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The evening times., 1895-08-16

The merchant claEs OF China is composed
OF polite, patient, extremely shrewd, well
dressed pattern shopkeepers. The leisure
class Is graceful, polished and anna Bile, but
the peasantry reminds one of the country
folk of Europe, excepting Russia.
As compared with Japan, one feature of
every view is strikiDgly in favor of China.
The dress and behavior of the Chinese will
not offend Europeans. The women are
modest and dress in baggy garment which
completely covers them.
In spite of their nodesty Chinese girls
do flirt and in proper European fashion.
at church they make eyes at the young
men and on the way TO school.
Tho most beautiful women of China are
OF soo-Chow. They are, as a rule, prettier
than the womo of Japan.
Chinese fish with cormorants. The birds
Sit on sticks projecting over the water and
are trained by being starved and then
throttlel SO they cannot swallow the fish
they catch. They are ragged-lookiDg birds
with enormous beaks
The Chinese thrash rice by taking hand
ful and beating a log with ii to scatter the
kernels on the ground. The farmers break
up the soil and punch holes i'll it for seeds
with a stick.
Women who are married wear their black
hair in coil held in place by u narrow
bar OF gilt metal or imitation Jade stone.
The young girls wear the coil at one side
OF the head and stick white flo wer init.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
mr.. JOHNSON EXPLAINS.
He confeeses to an Error, but to
Notht,,u Vvoraa

He COnfeeses to an Error, but to
Nothing Worse.
Editor Times: In yesterday afternoons
issue of your paper, there appears an
account Of a bill filed in the spurepse court
| OF the District by William A. Murray against
| Hannah L. Kelly and James Nadigan, in
which serious allegations are made againRt
me. As am not o party TO the suit l
may not have au opportunity of showing
| to the court just what part I took in the
| Transactions narrated in the bill, and /
therefore ask that you will publish this
communication in simple justice to myself
1t is true that told two lots belonging
to my client, Miss Kelly, to William A.
Murray, and that thereafter, wholly by
inadvertance and mistake, my former part
ner, Samuel H. Agnew, and myself, sold to
Mr.. Madigan one of the two lots previously
sold TO Mr.. Murray.
did not discover the error that had been
made until about two weeks ego, AID after
the partnership between Mr.. Agnew and
myself had been dissolved by au order @:
the equity court, upon my application, and
receiver, j. Walter wheatley, was in
firm Desiring TO know just what lots had
been sold in the subdivision, 1 called on
the receiver and consulted the book show
ing sales that bad been made and then
discovered the error.
/ Immediately called upon the parties
concerned and explained the embarrass-
ment was confronted with, offering Mr..
Madigan another lot or his money back
7 rof,,cad tho money offeraI mo nv Mr.
.Murray's lawyer because it did rot repre-
sent the amount he was then in arrears for
the lots purchased by him.
/ absolutely and emphatcally deny that
1 have made fraudulent misrcpresenta-
tions of any sort to any one, and this shail
be made to appear, either i'll the pending
suit or in come other proceeding where an
opportunity will be afforded me of vim
dicating my character ard reputation.
l confess to a stupid error, which To one
so sincerely regrets as l do; but nothing
worse.
So far from availing myself OF forfeiture
rights, as has been alleged, l have been in
structed to use every effort to preserve the
rights of all parties concerned, and defy
anybody to bring proof to the contrary
Every purchaser in arrears has been given
an opportunity 10 protect hhiiseh ifoiu
loss.
The few forfeitures made have been only
where purchasers, after making payments
of few dollars, have voluntarily and de-
liberately allowed their cases TO lapse aud
remain in arrears for months.
This statement can be verified by n num-
Der of delinquents, who have been rein
stated. Had Mr.. Murray shown a proper
spirit in the matter, he would have been
met more than half way and saved himself
any necessity for rushing into law.
Ny dealings with him and all others have
been uniformly honorable, and all asser- |
tions to the contrary are either false or |
inspired by malice.
HOWARD F. JOHNSON.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
Com mplaints From the Northeast.

Editor Times; You will confer q great
favor upon the residents and taxpa yers OF
Delaware avenue, bet ween 1 and h streets
northeast, if you Will allow a protest TO
be entered through your columns in their
behalf against the use of said avenue as a
dumping ground for drain pipes and other
material. 1t has always been assumed that
this avenue was public thoroughfare,
or at least it was SO understood by the tax
payers when they paid what appears to be
now an eNorbitant betterment for the so
called Improvement of the avenue.
Private citizens are prosecuted for violat-
ing the ordinance as to the use of public
property Now, in this case, where the
conditions are reversed, II the District gov
ernment be not liable. 1t should at least
make an effort to repair what is done by
removing the drain pipes at present lying
on the avenue.
If The Times will call the attention OF
the authorities to the matter it will confer
a great favor ON the residents of the
vicinity. DANIEL MURPHY.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
CONCEDE WIDER RUNWAYS
Postofice Workers to Be Given
a Little Protection.
Superintendent Kinsey Is Waiting for
Reply to His Demand for
Temporary Flooring.

Thorp and Bond, while refusing to put
postoffice, as reported in the Evening Times
OF yesterday, have instructed their foreman,
Elmer Widrig, in charge of the iron work,
TO take such precautions as he may deem
necessary for the safety of the me n a work
there
this morniu<, said he had already given
the order for extra timber, and will immedi-
ately proceed 10 put wider runways around
the entire building, and those engaged in
putting up the iron work Will be given this
additional security
Il do not think, however" said he, THAT
We are bound under the specifications to
put down temporary flooring, and the
letter 1 received this morning from the
contractors stron ~ indicates their pur-
pose not to accede to the Governments
wishes in this matter.
Il feel certain that no court in the land
after reading the specifications would
compel us to take such a step The men
employed on the building are Government
subjects, aud IL il wants them protected
let IL do il, but We do not propose to move
a peg from the position we have already
taken"
Superintendent OF Construction Kjnsey
stili adheres to his former opinion that the
Government will take measures to compel
the putting down of the flooring.
You wait until they get my letter.
he said to the reporter, land l think they
will then take a different view of the case,
as the letter I wrote them on yesterday
was as hot as the weather"
The Times man asked how are the men
at work on the building standing this ex-
tremely hot weather?
There is good deal of complaint
among them on that score. You have
no idea how hot it is working on the top of
that high building, n the midst OF perfect
network of iron which throws out the heat
IN all direction, like an immense furnace
would not be surprised at any time TO see
some poor fellow up there toppie over aud
add another victim to those who have
already met their death through the penuri
BUSINESS OF the ught-fisted contractors"
The evening times., 1895-08-16
The tolls last year from the suez canal
were $4,000, O,OO4

The tolls last year from the Suez canal
were sl5,o0o,o ,oo4
Bureaucracy is-a crying evil in Egypt.
1t is hard to make the inhabita nts under
stand that merit aione should decide. Two
per cent of the able bodied men serve the
government in some capacity. Salaries
are twice as big as those paid our officials.
Cabinet ministers are paid $4,000 year
and uIder-secretaries $1,000. Five hours
is an official days work
The increase ofwihter travel to the Nile
Is helping the Egyptians immensely. Last
seasons pleasur9seekers numbered 1900
and distributed Sb!Ddo. 900 in the country,
half the money cbmihg from Americans.
Over half Of Egypt's foreign commerce is
with Great Britain. The United States buys
about So, 600 Dob worth. one fifteenth ofthe
Egyptian cotton crop each year.
The army comprises $4,000 men, the
full strength, cou uuiing the military police,
being e 900. Tbecommandera and seventy
six officers are borrowed" from the
English army and paid twice the amount
of their home salaries. Common soldiers
get cents day. They areconscientiously
looked after. well fed and well cothed.
American farmers will be surprised to
learnthat their Observation-Disclosures Egyptpay
a land tax annually of IS. 20 per acre.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
NOT BY Els PEERS.
Some Pointed Comments On the Trial
of Private GILL

| s'ohhe oihttu On lie lrtAI
of Private Gill.
Editor Times: The character of our Iiber-
ties guarantees to every American citizen
the right to fair trial before Jury Of
his peers. Every one knows that it would
be next to impossible for man to get an
impair hearing If the jury were all in
sympathy against him.
Every one knows, too, who has read the
little which has been made public in The
Times concerning the Gill episode that the
the writer remembers correctly every mem
Der of the coUrt-martial which tried Gill
for the assault committed on the officer
recently was commissioned officer; no
one Of them was in any sense GilTs peer.
What testimony was offered before that
court is probably known to no one
outside 1t is not hard however, to real
ize that if any privates We're witnesses their
evidence would hardly be fearlessly given.
1t is very easy in the regular army to punish
bold witness for his tenerity. This can
be done in thousand ways which do not
overstep the letter Of the regulations, and
yet make the poor victim wIetchcd. The
officers of the regular army form a social
grade as entirely separate from the priva t,s
soldiers as If belonging to a different
world
What experiences poor Gill may have
had with the lieutenant, whom he SO
soundly, but unwisely. thrashed, which had
exasperated him to frenzy, does not appear.
He has not been suffered to tell his story
TO the world his comrades in the ranks dare
not tell it for him and the officers W." not
Gill, of COURSE. goes off To prisea md
his voice is buried in the tomb at Columbus
1t is not likely that the world IN g.:
know the whole truth.
So long as the private soldier con..-sEs
to be deprived Of those rights which belong
to every private citizen, SO long will 5ur
army lack in its personnel the qualities
which lift our citizens above those OF other
countries. The life, the liberty and the
happiness of the soldier should be as sacred
as any other citizen.
GUiteau, who murdered Garfield, was
granted IA fair and impartial trial, was
fully and publicly heard and up to the
moment when the drop fell was treated
with the utmost clemency. On the other
hand, Private Gill, in irons, was confined
in oell where the temperature was
equal TO an oven and where his room was
so small as scarcely to permit him to lie
extended on the floor
The people of Washington have not yet
forgotten the Ford Theater disaster, and
probably most of them know that every one
whs signed the paper which would have
fixed the blame of that official murder
upon Col" Ainsworth was afterwards
discharged by that gallant officer.
II our honored President would call
Gills trial UP again and protect the wit
nesses, it is quite probable that a different
result would attend the investigation As
it Is, the people VIII not be satisfied that
Gill is justly punished.
W. H. NELSON.
Forest Glen, Md, Aug 12, 1895.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
A GOVERNOR VINO CAN'T VETO.


Ohio's First Executive Was Deprived
Ofa Power Never Since Restored.
Its fact not generally kno wn," said a
prominent member of the Ohio Society the
other day TO New York World reporter,
that the Governor Of my State is the only
Governor in the United States who rules
without the veto power. Since Ohio has
the power of veto. This peculiar fact was
the result of still more peculiar cause.
1t dates back nearly 100 years, TO the days
when Gen. Arthur st. Clair was territorial
Governor of Ohio.
I'm those days the fee for marriage IL
censes was So, and, according to the law,
it went into the pocket of the governor.
Two dollars was a heap of money then
and was calculated to discourage more
than one lad, who W as apprenticed and re-
ceived in pay only his board or such as
had served their apprenticeships and were
earning salaries Of 81 and So a month.
The leg islature consisted of u general as.
sembly and a legislative council. the lat.
ter corresponding to the New York senate.
1.-THE general assembly concluded to re.
peal the fee grant, but not wishing to de-
prive the governor OF this considerable
source OF revenue, two bills were passed,
one abolishing the law and another in
creasing the governors salary cores
ponding amount.
"Gov. ST. Clair signed the one providing
for the increase of his salary and vetoed the
other. The general assembly rose In its
might and passed the billover the Governors
veto; the legislative council, for some
reason, sustained the Governor. But re-
venge was soon had. The first constitu-
tional convention was held shortly after,
and most of the members Of the territorial
general assembly wer emembers of it. The
veto power was abolished. Fifty years
later, in 1852, another constitutional
convention was held, but all attempts to
incorporate a veto power into the constitu-
ton failed That So marriage license affair
was engraved into the peoples hearts.
And there you have the reason for never
hearing OF veto by an Ohio Governor"
The evening times., 1895-08-16
a Child's Strange Adventure.

An Edinburgh correspondent says that
the story OF child's singular escape
from starvation in the city has just be-
come known. He wandered from home
on Monday afternoon, and although a
diligent search was made by the police,
no trace was found until last evening,
when the janitor at the Royal High
School. about mile from the child's
home, heard moaDs as he was passing
one OF the conveniences of the school
There the boy was found, having been
there without food for fifty hours He
was in pitiable state, but quickly re-
covered. The spring lock Of the door
had prevented the child from opening it
from the inside.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
voyage of the Lorna Doone.

Capt. Virgins, urdismayed by the loss of
the sjternen last summer, is about to
start on mis- twentieth voyage through the
Kara Sea 10 the Yenisei. His ship is the
Lorna Dorne, 60O-ton steamer, which
besides machinery and agricultural i'm
plements, will carry canned fruits, fish
and preserves and 700 barrels of Aberdeen
herrings, for which very high prices were
paid on the last voyage.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
ODDS AND ENDS.
Mount Blanc is the highest peakin Euror

Mount Blanc is the highest peak in Europe
The national salute for both the army and
navy of the United States istwenty -one guns
The numberof people who own their farms
Is the largest in the new States of the west
and the smallest number is in the south.
This is due to the facilities which the chea p
lands of the west and the homestead laws
have given for acquiring farms. On the
other hnad, the more prosperous States Of
the south have comparatively few farm
mortgages.
Kansas is prohibition State and the la W
Is enforced in some districts. A Winfield
paper tells of crowd of sorrowful citizens
Of that place assembling at the railway sta.
tion to see a train load of beer pass through,
bound for the further and freer west.
The "bicycle face of anxiety or despair Is
never seen on the boys who have learned
to ride the wheel. Little chaps with smil-
ing faces may be seen riding gracefully
and easily, without sign OF any dis
turbance of the spirit Those who acquire
q thorough knowledge of the art Of
wheeling in their early youth possessa great
advantage over the people who take their
first lessons in it after the muscles have
hardened.
1t is proposed to carry into effect pro-
Ject which aims at bringing from far below
the lowest depths of Sydney harbor. New
South Wales. the coal which geologists had
predicted would be found there, and which
has actually been tested by diamond
drill borings.
Stamped envelopes were issued by our
government to commemorate the centennial
Of American independence, but there were
20 adhesive stamps issued.
The public library of Boston now COM
prises up ward of half million volumes.
The regimental colors OF the United States
infantry are of blue silk ant d bear in the cen
ter the rms of the United States. Below the
eagle is a red scroll, with the number and
name of the regiment in white. The United
States artillery has scarlet regimental col
ors, with two cannon crossed in the CEN
ter, with ~. g." in yellow above and the
regimental number below. The hecavalryregi-
mental standard is a beautiful seamless
feet on the lance The arms of the United
States are in blue in the center, and be-
meath the eagle a red scroll bears the
name and number of the regiment in yell
low. The United States engineers carry
scarlet colors, bearing in the center a |
CASTLE. with ~. S." above and En- |
gineers'' below, castle and lettering being
In silver.
As regards the health of its operatives |
iace-ma king hasone egreatadvantage. There |
is nc necessity for assembling great num- |
bers of people close together In this busi- |
ness nor for taking women from their |
homes and therefore breaking the bond OF |
family union. Those who make their live |
lihood in this trade are afforded large |
degree of freedom. Women can easily |
carry their spinning wheel and lace pill /
lows from one place to another. Their
work may be done with equal conve-
nience in the house, in the garden or at |
the street door. The eye of the traveller
is continually greeted in Belgian towns,
in which lace-making is the chief business,
The evening times., 1895-08-16
Queen victoria's Boudoir.

1t is not generally known that the Queens
boudoir at Windsor Castle remains to-day
in the same state it was when the Prince
Consort died. On the door is inscribed:
Every article in this room my lamented
husband selected for me in the twenty
fourth year Of my reign" The Queens
bridal wreath. with the first bouquet that
Prince Albert presented to her, lies with
cred within glass case.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
SHE KEPT HER WORD.
A Remarkable Happening on Steam
boat in the Seine.


1t happened on a Seine steamboat.
Dramatis personae-a detective; his pris-
oner, q woman sentenced Ia ten days i'm
prisonment for insulting policeman; 4
man overheard. The detectives humane
instincts are strong; he is a good swim
mer; If he were alone, the prisoner hears
him mutter, the mans life might be saved.
Jump she cries. My word OF honor
that 1 VIII not escape" Straightway the
detective jumped. After ali, II you can't
trust a woman coura geous enough TO in
suit q policeman doubtless in a good
causeJ, whom can you trust? Unfortunately
he did not succeed in his attempt at res
cue, but when he was dragged up ex-
hausted on the quay the prisoner, calmly
awaiting him, with his coat upon her arm,
was the first person he saw. Off they
went to the prefect OF police, who heard
the story. and was so much moved by the
fact that the insulter of guardians had kept
her word that he set her free at once.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
.1 Reauire a situatiou.n -

In the streets of Paris the other day
a novel mode OF advertising his needs
was adopted by workman in want of
employment, He had written in a good
round hand on sheet OF paper, II re-
quire q situation" This he had placed
upon his hat, and he might have been
seen walking quietly along with his head
slightly inclined SO that the public at
large might conveniently read his candid
declaration.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
Printing In Roman Times.

Adrian Diacouu, the Roumanian archi-
tect and archaeologist, claims to have dis
covered in the ruins of the ancient Roman
camp at Bersovia, uear Temesvar, in
coutrOvertible proofs that the Romans
and especially the officers of the Fourth
Legion (Flavia Felix, were acquainted
with the art of prinung-that is to say,
with the use ofmovable types-in the seco nd
century after Christ The professors of the
Academy of Bucharest coufirm this asser-
tiou of Diacouu
The evening times., 1895-08-16
The Pousse-Pousse.

Two Lyons students are travelling through
France with a pousse -pousse, the form Of
perambulator used at the last Paris exhi-
bition II weighs 100 pounds and they carry
another 100 pounds Of baggage. One rides
while the other pushes him for an hour; then
they change aboEt. They have reached
Paris, and will go to Bordeaux, Marseilles
aud back to Lyons.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
BY the Judge.

II hear you were complainant in court
last week. What was the trouble?''
''Daubem split paint over my trousers
and l wanted to collect damages"
Ibid you VIM"
NO; the case was thro wD out ofcourt The
judge said he didn't see how colud make
suit out of pair OF pants. New York
Recorder.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
There Will be features of especial In
terest to you in next Sundays Times.
John smiths Four widows.

In a cemetery in the suburbs of Lowell,
Mass, there are five headstones all alike
except the inscriptions. The first one
reads First wife of John Smith" and tho
the second Second wife," and so on until
the fifth stone, which reads: John Smith,
at rest Mt last"
The evening times., 1895-08-16
Her Answer.

What Is my ans wer? Really oh,
think you might try to guess;
1t is awfully hard to tell you know,
But simply can't say yes.
I'm fond of you-that 1 viii confess,
And I've let my feelings show
Until you fancy it must be yes,
And you won't conceive OF no.
Oh don't be angry, sweetheart! Don't go
II 1 haven't quite said yes
/ haveDt-now have I-quite said no.
OIL think you might try to guess.
Judge.
The evening times., 1895-08-16

A dance alphabet has recently been in
vented by a Russian professor, who has
devoted fifty-two years of his life in teach
in. dancing in the Russian imperial col
lege His invention consists of minute
figures which represent every conceivable
position the human legs can assume.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
Tho timo to buy Il when
things arc cheapest.

We have to be in advance of
the seasons. Because we must
clean out our summer stock to
give us room to show our fall
stock, it doesn't follow that the
summer is over.
We have lots of things that
we are clearing out cheap that
will be useful for long time yet
this sumner-Mattings : Ham
mocks = Camp Stools : Garden
Chairs.
As fine an assortment of Baby
Carriages will be found in our
store as can be found in the city.
This is good time Of year to
buy your Carpets
WASH. 3. WILLIAMS,
7th and D SITS.
Carpets
and
Furnitura
The evening times., 1895-08-16
Another sensational Find.

The Chicago detectives are making new
and startling finds In the Holmes case.
The latest dreadful disclosure is the dis
oovery Of gaspipe In the house se-Kansas
City Journal.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
Accounted For.

Willie-What does Chawley walk with
his face in the air like that for? Is his neck
stiff?
Reggy-No; he's in love with q chorus
fay, and has occupied the row steadily
now for 4 whole month.-New York World.
The evening times., 1895-08-16
Athletic A m usement. :.

Everything in nature indulges in amuse-
ment. The lightning plays, the wind whis-
ties, the thunder rolls, the snow flies, the
waves leap, the fields smile, even the buds
shoot and the rivers run.