The evening times., 1895-08-17
GoSsip ofthe Dau.

l tudc0lueS WdB dSkeu tue OtucI udy.
'.That is a pretty hard question 10 an
swer." was the reply. '.About five years
| ago It was estimated that thcreg were
| in the neighborhood of 10000. / am Ger
tain that IL there were 10000 then there
are 10000 now. Those who, made the
estimate five years ago claim that, there
are 10000 wheels here.
"Thc value OF these machines? Well.
| that Is another hard one. Machines cost
different prices, but don't think am
far out Of the way in saying all OF $4,000
| 900. 1s
mo, the number of machines does not
Indicate the number OF riders there are
In the city. All of the 0 wners Of the 10000
| machines ride, but there are thousands OF
people who rent machines from dealers,
and there are still many more, who don't
rent machines, who borrow from their
| neighbors and friends As to the number
of people who ride, l don't believe there
are less than 10000 In Washington, and
! there are probably more than that"
"The new Ninth street electric cars are
| as pretty as one could wish and they travel
as briskly as Jehu's steeds," remarked a
| passenger over the line yesterday, but
| there Is one thing that should be protested
against until remcdied. That Ia the narrow
seats on the motor car. There was always
complaint about the seats on those old horse
cars, where center aisle monopolized SO
much OF the interior OF the car, and now in
the new ones II Is as bad or even worse.
When two people occupy seat the only
alternative Ia for the one on the Outside to
permit his feet to dangle over the outer edge
or the inside man TO stretch his feet into the
aisle, to be trespassed upon by heartless
conductor and the other passengers. There
is no necessity for the cutting OF seats, and
they should bc made 10 cross the car like
those In the trailer"
There is one gentleman IN Washington
to-day who thinks he has cause for re-
jolcing. Yesterday he found in junk
shop a pair OF candelabra that had been
going the rounds since 1879. In that year
a lady on Capitol Hill borrowed them for
use at an evening entertainment which
she gave at her residence for a church
benefit. Several weeks elapsed before the
lady who had loaned them met the Dor
rover, and reference was made to them
at that time and request for their return.
Embarrassment was pictured on the
lady's face, but she boldly admitted that
they had disappeared, and expressed the
belief that her father, who was addicted to
drink, had pawned them for money To
satisfy his thirst. Inquiry was made at
the pawn shops, and the Information
obtained from one of them that articles
answering the description had been re-
ceived and afterward sold to q party in
Baltimore.
Search was made In Baltimore, but they
had gone to the Eastern Shore of Mary
land. The search ended. Yesterday. while
the son OF the owner was Looking into
the windows of junk shop he recugnized
what he thought were the old heirlooms.
Stepping into the room, he made an ex-
animation, but had his doubts as to their
being the ones which had been lost. On
examining the marble bases he discovered
scratched on them the initials of his two
sisters and his own name, which had
been placed there forty-five years ago.
This was evidence positive as 10 owner
ship, and after pa ying the price asked for
them they were taken back to the owner
and placed once more among the family
penates.
The tardy methods adopted by the Com
missiOners iu conside ring the Proctor
case have excited considerable comment
among downtown Officials 1t is freely
alleged that the evidence before the trial
board showed clearly that Proctor had
b-eo guilty of misconduct, and IL is openly
stated that Officers have been dismissed
from the force for less serious offeuses
Prosecuting Attorney Pugh. in his report
to the ma jor of police, When be was called
upon to sho what the testimony indicated,
stated that It was very contradictory, oil
that either Proctor or MAN, his chief wit
uess, had testified falsely. In spite Of
all this. however. it looks as though there
is an inclination on the part OF some one
to hang up or whitewash the case.
There Ia nothing which more forcibly
inutrsates the fickieness of human nature
than to watch the many changes OF pop
ular feeling which q professional ball
player experiences during a season." said
Ned Hanlon, manager of the Baltimore
team, i'll the lobby Of the Riggs House last
night
Public opinion Of him is as changeahae
and varied as an April day. One day be =
a lauded hero, the next q shattered idol;
one noment he can get anything in the
town, the next he Is ain ost begrudged the
free air he breathes. At TIRES the girls
want to throw flowers aud bon-bons at
him and almost go in raptures over his ap-
pearance on the diaIpo ond; a short time after
he is characterized by them as tough and
unfit to occupy place in the club. Even
the small boy who sits on the bleachers
has his moods and Familiarity character
ICES bis ideal to his friends as ''de finest
ball-tosser in de land, see," while few
n 'oments later he will say to him, oh,
cone off de earth; you're rotten and
like expressions.
These opinions, either Of approval or |
conden nation, are formulated and given
circulation by the way the ball player |
conducts himself on the field. II he exc
cutes a play in the national game with |
correctness and precision be IL praised. |
il, OH the other hand, he should fall down |
on o most difficult and sometimes impos- |
sible chance, he Is blaned beyond extenu- |
alton. The public never seem to consider |
the fact that We are all capable of errors, |
in whatever vocation We may select, and |
nany times We are excused, but with the |
bail player it is different Cone what |
may, be must always be perfect il he does !
not want to have showers Of condemna-
ton beaped upon him." ,4-
Speaking OF dogs" said an official In I
the assessors office, reminds me. Did |
you ever contemplate the strength of the |
tie that binds the average citizen to his |
dog? 1t is remarkable, and notice 1t here,
where two-dollar note is all that stands |
between the dog and total elimination, as
II were.
"The owner OF the stately st. Bernard is
no more solicitous for the safety of his IA. [