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The Washington times., 1895-06-01

Funds to Collect Colored Exhibits.
The colored District auxiliary commit
tee to the Atlanta Exposition held So
ciaI reunion and musical entertainment
at the colored Odd Fellows Hall last
evening to secure funds with w16ch to help
defray the expenses of collecting the ex-
hibits of the colored people. Quite large
assemblage of local enthusiasts were in
attendance and fully appreciated the ex-
cellent musical programme rendered by
Prof Hoffmans orchestra. Following
the concert there was dancing and re-
freshments were served during the inter-
mission The floor, committee was COM
posed of Major. G. "A. Fleetwood, Mr. R.
H Terrell, Mr. R. w. Tompkins, Mr.. F.
T. Hyman, and DR.. W. w. Purnell
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11S; Refugee and Axiom, 115 each; Nor
mon, TekO, Handspring, MOntsZuma, Ben
amelia, and Baritone. III each. and JEFF
feTsOu and InteTmisSion, los each. N
Fourth-BOulevard handicap; mile Do
an eighth: COnnoisseuF, 122; keenan, I I9;
Sir Galahad, Ia; Bright PhOebus, III;
Monaco, 109; Kennel, 107; Belma5. 100.
Fifth-SelliDg; five furlOngs. Top -Opsy,
Nantucket, 11O each; DR.. Wylie, 109 Mon
tezuma, Premier, los each; Bessie BrOwn-
troll, Requital, los each; NJ D. r., Nestcr,
Wellman, 96; Sir Carlton. Sebastian, SO.
Sixth-Selliug; six furiongs: st. Michael,
Adelbert, 1I3 each; Chiswiek, Ill; Fac
totum, Prig, 109; Now or Never. Ger
tainty. 1O4; Daric, Canterbury, 100; Man
chester, 90.
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CLERKS ON TENTER HOOKS.

Pension Office Reorganization VIII
Cause Hundred Discharges.
The personnel of the Pension Bureau
will be reorgaDized at the end of the present
fiscal year, as a result of the reduction of
the appropriations of Congress.
About 169 changes viii be made and
over 100 of these will be dismissals, while
about fifty employees will be transferred
to other departments.
The list is almost completed and the
changes viii be M ade at once, to take effect
July 1. A large number of changes will
be made in other Government departments
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Entries at GraveSeOd

New York, May 31.-The entries for to-
morrow at tGravesend are as follows.
First trace-Handicap. One mile and three
sixteenths Lazarone, 122; Sister Mary,
11S; Stowaway, 112; Patrician, 1O4;
Red Skin, 9S; Song and Dance, and stephen
j., 50 each, and Restraint, 50.
Second Tace-One mile. Maidens. April
Fool. Mirage, Ingoldsby, and Imported
Chaudos, 10 each; King Michael and Fatal,
lot each. and Octayia and Imported
Kisborn. 105 each
Third race-Tremont stakes Three
quarters of mile. Applegate, 123; HazIet,
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First sentence Underthe Edmunds a ed

The first sentence under the Edmunds
Polygamy Act, as recently applied to
this District by decision OF the Court
of Appeals, was passed yesterday by
Judge Cole. 1t was in the case Of Della
Cook and Frank MackaI, convicted of
adultery, and they got a year and a day
each at Albany Mr. Darlington took an
appeal, andthe case. willprobablybe argued
before the Court of Appeals in June The
question will be how much of the Edmunds
law applies to the District
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PostoffIce Thteves Arrested

The Postoefice Department has received
information that inspectors in New York
yesterday caused the arrest of Joseph Kill
laran, Charles Allen and Harry Russell,
charged with the robbery OF the .postoffice
at HobckeD, n. j., and several other Of
fices. The arrests are regarded as very
important ones, and the men were each
held in So 900 bail.
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DARKNESS CARRIED LEAD
She Packed Thirty Pounds Of Metal
and Defeated Grand Prix.
Rampant Two-year-olds Worried the
Starter-He Finally Left Two
Standing at the Post.

Notwithstanding the fact that it was
JusS after holiday there was a very good
attendance on hand, and the game was a
good one in every respect Ten bookies
went on and did rattling business They
again quit big winner, as only two favor
ties managed to land the coin.
The only thing that maTred the sport
outside Of the accident III the last race was
the start in the two year-oId event.
Flynn had five of about as crazy a lot OF
youngsters as could be found anywhere.
After again and again trying to get
them away he saw that it would be i'm
possible to do so, and when he caught the
third best out in front he dropped the flag
and left the other two standing at the post.
Many people blamed him for doing so, but
he could not possibly have done better,
and the horses had already been at the
post nearly three-quarters of an hour.
a biz plunge on QuarteTmaster sent him
to the post Z TO . faYorite in the open
ing event. He led TO the head OF the
stretch, where Chief Justice passed him
and won.
GOT AWAY IN FROTT.
Mural got the best of the start in the two
year-old race aud was never caught, win
ming by three lengths from Monolithe.
Jessie Taral was a hot favorite for the
third race. She took the lead in the
first furloug. and won all the way. Dana
aud Imp. Sayant had a close finish for
second money.
Alter Grdnd Prix had made all the run
ming Darkness came on and landed the
fourth event in pretty finish. He carried
fully thirty pounds of lead and did it in
commanding style
There was nothing but Belisarius in the
next event. He beat the flag and cutting
out all the running, won easily from Mirage
After Punch had fallen down there was
nothing in the last race to catch R. F. Dee,
and he won easily from Blackfoot, who
beat Silver Queen head.
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Convicted Under the Edmunds Act.
George Lewis and Virgin Jackson, Thomas
Minor and John Jones and Louisa Adams
each got fifteen days in the workhouse yes
terday under the Edmunds act Officer
WorZ, who appeared against them, testi-
fled that they were all caught in a house
on Twenty fifth street.
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Split His Head with a Brick.

About $50 O'Clock last evening Will
liam Contee, fifteen-year-old colored
boy, who resides at No. 6 Shows road,
was brought to the Second precinct police
station unconscious and covered with
blood from bad cash on his head. The
police learned that Contee was struck on
the head by brick thrown by colored
youth named James Covert during q fight
on the public dump, First near street
northeast Contee's condition was con-
sidered serious and he was hurried to
Freedman's Hospital in the patrol wagon.
Covert has not yet been apprehended.
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People leaving the city for their
summer vacation cannot afford to also
leave THE TIMES. 1t win be mailed
to any address and will continue to
be the best local newspaper In Wash
tngtOn.
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Sentenced for AssorIt

George Faulkner, Joseph McEarney, and
Frank Wilson were each fined $50 in
Judge MIller's court yesterday for assault
ing Michael O'Br1en, the Brightwood Rail-
way motorman, on last Sunday night.
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Commencing May IL, and continuing
until further notice, the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company will sell excur-
sion tickets at rate of one fare for the
round trip for regular trains of Saturday
and Sunday from Washington TO points on
the Metropolitan Branch and main line
between Washington and Harper's Ferry,
and to points on the Washington Branch
between Washington and Annapolis juno
ton. Tickets viii be valid for return
passage on regular trains until Monday
following day of sale inclusive
The Washington times., 1895-06-01

Cyclone Jim Marshall and Hon. Taze-
well Elicit win speak at Marshall Hail on
Tuesday evening.
The Washington times., 1895-06-01
sNoses' Corner"

KEEP THE FLIES
OUT Buy WIRE SCREENS
for your windows and doors.
They're a real comfort-a
blessing to every home in
which they're used. We have
them-or we'll make them
specially to order for you if
you want.
WIRE WINDOW SCREENS, adjustable
20 any window, for 70 CENTS EACH
and more. But the aO-cent ones are
good-very good
WIRE DOOR SCREENS for 80 CENTS
Well and prettily made-and strong
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st. Asaph series,


First Race-Berwyn; West Park; Tioga
Second Race--Salisbury; Fassett Ida R.
Third Race-Plenty; Woodchopper; Ed
die III.
Fourth Race-Taconey; Rosita; Fritz.
Fifth Race-Clansman; Duke of Fief; rince
John.
Sixth Race-Marie Lowell; INDIA; Hume.
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and lift that lad over the fence and half
way up the stairs at one swoop.
If little lad or lassie gets sick in school,
or even gets hurt very badly, as happens
sometimes, it isn't really such dreadful
thing after all.
Pa is there always, and he just lifts any
body up in those same great big strong
arms and carries 'em right straight home
to their mothers And then, of course,
you know anybody is all right.
And if boy has to go to school with a
tear in his trousers that his mother didn' t
have time to see about, and if the boys be-
gin to laugh and tease about it, why, fell
low can just go over on the side of the yard
where pa stays and nobody will say an
other word about it.
1t would take almost whole newspaper
to print all the nice things that little fell
lows who Twill be in the room above the
infant class next year" have told me about
pa. have never heard just what else he
does besides helping small persons who
are in trouble and encouraging boys to
treat each other and other people with de-
cency and respect. But for what the man
does that do know about salute him.
And / wish there were at least pas enough
to furnish one apiece for all the public
schools there are or ever will be.
M q
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! hills and plains, miles and miles of them,
stretching away to the very borders of
fairy land, for aught | know.
When Father Gray had watched and
taught the workmen till the Children
Home was finished and polished till it
stood cleaning in its coat of yellow and
white paint, as if it were built every
bit OF concentrated and condensed
sunshine, he went down to one of
the homes of peace or of rest, and laid
his tired body down upon couch. And
when it went out of doors again it was
carried by men who did not complain
of their loss, but shouted thanksgiving
for a good fight well fought-a good work
well done.
Only girls between and IA years old are
supposed to live in the Home of Sunshine.
But already those terrible rules seem to
have been ''infracted" to an alarming ex-
tent.
First of all there is that baby of Faiths,
which has fairly twined itself about the
hearts of dozens of people, while it awaits
the opening of the orphanage doors.
Then there are the twins-the jolliest,
smilingest pair of babies ever seen, and
just months old. And those cunning
little individuals have already become the
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to each other about "pa," as they loitered
to and from school, I wondered if all the
families in the world who were bringing
up their children with the habit of using
that old-fashioned title had settled in Ala
media.
Later, was rejoiced to hear in what
high esteem all these coming citizens held
their paternal relatives. They were al
ways Dragging TO each other about ''pa. y
"Who cut your hair. SO slick?" l heard
one little chap ask another.
ooh. pa" was the reply. "He can cut
hair bettern any barber in town. an if you
ask him if he'll do it, he'll come to the
door after school begins, an crook his
finger at you, an you look at the teacher,
an she'll nod her head, an you go on out,
an pain take you down in the basement
an cut your hair just tiner
From speeches like that gathered at
last that "pa" is a feature or a product of
ourpublic school system. And talk about
fairy godmothers Not one of them could
hold candle to pa.
If some scared-to-death little chap comes
putting up to the schoolhouse gate after
they have been locked because it is 8
O'Clock, and the last of the children are
just marching sedately to their place pa is
just sure to be standing ready at the fence
corner, and to reach out his strong arms
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Toads in Costumes.

Aunt Sue says, apropos OF nothing, that
if the children ever get tired of being good
they might adopt some of the awful pur-
suits which she and her brothers used to
follow in the "good old days" when they
played more naughty pranks than the
good little boys and girls of to-day seem
to think about.
"For instance" says candid Aunt Sue,
''we used to catch toads and dress them
up in gorgeous costumes.
"We used to get scraps of cloth, bright
colors preferred, and cut out dresses for
some and coats for others. We'd cut out
armholes, and cut the coats with long
strips OF cloth attached. which we could
tie into bows to hold the garment in place.
l remember we used to be very fond of
sash effects and tied huge bows that had
to be held in place by being ingeniously
fastened with strings to what we called
their legs and arms.
You can imagine that people walking
along the street past our house were some
what startled when they beheld whole
families of toads pronenading about in
costumes-though the effect upon the pub
lie was the last thing we children worried
about
1--WE had sand pile even in those be-
nlghted days, and we used to fix up cages
with bars across them and put the toads
inside for menagerie.
''Of course, the poor beasts were always
gone in the morning, and this was prob
lem that it took us a long time to solve.
When the bars were close together and
were not disturbed, how could the toads
get away?
AT last we got up a theory to the effect
that the toads were good kind fairies, who
came in the daytime to amuse us and
make us happy. And we thought that
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CONTRACTS TO BE CONSOLIDATED
AmaIganated Carpenters Object to the
Present System Of Building.

AmalgaInated Carpenters Object to the
Present System of Building.
Branch Gil of the Amalgamated Society
OF Carpenters and Joiners came to an i'm
portant decision last evening which will be
OF interest to prospective builders OF
houses. For some time the society has
contended that by the present system OF
segregatiug the various contracts neces-
sary to finish an edifice the best interests
OF both builders and artisans were not be-
ing subserved and that the plan should be
changed.
Carpenters from Alameda, Oakland, San
Rafael and other points about the bay
were present to discuss the matter and
several hours were spent in arguing the
question from all points of view, some OF
those who took part in the discussion be-
lieving that it would be difficult to change
the present system.
1t was finally decided to abolish the pres
ent plan of letting contracts and COM
mittee was appointed to draft notifica-
ton to builders that in future contracts for
plumbing, etc., must be made through the
carpenters to whom the contract Tor the
building is let.
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When I Was a Boy.

Up in the attic, where slept
When was a boy-a little boy
In through the lattice the moonlight crept,
Bringing tide OF dreams that swept
Over low, red trundle-bed
Bathing the tangled, curly head,
While the moonbeams played at hide-and-seek
With the dimples on the sunbrowned cheek
When was boy-a little boy!
And, oh! the dreams-the dreams dreamed
When was boy-a little boy!
For the grace that through the lattice streamed
Over my folded eyelids seem ed
To have the gift of prophecy
And to bring the glimpses of time to be
When manhood's clarion seemed to call.
All that was the sweetest dream of all
When I was boy-a little boy!
I'd like TO sleep where used to sleep
When was boy-a little boy!
For in at the lattice the moon would peep,
Bringing her tide of dreams to sweep
The crosses and griefs of the years away
From the heart that is weary and faint to-day
And those dreams should give me back again
A peace have never known since then
When was boy-a little boyl
EUGENE FIELD, in Love Songs of Childhood.
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most interesting objects upon earth to a
pair of twin boys of my acquaintance, who
have been looking almost all their lives for
somebody to give their playthings to- and
their outgrown beds, and baby carriages,
and high chairs and things. You see,
there are always two things exactly alike,
and it will be so much more Jun to hand
them down to another pair of twins who
will look exactly alike, too, so that nobody
can tell which thing belongs to which
twin, nor which is which twin, anyway.
1 wonder if any of you CALL children
were ever so fortunate as to be watching a
baby when it discovered its small fist and
made study of it and classified it and be-
gan to live in peace with it?
If you ever we're you can understand
Just how funny it was when those dear lit
tie twin babies first noticed each other, by
the way. They had gone on living side by
side in sublime Inconsistencies that any
thing unusual had occurred, when sud-
denly and almost simultaneously they dis
covered each other and began ito take
notice."
They stared and blinked, and stared and
blinked some more. They went to sleep,
and when they awoke they began to stare
at each other again as if it was duty they
had to perform. At last they seemed to
decide to accept the situation. Their first
smiles were for each other, and they have
loved each other and enjoyed each other
ever since in way that Is delightful to be-
hold.
If one of the twin boys fell down and
bumped his head the other one used to fall
down and try to bump his IN the same
place cause bruvver did,"
And when both of them were stung by
bees at the same time and Howard was
asked why he made so much more fuss
about the hurt than his brother did he
stammered out, II isn't cryin' cause it
h-h-hurts. Use cryin' cause Harold was
stinged by b-b-bigger bee than wasp
''Where are you going to get enough Or
phans?" l asked little Miss Faith.
''In ee 'treets. In ee 'treets of ee city"
"And what do you want orphans for,
Faith?
81 wants to give 'em all my playsings,
and | is goin' to take air of 'em."
You won't give them all your play
things, will you-the ones you like best?"
81 is goin' to give them all-eV'ry single,
single, single oneI''
And so the home is waiting and the lit
tie girl and her elders are strong in the
faith that means will come to carry on the
work and strength to do it well. M. G. j.
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MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
1t Is Sadly in Need of Money for Street
Sweeping.

The Merchants Association is placed in
peculiar position by the Board of Super
visors failing to act upon the matter of
awarding the street-sweeping contract be-
fore taking their midsummer vacation.
There being no funds available, and as
the Merchants Association is not an in
corporated company, and as such cannot
borrow any money, the only remedy which
will enable them to continue the work is
for the Supervisors to hold one more meet
ing before adiourning and pass the July
bill as well as to let the new contract.
Possibly Auditor Broderick can straighten
out the matter by making a voucher for
the associations July bill without waiting
for the second meeting of the Supervisors.
In that case the association can raise
money on the voucher at the banks.
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A NAVAL MANS ESTATE.
DIR. John Mills Browne Left $9O79 81
in California Property.

DR.. John Mills Browne Left score 81
in California Property.
An authentic copy of the will of DIR.
John Mills Browne, a medical director
in the United States navy, was filed in the
County Clerks Office yesterday. DR..
Browne, formerly resided here and at Va
lleio, but for several years prior to his
death, on December of last year. he re-
sided at Washington.
All the property is bequeathed to the
widow, Mrs Alice Keif Browne.
There is no statement of the value of the
entire estate, but the California portion Of
it is appraised as follows:
San Francisco real estate unfmproved. 81 500 90
Stock in San Francisco corporations...... 5140 90
Money in San Francisco banks. ......... 2279 81
Vallejo real estate, unimproved... $50 90
Mrs. Browne, the widow, is the execu-
trix of the will.
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An Injunction Against Interfering With
Fairs Yolo Property Issued by
Judge Slack.

The special administrators of the James
e. Fair estate have obtained an injunction
to prevent S. w. Boyer, John w. Brown
ing and A. H. Rose from tearing away
dam and levee that Senator Fair built ten
years ago to protect his Knights ranch
lands from the overflow of Sycamore
Slough.
The injunction was issued by Judge
Slack.
Boyer, Browning and Rose are trustees
OF a reclamation district, and to reclaim
some overflowed lands they proposed to
cut through the dam that was built at
Knights ranch.
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May His Tribe Increase.

There is the very funniest old man in
all the world at one of the public schools
in Alameda. don't know his name, and
don't want to know it, not even what his
official position at the school is.
l mean to know him forever just as he
appears to the little rosy-cheeked boys and
girls who love him-iust as he appeared
to the very smallest of them.
When first used to hear them talking
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when we had gone to bed they changed
back to little really fairies again and went
on to some shady hooks or dells to drink
the dewdrops and dance with their friends
till morning came again. And. thinking
the matter over after all these years" says
Auntie Sue, II declare believe that our
theory was Just about correct one!"
MARY CALKINs JOHNSON.
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THE COMMERCIAL BANKS,
Figures From All This Glass of Institu-
tions in the State Show Great In
crease Of Business.

crease or Business.
All the banks of the State have reported
their standing on June IL to the Bank
Commission in response to the first call
under the new law except three National
banks. There are 81 savings banks, 173
commercial, 10 private and 81 National.
These figures do not include the fifteen
banks in liquidation.
There is very favorable comparison in
the figures from the commercial banks for
June II and last January. The total assets
and the deposits increased over 81, $50, 900
in the five and a half months. Following
is the comparison by figures:
RESOURCES.
Bank premises ......s2 $40, 1857 Sc s2,s6S, es1 81
Other real estate. ,434, 1873 "a S,896.925 81
Invested in stocks,
bonds and warrants. 5,793,420 SO 4S09, SOB 80
Loans on real estate. 19,4732S6 81 10 S10,497 SO
Loans on stocks, bonds
and warrants. 49,. 1898, 123 SIS 1855, s7s Sc
Loans on other securt-
ties. -.............. 4,sos, 1853 "a 4e52.2s4 Of
Loans on personal Sc
.cerity. 2s4,244 30 42.24o. e75 SO
Money on hand. .1S,57l,24S AZ 19,961,7 63 06
bankers 1888, Ala ls 1886 ,51e n
Other assets. 4,413,367 Is 2,296,601 10
LIABILITIES
June II. January l.
Capital paid up. SAT ,699 81 $42, 100, 4O1 SO
Reserve and profit
n, and loss l9,e2s.sIs SO l7,s7s,sIs IS
Due banks and
paSe ssSsis7 e 75os47
Other liabilities. S,l67,313 80 1,4s5,326 Is
rrotor
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TO SAVE THE RANCH.

Total assets and ia
bilities. 81 So, 1924 "a s12s,s17, 1858 oe