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The evening times., 1895-09-17
Gossip of the Day.

"a very amusing thing occurred at my
church the other day" said a young min
lister to a Times reporter. "A couple
were TO De married. and when they came la
the rehearsal the night before. 1t was
evident that hone of them. from the bride
groom TO the doorkecper, knew Just eX-
actly what was expected of them.
II explained TO the best of my ability TO
each one scpa rately what they had to do.
how and where they had to walk. laying
particular stress on the distance they were
To observe between the different members
of the bridal party while advancing 10
the altar, and also upnn the fact that the
ushers should give the organist the cue by
a nod of the head when to begin the we'd
ding march.
Now, my organist was also new and
young musician. who had never officiated
at wedding before.
ION the night of the wedding the church
was crowded The bridegroom, the best
man and were waiting in the vestry room,
and could hear the organist extenporizing
some plaintive melody, when suddenly
the janitor rushed In the door and said
the ushers were half way up the aisle
II looked out in disniay. and beheld the
first two ushers almost up to the altar
steps. the bridesmaid about two feet be-
hind them. and the bride with her father
already started on their journey. 1 beck
oned to them 10 go back, and they stood
stock still in The middle uf the aisle;
rushed to the organist and called out to him
to start the march. Then / grimaced and
nodded and beckoned until 1 finally got
the party started again all around.
"Thc orGanist, in the evident desire
to make up for lost time, played the march
in a break-neck tempo, and kept IL up
right along after we had all assembled.
1 waited for fully thirty seconds. and then
began to get anxious, as he sho wed no sign
OF letting up until he had played the com
position to the end, with all its repetitions
while we stood there In front of the crowded
church."
IT do not know that the condition of the
District would be improved by a return 10
the suffrage basis. but 1 should ike
to see it tried" said a West Ender
to-day.
II should like to have the form of govern
ment remain as it is, with the three Com
missioners in charge, but at least two of
the three should be elective
II am In favor of compromising on that
basis. for l believe the United States
government is entitled to that much over
sight of affairs"
"a few months ago there were at least
six thousand houses with for rent signs
on them in this city. To-day it is safe TO
assume there is not onesixth of that num-
ber," said a renting agent yesterday.
I'm all my business career / have never
known the demand for houses to be greater
at this season.
VERY few of the inquiries, however,
come from residents OF the city, and most
Of the people who are renting property this
fall seem TO be strangers who are coming
here to live
"The next Congress is going to bring
a great many new people to Washington,
md they seem to be taking time by the fore
lock and securing their houses now
rather than to wait until later in the
season to look for them"
The evening times., 1895-09-17
WASHINGTON. D. c., SEPTEMBER II. 1885

The Times is not responsible for
cOmpanied by stamps such manu-
scripts VIII he returned, although
any obligation to do 80 Is especially
disa vowed.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

confidence workers and criminals Of the
city, and 1t is also frequented by weak
minded men whose appetites make them
easy victims to the vicious. Why, then.
should the excise board allow the un-
licensed sale of liqror in these houses Of
Shame so that it ma be used as an auxiliary
to crime?
The evening times., 1895-09-17

II anything were needed to prove the
astuteness of the japanese it will be
found iu their contemplated .use of the
S50,OOO,0OO of Chinese Indemnity money
foI the purchase of new war ships, with
which they may in the future blow mp the
Chinese navy and lombard Chinese cities.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
Four Stage Tid-Bits.

The mystery of voice placing never ends.
Jean de Reszke and Sims Reeves first ap-
peared as barytones and Mario as bass.
Nine. Calve, who is arupiIof Nine. Labeuif;
and not of the Paris conscrvatiorc, was at
first thought to be . contralto.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
Roth Tired

"oh, john" said the New Woman to her
husband, ''you just ought to see my new BIZ
cycle. It's beautifully tired"
1T isn't half as tired as am," groaned
the husband, as he salted the biscuits and
put sugar in the soup.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
Queer Old-Time Hangings.

At one time an English physician was so
unfortunate as to succeed In resuscitating
a hanged highwayman at Cork. The male
factor claimed him as his second father and
demanded support from him for the rest of
his life. lie pursued the poor doctor to the
theater and appealed to him while he was
acting in most inconvenient manner.
In the end the monster was provided for by
being shipped off to colony.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

1t isn't every actor purchases the home
of President of the United Stetes. Thomas
Keene, however, has just bGccme the owner
of the house that President Tyler lived in
on Staten Island.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
II So, Yes.

And will you climb, sweet maid. !" she said,
with me this lofty mountain"
Her cheeks by turn grew pale, then red,
She slowly raised her dropping head.
rs there on top" the question sped,
IAN ice cream soda fountain?'
New York Truth.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

One of the hot chunks the New York
Republican convention will not care to
pick up with ungloved hands, is Teddy
Roosevelt.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

The Turkish court pianist, Dussap Pasha,
receives 5000 year for his services, but
he is temporarily suspended every time he
plays q tune the Sultandoes not care to hear.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

Senator Quay, Senator G.orman, and
Senator Brice need not wait for the close
f the Saratoga convention tor send con-
gratulations to ex-senator Platt.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
Pay for His Services.

Customer-what has become of your as
sfstant?
Barbcr-Started for himself. He is tired
Of working by the day, suppose.
Customer-I thought you paid him somuch
thousand words.-Life.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
The Man and the Clothes.

Gosnng lin his first dress suit t)H"what do
you think OF it, Tom?"
Toni-"Well. IL You could only put on a
more naughty air you would look almost as
sentlemaniy as our head waiter. Tit Bits.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

II would be great relief to Lord DuR-
raven If he would assume an aIlfours post
ure and allow the Valkyrie mascot free
exercise of its butting propensity.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

In Germany a notorious criminal showed
signs OF life on the dissecting table, but the
chief surgeon thought ''if life were restored
he would almost certainly misuse it, and
plunged his knife INTO vital part.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

Since the Philadelphia cricketers gave
the British team such trouncing Eng
land contemplatcs another war on South
American republic.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

Strangely enough, Speaker Reed has not
yet published his regret at the resignation
of the Hon Lemucl Ell Quigg
The evening times., 1895-09-17

If England can devise a financial sys-
on the Treasury she may have them both.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

''Tom5oy" was term first used to mean
a rude boy; then it became applied to girls
OF the like Popularity.
A carpet" was originally covering for
q table, not the floor. Hence, topic was
on the carpet when lying on the table for
discussion, or when gossiped about by
people sitting at table.
Safeguard" was in Queen Elizabeth's
dress-namely, coarse skirt worn over the
silkeD petticoats while riding, to pro-
tect them from mud or damage and to he
thrown off at the journey end.
The antiquity of slang is interesting.
Mary Dudley, OF Boston, writing to her
mother about 1887, complains that her
servant hath got such q head" that she
could do nothing with her. Nowadays We
say person has the big head"
1t was no offeDse to call child brat
800 years ago. Tusser advises housewives
to take heed how thou layest the bane for
the rats, for poisoning OF servants, thy
self and the brats."
''Cairn" is used in many ways to mean a
heap OF stoDes or n single stone set up for
any purpose. A cairn or kern was a stone
with q hole drilled in 1t to serve as a mortar
for grinding grain by hand. The early
New Eng landers spoke of "kerning CON-"
Kern" is used by Scott, signifying a me-
NAL Grinding corn was the most mental
Of tasks.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

The contemplated Eale of bonds brings
to mind that the pen is mightier than the
fish pole.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

Why not use the Defenders yellow dog
as Treasury mascot?
The evening times., 1895-09-17

1t almost makes one blush to think of
bloomcrs with a thread bare overhang-
ing
The evening times., 1895-09-17
About Partridge Shooting.

In the Country Gentleman last century
writer says of the partridge: There be
some boosters who do confidently affirm
that they can shoot these birds on the wing,
but 90 not believe it."
On Baron de Hirsch's two estates in Hun
gary 49,205 partridges were killed in
about two months of 1898; and 46 ,543 last
year.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

Earl de Grey, Lord Ashburton. Lord Chel
sea, Hon. B. H. Vane-Tempest, Henry Chap
lin, Seymour Finch and Baron de Hirsch
killed 2,9S3 gray Hungarian birds in one
day in the fail of 1898.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
STILL AT THE TOP.
The Times Has the Largest Bona-Fidt
Circulation.

The Times Has the Largest Bona-Fide
Circulation.
Notwithstanding the vigorous efforts of
contemporaries to keep up with The Times,
that popular newspaper still heads the list.
The total circulation of the Star last week
was 1G7,S33, while that Of The Times
for the same period was 21S,719, or
4O,ss6 more than the Star. The actual
gain of The Times over its circulation for
last week was 6,334, which indicates
a prosperity never before known in Wash
iDgton newspaper circles.
The circulation of The Times is bona-fide
and is not padded. 1t gives advertisers
better display, wider publicity, and hence,
larger returns.
On the 18th day of September, in the
year flour Lprd one thousand eignJ hundred
and ninety-five, before me, Ernest G.
Thompson, notary public in and for said
District, personally appeared c. 7. Rich
ardson and made oa tn in due form of law
as follows
The evening times., 1895-09-17

The existence of the Colossus of Rhodes
is considered by some historians exceed
ingly doubtful. There is no evidence that
the ancients were able to cast pieces of
metal of such size as must have entered
int its composition.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

Lecocq' 'sopera bouffes haveso farbrought
in 4.3s6, 793 francs in receipts in Paris.
OF this sum La File de Nine. Angot"
brought in 1,195,3s0 francs, lie Petit
Duc'' sos, 112 francs, and ''Girofle-
Girofla- 35b, 900 francs.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

The maelstrom is not whirlpool which
sucks ships down into the depths of the
ocean. 1t is an eddy, which in fair wealth
er can be crossed i'll safety by any vessel.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

Times have changed. Archduke Franz Of
Austria is said to have shot l, 900 birds in
a single day in Bohemia two years ago.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

Alfred the Great did not visit the DAN
ish camp disguised as a minstrel. There
is no good reason to believe that he could
either play the harp or speak Danish.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
CIRCULATION OF THE WASHINGTON
TIMES

/ solemnly swear that the above is q
correct statement of the daily circulation
of The Washington Times for the week
ending September 10, 1895, and that all
the copies were actually fold OF mailed
for valuable consideration and delivered
TO bona fide purchasers: also that none
OF them were returned or remain in the
office undelivered
c. T RICHARDSON,
Manager of Circulation
Subscribed and sworn TO before me. on
the day and year first herain above written
ERNEST G. THOMPSON.
Notary Public
The evening times., 1895-09-17
Said in Old Times.

'Tomboy" was a term first used to mean
a rude boy; then it became applied to girls
of the like popularity.
The evening times., 1895-09-17
FIVE LIES OF HISTORY,

The mother of CoriohDus did not inter-
cede with her son to spare Rome. The story
has no better foundation than that of Ho-
ratiuS.
The evening times., 1895-09-17

There is no reason TO believe that Tar
quin insulted Lucretia. His power was
overthrowD by a popular tumult, which
is the Dly basis for the story.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-17

decorate their summer homes are fur
nishing in mahogany and dark oak Now
that the supply of good antique pieces OF
mahogany is well high exhausted, the
copies of old Spanish dressing tables
made of this tropical wood These are
not carved but wonderfully polished,
have octagon-shaped mirrors hung be-
tween straight supports. and In place OF
brass much Of the decoration is done In
silver. the hinges, knobs, locks and keys
Most antique of all are the tiny bedroom
davenports, guarded by the huge silver
candlesticks on either hand. and in place
of the cosy, easy willow chairs nearly all
the furniture consists OF small square OF
tcnlans, upholstered in tapestry chintz
and set formally against the wall.
Some of the simple accessories in the
decoration of country houses is a lavish
use of mirrors, hung fiat against the
walls or tucked into corners, Just where
a glimpse through door or window may
sive glass, set in fiat gilded frames. or in
frames painted the exact color Of the
wall against which they hang Two or
three, long or bread mirrors, cleverly dis
posed about a little country drawing
room, will verify. bring the garden in
doors. Then to give an additional air of
lightness tall, solid glass lamps, crowned
with tissue-paper shades. are employed
in place of metal ones. On the walls In
blue rooms they hang deft placques,
frame etchings and pen and ink prints
III pl2ln White eLrHlti6Q DdIlQS OI WOOt,
and the masses of japanese bric-a-brac
are rapidly giving way before the cheap,
quaint, oddly-colored fayal ware brought
from the Azores.
Out on balconies and In tea-rooms the
stout. useful and cheap Sderi blinds are
going to be more than ever put to prac-
teal use and unpublished and implanted
willow lounging chairs cushioned with
cool green and tan cotton corduroy tuft-
ings, bound with leather. while every
well-equipped balcony is to be supplied
with half a dozen round leather-bound
cushions. meant for those who prefer the
steps as a lounging place. The virtue
however. of all these tasteful devices for
house deCora ton is that the best of ma
terials and furnishings are well within
the range of economical purses. The
pretty birch furniture is no more costly
than white enamel. The washable
French cretonnes denlins and cOrduroys.
madras muslin, oriental net and white
picture frames are all delightfully."- posi-
BILE to the amateur decorator. who can
make q mistake in choosing
among them to beautify her country cot
tage. NJ. w. B.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-17
THE COST OF A CURE.
Physicians Fees Compared--A Few Plain Words On This
Subject---The Five Dollar Plan Criticised

Fees. with the medical profession. has
always been a matter of what seems to
be unnecessary delicacy. Among some
doctors it is believed to be just and right
10 charge u patient all that they can get,
making the fee heavier according to the
gravity of the disease and the desperd. e
condition of the patient. Among 'spe-
clahStS the matter OF charges has had
bslieve there are many whose claims TO
being Specialists" rests principally upon
the fact that they charge special fees.
When Dr. G. W. Shores announced that
during the month OF February last he
would treat all diseases and furnish med
lclneS at the nominal fee-rate of s. a
month, those who were accustomed to
heayy doctor fees, and no less heavy bills
at the drug stores. were astonished. One
or TWO who. Y must be feared were not en-
tirely disinterested. were heard to de-
clare, It's unprofessiOnal-"
Well, il may be called unprofesSional,
but with all due respect to what is So
called professional. DR.. G. w Shores
can see no legitimate reason why a sick
man should not know what it is going TO
cost him to get cured, Just as well as a
hungry man what it will cost him to be
fed; or man in old clothes what il will
cost him to buy new ones.
Isn't It barely possible, brethren, that
this professional business may be carried
a little too far? Remember it is the pub
medical colleges. 1t is the public who
we look to Tor support, not the profess
sors who taught us The names of the
bones, and the principles of chemistry,
and drew their salaries quite regular for
the same Isn't it time that some OF
these ethical points were stretched a little
and that the public who are paying the
bills have an opportunity of knowing how
much they viii have to pay and what
they are paying for.
At any rate. DIR. G. w. Shores thinks
so. He thinks is is far more important
to please the public than the doctors and
will continue to treat all sufferers from
catarrh and catarrhal chronic diseases
at the nominal cost of S. a month with
all medicines furnished free.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-17
A Living Death.

Mr.. Henry Chatwin. of Heber. Utah,
says: When / first placed myself under
DR.. C. ". Shores care and treatment,
suffered with chronic catarrh and had
been deaf a great many years. The hear
ing in one ear was entirely gone, and it
was with the greatest difficulty that I
was able to hear anything out of the
other one. Some said ] was wasting my
time and money in being treated, as I
was too old TO be cured OF deafness; but
L was determined 10 try, and 1 did with
the most gratifying results.
Eat the end of two weekS-under
D. Shores treatment-my wife noticed
that she did not have to speak SO
LOUD to make me hear. At the ex-
piradon of four weeks my neighbors
and friends noticed it, after six
weeks 1 was able to go TO church
and hear all of the sermon. something l
had not done for years; and now, at ire
end of eight weeks. / am happy TO sta e
that I can hear as well as I ever could
in my life. 1 know that I AM CURED.
All the catarrhal symptoms are gone,
my appetite is better than it has been
for years, and my bowels are as regular as
clockwork. I have no more buzzing, roar
ing or kissing sounds in the ears; no more
earaches; no more sleepless nights, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-17
PROTEST BY THE CHAMBER.
BOARD OF TRADE DOESN'T WANT
MORTGAGES TAXED.
Thinks it Would Work a Great Hard
ship on Those Who Borrow Money
COMMITTEE Requested to Make
an Adverse Report to the Conven-
ton.

A meeting of the chamber Of com
merce was held yesterday forenoon al
which the following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas, 1t has been announced
through the public press and in other
ways. that the proper committee of the
constitutional convention now in SEES
sion in this city. has under considera-
ton an article FOR the constitution OF
the new state, having for its object
the taxation of debts secured by mort
cages or trust deeds upon real estate,
and
Whereas, The chamber of commerce
of Salt Lake city, does not deem it
advisable TO haNo any provision in the
constitution of Utah as to the taxa
ton of mortgages, and
Whereas. It feels confident that
such provision in the constitution
Will drive out of the territory a great
deal of eastern and foreign capital
now loaned here at lower rates of in
terest than we can expect to have local
capital furnished, thereby preventing
the development of our natural re-
sources, the upbuilding of our cities
and the enlargement of all of our OPP
portunities; that the result would not
only be TO restrain foreign capital
from coming to us, but would offer a
strong temptation to our local capital
lists to invest their funds in neighbcr-
ing states where no such law exists,
thus escaping the taxation entirely.
That the state of Oregon. after trial
of similar law for several years, re-
pealed it some two years ago. And
the state of Idaho, after a full and free
discussion and an investigation of the
subject during several sessions of the
legislature has each time voted down
the proposition by an increased ma
jority, and
Whereas, we believe a provision in
the constitution taxing all mortgage
Indebtedness, whether held by resident
or nonresident capitalists, would be
the cause of all such Indebtedness he
ing required to be paid as it natures,
from time to time, and thereby create
a great hardship on the borro wers now
using such money, and
Whereas. The new state of Utah and
her citizens, will have great need and
demand for more money than can be
furnished by local people and corpo-
rations for the proper development OF
the new state, and
Whereas, Such additional capital
will have to. be procured from foreign
therefore be it
Resolved, As the sense Of the Salt
Lake chamber Of commerce. that such
a provision in our constitution would
be detrimental to the welfare ard in
terests Of Utah and her citizens, and
Resolved, That we earnestly urge
upon the committee that they report
against having any such provision in
the Utah state constitution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-17
BASEBALL.
The Y. NJ. G. A. is Now in the Field.

The Y. NJ. G. A. is Now in the Field.
That the Y. NJ. C. A. will have a
baseball team is now assured by the
action of NJ. R. Evans, who has prom
ised to fully equip the club with uni
forms and in other ways to give them
his support, on condition that the as
ISOLATION team be known as the Y.
NJ. c. A Monarch. His offer has been
gladly accepted and within eight or ten
days the team will be in the field,
ready to meet all Corners. Several Of
Salt Lakes most prominent cracks,
and one or two eastern unknowns have
signed. Three pitchers have already
been secured, and with the old veteran
Lloyd behind the bat, the battery work
will be better than any seen here
since the palny days of the Nationals
An effort will be made to play the
cleanest game the city has ever seen.
no professionalism will be tolerated; yet
the best men available will be secured
Negotiations have been entered into
with the view of securing a park close
minutes walk of Main street and If the
deal is successful fine diamond will
be made, bleacherS erected, and the
grounds fenced in. In fact everything
is to be conducted on a business basis
The high standard taken by the Y
NJ. c.. A. in football athletics last fall
is an evidence of what the association
will aim at this spring.
Baseball has taken hold Of Several
places, and three or four teams have
commenced organization, and the con-
test for supremacy will be close and
exciting.