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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
THE COURTS.

CoURT IN GENERAL TERN Chief Justice Bing-
ham and Judges Hdgner, James and Cor
Today-Windsor agt. Dexter; opinion below
affirmed; opinion by Chief Justice bingham.
United States ex rel Redfeld agt Window.
Secretary Of the Treasury; application for man.
damus denied opinion by Judge james.
Ketcham agt. Bramhall ct al. judgment below
for plaintiff affirmed; opinion by Judge Cox.
Pitt agt. Davis; judgment below affirmed
opinion by Judge Cox. United States agt Ed.
ward Green; motion in arrest of judgment
overruled; opinion bv Judge Hagner. Appli-
cation Of Farri for patent for secondary bat
terry; decision Of commissioner of patents AZ
frmed; opinion by Judge Hagner.
EQUITY CoURr-J,lige Con.
Today-Bohrer agt. Otterback; petition OF g.
L. Raub dismissed. Price agt. Cameron: dis
missal of bill ordered. Darling agt Kelly; i'm
provement OF part 80, square 207. by the trustee
permitted. Swartz agt. Mcfarland; pro con-
fessO,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
Princess VictOria's New Love.

Edmund Yates in the New York Tribune.
The engagement Of Princess Victoria OF
Prussia to the Prince of Schaamburg-L ippe il
very suitable one and has given great salts
faction to her family. 1t had been arranged
for some time, but at the earnest desire Of the
Empress Frederick was not announced until
after the second anniversary of Emperor
Fredericks death. Princess Victoria is very
lively and impressionable young lady and has
given her family good deal OF anxiety on ac-
count OF her matrimonial entanglements. She
is not pretty girl. but is very pleasant, witty.
clever. most popular and is now quite recovered
from her passionate attachment to the unlncky
Alexander of Battenburg, which at one time
promised to produce very embarrassing COM
plIcstions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
PRESIDENT YOUNG DENIES.
He Says the National League is not
Trying to Secure an AmaIgamation.

There is not, cannot be. the slightest iota of
truth in the rumor that the National League IL
endeavoring to secure an amalsamaton with
the Players League" said President Nick Young
OF the National League to a STAR reporter this
afternoon. There is no reason why there
should be any change In the present
condition of affairs Financially, the Ma
tional League is just as sound as it
was year ago. You can state authoritatively
that there have been no conferences between
any members Of the league and the brother.
hood. The league is satisfied to let things
take their course. No, there will be no special
meeting of the League. / am certain there will
be none until the regular annual meeting
Ill November. All these rumors OF confer
ences and compromises and changes of sched-
ule and special meetings come from brother
hood sources. The National League is jogging
right along rs il always has and rs it always
will. until base bal! shall cease to be popular
amusement"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
The Irish Cause at the Vatican.

Among the passengers who arrived in New
York yesterday OH the French steamer La
Bretagne was Mgr. Bernard O'Reilly, who lef
eight years ago to champion the Irish question
in Rome and who faithfully defended it at the
vatican. While abroad Mgr. O'Rsilly wrote
the life OF Pope Leo XIII in French and
English and also the life OF the famous arch.
bishop OF Tuam. The monsignor said that the
English Are making every endeavor to iniiu.
ence the vatican on the Irish question. but that
the friends Of ireland are constantly OH the
lookout and have thus far, with the aid OF the
pope, managed to hold the upper hand. The
general public, he said, have no idea OF the
moves the English are making as only the big
ones come to the surface.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

THEY OBJECT TO EXTENDING THE CEMETERY
The residents of Stantontown small village
across the Eastern Branch. have petitioned the
Commissioners not to allow the use for ceme-
terry purposes OF lots adjoining the Hebrew
cemetery, which, the petitioners say, were
purchased with the understanding that they
were TO be used for private dwellings,, but have
since been used for burial purposes.
BIDS FoR CLEANING ALLEYS.
Notwithstanding the fact that but one Com
missioner was present at noon today bids were
opened for cleaning. sweeping and sprlnkling
the paved and unpaved ailey-ways in the cities
OF Washington and Georgetown. The bidders
we're: VIM. Z. Hodge, % cents per thousand
square yards for the paved alley ways and "a
cents per thousand square yards for the I'M
paved alley ways; Jas. Frawley, 321{ cents for
both character of alley ways, and @. I. Jones'
S21f cents for both kinds. The contract will
be awarded tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
A Colored Convention.

A convention Of colored men from every
state in the union has been called to meet at
Atlanta, Ga, the last of July to take inob con-
sideration the political interests of their race.
Charles II. J. Taylor, the negro lawyer Of
Atlanta. and minister to Liberia under Presi-
dent Cleveland, is the chief promoter of the
convention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Mrs. H. H. Riddleberger, widow Of ex.Sena-
tor Riddleberger, has assumed entire control
aud editorship of the Shenandoah Herald, pub
lished at Woodstock. Va.
Capt Hamilton Muyrel sailed yesterday from
Baltimore with his bride. nee Mccormick, on
the steamship Missouri, OF which he is the
commander. On his arrival at London Capt
Murrell will be detached from the Missouri
and after . short ramble through Europe
will take command OF the new steamer
Mississippi
The Farmers Alliance Of Prince William
county. Va. at Manassas, Endorsed state sena-
tor 4. L. Meredith of that county for Congress-
against Gen. W. II. +. Lee.
The devoted wife Of Joseph Chapleau, who is
in Dannemora, NY, prison under sentence of
death by electricity during the week commence
ing July q. for killing Charles Tabor is max
ing strenuous efforts In her husbands behalf.
She has signatures of hundreds of prominent
citizens asking Gov. Hill for continuation.
The prevailing opinion 10 that she will be sue
cessfuL
Gov. Hoard and wife Of Wisconsin will be
the guests Of Mayor Peck Of Milwaukee during
the knights Of Pythias' conclnve this week.
ernor this fall.
Rev. Sam Jones' received ea0oo tur his Seu
days meeting In Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

How Bullets are Seen in Their Course
From the Ohio State Journal
BY saturating the bullets with vaseline they
may be easily seen in their course from rifle to
the target; their trajectory course is marked by
beautiful ring of smoke, cauaed by the vase
line being isnited on leaving the muzzle of the
gun, the smoke being suspended for some time
in air it not too windy. Much better scores
result when grease OF some kind is used bullets
are not SO apt to split the recoil is not great
and IL is believed the course Of the missile is
more true
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
THE DISTRICT REVENUES.
The Estimated Receipts Fall Short Of
Proposed Appropriations.

A DIFFERENCE OF NEARLY $500. OOo-rHE COM
NIssIoSERs ADDRESS CONGRESS ON THE SUB
JEcT-rHEY SUGGEST THAT THE APpRoPRIA-
lions BE REDUCED OR SOME OTHER REMEDY
BE APPLIED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
SHOOTING STARS.

II there were no such word AZ "fail' some
rich men today would be in debt clean out Of
sight
STAY INSIDE.
LATHE wads Of sunshine,
Little gobs Of heat
Make il beastly walking
On an asphalt street.
Let rs hope that those days Of June will be
the rarest of the summer-and Of any succeed
The confectioasr should have his store rooms
~ suste.
Faith may nove mountains. but one hasn't
moved in this country for long time now.
II think shall 60 70 Congress" remarked q
very ponpous Tennessee colonel, with con-
siderable of political pull.
mo, you don's mean it2" responded the
bright woman to whom he was talking. "Now,
don't You know, should think you could wait
for Congress TO como to you
she-starting for the theatre: "How do you
like my new hat3'
He: very becoming; but you are not going
to wear it to the sheasre?"
She: '-Of course, why not?'
He: Because it is too high"
She-innocently: why, it wasn't very high;
it only cost sl2"
And she wore IL lust the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
The Course OF True Love.

From the Detroit Free Press
young man and girl Of about eighteen
stood on the post Office steps yesterday and
looked at something which happened to be a
marriage certificate. Then they talked to-
gcther in low tones. Then she suddenly ex.
claimed:
The idea. won't do itr'
Then won't" was his logged reply.
''Then you needn'tr'
''And then you needn't"
''And then We won't get married at air.
''Just as you say!'
"Al right--we won'tr'
And lie went one way and she the other.
without any one being the wiser as to what
caused the rupture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
Pulling the R.R- r. Rabbit Ont

From the Editors Drawer. Harper's.
The old doctor and the old captain were fast
friends. both inveterate jokers. and both, de-
spite their aggregate six-score years, rabid
sportsmen. The doctors frightful stammer
did not seem to impede the flow OF a joke, nor
did the captains equatorial girth lesson his
agility.
One afternoon the old men set out on rab-
bit hunt As they passed through an orchard
something scurried into burrow.
"A r-r- wist-rabbittr' shouted the doctor, oil
let's p-pull him OUT" and kneeling at the hole
he thrust his arm in up to the shoulder. ..S-s-
say, he remarked. after a moments fumbling,
Il c-c-wist-can't q-quite g-get h-him. Y-y-uh-
you t-try it. John. y,.y-uh-your arms l-longer
than m IN wist-mine."
The captain knelt and thrust his arm down.
In an instant he was executing a war dance
al ound the tree, waving bloody finger.
.Blankety- blank blank! That's no rabbit
it's ground-hog."
"D-d-wist-did he bite you, J-John?'
quered the doctor, anxiOusly.
"Bite? Blaukety-blank! Don't you SEQ he
took off the whole end OF my finger2"
"Wh-wh-uh--why, that's t-too b-b--wist-
bad" said the doctor. taking his own hand
from behind him, and showing a sadly LAGER
ated thumb. "He-e b-b-wist-bit me toor'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
Crops In Virginia.

Thos. Whitehead, virginia's commissioner Of
agriculture, states that the reports from nearly
every section of the state indicate good corn
crop: Tobacco acreage is small, but the yield
Will be good. The oat crop is almost failure.
Wheat is not up to the average. The peach
crop is failure. but there is fine crop Of
apples In Piedmont and the mountains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

who 10 that?" asked . friend Of the gray
haired doctor OF philosophy, LID, AN, and
FRS, who had just bowed obsequiously to q
passing young man. THAT" replied the pro-
lessor, "thst Is the wisest man In the country.
He has Just graduated. He remembers more
than have forgotten Chicago Nesos
creator than kings In his glory resplendsnt
II . pompoas young Sunday school supsrtatsndsut
-Asstassd (wis.) Press
When you want to test the sobriety Of man
ask him to repeat quickly the names Of these
three states OF the Union: Idaho, Iowa and
Ohio. --Boston Herald
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
WAREHOUSES;.

wANrEp-AN ExPKHIENCED HOUSE KEEPER
w would Ike 70 ~ and care fog q . Pleasantly Io-
Gated Mouse duffnr owners absence; referepces Ad-
dress NATION. Star ofics. N1-yts
WANTED-To PURCHASE HOUSE SUITABLE
w eor Business on 1lth. 18th. 18Th OF 9th bet q
and sta n w., II % New York ave bet. 9TH and Sth
q; pstcs not 70 sxessd elA0O0 Address BOY so.
etsr once 1y5-3ts
WAN p-foR IMMEDIATE PURCHASER.
w HOUSE Con tanning 70 Rooms; well located ;
Near nne Of street cars. AERkILL TEkRl,
US-Ss 11lA st. NV
WANTED = CAnE OF FURNISHED HOUSE
W n. care of star ofhce. N3-Sts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Faith may 10 owe mountains, but one hash Z
moved in this country for q long time now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
NOTARIES PUBLIC.

(yOMMlssloNxH or DEEDs YoR EVERY STATE
n.a-s-s:; 4 SsSiE sszi "a a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Ernest Miller, nineteen years old, clerk In O
tea store on Graad street, New York, was on
his way home ct o'clock yesterday morning,
when young man threw elassof oil Of vitriol
seek II such manner that he viii BE- disdgursd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
FOR RENT--STORES.

v<OR RENT-sTORE AND DWELLING, p24 TTH
Il ST. NV. 800 per mo. Dwelling, ia rooms ali
modern improvements. corner n CaIatAl aud A .ts
only s55- 1888 CorcOrEu st, = and hath onIy
$50 All in rood tensntable condition. C. y. NUh-
MENT, hoom 10. Central National Bank Building
9Th and P1. ave. ty35ts
Irog RENT-THE TWO UPPER FLOORS. WITH
separate entrance. Oh Pa. ave, between ptl aud
10th s's ApIly TO LOUVRE GLOVE CO, 81 4 9Th q.
NV ;el2-lm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
Not the Spelling.

From the New York sun
A solid Young fellow, who had been writing
letter with pencil, got up from his seat in
tho Eric depot for a stroll around. leaving his
unfinished letter on the seat man came in,
took the seat to wait for his train and in an
absent way picked up the missive. He held i,
IN his hands when the young man returne d
and said:
THAT'S my letter, mister"
well, you can have it," was the reply.
"Dd you read it?'
No That is, glanced over few lines OF
It and noticed that hardly q word was spelled
correctly"
1T letter to my girl"
Yes"
Girl I'm going to marry"
"Yes."
And don't care cooked hat about the
spelling. What want to impress on that girl
IL Inv, lu-v. and lots of it, for there's sixty
acres Of land and saw mill behind her."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS

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W.STED-A NORTHERN LADY WOULD IKE
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Smes End store FIXTURES. Enure Hee.sboias
Och 81 nv. ''''' 'erm~ Aaars w
WAEIkp-To PURCHASE -cUT-UNDER
,,,s urrsy with top: Two Horses drive Single or
psrtieui.r sUhSKi. Star otce WIN pr gss s:a
WANTED-HIGHEsT CASH VALUE PAID FoR
u Store sSs o si , .1a
or .ddrOs. A. Q. WINSTON. sss ssi Sc NV sya.im
WANTED PARLOR FURNITURE upHoL:
SshsSS ST. srs and @.ss '
w 1AN or,,. w HShs Sea TO KEEP Keeping
:s :si IA eight 1:: rom city s' sf$ss
w wv S.s.ius I'rm q 100 scr.. only miles RON
sss ma orr EfDsSaS s.i:s s lea
WANTED-TO BORROW $1,000 FOR FIVE
.s S ss.s . ss per cen, interest, payable
Address poi l54. star ONCE jsIs-im
WANTLD-A POSITIVE FACT, WE GUARANTEE
w you Clesr Havana Cigar Key West seconds
80 cigars. siCKLIs' oLp STAND, loii r. sss.
isll-Sm
N ANTkD-LADIEs TRY ORANGE BLossoM."
W sure cure for female Diseases nple free. Also
, is p asS:i sSf !. s
cpl -3ms
WA NIED- HORSES TO PASTURE AT GEN.
w beales stock arm ut % per month; beet of as-
ture running water aud plenty Of shade with careful
attention. Apply to General Manager. T. b. LAf
fEhlf, 10Th q and Louisiana ave-, or 1t the Farm
IeIclhone Gail. IUI. myl2-3m
NJ ANTED-sTEAM CARPET CLEANING AND
w RenSvatng Works. Feathers kenovsted Mat
tresscs Made over: Furniture steamed and Moths
Destroyed !. H. ioUNas. lao. Pa ave. Tslephone
lOUS-.. n3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
Misunderstood.

very little girl In the infant class Of one Of
our city Sunday schools came home ON Sunday
and told her mother that the teacher had
taught them new song. On expressing wish
to hear It the mother was much astonished at
the following sentence, which was all the child
could remember:
.'Tm little greenhorn among . half O
cheesev
The words, which had been misunderssood,
were these:
"Tm little cleaner among the harvest
sheoves."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Let Us hope that those days Of June will be
the rarest of the summer-and Of any succeed
ing summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE

EOR sALE-FlNE COUNTRY SEAT. IN MILES
,wrilinr sad barn abundant SHADE. fruit anu water
Price ,erns s @ asf r HS.
dress JOHN GRAY, Leesbup, Va jy7-m.w,s3l.
foR, ;sALkm6 TO 80 ACREs AT ss5; HIGH.
Looking Glen kcho TenHllyt wn. near electric road
On HdS&%p aEoSGE. Ssy ''f pat 'nS s.ssa
FOR sALE-Ar wooDSIDE. ON THE 1TH sT
Rad lille: from Washing on. new. thero ughiy
furnace; al IN complete ord-. and ready for inn
hSrses isu fenw saer 'a sr.b lS5 T0
g .a sS e. sfG N.i Fsyr ss or
ErOR sALE-A GREAT BARGAIN IN A DEAU7I-
WINS III Country ans HSs 20 acres NTH nne e,reom
nii.s t,s,, stctiS rsnn "a, i,is sauAseu lr
trSm B5a ,s ts ss from city Fine shady
'C 5.s, e'' EGcAn :. tinss fosD. ' S7ra
Eos saL r. ACRES OF LAND IN THE CEN
ter OF Inc Town OF laurel Md two.thirds OF this
be uty and SIC to cay park prepar.tions now
length anu e.cr gh,s The town Of Lsur.i i siin
atea midway between Baltimore aud Washin gton.
rosa and the pol ulation has doubled within the as,
few years aud n few years will be suburb Of Nash
esed TO eapisslis spf fss
present owners viii seil this. block siderable part
Ss psr.Cn. to aeyslIg the sane tSr further p.rscu
Il. yssTANLkY. 2os CORTLAND st.. Baltimore ma a
lIOR sAIE-2O4 ACREs: NEW SIX ROOM cor
ss %.slason' %s'1s .Ss' .Sia
' .. S''' 81 i NV,
jy5-3t Washington. b. c
Lon sALE-l0o ACRES, HIGHLYIAPRovKp, ~
= room House; hot and cold water. bath, &C; good
one g? acre and one i9,sss Tras, adjoining village
EoR sALE-IN WEST END PARK. ROCKVILLE. A
Apply CO. $.
Lok RENT-HYATTsvIILE-A DEsIKABLE
Nsx sr00m aSSss fsntra Ryk lISat sd
Eok sALE-A Cash BARGAIN IN A BEAUTI-
,ys, s.; I0' near f DGCSkEfT iokD. eI7ranw
EoR RENTLNEwc EIoS Sg -R9ox HOUSES Houses NEAR
arYss nkMs .Ss s,h s " n Very sss
+ Of land. bssutari large shade tr.es. excellent
wsisT and hs.lthy Location = mile: from city, foe
90 Of mos, eIselle9, garden iasd, betyeea W.
a1s ssoo sso6 y small
monthly paynep,a nsnroS% Hon;e; sh.as fruit
Gsss % :Sd g ssss.
CHURCH sever. small Tract. near The Potomac river.
500 i; :.:y ssIs: Ssiisi.s IL: !. md
VIZ * :ess: snd ss nom siss
oxV pr mouth for GUNNER, For solo, alsp. several
LANCE Tracts suitable for sc p p, rv,vr.
jy3-3t l3Sl n O. nv.
M ANTED--AT ONCE. FAkM WITHIN - NILES
land. klTTkNHOCeE 0UNNELL.
Heal Estate Agenla
js3o-lw l356 q
.AE. ~ Acaf q ~ VILE ZION Ian
ing, sr large barn and ous boldings e20 per scre.
from CHARLTON Heirhts. b and o. kR, II from Ws~h.
in1tou dwslling 0r large barn teaensnt house
ana outbulldingS; $1,000.
for nale-sy1 .crya. ndl.s from Aravick. .. sndP,
Rh, III from Washington; dwelling. Tor. 2 barns ma
stable !, 600 nut tsses; ESQ pr acre.
Ter eals-At Madensburg. ID aud o, RR. 8 milee
from wssainss.9 AZ dwelling. ssshaa soed vSll
;s;so.in. ' tSAx STEPHEN. s7s Ia sv~
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
fsOMMl1sloxKH or DEEDS YOR livery sTATR
~ - Teszttory, Notary and Q, q OSnnSn1sssooSr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

The confectioasr should have his store rooms
~ suste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

II there were no such word a. "fail" some
rich men today would be in debt clean out Of
sight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
FOR RENT-FLATS

IroR RENT-wEsT END FLATS 26aO sT, 5.
Il room Hat with bath, sinks, range ceal han; good
condition; price s2O. JAMES A. BATS CO.,
Sl-Sw l4Os St a. W
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Senator Stanford's famous stallion Palo Attn
has been matched agains: the gray eeldinR
Jack. record 2 IS, owned by George kiddletoo
OF Chicago. The horses are to tros race OF
mile heats, best three in i've. In harness, Sat.
urday. July -, either Mt Washington Park, De-
troll or Cleveland The match y for oa,so q
sids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

lrOR SALE-20k ACRES; NEW SIX ROOM COT
tage oak groves splendid water; healthy loo alton;
s miles from Washington; Q bargain: must be SOLD.
Pfcs $2, zoo. j. 4. CLEMENTS,
1871 St NV,
jy5-3k Wash,nrton IA @
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
WANTED-ROOMS.

WANTED = HARP, PIANO, GUITAR, SINGING
W and French Lessons given In exchange Of koom
and Board, IN the country OF city; good rstersnces
Address MUSICIAN, Star Once. it
WANTED- PERMANENTLY = BxTwxEN 4rH
yy md llth. 4 and 3 q. n y, Iesgs Nioslg far.
owatng house preferred Address CASE. Scar olkes.
y5-2es
WANTRD-BY 0ENTLEMAN AND WIFE WITH.
w Qut children, q h0oms On second eoQs for ltght
hogsstespinfi LOCATION bstweep q cd o. tth spd
13sh ~. Address .. Z. suR oeAca U0-SSs
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-31

line arc old, dilapidated. worn-out rem
inisccnccs OF anti-belluin Washington.
From Louisiana avenue, past the City
Hall, down Indiana avenue, to tho
Offices OF the Commissioners Of tho Dis
trict OF Columbia, tho streets arc cobblc-
stoned, and the residences look like tho
disreputablc suburbs OF the North End
of Boston. or hlo the purlicus OF New
York. Moreover, their looks arc in
keeping with their character. Some OF
tho lowest dives exist here, and their
inhabitants arc ihc descendants of the
sayagcs y hose oh ldicn were brought TO
America many moons ago. 20 be slaves
Of q superior race in the cotton fields OF
sunny section of tnc New World.
Only ono year age think of 1t, when
this Republic was Just one hundred
years old. thr + strcct limo was equipped
With bobiail horse cars; that is, there
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-31
An Unsatisfactory Eyprrimcp,.

Amos Cummings recently wrote
very interesting letter concerning tho
experiences of = Congressman for ono
day. He very wildly described his OK
perionccs from the time no left tho
breakfast table until tho adjournment
Of tho House that afternoon. Tho letter
excited great deal of comment and
commentator on newspaper row in
Washington, and it was suggested that
the experiences of o newspaper man for
one day DO written up. Several of tho
best men in the business agreed to
writo tho description OF day, but
after week had passed they mot
together one evening in Major Carson's
Office and each one made tho confession
that after having written rs well rs no
could concerning tho routine of tho day,
lie had thrown tho manuscript in the
wastc-bas!ct. Tho unanimous opinion
OF tho littlc cotcric of writer's was that
the experiences of Il newspaper man arc
very common indeed, and nobody is in
tcrcstod enough to read them whom
they arc written. Correspondents arc
maintained in Washington to writo con-
corning public mcn and not concerning
themselves.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-31
SLOW OLD WASHINGTON.
IL Conn Respects tho Capital Is q
Veritable Sleepy Hollow.
Its Street-Car Service tho Worst In thu
Land-Tho Horrible Surroundings OF
tho Capitol-Improvcmo That
Arc Absolutely Necessary.
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loPCciAi washington CorrGSrO0ucncC.1
Tho approaches to tho Capitol build
Ing are little short of dissraceiul We
who reside hero continually do not
notice this circumstance save when Con-
gross is in session. Of course every
reader in tho country is aware Of tho
fact the great marble pilo is situated
upon the brow of hill, with its west
front facing tho populous and prosper
Gus part of tho city; although the east
front is tho real front as intended by
the architect and by tho President who
laid the cornerstone. The east front is
n beauty, while tho west front is-well,
1t is sort OF back door.
The principal hotels as we'll as tho
most palatial residences aro in tho
northwest part Of tho city, and hence
tho Capitol is approached from that SEQ
ton. inasmuch as Washington is prac-
tically as we'll ns theoretically u city of
magnificent distances" tho people
ride in strect-cars. Unlike similar con-
vcyances in other cities, these cars arc
propelled by horse power, and human
driven with blncl1snakc whips TO en-
courage tho poor animals and mako
them sore rs we'll as weary.
Our principal lines arc via Pcnnsyl-
vania avenue and Il street. The avenue
line runs down the center Of that mag
niiicent thoroughfare until it reaches