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The Washington times., 1895-04-08
Concerning Railway Postal Clerks.

Editor Times: Your editorial of Fri
day headed Injustice to postal clerks
[ doubt not was meant as plea for the
benefit of the clerks named. If you
Will allow me small space in your
columns, I would like to correct an error
into which you have fallen. The
Postmaster General OF the Department
should be treated Justly. You say
POSTMASTER General Wilson could in no
more graceful way signalize his advent
as CHIEF of the PoStOffice Department
than by performing a simple act of fair
ness and justice. He ought to direct at
once the general superintendent of the
railway mail service to resCiRd the order
issued presumably at the instance of Mr..
BiSsell-whieh called in ell passes of rail-
. way postal clerks living on the line of their
respective routes. First, the order was
issued requiring clerks to live at either
terminus of their routes"
This is, not so. The order called in
passes of railway postal clerks living
off the line of their respective routes.
As an instance, a clerk running from
Washington TO New York has a photo
graphic commission between these two
points. Now, the department does not
object to him living anywhere along the line
of his route. viz: Baltimore, Wilmington,
Chester, Philadelphia, Trento n, Eliza
beth, Newark, Jersey City, or New York
or in fact any other place on the line,
but the objection is TO the clerk running
between these two points living, We
may say, at HageTstown or York, Pa,
or Reading, or Mllville, n. j., or Easton,
Pa, or Newburg, N. Y, any one of
these places ranging from fifty to seventy
five miles-from the line of his route You
viii see that it is not ordered that they
shall live at the terminus of the route,
but anywhere onthe line between the points
of their run.
/ do not care to enter into discussion
as to the merits or dement's of this
moving order, as that has been settled,
but / hope you Will publish this expla-
nation in justice TO the department and
to the railway postal clerks, and l would
add the greatest drawback the postal
clerk has to Contend with is, so little
is known of his work on the cars by the
press Or publ ic. The general I'M
preston prevails that the postoffices do the
work of asserting the mails and the
clerks on the train look after the pouches
and put them off at connecting points.
1 hope you may sometime publish the
details of the wcrk ON a railway postal
car and L am sure you could not find any
subject that would interest the public
more. Very truly yours,
w B. STEWA RT
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
English TruffIe Dogs.

Truffle dogs are very jealous workers.
II one were to make himself too offIciOUs,
hiscompanion would fall on and worry him.
All the truffies. do not grow under ground,
and in such a case the first few are gathered
by the dogs from the surface Occasionally
the man able to pickup oneor two himself,
They are not quiteready yforta king, however
No animal seems to be attracted by truffles
only half-grown aud MINIATURES, the scent
comes only when they are ripe a copse
may be hunted one day till apparently every
trufne has been collected, and yet after
a rtintervai viii probably yield as many
Is before Until they are mature the dogs
cannot find them.
Just as in the case with mushrooms, this
stage may be reached at any size. Triffles
have been obtained two pounds in weight,
and half that size is common: but the dogs
sometimes make as much fuss over one that
has Tipened at the size OF a pea as Is created
by the greatest monster. II often happens
also that time IS was ed owing to the fasCi-
nation exercised over dogs by trgffIe spawn.
1t appears to smell like ripe trufnes, for they.
scratch and whine over il. and VIII not be
satisfiedeyen wkentheiFmasterope sthesou
and lays bare the grayish- " flite mildevsed-
looking earth.
Every time a truffle is found the dogs
stop and look at the pocket wheTeT the bread
is, in a begging attitude, and do not begin
to hunt again until after the repay"
Food is GOled oEtin the tiniest naOTsels, ard
yet before the day is over, though they still
mechanically ask for the reward, they cease
to Oeatit. Theyaret the InosttirelessCreatures
imaginable. The assiduiVy OF one in par
ticular is extraordinary. I have seen Eer
work from dawn until dark, collecting IN
that time nearly eight pounds OF trHffles,
and yetvittl ms much hFiSkness and apparent
enjoyment for the last as for the first. she
ha the brains OF "a whole litter IN her, says
theowner, ,graveIy- HerHfot heThad only one
puppy at her birth. and he sincerely
believes that the talents which might have
been divided between five OF SIX were
concentrated in One.-Is0ngmaR's Mega
zine
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
;, MOSES soRs. soR
r and IIth Streets.
Storage Warehouses, 2sdst nearM
JURISDICTION OF JUSTICE.
Regulations and Listsof Fees in prepara-
tinn by a Judicial Committee.

Regulations and Listof Fees in prepara-
tinn by a Judicial Committee.
The new code of regulations and the list
OF fees for Justices courts will probably be
made public this week. They are to be.
issued in compliance with thelasv passed by
the last Congress, raising the limit of the
amount involved in suits before magistrates
from $3O0 TO $500, and giving magistrates
exclusive Jurisdiction up to $i00, togethe3
withthe righttoissue attachments.
Judge Cole and Judge Bradley were ap-
in the matter for su bnaission TO the oourtdn
general term On account OF Mrs. Brad
ley's Illness the work of preparation has
fallen almost exclusively upon Judge Cole.
He had the work nearly completed Satur-
day night and VIII confer with Judge Brad
ley this week TO agree upon to a final draft.
When this is done their reportswil Ill be sab-
mitted 10 a meeting in general term at which
all the justices OF the District Supreme
Court VIII be present. Upon the approval
atthis session the rHles will become effective
and WAX at once be issued TO slI justices.
The popularity Of the new Ia W is shown
blythe numerous suits already brought
under it even before the new regulations
have beenmade. Business men OF all classes
but especially. houses that do business
on the instalnlenU plan have been Tesorting
TO the justices courts as cheaper and
more prompt.
Many suits ranging from S1oo to $500
have been brought and not few attach
mentS have been issued. The cost is from
tenth to a half OF the costs before the Dis
trict supreme court, and instead of waiting
a year or two for the matter 10 come to
trial, tits usually posi- TO reach a decision
ina daE7oT two at most.
Some confusion and dispute has arisen
because the new rules have not been
ready. soon enough to meet the popular
demaHd. Some attorneys bold that no
attachment nor writ of repleyin can be is
sued from q magistrates office until the
supreme justices have fixed the fees. and
several OF the older justices have observed
much caution in issuing these papers. as
wcl as taking jurisdiction beyond their
old lin1it. One or two OF them have pro-
ceeded with cases brought before them.
but have refused To name q fee, leaving it
to the Judgment of the suit0r
One effect Of the change Will be to lessen
the number OF suits at law filed in the
District Sgprene Court, nut the increase
in the number OF appeals viii partly offset
this.
The law is not entirely satisfactory,
and il has been suggested by friends and
oppons8tS alike that several amendments
should be made by the next Congress.
One OF these will be 10 extend the grounds
for issue of attachments 10 all Of the four
now used in District Supreme Court cases
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
DID NOT LIKE PERFUhE.

Nor Did the Lady Care for the Post.
Mortem Smell OF His Cigar.
1t was at lecture; the room was hot and
crowded, and Mrs. BIttersweet noticed that
her husband was suffering under a sense of
injury.
What is it. dear?" she whispered, under
cover of one of the speakers rounded
periods.
Mr.. Bittersweet's shifts became more au-
dible. Its the abominable odor OF per-
fumery in the Toom,'' he puffed. I'm al
most asphyxiated by it. Why, I can count
fourteen distinct scents every time the.wo-
men about US applaud"
'0h, well, try not TO notice it, :" whispered
his wife, with that cheerfulDess always dis
played by the friends OF the sufferer in such
cases. do listen 10 the lecture; it is Just
splendid"
''HumphI I suppose you like the odor;
women always do like whatever costs
money. Do You happen to know how much
is spent annually on peTfumeFy in America
alone?"
mo, dear, don't What is it?''
Um-wel. don't remember the exact
figures just now, but 1 assure you it is
something enormous. For my part 1 think
that the carrying OF perfumes into public
places should be prohibited by law and the
amount of money which would otherwise
have been wasted upon them might then go
toward endOwing an asylum for those idiots
who don't know that others have rights in
public"
"Sh-shi You are disturbing people. The
Iady in the violet bonnet is looking daggetS.
at you.''
''Humphl The one whose handkerchief
is poisoned with patchOBli7 Idon't care II
she isn't pleased. Say, 1 think 1 viii step
out for a cigar"
Do" said his wife with q smile, II
thought something BESIDE the perfume was
troubling you
he came back before long with a smiling
face. and settled himself cOntentedIy in his
place. As he did SC the lady IN tie violet
bonnet, who sat next 10 him. began to wave
her handkerchief before her face.
Isn't il awfUl?' she whispered to her
companion, wherever one gees it is Just
the same-sOme horrid man poisonS the air
with the odor of stale tobacco; positively I
could not endure it II hadn't some strong
perfume about me as an antidOte. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1895-04-08

Havana; April 7.-There is keen antici-
patton now among The Cubans and will be
for some days to come Gen. Martinez
Campos, with Il couple of millions of dollars
in cash, a lot of troops, and large per-
sonal prestige, is now on the ocean, and
bending sail hither
Great will be the day and large the oc-
casion when Campos again sets foot ON
Cuban soil to put down another rebellion.
The people here are expecting him, and
anticipate with anxious interest his coming.
To an onlooker, however, the interest
among unofficial people seems to rise
more from anticipation OF the pageant and
the CHATTER of bright metal than from any
conseioacBessthatCa Campos is needed here.
STATE MILITARY POMP.
Havana, always accustomed TO military,
vividly impressedby the landing.
of the troops from Spain.
The repression of Havana papers results
in ignorance of details, ifnot of facts, from
the Eastern. districts, and so, while the
people Hook on and are interested in theshow
before them, they feel they have no per-
sonal part in the matter, and are, indeed,
quite content to leave all fatigue OF activity
TO those who must act.
Meanwhile, dnring the week there viii be
lesser diversion furnished by the arrival
about 2,000 more Spanish troops.
AT any moment now the steamers San
Ignacio de Loyola, from Cadiz, with 1, ,145
men, and the Cindad de Santander, from
Coruna, with $40 men, may enter the
harbor.
WHERE is MACEO?
The Spanish cruiser Sanchez BarcaeZ-
tequi entered the haFbor here yesterday and
left to-day. She is hoyering along the
coast.
Utmost vigilance is exercised by the gov
emmeut TO prevent the landing in Cuba of
the rebel leaders who are in other parts.
The government especially and definitely
desires to intercept Maoeo, whom the Of
fscials profess to believe has not affected
a landing on Cuban soil There is private
information in this city, however, that
Aaceo is now on the island, and that the
other leaders Will come later.
This Cuban negro Maceo-veteran of the
last rebellion-is- said to be an able man. a
shrewd tactic!an in the chapparal, and in
dubitable brave. He is TO the official house
here the bogy man of the insurrection.
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
WORKED like MAGIC.

Mr.. ]. B. Cation. resident OF Congress
Heights. says:
For the past three years have been
great sufferer from nervous debility. Ny
entire nervous system was unstrung; / felt
blue. miserable, wretched, and nissan
thropic most OF the time. andwas disgusted
with life My memory was rapidly failing
and L felt constantly tired ana langHid; /
would. frequently wake up in the morning
feeling more fatigued than when | went TO
bed. 1 tried doctors and patent medicines
over and over again, but all failed to give.
me relief. / had about reached the con-
clusion that mime was a hopeless and
incurable case, when / was induced by a
friend to make one more trial and placed
myself under the care of DR.. Walker. His
treatment worked like magic Ny troubles
ceased. my nerves became steady, my brain
clear, and life once more looked bright 10
me. i have talked with dozens of Dr.
Walkers patients, and all are loud in their
praise have been employed for the past
year at the st. Elizabeth Insane Asylum.
at Anacostia, and reside with my family at
Congress Heights
tsigned) J. B. CATION"
sworn to before me this 21St day of No
yember. A. d., 1894
tSeal) HENRY STEWART. JR.,
Notary Public
1t must be admitted that Dr.. Walker has
q record of cures such as has never been
achieved by any rplTysicianin the treat
ment OF ofalldisordersOftheb brainand nervous.
system, diseases of the skin and b!ood
catarrh. asthma, consumption, dyspepsia,
malaria, rheumatism, neuralgia, hemor-
rhoids. diseases of w omen, and all affections
of the lungs. throat, heart, liver, stomach,
kidneys, bladder, bowels, and other organs.
Men suffering from nervous debility or
loss of capacity rs result Of overworis,
mental worry. past follies and excesses, are
quickly restored to sound vigorous man
hood by DR.. Walkers treatment
DR.. walker may be consulted free of
charge, personally or by letter. His well
known sanitarium, at 1411 Pennsylvania
avenue, adjoining Wizards Hotel, is
open daily for consultation or treatment
Office hours, 10 a. m. to p. m; Wednes-
day and Saturday evenings, to 8; Sun
days. 10 to 12-
Charges for treatment very low
ALI interviews and correspondence ss-
credly confidential. No cases made pub
lie without CONSENT of patients.
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
HORSE UP A TREE.
II Jumped Right Into the Branches and
Kicked Itself ont Again.

II Jumped Right Into the Branches and
Kicked Itself out Again.
A horse up a tree an unusual spectacle,
but suchwasseen yeste nday afternoon about
o'clock, near the NJ street bridge.
A small mare, attached TO a light car
riage and owned by Mr.. Taibert Smith,
OF Eleventh street northeast, was left
standing near the cuTbstone on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. between TTTenty-fifth and
wenty-sixths streets northTyes while Mr
Smith went iIito friends house. Sew
eral small colored boys were engaged in
catching a baseball when the latter struck
the horse foTcibly on the flank
The animal gave a leap, and breaking
through. his harness. left the vehicle with one
wheel affixed in tree box, and dashing
up the inclineat that spot, into an alley,
ended up at the Nj street end of the alley.
Here the alleys stops and a steep, pre-
cipitOus hill falls to the pavement below.
The animal cleared the cliff with q leap
and loi The next moment il was dangling
among the limbs Of a tree. The fore legs
of the equine acrobat passed over stout
limb, and for several minutes ii remained
supported in mid air. By dint of vigorous
kicking the horse finally disengaged itself
and dropped 70 the earth, twelve feet be-
low, uninjured, and was again hitched to
the carriage. after hasty repairs in the
broken straps had been made.
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
BOTH MEN WOUNDEDl ALIKE
Thomas. Warren and William Tyser
Murderously Assaulted.
Each Was. Struck on the Left, Side Of the,
Head Above the Ear-Po-
lice Are MYstfed.

Two young men, actually covered with
ugly cash on the left side of his head,
staggered into No. 8 pol ice station
shortly after 1890 o'clock yesterday
morning, and informed Sergt Mont
gomery and Station Keeper Cook that.
they had been assaulted on Florida ave-
nue., near Ninth street northwest, and
nearly Killed by two negroes. The men
were. Thomas Warren, of No. 20o9
Ninth street no rthwest, and william
Tyser, of No. 937 Florida avenue.
The serious nature of their wounds was
at once apparent, and they were taken
in the Eighth precinct patrol wagon to
Freedmen's Hospital, where Dr.. Mitchell
attended to their injuries. warren,s
condition was by far the most serious,
and while delirious from pain, it required
theunited dstreugthuf Policeman BrefnerInan
and three physicians to hold him on the
operating table. The scalp was cut
clear into the scull, and two arteries Were
severed Tyser's wound, while it also
penetrated to the bone, was not as long
as Warrens.
The two men had been in a. gIunchroom
on Seventh street, near u, and shortly
after 12 they started up Florida avenue
for their homes young man by the
name of William G. Lyons was with
them. They were going quietly along
when, Tysersays, he and Warren were struck
from behind with two half bricks.
Warren was completely dazed, although
he did not fall, but TySer, after staggering
forward aboutthirty feet, recovered himself,
and, turning Tound to pick up his hat, saw
two negroes running down Florida avenue
toward Seventh street. Lyons, who had
followed Tyser when he staggered forward,
selves, and pick up their hats, went home,
ana the two men went 10 the station-h house
and from there Were taken to the hospital.
Warren was sent home from the hospital
yesterday about l O'Clock. The intense pain
from tire wound rendered him Utmost in
sane at times. but al a late hour last night
he was resting somewhat easier. Tyser
was sent home about clock, and is im-
proving steadily.
Both of the men declare that they have
never had any quarrel or trouble of any kind
with the negroes in the neighborhood, and
can imagine no possible reason for the
assault. They are both quiet young men
of good habits. Warren ismarried and has
three children, and Tyser lives with his
parents.
The police are as much mystified by the
affair as the two men, and so far have no
ciew TO the identity ofthe assailants. They
think that the blows were given with an
iron instrument of some kind, instead of
briek-bats, and that they were intended
to kill. Both the men were struck in almost
exactly. the same place, on the left side of
the head, a short distance above the ear.
The Washington times., 1895-04-08

a game of baseball will be played this
afternoon on Georgetown, University
campus between the Georgetown and Rat
gers College teams. The latter team
has been putting up a strong game on its
southern trip, and the contest with the
locals will, no doubt, be an interesting
one Game will begin at 4o'cloek
The last set of bowling games in the
friendly series between Y. NJ. C. G. and
the w. A. c., and which decided the series
in favor OF the former, on Friday evening,
was not played on their alleys, as stated,
but on those OF the Washington Athletic
Club.
{ The closing set OF the second series
in the @. a. G. bowling tournament VIII
be played tonight by the Infant Glass
consisting of Tom Wilkinson, w. r. King,
@. w. Schneider, and L. s. Wells.
The Georgetown University baseball
team has several excellent attraetio Ms
+ to present ON its grounds during the next
ten days. The games scheduled. in
+ addition to the one with Rutgers College
]. to-day, are as follows: On wednesday,
Swith Lefiigfi College; Thursday, with,
Yale; Saturday and Monday, with the
Washington league team: and Tuesday and
"Wednesday, 18th and 18th instant, with
Princeton College. The local team, in
its present strong shape, should win at
least four games out of the lot.
Columbian College viii play a game this
afternoon at Capital Park First and G.
streets, with the Murray HiIl's of New
York Rlay begins at 4p. n.
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
Paint and powder Leritimate.

''I hold,'' remarked Euphemia, as she
waved her hair and diseoursed before the
mirror, that. the sooner people make up
their minds to accept paint and powder and
pencils as a legitimate part OF woman's
toilet the better it will be-
There was groan from Euphemia's
audience
It believe it. declared that young per-
son, vigorously. Because eyen-eighthS
of the women one knows. have perfectly
straight hair doesn't make curling a CEm-
inaI Offense, doeSit2 Wen, j think the time
will cOme-and hope il VIII come soon
when powder on the OyeE-red girls face
and rouge on the cheeks Of the celOriesS
one will no more be wondered at or CON
sidered disgusting than curls on the brow
of the naturally straight haired GanSel.
You know very well that paint is pIettler
than sallOwneSS. and pearl powder pre-
ferable to unevenly distributed redness-
It's only the idea that's Objectionable
And the ideas a mere pIejudice-super-
stition-or whatever one calls H. re-
fterate my first statement May the day
hasten when il viii be respectable Tor
women TO look their besti"
And Euphemia vigorously rubbed hsr
cheeks with a towel.-Eew York World.
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
GEN. FARNsmoRrH,s. FUNERAL.
The Remains VIII Re Taken to Albany
Tribute from the President.

The remains of Gen. J. d. Farnsworth,
of New York, who died Saturday night,
viii be taken to Albany to-day, where
funeral services viii be held Wednesday
afternoon, at 8 O'Clock, in. ST. Peters
Church, the Rev. Dr. Pattershall Off
ciating.
From this city the remains will be ac-
companied by the widow and daughter,
and Mr.. Samuel B. Towner, of Albany,
a step-brotler of the general.
At New York City the son viii join
tho Sc leaving. here. Gen. George S.
Field, of New York, Gov Mckinley,
of Ohio, and Mr.. T. E. Roessle, of Wash
ington, have been asked to be pall-bearers.
Their acoeptances have not yet been
received The list win be completed in
Albany.
The. New Workers in official life in
Washington called at the Arlington yes
terday TO express their condolences
to the widow, the number including ex-
Postmaster General Bissell and Secretary
Lamont.
A number Of floral pieces were received
including a handsome wreath Of orchids
from President and Mrs. Cleveland and
tribute from Secretary and Mrs.
Lamont
The Washington times., 1895-04-08
THEY SAY THE PAPERS LIED.
Diplomats Deny Sensational Story That
They Were in a Street Fight.

They Were in a Street Fight.
A Washington daily newspaper yester-
day gave way to a desire to besensational,
irrespective of facts, and printed hazily
written statement that Cecil A. Spring
Rice, second secretary of the British en-
bassy; john Garner Ford, of the same EN-
bassy, and Senor Don Plaza, second secre-
tary OF the Mexican legation, were parties
to a triangular street fight
All the parties at issue state that the
report is untrue as the story runs, Mr..
Ford and Senior Plaza engaged in an in
greSsed parliamentary bounds, and Senor.
RlaZa, waving diplomatic tactics, knocked
Ford down Spring-Rice became involved,
and was also knocked down.
a reporter for The Times called on the
British ambassador last night. He de-
elared vehemently tfabtlle story was afake.
Senior Plaza told The Times man he was
indignant that the paper should print such
a lie at his expense.
Suppose" said he, ''tilat story should be
heard of in Mexico?" Then, looking at the
paper in which it was printed, he said:
But never mind, have no fear that it
WILL
did you break the face of the second
secretary of the British embassy" asked
the reporter.
mo, sir, 1 do not even know him. The
statement is a lie."