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The evening times., 1895-09-05
FEMALE CRIMINALS.

LombrosO an ItaliaDexpert ncrime, finds
that the typical female criminal has lots Of
coarse hair, a long face, a receding forehead.
over -jutting Drows, prominent cheek bones,
an exaggerated frontal angle as seen in
monkeys and savage faces. and especially
square, massive jaws and a firm mouth.
She is virile. masculine In voice and figure
lank and meager, without rounded form, and
able thereto to wear male attire without
detection. The eyes of the female offender
are said 10 be sunken, deepset; wrinkles
soon show and in elderly women are strongly
developed in certain parts of the face; the
cranial capacity is inferior to that of the nor
NAL woman; there Is greater tendency to
grow gray and 10 badness
The vices most prominent in the feminine
criminal are found 10 be great cruelty, a
passionate temper rising quickly into ex-
travayant fury, an excessive craving for re-
venge, low, cunning, strongly developed
greed shameless ra pacity, an inordinate love
of lucre. mendacity to the utter contempt of
aIltruthfulness. Such women are erotic, but
not capable of pure, devoted love; they are
weak in that maternal feeling which is usu-
ally the strongest sentiment in the feminine
nature; they are given to dissipation, au-
dacious, violent, imperious, dominating
weaker characters whether of their own or
of the opposite sex Their vices, in a word,
are of the male rather than the female.
The Italian proverb, The woman is
seldom wicked but W benFhe isshe surpasses
the man. finds ample proof in the follow
ing instances of her cruelty: Catherine
Hayes, having caused her husbands death,
wished to cut off ,lis head with penknife
and boil il: Mrs. Manning dug the gravel for
her victim three weeks ahead just in front
of her kitchen fire, where she roastcd and
ate goose the very afternoon of the crime.
Kate Webster dismembered the corpse of
her mistress and boiled it peacemeal;
Hannah Dobbs strangled lodger and
dragged her body down stairs to bury it
among ashes in a disused cellar.
Jealousy prompts more women than men
to mad acts and poisoning is a much more
popular method with her of wreaking VEN
geance than among her brother criminals.
One woman, whose whole life had been
a series Of remarkably shillful poisoning
cases, was SO devotedly attached to this
deadly familiar friend that she carried it
always about with her, and when arrested
''she seemed to tremble with pleasure
and gazed upon the white powder with
eyes beaming with rapture"
Female culprits endure prison privatiOns
much easier and longer than criminals Of
the other sex. England has instances of
women captives who have reached the age
Of 90, having lived within the relentless
walls for fifty or sixty years.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
California Mines.

Foreign and domestic capital is going into
California mines just now at a rate which
would astonish those who have contracted
the idea that mining in California is played
out But let this distinction be noted that
the recent investments are in mines. not in
shares OF mining stocks. In other words, the
investor puts his money into Placer or Neva-
da or Calaveras or Mono or some other
mining company instead'of into Pine street
and the board of brokers, and the result
will be more mines and fewer brokers.
The appreciation of gold and the decline
in the output OF the South American and
West Australian gold fields, the increase OF
California's product aid the discovery of
new processes, notably the cyanide, for the
reduction of rebelIious ores have tended to
attract great deal OF attention to the au-
riferous deposits Of the State and to create
something like a genuine revival in the
mining industry. The output for the year
ending June 80 is now believed 10 have been
not less than S14 100000, and there are
those optimistic enough to declare that It
has just begun.
Some tests made OF working low-grade ore
in very large quantities have yielded results
which would seem incredible 10 the ordinary
quartz miner, whose credulity at this time
il may not be worth while to tax, but it may
be said with entire sa fety that much OF the
future prosperity of California depends upon
the mining and milling of what we now call
ores by inexpensive methods and
processes. and that the field is one which Is
simply enormous in extent.-San Francisco
Chronicle
The evening times., 1895-09-05
Parker, Bridget & 60.
3l5 Seventh Street N. w.
RECORDS OF ENGLISH ATHLETES.
Britis hers Have Arrived and Are
Ready for the Fray.

Ready Tor fne FRAY.
New York, Sept. 5.-The British ath-
lets who are To meet the New York Ath-
letic Club team on September 81 and the
Cambridge team who viii meet Yale on
October 3 , arrived on the steamer Aurauia
last night.
The London Athletic Club team is a
good one A C. Bradley has been the 100
yard champion of England for four years,
and with A. r Downer, was recently cred
ited with running the distance in 8 40
seconds.
A r. Downing holds the worlds record
at 200 yards and the English record at
500 yards.
Jordan is the Oxford sprinter who last
year beat the Yale men in both the 100 and
l4O yard races.
Fitzberbert is the English champion
for a quarter of o Inile He has run in 40 3-5
seconds and can probably do better.
Luytcns If a mile runner He has a record
of 41s As at this distance.
Koran has run three miles in IA Al 3-4
and has won that race in the inter Varsity
sports for three years.
G. b. Shaw is Ergland's great hurdler,
the best ever brought out there. He has
been champion for three years.
Williams and Johnson are high Jumpers,
the former with record of Six feet and
the latter one of five feet eight inches.
Mendelson and Oakley are broad jumpers
Nendelson has cleared 22 feet 1-2 inches !.
and Oakley is the English champion.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
AN OLD woMAN's EGGS.
Problems That Is Racking the Brains
of the Sleepy Philadelphians.

problems That Is Rackfng the Brains
of the Sleepy Philadelphians.
Some as yet unidentified Philadelphian
state of peaceful trance q few days ago,
and proceeded to utilize the half hour or so
that elapsed before he went to sleep again
by evolving the following highly charac-
teristic problem: "An old woman n who
was selling eggs, when asked how many
she had in the basket, replIeu that if she
took them out by twos, threes, fours, fives
or skies in each case there would be left
one odd egg Il n the basket, but II she removed
them by seven there would be none remain
ing. How ma ny eggs did the old woman
have?' Since then Philadelphia has been
stirred as never before n its history. All
the local papers accepted the problem as
one well calculated to test the mathemati-
cal knowledge of their readers-in which
supposition they seem to have made a mis-
taSe-and have been devoting much space
to 1t ever since. Curiously enough, no resi-
dent of the city OF Dead Calm" noticed
that the sum. as stated, is insoluble After
fumbling about n the wilderness of fig
toners of Mr.. Wanamaker and few of his
cash girls hit upon 3Ol as the right nswer
The accuracy of this was at once admitted
by all the papers, and peace again brooded
over the Schuylkill
A troublesome fellow who vehemently
declared that 9 ,401 is the correct number
was sternly silerced by the information
that no basket could hold 2 ,4O1 eggs, and
no old woman could carry them. A New
York schoolboy 10 whom this enigma was
submitted. looked 1t over for a moment,
and then asked, why didn't they Fay A
woman had sone eggs. how many did she
have? An amateur mathematician
treated the matter more gravely: Put
in exact terms" he raid, "thc problem is
to find a Common multiple of 2, 8. 4. s, and
@. which. increased by 1 If divisible by Z.
There is not enough paper in the world to
hold all the correct answers TO that ques-
ton. Therefore, strictly Speaking. there
is no answer. Any multiple of go, the least
common multiple of 2. 3. 4, 5,ard6. which,
by the addition of / becomes a multiple of
Z, fulfils the conditions. For instance,
so multiplied by 5, 4, 12, II, 10, and 26,
gives 800, 420, 720, ,O2O. LAO and
$50, and l added 10 any of these makes
o number that will do. There are innu-
merable millions more of them" Evil
IDENTIFY Philadelphia must try again II she
wants to enter the first class in arithmetic.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
HARD TO BELIEVE.
Jack Curry Fined Heavily for Pull
ing Joe G'atchen.

Especial TO the Tines)
hippodrome as was ever attempted in the
name of sport was that perpetrated at
Belmont Driving Park yesterday in the
alleged race for $4,000 between Joe
Patchen and John r. Gentry.
The general public-that is the dead game
sporting public-doesn't mind being buncoed
occasionally, provided it is done artisti
cally. but it will never stand for such
blacksnithing job as that pulled off
yesterday by the handlers of Patchen and
Gentry, who are just now going around
the country doing the brother act and
incidentally dividing any purse that may
be hung up by trustful racing associa-
tions.
The first two heats passed off withsut
any comment. In the third, however,
Curry's patent and shoemaker-like pulling
aroused a storm of indignation from the
spectators and the heat was declared mo
heat, and he was warned to do better next
time. Then for shame's sake he did go out
and win the fourth heat, but in the fifth
he again resorted to the strong arm, and
again no heat was declared. He was taken
out in the sixth and Dickerson put in his
place The latter performed his work all
right, and as a result Patchen won the next
Two heats and race.
The finishing touches to the shameful
job were put on this morning, when Curry,
the manager and driver of Patchen, was
fined $500 by judges. and Dickerson was
awarded 500 for his good work.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
Cruelty of Science.

II is difficult to overestimate the value
of a knowledge gained by the cutting and
tearing of live animals.
One interesting experiment is to remove
dogs stomach, and then ascertain how long
he can live without it.
We also learn from the Journal of Zoophily
that in Philadelphia there is n DR.. Watson
who experimental upon Al dogs by raising
them to a height and dropping them upon
ridges and bars of iron 10 test the effect
OF the painful bruises and the breaking of
the backs which were the result There is
also DR.. Phelps who selected a number OF
dogs, and after twisting their legs over their
backs. thus placing them in an excessively
cramped and unnatural position, sealed
them up in plaster of Paris. which prevented
their obtaining any relief
What pleasant neighbors this Whatson and
this Phelps must have been as boys! They
could probably get as much fun out of cats
and dogs then as they do now
Life is looking forward TO the day when
these adult brutes will be- treated like othex
criminals.-Life.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS.
Light Engines Explode In the Gov
ernment Building nj Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 5.-The engine used to
supply the Government bu Hiding with
electric lights expl oded at 11:10 last
night. In an instant the 300 employees at
work upon the early mails were fleeing
for the only night exit to the building.
Superintendent JaInpholis drew together
the great double doors and locked them.
The employees, terror stricken, huddled to-
gether for n moment, and then, when no
more explosions followed, they FASTENED
through the halls in total darkness and
closed the doors to the rooms where the
mails and money were located
Thomas Connors, the engineer, went on
duty at IL O'Clock He heard an unusual
humping from the engine. He looked at
the steam gauge. 1t read seventy eight
pounds. He tried TO shut off the engine,
but an unusual jar admonished him and
be fled.
Windows were broken by the explosion
and the building was felt to tremble- Every
one of the 1000 lights went out.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
Advertising Him self.

An Ohio revivalist named Jonas appears
to have gone into the business of revivlng
as a profession. His lad in the paper
declares that he has strong voice and Is
able to speak tn the largest audiences at
speaking twice day. where opportunity
is afforded. His heart is full of the work
and he is anxious to reach people with his
message of deliverance. He can preach on
Sundays as well as talk politics on week
days. He is a very efficient revivalist. He
has q wonderful faculty Of enterta lining
and holding and convincing audiences, and
can speak in the same place night after
night with continually increasing attend
ance."-Exchange.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
CLAY AS A DUELLIST.
Episodes In the Career of the Great
Kentucky Statesman.

Episodes In the Career of the Great
Kentucky Statesman.
Henry Clay was one OF The men who pro
fessed sentiments against dueling which he
did not practice. He was wounded in an en-
counter with Humphrey Marshall in 1909,
when he was a member of the Kentucky
legislature. Marshallwasalsow wounded. The
quarrel, singularly enough, was about a
resolution which Clay introduced, recon-
mendins that members of the legislature
shouldwear only clothing OF domestic pro-
duction. A later duel and more famous
one was his encounter with John Randolph,
of Virginia, Senator from that State Ran
dolph spoke of the combination supposed
to have been formed between Clay and
Adams, by which Adams was elected Presi-
dent and Clay was made Secretary OF State,
as "a union of Blifil and Black George
the blackleg and the Puritan" Randolph's
pistol went off prernaturely. 1t was reloaded
and when the signal was given to fire Clay's
bullet passed through a flannel dressing
gown which R andolph had worn TO the field.
Randolph, who had told Senator Benton
that he would not try TO kill Clay, fired
into the air. Mr.. Clay went to him i'm
mediately, saying: II trust in God, my
dear sir, that you are untouched after
what has occurred. l would not have
harmed you for the world" Clay and Ran
dolph were warm friends afterward- The
duel occurred in Virginia. at the end Of the
Chain bridge, just opposite Georgetown,
April g, 1926. Nine years later Clay said in
the Senate, when a bill to prohibit the send
ing or accepting of challenges in the Dis
trict of Columbia was under consideration,
that when public opinion is renovated and
chastened by reason, religion and humanity
the practice of dueliDg will be discon-
tinued." The bill passed the Senate by
vote of "a to 1.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
To Raise Drowned Bodies.

An inventor has patented a device for
the raising Of drowned bodies from the
beds of rivers and lakes, which has been
applied with marked success in many places
in the West during the present summer.
The old plan was to fire cannon over the
surface Of the water near where the drowned
body is supposed to lie, the conclusion
causing the body to rise. The apparatus
Of the st. Louis man utilizes from four to
eight sticks Of dynamite in a machine box
connected by fine wire to the electric bat
terry on the shore, from which is communi-
Gated the spark that fires the heavy charge
resting on the river bed.-NeW York Her
aid.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
NEW FOOTBALL RULES.
what They VIII BE and How They
win Affect the Game.

Philadelphia, Sept. 5.-John C. Bell,
speaking of the prospective changes In
football rules for this fall, said tsis morning:
II am in correspondence with DR.. Brooks
On the subject of the rules for the Pennsyl-
vania Harvard game, but we have as yet
reached no conclusion. The changes will
not materially affect the game. They will
probably consist in the necessitating of a
down or free kick from a punt when
caught, thus doing away altogether with
running from a catch and the consequent
hard tackling of the defenseless back; the
addition of a fourth official and the pro-
vision that the faculty athletic committee
Of each college must ratify the selection of
officials"
The evening times., 1895-09-05

Something new on the bicycle market is
what is called the companion. bicycle, as
shown in the accompanying cut 1t seats
two persons, being of the ordinary type
OF safety with two wheels. At a glance
the construction of the wheel would lead
to the inference that this bicycle wouiG
upset with two people: blt. on the contrary,
one person can ride it, and, on account of
its lightness and admirable outline, it is
becoming very popular
The evening times., 1895-09-05
AMONG THE wHEELMEN.

searle, the man who proposes to ride
from Chicago to New York. / ,O15 miles, in
four days and seventeen hours, reached
Cleveland last evening. three hours ahead
of schedule time. He says he will surely
perform the feat.
In the ufiie professional race at Rochester
yesterday John 8. johnson could do no bet
ter than ride third to Sanger and O'Counorr
in 2:O5 -5. II was pretty win for San
ger, who jumped in the last twenty yards
and ousted O'Connor, who was leading
johnson down the stretch. johnson could
not improve his position.
NJ. McCutcheon. a sixteen-year-old boy,
won the mile race for the $50 class at
Plainfield last night. This young man has
won three of the best races for his class
at this meeting. and it is said he is one of
the coming riders.
The New York State wheelmen begin
their meeting at Buffalo today. II wiK
last until tomorrow night. t IS expected
that 1t will be one Of the greatest successes
Of the year. All the Class A and men nf
prominence will compete besides which the
spectators will witness the descent ..f man
on bicycle from the sky.i lie will ascend
on balloon, and at the height of3 500 feet
mount his wheel; parachute is attached
and, cutting the parachute away from the
balloon, he will ride to the ,sprtA.
Arthur L. Banker, of P stts5urg, brother
Of George Banker, the professional. now
In Europe, has determined TO re,ire from
the cycle path. and the Class A "a nEs Of
Pittsburg will lose a good man. He has
only been racing for three years, but dur
Ing that time has won as many PRICES as
any Class A rider who still possesses his
amateur status.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
MARRIED WHILE THEY RODE
Bride, Groom, Preacher and Guests
Were All on Wheels.
Old Folks Opposed the Match and the
Young Folks Called Their Bikes
Into the Game.

UnadiIla, n. Y, Sept. 5.-Tbe opposi-
ton of prospective motherjn-iaw to
bicycles and bloomer costumes resulted in
a novel bicycle wedding last night.
Mrs Frank Moses has. pcrsistently OPP
posed her attractive seventeen -ycar-old
daughter Florence ever since she pur
chased her wheel and boomers, not with
standing the fact that Mr. Moses sided with
the girl. On two occasions the angry
mother strcwcd tacks on the walks Ia
puncture the tires OF her daughters wheel,
and at another time nearly ruined her
bloomer costume by Dcsrnearing the wheel
with fresh paint.
Mrs. Moses. however, regarded Jerome
snow, her daughters escort, as chiefly
inst rumental in inducing the girl to adopt
the boomers. When Mr.. Snow called Tues
day night to invite Miss Moses Ia join a
cycling party Mrs. Moses ordered him to
leave and never return.
The daughter Just then appeared, dressed
for a cycling trip, MI fastening from the
house. the young couple soon disappeared
down the road. The Two jour neyed several
miles, discussing the unpleasant incident,
when the young man suddenly exclaimed:
Lets have bicycle wedding tonight
and settle this question"
''All right" said Miss Moses. Where is
the minister"
The young couple were soon joined by
the cycling pa rty one OF whom was the Rev.
Mr.. Mead. The necessary arrangements
being completed, the clergyma n repeated the
marriage ceremony, received the respo nses
and pro nounced the couple tisband and wife
while the wheels were making ten miles an
hour.
At midnight the party Of cyclists called
a, the house OF Farmer Moses, where all past
differences We're forgiven and dismissed
The evening times., 1895-09-05
THEY 1NDoRsE BLooMERs.
Eastern Cycle Club Passes ResOlu.
tions to That Effect.

Eastern Cycle Club Passes ResOlu.
tiOns to That Effect.
A meeting of the Eastern Cycle Club was
held last evening at the clubs rooms, No.
332 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Be-
sides much important business the follow
ing rather unique resolutions were adopted:
Whereas the Eastern Cycle Club have
learned that the much discussed and agf.
tated womaD's boomers are really bene-
ficial and essential and permit more Free
dom Of ease and comfort; therefore, be It re-
solved that the Eastern Cycle Club give
its hearty SUPPORT to these aforesaid bloom
ers and do everything in its power for their
universal adoption" =
The club will take a spin to Rockville
Sunday and play the local ball nine. Hugo
PubnDz and C. Carr, trick riders, are the
latest acquisitions to the clubs membership.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
DOMINO'S OWNER KICKING
Keene Says He Will Not Run His
Horse Over One Mile.
belmont Declares He VIII Make One
Ruce "A Mile, But the Other Two
Must he Longer.

New York, Sept. 5.-Another obstacle
has fallen in the way of Il meeting between
the cracks of the running turf, Henry of
Navarro, Domino and Clifford.
1t has been generally understood that the
Keenes were quite agreeable to series of
races between these horses. and that they
were really anxious to show Mr. Belmont
and the owners of Clifford that Domino
was the best horse of the three.
Now, however, when the Navarro and
Clifford men seem to have gotten to a point
where tie controversy might be settled. the
things looked bright yesterday, to-day
the horses seem no nearer a race than
they were six months ago.
The distance proposed does Not seem
to suit the owners. Mr.. Keene yesterday
offered 10 race Domino against Henry of
Navarro at mile. Mr.. Belmont replied
that he would race his horse against
Domino at three distances-one mile one
mile and a furlong and onemile and quar-
ter-but il Mr.. Keene only wanted one
furlong or over. As for Mr. Rose, the
owner of Clifford. and Mr.. Bald win, the
owner of Rey Ell Santa Anita, they do not
seem to have word TO say, good, bad or
Indifferent. The prospects are that If there
is a race arranged there will be only two
and Henry of Navarro.
The turn matters have aken is a great
to the public generally
as well as turfmen.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
How She Knew.

Ethcl-so Arthur proposed last night?
Naude-Yes.
Ethel-And did you accept him?
Maude-I was so awfully excited don't
know whether 1 did or not. If he comes
tonight / did, and if he doesn't, didn't.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
Different.

Mrs. Brayne, of Boston-You have kin
0ergartens In New York, ] suppose? :
Mrs. Jenkiss-Certainly. But you wouldn't
mink of sending Waldo to a kindergarten?
Mrs. Brayne-I thought he might secure .
Dosition as teacher.-Life.
The evening times., 1895-09-05
As a Bicycle Agent.

who is the best bicycle agent in our
town."
II don't know but think DR.. Pellet must
be. He recommends bicycle riding to all
his patients"
The evening times., 1895-09-05
TO SUCCEED THE TANDEM.

Novel Invention by Which Two Cy-
clists May Ride Abreast.
Bicycle mannfacturers seem inclined to
Introduce some sort OF u machine that will
take the place OF the tandem wheel now in
use. The majority appear tofavor a wheel
on which two riders can ride side by side.
Several wheels of this character have been
manufactured, but they have been on the
bicycle type and not much fancied