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The evening times., 1895-08-28
BEH FIRST DANCE.
The I.ifti', German Princess Stepping
q Measure Before Her Family

The I-ifta., German Princess Stepping
Measure Before Her Family.
"Tae Little Princess First Dance, Z"
Such is ti.e title of the latest photo
graph taken in the royal palace of Berlin,
and a ve4y charming picture 1t is S every
once must admit
The little Princess Augusta, Victoria
Henrietta. now just three years old, is
naturally a great pet with her royal
papa and mamma, and her six big brothers,
and sadly in danger OF being spoiled, one
might naturally suppose.
Whether she will be subjected TO the same
Spartan-like methods in which the young
princes are being trained remains to be
seen.
At 6 O'Clock, summer and winter, they
are up and into their cold baths Then they
file into breakfast with their father, saIut-
ing him In military fashion as they enter.
The royal nursery b a small barrack
room, where everything is done with iron
discipline and regularity, and the three
eldest boys are under the care of a stiff and
starched military tutor. whose orders
The evening times., 1895-08-28
DEcADENCE OF TEXAS.

Certain elements of American citizen
| ship will view with sadness and alarm the
tendency of things in the State of the L'ne
| Star. While the classic town Of Cripple
| Creek, in Colorado, has its bull fights on
secular days and Sundays undisturbed,
| the officials of Texas are promising all
| sorts of CORY entertainments for the sports
| who engage in a prize fight, or who
encourage, By their presence, sich doubtful
amusement.
TWO gentlemen of certain Goth, named,
| respectively, Mr. Corbctt and Mr.. Fitzsim
| mons, have been engaged to exhibit their
cunning in what the mayor of Dalla S calls
physical culture. Among the best citizens
| of Texas there is a curious division OF
opinion in regard To the matter. Gov.
Culberson, contrary to the mayors con-
viction, has decided that such circus Is
immoral and Illegal. The sheriff of Dallas
County, unlike Sheriff Palmer, of Alex
andria County, in Virginia, ia kes
similar view of the affair. The attorney
general has but now given a solemn opinion
that the sheriff may moi only stop all fistic
proceedings, but also that he may inonnti
| nently and violently, then and there, shoot,
siay and kill, or otherwise dispose OF in an
effective vay, any one who interferes with
him in the performance of his bpunden duty.
Time was when Texas had a reputation
suggestive of supernal enjoyment in the
presence of physical encounters. The fes-
tive pistol was part and parcel of every
mans regaiia. II was wanted often and
wanted badly. The killing of a few men
more or less was but hereditary rcproduc-
ton of the antique day when the arena
was made a scene of butchery that L ONE
might have a holiday.
All this is changed. Texas is entered in
the latter-day school Of the decadents. The
official embodiments of the law may shoot
and kill for Laws enforcement until high
ways run red with human claret, but no
imported graduate from the seminary de-
punching may engage in a contest of skill
on the sacred soil of the ex-republc.
Again, The Times is led 10 suggest that
Alexandria County, in Virginia, is the log
ical place for such exhibitions. AT no other
spot In America is there such perfect i'm
munity for prizefighters and all that varie-
gated company thatthe name recalls. Sheriff
Palmer is not Sheriff Cabell, of Dallas Coun-
ty. Gov Culberscn's double is not found in
the executive mansion at Richmond. These
be pregnant thoughts quite worthy the at
tention of the managers OF Prof Corbctt
and Prof. Frzsimmons, while they are en-
gagged in profound contemplation of the Ia
mentablo decadence of the Lone Star State.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
HOT WEATHER PHENOMENA

Probably the most indifferent of news
paper readers have made note OF the I'M
usual frequency of murders, suicides and
other crimes during this period of remark
able heat at the close of summer 1t
would be unpleasant to recall the list of
such occurrences. but If that were done
the record would show that acts OF violence
end outlawry have followed one another
iu appallingly rapid succession. Midsuln-
mer presented no such array of human
catastrophe, and one is therefore led to the
conclusion that the unreasonable and terri
bly, oppressive condition of the atmos-
phere is responsible for this general i'm
pulse toward the eccentric and desperate.
Human physical organization is one of
those forms of nature which seem to be
most sensitive and impressionable in the
presence of magnetic conditions OF the at
mosphere. Extraordinary solar agitation
apparently drives reasOaing animals to
strange and unusual performances. Sun
spots and suicides 20 hand in hand. That
unexplained matter which is thrown millions
of miles outward from the solar nu cleus at
once produces irritable and despondent
moods upon the people of the earth. The
destructive ma MIA, the impulse to hit and
howl aud prey upon the other half of the
world, becomes irresistible in those who
are most sensitive to these mysterious
cosmic Disturbances. The crank becomes
crankier. New social theories are born
New religious, or strange notifications
of tie old, spring up. The border land be-
tween sanity and insanity is less clearly
defined. The Dog Star is in conjunction
with the sun, and the fabled sinister influ-
euce touches dogs and men with curious
effect
The only certain cure is self cure. Cheer
fulness is the best medicine. Let heat be
reason for laughter, and the tendency
toward irritation and pessinism a SUBJ
5ect for jocular study. There is no bad but
has its worse. The reasonable mind can
force content upon itself. Mental gloom
can be made simply an interesting psychicaI
study. Philosophy can beat sun spots at
their own game il 1t be brought into
lively action.
OF course these solemn suggestions will
avail nothing. Mankind thinks of but one
thing at time. and when there is con-
suniabiy hot weather when frost should
show itself mankind thinks of nothing
but heat. Profanity is easier than phfloso-
ply, and, therefore, seems to be more
natural. Instead of cheerful advice the
doctors give pills, as they can with better
conscience charge literally for the pills
Seriously, this dogday carnival of crime,
which seems to be unusually prolific this
year. is worthy of closer attSuliou than
The evening times., 1895-08-28
Editorial BrevitieS.

TheOhio Democratic platform is not silver
plated-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrlph.
The element of uncertainty is delightful
article to haveiD q n interna tional yacht IA ce,
and we seem likely TO have it.-Boston Her
aid.
The Kentucky Democrats led Hardin to the
trough. 1t is strange if they cannot make a
true Kentuckian like him drink.-Indian-
apolis News.
Fur overcoats and other garments suita BILE
to the season are selling like hot cakes at
the establishments of agile advertisers.-
Albany Argus.
The reason that women are not inclined to
Join in the general denunciation of Holmes
is because he built Dumberless closets in his
house. Many closets. are the pride of q
woman's heart, eyeiI-if some OF them do con-
tain family skeletons.-Chicago Times-Her-
aid.
There was a farmer once who sought to
plough without a yoke of oxen or team of
horses. He said he knew he could do it. In
making the effort he burst a blood vessel
and had large agricultural funeral. The
man who seeks TO dra W his business with
out advertising is something akin to this re-
The boss is great institution. They save
much worry and labor on the part of the
conmsD herd. While the common masses
of the common people" sit in the shade and
eat watermeloDs or talk politics at the
country postoffice. few bosses meet to-
gether and settle ali political questions with
pronptness and dispatch.-Montgom
News.
1t was very generous Of Thomas C. Platt
to permit Lieutenant Governor saxton to go
as delegate to the State convention. Platt's
compensation, however. is in the conscious
ness that saxton is compelled to say, "By
your grace" saxton is the lone fisherman
of the Wayne delegation-the only anti
Platt man in the crowd. Having rammed
Raines down his throat, Platt evidently
reasoned that Saxton's cup Of humiliation
was already full enough. To have denied
him a seat in the convention would have
been indeed cruelty to animals.-syncnse
News.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
MORE ENERGY NEEDED.

1t is a general comment that the people of
Washington have ia rely, in recent years.
suffered more annoyance from negligence
of the street sweeping department of mu-
Dicipal life than they have during the last
two or three months. Complaints,of citizens
come to The Times so Dumerously and con-
staDtly that it is useless to attempt to give
them place in print. and ii is dcubtiess OF no
avail to refer to the ematteriDany way, as con-
tractors are impervious to criticism, and
the city officials in authority appear tJ
have fraternal feeling for speculative
gentlemen who engage to perform certain
services for the public and then Judiciously
and profitably fail to make good their
pledge.
II is u curious fact that officials whose
duty it is to compel faithful observance of
q contract appear to be absorbed with an
increasing respect for the contractor in the
exact ratio of his decreasing tendency to
perform his task according TO agreement
The contractor who can successfully best the
public Is looked upon as n shrewd man of
business. The public have really come to
expect that they must lie swiDdled. and
are disappointed a nd suspicious il the fraud
does not appear on the surface.
With these historic conditions in view
it is hardly reasonable to hope that there
will happen any genuine attempt on the
part of the street CLEANING autocrats TO in
fuse greater activity into horses and men
and machines, or to increase the force that
streets which have not for weeks heard
the midnight melodious swish of brooms and
ring of shovels, may again rejoice in the
sound of such forgotten music.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
Gossip Of fhe Day.

'Did you ever think that we have chro-
matte Supreme Court?" remarked an OBJ
servant man yesterday. SIN fact. the color
line is strongly drawn. We now have
Brown, a Gray. and White. which makes
three out OF the nine. There is to be another
appointed. Mr.. Cleveland could get around
great deal OF trouble by observing the fact
and attempt to make the appointment by
name rather than by the man. The Greens,
Blacks. or Stones are not all dead yet"
"Let me tell you something" said ap
avenue merchant. do you know that
there are ladies here, prominent in social
circles, who make big money out Of COM
missions by MAILING sales to their associates
in society? Well, there are, aud I'll show
you how they do it.
when they find out that one of their
set is contemplating making purchases they
go to q dealer in the charac cter of goods de-
sired and tell him that for certain COM
mission they will put him in the way of
making the SALE The size u the purchasers
purse is described and an arrangement is'
made and the sale effected. As high as 25
per cent. is sometimes given as a commits
sion.
IAN instance is related where popu-
lar society lady made enough money to
make the first pa ayment on desira BILE house
by putting a dealer in the way of making
q substantial sale of household goods"
A very funny thing occurred on Tenth
street, near the Avenue, yesterday after
noon. A chicken vender was selling his
wares, when one large, white hen escaped
A crowd gathered, but the hen SHED off
every time. until one rather dudish-loOk-
Ing colored chap stepped UP and said:
"G'lonG: femme show you fellars sum-
thin" and making quick dive caught
the hen by a sleieht -of-hand trick. Just
then a small boy in the crowd shouted:
Thought you'd been there before"
The evening times., 1895-08-28
General Information.

| Several weeks ago extensive forest fires
swept the mountains of Washington, and
| ever since then the winds have been spread
| ing the dense smoke all over Washington
and Oregon North winds have been preva-
| lent for the past few days in that region. so
| that the smoke from the big smudges in the
| coast mountains has been carried directly
| southwark, and has recently made its ap-
pearance even in San Francisco. To accom-
piish this journey the smoke musthave trav-
| eicd 900 miles.
| One of the Kansas papers contained tn
| following society" item the other day:
Maud Hastings was pretty busy while here
| last week She broke John Sayre's colt to
ride, raked alfalfa, pitched wheat and
| killed snake. Come again, Maudie."
While blasting for New YorE's new speed
way along the Harlem River discovery of
.rsiterable scientific interest was recently
made Several thousands ofcrystais of Keno
| tine and monaZite were found in blocks of
mica-schist and gneiss by n New York min
eraiogist. Nenotinc Is phosphate OF yttri-
UNI, occurring I'm yeiiowish brown tetrago-
nal crystals, while the most valuable ele-
mems IN monaZite are thorium and cerium
In clevei,e which is one OF this group of
yttrium and thorium minerals, the elements
of argum and heiIm were discovered, and
ii is declared that all the minerals of this
group contain these new elements TO a Ger
tain degree. The discovery of these minerals
III this section OF the country will doubtless
be of incalculabe aid to local chemists and
scientists In their experiments relative to
the newly discovered gases
1t is reported that the spire OF Salisbury
Cathedral is tottering. When the cathedral
was begun. in 1920, there was no thought
of erecting spire on the central tower
That was an afterthought, and the archi-
tect who designed the spire strained
the strength OF the original substructure
TO the utmost. II has always had to be
carefully watched, and the means taken
to strengthen it by iron bands and ties have
onIy added to the weight or late the
stone work has been decaying rapidly, so
that the spire is in great danger of col
lapsing.
Near the battlefield of Marathon, in
Greece, prehistoric burial mound recently
opened yielded eleven old Mycenaean
vases. two of them gold. and some gold ear
rings. At place called krike!ia, where
the Gauls were driven back by the Greeks,
in 27S b. c., and over 10000 of them
were slain, n bronze helmet has heen found,
and at Lycosura the mosaic floor OF the
Temple of DeSpoina has been laid bare.
In the center two lifelike lions Of natural
size are depicted, surrounded by successive
ornamental borders.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
Folly as 1t Flies.

wife-I wish you would put up that cur
tain, John.
John tabscntIy)-How much do you think
/ could get on it?-Chieago Times Herald.
Cave Gnome-What's driving you ashore,
any way?
Sea Serpent tshudderingly)-The mer-
maids are trying to wear boomers
Tribune.
The social upper crust is usually based
upon the financial dough beneath.-Puck.
II Mr. Cleveland refuses a third term he
will go into history as the man who did not
add insult to injury-Detroit Tribune.
Sunday closing should be enforced at the
seaside resorts near New York as well as in
the city itself Sea serpents are beginning
to appear on ever beach-St Paul Pioneer
Press.
He-Will you be my wife?
She-Oi, this is such a surprisei
He-I can't help that 1t isn't my fault
that you've never heard anything like it
before.-Life.
There's nothing in China's conduct over
that massacre business which disproves the
belief that eccentricity generally goes with
long hair-P Philadelphia Times.
Father" said the New Hampshire hoy,
'I want to go to town 10 see the tally-aO
parade"
''Never mind the towntally-Ho, Ephraim,'
said Farmer Grubber. Wen have a home
show You hue the corn ard III keep tally. ,
Lowell Courier.
They were earnestly talking of fashions
DEGREES;
lie beau me- lie" and "la mode" they
discussed at their ease,
But, to his CONSERVATION, she arose in a pet,
When he spoke Of the breaches of etiquette
Chicago Post
Has Jane been crying?" asked Mrs. Din
widdle Of Mrs. Hiland.
YES; she does that on purpose" ;" was the
reply. "she's great stickler for harmony
Of color, and she makes her eyes red to
match her hair. .''-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
1t Is not our custom to criticise nature,
but we have no hesitancy In saying that
she fell down when she didn't grow handles
on watermelo hs Wichita Eagle.
sweet girl when they reached their room
The evening times., 1895-08-28
An CD.to-Duie Fairy.

The queen of the fairies passed this way
In green and yello va gossa mcr dream
Titoria was not more charming fay
Inmidnight rcvels by ymoonlitstream.
heJauDticst cap on herhead was set
1t could not cover her curis of gold.
Come here, little one. Now tell ME. pet,
If you saw my fairy upon the wold?"
How queer you talk about tfairies-sayi
That wasn't fairy-bnt wasn't she cute:
That's only my grown-up sister May
In her green-and-ycllow bathing suit"
Detroit Free Press
The evening times., 1895-08-28
Points Hb0Uf Pilgrims

Messrs. ]. N. Sweeney and O. E. KrIg-
ger, OF Columbus, Ohio. are guests at the
Oxford.
Hon. L. F. Mckinney, United States
minister TO Colombia. is at the National.
Mr.. John A. Hanicy, weli-kno wn horse
man, OF Paris, KY, Is stopping at the ST.
James.
Everything is comparatively quiet and
affairs have gotten pretty well back into
their accustomed channel In the valley
In which 1 live" said G. 8. Hermann, of
Princeton, ILL.,, at the Metropolitan last
evening. II think the grand jury will yet
ma ke an effort TO handle the Italian ruf
fans who took SD active part in the
Spring Valley outrages. 1t was simply
lot of these cutthraots who assaulted a
lot of negroes. all of whom were miners
and all of whom had as gobd q right TO
live there as the Others"
Rev. j, E. Davis, a Methodist divine, of
Cincinnati, is registered at the National.
Mr.. Richard p. Macauiey, of Louisville,
KY. is at willard's.
Reading in the Washington papers of
the finding OF the Holt wili," said he,
'calls to mind a similar case that knew
of few years ago In Western Kentucky.
Quite wealthy old farmer died and no
will was found. The court appointed an
administrator. and about two years had
passed. when some Interested party turned
up will. legal fight was begun and
lasted three years. By that time the law
yers' fees had eaten up the whole estate.
with the exception of about $4,000. The
will was proven to be a forgery, but II
was so cieverly executed that over half
the people that 50 W 1t do not believe it yet
The evening times., 1895-08-28
TAKE THE TIMES WITH YOU.

Summer Outings VIII Not Be En-.
joyed Unless II Goes Along.
The summer tide of pleasure and
health-seekers has set I'm toward
mountains, springs and seashore.
No plans for the seasons outing
Will be complete unless The Times
Is included among the necessaries.
Men and women may go from town
TO lenve care behind, but those who
would keep their finger on the pub
lie pulse, or be IA breast of the worlds
happenings, OF, indeed, who need Al
golden link between themselves and
the whir1igig of time-these must
have The Times sent daily to their
sylvan or seaside retreat.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
As He Sa w 1t.

"A nd These"
The traveller IT arkei the dreamy languo,
OF the scene, the coral beach, the waving
palms
Are the Society islands,"
The chattering Of parrot broke loud
upon the stiffness.
''Queer name but"
He saw for the first time the approa ch-
ing bevy of dusky bellies radiant in their
beauty unadorned--
1T is not at all inappropriate"
And there, amid the tropical spIendors OF
the South Sea, his fancy drifted back to
opera nights in the land from whence he
came.-Puck
The evening times., 1895-08-28
Good Enough.

Nine. de Chevrease, 4 rcpresentativeof ofone
of the DoblcSt families inFrance, declined the
honor which Napoleon wished to confer on
her, that of being maid OF honor to his sister
in-law, the Queen OF Spain She afterward
became Josephine's dame du palais, but
alwaysaffectedt to look do wD on the imperial
court. One day she went to a reception at
the Tuileries blazing with diamonds.
what splendid Jewels" remarked Ma
poleon; ''are thy real?" Mon Dieu,
sire. 1 really don't know: but at any rate
they are quite good enough to wear here
Kansas City Star.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
Concerning Notables.

The late Baron TauchnitZ. the great pub
Usher, was very fond of the English and
himself closely resembled British couu-
try squire IL was 10 him that Thackcray
wrote, in answer to the apolosetic post
script of one OF The baron's letters: Don't
be afraid of your English. \ letter con-
tanning 6 S. d. is always i'll prett ty style"
Princess de Polignac. daughter OF he late
Isaac Singer, the sewing machine invent or
is named as among the several bright writ
ers on social and politicalt opics in the Paris
Figaro.
The Daughters of America have just been
holding their annual national convention
in Brooklyn. The order is well organized
upon a semi-military syst EN- in eight States.
1t has membership OF nearly 5000.
a discussion is raging in the English dra
matte papers on, the subject: Should 4 ct
resses Be Marric,l?' on this side OF the
Atlaut ic 1t might he made a topic of inter
est II cha uGcd TO how often they should be
married.
The commit ee OF the Comedie Francais
have forwarded Sir Henry Irving an ad
dress of congratulat ion on his knigb<Lood.
Paul du Chaillu is about to start for
Russia in order 10 st udy the life of the
peasautr
DR.. d. X. Pearson. of Hinsdale, ILL.,, has
within the past five years given over ST.
100000 TO schools aud colleges.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
He Passed Sentence.

Here is a cigar" said the dealer, s'that
1 would like for you to give a trial"
"All right" said Watts. "IIand it OYER"
1t was handed over.
what do you think OF it?' asked the
dealer.
ut doesn't deserve n trial." said Watts.
1T ought to be ynched."-Indianapoli
journal.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
Gossip About Women.

AfpaSS-gossip about women SIMONS
Mrs. George j. Gould is very foud of sit
ting for her port rait Mr.. Gould has in his
possession twent y-three different paintings
of his wife.
The Empress OF China is spending her
summer In Pekin this year, inst cad OF occu-
pying her splendid palace in the Tho Park.
aud is thereby saving a simply enormous
expenditure.
Mrs. Ida Buxton Cole, prominent among
suffrage speakers, says: We read in the
Bible that after the Israelites were all worn
ont with wra ngling and dissensions. God
gave them woman-Deborah-to Judge
them; she ruled over them for forty years,
and We read that then they had a rest"
Sarah Bernhardt is the lucky possessor
OF a most attractive bauble. 1t is long
thin chain, and at intervals are attached
all sorts of quaint and beautiful charms
-crucifixes, precious stones and breiloes
she has picked up in the different European
aud American towns she has visited
The evening times., 1895-08-28
His Destination.

Rev. DR.. Firstly-Did / Understand you
to say that Mr. sEiffirs preceded his wife
six years TO the better lard. Brotaer Hi
land?
Mr. Hiland-Ican'ttcllyou what you under
stood NE To say, but I Certainly did Lot say
that.
''Then am mistaken"
''What said was that kcr husba died
six years before Mrs. Sniffins. Pitts
burg Croniclc- Telegraph.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
Hnrd Work.

Friend-Have YOU completed your novel,
Author-Not yet. Ia msorry tosay. Ihave
made six couples happy for life but have
still an old general and n shoemaker's
widow on my hands and somehow they
won't mate.-Fliegendc Blaetter.
The evening times., 1895-08-28

miss is as good as mile. and when the
Hastings -Magee- Martin combine found they
were defeated by few votes they initiated
Davy Crockett's coon and came down be-
fore they were shot.
The evening times., 1895-08-28
No Use TO DENY 1t.

Mother tat party,-Why did you allow
young Saphead to kiss you in the couserva-
tory! ,
Baughter-Why, NAV
Mother-You Deedn't why, maw' me.
One side OF his nose is powdered and one side
OF yours isD't.-New York Weekly.
The evening times., 1895-08-28

Corbett and FitZsimmons are looking
with unlimited concern and sympathy at
the mill w hich is in progress at Harrisburg
in which Senator QUAY meets all corners.