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SToRIES OF THE DAY.
'sw Anecdotes About Men You Wen
 Know.

Know.
 IlDm Reed never wears q silk hat. Bought one six years ago and brayed Eslc sentiment beneath it for nearly a EAlght, but he couldn't bear the pres Rmy longer than that. It made him Npntortable. It didn t fit the bumps als head, and altogether he didn't qk 1t harmonized with the contour of $lace or of his body, Hats have al- RE been q source of trouble and an Eanee to him. When he first came to. sress, he wore little saucerlike ar genent, with q narrow brim, that ae hlSface look twice it's natural size
 gave him generally a schoolboy air.
 friends weaned him of that, but
 nave never been able to induce him gVe any particular attention to dress.
 IS only lately that MT. Reed has p 10 wearing gloves, except ill the sF'' weather. The day the print of
 ariff bill, with its innumerable sAltlee amendments, appeared, Reed ssu into the house, hung up his hat N eloakroom and began to wander e.n 'ae floor, conspjcuously holding 5ll plll before him in bis gloted hands. S'Aef of New Halftpshire caught on ti' queer combination and whispered
 lealy to Boute1le, "For heaven $
 speak to Reedi He'll be wandering sua u. here absentmindedly all day as gloves on if you don't. D
 u'Viie sldled up to his big colleague
 ''san to pull his coat sleeve. "Get mo the cloakroom, Tom,' he r',ed' and pull off your gloves. N nave the whole house laughing
 Ns Su turned solemnly upon the Ban Sia au and held up the bill he was 'ug Charles" he said, "why do
 f'aA with so little consideration?
 t 'oa see that I can't trust myself ess,,, Aandle this thing without A. 'uss ga Is largely prevalent in the Ssl..' ?, the public that President p00t iu IS very selfish and entirely sss aonai man. Those who know him S oss sals Is an entirely wrong esti- ha Ais character; that, on the con smat;a e s Intensely sympathetic, and Oa '.ols are easily aroused. I was n so, V a member of the cabinet tss,alee1hlng was said which brought
 ss6s'lng sess little insight to the presi- N 4s President appointed a man to one |fathaa haaiier consulates. This man and aer .' a,, a plain, blunt old western ] theis sailed upon MT. Cleveland to presias aspects. The old man grasped |snOtias nsonss hand, and in voice full |bein.. sad, "I want to thank you ' x, a 1s,.s, so good to my boy, whom I delivaso''i o' very great speech, and it
 bot eteu :. ln rough and homely Ia sse 'na5 It was sincere every one ident us sincerity appealed to the Eis ' asa aud as he replied tears stood
 Ss' and his manner showed that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-18

Fifteen sheets Legal Paper, eents Twenty-Five good Envelopes, 5 cents. Ladies Black Hose, 5 cents up to 5S cents. Ladies' Vests 4 cents up
 Handkerchiefs, Shoes Pants, Cents Furnishing Goods, Piece Goods, Tinware, Mating Etc.
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Chauncey M. Depew has new stor

Chauncey M. Depew has a new story -one which he won t tell the next time he goes to Chicago Here it is;
 ''There was once prominent man in Chicago who, like all others out there, had a very exalted opinion of his own city. He died, and when he reached his eternal home he looked about him with much surprise and said to the attendant who had opened the gate for him Really this does great credit to Chi cago Iexpeeted some change in heaven.
 F'The attendant eyed the Chioagoan 8 second and then observed, This isn't heaven. '''
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ure, Genuine RECORD BREAKERS!

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-18
he understood the pride and love of the old farmer.

The story is told that when, after the second battle of Bull Run, General Sickles assumed command of division of the Army of the Potomace gave an elaborate farewell dinner to the officers of his old Excelsior brigade.
 "Now, boys, we will have family gathering, he said to them as they as- sembled in his quarters. Pointing to the table, he continued, Great it as you would the enemy.
 As the feast ended an Irish officer, Captain Byrnes, was discovered by Sickles in the act of slowing away three bottles of champagne in his saddlebags.
 "What are you doing, sir?" gasped the astonished general.
 "Obeying orders, sir, " replied the cap tain in firm voice. "You told us to treat that dinner as we would the ene- my, and you know, general, what we can't kill we capture. !"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-18

Cocoa Castile, three for 10 cents Good Box Paper, cents Box Paper, "A sheets paper and "A envelopes,
 good quality, cents The same, decorated, 10 cents better grade, Decorated, I4 cents Extra Fine Royal Wedding, 20 cents. Fifteen sheets Foolscap Paper, cents.
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] Buttons, all sizes, from 4 cents per doz. u ,e Button; small size, 4 cents per gross. bl Silk, 3 cents. ton-hole Twist, cent. broidering Silk, seven spools for 5 cents. ttng Silk, E cents per spool.
 ks Cotton, seven spools for g cents. gs CottonI 2 cents.
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Blasting Cotton, cent. Darning Cotton, I cent. Best Brass Pins, 4 dents. Shoe Laces, four for I cent Needles, six papers for 5 cents. Good Soap, I cent.
 Turkish Bath Soap, 2 cents. Glicerine Soap, 4 cents.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
Greciau Enternrise-

II Is the way OF travellers to complain
OF the food they are obliged to eat in for
eisn countries. Whether it is an Amer
lean in Europe. or q European in America,
the result is much the sazle. We like
the things TO which we are accustomed
When Edmond About was in Greece he
carried matters SO far as to object to
eating green peaches. He was in the ba-
zsST AZ Athens.
wouldn't t. he possible TO get some
ripe Eseaches?" he asked the veneer.
Il think not" answered che Athenian,
"But pray tell me WHY"
We have no good roads. II the far
rHer5 should try to bring ripe fFuft to mar
ket on mGle-kack it would arrive in the
shape Of n3arasIede."
''But at Corfu, also, the peaches were
green and they have good reads and bring
the frufJ to town in wagons"
"Ah, we'll said the man, there Is
another reAEen. The farmers have no
money and they have creditors. They
can't wait for tho fruit to get ripe"
There, ssys About, you have q fair ex.
ample OF the state Of Greci2n agriculture.
4 French gardener, being at Smyrna, no.
uced that the Greeks had almost no veg
etsbes i'll their gardens-tomstoes every
where, and scarcely anything else
Why don't you raise other thirCs?" he
asked. Asparagus, now. Your soil
is just right. You would make a fine
thing of it, l will furnish you with
seeds"
How soon sheuid we get crops2"
''In four years at the longest"
"Feur years. Are you crazy? Do you
suppose we would spend money to get
something back in four years? We would
be bankrupt twenty times over."1Youth's
Companion.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
One Hundred Millions of Stars

Let US see what richness OF stellar dis.
trbution is implied by this number of
lSo, 100000 OF visible stars. 1t may be
easily shown that the area Of the whole
sky in beth henliEpEeres is Al, 225 square
degrees This gives 2 z24 stars TO the
square degree. The mOon's apparent diam
eter being slightly over half a degree
81 minutes . EecoEds-ths area OF the disk
is about one fitlh OF a nsuare degree. The
area OF the whole star sphere is conse-
quentiy about 200 .o00 times the area CT
the fun moon. = total of loo, coo 900 Of
stars gives, therefore, 500 stars to each
space OF sky equal in area to the fun
moon.
This seems a large nlmber, but stars
scattered even az thicEiy as this would APP
pear at considerable distance apart when
viewed with a telescope of high power.
AS the area OF the moons disk contains
about ESQ square minutes OF arc, there
would Dot be an average Of even one star
TO each square Minute. A pair of stars
half a minute, OF thirty seconds, apart
would fern very wide double star and
with BtsTS placed at even this distance the
moons disk would cover about 8 600,
or six times the actual number visible
in the largest tel escoRes.-The Gentle
mans Magazine.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
SLIDES IN NATURAL HISTORY.
The EeteI coczroach.

Copyright, 1895, by Bachelor, johnson
& EacbeIlerl
The hotel ceckrsAch is a creature Of
quiet, methsfical habits, and although
Of decidedly greesrious tastes as far as
his own race is ceRserEed, shows marked
repuCnsnoe fer the society ef such Of his
fellow-beErders as POSSESS a fewer num-
Der OF legs than have been given TO him.
1t is for this reason that be is never seen
in company with bpeds, tripeGs, quad
ruPeds or any other animal that he is
positive DO not belong TO his own family.
The hotel ceokroHch in its highest de-
veloFment iS dDodecipede, snd as proud
of the number OF hH legs as an Austrian
nobleman is OF tire suarterin=s or his es-
cutcheon. In fact, the du odecipedes
fern n distinct cockroach aristocrScy.
and are "kig bags" in the fun sense Of
that familiar teTm-
AltheBSh be 10 occasionally seen cross
ing q hstPl lebby, or EkuIking behind q
big pile OF trunk, the roach is Possessed
OF certain tastes and prcjudices which
lead hiIu 10 EhUn general society in the day
time, and remain IN elegant secluGion among
the wRter pipes uHti late at night, when
night clerk and two han boys are the
only occupants Of the lobby.
1t is then that the bugs Of every degree
emerge from their hiding places and in
dulge in their innocent TcFels and ath-
letic sports from which they derive the
fullest measure OF enjoyment that it
Is possible to conceive Of
Col RoomEey, who has been a night
clerk in various Broadway hotels for the
past guGrter OF a century, and is regarded
as the highest living authority on hotel
ceckrOEcheE, having made a thorough
study Of tEeir habits and peCUlisriIies
during his long hours of study, has con
tri5uted to the new editian OF the encyclO-
Poedis an exhaustive treatise on these re-
marksble and interesting domestic ami
mails.
According TO the colonel they are very
expert in all matters pertaining 20 sport,
and display much skill and daring in the
pursuit and killing OF mice and other YER
min, for which reason he has always deemed
il eXEedieHt TO allow the fiercest and
strongest Of them to have the free run
OF the hotel during the quiet hours of
The early morning. The course Of phys
ical training which they undergo is a re-
MARIA bly, Thorough and effective one,
and he has frequently seen them playing
follow rourlescer, bounding from valise
so cusPider, scaling almost inaccessible
heaps Of baggage, and swimming across
Washbssins. The colonel has frequently
feigned sleep in order 10 watch them
crawl softly 3eSess the marble counter
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
FRIENDLY BOWLING TOURNEY.
". A. C. Wins Three Games and the Series
from Cairo.

W. a. L. w ms Three ia mes ana fhe series
from Cairo.
The Cairo Bowling team went southwark
on Friday evening to try conclusions with
the Washington ATHLETIC Club team, on
its alleys, for returd set OF ten pin
games in the friendly series, and met its
Waterloo. The home team won the full
set Of three games with large margins in
each.
The visitors DO wled strong, steady games,
but were evidently not in their best form
as some of their stronger bowlers failed
to do the work their playing in previous
contests showed them capable of doing,
the difference in length of alleys no doubt
having something to do with their failure
to do better.
Manning led his team with a score Of
leland Capt. Stitt came next with 155.
The w. A. @. played an in and out game
but the average was good and the scores
made were more than fair.
Martin led his team and the evening with
a 1872 game, his next best being liza.
Capt. Kidd came next with $50.
Cairo's team average was 672 and the
individual average 1874.
w. A. G. had an Individual average OF
$50 So, while that of the team was 753.
Following are the totals by games:
w A. o.. IA 761 754 "a 90
Cairo. $50 705 64S Sd 80
The Washington times., 1895-04-14

The Miner chess tournament which ere
ated so much interest in chess circles has
drawn to a close, with the following re-
suuIt:
First prize, W. R. Patterson; second
prize, ". 3. Mundelle; third prize, W. J.
Smith.
The checker department OF the club is
booming in a very encouraging way. The
room is crowded every Saturday evening
with visitors, who, by the way, are always
cordially welcomed, watching with great
interest eight of the strongest checker play
ers in the District, contrasting in a tsurna-
ment for the championship. Mr.. Nc Hardy
leads, with Mr.. MundelIe a close second
As coon as this contest is decided a new
tournament will commence, in which at
least thirty strong players viii compete.
Three prizes will be awarded to the three
leaders. All players in the District are in
vited to join the club and enter this contest.
The score made by the eight checker play
70 data 10 q nj oyvS-
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
FAMOUS IN CHESS CIRCLES
j. F. Lee. Leading PLAYER, Will E1-
hibit His Skill here.
Prssress Of the Libby Cap TOIrzaneut-De
cision in Einor Chess Gaue-Score
in the Checker Contest.

j. F. Lee, one of the Leading chess play
ers of the world, VIII arrive in this city
ON the Goth instant, and during q brief
stay will give an exhibition OF his skill in
series of simultaneous and individual
games with local players.
This announcement has caused a ripple
of interest at the rooms of the washington
Chess, Checker and Whist Club, where a
crowd gathers every evening to note the
points in the several contests in progress
there
The contest in the chess department
for the Libbey cup is rapidly nearing the
end. There only remains four postponed
games to be played in the first round.
Play will commence next week on the sec
ond round.
The standing of the contestants in the
Libbey tournament is shown by the fol-
lowing table:
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
Drunkenness in England.

In England, during one year for which re-
turns have been furnished, there were l AZ :
725 convictions for drunkenness, OF which
II US were for offenses committed bet ween
noon and midnight On Sundays. This does
notshow that there vasexcessivei Indulgence
on Sabbath days more than on others. In
wales the proportion OF Sunday convictions
was Etin less, numbering only 7T2 cut of
a total of 10, 3z7 Compared with this re-
turn for the whole OF Wales. there is
significance in the fact that in the border
county or Monmouth, to which the Sunday
closing act does not apPly, there were 10
convictions for drunkenness on Sunday
against S6S On other days.-London Daily
News
The Washington times., 1895-04-14

on which his feet rested, stand up on
their hind legs by the ink stand and drink
the ink, AFTER which they Invariably
wiped their beaks and forefeet on the
blotting paper.
Once thoroughly house-broken," says
Col. Roomkey, they make better house.
held PETS than either cats or spiders, and
are really excellent csmFany for lonely
hotel clerk who is behind the desk all
night long,
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
c. A. c. RowLlNG TeURNEY.

Series of Club Championship Contests
CIosed-winners OF Prizes
The series of ten pin games arranged to
decide the club championship in the @. A.
c., closed Friday night, and the announce
ment of the results caused many surprises
and disappoiatments.
DR.. Kicker won first prize for greatest
number OF pins; Stone and Jake Jones, sec
ond and third prizes, respectively, on num-
Der of pins.
Cake took the prize for highest individual
game, with 204 as his record.
Arthur Moses viii probably be decided
the winner of the prize for highest number
of strikes.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
Other Games.

Richmond, Va, April I3-University of
Virginia, 8; Yale, I6.
Lexington, Va, April Washington
and Lee University 16, Virginia Military
Institute g.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 13-Pittsburg
10, Chattanooga ..
Nashville Tenn, April 1s-Nashville 8,
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
A Weak Quality Of Run,.

81 don't See" said the justice, why this
man should be prosecuted"
For false pretenses, yeur honor" re-
piled the lawyer He sold the major a
whole barrel OF whisky and, though he has
been drinking steadily from it for three
weeks, be amt drunk yetl"-Atlanta Con-
stitutiOD
The Washington times., 1895-04-14

The twenty game correspondence match
between Mundelle, of this city, and New
ton, of Stanton, Va, stands AIundelle,
won 8, drawn O; to play, II.
The Baltimore Checker Club will not
make the visit to Washington that was
billed for the earl V future, greatly to the
disappointment of the local club.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
Full of GLORY.

"oh. mammal" cried five-year-old Dor
othy, ''I'm just as full of glory as can
be-"
what do you mean?" inquired her
mother, with natural surprise.
why -ee," said Dorothy, there was
sunbeam right on my spoon and swal-
lowed 1t with my oatmeal, mamma. ~
Youths Companion.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
WIN ANOTHER
Made 0nly One Error in Their Game
With Cockade City Nine.
They Ran Up Score Of Eleven Against Their
Opponents Commended for
Gentiemanly condnct.
Especial to the Times.l

Petersburg, Va, April 13-Washington
put up first-class game against Peters
burg this evening, and defeated the cham
pions of last years State League with ease.
Anderson and coogan and Foster and Nc
Chung were the opposing batteries.
Anderson pitched a great game. In the
first inning, Lippert, of the home team,
made the only run for the locals by knock
ing the ball over the right field fence for
home run. In the remaining six innings
Anderson held Petersburg down to one
single hit.
The playing of the Senators was number
one, only one error being made, and that by
Nicholson. the short-stop, in the fifth
inning.
For Washington Joyce led the batting,
making home run and three singles oaL
OF four times at the bat. Setback and Has
Eamaer each made two hits, while every
man on the club made hit
The Washington boys made a fine i'm
preston here by their gentleIHanly behaY-
Tor. both on and Off the diamond. and Will
DO wished success by all the lovers of the
game in this city.
Score by innings:
The Washington times., 1895-04-14

The annual clearing sale of carriages,
traps, buggies, Surveys, ETC., etc., at s. j.
Meeks' carriage repository will commence
Tuesday, April 16, at II a. M Goods
on exhibition Monday. Thomas Dowl-
ing, auctions
The Washington times., 1895-04-14

The tall creatures red nose might have
been the result OF tight lacing but that is
another story.
After ALL she was musing, "if we win
a name it lasts but day"
Glorious red hairfeli in a golden floodover
the shoulders which the short, stout vision
shrugged; but that is Likewise an extraneous
narrative.
Yes" the latter rejoined, there seems
to be no such thing as pernanency about
marriage"
The srmolu clock licked loudly and then
stopped with wllirring noise. Detroit Free
Press
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
Selections.

First Race-Ma5oF General; Wheeler.
Second Race-Cepyright Equity.
Third Race-AppIegate; The Hartford.
Fourth Race-SalvOF; Stanley n
Fifth Raee-0ld Age; Hernia.
Sixth Race-Wah Jim; Nottingham.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
A Curiosity.

Dusty Rhodes-G Give me dime, bess7
Sussell Rage-What have you done with
the nickle gave you a month ago?
Dusty Rhodes--Sold it TO q BOwery mu-
seum.-New York World.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
MULDoox.s go Ice.
Will Meet Dick Moore in a Fifteen round
Contest

Boston, April 13.-Dsck Moore, OF Mn
neapOlis, and Fred Morris tAfuldoon's Cy-
cloue), OF Washington, d. G., signed ar
ticles to-day 70 fight fifteen rounds befors
Castle Square A. c. in this city May II.
Moore also accepted the terms OF the Brad
ford, Pa. Hose Company 10 fight fifteen
rounds with Tom Mccarthy in that city
ApTil 80.
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
ro our Esteenea con4onn0rarios

To Our Esteemed Contemporaries,
OH The weekly comic Journal
With its witticisTns veTnal,
It's epigrams, its poetry, its proseI
With JOY one recognizes
Old friends in fresh DISCUSSES
The Chestnut IN its winter suit Of clothes
Truth
The Washington times., 1895-04-14
Petersburg o o o o OIL s
Washingtop 3 8 2 O 2 x-111A 1

Earned ruhs-Washingto 5, Petersburg
1. Home runS-Joyce and Lippert. Stolen
bases-Coogan 2, Setback, Nicholson and
2 eDder. Double play s-Pender. Perry
and addocks. Bases on balls OFF nderson
2, off Foster3. Struck oUt-By Anderson g.
Hit by pitcker-Nicholson and Hassamaer.
Unlpire-ChamplaiD. Time or game, I3o.
Arizona republican., 1895-08-14

c. A. R. Cheap Railroad Excursion.
 The wisdom of the national commit tee in selecting a city SO centrally To- cated, easy of access, as Louisville, Ky., for the twenty-ninth annual encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Repub. lie, September 11th to 14th, is fully justified, judging from the numerous inquiries received from all parts of the country relative to transportation facili ties, passenger rates. limits of tickets, etc.
 In anticipation of very large atten. dance, the Baltimore & Ohio South western railway (formerly the o. & M. R'y), the leading route to Louisville from the west, north and east, has made preparations to afford visitors every facility, both in the way of low rates and fast trains, handsomely and comfortably equipped, from all it's ter minal points. Three daily trains St.. Louis to Louisville; two trains daily (except Sunday Beardstown and Springfield to Louisville; three daily trains Cincinnati to Louisville; two daily trains Parkersburg to Louisville. Rate via B. & 0. SW By will not ex. ceed one cent per mile. Tickets will be on sale September Sth to 11th, in- elusive, good returning until October 9th, 1895.
 One of the principal events following the close of the encampment will be the dedication of the Chickamauga Nation al Military Park, Chattanooga, Tenn, to which excursion rate from Louis- vile, Ky, will not be higher than one cent per mile. In addition there will be cheap excursions run from Louis- vile to the various battlefelds in the vicinity. The citizens of Louisville are a unit in their expression of according to their guests royal entertainment during the encampment.
 Any further particulars desired will be cheerfully furnished on application to A. c. Goodrich, passenger agent of the B. & o. S-W. Ry., Kansas City, Mo, or to J. M. Chesbrough, general passenger agent, St. Louis Mo.
Arizona republican., 1895-08-14

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, { ss
 County of San. Diego. ]
 On this the 23rd day of October ill the year One Thousand Eight hundred and Ninety four, before me Lewis w. Works, notary public, in and for the County of San Diego, State of California, personally appeared, W. G. Rifen- burg, Elmer Otis and c. J. Downes, personally known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to- and who executed the with in instrument and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same. In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.
 Signed. LEWIS k. WORho, (Seal.) Notary Pupnc-
 In and for the County of San
 Diego, State of California.