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The evening times., 1895-09-26
Master or Servant?

A Newcastle bricklayer, who on the death
OF a relative. had come into fortune of Il
few hundred pounds, decided to set up as a
master builder, and as commencement
entered into contract TO erect j smalivillI.
The building was started, but oar friend
soon found that an employers life is not
one of unailoyed bliss.
An old friend CHANGED tn pass the house
one morning and was astonished to find
his mate welding the trowel once more
and experimenting him and the other
worknen was strange foreman. The
following conversation ensued:
.'Why, Jack, ladi Hoo's this, Aa thowt
ye was gaffer nool''
''Se aa Is, man; sc al Is. But al syun fund
aa wis ne use bossin' the men. sc IA detar-
mined gan towark agyenmesel. andaa've
hired yon chap To lyuk efter u.s. TIT Bits
The evening times., 1895-09-26
From thu. Alta n,a Constitution

The outcome of it was great republic
of freemen. pledged by their destiny To offer
10 all other peoples struggling for liberty
lively and cordial sympathy. The Ques-
tion arises, have we offered it to the people
OF Cuba, who are struggling against the
most tyrannical and sinister government
that the human mind can imagine? Have
we done our whole duty by that brave
people fighting for their liberty?
The evening times., 1895-09-26
Advertising Oddities.

What is generally supposed to be, but is
| not. the fret authentical advertisement in
| England appeared in the Mercurius Politi-
! Gus for January, 1862, and reads thus:
"Irenodia Gratulatoria, an Heroick
Poem, being cogratulatory panegyrick
| for my Lord Generals late return. sum-
| ming up his success in an exquisite manner.
| To be sold by John Holden. in the New Ex-
| change London. Printed by Thomas New
comb, 1852"
In England the same names that appeared
| in advertisements at the end of the last
| century may be found For instance. in
! the London Times of 179S are to be found
the virtues of a certain powder Set forth
in exactly the came words as it Is now
| advertised.
Nowadays it is hardly possible to look in
any direction without the eye encounter
ing some species of advertisement, but
after all the newspapers are the most in
teresting vehicles of advertising, AMI from
them a writer on advertising would most
naturally look for his samples.
"A keyless ladies' gold watch" or "a red
lady's umbrella
IL IL Dot easy W DtcStiNt Ott
when reading:
ITO be cold cheap. fine gray horse for
roadster. or would carry a lady with a
docked tail"
Or of q buggy "the property Of gentle
man with movable head, as good as
new"
The purely literary, or rather fiowery.
advertisement has quite died out. George
Robins. an Englishman. was the last pro
feSsor OF this art and he died some thirty
years ago. His advertisements of estates
for sale were works OF art, and were as
eagerly read as the pages OF Punch. Once.
after describing an estate as 'terres-
trial paradise" he admitted that 1t had
one drawback, and that was 1.-The litter
of the rose leaves and the noise of the
nightinga afes-"
But for dry humor American advertise
ments bear away the palm, and with the
advertisement is sometimes mingled no
little ingenuity. story is told OF
brewer of Pennsylvania whose favorite
place for advertising was the fence of a
graveyard, where he inscribed in large.
white letters: Use Jones' bottled ale if
you would keep out Of here"
The idea of paper for advertisements
only is 200 years old. for in 1892 the City
Mercury, of London was published gratis
for the promotion OF trade, but the pro-
prietor promised only n distribution Of
1000 copies week among the coffee
houses, taverns, and book shops.
In the Albany Times some thirty years
ago was the following advertisemen MT
wnicn shows tnc vaIue pace. IN wives at
hat time:
Three dollars reward will be paid to
whoever will cause the return to me OF
my wife, Mary. She Is OF middle size,
light complexion. freckles on her face, light
hair. Is about fifteen years of age and OF a
loving disposition. and had on three rattan
hoops. WILLIAM SNOW, Lodge and
Maiden streets.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
From the Springfield Republican

The Cubans are going TO get lot of SYM
pathy from the United States if rot recog-
milton rs belligerents. A monster petition
to the Government to recognize them is in
the way of being started at New York
And mass meeting is to he held at Music
Hall in Chicago in week. under the au-
spices of leading citizens, TO give voice TO
the sentiments of the community in the
matter. There is 10 question about the
feeling of the people tow ards the Cuban
patriots.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
From the chicago Times-Herald.

Cuba is our neighbor-after Canada and
Mexico our nearest neighbor. There Is no
other country toward which the eyes and
longing heart of Cubans in their supreme
agony turn as they do to the United States
This country is the day-star of their hope.
Its history, its institutions. and its laws.
its millions of free and happy homes, have
taught the Cubans all they have ever known
OF dared dream about of political freedom
and human rights.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.

The Cuban rebellion is as sincere an exhi-
bition of unselfish and patriotic courage
struggling against the tyranny of n nation
incompetent 10 COVE IN the island a S has been
witnes sed in the history Of the various Amer
lean revolutions in the past century. 1t Is
an aspiration and movement which can
not be crushed out. and which the proximity
of our own republic, and the ever-increas-
ing communication of republican IDEAS to
Cuba will continually strengthen. Nine
teen -twcutieths of the American people
wish il well. and the time cannot be far
distant when this moral sympathy must find
expression at Washington.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

Maryland Democrats have discovered
that the Republican candidate, Lowndes,
asserts that local issues will rule in the
campaign, although Senator Sherman Gays
battles should be fought on national issues.
This may be explained by the fact that
Lowndes is local and Sherman national
The evening times., 1895-09-26
Four Doubtful Things.

"Bob" FitZsimmons is not total ab-
stainer even W hen in training. He always
carries a flask of W hisky with him and takes
a nip W hen he feels the need of It, Henever
takes more than is good for him, how ever.
Beer and ginger ale he drinks In large
quantities. When he first trained for the
prize-ring he ahstained wholly from alco
holic stimulants. Now he considers them
of value If taken in moderation.
Lambertville, N. j., is plagued with an
excess of carp, which have multiplied so
rapidly that they not only pollute the
waters in which they live, but choke the
main which supplies the town with water.
Dynamite is being used TO destroy them.
The use of giant pow der for this purpose
seems TO be very legitimate, but the pre-
cedent is dintinctly bad, for 1t is almost
certain to suggest itself to some unsports-
manlikc miscreant as the shortest and
quickest way to destroy for lucre nobler
fish, such as trout.
The only city that has successfully
fought the caterpillars is Rochester, N. Y.
For several years a forestry association
there has offered children prizes for gath
ering cocoons, ard in the summer of 1898
1t destroyed 132,64S cocoons, $4,000 Of
which was brought i'll by one boy. In 1894
the number gathered and destroyed was
over 100000, at a cost in prizes Of $685..
The offer was repeated this spring, but
only 100000 cocoons were found. The
pestiferous despoiler had given up the
fight for once.
The incidents in real life that are stranger
than fiction are popping up all the time.
The other day, in st. Louis, John Bennett.
a cripple, whose legs were cut off at the
knees, went to the City Hospital for relief
from the excruciating pain that he felt
in his injured limbs. He had also Just
dreamed that his father, whom he had not
seen since he was o baby, was alive
While in the hospital he told chance
acquaintance of his dream, and this man
happened to know the young mans father,
and the two were brought together.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
From the. Philadelph la Times

If the United States had acted in imita-
ton of Spain at the tine of our civil W ar
We Should have recognized the Cuban in
surgents as belligereHts long ago Within
little more than a month after the first
battle of Bull Run, that was TO more a
victory for the insurgents of the South than
was there a victory for the Cuban insur-
gents at the battle of Bayamo. from " hich
the Spanish commander had TO flee for his
life. the Government of Spain recognized
a.. C"i ic1erates "a hcii,gereIits. " = Fave
therefore, high authority in the example
of Spain 10 recognize the Cuban rebels as
belliecrents
The evening times., 1895-09-26
From the chicago Tribune

If Cuba were free she would pass under
American trade influences; she woul
buy from her customers; she would have
better railroads and high ways. Her re-
ma arkable resources would be developed
by American capital aud her rbusincss would
rapidly increase if she had the moral pro-
lection of this country and were freed from
Spanish exactions and absorptions
The evening times., 1895-09-26
WATER SUPPLY OF TIE EAST
Forest Fires fhisstsl % Reduce n to /
~, olH1ous Extent ia
Secretary Morton Urges the Neces-
sity OF Laws to Guard Against
the ScourGe.

The Agricultural Department has re-
ceiyed no special reports OF the recent
| and reigning forest fires, there being no
| appropriation available for securing them.
No information respecting their extent
and amount OF damage is known to the
| Officials, other. than that furnished by
the public press. Secretary Morton, how
| ever, as is well known, is intensely inter
ested in them as having a bearing ON the
subject OF the water and lumber supply
| of the ma tion
1.-The remedy for much of the trouble"
he saM to reporter for the Times to
day, 1.-THE way to prevent them, is a system
regulating the clearing up OF the debris
of 'slash,' as 1t is called, after cutting
the large trees for timber
1.-The devastation of the woodlands OF
this country bS.fire could be avoided in
the future II each State would make il a
penal offense 10 leave the slash that is
to say the tops, branches, twigs and limbs
of trees not utilized for lumber, lying upon
the ground where the trees are felled, as
kindling for the great forest fires which
,levastate the timbered sections OF the
Union, more or less. each year.
H
ing to the full extent I have suggested
has almost entirely abolished forest fires
in that State. Persons who build tires in
the woods there, for whatever purpose,
are compelled to quench every spark and
ember before they leave, the penalty for
failure to do SO being very heavy.
"The 'slash,' after 1t dries, is excel
tod <,s,v
the embers from pipe are sufficient t. ig-
mite it. Until there be uniform laws in re-
gard to this matter forest confiagrations
will continue" s
what effect will these fires have upon
the water supply, Mr.. Secretary asked
the reporter.
'They will result, just as any other
method uf denuding the country of forests
WILL in reducing the water supply. / am
greatly concerned about this matter. Take
New York, for instance. If the destruction
OF the Adirondack forests is not stopped
and that speedily, the great cities, espe-
cially New York, now drawing their sup
ply from that reservoir of nature will be
without watenfur domestic purposes.
ION this very topic wrote to Prof. F II.
Newell, OF the Geological survey IN
letter. telling linn why | could not attend
the meeting OF the American Forestry AS
sociation. The conservation of woodlands
i'll each State becomes more and more Deces-
sary as each decade shows more and more
damage from torrention rainfalis on tile
one hand and long continued and intese
drnutiIs on the other.
"In order that the value and condition
of the woodlands embraced within the
boundar ries of 1.-THE national forest reserva-
tions may be lapproxinlated. it rs deemed
advisable thai the Geological Survey and
the director of forestry OF the Department
of Agriculture cooperate in mapping and
determining the value OF such national re-
serves g
Some of the foremost friends of the for
ests-gentIemen who have made the sub
ject one OF serious inquiry-deem such Coz
operation entirely proper and feasible.
With them quite fully agree"
The evening times., 1895-09-26
Seriously Laughable.

Percy-Why, Charles, ole chap, where's
your watch.
Charles (playing with the ticket in his
vest pocketi-why-oh- couldn't stand
the bcastly ticking-it shattered my nerves.
-Tit-Bits.
Physician-Your father must be kept per
fectly quiet: you will TAXI care to allow no
stranger to see him.
Young Lady-But suppose. doctor, some
gentleman wanted to apply for my hand
Humor istische BLtter.
Doctor-Countess, should be glad if you
would let me hear you cough.
Countess-I don't feel disposed to do so
just now. Ito her maidl-Eliza, please
cough like did this morning.-Metto per
Ridere.
Editors Wife-who wrote this beautiful
article on allow to Manage a wife?''
Editor-Young Quiiler.
Editors Wjfe-why. 1 didn't know he was
Edtor-He isn't.-Ahoona Tribune.
Wigwag-I never knew what narrow es-
cape from death once had till read the
papers few days ago.
Hobson-what was 1t?
II see that was in Chicago two years
ago while Holmes was there."-Phila,iel-
phia Record.
New York Millionaire (pale but calm)-
Mydear, weshallhay e put offtheparty.
His Wife (dreadfuny agitated)-what has
happcned?
"You know we had enaged duke?"
"Yes" '
"And a woman with a paste"
yes"
"wen. they've eloped togetherr'-Ex-
change.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
Dime Museum Freaks.

The proprietor of the Hamden Junction,
Ohio, American is the owner of the only iiv-
cry stable in the town. He is also a regular
practicing ph ysician. In his spare time he
does fine neetilework and outlines EN-
broidery. He leads the choir at the Method
list church and is the town treasurer and
president of the board of education.
The mostextravagant instance of literary
relic worship ON record is said to be that
ofa weiLkno wn En- glishman who constantly
wears, in small locket attached to chain
around the neck, a portion of the charred
skull of shelley.
female tOwn-crier fulfills her duties
IN the Scotch town of Dunning, Perthshife.
She is hale, hearty old dame of seventy,
locally known as the bell wife" and is
very proud OF having proclaimed the
Queens birthday for thirty-three years
running.
Mrs. Joseph Bryant, of Whitley, KY,
gave birth to twins recently, completing q
record of fourteen. She is sixty-five and
Mr.. Bryant Is seventy.
+ The most Interesting if the Spanish pre-
tenders is the Duke of Medina-Ceii, direct
descendant of Ferdinand and Isabella. To
him the race of f7f5.,urbon-Aniou are usurp-
ers. The duke can travel from nne end OF
Spain to the other and sleep every night
in bis own huuse.-
The evening times., 1895-09-26
From the Kansas City Times.

Undoubtedly the recognition of the insur-
gents wouldgivethe Cubansgreat nioralsup-
port. 1t would help their credit. and give
them standing. Spain would consider the
action of the government as an affront, no
doubt. f,ut that would be matter of small
consequence.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
Subscriber. to "The Times" Will

Subscribers TO "The Times" will
confer a favor by promptly reportin.
any discourtesy of collectors, OF neg
lect 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.
uvered to all parts OF the city by $3.50
O'Clock a. M. including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should be in the
hands of subscribefs not later than
$50 p. IN.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

DR.. Parkhurst eloquently portrays a
living picture hen he says "Tammany once
more stands alone in her hideous naked
ness" Now, where is Comstock?
The evening times., 1895-09-26

The name and the presence of the Hon.
Tim Campbell seems to have disappeared
forever from the Democratic clamor and
councils of New York. Such is the evan
escence of fame.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

While a search after a Presidential boom
is not attended with the dangers Of a
polar expedition, it costs about as much.
and is Dea rly as hard to put a finger ON as
is the North Pole.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

terview is just like the other ninety nine,
in that il expresses beautiful and Bour=
bon-like confidence in the Senator's re-
election. -r.--
The evening times., 1895-09-26

blossom into q smile because lady friend
Is an admirer of boomers.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

started, but the growth of public seri-
ment in favor of free Cuba is out-travel-
ing the cold wave, said to be coming this
way
The evening times., 1895-09-26

1t is "a a-fatisfaction to know that the
weather bureau liar who reported the cold
wave is in il, go far as.thc heat is concerned,
with all the rest Of us.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

The boilers of the Syracuse convention
are respectfully referred TO Lieut.. Peary
for information concerning a country where
they can have their own way.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
DEEP WATERWAYS.

Numerous gentlemen Of Northern and
Northwestern States are now sitting in con-
vention at Cleveland for the purpnsc of
furthering the cause'of deep water chan
The evening times., 1895-09-26
THE TIMES STILL LEADS.
The Circulation of the Star Is Fallin:
Off-The Public knows Its Friend.


Off-The Public Knows Its Friend.
The aggregate circulation of the Star last
week was ITO, ATT. That of The Times was
213, 165, which shows circulation OF
42,6eS more than the Star. Whether or not
this increase is due to the sEarling of fiste
dog weekly publications which ''some one"
has set at the heels of The Times would bc
difficult 10 determine, but that quite nat
raj inference.
The Times is decidedly the hest daily in
Washington, and the more advertising it
secures the greater will be its circulation
II is possible to fool the public occasionally
by insnuations and monkey paw abuse. but
when the object Of such attacks is really
deserving there can be but one result-an
increase of popularity.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

English newspapers. scenting another
defeat in an Americas cup race, are as
sertinS that Mr.. Rose. the challenger, is
more of a Canadian than an Englishman.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

Prof. Anderson's collection of the old
Japanese color prints. which, after being
on deposit in the British Museum for two
years, the museum declined to buy, has
been sold 10 Mr.. Ernest Hart. who intends
to have the collection arranged and ca,a-
logued, and later to present it to the British
na ton.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

The mugwumps refused quarters in the
lair of Tammany; therefore the tiger is
both lonesome and hungry.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
Points About Pilgrims.

niIS. -. -. SHERWOOD, OF Br0Okiyn>Mr.
j. H. Potter, jr., Fall River. Mass; Mr.
Edward Wilhelm. OF Buffalo, N. Y; Mr.
Edmund slattery, of Indus. Tenn, and
Mr.. George T. Baker, of st. Louis, are at
| the Ebbitt.
Mr.. c. W. Baker and mother, of Los
| Angeles, Cal; Mr.. N. N. Newton, of New
York, and Mr.. 1. T. Woodbury.. of Boston,
| are stopping at the Riggs House.
Ex-senator Hunton, of Virginia. and Mr.
and Mrs. j. Chapman. of New York, are
late arrivals at the Normandie.
Among the Arlington's most recent ar
rivals are Messrs. George A. Blackburn
and ] H. Caldwell, of Bristol, Tenn; Mr..
John A. Lawrence, of Grand Rapids, Mich /;
Mr.. W. H. Perry and wife, of New York;
Mr.. Charles H. Swan, of Boston, and Will
liam H. Johns, OF New York.
Messrs. Thomas Settle, of Reidsville, N.
c.; J. Q. Mitchell. of New York, and S. W.
Walker, OF West Virginia, are guests at
Chamberlain'e.
The following persons are among late ar
rivals at the National: Mr.. 8. T. johnson,
of Minneapolis; Mr.. Fred Crosby, of Mont
gomery, Ala; Mr.. A. w. Martin. of To-
ledo, Ohio; Mr.. X. N. Mitchell, OF Boston;
Mr.. F. L. Hartley, of Quakerstown. Pa, and
Mr.. F. p. Bailey, OF Indianapolis.
Mr. II. E. Copeland. boot and shoe
manufacturer of Cincinnati. is at the Met
ropolitan.
Mai George ". Taylor. of Norfolk, Va
and Mr.. II. r. Ferguson, of Brooklyn. are
at the Metropolitan.
Among the Shoreham's latest guests are.
Messrs. E. g. Kelly and Paul A. Staley.
of Springfield. Ohio; Mr.. Edward s. Beach.
of Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. A. McAllister. OF
Cleveland; Mr.. c. G. Ha wiley, of Ainneap-
oils, and Mr.. George E. Bent, of Mexico.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

One good thing ', accomplished by the New
York convention was the resolution of SYM
pathy for the struggling Cubans.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

Only the Esquimaux have taken their
furs out of the camphor.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
BibliOphilomania.

One of the results nf modern Industrial
triumph is that. as q general rule, good
leather cannot be secured for book bind
ings, none that can be warranted for twenty
years. Stiii. there are plenty of nld books
in costly libraries which are fully 300
years OLD and the leather bindings of which
are still unbroken-
The evening times., 1895-09-26

NJ. Edouard Bctaiile. whose splendid
painting OF military subjects places him at
the head of all living artists in that line.
studied with Meissonicr for two years, and
got much of hi. correct knowledge OF the
real hattie field from the Franco -Prussian
war. Hegen.raliy works hard nine months
of the year.
The evening times., 1895-09-26
Cranky Odds and Ends.

Various nickel subscription funds to re-
lieve Mark wains embarrassed finances
have been started in Ohio. The one begun
in Red Bank has reached the grand total
of nearly three dollars.
n. vallot, the rich Frenchman, who has
made hobby e. climbing Mont Blanc
and who has made the ascent twenty smes,
isa slightlittle man not at a la typicalclimb-
er. In his knckerbocker suit he locks more
like the conventional tourist OF the sea-
side than a mountaineer. NJ. Vallot now
has project for surveying the Mont Blanc
range, and with civil engineer and nearly
q dozen assistants he recently passed
through Chamonix on his way to the
mountain.
Anthony Gaa, of Laportc, Ind, died
recently at the age of eighty four. In 1850
he was an enthusiastic supporter of Doug
las for President Gaa, " hO was a skillful
carpenter in good circumstances, vowed
that if Lincoln vas elected he would never
do another stroke Of work. When he heard
of Lncoln's success he abandoned his tools
and never touched them again. He died
in the poorhouse.
A writer in the Electrical Engineer argues
that two good copper wires between New
York and Chicago fed with mail matter
would carry 2S, 500 messages of fifty words
each day. He thinks that '.specialdeliyery"
mail could be cent by telegraph with
remarkable margin Of profit"
Ex-senator Frank Hiscock, who used
TO be one Of the best dressed men In public
life, has grown careless in his attire as he
has left his political prominence behind
him. 'Grand. gloomy and peculiar" he
10 still the nDost picturesque Republican
In New York. As he has grown older he has
developed touch OF fafeasm in his con-
versation that proves that he has given up
all idea of further political adyaBee1aent.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

1t was mistake to report Hill on top at
Syracuse until Tammany had unIoaded her
votes.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

Mr.. c. W. Baker and mother, of Los
Angeles. Cal; Mr.. N. N. Newton, of New
York, and Mr.. 1. 7. Woodbury., of Boston,
are stopping at the Riggs House.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

Giovanni Beilinfs famous ''Circumcis-
ion" which has been 70 rf.sore than century
the property of the Earle OF Carlisle. has
just been given by the present Carl to the
National Gallery. The picture was bought
at the sale OF the property OF Philippe Ega
lite, Louis Philippe's father.
The evening times., 1895-09-26

I, j. Milton Young, cashier of The Wash
ington Times Company. do solemnly swear
that the accompanying statement is true
and correct. tu the best of my knowledge
and bpIilf
The evening times., 1895-09-26
He Drew His Sword

He drew the sword, but not, alasi
HA country's foe to battle;
He drew hissword because be held
A ticket at rattle.
-Pbiladelphia Record
The evening times., 1895-09-26

"If It's news it's in Tho Morning
Times.s
The evening times., 1895-09-26

"If IT'S new. IT'S in The Morning
Times"