itself, was invited to make an asp that would piove effective iu the famous death scene of Cleo palia. He produced a mechanical asp that wasa matvclof ingenuity aud whichseemeS to be endowed withlife. When the acttees, who had performed tho part wretchedly, was about to rais? the snake to her bosom, it lan our its forked tongue and hissed. In th9 midst of the dead silence of exiectaiicy that fell on tbe house a man In tbeoichestra lemarked iu very audible tones: "I am ot tbe same opinion as tbe set pent!" There were no stage furnishings of any kind and no costumes until 1616, tbe year o.Shakespeare'sdeath, so thathe never wit nessed one of his own plays properly pre sented. The first scenery consisted or "drops," relied up and down on pulleys, as we now handle awnings. Next came "flats" and "wings," made by starching canvas ou frames and retting tbem in grooves. Actors were then obliged to make their entrance or exit phantom-bke through the walls. It was not until 1870 that Augustin Daly introduced in New York what is now called the "box scene:" . that is, an enclosed room, with celling. ?.03 aDd ""i Bivmg It a natural appearance In former days, thunder was prodjeed by a piece of sheet iron, light ning by Lacapodlan, and tbe sound ot rain by tbe shaking of a long, narrow box set with pegs and filled with dried beans and peas Nowadays tbe actor who rescues a heroine from a watery grave must be a swimmer, as he plunges into a sea ot real water amid the driving of a storm of real water aud is blinded by tbe flashes of elec tricity, real lightning. Iu olden times even the pump was a piece ot painted canvas, while now in such a play as "Blue Jeans" a real sawmill is erected ou tbe stage and the sawcats through a realbiardacd would cut through the hero tied to the board were be not rescued in the nick of time from the teeth ot the saw. About Sara Beruha nit the following amus ing incident is related: In "Fedora," when the euitain rises. Prince Vladimir, mortally wounded, lies in a room oft the sugeseeu by theaudienceandFedora rushes in twlc.t-ou.ee in wild anxiety to see how be Is and again to fling herself in an agony of despair on the body ot her beloved It teems that this aristocratic corpse is a most coveted role iutiieplay. AHSara'sadmlrers beg to be the one wept oer. Iu the whole French drama there is not so desirable a corpse. All sorts of eminent persons write to Sam and offer themselves to be wept over, and Sara writes back: "Impossible for to-night or to morrow. Tne poet A is the corpse to- n'ght and Viscount B to-morrow; but you can base the third uigth; wire, and don't be late." Her tears havedropped upon the corp-e ot Jules Lpmaltre, of tbe great Blowitz bim-elt, Bauer, the dramatic critic ot th Echo de Paris. SIk likes 'Keeping over journalists; she has aUo a tendresse tor poets. Jean Kichepiu made a lovely corpe, aud there was n celebrated Dr. Pozzl who played the part with great effect. Curiously enough women alo greatly covet this part. and there was a joutg Austrian peeress who did the part to perfection ,'belug very partlcularabout her mustaches. MEANEST MAN ON EARTH. Cheats HU Children Out of Breakfast mid Dinner. A Erench paper tells ot a man ho ought to be set dawn as the mearest man of his time. His name Is Rapireau, and he is the happy father of three children. His chief claim to meanre-w lies in lbe fact that he has 1-itely discovered a plan to reduce his weekly expenditure. Every morning, when sitting down at table, he makes the following proposal: "Those who will go without breakfast shall have two pence." "Me, me!" exclaim the youngsters 13 chorjs Raplneau gives them the moey and suppresses the breakfast. In the afternoon, when lbe children are anx iously expecting their first meal, Rapireau calls out:, "Tho- who want their dlrner roust give twopence,'' ard they a)I pay back what they renjivud in the roqrpicr fur going without their breakfast, and In that way Raplneau saves a meal a day. Harpers Round Weekly. T Granny's I'll1" With long clay pipe, bowl all brown. Smoke now curling up, now down, Granny sits without a care. .Taking peace and comfort there By the fireptace, arms on knees And heart 'twlxtTlunds. mein'ry's keys Ope' the box In tthtch she keeps Girlhood fancies, quaint conceits. Greet logs flame aud then tufn black- "Jess like hearts, la each a crack," Orurny says: then hides her eyes. 'Ppect she's thinking bow time (lies; In the ashes, once all bright. Sees her life. Its dawn. Its night, Childhood's whims and woman's hope. While up the chimney goes the smoke. L. XESU, in New York Press, 5o -'I J"-" a . - ja-ysyTsV -ify tVfe-&isjafeisffjft &.vFSr" JMililiiiiliBiii ."'U'Vx'J'vW, -c-.At-, JW