davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning times., 1895-11-27
FORTY IMMORTALS.
Centenary of the Famous French Acad-
emy Esta blished by Richelieu.

Centenary of the Fa GUS French Acad-
emy Established by Richelieu.
The Institute of France celebrated Its cen
tenary from the 23d tu the 26th of October,
says Harper's Weekly. Richelieu estab-
lished the Academic Franchise in 1885, but
the French institute, which included that
academy and three others-thuse of physi-
cal science, moral and political science,
and the fine arts-dateS from the Sd
Brumaire of the year ". During the first
empire the Academy of Moral and Politi-
cal Science was suppressed, but a new
Academy of Scholarship and Archaeology
was created under the title OF L'Academie
subscriptions ct Bellies Lettres,
Afterward, In 1882, the suppressed
academy was revived, so now there are five
in the Institute. AT present the French
Academy has forty members, the Academy
of Sciences sixty-eight, the Academies
Of Fine Arts and of Moral and Political
Science forty each. Each academy has
also a number OF membres Hbres. The
French Academy consists entirely nf French
writers and elects no foreign members,
but the other four academies elect from
six to ten foreign members apiece and
from forty-eight to q hundred correspond
ents. To be chosen q foreign member Of
the French institute Is reckoned the highest
honor that can be conferred on man OF
The morning times., 1895-11-27

be materially decreased. Thus, 1t will be
seen. everybody is interested In that per-
NIT to the Potomac Power Company
There is another and DO less pleasing as
pect OF the case. Ifthe price of electric lights
comes down, the price of gas must take
tumble also. hence the Washington Gas
Light Company is also an interested spec
tator of the fight. 1t win have to come to
dollar gas by act of Congress this winter.
but when electric lights can be furnished
as cheap or perhaps even cheaper, dollar
gas win be regarded as not t''good value" :
A good deal Of interest attaches to that
permit
The morning times., 1895-11-27
INCREASE THE POLICE FORCE.

The constantly increasing number of
burglaries and highway robberies is the
very best proof that The Times was. and
is, justified In insisting upon an immediate
Increase of the police force. In view of
the opinions expressed by all the high
police officials, the increase ought 10 be
large enough tu put two men on beat
at night instead OF one, as is Eow the
case, and IL is no less essential that the
beats should be mure contracted.
1t Is not q question OF dollars and cents
that is involved, but une OF life OF death:
for the fellows that "hold-up" citizens
on the streets or break into houses VIII
not hesitate to shoot or cut. If they
find 1t necessary. 10 secare broty or to
make their escape quickly and safely.
The worst feature nf the whole business
is that women and children are at the
mercy OF these thugs, either when they
walk the streets without q male cscirt.
or when at night the husbands or father 8
business keeps him away from home. 1t is
bad enough Ia know that ones property
is exposed tu the depredations OF crooks
and thieves and burglars, but 1t is in
fintely worse Ia live in apprehension lest
harm may come to those that are nearest
aud dearest.
The statements OF the police officials
go Ia show that the crooks work sysie-
matically. They acquant themselves with
the beat" and the ways of the officers
patroling 1t, and govern their operations
accordingly. As nearly as their nefarinus
calling admits OF IL, they take nu chances
They are also prepared, as already stated.
for all emergencies. So ought the people
to be whom the crooks seek to make their
victims.
But even though they are prepared, It
does not lessen the urgent need for an
immediate and considerable addition to the
police furce.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Attempts of Contemporaries to stem
The Times Tide OF Success.
the Initial issue Of The Tune ubout
twenty months ago created DO more than
passing HJ.I from its contemporaries, who
acknowledged a new journalistic youth
aud immedia lciy set forth 10 enlarge the
grave where are buried somauy unfortunate
local newspaper enterprises OF former
years.
But tlese contemporaries have seen the
error Of their earlier Judgment and have
substituted methods of warfare as vigorous
as their feeble aud fossiized organisms
can generate.
No more conclusive evidence OF the recog-
milton by these newspapers OF the strength
OF The Times can be offered than the
fact that certain prominent advertisers
have been able to contract for space IN
these more or less yalu6h he mediums for
about one-i,s.h former rates, on coDdi-
ton that Tue Times be excluded from their
patronage How have the mighty fallen!
Eotwitifsta uding these artful dodgers,
The Times continues to grow in popularity
and in consequent steadily increasing
circuIajiou II is true to the principles
which it first espOused, aud yet is, withaI,
the most accurate and complete morning
aud evening news record in Washington.
The morning times., 1895-11-27
JUS rICE. vIRGINlA STYLE.

The gambler trials in Alexandria county
were a fiasco.
After a short conference bet ween Special
Commonwealth Attorney Marbury, Judge
Chichester, and the lawyers for the de
fense, light sentences were imposed and
the ends of justice were defeated. The
nature OF this conference Cit was private)
is not known. Perhaps it would make
interesting reading. Perhaps 1t would
merely be the record of an ordinary proxy
promise 10 do bett er if you 'll-Iet-me-
off-this-time."
What proposals were made at that con-
ference is lmmaterial. The main con-
oern of the law-abiding citizens on both
sides OF the Potomac is this-that Mar
amounted to nothing, and that no pre-
yentive lesson has been administered to
these lawbreakers, home wreckers, and
crime breeders.
The Times has definite assurance that
Gov. OFerraI is determined to prosecute
these people to the full extent of the law.
It was said that he had made known his
wishes to the administrators of law in
Alexandria county. 1t was definit ely
known that Detective Baldwin and his
men have been working on these cases
ever since the Governor was impelled, by
the exposures of The Times, to rid this
section of its worst enemies.
What then, shall we now think?
Was Special Commonwealth Attorney
Nsrbury bought off?
Was Judge Chichester too weak, and is
he too easily influenced by promises Of bab-
Itual wrong-doers. His reputation hitber-
90 has been an enviable one. Is he to let
this suspicion pass without stronger ef-
fort IN the right direction c., at least an
explanadon7
| Gov. o'Ferralrs course is clear. II he
j. sincere be VIII Immediately institute an
The morning times., 1895-11-27
FRENCH ACADEMY.
How the Famous Institute Was
Founded by Richelteu.

Founded by Richelteu.
The centenary of the establishment OF
the Famous French Academy originally
founded by Cardinal Richelieu has been
celebrated with great pomp in Paris for
the past three days. Rtchelfeu estab-
liShed the Academic FraIcaise in 1855,
but the French Institute, or the forty
immortals, as we know 1t, dates from the
third Brumaire of the year ", or in 1895.
During the tronblous days or the First
Empire the academy OF moral and politf-
cal science was suppressed, but new
school soon sprang up and was tDcorpo-
Bellies Lettres. At present the French
Academy has forty members, the academy
of science sixty-eight, the academies OF
fine arts and OF moral and political
science forty members, respectively.
The French Academy is composed en-
tirely of French writers and elects no
foreign associates, but the others are more
generous. and each year select from six
to ten reprcsen ativc literati of other na-
tons. The late Richard NJ. Hunt was
among the America ms thus honored.
All foreign and corresponding members
of the institute were invited to take part
in the centennial celebrations. The exer-
cises included various receptions and meet
ings on the Gath. banquet on the 25th,
and today representation at the Theatre
Franchise and a visit TO Due diAumale at
Chantiily. or the foreign members OF the
academy the seniors are Hon. William
Gladstone. Prof. Max Muller, Lord Kelvin,
and Verdi. the musfca! composer.
A number of congratulatory kilograms
were sent by the resident Frenchmen OF
Washington.
TepniIle's Great Clothing Sale in todavI
The morning times., 1895-11-27
MONEY FOR THE LoCKED-oUT.
Several ContriDut Ions Reported to the
Federation of Labor.

A fuu quota Of delegates representing
thirty-five local labor orGanizaiio an
swered to roll-call at the meeting of the
Federation of Labor held last evening at
PIasterers' Han. corner of Four-a nd-a-
half street and Pennsylvania avenue. The
meeting was called to order at 7:3O
o'clock. President McHugh in the chair.
Credentials were received from the Horse
shoers. L "A mo. 1881, and L. A. Mo-! 2s,
and the delegates seated.
The contract committee reported con-
cerning the engineer at Allen's Opera
House that the party filling the position
would make application FOR mem bership
in the Eccentric Engineers at The next
meeting.
The special committee appointed last
meeting to assist the Bottiers' Assembly
in mailing the establishment Of F. II.
Finley a union shop reported progress.
Delegate Bailey, OF the Painters As
attitude of the Board OF Trade regarding
| free public library. Fears were expressed
that the movement was an effort to
| neutralize the movement to tablish a
labor bureau aud workingman's library,
which in the short period of its exist
ence has accomplished so much good. The
project was iIdorsed, and the Legislative
committee wasidirecied to Cooperate with
| the Board OF Trade and request the in
| fluence of that organization In further
| ing the interests Of the labor bureau and
workingmen of. the District.
| A resolution appointing the president
and secretary a committee to invite Eu-
gene V. Debs to visit this city some time
| IN January ara deliver a-publc address
was una Himously adopted.
Plasterers reported That they had made
another approsriaijon of S16 to assist
| the AnacoStia Street Railway men.
On motion tie Federation appropriated
| $50 for the assistance of the locked-out
Anacostia drivers.
Attention was called to the revival
OF the street extepsion and sewer bond
| bill.
| the Anacostia drivers
The Painters reported that they had
succeeded IN unionizing one of the largest
establishments in tue city. and they hoped
before next meeting to gather in three
more. The delegates predicted that in
six months Washington would be a strictly
card town in their trade.
Bricklayers' delegates complained that
the railway men had not visited them, and
promised that q liberal donation would
Plunbers reported that they had been
unable TO effect any satisfactory arrange
ment with Charles G.. Thorn. who Conducts
a plumbing establishment on F street, and
therefore, had called their men out of the
shop.
The Musicians introduced a bill to
regulate the employment of military bands
Referred to the legislative COMMITTEES.
Tailors' Assembly appr opriated SO
for locked-out street car men.
Machinists appropriated S3 for the
library bureau and 81 for the Anacostia
drivers.
Announcement was made that General
Master Workman s Sovereign would de-
liver lecture next Saturday evening. at
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Investigation OF the outrageous compromise
which made as Daught all the work De
tective Baldwin and his men have done, and
for which the Commonwealth of Virginia
is paying. Il would certainly add to public
confidence were yirginia's chief executive
to appear in person In the disgraced county
and demand an accounting of his officials.
guilty or derelict, as their individual per-
formauces may nave been.
Another thing
Does it please the people Of Virginia to
know that gambler rconvicts, withmoney, are
allowed to be served with buckets of beer,
private apartments, and playing cards for
the prosecution OF their old pursuits, while
serving asentenceror felony? What brand
of Law is this in force In Alexandria county?
By all meaus let Gov. o'Ferral journey
uorthward.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Sheriff-Where are our star prisOners7
Guard-They re- gone Ia bui, but ex-
pect them back before tomorrow
Shcriif-Have you ordered that beer and
those cigarettes l told you to?
GuaTd-Yes. and I've put new feathers
In their pillows. l priced Some .cha:ing
dishes, but thought they We're tho high
Shcriff-Eighi Why nothing is too
good for them. And by the way, give
iiiat drunk downstairs "a good tnrasnIug
and keep him on bread and water. Hedidn't
say good morning to Inc. / viii have
respect and discipline at any cost.
Guard-Yes, your worship.
The morning times., 1895-11-27
WASHINGTON. D. O.. NOVEMBER 27. 1895

Subscribers to "The Tunes" win
confer n favor 10y promptly reporting
any discOurtesy of collectors OF neg
Iect of duty on the part of carriers.
Complaints either by mail or in per
son will receive prompt attention.
The Morning Edition should be de-
livered to all parts Of he city by gao
o'clock n M, including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should De in the
bands of subscribers not later than
$50 y. m-
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Metzerott Hall for the benefit of the Ana
costa Railway men.
Butchers appropriated So to labor bu-
reau and same amount for Griswolds
locked out drivers.
Bottlers gave So for the Anacostia Rail
way men.
The Structural Ironw orkers report ed
that they have adopted a working card.
The labor bureau reported that employ
ment had been secured for thirty three
men.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

We live aHu I,aIu. suInt ur US have ec-
cepted the hypothesis oi Ignatius Donneay
regarding Shakespeare agtarism, but will
the poor and deludcd public believe Prof.
Ebullient Brander Matthews statement that
Charles Dickens was a thief?
The morning times., 1895-11-27
OCEAN STEAMERS.

FOR EUROPE and the Orient this
winter. Mrs. n. A. CROSSLEY viii
conduct her tenth select European party
through spain. Greece. Turkey. islands OF
the Mediterranean. Asia Miner, Syria, Pal
estine. the Nile to the first cntaract. Italy.
Switzerland. France, and England: leav-
ing New York JANUARY s, 1896 by ex-
press steamer NORMAENIA. First claas
throughout. For itineraries. address Mrs
NJ A. CROSLEY. 1856 Putnam ave-. Brook
yn. n L.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

] solemB!y swear that the above Is
a correct statement OF the daily cir
culation OF THE WASHINGTON
TIN ES for the week ending November
"a, ISa 5, and that all he copies were
actually sold or mailed for II valuable
consideration and delivered to bona
fide purchasers or subscribers; also,
that none OF them were returned or
remain IN the office undeliyered.
j. MILTON YOUNG Cashier.
Subscribed and S worn to before me
this 25ih day OF November, a. ID.
1905. ERNEST g. THOMPSON,
Notary Public.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Rejected manuscripts are usually
returned when accompanied by
stannS, but any obligation 20 do SO
is expressly disavowed.
AaEuSc r!pts nnacc0mpaDied BY
posJage VIII not be reiurDed.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Apropos OF the trial OF the Virginia
gamblers, it may be said. that Justice, in
addition to her traditional blindness, was
slightly halt
The morning times., 1895-11-27

OF Jaysville, left a mammoth pumpkin in
the Baltimore Suns editorial rooms.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

A fashion paper says, large hats are
going out." The trouble is. however, that
they dou't go out until after tile last act.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Washington is trying TO outdo New YORK
in the matter OF lawlessness
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Now Is the time when the funny men write
their ucgro-chicken jokes. The plumber
is uext IN order
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Emperor William has not yet told tie
world how the keeIy motor works. eau
this be one on the X aiser?
The morning times., 1895-11-27

The ordinary ilk of crooks has struck the
town in advance Of certain Congressman,
The morning times., 1895-11-27

The rumor that a ticker" giving ace
results. is to be placed in the Alexandria
county Jail, has been most sircnously denied.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

II David B. Hin geIs married. how Icnl
will he lecture on Personal Liberty?
The morning times., 1895-11-27

The one exhibit lacking in New York's
| display at Atlanta was the Hon. Teddy
Talkatiye Roosevelt.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

learning by his brethren in France. 1t is
a distinction that was conferred as VIII
be remembered, on the late Richard NJ
Hunt.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

While the police evolve theories, the
thieves devolvc vaicabies.
The morning times., 1895-11-27
IN ALEXANDRIA

Mr.. Richard Harding Davis is The five
o o'clock-tea editor OF the New York Journal.
The morning times., 1895-11-27
Open this evening.
opeh till O'Clock tomorrow.
You
want

quality - style--fit--in an
Overcoat--and we'll give it to
you--lots of it-at SlO-Sl2. so
--or$i5.
Tell you what you do: Pick a
coat out of either of these
three grades-and If you can
find one as good for a couple
of dollars more anywhere
eiSe--We'Il take ours back.
Listen:--We've got the best
tailorS and cutters in this
country--and they make these
SO. Si2. SO and SIS Overcoats.
Ought to get into a coat.
Promised colder.
Thursday at o'clock onds the s3 30 sails
of s. Pauta
You Ca &c, q STAR SHIRT for 81 that's
worth s.Sor seo 80 small Lots
The morning times., 1895-11-27
KINGS PALACE.
Millinery and Cloak Carnival

We are overstocked, and
the edict has gone forth that
we must unload at once.
Everything has been greatly
reduced-yes, sacrifced-to
raise money, which is worth
more than stock at present.
The morning times., 1895-11-27
Attempts of Contemporaries to stcr

ITS sTRENGTH AckNowLEDGED
The morning times., 1895-11-27
The Times Branch Offices.

The Times'"LdttIe News Mercha nts"
ca u secure theirsuppiy ofsIorning IND
Evening-Timesatth the following branch
offices:
Frank Smith, dth and sts. NV.
NJ. NcNuity, 1880 18th St NV.
A. Il. McCIosI1ey, 1912 9Th st. NV.
IL. Hage, ~ 53 Pa. ave. NV.
Joseph Linden, 4oG Stb st. SO.
j. w. johnson, 40 II st. ne.
w. +. MnCk kay, S2l ii st. ne.
Joseph Petignat, COB 9Th st. sw.
Advertisements left at any of the
above hre nches Will receive the sa IN Q
prompt attention as though brought
TO the main office.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Tennille's Great Clothing Sale is todayl
The morning times., 1895-11-27

DIANO, Organ, Vocal Music and theory
L taught By j. F. GERMUILLER, ell Ist NV
Terms mod crate.
The morning times., 1895-11-27

The circulation of The Times for
the week ending November "a was as
The morning times., 1895-11-27

Tennille's Great Clothing Sale is todsyi
The morning times., 1895-11-27

The Colt divorce suit still hangs fire.
The morning times., 1895-11-27
MILLINERY.

SO dozen good quality
untrimmed Felt
Hats, all shapes,
all colors, includ-
ing Chi dren MS
Flats and walking
shapes and Sailors.
Regular value, Soc
to S1.OO l9f
Positively only one hat
to a customer.
The evening times., 1895-11-09

wounds by penetrating the skin and inject
ing the venom, which passes through two
orifices from POISON b7g. The sting Is
distressing, and may occasionally be fatal.
1t is dangerous in proportion 10 the size OF
the animal and the state of irritation III
which it may be.
The small, slender. pale-colored species
have the worst regulations. Scorpions are
extraordinarily numerous in a certain val
ley in the TERRA Templada of Mexico. There
1t is hardly possible to turn over a stone
without finding three or four wicked-look-
ing specimens beneath.
The species Of scorpion spider Known as
the "whip-tail." or ''nigger killer" is much
dreaded in Florida and Texas. Though
having dangerous look, IL is quite harm
less. 1t Possesses no poison gland, relying
for its protection upon a penetrating and
acid odor which il einits. On this account
it is known in some OF the West Indian
Islands as the vinegar maker"
THEY ATTACK MEN.
Wonderful stories are told of the spider
like 'galeodes, which do not hesitate to
attack man when iDterfered with. A spe-
cies common in South Russia is greatly
feared. 1t is called the 'bu- -chorgoi"
People leave a region in which this animal
is common.
According Ia the superstition of the Ka'.
mucks, II a person is bitten but one remedy
will cure him-the milk of a woman in her
first confinement, providing she was i'm
maculate as girl.
Some SORT of venoInous secretion Is sup
pose IL have Ia do with the effects of the
bite of the SCALED itch-nite. This mite
was observed and described by Wichman in
1880.
Early in the present century the French
Academy of Sciences offered prize of
5000 francs for its rediscovery. In 1872
a meeting OF the naturalists and physicians
was grossly tricked by a certain DR.. Gales,
who not only offered ordinary cheese mites
for itct. mites and pocketed the prize and
medals. but had the audacity to publish
descriptions of them.
The itci mite lives in the human skin,
making little tunnels therein. The female,
as she works her way, lays her eggs be-
hind her, to the number of about fifty.
This pest was formerly much more COM
mon than now. Soap and water and cleanly
habitshaverendered itcOmparativelyscarc rec,
but whenever large bodies of men are Gro wd-
ed together. without time and opportunity
to attend to personal cleanliness. ii reap
pears and rapidly spreads. Armies suf-
fer from it. 1t is easy t" get rid of it by
the use of sulphur in soap or ointment.
The evening times., 1895-11-09
QUICKLY CAUGHT.
One of the Saloon burglars who Muir
dered Richard Pope Picked Up.

New York, Nov. 9.-Officer Croughan
was standing near the corner OF Delaney
and EIdridge streets late yesterday after
noon, when he was appealed to by citi-
zen. who said that man had 1ustattempted
10 steal his watch, and he pointed out to
the officer the man.
Croughan Immediately arrested the man
and took him to the station house.
As soon as Sergt. Hatton saw him he
recog nized him from the description given
of the man who had shot Richard Pope
in the saloon on the Southern boulevard.
Upon being searched. 32-calibre re.
yolver with two chambers empty was found
in one of the prisoners pockets. His hat
band was also missing.
This was deemed as more evidence az TO
who the man was, as the man VINO shot
Pope had left his hat band behind him in
the saloon.
The prisoner gave his name as Raymond
EIroy, ls years of age. Of Boston. Mass.
He refused to state the number or street in
which he lived, or TO answer any other
questions. He was sent to police head
quarters.