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Evening capital., 1895-09-16
he WANTED TO KNOW.


But the sporting Editor Found the Que0
tion Too Deep For Him.
Is this the place where they answe-
questionsg's asked the rough looking
man as be entered the little back room
in newspaper Office.
There's . man on the staff who
makes . bluff at dosing it. said the
sporting editor. but Ea ism t here now. .
"Oh, well, maybe You'll do. said
the stranger.
We don answer yelh bal questions, !"
protested the sporting editor. "Write
your questions ont and send thom in. =
: Ii isn't much of question:, and
thought perhaps you -
''Oh. don't know where the refer
ence books are, interrupted the news
paper man.
They wouldn do You any good any.
way" said the stranger. This ism I a
book question; it's an up to date. mod
ern one. It's timely, you understand. .
well, then, fra ahead. may know
something about it.
''It's about the now woman
Stop there'' cried the sporting edi.
tor. That's clear out Of the sporting
department.
No, it isn't, = protested the stran.
ger. Tho bloomer girl belongs TO that
department along with the bicycles,
doesn't she?''
Maybe she does. replied the sport
ing editor. II hadn't thought Of chat.
Go ahead.
well, You see, I'm a street car con.
ductor =
Eyes.
And / want to know if the bloomer
girl viii get off the car backward like
the"--
But the sporting editor had thrown
up both hands as an intimation that the
problem was clear beyond him. Chi
cago Post.
Evening capital., 1895-09-16

-HANLIN Bros, strictly Pure Ready
Mixed PanLa and Pure Oil Wood Stains
prepared for immediate use, for sale by
j. III. RAWLINGS West ST., opp. depot.
Evening capital., 1895-09-16
lliSVHHER BOARDING. .is

First-cIass COUNTRY BOARDING. with
large airy srooms, at Hills Delight South
River Anne Arundel county from $500 to
SO 90 per week. according TO room accommo-
looking the bay, within four miles OF Anna
polis and three miles of Bay Ridge Boating.
fighfng. Grabbing and bathing free. Steamboat
communication with Baltimore three times
weekly. For particulars address
JAMES w. BROWN,
6212m Annapolis. Nd.
Evening capital., 1895-09-16
Beware of OiBtmsnts for Catarlh that
Contain MercuIN

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip.
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold TO the
good YOU can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by +.
Cheney Il Cot Toledo, o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by Il. j. Cheney q Co. Testimonials
free
Ey'Sold by all druggists price 75c. pei
bottle.
Evening capital., 1895-09-16
UnfAir Discrimination.

Its rank injustice, so il u.s. said
Nero mournfally.
whats the matters" inquired Fido,
eve been thinking Of the Why the
public makes us wear tags
They're afraid that if we get around
having our own way we'll kill some
body
That's just where the unfairness
comes in. Why don't they make the
trolley cars wear tags?"-Washington
Star
Evening capital., 1895-09-16
ren pax. Trip 70 Nlagara Fal,s.

An early fall trip to Niagara Falls,
Watkins Glen, Mauch Chunk, Glen
Onoko, Rochester and Geneva, has been
arranged via the Royal Blue Line and
the famous Lehigh Valley route.
A special express with Pullman Par
lor Cars attached, in charge of an ex-
perienced tourist agent, will leave i. ~
o. station, Washington, Thursday, Sep
tember 18th, $40 a. m, Baltimore 9.05
a. M. arriving at the Falls l1.00 a. IN.
Round trip ticket good ten days, sic.
Evening capital., 1895-09-16
VERSATILE Wax NoRpAu.

Successful Physician, Novelist, Dramatist.
Journalist, Lecturer and philosopher.
Max Simon Nordau, whose "Degen
eration'' provoked no end OF criticism
and comment and has given him a
worldwide notoriety, insists that his
Evening capital., 1895-09-16

q bright young
woman has de-
M strated d
marked ability
and tact as a po-
litical manager,
successfully con
Quoting > spirit
ed cam p nign.
She is Miss Kate
Power. and IN
politics at least
has shown that
her name is not
a m ism o IN er.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
RAILWAY TRUST COMPLETE.

Within the last day or two the great
railway lines, East and West, have conf
pleted agreements which form the mightiest
freight trust ever organized. While the ar
rangement of the lines west of Chicago
seems TO be distinct from that Of the
Eastern lines, it is well understood that
the systems viii work together, and the
shippers of freight Throughout the whole
country will be absolutely at the mercy of
the gigantic combine.
In the East the managers Of the great
New York and Pennsylvania trunk lines
ruled everything, and brought in such roads
as the Baltimore and Ohio, Delaware and
Lackawanna, Lehgh Valley, and Chesa-
peake and Ohio, and if any of these roads
dares to maNe special rates in the interests
of securing traffic, they will be compelled
to pay a fine TO the general fund Of the
trust
The allegation that the ."Joint Traffic
Association has framed an agreement
which will conform to the provisions of the
Interstate commerce law may be taken
with many grains of salt. 1t is as much a
trust and as decidedly unlawful as the
combine which was crushed by the inter
State Commerce Commission years ago.
But 1t is 80 far-reaching and so formidable
that 1t is doubtful If commission or courts
will be able TO dissolve or obstruct it.
Now that the freight trust is perfected,
the lines contemplate extending the arrange
mcnt to passenger traffic. and then the
country viii indeed have to pay the piper.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
MANHATTAN HARD HIT.
Over Fifteen Million Passengers Lost
TO Elevated Roads In II Single ear.


TO Elevated Roads In II Single ear.
revolutions has been effected in the
currents of, travel in this city by the
substitut ion of cables for horses on Broad
way, Third avenue. and other leading
tliorouchfares. The cable cars are much
larger than any of the old-tiDie horse cars
and they 80 much quicker. As result
they have attracted the public away from
the elevated, railroads in way to seriously
impair the earnings of The Manhattan Com
pany.
These FACTS ARE strikingly shown by
the annual reports for the twelve months
ending June 30, which the railroad corpora
tons have filed at Albany, where they
have now been made public. In a single
year the elevated roads lost over 15,O0O.OOO
pa ssengcrs The MetropoIitan Traction
Company, which operates the Broadway
cable line. made a gain OF over Il 100000
pa assengers during the same period.
At the same time the Third avenue
road carried 13 500 900 more passengers
than during the corresponding period
yearprevious. The two ocompaniesoperaiing
the cable roads had for the twelve months
ending June 30 q combined traffic OF 49,
9S6 $50 pa passengers, being about $1,000
90 fewer than the Manhattan Company
carried on all its four roads during the
same period.
Meanwhil the Indications point t.
steady drain on the patronage of the eie-
waited roads in the future. unless something
is done by the Manhattan Company to
give the public improved accomm"da ations.
The Metropolitan Traction Company is
steadily working to extend the cable or
eIe:tricit Y to all of its lines.
Since the close of the fiscal year they
have opened their new LeDox avenue
underground trolley line. They have now
under construction a cable road for the
Twenty third street line, the Lexington
avenue cable house has been constructed,
and the East Twenty-fifth street power
house built. Moreover, they are extend
ing and perfectiDg their transfer system.
Underground rapid transit also looms up
in the future.
These facts have caused a decline in
the price of Manhattan stock, which rep
resents a shrinkage of millions. But the
public benefit has been great. The crowds
on the elevated railroads during certain
hours of the day have greatly diminished,
and seats in the cars are more easy to OBJ
tain. while fast express trains are being
run for the residents OF the uptown districts
The Stockholders in the cable roads are
well satisfied with the return upon the
great cost of making the change from
horses to the cable--New York World.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
LETTER OF LEO XIII.

The personal letter OF the head of the
Roman Catholic church to the American
hierarchy, which was given exclusively
in The Times of tIis morning, is remarkable
not only for its matter, but for its rarity.
It's counterpart. can only be found at long
intervals in the annals of the church.
This personal missive commends in the
highest terms the zeal of the church in
ciaily and warmly speaks of the SUCCESS
of the mission of Monsignor Satolli, the
Pope's ambassador to the church in this
country.
The mission of SatoHi was one OF ex
Ceeding delicacy. There were serious dis
agreements between some of the highest
dignitaries of the body in regard to mat
ters of policy which were of the utmost
Importance in their relation to the law
and to public sentiment.
Monsignor Satolli, by consummate diplo
macy, virtually harmonizcd the disagreeing
officials in the churclN His presence in
America has brought about more cordial
relations between the church and some who
were disposed TO he i'm a measure antago
nistic to it. Therefore it will be hoped that
the ablegate will be permitted to remain
in America either in his present office or
in the cardinalate for which he is said to
be listed.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
cARELEssNEss OF PARENTS.

The heartrending accident to little five
year-old Clara Koehler, by W hich she lost
limb, if not her life, calls attention not
so much TO surface roads and street car
accidents as ii does 10 the negligence Of
parents in permitting their children, in
capable of caring for themselves, TO run
at will in the streets.
The driveways of Washington offer
peculiar attractions for frolicsome chill
dren. They are wide, smooth, shady and
usually clean. Parents seem TO sympa-
thizc W ith the children in their desire 10
play in the open thorougffares, whether
for their own or their ofrsprings COM
fort, and every accident similar TO that
OF yesterday on the ninth street lire is
due TO this negligence, W hich may be mis-
takenly called kindness.
One may see every day children playing
in the streets SO young that they arescarcely
able TO walk, toddling almost under the
wheels of passing vehicles, the parents
evidently depending upon the watchiul-
ness of drivers TO preserve the lives CT the
babies.
This carelessness is really criminal,
and it suggests that a la% would lie quite
appropriate which would provide pun
isliment for a parent " no permits ohiid
10 play in public thoroughfares.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
The DIVORCE PROBLEM.

The Episcopal Convention now in session
at Minneapolis is more liberal upon the
subject Of divorce than the members Of
the South Carolina Constitutional Con-
yention. The former prohibits the mar
rage within the church Of q divorce per-
son who has been guilty OF statutory
reasons for separation, but not of the in
nocent party to divorce. The South
Carolina lay body would not only prohibit
divorce altogether, but prevent any di-
voroed person from entering W edded life.
The one and conspicuous reason for all
this agitation of the question of divorce
by lay and religious bodies is the scan
dalous facility afforded in some of the
States OF the Union for separation which
in other commonw ealths is denied. Where
the national legislature finds itself un
able to deal with matter of this kind,
States and various social and religious
organizations are forced 10 wrestie with
il and control 1t as best they can.
Better than action by isolated States
and societies would be q general move
ment TO influence Congress TO submit
to the federation of States an amendment
to the Constitution which will give the
national law making body the power to
deal with such questions and establish
a uniform practice. In dealing with these
broad questions of social policy the State
should be obliterated speedily and for all
time.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
Things Transatlantic.

In Surrey, where there is an order that
dogs shall be muzzied during hot weather.
thepolice carried off a whole pack OF hounds,
while hunting, for violation of the order
When the Duke and Duchess of York pass
cd through Aberdeen last week their train
was stopped at the station for some time
in order that the duke might array himself
in fun Highland costume, which is the garb
ordered by the Queen for the male members
of her family when they are ON Deeside.
Out Of 10000 English soldiers in India
$4,000 have joined the Army Temperance
Association and profess to be total alb
stainers.
Sometimes royal personages have wheel
barrows, strange as it may seem. One has
just been made for Lady Maud Duff,
younger daughter of the Duke of Fife. 1t
is OF ash framing, lined with walnut and
surmounted with polished steel 1t is en-
bellished with varnish and gold leaf. Lady
Maud will use it In her gardening.
Civilization is striking deep into Africa
Prempeh, King of CoEamasSie, who is ac-
cused OF violating his treaty obligations
to England, and Of continuing to offer up
human sacrifices, now employs London
solicitor to present his side of the case, in
the hope of averting another Ashantee war.
The movement, though premature, is. OF
course, certain to be successful in the end,
for the cycle is now until the crack Of doom
a recognized form of locomotion. A year
or two hence every club will have to pro-
vide not only a cycle room, but special
attendant to take care Of the machines and
to clean them If necessary. It will be in
teresting to watch will be the first to pro-
vide for the new want.
shakespeare's grandmother's name has
been discovered in some old wills at North
ampton. She was Alice, sister of Francis
Griffyn of Braybrook, descended from the
old Welsh Kings of Powis-
Mr.. Gladstone is hard at work. Every day
he is In his study by 10 O'Clock, working
till lunch time; this takes half an hour.
Then he goes back to work till shortly be-
fore dinner, when he goes out driving. In
the evening he reads or plays backgammon.
His health Of late has been practically per-
feet
30 rapid has been the adoption Of cy-
cles in London during the past year that
whereas twelve months ago any man who
had ridden up to the club upon one Of these
machines would have been severely criti-
cised. members are now applying to the
various committees TO have q special room
set aside Cor sheltertng cycles.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
Points About Pilgrims

Mr.. and Mrs. David Evans, of Middfes
brough, England; Mr.. a nd Mrs. F. R. Ba gIcy.
of Chicago; Mr.. Sidney R. Miner, of Wilkes
barre Pa. and Mr.. a nd Mrs Guy b. Carter
OF Boston, are among the latest arrivals at
the Sborehan.
Mr.. T. NJ Miller. of New Orleans; Mr.. R.
HockschiId, of Frankfurt, Germany, and
Mr.. William Wallace, of Philadelphia,
are at the Riggs.
Among the latest arrivals at theArling-
ton are NH H. B. Prescott and wife, of
Boston; Mrs. Leland Stanford, OF San
Franchises; Mr. James T. Sterling. of
Detroit; Mr.. Fred B. McFeely, of Pitts
burg; Mr. Edward Schuster and wife, of
Cleveland, and Sir Edward Russell, of
Liverpool. Fl
Some of the Nationals guests are Mr..
C. A. Clough, of Lowell Mass; Mr.. N. C..
Craig and Wife, of vevoy. Ind: Mr.. Frank
W. Smith, .,of Elmira. N. Y; Mr.. A. ].
Otto, of Cincinnati. and Mr.. Frank L.
Way, of Manchester, N. h.
Among tie guests at Wizards are Mrs.
John E. French, of San Antonio, Tex:
Mrs. R. A. Perkins, of Canton, ILL.,: Mr..
H. c. CoIlier.gof Philadelphia, and Mfr.
Edward NJ. WASHER of St. Lonis- Mo.
Mr. J. H. Kinzie, of Savannah; Mr.. E. L.
Wiles, of Wheeling, W. Va; Mr.. Lewis NJ.
Dabney. of Dallas, Tex: Mr.. F. H. Hosmer
and family, of Somervile, Mass, and Mr.
Charles N. Goldsmith, OF Cincinnati. are all
guests of the Raleigh.
Mr.. w. E. Naff, of Greenville, Tenn;
Mr.. j. H. Murphy, of Ashville, N. c.; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred E. Warren, of Cambridge,
Mass. and Mr.. Fred 81. Fraentzel, of New
ark, N. j., are at the Metropolitan.
Some of the Ebbitt's guests are Mr.. W.
A. Latimer, of Sedalia, No.; Mr.. L. r.
Clifford, of New Bedford, Mass; Mr.. w.
n. Baker, of Boston, and Mr.. s. L. Baker,
of kalamazoo, Mich.
Arrivals at the Hamilton are Thomas
Hartley and wife, London. England; Hon.
William J. Coombs, Government director
of the Union Pacific railroad, Brooklyn. N.
T.: Henry 8. King, Boston. Mass: j.
Murphy, New Haven. Conn.,; j T. Duane.
Brooklyn, n T.; A. j. Palmer, New York;
j. E. Andrews Toakers. N. z.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
TENNEssEE's DISGRACE.

Not far from Memphis there occurred
yesterday morning lynching, " hich, for
brutality, is without a parallel. The
burning of similar offenders at the stake,
which has occurred several times, was
less horrible than the gradual dismem-
berment of this latest victim until life
was extinct.
Let the crime OF the creature be what
II was, in all lis responsiveness, the criminal
becomes almost respectable in compari-
son with his murderers. For a parallel
of savagcry one must look TO the remotest
corners OF the earth and among the low est
strata of So called human beings.
If the ficndish brutality of the execu-
TONERS could by any means result in
which the offender was guilty, some small
measure of excuse might be Imagined.
But lawlessness that is met only with law
lessness, and brutality that is punished
only by brutality, is OF less than no virtue,
and those who perpetuate it may be con-
sidered fortunate IL they be not forced to
suffer terrible reprisals.
Brutality in the human creature is born,
not made. The brute who was torn limb
from limb by other brutes was q legiti-
mate result OF brute civilization, which
obtained and was commended by church
and State, North and South, in years Of
the republic which men and women now
blush TO remember. The sins of the fathers
are visited upon the children. EthnicaI
problems are not to be considered In such
connection. Vicious systems are solely
responsible.
Under this burden OF Inherited vice the
one safe course to take, unless we would
return to utter savagery, is TO let all pun
ishment, for any crime whatsoever, be
The evening times., 1895-10-17
Angels and Men.

When a man rites everything must De
in applet pie order; pen, paper and ink must
be just so, and a profound silence must
reign while he accomplishes this impor-
tant function. A oman gets any sheet OF
paper, tears 1t perhaps from book or a
portfolio, sliarpens PENCIL With the sc.s-
sors, puts the paper on on old atlas, crosses
her feet, balances herself on her chair,
and confides her thoughts TO PAPER, chang
ing from pencil to pen and vice versa from
time to time, nor Goes she care IL thechiidren
romp or the cook comes to speak to her.
A man storms IL the blotting paper is
not conveniently near; woman dries
the ink by blow ing on 1t, waving the paper
in the air or holding 1t near lamp or u lire
A man drops a letter unhesitatingly In
the box: a woman rereads the address,
assures herself that the envelope is scaled,
the stamp secure, and then throws it vio-
lcntly into the box.
a man can cut hook only with a
papercutter: woman deftIy inserts
hairpin and the book is cut.
For man ..good-by" signifies the end
of a conversation and the moment or lis
departure; for a woman it is the toSin-
ming of a new chapter, for IL is Just wEeh
they are taking leave OF each other that
omen think OF the most important topics
of conv ersation.
A woman ransacks her brain trying to
mend 4 broken object; man puts 1t aside
and forgets that for which there is no
remedy.
A man does not attempt TO drive nail
unless he mas hammer: woman Goes
not hesitate to utilize anything, from the
heel of boot to the back OF brush.
A man considers q corkscrew absolutely
necessary TO open a bottle; woman at
tempts to extract the cork with the scis-
sors; IL she Goes not succeed readily she
pushes the cork into the bottle, since the
essential thing is to get at the fluid
The evening times., 1895-10-17

One of the pecuiiarities about the Sails
bury family is their CareleSsness with re-
gard to dress. II is Impossible To conceive
a more badly groomed man than Lord
Salisbury. In town he wears the most
shocking of hats and the most disreputable-
looking Of long. black, dusty frock coats
with a tie all awry and a crumpled
shirt, his waistcoat as often as Not but
toned askcw. His trousers, by reason of
their shortness and their tit. would be
the despair of any fashionable tailor of
gayety johnnie" At Dieppe, where he
is now staying at his chateau on the cliffs,
he is accustomed to drive about with an
old plaid shIw over his shoulders, Il black
soft felt hat a IA Carlisle crushed down
over his brows, and a brierwood pipe be-
tween his lips, which he rarely opens to
talk when out OF doors, being noted for
his tacturnity.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
THE TIMES STILL LEADS.
Has the Largest Circulation in WASH
ington-Thc Star Keeps Up It's
MfxrpEreSe uta ttOls.


Again il becomes duty to expose the
misrepresentations OF the Star In nrder !"
show how eacy il is to publish false clrcu-
Iation statements. Saturday the Star
claimed that It's aggregate circulation OIL
174,O09 was many thousands In excess
of any other Washington paper and Is he
IieYcd to lac fully five times that oil ANY
afternoon contemporary"
The aggregate circulation of The Tunes
last week was 22S, 1893, or 54,33 more
than tat of the Star The gain OF Inc
Times over last weeks statement was
1922, while that OF the Star was only
2,10S. These figures are facts III wnlcn
there is no deception or misrepr esentation
and they demonstrate coDclusively tbat ne
Times has the largest cirfrlation and. Is
the most popular newspaper in washington
The L = pid growth of The alsocleariy
In:i,catcS that readers prefer two editl0ns
& day 20 the old style of daily newspaper
IRE Times publishes sixteen pages each
week day and twenty pages on SUNDAY,
which are delivered to any address IN
Washington for so CENTS A MONTH. 1he
morning edition reaches readers IN time Tor
early breakfast and the evening edition
before O'Clock in the afternoon. rms
method gives readers all the news before IL
is twelve hours old and is Il great improve
Trent over the ordinary daily.
Remember that it only costs so CENTS A
MONTH for the Morning. Evening and
Sunday Times, the brightest and best ne VS.
in yn
The evening times., 1895-10-17

Lady Salisbury is always dressed in
dark blue cloth dress OF odd cut, and which
is neither a credit to her dressnIaker norher
maid, and which from its sempiternity leads
people to believe that she has only this one
dress. Lady Gwendolen is equally dowdy
as rega rds her attire ,aDd affects common
sense shoe. Indeed, the trio look so exces-
siveiy addressed. and present such Pc
cuIiar appearance that on one memorable
occasion when they presented themselves
at the entrance of the Casino Al Monte Carlo
they were perenlptorily refused admission
by the gate keepers,
The evening times., 1895-10-17
Not in II.

"That," bitterly exclaimed the microbe,
as tiR beautiful girl at the sound of the IA
miliar football below hastened to spray her
mobile mouth with carboltzed rose water,
THAT, l repeat, knocks me out Of good
thing"
Drawing his mackintosh more closely
about him. he shivefed.-Detroit Tribune.
The evening times., 1895-10-17

Those in a position to know are looking for
tokens OF financial embarrassment on the
part of the Earl OF Lonsdalc. whose ex-
ps.nditure in connection with the visit of
Emperor william to Lowther castle ha s been
of an absolutely ruinous character. 1t
may be remembered that on succeeding to
the title he found the estates and property
SO frightfully embarrassed by the extrava-
gance Of his two predecessors that he had
to sell Off many of the greatest treasures
Of the castle, including the hundred silver
buckets emblazoned with the Lonsdale
coat-of-arms which figured in the stables
for the use of thehundred chestnut purebred
horses. Many of those silver buckets are
still to be found in great houses in London
in use as champagne coolers.