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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-11
HOPING AGAINST HOPE.

Exchanged Government Clerks of Long
 Service Unfitted for Other Work.
 A treasury clerk who was discharged early in the life of the present ad- nj Illustration. after many years of serviee walked up the steps of the big stone building one night some time apo and shot himself through the Heart with a pistol His body lying on tic steps that he had climbed so often
 was an object lesson to all of the gov ernment employees in Washington. It is a sad feature of department life at The capital that large proportion of the clerks who are removed seem una ble thereafter to earn living. They Become possessed, moreover, of the idea that Washington is the only city 4o live in, and that they must hang on to residence here by hook pr by crook. A large share of Wash ington's population is made up of former congressman, public officials, and employees of all sorts. who, having seome here, refuse to go away again. Some of them are prosperous, but by far the greater number depend upon their friends and charity for living
 t is noticeable, too, that men who have been removed after long service in the departments continue to haunt the building in which they were em- |ployed, as though, by looking at it zach day, they could exert a charm .that would restore their names to the pay roll. This is particularly true of fhose who have spent long years be- Blind the walls of the treasury depart 'ment; and every morning large num- sber of these men walk down Fifteenth Street at the usual hour for opening Inc department, and finger about the hotels, saloons and cigar .shops in the neighborhood until elosing them in the afternoon, when they return home with the tide of hu-
 nanity that flows out of the great NorIshop. The unfortunate man who Hbiew out his brains on the treasury steps apparently was moved by no cause except grief for having lost his place sln the treasury. He was pensioner to Ia large amount for the loss of leg in the war, and had other sources of in- tome He was one of the company of nlscharged men who met every day on .l fifteenth street, opposite the treasury building, and his former companions |stiil make their daily pilgrimages to |fhis apparently fascinating locality It saoes not occur to any of them, proba- Ply, that if they would desert their old zbaunts and start out in new field they 9night soon forget that they ever drew sfher daily sustenance from Uncle Sam s .erib~-N Y Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-11
lf7 rH ACHING FOR A FIGHT.

pas.erste Men Restrained From
 ,s,oodIetting by a Lucky Occurrence.
 pn Hastings street the other day a
 ,,ng eolored man about twenty years s,f a9e sat on a doorstep drowsing in fhe sun. Many passed him by, but e@ter time along came another young ,zs,n of about the same age carrying a eane. Of course he stopped and poked, sand of course there were results. The SIeeper awoke and angrily demanded:
 Who dat pusson who kept teehin' ne all de time?a
 I s'pects yo' am loolsin' right at him, sah, !" replied the one with the cane.
 .Tu1fas. Ize mind to broke yo' ia two fur dat.
 .Shoo! Yo' couldn't hurt nobody"
 "Couldn't, eh? I let yo' know, sah, aat killed man obea in Chatham so ..Iaad he nebber breathed agin.
 Doan yo' go fur to threaten me, Moses. lxase I won't stand it. Mebbe sn,ne of yo'r friends done tole you I,out de way 1 knocked dat man to pieces down at Toledo. Jist reached ont fur him, an he died. ,
 ..Hu. Look out fur me, boy. I'ze get fsn mad. and when de madness comes nobody can't dun hole me. I'ze jist g .lrove of mewls runuin away, 1 arr" 2. .rze heard niggers talk afo' dis, but Ididn't skeer.R
 Nigeer! Who yo' callin' nigger! Yo' is nigqer ye'self, an yo' stole chickens. ," ..What? Yo' say dun stole chickensP Nhv. boy, I'll crack yo'r ribs in min 4lte Idoan' low no common trash to talk dat way to me"
 shoo, niggert If I war jist to reach out my han. yo would fall dead. Pze es,1ry fur yo'r DO ole mudder, an dat's Why l doan' reach.
 Now, I'ze mad III gin yo' just one mint to flee fur yo'r life"
 Nigger!.'
 ''Chicken thief
 They stood facing each other, breath inp hard and were seemingly on the Boint of rushing at each other when a small colored boy came around driving an old ash wagon. It was happy di- yersion Both realized it, and advane- ine to the curbstone together one shouted:
 .Lools heah, boy. doan' yo' be drivin' aroun' as if yor ladder owned dis hull town, kase he don't. Yo' jist keep mighty quiet around heah, or I'll make yo'r heels crack de atmosp'ere.
 And as the boy seemed frightened and tried to make himself look as Small as possible the other one added;
 ..Au if yo'r ladder make an fuss bout it, fze gwine to drive him right frew de airth. Yes. 1 ar. Drive on, boy. Ne is two desperit men an jist achin fo blood Detroit Free Press.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-.Beatrice Harradan's sudden popu. iarlty has been used by publisher of paper bound books to play a petty 'rick upon his public. A story of hers glves title to little volume recently issued, and the book is bought by most persons with the notion that she is the author of its whole contents, but it
 turns ont that only the first story i. nefs, While the others are by less lem inent heads"
 A lecture on agriculture by a na- i've as a quite unexpected indication of aa,m,akening from lndia's lethargy, Yet
 1easta ~ papers report a lsetpFa bq
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-11
Domestic Intelligence.

Is Mrs. McSnifter in?' asked Mrs. .Nerger of the servant who took her gard at the McSnifter mansion, on Aus tin avenue.
 No, she done went out about an hour ago
 "l am sorry to hear that she is out. Will she be back?" Il don't know when she gwinter eome back, but kin run upstairs and |a ax yer for you. Alex Sweet, in Texas |Siftings.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-11
In the Rnsiness Glass.

The teacher of commercial college FWas hearing the class in banking reeite and he called en pensive-looking fel- How from an interior town. Whats khe nature of check, he asked that makes it valuable?a
 The signature, responded the pen eive party, and the teacher wanted to 1 1poiogize. Detroit Free Press.
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A ,JDBUANT JEVELER,

Harry b. Koch one OF washington's most popu-
lar, widely known and energetic young business
men, whose handsome Jewelry establishment ls
located at the corner of 3D. St and Pennsylvania
ave. Sc, says: -.
az have been a great sufferer for the East year
from Indigestion Of a catarrhal nature ana nervous
Dyspepsia For the past six months nave ieeh
so lad TO almost prevent my ATTENTION 20 ous
across my chest tried doctor after doctor WITH
out obtaining relief. heading In the papers OF the
wonderful cures performed by DIR. Walker. placed
Inyself In HIS hands. I must say the result mas
been almost miraculous have better appo pei
than i had for years: my sleep is restfdl, ana
awake refreshed. / feel like a new man. All
my dyspepsia and nervous symptoms nave disap-
reared, aud gaining flesh every day. nave
resided in Washington for the past i've years, ana
AT 322 C st. sc. My place Of business Is at the
corner of Sd St and PENNSYLVANIA ave. s.e.. where
l shall be happy to verify all l have here stared
in person tS!gnedl H. Is. MIL
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ninth day
of November 1925, NJ. A. BALIINGER
Notary Public.
New testimonials Of DIR. Walkers wonderful sue
constantly appearing.
Ii is the universal verdict that he enecfs almost
miraculous cures In all disorders of the brain ana
nervous system diseases OF the skin ana bio"d ca
tarrh, asthma. consumption. malaria, dyspepsia,
rhe1matisin. neuralgia, hemorrholds, diseases or
women loss of strength and vitality and all enron
&c affections of the lungs, throat, heart, liver,
stomach, kidneys, bladder. bowels and other Or
gans.
DR. Walker may be consulted free of charge, per
soaaIly or by letter. His well-known sanltariuIn
at 1411 Pennsylvania avenue. adjoining willard s
Hotel, Is open daily for consultation and treat
ment. Office hours, 10 am TO pm; wednesday,
and Saturday evenings, 4 to 5; Sundays 10 10 Il
Charges for treatment very low. .
Al Interviews and correspondence sacreuiy foa-
cases Iaade ldIbic without .
of patients. 1t
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Gen. BirneN Injured.

The venerable Gen. William Rirney was
badly injured about 5 o'clock last evening in
a runaway accident on 1st street near the
District building, and now lies at mis- resi-
dcnce, 22l Grant place, East Capitol street,
in q rather serious condition.
Gen. Birney, who is very fond of horses.
Vas driving young horse which was some
what green, down b street northeast. AT
1st street the animal became unmanagca BILE
and dashed down E street at quite a rand
rate. AT 1st street northwest the vehicle
collided with Belt Line car, smashing off
ore of the wheels and throwing Gen. Biz
ney out and against tree wrapped with
wire. A moment latef the horse broke loose
from the wrecked carriage. and ran quite a
distance before he was captured Gen
Birney was picked up in an unconscious
condition and carried TO a neignboring drug
store, where 1t was discovered that his face
had been badly cut by the wire netting on
the tree and that he had been bruised, al
though no bones appeared to have been
broken. He was carried to his home when
his family physician found that he was suf-
fering rather more from shock than any,
thing else. The doctor expressed the opin-
ion that while the age of his patient seven
ty-fve years, made his condition more SER
ious, nevertheless he believed that he would
recover in due time. District Attorney Biz
ney, son of Gen. Birney, was soon at his
fathers bedside, and expressed himself as
believing ttat no serious result would fol-
low.
District Attorney Birney, who was with
his father all of last night, stated this morn
ing that while his father had improved con-
siderably, he was still in very serious con-
dition. Mr. Birney explained that what was
most feared was the effect of the shock His
fathers Improvement during the night
however, gave them much hope and as he
was resting comfortably today he was in
cllned TO believe that he would recover.
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For Local Suffra ge.

In response to an invitation issued by
Dr. Robert Reyburn to those interested in
securing suffrage for the citizens of the
District about a dozen persons attended a
meeting which was held Thursday evening
at Wesley Chapel. DIR. Reyburn was called
to the chair and j. NJ. Smith acted as sec
rotary. In the course of some remarks DIR.
Reyburn stated his belief that the opinion
prevailed to a great extent in this city that
it's citizens should have the right of Suf-
frage and self-goVernment He contended
that the present form of the District gov
eminent was intended at first to be merely
temporary. lie thought that it would be a
good plan to petition Congress to instruct
the District Commissioners to order a pri-
mary election, in order that the sentiment
of the people of the District could be as
certained for against the present form
of government. He suggested that such
petitions be left at convenient places
throughout the city to be signed. The at
tention of the meeting was called by Mr..
Gustav Augustin to the movement having
the same end in view which had been in
augurated by the Federation of Labor.
After further discussion the chairman was
authorized to appoint committee of one
for the purpose of consulting with the diff
ferent local organizations to secure their
cooperation in this movement. The chair
man appointed Mr. AUgustin. The meeting
then adjourned until next Thursday even
ing.
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who are maintaining the disagreeabe fash
ion. There seems to be no other ground on
which to account for her conduct / am
speaking of those who, by instinct and
character, are ladies. Is there not here a
suggestion to those ladies who can, by an
effort, bring their courage to the point of
supporting by example those who would
take pleasure in following-thus relieving
at once the timid annoyer and the an
noyed? W.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
Hats worn in public places should be Sc
lected not only to give pleasure to the wear
Al. but to those occupying seats In the rear.
have seen Oh several occasions where per-
sons sitting behind hats that obstructed
their view made 1t so unpleasant by re-
marks that the sensitive wearers would re-
move them. For the comfort of the pleas
ure seek ers, it is necessary that the rays of
light should reach the eyes uninterrupted.
If the rays are cut off by feathered hats. or
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TO BEAT THE LAW.
Scheme Suggested by Turfmen {,
Permit Pool Selling.


Some Brooklyn turfmen are trying to get
around the pool prohibition of the constitu-
tional amendment recently adopted, or at
any rate to have racing with as much
spice as the pool business gives 1t. Three
of the most notable tracks of the country
are near Brooklyn. namely: Sheepshead
Bay, Gravesend and Brighton Beach. The
following scheme of Ed. Morse, the pool
seller who managed to eyade at Mystic
Park the Massachusetts law. was called
up by the Brooklyn men.
The auctioneer would hold up the picture
OF horse
How much am bid for this picture
SO on. Sold at $780,
What name shall give this horse, sir?''
The name naturally would be that of the
horse that was the first choice or favorite.
Another picture would be shown, and
How much?" shouted. When bought the
buyer would give it IL name, which, as in
the previous case, would be written under
in exchange for his money, with tie in
variable remark that the print call of
course, exactly alke) was splendid per-
trait of Alix or Directum or Kitty H., or
whatever name the card bore
After selling all The single choices bunch
OF pictures corresponding to the number
of horses left in the field" would be Of
feTed.
no" muCn Tor tneSe works of art?'
Six, eight, ten twenty dollars. Sold at
twenty. What shall 1 call these?' The
purchaser replies, "I'ield" or Remainder, ;"
or something Indicative of the fact that he
had taken the field aginst the sold-oii
choices, and there would be pool COM
plete. All that remained then was to go
through the same comedy over and ever
again as long as the crowd would buy,
and then holders of the winning pictures
cashed in as usual, and, as the recounter
OF this pretty little scheme put il, there
You are"
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A Mission House warming.

The Protestant Episcopal Mission of the
Good Shepherd, located at 313 II street north
east, gave the first house warming in its
new home Thursday evening. The attend
ance of about 80 crowded the chapel to its
doors. Rev. j. Thompson Cole, assistant
rector of Epiphany Church, conducted the
opening services, assisted by Mr.. Henry g.
Parkman. lay reader in charge of the mis-
sion.
The mission was formally opened the list
of September last, and is a part of st.
Marks parish. The first floor is used as the
chapel, and viii seat about 100 persons. On
the second door is the Sunday school class
room and guild room. A reading room will
be opened in the basement next week, and
prospects are bright for this enterprising
band of Episcopalians.- -.
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a hat that one has to strain his neck ana
eyes t. see, the fatigue results in head
ache often, and all the pleasure of the even
ing is lost, and several days of discomfort
follow. America is far ahead of Europe
in giving comfort to railroad travellers. and
why should not the same step be taken by
theater managers for giving pleasure to
their patrons? A very easy way Is having a
ladies dressing roc m and requiring the re-
moval of street has. In London and most
European cities the ladies are not permit
ted to wear their hats in theaters. What
gives more pleasure to actors than fuli-
dressed audience, or what gives more pleas
ure to those present than to witness all
around with happy faces? Who can sit be-
hind a hat seven inches In diameter, or
peep through the porcupine quilts for one
hour without having a weary and sad face:
You pity such people and part of the pleas
ure of the evening Is lost. We all want to
be happy, and the only way is to help make
others happy. So let one and all do their
best in trying to give the least discomfort
to those around them. M.
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METEOR IN NEW JERSEY.
1t Caused Much CONSERVATION I'm the
Sandy State.

A meteor flashed upon New Jersey on
Wednesday night ana caused much conster-
nation among the inhabitants of the terri
tory in which it was visible. Many differ
ent stories are told of the manifestation,
but all accounts agree that the thing &C.
Cured shortly after IL o'clock.
AT Red Bank, Dover, Plainfield, Hopat-
cong, the Oranges and even at Staten Is
land, honest folk were awakened from sleep
and scared into showing themselves in all
manner of strange attire.
Some say the earth shook, and that dur
ing terrific rumbling, which accompanied
the awful tremble, vivid flashes of light
irradiated.- the heavens, although IL was
showing at the time.
At Dover unusually brilliant meteor
was observed at Ii % o'clock. 1t appeared
to explode in a fash Of greenish light, that
fingered in the sky for some time. A min
ute after the fash a report was heard 1t
was so loud that folks rushed pale faced
from their houses.
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Charities Incorporafcd-

Articles have been filed with the recorder
of deeds Incorporating the National Train.
ing School for Missionaries of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, the same to include the
Lucy Webb Hayes Deaconess Home and
the Sibey Hospital. The school is incorpo.
ated for charitable, benevolent and educa.
tional purposes, and it is organized for q
term of twenty years. The following per.
sens are named as board of trustees: Mrs
Clinton e. Fisk of New York, Mrs r. S
Rust, Mrs. a. Louise Clark of Cincinnati
Mrs. Jane Bancroft Robinson of Detroit
Bishop John f. Hurst, Judge woodford G.
Mcdowell, Mr.. Hiram Price, Mrs. Clara l.
Roach and b. II. Stinemetz
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THE THEATER HAT AGAIN.
Some Suggestions as to the Remedy
for the Evil. .

Some SuggesffODs as to the Remedy
for the Evil.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Every woman who is a lady regrets, If
she is aware of 1t, that she is causing an
noyance, especially when 1t is avoidable. to
any one about her. 1t follows. them that la
dies who obstruct the view of those sitting
near them by wearing their hats do so
either through ignorance of the fact that
they are causing such obstruction, or from
what they feel 20 be cogent reason. What
reason can this be? Not surely, that their
uncovered heads look 50 bad that they
are unwilling to show them-not the trouble
of taking off and replacing the hat-that
would exhibit very little of the feeling of
regret that every true lady must feel when
she Is aware that she Is annoying another.
1t remains, then, that she Is unable or un-
willing to become singular among those
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CorneIrs Crew to Go Abroad.
AMERICAS CUP RACE.
Lord Dunraven Wants Them Started
on MarbIehead, but This Cannot BE.

Lord Dunraven Wants Them Started
OF Marbiehend, but This Cannot BE.
Lord Dunraven has written to Secretary
: Oddie of the New York Yacht Club that he
would much prefer that the matches for the
Americas cup be sailed at Marblehead in
stead Of the outer bay at New York, for
the reason that the course would be much
less crowded. He also thinks that the chal-
lenger should not be restricted to one YES
sci, but should he. free to select the one
making the best showing, as the Americans
do. -t. .'.. ers---st zoru~N
Secretary eddie after meeting the other
night said: THE club unanimously decided
by resolution that the next races for the
America cup should be sailed off New York,
and that Marblehead or Newport would not
be considered under any circumstances"
Regarding Lord Dunraxen's other. sugges-
lions, Mr.. OCdie said that the entire letter
was discussed and the matter placed in the
hands of this special committee, which was
appointed by Commodore Brown:. -EN-Com-
modore James ID. Smith, A. Cass Garfield,
j. Frederic Tarns, Latham A. Fish, Philip
Schuyler, Charles j. Paine and Gouverneur
Kortright. Secretary Oddie cabled to Lord
Dunraven that the races must be held off
New York. and that committee had been
appointed to consider his letter.
New Cup Challenger.
A special eabegram from London &c the
New York Herald says: / understand that
Lord Dunravenf and Mr.. iiecrge L. Watson
have determined to beat America at her
OWN game, so to speak, by building yacht
as a new challenger for the Americas cup
designed especially for the international
course off Sandy Heck, and without refer
ence to the requirements of English waters
or English weather.
The principle is that with longer keel
than either the Valkyrie or the Britannia
and in order to carry Increased sail with a
decreased amount of lead, the weight will
be concentrated considerably lower GoNr
This feature is the chief novelty Of the new
loaf.
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and James Blute of New York will act as
judges of this class
At night will take place the judging of
the first and second prize winners In the
hunting and jumping class for the cham
pionship over four jumps five feet high.
Lady Bird, owned by Mrs. S. s. Rowland
of this city won the first prize in the jump
ing open to all yesterday.
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Youpr Christians.

The Literary Society of the Young Mems
Christian Association will meet this evening
to diScrss whether or not the patronage of
theaters by church people would be for the
best interests of the public. The affirmative
i'll be supported by Mr.. N. w. Barksdale.
Mr.. Z. V. Crittenden speaking in the mega
tive. Mr.. w. U. Watson will give recita-
ton previous to the debate. .-s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10

In accordance with the ancient custom,
the new lord mayor of London, Sir Joseph
Renals, who was inaugurated yesterday,
gave banquet at the Guild Hall last night.
The principal speaker was Prime Minister
Rosebery, and the subject of his speech was
peace. Among other things he said: our
foreign policy is distinctly conservative. We
Covet nothing abroad, and only want to
maintain the status quo" He concluded:
1T will be no fault of our exertions IL Great
Britain, while we are at the helm, suffers
any detriment to her honor or prosperity"
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Close of the Horse show.

Today, the closing day of the horse show
at Baltimore, will furnish an excellent OPP
portunity for the public to see the trials
of the jumpers, which is one of the most
interesting features of the exhibition.
Glass s., that of horses and hounds, which
was to have been judged Thursday after
noon, but was postponed on account of the
rain, will be shown in the arena this after
noon. Hounds from the Elkridge Fox-Hunt-
ing Club. the Green Spring Valley Hunt and
the Chevy Chase of this city will be enter
ed. as well horses owned by members
of those organization p. F. Collier of
New York, James X. Maddux of Virginia
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Central High school Library.

A luncheon, the proceeds of which are &c
be used in swelling the library fund, was
he'd during the noon hour yesterday at the
Central High School. The students, to the
number of a thousand or more, enjoyed
themselves thoroughly, and generous sum
-NnS realized.