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The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
Car Works Seized.

The plant of the Erie Car Company,
limited, at Erie, Pa. representing an in
vestment of $500. 900, has been seized by
the Sheriff upon executions in favor of
Erie bankers aggregating $102,0o0 The
works cover ten acres of ground, and the
company also has large furnace at st.
Ignace. Mich. The latter enterprise is
alleged to have been the cause of the
failure. The Erie plant had underway
a large contract for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company.
The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
Bayard and Harrity.

The visit of ex-Secretary Bayard to
Mr.. Cleveland at Lakewood, n. j., has
set in motion the rumor that he will
again be Secretary of State in the Demo-
cratic cabinet. Chairman Harrity, of
the Democratic National Committee. was
also at Lakewood this week, and the
Cabinet makers have it that he will be
Postmaster General,
The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
I AIlTAL SAVINGS BANK
Of w ASHlNGTON, ID. q.
609 + ct. u. ".

WV ~ H. W.
Receives deposIIs, loans money
tIahsacfs general baukng bust.
hess. Location central and con-
venlent. I street cars aha heroic
run In front Ut our door-9 b st
cars run few rods east or our
bulldlt g, 7th street and 1lth 81.
cars only two block away.
Dr. Z. b. Purvls, l.. G. Bailey,
OFFICERS:
PRESIDENT, Jbo. Il. Lynch
Vlce-Pres., Joseph w. cole
cashier, Douglass b. Notary
treasurer, l.. c. Bailey
Secretary, He. Baker
DIRECTORS,
Jno. r. Lyhch, L.C. Bailey;
Joseph W. Cole, W. McKInlay
Johu A. Pierre, j, A. Lewis
u. MattheWs, j. X. M1luer
W. >. Montgomery,
=. ! Diauiofu, James StOrum,
W. o. Loi'oh, j. A. johnson,
A. W. laheil, ii. +. baker,
The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
THE INDUSTRIAL BUILi :
ING AND SAVING co.

Loans money to buy or bnil'
homes. Shares 81 each, payable
monthly. Dividends declared eV
cry January. Seeretary's Office:
500 E 3D., d. W. Open 9 a. m lt
) p. m. Monthly meetings at Lin
coin Memorial Church, cor. II b
and r sts., n. W, first Monday
light in every month.
HENRY E BAKER,
necretsry.
The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
Troops May Be Called Out.

The boiler makers strike at the Brooks
Locomotive Company's Works in Dun
kirk, Il. Y, has assumed so serious an as
pect that it is feared resort to arms may
be necessary to quellit. The Thirteenth
Separate Company at jamestown, and
the Seventy fourth Regiment of Buffalo
have been ordered to be in readiness to
move to the scene of disturbance on short
notice.
The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
Advertise in the BEE.

Rooms with Board: In first
eass house and il, popular partt
of the city. Cars pass the doc
922-11 ST n.
The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
An Iron COMPANY Fails.

The Pottstown, Pa. Iron Company has
failed, with liabilities of over 81, DOC, 900.
It will be continued under a receiver
The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
,fty tents Per Week
So CASH
~~AND~~

SOC. Per Week
Will buy you home in the
CITY OF BOWIE.
so CTS. PEA WEEK.
The first opportunity offered
a,lored people to secure Homes
n Weekly payments OF - cents
i week or Two Dollars per month
1000 LOTS Fob SALE.
IL the city of Bowie, State OF
Maryland. Only 20 minutes ride
from Washington. Double track
20 trains stop daily. Fare to and
rom Washington, only Six cents
by Communication ticket. The junc.
ton of the Baltimore and Poto-
mac and Pope Greek Railroad,
Telegraph and Express offices.
The best depot on the Baltimore
and Pot; &C "a lroad. Stores,
churches an. hools already built,
The most beautiful spot in the
State of Maryland. Title to prop
erty perfect. No Taxes, and pur-
chasers of lots will receive their
deeds, with certificate of title
Stree"
The Washington bee., 1893-02-04
Th<,s. II. Clarke.
REALESIATE AND LOAN
s08 F Street, n. W.,
wAszIHGToN, D. [

Subscribe to aud advertise i,
be BEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
ONE OF LINCoLN's STORIES.
His Speech tn the Jury I'm Answer to
Oratorical LAWYER.

His Speech tn the Jury in Answer to an
Oratorical Lawyer.
The Kansas City Times prints the following
story Of Abraham Lincoln, told by Senator
Voorhees, in an interview:
speaking OF his numberless stories. I recall
one he once told during the argument IA law
suit The lawyer on the other side was q good
deal Of glib talker. but not reckoned as deeply
profound or much of q thinker. He was rather
reckless and irresponsible in his speechmaking
also, and would say anything to a jury which
happened to enter his head. Lincoln, in his
address to the jury, referring to all these, said
''My friend on the other side is all right, or
would be all right were 1t not for the physico-
mental popularity 1 am about to chronicle
His habit-of which you have witnessed q very
painful specimen in his argument to you in this
c.se--of reckless assertion and statements with
out grounds. need not be imputed to him as
moral fault or as telling of q moral blemsh.
He can't help it. For reasons which, gentle
men OF the jury, you and have not time TO
study here. as deplnrable rs they are surpris-
ing. the oratory of the gentleman compile tely
suspends all action of his mind. The moment
he begins to talk his mental operations
cease. / never knew of but one thing which
compared with my friend in this particular.
That was a small steamboat Back in the DAYS
when performed my part as a keel boatmau
made the acquaintance of a trifing little steam
boat which used to hustle and puff and wheeze
about in the Sangamon river. 1t had q I've
foot boiler and a seven-foot whistle, and every
time it whistled ii stopped"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
As Good rs a Seashore Cottage,

From the Boston Transcript.
"Are you going to the seashore this sum-
mer?" Jones asked OF Brown. "N-not ex-
actly," said Brown, "but we're going to accom-
plish the same result without going from home
at ALL ''what do you mean?' "why, it's
this way: You see, when a person Of my means
takes cottage at the seashore he. Of course
gets poor sort of shanty, because We can't
afford a large, finely finished and well-fur-
nished house. You know the sort Of place
the usual summer cottage is. Well, we've de-
cided to accomplish the result in another way.
We're going to move up into the attic for the
summer" ''Move up into the attic?" "why.
certainly. 1t is unfinished, just like q seashore
cottage. The sun beats down on the shingles
and raises the temperature above hundred
degrees every sunny summer day; that's Just
like a seashore cottage. There isn't by any
means room enough in it for our large family.
and that's like seashore cottage. too. When
it rains the water doesn't beat through our
roof, to be sure. as 1t does through the roofs of
seashore cottages. but we can remedy that by
poking few holes through the shingles here
and there and getting the roof mended in the
fall. 1t will smell little stuffy, but that Is
eminently like a seashore cottage We shall
keep clothes basket full of unwashed clam
shells standing in the corner to produce a real
istic effect. On the whole we shall be ever SO
much more comfortable in our own accustomed
garnet than we should be at the seaside, and we
shall have this inestimabie advantage, that
when we get sick OF ii We can simply move right
down into our own comfortable home. whereas
if we were at the shore and paying high price
for q cottage we should feel bound to stick IL
out to the bitter end Oh, tell you it's great
scheme!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
A Worlds Fair Engine House.

g. thered up soon after they are thrown down
and carried away. In every building there is
large force of isnitors and their sole duty is to
constantly sweep out the aisles and sections, and
TO lay the dust they always sprinkle the floor
before they use the broom.
No stoves are now used in any building, ex-
cept the cooking stoves where there is res
taurant- In this latter case every precaution is
taken. and thus far there has been no cause for
apprehension on this score. Two months ago.
when tbs weather was cold. stoves we're used in
the various offices. but before q stove was put
In 1t was necessary to obtain q special permit,
and this was not granted unless there was reason
to believe that the stove would be carefully
used II NAV also be added that during the
construction period, when there was q great
deal Of building material in the grounds, mo-
body was allowed to smoke at all except in his
private Office. 1t will be seen on reflection
that many buildings are safe simply because
there is nothing inside Of them that could set
them on fire. There Is not spark of fire kin
died under the roof Of the government building
from one weeks end to another, nor is there
any In the fisheries building or the agricultural
building, or q number of others All of the
state buildings are absolutely safe in this way
Regular Fire Engines.
But IL does not require FIRE in q building to
burn it down, since it may be brought in BY q
careless or malicious person, and every possible
provision has been made at the worlds fair for
putting it out All over the grounds there are
regular IRE engines such as one sees in every
big city. The corps IL composed Of the best and
most experienced men, the engines have the
best and most modern appliances. the horses
are fully up to the high average Of fire horses.
There are electric fire alarm boxes ct every
corner and the Columbian guards have all been
instructed how to turn in An alarm. Besides
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
How to Clean the Face.

From the Boston Gazette.
Theatrical people know that oil cleans the
skin better than water. Generally. other pee
pie do not IL actresses undertook to get their
makeup of with water they would need soft
soap and a scrub brush to do il. and the sklu
would inevitably come with IL. They used once
cocoa butter: now they cocoa oil which 10
a better preparation Of the same thing. Drug
stores keep Il. Some keep il fresh and some
keep il rancid. Take care not 20 paironize the
second class. and in cocoa oil you will have the
most delightful Of al emolients for the oil bath.
II YOU want 10 sc how effective il il come IN
from n railway 10 lfney on q hot dny. when the
windows have been up and you have had -
much benefit of the smoke and SCOT a.
the fireman. Take the most vigorous bath y0u
can devise or endure. then spread some cocas
oil on your face and wipe IL off. The biackened
towel will tell the tale Of failure for the bah
and triumph for the oil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
A Mayor Of Fertile Resources.

From the Detroit Free Press
The mayor Of q western town wss plavinf q
small game Of draw i'm his Office with the CITY
marshal. the editor, the hotel keeper and q
councilman At first the mayor was in great
luck, and he piled the chips mp around him Q
foot thick, and then he began slipping. and BE-
fore very long he had only a couple left TIE
next deal gave him a great hand and be wanted
more chips. but be couldn't get them. The
other fellows were in to clean him out and
wouldn't lend him a cent
Boys" he ssid earnestly. Twill You allow ne
fifteen minutes in which to make a rsise?"
They knew be couldn't borrow on the ouS-
side, so thev agreed to that.
Here, Tom" he said 20 q policeman who
was watching the game, ''skip out on the street
ard arrest somebody quick and bring him
here"
Tom skipped in about . minnie. ssd 3,
about ten minutes he was back again with Q
victim.
The MAYOR looked the man over
What's the charge. Mr.. oflcer7'' he sald
sternly.
Drunk and disorderly. your honor"
what have You got to ssy?" said the court
addressing the prisoner.
Guilty, your honor"
"Ten dollars and costs, decided the mayos.
with coets RENTED II the fine 10 paid on the
spot"
Good enough. your honor" and the
prisoner pulled out a tenner and rolled out II
the room.
Gentlemen" said the mayor TO the con-
pany. az have q few minutes left. but I shall
not ask your further indulgence. Give me slo
worth OF chips" and the mayor. with chsrss-
teristic enterprise, swiped the pot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
"MidwHy Piaisance,' How Pronounced.

midway Pinisance," How Pronounced,
From the Chicago Record.
Since the opening Of the fair II has been .
matter to observe with regret that the name Of
that strange thoroughfsrs wherein many ma
tons are represented has been regularly and
audaciously mispronounced by . large proper
ton of the general public.
II has been charged that in selecting the
title, Midway Plaisance," the park commits
sioners made an unwarranted incursion upon Q
foreign tongue but when one considers the in
adequacy Of the word "street, the effeminacy of
avenue" and the total impossibillty OF .boule-
ward, /" 1t Is not hard to see what led them to
the choice. The really woful consequence OF
their selection is to be found In the weirdly
varied pronunciations which some people give
it. "Plezzunts" is common. SO 10 'playzance. ~
'Playzhants," with the accent on the ultimate,
10 q fsvorite. Frequently a speaker doubtful
OF his accuracy makes . sweeping contraction
and elisiou of the word. with the evident hope
Of escaping observation, and says, Midway
Plez'ns"
The more popular photographers offer little
help, and it remains with the speaker to choose
it is an obsolete form Of the archaic English
word ''pleasaunce"--or as modern French.
The spelling Of the older English and the pres
emit Gallo form IL identical. II IL is old Eng
lish IL 10 "plsyzance. with the accent weight
lest on the first syllable. II il is French, it ID
''playzongs" (as nearly as it may be indicated in
English letters), with no accent at all or put
very little accent on the first syllable.
Judging from the general usage here, it would
seem that the latter pronunciation is the one
desired to rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22

day the place where it caught was precisely the
most dangerous place Of all, and after the fire.
men had gone up into the tower where the
fame was the building caught beneath them,
thus cutting of this mode of retreat. 1t IL
utterly impossible for such thing to happen
again, for the reason that there 10 not another
smoke stack in a tower In the whole park
1t was demonstrated clearly on Monday that
fire at the worlds fair cannot spread. 1t may
burn down one building, but it will not burn
two together. There was q brisk wind blow
ing and the flames were Of a prodigious mag
nitude. but they were not able to jump over the
space that interviewed between the buildings. All
the buildings are isolated. and they take their
chances individually and independent Of each
other.
Another element In the safety from fire is
found in the lagoons and basins that intersect
the park. They and the lake itself furnish an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
DIR. II. c. FLOWER OF BOSTON.
The Famous Physician to Visit Washington
and Richmond.

Dr. R. c. Flower, the famous Boston special
list, whose treatment and miraculous cures have
excited the country nothing else in the med
ical line has ever before done. is to visit this
section professionally in few DAYS, and will be
at the Riggs House. Washington. Monday, July
81, and at the Exchange aud Ballard, Richmond,
Va, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, August
2, 8 and 4.
DIR. Flower has attained such eminence in his
profession in the treatment of chronic diseases
that he is regarded as the highest authority in
his specialties.
While DR.. Flower treats all chronic diseases
and possesses every facility that money and ex-
perience can give him in the treatment Of such
diseases. his specialties are cancer. consump-
tion, tumors. paralysis, nerve and heart
troubles. In the treatment of these he has no
superior in the world 1t was of him that Prof.
Argyle said:
''Dr. Flower possesses the faculty of pleasing
and inspiring his patients in wonderful man
ner. have seen scores Of people consult him,
who at deaths door with some terrible disease
were in despair awaiting the end, come from
his presence full of hope and joy and in every
way feeling better. and who permanently i'm
proved after that hour. What he does TO these
diving sufferers l cannot tell you He charms
them and cures them in a miraculous way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22

inexhaustible supply of water for the engines,
and that terrible dread which is often present
at fires of an insufficient supply of water is
wholly eliminated.
There are, it may safely be presumed, some
timid people who will take fright because Of
the calamity Of Monday, but they will make q
grave mistake IL they stay away from the fair
on that account. The cold storage warehouse
Was the one weak point in the park and the fire
seized upon it. II the rest of the buildings
were safe before they are doubly SO now. as the
minutest care will now be observed. From an
aesthetic point Of view the cold storage building
was one that could be as well spared as any
other. 1t stood over in a corner Of the grounds
near the fence. Few people ever visited IT, and
it is probable that not one-third Of the visitors
now at tbs fair notice where its ruins are I'M
less they especially seek information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
His First Thought.

From Sketches and Tales of Shetland
Fowling is now very little practiced in the
Shetland Islands, although many eggs are Sc
cured annually. Many thrilling stories of
fowling adventure are told by the Shetlsnde,s.
A man who had undertaken to climb a certain
steep cliff was neither very experienced nor
very brave, although be boosted of being both.
He pushed upward. however, briskly, without
feet, when he stopped to breathe The pause was
fatal to his self-possession. and he called out in
tones OF terror: Men. men. am going-I am
going But he stil held on for little. and il
was not till be had strieked many times 81 am
going that he did fall headlons.
His comrades, having thus been warned,
moved the boat out of the way. so that the poor
fellow came sheer down into the deep water.
Mighty was the plunge, but at length he rose
10 me SURFACE, when. OF course. he was instantly
caught hold of and dragged into the boat
After many gasps and much spluttering of sea
wafer from his mouth. his only remark was.
En- men. this is "A sad story--I have lost my
snrffbox."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
TWENTY MILLIONS OF HORSES.
Russia's Equine Possessions Far in Ad
vance Of Cfher Lands

Russias Equine Possessions Far in Ad-
vance Of Other lands.
The most porulous horse country 10 the
world is Russia in Europe. saws the Youth s
Companion. 1t has %. O00. 900 OF horses. The
United States come next with horse populs-
ton OF more than 10000 oOO In proportion TO
the number OF inhabitants the United States are
far richer in horses than Russia. Bat in ths I
proportion the United States are In turn far
surpassed by the Argentine Republic. where.
according 20 the latest accessible figures. there
are . few more horses than people The eouu,
tries OF western and southern Europe are thinly
populated with horses compared with the
American continent and Russia Italy, with a
human population of more than 80 900 900. has
only 72o, 900 horses, but it has almost twice as
many mules and donkeys as horses Spain has
only few more than 300 900 horses. or about
one horse to every sixty people. Most Of the
cavaliers" Of Spain ride on donkeys. The
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has only about 2.000, 900 horses. The United
states are the most populous mule coun-
try in the world. They are also, by many
millions, the most populous pig country. pos
sessing over $4,000, 900 Of swine. There lie also
= lar ger proportion of pigs to the human popu-
ianon than in any other country-larger even
4. - Noeutfs WHICH - HopbthfAf
put mistakenly supposed to be the Utopia Of
,ne pig The country Of the sheep, par excel
renee, rs Australia. On that comment there
are q lew more than 5000, 900 people, but there
are oz,ooo,000 sheop-that 10 to say, twenty
sneep 70 every man, woman and child. In the
Shieeo states We have only about 47.000. 600
sneep, which, though larger sheep population
nsn Una. OF any other country except Australia
ano the Argentine Republic, Is not proportion
ateiy 30 great number as several other coun-
.,les possess British India has more cattle
,nAn any other country, but the United States
lave almost as many-upward Of 81, 200. 900.
However, the Argentine Republic again leads in
INC number OF cattle in proportion to human
beings. II the cattle in Argentina were divided
equally among all the people, every man. woman
and child would have i've cattle 10 take care of.
and there would be enough left to give one
aaoifional crttter each TO almost q million of
the people. Considered from the point Of
x,ew OF farm animals the Argentine Republic
10 probably the most important country IN the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22


one were burned it would be impossible that
there should be such loss Of life as there was
on Monday.
In the first place. i. must be remembered
that the smoke stack that caused Mondays fire
had been objected to by the architect Of the
building and by others, but the owner thought
IL was easier to take a risk than to pay
little money. The building did not belong to
the opposition and the inspection and guardian
ship over il were not such as prevail over the
other buildings in the grounds. There are. it
is true. other buildings which do not belong to
the exposition, but they do not include any Of
the great buildings. and they have all been ex-
amined and pronounced safe.
Precautions Against Fire.
The principal precaution taken against fire is
the fact that the greatest care is taken not to
admit anything in q building that can set fire
to It Any man may smoke in the grounds. but
as soon as be puts foot inside building be must
stop. He can smoke in a restaurant. but he ia
carefully watched and his smoking is harmless.
There 10 great deal of lunch eating con-
stantly going on in the grounds and in the
buildings, and the papers left by the people are
very infammable material, but these are all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-22
THE COLUMBIAN GUARD.

He 10 on His Dignity and won't Talk to
Common People.
From the Chicago Mail.
In the ordnance department of the govern
mens exhibit Uncle Sam has fitted up several
scores Of models designed to illustrate the
various uniforms Of his sailor and military boys.
They look very natural aud lifeliks.
Two visitors were going through the section
yesterday. They had just come from the
Smithsonian exhibit and wanted to 60 to the
fisheries section. Not exactly knowing where
to 60, they looked about for somebody to give
them the desired information. Suddenly one
Of them noticed one Of these models half lean
ing over one Of the exhibits.
''Yonder stands . guard" he remarked to
his friend; doubtless he can direct u.s."
"Oh. yes; let as 60 and ask him"
They stepped up to the model
"Beg pardon, guard" said the first gentle
man, touching the figure on the shoulder, gin
what portion Of the building is the fisheries ex-
hibit?''
OF course there was no response.
"He did not hear you," remarked the friend
The question was repeated. No answer.
"Confound that fellows ill-bred impudence, -
said the first gentleman, as tbs two turned to
move away; "did you ever see the like?"
bystander who had watched the perform
ance stepped up.
Were you trying to obtain information from
that thing?" he asked. at is useless" he
went on. "The Columbian Guard is . very
much sggrieved individual nowadays They
have been ieered at so much Of lato for their
display of ignorance that at . mass meeting
last night they resolved to radically alter their
tactics. Consequently they seldom speak when
addressed now. It's easier not to put ones foot
in it this way. See? But let me give you .
closer view Of this fellow. You'll meet him
again on the grounds, and the three walked up
to the model
"Why, that's DUMMY exclaimed the first
gentleman. "They all are" said the stranger,
with . sweep Of the hand which might have
meant the ordnance section Of the department
or the entire fair
And thew all laughed