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The Washington times., 1894-06-11
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IL has occurred to somebody in London to look
up the mem bers Of Miss Lefty Linds family, and
II found that the usual custom among
dancers has been reversed in her case. As a
rule when two women decide to appear together
land they bill themselves as sisters. The rela-
was the leader OF the skirt dancing craze in New
York, and is very well known here. She recently
made a remarkable success in London by the
Introduction of a japanese dance" which Is
said to be as popular as the skirt dance was
when first presented.
Miss Linds sisters playing in various COM
panies in London, and their names are Mile
Hylton. Adelaide Astor-who became impressed
by William Waldorf Astors success over there,
and assumed the name of Astor on beginning
her stage career-Lydia Rudge, and Fanny
bangle. Nobody seems to know where the Lind,
Hylton, Astor, Rudge, and Dangle names came
from, except the third one, though II Is said that
the name of all the sisters, when they began
their dancing careers IN Birmingham, was
Rudge.
''Did you ever play Macbeth, Mr.. Shouter?"
Yes; for place, anu he ran fourth. Town
Topics.
Newspaper man-How is the theatrical
business this season?
Travelling gmanaser-Fine! Crowded houses
every night, NY leading man is prize
fighter and my leading lady a society d.
vorcee.-New York Weekly.
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THE COMFORT OF WIGS.
Especially Do Rosicrucians Rejuyenate the
Elderly Society Woman.

ESPeSiuiy DO ORosiSTuciduS heJuSeuate tno
Elderly Society Woman.
Byzantium, Russia, and Egypt have all been
in turn borrowed from by Sarah Bernhardt,
who is as eager on pictures and sculptures at
both saloons as if she were not the hardest
worked actress in Europe and never went to
bed before 2 in the morning. She Is Rosicru-
clan in her hair, the shades OF which vary &C
cording TO the prevailing tone OF her get-up.
or course her locks are borrowed.
What / wonder at is that wigs are not uni
versal. says writer in the London Truth.
They do such good service in sparing natural
hair. One can dye wig to taste without
unpleasantness 10 the scalp. l am getting
really TO like the wispy wig OF n hue that
nature never could have invented. A beauty
born with red hair looks SO much better In a
dark wig. or a fiaxen. or an ambered-colored
one than in what nature gave her. The red
wig makes dark complexioned person going
on TO 90 almost seem young.
l met the other day leader OF fashion who
danced at the fancy ball given thirty-three
years ago by the Empress Eugenie in her
house in the Champs Elysees. which was then
known as the Hotel d'Albe. 1t was the fancy
ball to which the Princesse Matnilde went as
an Indian. wearing une robe legerement at
tache. This fashionable person might have
easily passed for being any age from 80 to S5.
She keeps good figure and bright eyes. and
the snow of years is hidden by a red Rosi-
crucian wig
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DRINKING DEN RAID.p.

Police Capture Lot of Liquor and People
of Shady Reputation.
The little frame shanty on. H street south
west, between Second and Third streets,
which has been occupied for some
time past by William Heney, eolored,
doing, as he claims, grocery busi-
ness, but at the same time running disor-
derly house, was raided by the police last
night and several people Of decidedly shady
reputation were arrested.
Sergeant Daley and Officers Meade, Cowne
and Knupfer constituted the raiding squad,
and when they surprised the party large
number OF colored men and women were hav-
ing high time, as indicated by their bolster
Gus talking and the profusion OF beer which
was placed at the disposal ofthe hosts guests.
Three men and three women were captured
by the officers and large quantity Of liquor
seized.
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LEAD PENCILS,
What They Are Made of and How They
Are Manufactured.

What They Are Made of and How They
Are Manufactured.
Ask the next wise man you meet how many
lead pencils are consumed per capita by the
inhabitants Of the United States and see if
his wisdom will stand by him, says the North
western Lumberman. If he answers cor
rectly he will say something less than four for
every man. woman. and child.
The wood of which these pencils are made
comes from Florida 1t is red cedar. straight
grained and comparatively free from knots.
One OF the manufacturing concerns has a mill
in Florida where cedar logs are transformed
into strips of about seven inches long. three
egnths of an inch thick. and three inches
wide These strips are Grated and sent north.
Six & ooves are made lengthwise: into these
grooves the graphite is placed and two strips
are glued together. The block is then split
into squares, and the pencils finished either
round or hexagon. as desired.
Maybe you have never thought OF 1t In that
light but the pencil industry uses up large
amount of cedar. An average red cedar log
contains about four cutie feet of wood, and
there are on the average twenty-five trees to
the acre. If no mistake has been made in the
rapid computation, it requires the timber
from not less than 1900 acres TO supply an
nually the pencil manufacturers Of this coun-
try. In addition considerable cedar is eX-
ported 10 Germany. AlaOarna was once tue
great pencil cedar producing state. but .he
cedar. which was clearer and larger than that
found in Florida, is exhausted. Manufactur-
ers have tested other kinds of wood with .
view to finding substitute for cedar, but 30
far without success.
1t doesn't take long to make pencil. The
graphite is ground and mixed with great
care and in this mixture is the pencil makers
secret. The mixture is placed in machine
that might properly be called a little sausage
suffer, from the end of which is forced
constant stream of lead the proper size for
pencil. These threads Of lead are cut in
lengths, baked in an oven, and when hard are
glued into the little grooves. The rough PEN
ellis are shaped either round or hexagon at
the rate of seventy-fve q minute. or 45, 900
day; 1875 pencils minute, or 75. 900 day are
colored and vanished; furnishing and stamp
ing are done at the rate of 100 a minute. or
&C, 600 day
This work is done by machinery operated
by girls not more than 80 years of age, who,
no doubt, earn as much as a dollar o two q
week. The little blocks which are frequently
used inside OF the lunches OF pencils are
made of poplar. each block being grooved to
fit the pencils. Twenty years ago you paid
more for pencil than you do to-day. The
invention OF machinery and the discovery Of
graphite mine have reduced the cost OF them
at least so per cent. Foreign pencils have
been gradually ousted, and at present, If
am not mistaken, We export about as many
lead pencils as we import.
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TRUST THEM TO THE PEOPLE.

When United States Senator comes to Con-
gress he is directly or indirectly bound by
'omises made to the state sssemblymen who
sent him on his mission. He is not the repre-
sentative of the people, but Of the representa-
ives of the people. His actions are guided
less by direct popular sentiment than by the
In iiyidual sentiment of the men who helped
In to his place. This individual sentiment
l - ten affected by agents of private interests.
.,ere, then. is the lobby behind the United
{ .t,s Senator. But there is far more for
liable lobby in front OF him
Gathered here at the capital are representa-
uvcs of moneyed interests. They are the
l. tniest men that money can buy. They are
tacticians superior y - -. With whom
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BATTLE INCIDENT.
A Boy Digging a Grave for the Reception
of His Fathers Corpse.

A Boy Digging a Grave for the Reception
of His Fathers Corpse.
can incident which. perhaps, affected me
more than anything l saw during the war;, -
said Judge Neale, of Kittanning, to Pitts
burg Dispatch man, was what saw after
the battle OF Gettysburg. l went down there
to see what was to be seen. and on going over
the field after the battle l came across two
men digging a grave. evidently for u body
that lay near by l watched the operations
of the two with interest. One was q middle
aged man ard the other mere boy. Both
wore the blue uniform. The work of the two
men in the twilight had a most peculiar effect
upon me.
There beside the pile of yellow clay ley the
body of union soldier. An ugly hole in his
forehead, emphasized by the mark of the
blood that had flowed from it. told too well
how he had met his fate. Ii was an unpleas-
ant sight, yet try as hard a would could
not tear myself away from it. l began TO
study the two workers. and noticed that tho
boys face had most SORT owful look. He
tried to work well. but there seemed to be Il
heavy load depressing him. Every now and
then he would glance at the dead body beside
him and then wipe away u tear. l then
began to talk to the worSingmen. / asked
for whom the grave was intended. and tho
elderly man bointed to the boy. then to the
corpse, and whispered to ne: HIS father l
could never tell you what an effect this hal
upon me.
The idea OF a son digging his fathers gravel
1t seems terrible to me: something tha: l
could not bear l went over 10 the young
man, and, after throwing oil my coat took
his pick from him and told him that would
do his work. While we dug away the boy sat
off at a distance and went most bitterly.
When we had placed his iather in his last
resting place and had finished our work he
took me by the hand. and. us the tears rolled
down from his checks. expressed his thank
fulness for the service had done him Never
have seen such gratitude. That incident
made an impression upon me that have
never been able to efface'
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PRIMITIVE GRAMMAR.
How SyntaN Appears When 1t Is Reduced
to Its Simplest Elements.

~ us AhpiSSA A-iSmShts-
Everybody knows the story of the English
man who dining with a mandarin. desired to
know what meat he was eating He pointe
TO the dish aud said interrogaiively. "Quack-
quack?' His host shook his head and an
swered with the politest OF smiles. BOW
wow" And there, saws Longman's Maga-
zine, you have the language in its simplest
elements.
As yet, however. II possesses no synta1, no
order. no formative principles. Now pash the
thing one stage further. Let Us make II verb,
to eat. The esimplest way Of doing this is to imi-
tate the sound OF teeth in grinding-especially
in grinding hard grain, like corn. or coarse
roots and foodstuiIs. Ny'm ny'm. nv'm, or
nyum, MUM, nyum, is about as near as we can
get TO il in ordinary letters. (The Italian gn' m,
gn'm m. or the Spanish nm, mn. would repre-
sent it more accurately.) Hence. nyum-nyum
is common symbol for ''to eat with savages.
Now asa with an interrogative infection Of
voice. "Nvnm-nyum quack-duack?' and that
means, Am | cating duck?' The answer
comes with a shake of the head. "Nyum-
nyum bow-wow,' aud that means, "Oh, dear.
no; it is dog you are eating" True, the
grammatical, elements of first and second
person are here suppressed. but go they are
in many primitive languages. and so they are
even in the negro dialects of French and
English.
lenses and persons are frequently iost.
Him gwne town means HE is going to
town in negro English Him eat means
He is eating" Hin eat yesterday" means
He ate," and so on generally. Il have
eaten" becomes in Creole French "AIoi finn
mango" that is to say. ''J'ai fni manger."
Rich niger, him mulatto: poor mulatto,
him Niger" gives the simple grammar of
negro English: in Creole French where "li''
means "lui." it comes out in the precisely
;..h. ,1off
muatte pauvre. Ii negue." That Is grammar
reuc. d TO lis simplest elements
Now. to carry the process one step further.
You see the remains OF II duck lying on the
ground in the neighborhood OF your COM
pound and you wish to know what has hap
rned TO it. You ask 4 savage bystander:
"Bow-wow nvum-nyum quack-9uack?' That
is to say. Has dog bitten my duck?" The
savage shakes his head pats his own round
stomach. and answers with gusto: "Nyum-
ryum 0uack-quack." That means, II have
eaten it."
The Washington times., 1894-06-11

THE new French minister of foreign affairs,
Mr. Hanotafx, made speech last Thursday
in the Chamber of Deputies. in which he at
tucked England's policy in Africa, thereby
touching Il responsive chord in Germany.
1t is improbable, however. that England's
hereditary enemy. old Gaul,' will succeed
in stirring up much of disturbance between
the government of Queen Victoria and that of
her grandson, the young and warlike En-
peror of Germany. Besides, the old lady has
so arranged her matrimonial and other alli-
ances as to bring into pretty close commun-
ion with her family nearly all the principal
nations of continental Europe
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The Governor of Maryland has pardoned
years term Of imprisonment for robbing the
State of several thousand dollars while State
Treasurer. Prior to his exposure, trial, and
conviction Archer stood high in social and
political circles, and that probably accounts
for the leniency shown him both in the
sentence and its duration. He left for his
home Saturday, and the dispatch states that
"he was much changed in appearance for the
better" 1t is to be hoped that the change
in his moral makeup conforms to the ply
eical
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Written for THE TMEsl
/ dreamed had hard words with you
Last night dear love, know not why,
Some trivial word or act of yours
Had reused my anger, and whenI
Awoke my heart and brain
We're smarting with the wrong and pain
dreamed your eyes-those tender eyes
Looked coldly, sternly into mine,
And in the accents of your voice
Was no conciliating sign;
And yet, It's strange do not know
What twas that chafed and vexed us 80.
Forgive me. love. had forgot;
Dreams are as treacherous as our Joys,
And, dreaming. remembered not
That for months your blessed voice
Has silent been, and houses white
Have hid your sweet eyes from my sight
LC J.
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An Unbiased Opinion.

Author-I loaned copy of my new book
to Joanes. ard when he returned it he praised
it up to the mines But found out. come to
look at it, that hc hs dn't even cut the leaves
What do you think OF that?
Friend l think you were fortunate In get
ting an unbiased opinion from man Of
Joanes discernment.- Boston Transcript
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Was Polite About It.

Little Boy-Thn: lady gave me some candy.
Mother-I hope you were polite about it.
Little Boy-Yes'm.
Mother-What did you say?
Little Boy-I said wished pop had met
her before he got 'quainted with you.-Good
News.
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Sells on Sight.

Peddler-Have you any daughters, mum?
Housekeeper-Sir? Please. mum, don't
ask out of vulgar curiosity. mam. I'm SELL
ing resonatons. What are they? You hang
one up IN the hall. mum. and it so magnifies
every sound that goodnight kiss sounds
like cannon shot. Give me three.-New
York Weekly
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The Poet and the Farmer.
TRy Edgar w Abbot

A poet and farmer were talking one day
OF the various ways 10 gain gold.
~ can make with my pen,' said the poet, "a
rhyme
Worth twenty-five cents when it's soldl'
That's eat deal of cash. the farmer re-
marked,
'And you must be the smartest of of men;
And yet if my pigs grow and thrive as they
should,
lean make more tnan that by my pen"
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What They Are Afraid of

Fussy Passenger-Why does your company
insist that passengers must purchase tickets
before entering the train? Are they afraid
that II we pay money to You you will steal it?''
Conductor with dignity y)-Certainly not.
They are afraid the train may run of the
track before I can get around.-New York
Weekly.
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A LIVELY contest is now in progress for the
gubernatorial nomination in Georgia between
the administration and anti-adminis:ration
forces At last accounts the administration
people we're two or three laps ahead.
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CARNEGIE is willing to make reparation for
those blowholes II Uncle Sam will tell him
Just how much the holes weigh.
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A Pigeon Fell Into the Smokestack.

The steamer Kent. which arrived yesterday,
brought dead carrier pigeon wrapped In
paper, which burned to death in the steam
er's smokestack while the boat was boun1
Carroll the pigeon flew toward the steamer
and alighted on the bow of the boat. He
rested there for awhile and then alighted on
the edge of the smokestack. He next flew
of. circled around the boat, and sailed over
the stack again. An officer hurried below
and opened door in the stack with the hope
of saving the bird, but its head and legs had
been burned to q crisp and the feathers
scorched. The bird had no bands on its legs.
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UNCLE SAM is warned to look out for him
self in Madagascar. It seems that L. S. can
make no tiicker for land there without the
sanction of Monsieur Crapaud. who is sup
posed to run the land department
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His Clothing.

Studentus-Young Herman has a suit Of
clothes for every day in the week.
Sfudentum-I never see him wear but one
Studentus-Yes; that's the suit.-Harlen
Life
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WHY is the Senate tariff bill like the con-
demned Carnegie armor plates2 Because 1t is
full OF blowholes.
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Her rhiJlran

Justice O'Halloran-Have you any children,
Mrs. Kelly? Mrs. Kelly--I hov two livin' an
wan married.-Boston Home Journal
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IT is estimated that by the proposed re-
ductions in the clerical force of the depart
ments there will be an annual saving to the
government of nearly $1,000 900. large por-
tion of which will be lost to the business men
OF Washington.
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Wanted the lob ENLARGED

She-And now, my dear. having given you a
bit of my mind I'm off to the dentist to have
my toeth filed.
He--Ask him to I'll the rest of your mouth
whils he's about it.-Boston Budget.
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"a HALF loaf is better than no bread" but
when you keen on dividing this half loaf, a
good deal OF it is likely to get wasted.
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An open confession is good. for the soul.
Perhaps this is about the best way to get at
the sugar speculation business. But how to
induce the confession is question.
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OrnVOSiuc.

"Ahi'' remarked the great musician as he
walked the floor with his bowling offspring
In his arms: at is much easier to compose a
grand opera than wakeful baby."-Puek.
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M Eut,aiify-

He-Then understand that you contend
for an equality Of the sexes.
She-Not ut all. I don't expect men ever
will be quite equal to women.-BostonT Trans
cript
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Arniable and Diplomatic.

Hicks-what an amiable fellow Willings isl
never knew him to wrangle with anybody.
wicks-No; he is perfect peacemaker.
When another begins to differ with him he
saws. in his inimitable way, "Why should We
and all will be smooth and pleasant. Boo
ton Transcript.
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psychic.

Love-" said the lecturer, 'is a psychic
manifestation" .'Yes," murmured young
man in the audience. Il do the signing and
her folks do the kicking. g."-Indianapolis
Journal
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New YORK newsboys bathe in the city hall
fountain. There's chance for the finest"
10 redeem themselves. Let no guilty "un-
dressed kid" escape
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IT,. uo.,,or;,Y, LIB,

The Mothcr.in-Law Joke.
Mrs. Funnyman-John, when was the first
joke on the mother-in-law mads? Mr.. Funny
man-When Noah went into the ark and left
her out.-Puck.
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HIS friends say he is in bad health; his enc
mics say he has fled. And Croker's voice Is
heard not, for he is on the deep blue sea.
The Washington times., 1894-06-11

THE Springfield CMass.) Electric Light
Company has voluntarily reduced its rates.
If we could only induce that corporation to
move TO Washington.
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IT took woman to discover the cause of
all the trouble in this country. 1t comes
from man-made laws. When woman mounts
the curule we will have peace, but no latch
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HAWAII was the first to get its flag on that
new island Now that the flag is there, there
isn't room for anything else except winds.
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When He Asccrtains His Value.
man never realizes his worth until he is
sued for breach OF promise.-Tit-Bits
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SUGAR produces muscular energy, says SCI
ence. 1t also produces liars. say the people.
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The Lions Share

Mother-Walter see that you give Beatrice
the lions share of that banana. -
Walter-Yes. mamma
Beatrice-Mamma, Walter hasn't given ne
any.
walter-Well, that's all right. Lions don't
eat bananas.-Brooklyn Life.
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Roth Bad,

Clerk at the Desk-This bad half dollar,
SIR
Jones-That's all right. had a bad din
ner, too.-Life.
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Artificial Ice in France.

upon giving it a rap it will separate into
small cubes instead of Irregular lumps
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4 Terrible Plague
Cost of British Sailors.

In 1916 5O0,OOO persons died of the plague
at Bagdad in less than ninety days.
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1t WASN'T NECESSARY

Father-Did you reject that Italian count as
told you to?
Daughter didn't have to; told him you
had failed.-Detroit Free Press.
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McKASE don't take kindly to the text. "It
Is good for US to be here.'
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Reward of yirtue.

The reward man receives for going to bed
early regularly is that he feels very tough II
he stays up late once in awhile.-Atehison
Globe.
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Theory and Fac

In the British navy the annual cost Of main
tain1ng man is 81 900.
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A HALF-BREED Indian out in the Indian
Territory, the other day robbed stage and
killed two of the passengers, making good
his escape. Some distance from the scene of
this exploit he encountered a Mrs. Duncan
and her little boy. and, just for the fun of the
thing, shot and wounded the woman. The boy.
however, was too quick for him, and shot the
robber dead. There is now one less ward for
the nation to care for
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Bus:S and Busts.

DCUIptUI-I SHUUIU lIIIIlh you WOuIu HHVe
a marble bust OF your husband
Mrs. P.-I think not: the three-nights-a-
week kind Is enough for me.-Detroi. Free
Press
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On the IncreaSa

Women's clubs seem to be growing. The
broomstick used to be large enough.-Phila-
dslphia Record.