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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

vented AS matter of fact, though, eff
fective tenders are in operation in other
cities, and It cannot reasonably be argued
that the fender which is good enough for
Baltimore or Boston or Brooklyn is not
good enough for Washington. OF course,
everybody understands that the ideal fen
der has not yet made it's appearance and
only the most sanguine Of optimists dreams
Of its speedy coming. This is not an ideal
world as yet, nor is 1t likely to be for some
years to come, so it would be entirely ir-
rational to sit do xn and patiently wait for
the ultimate. enduring. meanwhile, ills that
could be considerably abated il 1T was the
general disposition to bring about their
diminution. Only the other day five-year-
old girl In Baltimore strayed in front Of a
rapidly moving trolley car. The front edge
OF the fender struck the child just below
her knees and she promptly fell into the
net, and, when the car was stopped, was
found to be uninjured. unless the slight
bruise caused by the rubber tubing on the
fender-front could be termed an injury.
BY and by something very much better
than this will doubtless be put on the mar
ket but until the highly-improved fender
has been evolved 1t is not unreasonable on
the part of the public to insist that some
sort of fender shall be fitted to the many
fenderless cars that are hourly being oper-
ated in the District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
Gen. Casey just the Man.

Wash. Cor. New York Times.
The Washington Star has made an ed-
torial suggestion that Is likely to meet with
a good deal of congressional approval AT
a meeting Of the Senate committee on the
District Of Columbia, held on Friday, Gen
eral Casey, chief of engineers, United
States army, was agreed upon as men,
Der of the commission to have charge of
the construction Of a municipal building for
Washington, whenever II shall be built.
That agreement has inspired the sugges-
ton that upon his retirement from the
army, which will take place soon, the gen.
eral be appointed to the now vacant Of
flee of supervising architect Of the treas
ury. That Office is getting along very well
now without a head. General Casey is In
&C cd health. vigorous, capable and honest.
There Is not a person who knows General
Casey and his admirable record who will
not indorse every word of what The Star
further says:
ut will be an eminently proper and SEN
sible thing to appoint General Casey SUI
pervising architect; a better one would be
hard to find. He would differ materially
from others who have filled the row va
cant place. He would make up his mind
as to what would be the right thing to do,
and would then proceed to do 1t to the very
best of his ability and without even the
selnblance of regard for the most powerful
political pull
IF. after careful elaboration, he con-
oluded that a certain public building ought
not to be longer in process of constrUc-
tiCn than two years 1t would be betting on
a sure thing to wager that the building
would be done Just soldly and thor
oughly and as artistically as the money
appropriated would permit.
with such an appointment would, for
4 season, come relief from the scandals
common in connection with public build
ing disbursements: for awhile. at least
there would be an era of honesty and COM
mon sense other retired army officers
men OF distinction-have served their coun-
try faithfully In civil capacities when their
day of active military duty came to an
end. Why should there be any hesitation
in securing such a conspicuously able man
when the country is really in need of his
talents?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

On one Of these bright. sunshiny days
when the streets ale crowded with Christ
mas shoppers, there may easily happen one
OF those collisions between street-car and
individual that so frequently result. in
serious damage to the pedestrian. 1t may
be that the person killed or seriously in
jured will be a person of some Importance
either politically or socially or otherwise.
and then the public will once more want to
know where are the Compromised car
tenders. OF course. the reply will be just
what'it always has been; will intimate
that no reallys effective fender has been in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

Prof ]. Kratter of Graz has for some
time past been experimenting as to the
effects of electrical shocks on animal life.
He reaches conclusions reached by others
who have toiled in the same field. Death,
ne declares, Is caused by sudden cessation
of respiration and consequent suffocatiOn.
The primary result of a powerful electric
shock is asphyxia; the second phenorne-
non-whiCh appears after about two min
utes of asphyxia-is stoppage of the hearts
action and death. Science long ago de-
monstrated its ability to restore to life
those who were apparently dead-whose
demise had been brought about by causes
that worked no anatomical alteration-and
because Of that demonstration 1t has been
urged that electrocution. as practiced upon
condemned criminals by the state of New
York, does not really kill. Prof. Kratter's
experiments prove such statements to be
absurd. The current asphyxiates and, after
q brief period of absolute insensihllity, the
heart ceases to beat and death follows
Surely that is a more rapid. more humane
and quite as certain method of execution
as the one more generally employed
Here we produce suffocation in the crudest
possible way and subject the criminal to
tortures such as are not possible in the
rapid process of electrocution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
tictiniizei.

eff live long enough" he said, modify
II hope I'll get over being a natural mark
for any bunco steerer that happens to be
loose
Whats the matter?"
81 concluded I'd have to economize, 80
sent fifty cents to a man who said that
was all he'd charge to tell me how to make
a little money go a long way"
"And what did he tell your
HE simply wrote, Send five cents by ex-
press to San Francisco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
(senePOsttV.

There's lots o. fun in the holidays" said
Reginald de Brmme, as he tilted the cast
off beer key.
Oh" replied Clarence Fitz Hautbeau.
I'm not SO sure about that"
We'll, I'm sure. You kin see fur yerself.
Everybody's more liberal"
Oats So" replied Clarence, de judge
gimme sixty days last trip-twicet as much
as usual"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
There Arc Three Now.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
AS the guard and the sentry box are
new phases of Washington society, the
people of that town have viewed them
with both interest and curiosity. So much
so that the question has arisen whether 1t
will not be necessary to erect sentry box
No. and appoint another guard to de-
fend and protect guard No. 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

II is quite proper for those who repres INT
the United States members of the joint
congressional commission on the Ford
Theater disaster claims to be watchful of
the nations interests and to be sure that
no undeserving person secures money that
does not rightfully belong to him or her.
with safeguards to ward off the assaults
of the fraudulently inclined, it's agents
should not devote themselves so assidu-
ously to minor and side issues as to lose
sight of the entirely discreditable fact that
very many persons are now suffering &C
tual want because Of the extraordinary
elaboration which has attended the work
OF the commission. More than eighteen
months have elapsed since the country
was Mortified by the awful disaster that
cut short so many lives and wrought last
ing injury to a large proportion of those
who. employed in the Inflated building
managed to survive, yet this government
directly responsible for the calamity-has
done absolutely nothing for the relief Of
the distressed ones. Private subscriptions
made possible the doing of many necessary
things for awhile and 1t was hoped that
governmental appropriation would follow
with all possible speed. but UP to this day
there has been nothing more than pain
fully-slow investigation. Three or four
men OF prominence In public life have
done what they could to hasten the pro-
ceedings to just and desirable conclusion.
but the enthusiasm of half dozen is as
nothing in the presence of such listlessness
as Congress has displayed in this matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
Con siderntiOn.

And how did your performance come
OFF,"
''Splendidly," replied the enthusiastic
amateur actor. THE ladies wore big hats
and the people in private boxes interrupted
nearly every scene. They treated US ex-
actly as if we had been professionals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

The migration of Mrs. Lease to California
has not made any perceptible difference in
the affairs of that state although 1t has
apparently f1attened things out good deal
in Kansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
4 Defense of Champ Clark.

From the Indianapolis news.
In defense of Champ Clark 1t must be
said that he is talking against time and
there are few men who can talk very long
and continually say something that is at
all worth listening to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

The fact that Patti recently sang for
Queen Victoria would indicate that the
royal family is one of the few concerns
that have not felt the hard times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
Should shut His Mouth.
rom the Kansas City Journal.

From The knnsas tity JourIaI.
Champ Clark advises Congressman Bou-
telle TO keep his mouth shut. Champ could
arorse widespread enthusiasm by taking
an allopathlc dose Of his own prescription.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

The weakness in this country's char
acter which comes nearest justifying the
impertinences shown by foreign writer's is
its disposition to attach Importance to their
remarks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

Prince Kung appears to- be one of the
rare people who are embarrassed by the
office that seeks the man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

There is no denying that the New York
police force has been the means of discover
ing tremendous amount Of rascality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
SHOOTING STARS.
The Day for the Green,

ne DHy TVr the Urcth.
rs a green Christmas unlucky?" asked
Mrs. Dolan.
"Av coorse 1t is" replied Mr.. Dolan. do
yez want nothin' but St. Pathrick's day the
year round?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
The Christmas shopper.

Break! Break Break!
On thy cold. gray stones, oh sea.
Thoult not, i'll bet. be able to get
AS broke as l soon shall be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
ChlllinH.

IT'S better to give than to receive" re-
marked the man who was full Of Christ
mas enthusiasm.
That's very often true" replied his
thoughtful friend; especially with most
cigars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
More Fun for the Baby,

No more he pulls his fathers beard
And drives him to despair;
He much prefers a handful of
His brothers foot ball hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17

OIn order to avoid delays, ON ac-
count of personal absence, letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed to
any individual connected with the Of
nee, but simply to THE STAR, OF to
the Editorial or Business Departments.
according to tenor purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08

product and has a very large
stock of goods on hand. and the
only reason we do not run short
time or stop is because we do not
want to deprive operatives OF
wages in the middle of winter. II
it were not for this we would either
run on short time or stop, and
that is the only reason why the
A~moskeag mills are not now
closed.
1t seems to be the same with the
other Manchester mills, which are
now all running full time with a
full number of employees, except
that the Manchester print works
have stopped manufacturing wor-
sted goods. The difficulty with
running part of the time is that
mills cannot make goods cheap
unless they run on full time. Il
they run part time, or with part o.
the employees at work, goods cost
more and so it is cheaper for them
to run full time so long as they
can"
To the query if mills in other
places were doing a S we'll, Mr.
Coolidge replied:
Doing as poorly, you mean
There may be instances where
mills may be making money, but
they are rare. Nearly all the New
England mills are living on q
forlorn hope, and if the trade they
are looking for does not come
they will not be able to run much
longer. In my opinion the present
stagnation is owing to the Tariff
and | think the Wilson bill viii
have to be a great deal altered
before it becomes a law. The
profits of manufacturers in Massa.
chusetts lately have gone almost
entirely to the workingmen; in fac
in many cases | believe the
workingmen have got them all"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08
The Cotton Trade Outlook.

Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge
occupies SO prominent a position
as a representative of the enormous
cotton manufacturers of New
England that the following views
Of the business outlook are
entitled to careful attention. He is
quoted as saying:
The demand for our products
expected in January and February
has not come, and | think most of
the mills are accommodating goods.
[ suppose they will run on for a
few weeks longer to see if the
spring trade, which has not
appeared, will show itself. If it
does not | think a great many of
the mills will have to run on short
time or shut down. The spring
trade that they are hoping for
usually begins in November and
December, and is pretty much
over January I. This year there
has not been any spring trade, and
if It does not come by the middle
of February there will not be any.
The mills that manufacture prints
and calico goods have done better
than those that manufacture other
classes of goods.
The Amoskeag is working on
full time with q full complement of
but is piling up its
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08
FREE TRADE in THE SOUTH.
The late Henry w. Grady Describes
It's Effects.

[ attended a funeral in Pickens
County, Georgia, of a poor man.
They buried him in the midst of a
marble quarry; they cut through
solid marble to make his grave,
yet the little tombstone they put
above him was from Vermont.
They buried him in the heart of a
pine forest, and yet the pine coffin
was imported from Cincinnati.
They buried him within touch OF
an iron mine, and yet the nails in
his coffin, and the iron in the
shovel that dug his grave, were
imported from Pittsburg. They
buried him by the side of the best
sheep grazing country on the
earth, and yet the wool in the
coffin bands, and the coffin bands
themselves, were brought from the
North, The South did not fur
nish a thing for that funeral but
the corpse and the hole in the
ground.
There they put him away, and
the clods ratified down on his
coffin, and they buried him in a
New York coat and a Boston pail
Of shoes, and a pair of breeches
from Chicago, and a shirt from
Cincinnati, leaving him nothing tc
carry into the next world with
him to remind him of the country
in which he lived, for which he
fought for four years, but the chill
of blood in his veins and the
marrow in his bones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08

to get it from the state treasury.
He said Treasurer Hummer was
out of town, but he would see
Assistant Treasurer Proudht, who
was also a stakeholder and officer
of The Madison Times Publishing
company. The next day there
was delay because Gov. Peck was
out of town, and the banks bond
could not be acted upon. The
following day, however, Gov. Peck
and Treasurer Hummer had return
ed, and the Bows got $4,000 of
the states money as a deposition
in their bank. Treasurer Hummer
said when the money was turned
over that it took about all there
was in the treasury. Assistant
Treasurer Proudht wanted the
bows to get the money from the
First National bank of Madison,
but George Dow told him "he
thought they were entitled to it
there" from the state treasury,
and they got it.
This evidence proves that the
State Board of Deposits, consisting
of the governor, state treasurer,
attorney general and secretary of
state, deposited state funds in a
bank not because they believed
the public interests demanded it,
nor because there was a large
surplus in the treasury, but solely
for the reason that the bank had
advanced money to a party organ
which the organ could not repay,
the organ being owned and con-
trolled by state officers, and for
the further reason that if they
refused, an exposure of the roster
rascality was likely to follow.
And most of the Democratic
organs that say anything on the
subject, aver that this roster affair
is highly credltable to Gov. Peck's
administration!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08
Using the States Money.

The testimony Of George Dow
in the roster suit, given last
Saturday, confirms that which has
preceded it. 1t also shows how
the pre- mt state officers have used
the. y of the state for their
personal and political ends.
1t will be remembered that
George Dow and his brother,
owners of the Stoughton bank and
ardent Democrats, were induced
to advance $4,000 to Gov. Peck's
private secretary upon the roster
contract, before the governor was
forced to annul the contract. The
money was advanced last spring;
it was a large sum for a small
bank to advance, and when the
financial pinch came on in the
early summer the bank was much
embarrassed. Mr.. Dow testified
that he and his brother called on
Gov. Peck's private secretary and
told him they must have the
money, either their own or from
the state treasury. They told
Clark, the private secretary, they
would make it hot for him if they
did not get it. Clark had used
the money they had advanced in
keeping up the Madison Times,
the administration organ; he could
not repay it, but said he would try
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08
What is


Castoria is DR.. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t is a harmless substitute
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1t is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years. use by
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Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-.
toria is the Children's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08
The Wisconsin Central Lines Run

Two fast trains daily between st. Paul:
Minneapolis, and Chicago, Milwaukee
and all points in Wisconsin making
connection in Chicago with all lines
running East and South.
Tickets sold and baggage checked
through to all points in the United
States and Canadian Provinces.
For full information regarding Routes
Rates, Maps, folders, ETC., address your
nearest Ticket Agent or
JAS. C. POND, Gen1 Pass. Agt.
If. Milwaukee, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08
THE VOTE ON THE WILSON BILL.

Thursday was a great day at
Washington. It began with the
closing debate of the House on the
Wilson bill. By common consent
ex-Speaker Reed spoke in behalf
of the Republicans and both
Speaker Crisp and Mr.. Wilson
himself in behalf of the Demo-
cracy. This was a notable triangle,
but one in which the square of
the hypothenuse' was not only
equal to but greater than the
square Of the other two sides.
Mr.. Reed is not given to set
speeches. He prefers to cut in on
running debate. The INTER
OCEAN has more than once urged
him to rise to the height of his
opportunity and ability, discussing
the issues between the parties in
that large and irresistible way of
which he is capable. At last he
has done himself and the occasion
justice. He made a speech yester-
day that is worthy a place by the
side of the masterpieces of forensic
elOquence. The ovation he re-
ceivcd at the close of his speech
was only a faint expression of the
popular approval Of the people.
That speech should be sown as
seed broadcast over the land. 1t
is thoroughly fair and profoundly
thoughtful, dealing with facts and
not distractions. Mr.. Reed is not
a statistician, but a statesman, and
his presentation Of the argument
for protection was the very genius
of common sense.
Speaker Crisp and Chairman
Wilson labored ponderously
through the old familiar sophisms
about taxing the many for the
benefit Of the few. Not a scintilla
of new argument was presented.
1t was the same old straw that
every undergraduate of our
colleges has thrashed over and
over times without number in his
callow student days. Neither OF
them took any note of existing
facts. They sailed in and out O:
the old bayous of free trade in
serene oblivion of the appalling
distress caused by the Democratic
Washout Of 1892. The speaking
over and the hubbub quoted, the
voting began. The bill passed by
a vote of 2O4 to 40, almost q full
vote, as the membership of the
House is 354. Every Republican
present voted against the bill, anc
sixteen Democrats voted witt
them.
The bill now goes to the Senate
Its passage in that body is by ne
means assured. The total Demo
cratic strength IS 43; Republican
So; Populist, 5; vacancies, 4. 1t i!
believed that both of the Senator.
from Louisiana, also from Nev
York, will vote squarely agains
the bill. Of course every Re
publican will. 1t is not improb
able that some Democratic Sena
tors who would dislike to vote
against the bill may be absent or
roll call, ~preferring to have thu
bill lie over until after the mex
fall election before being made
law. In that eventit is reasonably
sure that the bill would never be
come a law. But it is not expected
in any event, that a vote will b.
reached in the Senate for two O.
three months at the earliest
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08
CaStOria.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
1 recommend it as superior to any prescription.
known to me-"
81. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Ill So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN G. SMITH, Pres,
array Street, New York City.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08

Nice Canadian apples, duty free,
may (dls)grace the White House
table hereafter. They should be
served up on a dish of Straus'
cheap foreign labor crockeryware.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08

Why buy English, Scotch, Irish,
German or Bermuda potatoes
when there are American farmers
working hard to earn an honest
living in our own country? What's
the matter with American pota-
toes?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-08

1t is reported that an importation
of foreign hydraulic hose is
shortly expected to the order Of
Professor Wilson. It should be
placed on view at Mays on a
platter made by Straus' cheap
foreign labor.