The evening times., 1895-08-23
Gossip ofthe Dau.

dCJttdi COuttiCI Win u GuIIeub leJ btoli0
for few minutes on the corner of Seventh
street aud Pennsylvania avenue, and watch
the passengers transferring from one line
to another. That the mortuary list is not
daily increased by fatal accidents in that
localityis the sta uding wonder of the city.
Hairbreadth escapes are matters OF momen.
tary occurrence, and among the crowd OF
people scurrying TO and fro, hair-raisins
a nd breat til batting sights are of mOmentary
occurrence The safety tenders that are
now in use on both lines have already picked
up number of people there. and with these
appliances passengers and pedestrians seem
to have grown more careless than ever.
Certainly II one were to watch the people
at that corner for half IN hour, a brandy
cocktail would be au immediate requisite.
"We are going to continue the fight for
the orga nization of q Grand COmmandery
for the District of Columbia" said prom
inent Mason 10 Times reporter. Under
the present arrangement the District COM
ma udries, although their membership 10
numerically greater than any one OF twenty
two Grand Communicates, are deprived
OF all influence beyond their four votes In
the grand encampment. :
There are 1900 knight Templars at
the Capital of the nation hanging on to the
tail of Templarism for ornamental pur-
poses only. Local organization and local
management have q wonderful effect upon
the prosperity Of aoy society or craft"
II don't see why the Board of Trade
does not take Up and indorse the plan Of the
Fish Commission TO build q salt water
aquarium on the Potomac flats" said an
enpioye OF the Institution named. "There
is no reason at all why IL should not be
a profitable investment. Such aquariums
have been established with great success
in London, Brighton. Paris, Berlin, st.
Petersburg and lots Of other places 1t
is poor argument against 1t TO say that the
presence of so much water on the land
would have a weakening effect upon the
made soil, for it would be SO strongly walled
1t would strengthen rather than injure 1T.
II the Board or Trade would take hold Of
the matter It would not be long until we
would have on the flats the most interest
ing adornment TO the city"
Several citizens OF Northeast Washington
have reached the conclusion that while the
more important grievances OF dangerous
grade crossings and obnoxious street ex-
tensions are being agitated, some OF the
minor annoyances should be included for
good measure, as II were.
Chief OF these is the persistent and bois-
terous efforts of the hucksters and street
yende:s TO dispose of their wares whether
people desire TO purchase or not. Doorbells
are yanked every few minutes OF the day.
6nd when darkness falls the air is filled
with tie spasmodic lamentations OF those
who have something for sale. This sere-
made OF shouts and scrceches, intermingied
with more or less profanity, continues
without Interruption until midnight.
Look out for q surprise on Labor Day."
said Capt Hardwic icke, of the Government
Printing Office. NO, / shall not give it
away in advance, but the prints are GO
ing to make an attractive display, and you
want to be there to see it..
I'VE are moi idle, nor are we waiting for
somebody else 10 press the button. Half
a thousa nd or moro Of the craft WI 10 On
hand to help celebrate, and they don't
care for a little bit of trouble, and were
never known to stop at the expense fence;
we re good clltiDers.
Go way from me; shall not tell you
what our shows going TO be. Not to-day.
But you shall know all about it in few
days"
NO efforts are going to be spared to give
Washington a winning hall team next sea-
son." said Mr.. Earl Wagner in the press
box at the game yesterday afternoon Il
know that this prediction has been made SO
often that the people are beginning to get
tired of hearing it, but the whole matter
has been carefully thought over and the
patrons of the national game viii see many
changes in the Senatorial aggregation
next spring
washington, with n winning team, is
easily one of the best, if not the very best.
baseball cities in the country, and from a
financial standpoint alone, the cffO rts
which will be made to strengthen the team
will be most profitable. We are tired of
battling with the tail-enders, and next
season our motto fro:l the time play is
called in the opening game until the close
of the schedule W i'll be to push the leaders.
Look out for the Senators OF 90, for they
arc going to be winners, first, last and all
the time"
Commissioner Brnwnin yesterday re-
ceived novel letter from four Mojave
Indians who are returning to their reserva-
ton after a tour of the country with one
of the large circuses. The Indians want
to take some souvenirs home to prove to
their people that they have Travelled ex-
tensiveiy, among them photographs of
the Commissioner and Assistant Commits
sioner Smith, whom they designate as
the big" and Little" Commissioner.
The photographs have been sent them
by the officials. Their agent, in a letter
transmitting the request, stated that the
Indians had discussed the proper phrases
in which to ask for the pictures for many
days, and the result of their efforts ID
shown in the following letter:
Lafayette, Ind, Aug. 10, 1895. 9.
To the Indian Father Washington:
Mojave Indians live far away. Mabeso
you never been to Mojave country. No
Mojave never say you there. We Qonr
Mojaves) saw you in Washington and
made talk. You talked straight. Our
people live in desert and you no Come there.
They only hear agent talk about you. Mojave
people know you good man, but want TO
see your face. We write 'em letter; tell 'em
we see you and Mr.. Smith Mr.. Smith him
good man, too. We never see Hiko (white
people, who live in East, only Mr. Rouse.
All our people see his picture and all seen
him, and row they all know what photo
graph mean. Photograph all same man;
only man him live far away.
''All Mojave people. hear all about In
dian Commissioner, but no see him; no see
him picture You give lis only one picture