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The evening times., 1895-10-17
Lion Hunting Perils.

One of the most readable of paper. - the
new number ofthe Nineteenth Century is that
by Mr.. H. c. Lowther, wbo with II brother
officer, recently went lion hunting in that
paradise of big game, Someliiand. On the
return journey to the coast both Mr.. Low
ther and his companion had an exceedingly
narrow escape. A lioness which they had
previously missed had been rounded up
beside bush by one of their native at
terdants, and in describing Mr..
Lowther says:
II fired, striking her in the shoulder: the
shot had only the effect of making her crouch
still lower, and to begin low growing
and switching of her tail from side to side.
Again free. this time aiming at the head:
my unsteadiness spoilt my aim and the
bullet cut a neat hole in the tip of the ear.
but did not otherwise 1njure her. the next
moment she swung round and charged me
while j was loading, V. putting bullet in
her shoulderass rushed past him, but it'll
. result. Icould notg get the cartridge in
soon enough to fire during her rush, so en-
deavored to take a step to my right to avoid
the spring expected.
"As did so felt myself held right in the
lioness' path by a small thornbush which
reached about to my waist, and the toothed
arms of which held me in a chose embrace.
/ thought 1 was done for, and my relief
knew no bounds when she suddenly swerved
TO her right, and passed behind me. In
moment Itore self clear, and turned round
tn find that the lioness had seized Celeb
by the wrist. and that he was struggling to
thrust her off with the rifle, which he held in
both hands. They were not more than three
yards from me, but 1 dared not fire for
her heart, as she was so close to the man: in
fact, it looked in the dust cloud they had
raised as if they We're wrestling. Her back
was toward me. so fired at the spine about
the loins, and she fell instantancously, gave
one quiver, and was dead"
The evening times., 1895-10-17
YALE MAY MEET PENNSY
Negotiations for a Football Game
Said to Be Completed.
Influential Blue Alumni Arranged II
and That College win Send the
Challenge.

Philadelphia, Oct. 17.-If negotiations
which are now pending are carried out
successfully, there will be a football
game In this city On November or l6
between Yale and the University CT Penn
sylvania.
For some time past those having infornIa-
tlOn on the football situation at the big
colleges have hinted that Yale's next move
would be to challenge Pennsylvania. The
failure OF the blue to arrange 4 match with
Harvard this year has left Yale with only
one game Of any Importance, that with
Princeton in New York on November 23.
Efforts to bring about n game with Penn
sylyania are being made by leading Yale
alumni OF this city and New York. John
c. Bell, chairman of the football committee
Of the University of Pennsylvania, when
questioned ON the subject, said:
ut is true that efforts are being made to
bring Pennsylvania and Yale together, but
whether it viii amount TO anything cannot
as yet say The prospects are not quite
as bright as they were a few da ys ago.
The Yale alumni, of Philadelphia, and many
prominent Yale men In New York a re anx-
iOus TO have challenge sent TO Prnn-
sylvania."
The dates suggested for the game arc
November o and 16, both Saturdays. The
10th is an open date for both teams, but
the objection to IL is that it is within a
week of the Harvard i Pennsylvania and
Yalc-Princcton games.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
vAGARIES OF SMOKERS.
How Tastes Differ in the Matter of
SE, Ing Materials.

How Tastes Differ In the Matter of
SH ing Materials.
ITS a qu fact" said Broad;ya
cigar dealer to a New York World man,
''how tastes differ in the matter OF smoking
materials. / believe that no smoker really
enjoys trying a new brand of tobacco,
and that solid conteDtment Is only secured
when the smoker has become thoroughly
| used to one particular brand.
"One of my customers, n wealthy man,
who buys large quantity of high grade
cigars, always smokes stogies himself and
carries supply in his pocket for emer
Gency. l have seen him when treated to
genuine perfecto siyly slip IL into his
pocket and light one of his stogies. Another
man, who can only afford small sum for
his tobacco, smokes but one cigar n day,
aud that q choice one. He declares that
no other kind viii satisfy him. and that one
good smoke after dinner is wort Il more than
six cheap cigars spread over the day.
Some cigarette smokers, who can afford
to buy the best, always ask fer a particular
brand OF the 5-cent variety, and wiz take no
others. One customer insists that send Il,
Texas for a special . 5-cent ciga that il made
in Fort Worth. He has tried about every
thing in my stock, but can't find anything
that pieases him.
He lived for several months in Texas
and got so used I" the peculiar flavoring
used in that cigar that he is almost as bad
as morphine fiend when the supply has
given nout. Ofcoursc. there isa great variety
of tobacco grown, and this gives much
choice for individual tastes, but the fact
remains that q smoker viii see SO great
n difference between differently shaped
cigars made from the same leaf thar one is
delightful and the other distasteful to-him.
Some men want Il box of cigarettes
and ten minutes talk for ) cents. We
have men who squeeze and pinch every
cigar in the case before selecting a two
fer and then the womeD-but il would
take too long TO tell you how they buy
cigarettes. Women are far worse Than
men in the variety of their smo king
yagaries."
The evening times., 1895-10-17
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

James LtndSa Y, the Western pugilist who
vas arrested several months ago charged
with killing Lester Robbins, in a prize
light, has been sentenced to two wears in
the pcnitcntiary.
Walter Winans of Baltimore, who. about
tbree weeks ago. won the chamDionshiD
of the South London Club at revolver
shooting, yesterday Won the championship
OF the North London Club. Mr. winans
has held these championships for years.
In the shoot yesterday he made the re-
markable score OF Az points out of n
possible 420.
Walter Camp, the football coach. wants
Rugby football inaugurated at Yale. He
claims that IL would be popular with all
of the students, while only few take
To the American game, and that by en-
couraginS the Rugby style athletes would
he indirectly conditioned for the regular
Teams. Camp does not Sanction the Rugby
game for intercollegiate matches, how
ever: He says the American game should
be played in these.
In the tables of winning Jockeys for the
year just complied Griffin leads, with l16
victories in 523 races. in los of which he
was second and in SO third being unplaced
in the other 146. Perkins has ia vic
tories OUT OF 63I mounts. Chorn won "A
races; Thorpe, 139; Turner, 135: Clayton,
III, and Bergen LOG. No other Jockey
won as many as 100 races.
The Pyle twcnty-mile road race is to
take place at Wilmington on the Goth of
this month. Entries close on Saturday.
The race Is open to the world Twenty
prizes of diamonds and jewclry are to be
awarded.
At an authorized and official trial at
Denver. W. W. Hamilton rode twn-thirds
of a mile uDpaced in lis 40. taking four
and one-fifth seconds off the worlds
record held by Gardiner.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the race
track people In this vicinity to kill off
the Elkton running meeting that under
taking promises TO be success The
Elkton grounds do not afford stabInr
room for the horses that are to he there.
and the pens formerly used for cattle at
the fairs are being turned into stalls as
last as carpenters can do the work. The
Elkton management claims that they have
promises from OWNERS at St Asaph's and
Old Dominion that they will send ten car
loads OF hnrses. The meeting begins on
Saturday.
Hugh Duffy, the well known baseball
player, was married at Boston Yesterday
The evening times., 1895-10-17
FOREIGN NOVELTIES.

Moissan recently exhibited the largest
black diamond ever found TO the Academic
dcs Sciences. 1t weighs 3,766 carats, is
apparently without flaw, and is the size of
large pear. 1t came from Bahia, I'm Brazil,
where it was found last July The largest
black diamonds previously known weighed
$50, $40, and ZOO carats, and were not
free from flaws.
Frcscoes representing the Sanitation of
the Virgin and the Nativity, earlier than
the Reformation, have been found under
the plaster Of the parish church at Ashamp-
stead, near Reading England.
Ten thousand dollars were given for
Stradivarius violoncf 10 recently by Her
Won Mepdelssohn, one OF the Berlin banking
house, 10 Herr Iadenburg. OF Frankfort,
who had bought 1t for $4,000.
Leo XIII is looking forw ard TO the next
century. He oates his last encyclical on
the Rosary, MDCCCyC, five years from
nineteen hundred.
Madagascar's queen is described as look
ing very pretty and piquant in light blue
Silk knickerbockers.
A picnic 0,5CO feet above the sea level
was recently given on the top of the
Vanguard, in Southern Switzerland, by
Sir Seymour and Lady King. The women
were carried up on chaises a porteur, used
for the first time on the mountain, by
Italian bearers, the. Swiss niountaineers
having refused to undertake the risk
Japan has ordered 500 miles of submarine
cable from EDglan, which is to be used in
q line to Formosa. The japanese propose
TO do all the work themselves with their
own cable ships.
An indignant Baboo objectsto the "bloody
massacre that took place this year in the
battlefield of the high court examinations,
in which thousands OF unhealthy, short
sighted, weak-brained, cod-liver oil, and
FeIlowes' syrup drunkards are sufferers"
A novelty in advertising is shown in n
Scotch church. The congregation could
not pay its minister, when a soap firm
offered TO pay 500 a year for five years
on condition that its advertisement be
hung up in frontofthc gallery in the church,
offer accepted
The evening times., 1895-10-17
Hint to the Wise.

They had been sitting on the sofa for
an hour and he had been telling her the
same old thing that SO many men have
told SO many times to SO many women.
And he had been working for kiss-a
kiss that from her red lips would have
been worth SO much. But the strong
hold was hard to capture, for in wit she
was his equal, and he had almost given
up hope. At length she gave merry
little toss of her well-shaped head and
said:
'Bah! The game is not worth the
candle"
He got up from his seat beside her, and
stepping to the table, took up the waxen
taper and blew out the light.
1t was one case where ignorance wonld
have robbed him of bliss, land it was wisdom
to be wise.-New York World.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
TIGERS HAD To PLAY HARD.
Princeton Seminary Eleven Gave tht
'Xmrsity Team q Stiff Fight.

PRINCETON Seminary Eleven Gave the
Varsity Team a Stiff Fight.
Princeton. n. j.. Oct. 1.-THE tigers
met the Princeton Seminary football team
yesterday, and after n great deal of
hard work succeeded in defeating them
by the score OF 10 to 4.
Galley played left guard for Semina rvs
and with good support made 1t very hot
for the opposing line. The stonewall that
paffled the Virginia team a week ago,
was unable to Come up to its former
strength and the Sersinary was able 10
make the required five yards on nearly
every attempt.
Wood did well for the seminarys, making
their only touchdown about five minutes
from the opening of the second half, neither
side having scored in the first Armstrong
again proved the best ground gamer for
Princeton, but had to retire during the last
half.
When the score stood to o against
the varsity, the team put forth their utmost
efforts and by hard work secured two
touch-downs, frem which one goal was
kicked. Rhodes made one of the best runs
for Princeton, taking the bah around left
end for forty yards just before the last score
was made.
The evening times., 1895-10-17

If he is put to it by pressure, which he
will likely meet on Saturday, and which
his friends think will serve to show some
thing near what is In him.
The events at Van Ness Park on Satur-
day ttat are being looked to with the
most interest seem to be the tw0-mile and
one-half mile handicaps. Nearly every
really speedy rider In the District is en-
tered in one or the other of these races,
and If the track is in good shape all local
time for the distances is likely to be beaten
Tom Mudd, who is one of the wcll-known
District riders who will compete in the
Dupont Cycle Clubs twenty-mile race,
has been out on numerous occasions for
District honors. He has won some events,
but there has now and then been contro-
versy over struggles in which he has
taken part, but this time he hopes to
make so decisive n victory that there will
be no question about it.
If Fred Sims appears in the Dupont event
next Monday, as it is now stated he will,
his presence alone will add much To the
interest of the race. Sims is no longer a
Washington boy. having taking up his
home in Philadelphia, but he made
splendid record on the big circuit, aud
him ride. 1t is thought that Sims ought
not have much trouble in winning what
he starts for. as 1t is thought he could
hardly be Handicapped out.
The Gailaudet College boys, much elatel
over winning both of their games, now
feel very confident that they can put up
n pretty stiff struggle against any of the
teams with which they have thus far
made enga gements There may, however,
it was said last night, be some slight
changes made in the makeup of the team
within the next few days. The work OF
one OF two of the men now on the team
has not been entirely satisfactory, and
others will be tried in their places until
they are better filled.
Capt. Palmer, of the Washington Road
Club, and one or two other members of
that organizatiO are making prepa rations
for long ride through Virginia and Mary
land. The trip will take in something like
400 miles, and will be made soon after the
race-meet matters of Saturday have been
disposed OF. This is the most delightful
time in the year for such an excursion, and
those who contemplate ma king this one are
anticipating a great deal of plea sure from t.,
Capt. Jones, who has had In hand the
Columbia Athletic Club bowling team for
several years, will be at the head OF the
The evening times., 1895-10-17
wEATHER-wIsE PEOPLE.
They Meet In Convention nd the Ne,
CIissf SnnaES

They Meet In Convention n nd the New
Chief Speaks.
Indiana polls, Ind, Oct. 17.-Thc annual
convention of the American Association of
State Weather Services, which began its
meeting in this city yesterday, is the first
opportunity Willis L. Moore, the new chief
of the bureau, has had of meeting the
forecast officials of the various States and
Territories. ,
The chief took the opportunity to i'm
press the idea that civil service reform
had come to stay in the Weather Bureau
Department. In the course of \ sspeech he
said: rAA
II wish to echo the polly of the
Secretary of Agriculture toward the bu-
reau. When he called me to he the chief
of the bureau he impressed upon me that
1 should enter upon the duties OF the office
with the single purpose of making the
weather service of the United. States the
best in the world, if is not already the best,
and that l was to recognize every man
upon his merit without regard to po-
litical, religious or agv, other considera-
strong" Isl
President Dunwoody said the State bu-
reaus now distribute data over $500, 900
square miles.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
SUICIDE IN JAIL.
One of the New York Canal Murder
crS Ends His Life

Buffalo. Oct. 17.-James Dixon. one of
the prisoners locked up in the jail on ccount
OF the tragedy at Tonawanda. in which
Capt. Phillips and his son were murdered
hung himself in his cell about / O'Clock
this morning.
The manner Of suicide was some what De-
culiar- Dixon tied towel around one wrist,
leaving a loopholc through which he
afterward slipped the other hand.
Then he tied the sheet around the graf
ing or his celi, standing on chair to do So
He fixed his neck in n moose in the sheet,
slipped his right hand through the loop in
the towel on his left wrist, kicked away
the chair and quickly straDgled to DEATH
1t is supposed that Dixon became terror
stricken at his situation, and in n moment
of desperation determined to kill himself.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
INSANE MANS CRIME.
Failed To Kill His Wife and Son, Bu,
Suicides

Philadelphia, Oct. 17.-John II. Bowen
aged 90 years, a weigher In the United
states appraisers stores, shot his wife,
Annie, aged 80 years. twice in the head
at about one O'Clock this morning, at
their home, 1880 Lancaster avenue, and
then fired shot into his own brain, dying
almost Instantly.
Mrs. Bowe en- was al once removed TO the
Presbyterian Hospital, and at 10 O'Clock
this morning the physicians said she was
doing nicely and may recover
The reports of the shots brought the
tw entyycar-old son to his parents bed.
room and the crazed father also fired
shot at him.
The son grappled with him and tried
20 wrcst the pistol from him, but the father
drew himself away and quickly fired
fatal shot into his own temple
Bowen lad for some time shown signs
81 insanity
The evening times., 1895-10-17
You business
men, WhOrl

are inconveniencing your
selves with that old tumble
down" roll-top desk, are
doing yourselves a big in
justice. You live half your
life at a desk, so let it be a
good one-especially since it
costs no more than a poor
one if bought Of us. We
control the famous Cutler
Office Desks, and they lead
the world.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
Stunid. Rnt Anxious.

The extreme simplicity of the new sold
iers in old times in England when the
pea SAINTS did not know their right foot
from their left, and consequently had to
have wisp OF hay tied around one foot
and of straw around the other, so that
they might answer to the commands. "Hay
foot, stra foor" seemstO o be enearlyequaletl
by that of the modern continental recruit
A French paper says that new recruit was
under instruction from the sergeant as to
the points of the compass. '.If you have
the north in front of you. the east at
your right and the west at your left,
what have you at your back" asked the
sergeant.
MY knapsack!, promptly answered the
soldier.-Youth's Companion.
The evening times., 1895-10-17

more material OF this kind than there will be
any use for. Heretofore these fast men
because there were very few of them die
tatcd their own terms. Now 1t is getting
SO that the manufacturers name the price
for services, and the rider can take it or
let 1t alone. Some other rider equally
as good will be glad to get it,
The evening times., 1895-10-17
BOLD BURGLARS.
They Hold Up LOdgers in the Greaf
Auditorium Hotel,

Chicago, Oct. ia burglary. unpre-
cedented in bOldness was perpet rated
early last evening, when two men entered
the suite of rooms occupied by William s.
Walker, on the third floor of the annex Of
the Auditorium Hotel.
Mrs. Walker was alone in the drawing
room. BY threats tn shoot her. Mrs Walker
was frightened into silence, while the men
made a hasty search of the apartment.
Their disappointment in not finding the
expected money or Jewels was expressed
in oaths, and they hastily gathered up
MIS- walkers wardrobe and passed out
of side entrance.
1t is thought that the thieves were after
the jewels of Nine. Melba. who had formerly
occupied the rooms, but who is now To-
Gated in another part of the house
The evening times., 1895-10-17
wESLEYANS COULD NOT KICK.
Which Cost Them IA Close Game With
the Amherst Tenn

Amherst, Mass, Oct. 11.-Failurc or
Wcslcyan's part 10 kick "A goal was all that
saved the football game for Amherst yes
tcr,iay afternoon.
The Amherst team was weakened by the
absence of Capt. Pratt and Boyden, left
tackle, both being laid up with slight fn-
Juries. In the first half Amherst mad no
trouble in getting two tcuchdowns and
shutting out Wesleyan.
In The second halt Wesleyan had Amherst
ON The run, going through The substitutes
on the left side of the line repeatedly for
hiG gains. until The last tw o minutes of play.
when Amhncrst braCed up and carried the
bali the length OF the field by long runs
10 the lo-yard line. Score: Amherst, I2.
Wesleyan, 10 Tyler and Johnston playcd
q fine ramr
The evening times., 1895-10-17
SETTLERS WANT RELEASE.
They Don't Think 1t Wrong to Inter
fere With EvictiOns.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 17.-Habeas corpus
proceedings have been commenced by the
attorneysfor William H Garrett and John p
Meyer, the settlers on the winnebago reser-
walton, to secure their release from the
custody of the Indian police at Pender,
where they are held for Interfering with
the evictions.
The petition alleges that Indian Agent
Beck had no Jurisdiction over the strip of
land on which the arrests were made, as it
is on that part Of the so-called reservation
lying within Thnrston county.
1t is stated that In 1883 the tribe of
Winnebago Indians was dissolved, the men,
bcrs becoming citizens Of the United States,
and since that time there has not been any
tribe of Indians occupying the territory
Judge Shiras issued writ returnable
next Thursday IN the Federal court.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
TRYING FOR A DOG SHOW.
Fanciers Here VIII Enleavo TO Bring
One Off


A meeting will be held early next month
for the purpose Of discussing the quest ion
OF dog show here in the spring. The
can Tor the meeting is expected TO be
made within the next day or two.
Heretofore these events have been full
OF interest TO many people. The exhibi-
tons have been good ones. Not Withstand
ing this fact there seems to be Some
doubt a to whether there viii be a',other
show here. II circuit is formed, as il
is hoped there VIII be. TO take in New
York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and other
cities, and suitable place some where
near the heart of the city can be obta inet,
for the affair, show will no doubt be
given.
But unless such circuit is made up
there will probably be none. rs To 20 it
alone would make the expense of the
show too great for the dog fanciers here
TO undertake. As yet none OF the other
cities have taken any steps toward ex-
hibitions. though IT is about time they
were doing so.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
Given Goes Free

Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. 17.-Jolfn p
Given, who came here several months ago
with letters from prominent Washington
lawyers and committed forgery, obtaining
about SO, left the city last night free
man on account OF the intercession of his
mother and friends. who made good part
Of the amount. His family is well con-
nected in Delaware.
The evening times., 1895-10-17
Craig & Harding,
18th and r Sts.

team again this year. Last years team was
made up OF Messrs. Mason, Stone, Bestar,
Dove and Ricker. 1t is likely that the
most OF these men, II not all of them, viii
play games here with either Brooklyn or
New York team, as in former years, and
Will play return games on the visiting teams
alleys. Last years Columbia team was
a good one, and this years will be equally
as good, whoever Is on it, for the club has
lots of able bowling material. The Co.
Iumbla team will not, it s said, go into
the proposed District league.
It Is predicted by n wefl-known bicycle
dealer that the palmy days of high-sa la ried
advertising riders, such as Cabanne, Titus
and the rest OF them, are near their end.
"Such men asthese have been dra wing sal
aries ranging from $50 to $50 a week."
said this gentleman, because they have
been rare. Men OF their kind are getting
common now-at least. men who will an
swer the purpose of the manufacturers who
hire them are. This year there has sprung
up hundreds of fast men. and next year they
will he faster, and another new crop will
bc sprouted, and pretty soon there will be
The evening times., 1895-10-17

The highest artificial structure in Amer
lea is the water works tower at Eden Park,
Cincinnati, o. The floor OF the tower.
reached by elevators, Is 552 feet above
the Ohio River. The base is 4O4 feet above
the stream. II the height of the elevator
shaft be added to the observation floor the
grand total height Is $50 feet.