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The evening times., 1895-09-13
Primitive Warfare.

The Bcrbers, who were driven to the
frontiers when the Arabs came into north
ern Africa, suffer constantly from petty
wars among the tribes One method often
resorted to is TO dig a trench and divert
stream until IL reaches the walls of the
besieged habitation, where the poor ma
tive concrete is unable TO Withstand the
action, and the VIII ole house crumbles
about the heads of those living within. No
quarter Is given among the men, and all
male prisoners of an age suitable to car
rying gun are stabbed to death with the
hooked daggers that every native carries
The women, however, are seldom, II ever,
molested. and in this respect the Rerbcrs
are far above the Arabs, one OF whose
incentives to warfare is the desire of OBJ
tanning possession of the women
The evening times., 1895-09-13
GOOD NIGHT FOR THIEVES.
Lots of Small Thefts Reported by
the victims.

Lots of Small Thefts Reported by
the victims.
The following petit larceny cases were re-
ported at police headquarters to-day:
Mr.. Percy Winter, National Theater
Building, had stolen from his office yester-
day gray sack coat and vest.
Miss Madeline GARNER, of No. 6 Grant
place, reports stolen from her W hile on the
street gold open-face watch and gold
fob chain.
Mr.. Albert Reeves, of the Hotel Law
renee, left his vest hanging In the toilet
room, with $l2 In cash and a gold watch,
chain and charm. When he returned to get
them, they We're gone.
Mr.. Thomas Russells house, No. S19
Seventeenth street north vest, was en-
tered between and IL O'Clock last niaht
through the kitchen windo w. and a gold
watch, a gray coat and vest, a suit of
clothes and a pair of gold-rimmed eye
glasses stolen.
Some one stole S25 in cash from Mr.
Joseph Murphy's bedroom on Sunday morn
ing last.
A thief entered Mr John p Rice's
house, No. 9O7 Sixth street southwest,
on the night of the 11th and carried off
a suit of clothes, overcuat, shirt and gold
buttons.
Harry Peyton lost his bicycle from the
vestibule of the Department of Justice
yesterday.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
THE NEED OF ELoCUTIoN.

Bishop Simpsons 1 s-.Fl.able Power
as a Nntionai Orator.
Philadelphia Press.
The late Bishop Simpson, it is related,
preached some years ago in the Memorial
Hall, London. For half an hour he spoke
quietly, without gesticulating or uplifting
OF his voice. Then. picturing the Son Of
God bearing our sins on His own body on
the tree, he stopped, as If laden with an i'm
measurable bIrden. and, rising 10 his full
height, he seemed tC. throw it from him,
crying, How far? As far as the east is
from the west, so far hath He removed our
transgressions from u.s." The whole as
sembly, as-if moved by an Irresistible i'm
pulse, rose, remained standing for a second
or two, then sank back into their seats A
professor of elocution was there. A friend
who observed him, and knew that he had
come TO criticise, asked him when the serv-
ice was over: well, what do you think of
the bishops elocution?" "Elocution?'' said
he. THAT man doesn't want elocution; he's
got the Holy Ghost!"
The evening times., 1895-09-13
wATERMELoN STORIES.
They Are Beating Fish Yarns Out of
Sight and the End Is Not Yet.
From the boston Herald

SAk dINA tue fSIlu Is MOI eI.
From the Boston Herald.
The fish story OF Ananas is not sus-
tanning bis reputation this summer, and
the watermelon Ananias is rapidly push
ing him from his well-earned and long-held
position. Accounts of incredible melons
rush IN restless waves from the South,
while the season has brought forth a
solitary story of a wonderful catch Of
fish, and that ten-pound brook trout has
not as much as shown his nose up to date
gentleman by the name OF F. NJ. Caf-
fey, of Hayneville, L0wndes County, Ala
has come to the front as the hero OF the
champion melon novelette, 1t is stated
that he pulled a watermelon from his
patch during the session OF the Baptist
Association at Hayneyiile which tipped
the beam at seventy three pounds 1t is
said to have been cut and set before twen-
ty-eight delegates and visitors to the as
sociatiOn, and after their appetites had
been fully gratified the report is that
there was enough left for a half dozen
more melon muncbers As Mr.. Caffey's
portrait does not accompany the account
IN the local newspaper, there is every
reason to believe that he is a myth and
the story an ananiasism.
OF course, this melon will be cast into
the shade at once by melon of still
greater size, and there is a strong hkeli-
hood that the business will not stop be-
fore bundred-p pound production comes
to the front The Georgia gooseberry
that weighed fourteen and three-quarter
ounces knocks this Caffcy melon sky high
in point of daring invention
The evening times., 1895-09-13

| The main call at breakfast in the police
court cells this morning was for ''strong
coffee" and mostly from the female pris-
oners. who felt its need. The little breeze
that came in through the court windows
made life more pleasant and the judge more
| lenient.
| Lizzie Stewart headed the line for drunk
and disorderiies. Two officers claimed
acquaintance with Lizzie hut the Judge
did not recognize her.
| mister, l didn't do nothing" said
Lizzie to the Judge.
"She eats out of the refuse barrels at
the market, your honor, and uses bad Ian
guage."
Ten days." remarked his honor.
Rosa jenkins then exclaimed to his
honor that she had caught her husband,
Henry, with Annie Ennis oil Seventh
street, and this excited her so she made too
much noise and Officer Auldridge
ran her In. Henry disclaimcd all knowl-
edge of the affair.
your honor, this is one OF those unfortu-
nate cases." began the Ia wyer for the de-
tense.
wives" interrupted the court, land I'll
take her personal bonds.''
NOT UP ON MUSIC.
"Are you testifyiDg against this lady,
sah?" asked the colored la wyer in the next
case
II am,'' said the officer.
.'What did she do?''
.'Sapg vulgar songs"
''wh;.s did she sing? Annie Rooney"
"LdoD't know what song she sang"
well, how do you knowit was vulgar?''
The officer didn't exactly know, and
seemed to be weak in his statements. Ber-
tina took the stand on her account.
Me and my sister and my brother were
in de room, just talking amongst ourselves,
and de officer came into de do and pulled
me OUT
Three dollars was her fine.
The bailiff then called out about seven
names of both males and females, who all
forfeited their collateral by failing to put
In appearance.
Thomas II. UDsworth, the manager OF the
Victor Drum Corps, had Mr.. John Grady,
the father of one OF the buglers of the corps,
up for disorderly conduct.
ne boys were 10 De useU III tne parade
on Monday night, and an order had been is
sued for the boys to assemble. Afterward
the order was countermanded and Mr..
Brady's boy did not return home. This
angered Mr.. Brady, and picking up a switch,
which Mr. Unsworth described as Il branch
OF tree five feet long, Brady went to
Unsworth's house to look for his son.
Not finding him there, he raised a row
ith the manager, and the latter swore out |
five dollars
TOOK IT AS AN INSULT.
Lille Washington and Ulsena Gray were |
fighting on Twcnty-fifth street and Officer |
Joyce took them up.
Il heerd you was going with william
Slow said Ulsen ma to Lille.
Lille objected to her name being con-
pugilistic manner.
Five dollars fine was imposed.
A white man, who has just come out of
he workhouse for ten. days, was drunk
again last night and his father had him
arrested.
Judge, IL you'll just pardon ME this
imc, I'll go over to Squire Mills and swear
IT." said George Stewart, trembling from
lead to foot.
You're I'm no condition to swear off,
Tou'll take drink as soon as you get out
Il here" =.
''Deed, l won't, your honor"
Thirty days, and il / ever see you here
gain, I'll make 1t three MONTHS
The evening times., 1895-09-13
Boys

NEW SUIT OF course
they do. What boy could
spend three months at the
seashore or mountains and
not wear out his clothes.
The new ones are ready.
A beautiful line it is, too.
Styles, colors, patterns, and
fabrics enough to please all
tastes. Prices, too, are
very tempting. Suits at
So. so, So. IS, 81. so, SIS, s6,
$50, and up; and such
values-from 81. so to $500
more than these ever before
commanded.
School Shoes, Hats, and
Furnishings, too, are ready.
Just as big assortment and
as big values.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
The Rooster vane Irreverent.

Justice of the Peace Cook is being troub-
led these days over suit brought by G. A.
Shuster, as assignee, against the trustees
of the Centenary Methodist Church. The
suit involves the payment of the architect,
W. W. Polk, for his services on the new
church. 1t has been brought out that one
cause of disagreement between Polk and
the trustees was the placing Of the golden
rooster atop OF the church's steeple. Polk
explained that this represented the cock
that crowcd thrice ere Apostle Peter de-
MED Christ, but the trustees regarded this
explanation as irreverent, and the vane
had to come down.-San Francisco Bulle
tin
The evening times., 1895-09-13
REMAINS ONLY A PROMISE
No Indications Yet Given That the
Trolley Will Come Down.
Company Gives No Sign of Keeping
Its Pledge and President New
bold Is Out Of Town.

Only nine days of grace remain for the
trolley company to remove it's poles along
New York avenue.
There are no indications of any prepara
tion on the part of the company to COM
ply with the laws demand
President Newbold is out of the city,
having, it was stated at the company's
offices, gone to Baltimore
A great many people are beginning to
believe the trolley trusts promise is like
pie crust, and there is at the present time
considerable doubt felt as to the inten-
tion OF the lexington company to remove
its poles.
Attorney for the District Thomas thinks
the only thing 10 do is to wait and See
how the company will carry out its
promises, as all the petitions pro and con
30 far as the removal OF the poles is con-
cerned have. been filed
There was report to-day that a peti-
ton for the retention Of the poles was
again in circulation, but it could not be
verified
1t is pretty well understood that 1t will
take vigorous work tn remove the poles
in ten days. hut the company has said
it can do 1t in that time, and for the pres
ent that goes.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
Opening of the Merchant Tailors
Misftt CIot hing Parlors,

The opening of the Merchant Tailors' Mis-
fit Clothing Parlors at No. 407 Seventh
street northwest, tomorrow, Saturday,
will be one of the commercial events of the
opening fall season.
The beautifully furnished parlors are
fitted up in light quarter-oak in sumptnous
style. Deep sinking plush carpets cover
the varnished floor. Noble cheval mirrors
of great size add to the general charm of
the place.
Nothing in the way of such luxurious ap-
pointments and fittings has been seen here
in the clothing line, and 1t is evident to the
most casual observer that money has been
spent in lavish manner to produce unique
tout ensemble.
The window arrangement is model one
and win attract much attention. A system
OF electric lights has been arranged in this
window OF remarkable and dazzling beauty.
Altogether the Merchant Tailors' Clothing
Parlors are gems Of elegance and recherche
taste.
At the opening Messrs. Kempner &
Greenberg, the proprietors, will show a
very complete line of custom tailormade
garments, many Of them by the leading
clothing artists in this country. These
garments have been selected by their agents
all over the country and are msrvels OF
cheapness.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
CHINESE MINISTER THERE.
Many Prominent People at st. Paul's
Big Lawn Fete

Many Prominent People at st. Paul's
Big Lawn Fete.
BY far the largest crowd of the week was
In attendance at st. PauIs lawn fete last
night.
The Holy Name Drum Corps, of North
east Washington, visited the fete during
the early part of the evening and played
several patriotic airs.
Arrangements have been perfected for
cake walk tonight by well known local
talent.
Among those present last night were the
Chinese minister and eight attaches of
the legation, Rev. Father Griffith, of St.
Augustus; Father Maynidier, chaplain of
Providence Hospital; Rev DR.. Garrigan, of
the Catholic University; Major Jno For
gerty, Capt Lynch and wife, Father
Reynolds, of st. Mathews: DR.. Faust and
Brother Fabrician, of st. Johns Collegiate
Institute; DR.. Pope, Dr. Koch, and others.
Father Macken was able to GO about the
grounds last night. II was his first ap-
pearance since his injury last week, and
though he had to use a cane, and still
limps, 1t is hoped he will be all right in a
few days.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
HART PAID FOR HIS JOKE.
He Was Fined Ten Dollars for Keep
ing Miss Sweets Rings.

He Was Fined Ten Dollars for Keep
ing Miss Sweets Rings.
George F. Hart, who was arrested yes
terday by Detective Callaber and Officer
Brown on a warrant sworn out by Miss
Susie Sweet. of No. 1888 Seventh street
northeast, for stealing two rings, was in
the police court to-day.
Miss Sweet, very good-looking young
lady. took the stand and explained that
Hart took the rings from her ON August
16 against her will and kept them until
arrested yesterday She had repeatedly
called upon him and written TO him to re
turn her rings, but Hart made all man.
ner of excuses and delays.
Hart told his side OF the story in a nervous,
undecided way. 1t was all in jest, and
he had no intention of stealing or keep
ing the rings. But the Judge thought his
actions very peculiar and fined him $40.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
Items OF Interest .

There are sixty-four counties in Texas
without newspapers.
The largest pear raised in Missouri this
season weighed twenty-one ounces.
Part of the missouri on Wheels exhibit
will consist OF tobacco leaves seven feet
long.
There is talk of the restoration on the Mis-
souri, Pacific Of the wages Of two years ago.
The guns captured by the French from the
HOvas at Mevatanana were presented by
the French government to Madagascar in
1892.
More mountain climbers have been seri
ously or fatally injured in the Alps this
season than ever before in an equal length
Of time.
It ts now claimed that the Connecticut
pool law u thoroughly enforced an0 that
there ia not q poolroom doing business in
the State.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
CROSSING PROSECUTIONS.

Mr. Richardson Says They WIN Fol-
low All Violations.
Assistant District Attorney Richardson
stated :his morning that since the agita-
tion of the railway crossing question he has
been officially notified that the Baltimore
& Potomac Railroad has placed all-night
watchmen at their crossings at street in
tersections in South Washington.
I'm this case,r said Mr.. Richardson, 81
will refrain from using informations against
the railway company, but have notified
Lieut.. Vernon, of the Fourth precinct, re-
quesiing him to order his officers to keep
a lookout along the railroad and report to
me any violation of the law by the company.
Upon any such Information 1 will prose-
cute the railway company to the fullest ex
tent"
The evening times., 1895-09-13
The Cake of Our ChiIdhood.

1t must be a common experience with us
all to look back with something of wonder,
even Of humiliation, to the things in litera-
ture or art we once thought exquisite and
OF highest worth. The oratory we once
eat under, the music we once sung or
played, the engravings we used to buy and
hang on our W alls when we were Island in
fallible-how poor and cheap they often
scem, after a quarter of century or SO,
during which we have read more, thought
more, used our eyes more, and drunk
deeper OF the '.stiIl, sad music of human
y."-Macmillans Magazine.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
CAKE WALKING ELEVATED.

Society Devoted to Its Furtherance
Only Incorporated.
Cake walks in Washington will in the
future be conducted on strictly business
principles.
An organization has been formed looking
to that end and this morning the assOcia-
ton took out articles of incorporat tion
under the title OF THE Original Southern
Classical Cake Walking Club, No. 1, VI
Washington, City, Dristict of Columbia"
1t is believed to be the first Incorporated
society of its kind in the country. Its
purposes is defined to be Ito give exercises
and Improvements Of graceful walking and
upholding and improving the morals be-
side being inibued with mutually bene-
ficial attributes"
The evening times., 1895-09-13
Emergency DIRECTORS Meet.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
executive committee of the Emergency
Hospital, will be held this afternoon at the
committee-ronm in the hospital. Business
entirely of a routine character will be
transacted. Mr.. Rrainard H. Warner is
the chairman OF the committee, Mr.. Fendall
Webb, secretary, and j. B. Wight, treas
urer. The attendance of members of the
committee will not be large, owing to
absence of so many of them from the city.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
HAMILTON F1sH's GRANDSON.

He Is Appointed a Cadet at West
Point by the President.
The President has appointed as cadet
at large at West Point, Julian Arnold
Benjamin, of Garrisons, N. Y, grandson OF
the late Hamilton Fish, and SON of the late
Col Samuel n. Benjamin, ofthe Army, who
was thrice wounded during the civil war
and died while in active service.
The appointment is made 10 fill a vacancy
caused by the resignation on account OF
physical disa bill ~ II George B. Dandy, jr.,
son of Gen. Dandy.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
Sin of Eating

There is sin of eating as Of drinking.
The difference is one Of both degree and
effect, it is true, yet glutton is sinner.
Dumas claims that Ewes sin was an inor-
dinate love OF eating. It cannot be denied
that the foundation Of much disease is
laid In Incorporate esting, which not only;
brings train OF evils on tue gourmand,
but occasions inconveni ence and addii-
ttonal burdens on those who must provide
satisfaction for IN everlasting appetite
whose owner is invariably growier.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.

Sidney r. Riggin Appointed for the
Eastern Maryland District.
The President has appointed Sidney R.
Riggin 10 be collector of customs for the
Eastern district OF Maryland
He has also signed the commissions of
Harry E. Biscoe and John Irwin, Jr, as as
sistant paymasters in the Navy, with the
relative rank of ensign, and the commits
sions Of Disbrow Budd as postmaster at
Rye, N. T., and Orlando s. Parmalee az
postmaster at Tekamah, Neb
The evening times., 1895-09-13
Expensive BAN Phvinp.

William Birney, who assisted the home
team In catching fly balls yesterday,
made a mistake in catching his over the
fence and running away with it. Officer
Wnlingham told him to throw it back over
the fence, hut Willie didn't. The catch
cost his father So in the police court to-day
The evening times., 1895-09-13
kerby stin Lansui.l,e..

Charles w. Fits, the lawyer who has
been defending ex-Consul Kerby, has not
~ yet succeeded in getting the 500 bond
Judge Kimbail required ~ kerby's good
behavior,
The evening times., 1895-09-13
School Contract Awarded.

The contract for the construction |of
Greenleaf school building was awarded to-
day to G. n. Monroe, his bid being the
lowest. The site ID 0n Four-and-a-balf
street southwest, bstween n and N streets.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
SEVEN FAILED TO sHaeHH q!
Their Collateral Went to Swell
the Police Court Fund.
1RATE FATHERS TROUBLE

He Started to Chastfse His Bu9le
Playing Son and Landed in the
observation-disclosures of Songs De
cided by His HOnor-Daily Grist of
Minor Offenders Disposed Of.
The evening times., 1895-09-13
biggest flIDRE OF ILL'
Fishing at Great ilIs Is Of No
Eartht Use.
MUCH MONEYS SPENT THERE

Seventy-four Thousand Dollars Al
ready Squandered, and 1t Is Doubt
fni whether Moree VIII Ever Be
Used-Intention Was to Revive q
Business Killed by the Dams.
The evening times., 1895-09-13

The Morning Times Ii the Great
srnlnx newspaper OF Washington,
The evening times., 1895-09-13

The Morning Times Ia the Great
morning newspaper of Washington.
The evening times., 1895-09-13

The Morning Times In the Great
morning newspaper OF Washington.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-18
IN THE YEAR 100000.
The Last Man Earth VIII 30 Smaller
Than IL Fly.

The Last Man on Earth VIII Be Smaller
Than IL Fly.
The surface of the earth is slowly but
surely diminishing, says the scientists.
All the landed portion will be sub
merged and the last man will be
drowned.
The ice is gradually accommodating at
the north pole and slowly melting away
at the south. Eventually the carth's
center of gravity will suddenly change,
and the last man will be crushed by the
rush of movables that will quickly
glide over it's surface.
There is retarding medium in space
causing gradual loss in velocity in all
of the planets. The earth. when her
revolutions finally cease, will be drawn
nearer and nearer to the sun until the
last man will be literally roasted off the
face of the earth.
Beginning with the year 5000 A. d.
humanity will commence to retrograde,
and by the end of the year 1000, 900 man
will be no larger and have no more in
telligencc than a plant louise. In that
event there will be no ''last man." re-
marks the st. Louis Republic.
The suns fires will gradually burn
out and the temperature cool; in conse-
quence the earth's glacial zones will
enlarge, driving shivering humanity
toward the equator. At last the habi t.
able space will lessen to nothing and
overcrowded humanity will be frozen
in n heap.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-18
woMEn To.llr,a ln IRON. .

Nov. Departare II - tFlstSbD reh skdkllnE
h F; 81 yMnL ~
Six sturdy women in this city are cut
ting out line of work for the sex that
may have interesting effects ON the
wage-earninP opportunities for men,
says n Pittsburgh correspondent of the
New York Press. Up to this time when
women hive boldly entered fields hith-
erto monopolized by men those lines
OF work have been chosen that called
for comparatively little physical effort.
Or, to put it in another way, the ambi-
tionS of the new woman are intellectual
rather than physical. In the iron mills
here Intelligent women are doing work
which heretofore has been done by
men or strong, growing young fellows
-"boys" they are called,
These six women are employed by
the Monongahcla Tin-Plate company to
manipulate the heavy iron sheets be-
fore the metal is trimmed.
Mrs. Hattie Williams was the first
woman to make the experiment She is
the wife of Woodworking Welshman.
a tinmalier by trade. She knew some
thing of the work before she began,
for she had seen women working in the
mills and mines in Wales. Her exam
pie was soon followed by FIVE other
women.
The labor at which these women
spend their time is termed Opening"
and the operatives are known as
openers" The duties consist in scpa-
arating the sheets of thin, rolled iron,
after they leave the rolls, and preparing
them for the process of thinning or being
soaked in molten tin. In rolling out
the iron sheets from which the tin
plate is made, the block plate. after
being given one pass through the
heavy rolls, is doubled and again sent
through, when it is once aCain doubled,
this being continued Until, when the
plate Is finished, il Is made up of eight
sheets. These sheets, after being
shearcd and then gradually cooled are
separated or opened" The work is
accomplished by blows from a hammer
on an iron instrument. shaped like a
chisel. Once this is done the plates 70
to the Timing department..
This is the only known instance
where women have worked right in
among the heavy machinery of the
sheet mills. To the women thcrnsalvaG
the labor is not disagreeable. Mrs.
Williams declares that she prefers the
work to Scrubbing. 1t is not nearly so
hard, she says. and. while it may seem.
rough, it really is not, except on the
hands. In hnndling the tn tin the
fingers arc often cat or torn by sharp
points or ragged edges.