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The Washington times., 1895-02-10

women of good social position and connec-
tions. For the timc being fortune has turned
them down. bat they with fine fortitude have
entered a field in competition with men.
Formerly The milliner business was the
only one in which opportunity was offered to
women TO earn their own living, and even
there in a small private business.
''We were among the very first dry goods
houses in the United States to give women the
entire charge OF departments of woman's
The Washington times., 1895-02-10
Kismet Councirs Entertainments.

The entertainment to be given by the Kis-
met Council, Royal Arcanum, next Wednes-
day evening at the National Rifles Armory
promises to be both interesting and amusing.
For the occasion Kismet Council has secured
the services of Mr.. Augustus F. Howell, of
Massachusetts, who has made a name as
mimic and dialect artist. Others who will
assist in the entertainment are Misses Mincke
Misses FIdeld. Miss Woodbridge, Miss Sadie
Becker, Miss Sallie Abel, and Messrs. +. G.
Martin, F. Gibbes, Wright, Becker, Gottwals,
and Mundell.
The Washington times., 1895-02-10

the girls who apply to us for situations can
not add these columns correctly,
"You can readily see that if you were making
purchases at any department in our store OF
three or four articles and they are not added
up correctly you at once criticise unfavorably
the proprietors of the store, and yet we have
been compelled to refuse to give employment
in many cases where the situation was open.
simply because the applicants could not add
and multiply correctly"
Here are the examples Of which Mr.. Wood
The Washington times., 1895-02-10
Rnglers Want New Uniforms.

The officers of the Second Regiment are
showing considerable interest in the musical
Mount Pleasant Drum and Bugle Corps at
the National Rifles Hall on March T. The
Old Guard, whose membership is limited to
veterans of the late war; has joined hands
with the drum corps boys in this affair. The
success of the entertainment which has taken
the form OF q big benefit performance to help
the youngsters to get new uniforms, is al
ready assured, and the best talent in the city
will appear in continuous performance Of
more than three hours in length.
The Washington times., 1895-02-10
WHSHINGTON'S SHLESWOMKN
Theu Hau0 Tak6n ths Place Of M6n in Many
ImpOrtant Departments.
WHERE THEY HRE NOW EMPLOYED

Clerks
Education
the They
of Merchandise
seiing-They Good Treatment
The Washington times., 1895-02-10

ohase-Tsylor Litel Case-The trial of
William Calvin Chase, who was arraigned be-
fore Judge Cole yesterday for libel against
Recorder Taylor, will probably be set for an
early day. The pe:.alty for his offense is in
the discretion of the court.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
Ncwsy Paragraphs.

Rich gold fields have been found on
Boggy creek, Ok.
Comte Paul Chandron de Brialles, head
of a well-known champagne firm, il
dead at Epernay, France.
John Brown was killed by T. Il. Bacon
during a dispute about q team of mules
near Emporia, Kan.
Jean Grenier, of Minneapolis, Mimi.
has disappeared at Montreal. He had
$1,000 in belt on his body.
Mrs. Mary Mccoy was struck by q
Burlington train at st. Joseph, Mo-, and
so badly mangled she will die.
The distinguished guests who sat around
Chauncey NJ. Depew's table the other
night should look out for trouble 'in their
midst" Chauncey himself would take
the office If all the other candidates were
incapacitated.
Freiherr Won Bergen, the German min
lister to Guatemala, has been gazetted
German minister to the republics Of Cen.
trai America.
Two vandals entered the Thaddeus gal
lery on Bond street, London, and mutt
lated a life-size portrait of Gladstone.
they escaped without difficulty.
Abbott & Katz's brewery at Brooklyn
was seized by internal revenue officers.
1t Is alleged that revenue stamps were
used second time upon beer kegs. The
brewery In valued at $6O0, 900, and before
the proprietors can regain possession they
viii have to put up bond Of $100.0
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04

DIR. ID. III. MANN. of the order. Origi-
mating in Oneida County, New York, in
1851, with a band of young men, among
whom was ex-Postmaster General James,
the movement had marvellous growth.
1t has since extended to Africa, Asia and
even Australia, where some of the best
lodges of the order now exist. At the last
international grand lodge, held in Des
Moines, there was a spirited contest for
the honor Of the grand lodge this year be-
tween Sydney and Boston. There are
now established no less than eighty-five
grand lodges, with over $4,000 subordi-
note lodges and temples, and the interna-
tional supreme lodge is composed of rep
resentatives from these bodies. The rit-
uals have been translated into sixteen
different languages, and it's strength is
shown by membership Of 246,346 adults
and 52,747 Juveniles in the United States
alone, while England, by the last reports,
has 297 ,196 adults and 1OS,7 ,744 members
of the juvenile branch, and British North
America, membership of 36039. Even
in frigid Iceland it has secured foot
hold, with over twenty lodges.
The pledge of the order is that a mem.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
RESULTS IN TWO DEATHS.
Accident on the Whaleback Christie
pher Columbus.

| Accident on the Wha1eback Christie
pher Columbus.
The result Of the accident on the whale
back steamer Christopher Columbus on a
| voyage from Milwaukee to Chicago Satur-
| day night was the death of two men, fatal
| injury to another, three seriously scalded
and seven slightly burned. The accident
was caused by the bursting of steam
pipe. 1t was the homeward run of the
whaleback in it's opening summer excur-
sion to Milwaukee. About $50 souls were
aboard. Flying flags, with music and
dancing, was the order of the evening.
The accident on the Christopher Co
lumbus, according to the engineering au-
thorities, is one of the unaccountable
things that occasionally occur in steam
plants. A cast-iron pipe eight inches in
diameter and three-quarters of an inch
thick suddenly cracked around its entire
circumference under a steam pressure Of
less than 165 pounds, after having pre-
viously stood a test pressure of 205 pounds
to the inch. The stories of the accident
being caused by straining in race with
the Virginia are denied by every officer of
the Columbus.
The circumstances, as related by the
boats officers, were as follows: The cylin-
ders of the engine were entirely new, and
it would be destructive and dangerous to
run them at high speed until the parts
wore down. Two representatives of the
engine builders were on board and con-
stantly reminded the engineers not to use
speed. Chief Engineer Webster says the
speed was ninety revolutions, whereas the
boat has made 13O minute, and steam
pressure was 160 pounds to the square
inch, while the government allows TO.
Captain Robert Smith says that he had
reckoned the speed just before the explo-
sion and it was about sixteen miles an
hour The whaleback has made twenty
one miles an hour. AS further evidence
of the fact that there was no race the
statement is made that the Virginia had
passed the whaleback and was two miles
ahead.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04

Gen. Wade Hampton, in an interview at
Portland, Ore, declared himself for sound
money.
Congressman G. A. Towne says he is
considering the calling Of a silver conven-
ton in Minnesota.
The silverite conference at Topeka,
Kan. appointed a committee to take steps
towards calling "A State convention.
Replies to a circular letter sent out to
130 Democratic editors of Ohio show that
90 favor free silver and the other 40 are
divided in their views.
Senator Quay is unable to leave his
room at a Harrisburg hotel, but is direct
ing his campaign for chairman of the
State committee from there.
At the Oklahoma silver convention w.
]. Bryan, of Nebraska, scored the Repub.
lican National League for refusing to dis
cuss silver at the Cleveland meeting.
J. w. Farris, chairman of the Laclede
(Mo.) Democratic committee, says If the
State committee refuses to summon a
monetary convention he will issue the call.
Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, who may
be the standard bearer for the Democrats
this year, has come out for free silver and
literal Interpretation of the Monroe doc
trine.
Gen. Warner, who has arrived at his
home in Marietta. o., says: There Is no
trouble about the West. Nobody but an
out-and-out silver man can carry a State
west of the Missouri next year.
A canvass of the Republican papers of
Kansas shows that ont of 100 IL are for
free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16
to /, while So stand on the money plank
of the last Republican national platform.
Senators Harris, Jones and Turpie, en-
powered by the recent free silver conven-
ton at Memphis to form a national BIZ
metallic Democratic league. have issued
call for national gathering to be held
in Washington Aug. IA.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04

effect banded together for mutual protec-
ton and cooperation in total abstinence
work. The ritual is largely made up
from Scriptural texts and has been trans
lated into eleven different languages. The
Good Templars organization was the
first of all temperance bodies to recognize
woman as fully the equal of man in the
work of the order, and there is not the
slightest doubt that it is largely due to
this that its growth was SO immediate and
has been SO constant.
One of the most interesting of all Good
Templars is DIR. Oronhyatekha, the Cana
dian Indian, who for some years was the
worlds Good Templar, and was succeeded
at the last grand lodge by Dr. Delos H..
Mann. of Brooklyn, present incumbent Of
that high Office.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
FIRE KILLS SIX MEN.
WALL COLLAPSES IN A MINNIE
APOLiS BLAZE.
Worst in Many Years-Four Blocks
in Frisco Destroyed : Valued at
$4,000, O,OOO-Flames Rage for Four
Hours, Famed by a High Wind.



Six men were killed and ten hurt Thurs
day night in the most disastrous ire which
has visited Minneapolis since the old
Tribune building conhagration, when the
five-story brick building at 240 and 242
First avenue south, in which was the Mac
Donald crockery store, was destroyed.
The fire broke out at III o'clock and burst
forth with a sudden violence which dehed
restraint. The building was full OF straw
used in packing the china and the flames
fed upon this and swelled to gigantic pro-
portions. They leaped above the walls
and rolled in waves of fire over the roof.
The entire fire department of the city was
called out and heroic measures were used
by the fremen to stay the terrible tide.
First avenue and Third street were filled
with spectators, who watched the awful
sight. Suddenly while they looked the
south wall tottered out and fell with
sudden crash. A murmur of agony went
up from the throng who had but moment
before seen a squad of firemen run into
the alley with a quantity of hose and turn
six streams Of water on the walls and into
the windows. Sixteen men were under
that wall. When they were dragged out
six were dead and others seriously In
jured.
The property loss consisted of the entire
demolition of the building occupied by Nc
Donald Brothers, dealers in crockery,
chinaware. glassware, silverware and gas
fixtures. The building was of five stories,
brick walls and wooden interior frame
work. and was well stocked. The fire
originated in the boxes and packing stored
in the rear of the building and was beyond
the power of the fire department TO con-
troll At few minutes before midnight
the walls fell. one side wall falling in
and the other falling out into the alley,
where the fremen were at work. Ihe
loss will aggregate over S26O,Ooo; insur-
ance unknown.
The first evidence of the coming disas-
ter was the discovery of smoke from the
rear portion of the building at 1O:4O
o'clock. Several alarms were turned in,
one from the engine house only few
hundred feet from the fire. For nearly
half an hour fire burned within the walls
and roof of the building. 1t broke out
first on the alley nearest Third street, at
the door near the rear.
The firemen could clearly see that the
flames were under full headway in the
back part of the building, near the ele-
yator. All this while the front was still
dark, only a slight escape of smoke from
the doors and windows betraying the
fierce conflict of the elements within. So
the great store stood for fully twenty min
utes. n vortex Of flame within and cold
and dark exterior. The fremen themselves
in their efforts to get their streams to play
upon the flames opened the building to
currents of air that changed the suppress
ed fierceness and sent its tongues through
the roof and the windows, casting lurid
light on the surrounding scene.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
HARDIN is THE WINNER.
Nominated by the Kentucky Demo-
crafts for the GOvernOrshin.

Nominated by the Kentucky Demo-
Gratis for the Governorship.
=. w. Hardin. of Mercer County, was
nominated for Governor by the Kentucky
Democratic State convention at Louis
vile Only one ballot was necessary,
Hardin receiving 466h votes, against 36S
cast for Cassius NJ. Clay, Jr., his only
serious opponent. Sixty-nine scattering
votes were cast, Gree being for Henry
Watterson and three for Gov. Buckner,
but they were entirely complimentary
and thrown by delegates who objected to
Hardin's position on the financial ques-
tion but did not care TO vote for Clay. The
financial plank adopted was somew hat
of straddle. 1t reaffirmed the Chicago
platform of 1892 and added commenda-
ton of the President and Secretary Car
Isle for their wise and statesmanlike
management of public affairs. The mi
nority report was amended by the silver
men to read simply as an Endorsement of
the Chicago platform. Congressman
Clardy declared that he would not support
ticket nominated on any other platform
than this.
Beyond adopting the platform absolute
ly nothing was done at the day session.
The disorder at all times was great, and
once or twice il seemed like there would
be fight. Both Clay and Hardin made
speeches after the result was announced.
Clay urged the party to vote for his COM
petitor, saying the State could not afford
to pass under Republican control. He
declared himself for 'sound money and
Grover Cleveland" Hardin thankfully
accepted the nomination and sat down.
X. T.. Tyler was nominated for Lieuten-
ant Governor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
SECURE STACK FENCE.

fence are cross-stacked or stacked and
capped when the stack Is made in the
winter, the stakes will be found frozen
In the ground, which generally necessi-
tates breaking or chopping them off. A
better way Of securing the corners of
such fence is to bind them by placing
a rail on each side of a corner, one end
resting on the ground close to the
fence and the other locking into the cor
ner as shown in the Illustration. BY
this means the fence is well secured to
withstand severe winds and the crowd
ing of cattle, and when moved rarely
found frozen in.--American Agricul-
turist
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
Crisis In Great Britain.

Lord Rosebery rendered his resignation
10 the queen during his recent visit to
Windsor. He advised the queen to send
for Lord Salisbury. The former tory
premier went down to Windsor and ac-
cepted the task of forming a government
In the present parliament Lord Rose
berry and Sir William Harcourt announc-
ed the resignation of the liberal ministry
in their respective houses Monday after
noon.
BY a technical ruse, almost impossible
to explain to American readers because OF
the totally different procedure in parlia-
ment as compared with the American Con-
gress, the ministry will avoid declaring
itself before the present parliament and
force dissolution and general election
within the next three weeks. If this is
successful the real purposes of the resig-
nation of the liberal ministry will be de-
feated. This was to compel the tories to
submit policy to parliament before going
to the country. Whether or not the lib
erals can checkmate this programme re-
mains to be seen. If they still have ma
jority they can possibly do SO. Certainly
the next few weeks will make an epoch in
the parliamentary history of Great Brit
ain,- since Lord Rosebery cannot now
withdraw his resignation. The Irish lead
ers are urging their liberal allies to stand
frm in demanding declaration In parlia-
ment of the tory program. The truth is,
however, that they are profoundly dis
gusted with the situation.
Rosebery's Brief Term as Premier.
Earl Rosebery was offered the Office Of
prime minister by the queen on March 3,
1894, Mr.. Gladstone having offered his
resignation on account of his failing eye
sight. Lord Rosebery had occupied the
position of foreign secretary in Mr.. Glad
stones cabinet and had been prominently
considered for ten years past as the proba-
BILE successor Of Mr.. Gladstone in the
leadership of the liberal party when the
time for the retirement of that gentleman
should come. About the only objection
urged against the appointment as premier
was that the leader of the party should
be member of the house of commons and
that the party cannot be managed from
the house of lords. Lord Rosebery, upon
assuming the premiership, took the place
of first lord of the treasury in the cabinet
and. called the Earl of Kimberley to sue
ceed himself as foreign secretary. The
leadership in the house of commons was
intrusted to Sir William Vernon Harcourt,
who retained his place in the cabinet as
chancellor of the exchequer. The retire
ment of Mr.. Gladstone was considered a
severe strain upon the government, and
many persons looked for the defeat of the
liberals and the resignation Of the cabinet
at that time.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
Destroying Potato Beetles.

1t is useless to apply Paris green to
the potato plants to kill the beetles.
One in a hundred may sometimes eat,
but their chief business is propagation.
In the attempts to destroy them with
poisons stronger and stronger prepara-
tions of Paris green are used, and as
the young foliage is very tender, it is
often quite as much injured by the
poison as it would be by the potato
larva. The potato beetles in sunny
weather are always on the upper or
sunny side of the leaf. 1t is easier to
knock them into pans containing water
with a little kerosene oil on its sur
face. This will prevent them from fly
ing away and escaping. 1t Is time to
begin using the poison when the first
crop of larva are ready to hatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
Profit in Hens.

Mr.. Samuel Ryman Is farmer who
lives a few miles from the Office Of
Farm News. He keeps chickens be-
cause lie finds them profitable. Last
year he had flock of two hundred
hens, and from these he got 2,2S5 dozens
Of eggs, for which he received over $500
IN the market at Springfield. Mr.. Ry-
man keeps mixed breeds and gives them
good care, and he keeps track of what
he receives in return for that care, and
knows that keeping good-sized flock
of poultry pays him. His hens average
s1.5O each for the year, and counting
their feed at 80 cents. the profit was 81
apiece. He feeds good, sound wheat in
the morning, ten quarts to two hundred
hens, and gives them all the milk they
want. Wheat and milk are the principal
things the hens get, and the number of
eggs they produce shows that these are
goods thiEgs for laying hens.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
10 Eradicate the Wceds.

For the complete eradication Of weeds
Professor Lyster says, in the Phila-
delphia Ledger: 'The production OF
seeds must me prevented, and II the
plant is biennial or perennial, the
root stock must be killed. The pro-
cesses by which this may be done are
comparatively simple, and in no case
are they impracticable. But, In the
case of weeds that are widely distribut-
ed, the conditions under which many
of them occur are such that the farm
Ing community regards their extermina-
tion as impossible, and we can only
hope for their reduction to comparative
harmlessness. A species newly intro
duced might doubtless be eradicated
IL taken In time. Each land
owner should be on the watch for new
plants and learn their character, If
possible, before they become estab-
lished and assert themselves as aggres-
slve weeds on his farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
Fencing Stacks,

Ideal farming does not require stacks
to be fenced to protect them from cat
tie, for it is not considered good prac-
tice as rule to pasture meadows in the
fall But it sometimes happens that it
Is most convenient to place stacks In
fields where they are obliged to be pro-
tected from stock by a temporary fence
of rails around each stack. Where this
is done, If the corners Of the temporary
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
Shallow Cultivation of Corn.

Deep cultivation simply means root
pruning the corn. The Illinois Ex-
pertinent Station has made very ex-
hausdve study of this very question,
and the conclusions are, after years Of
comparative experiment, that shallow
cultivation has never failed to give
larger yield than deep cultivation, the
difference being for five years within
a fraction of six bushels per acre. Deep
cultivation often causes a loss of twen-
ty-five per cent. in the crop. What a
difference in the corn crop of the coun-
try 1t would make IL general care was
had not to root-prune the corn!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04

body being equally divided between the
two great political parties:
For the State at large-Eli Lilly and
f. b. Martindale, Indianapolis; Hugh
Dougherty, Bluffton, and DeFoe Skinner,
Valparaiso.
First Congressional District-Philip
Fry, Evansville; James Burket, Camel
ton.
Second-T. B. Buskirk, Paoli; John
Weathers, Leavenworth.
Third-Charles l.. Jewett, New Al
band; II. G. Hobbs, Salem.
Fourth-John ii. Russo, Lawrenceburg;
Will Cumback, Greensburg.
Fifth-John w. Cravens, Bloomington; |;
j. l.. Irwin, Columbus.
Sixth-A. w. Brady, Muncie; James n.
Huston, Connersville.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04

Seventh-U. s. Jackson, Greenfield;
Charles II. Doxy, Anderson.
Eighth-T. j. Mason, Sullivan; Frank
McKeen, Terre Haute.
Ninth-Eli Marvin, Frankfort; G. G.
Shirley, Kokomo.
Tenth--M. NJ. Hathaway, Winamac; j.
G. Hadley, Logansport.
Eeventh-H. b. Smith, Hartford City;
L. Il. Goldthwaite, Marion.
Twelfth-Charles Mccullough, Fort
Wayne; s. A. Woods, Angola.
Thirteenth-James A. Arthur, Goshen;
George w. Matthews, South Bend.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
Era of the Small Farm.

The man with a small farm Is the
most Independent of the whole human
family. He produces all that his fami-
ly requires, and supplies surplus to
his neighbors in the adjoining cities
and towns. The market Is made bet
ter, says Joel Shoemaker, in the Con-
necticut Farmer, because so many
small farmers compete and vie with
each other for the honors in business.
Small farms are better cared for; the
health Of the people living upon and
around small farms is better because
of better sanitary regulations. The
facilities for schools, society and other
moral and educational advantages are
doubled by the existence of small
farms. A new era has come and Is rap
idly gaining progress in the West and
East, and that is the era Of the small
farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-04
Useless Farm Horses.

The worst thing one can do is to feed
horses for which he has no use. But
when the farmer only needs the two
horses, what kind should they be? This
depends great deal upon the soil of his
farm, says the National Stockman. If
his soil is loose and easy to farm, pair
of horses weighing from LOO to 200
is the kind he should keep, while on
the other hand, If his soil Is not easy to
farm and 1t requires big, strong,
steady team to do his plowing, this Is
the kind he should have.