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The morning times., 1896-12-06
PLAYED WITH A SNAKE.
Atlanta Boys singular Escape From
the FanSs of Reptile.
Atlanta Journal


Frequenters of a South Broad street sa-
loon were treated to Il very unusual spec
tacle Monday about noon. A little three
year-old babyeboy was seated ON a table
with Il big and yenoInOus looking South
American rattlesnake coiled around its tiny
armsand neck 4 motley crowd was clrcled
about the scene looking on III In utter
amazernent. The snake would push its
horrible head through the little boys curls
and would salute the crowd with ITS WHY
tongue The baby handled the deadly rep
tile apparently without any fear, and it
seems that the two have been trained to
each others cumpaniunship for the enter
taiDrnent of the public and for the re-
penishment OF tie baby's fathers purse
The name of the father is Israel Boro-
chofr, md lie lives at SO Gartreu street He
is tailor by profession. 1t is his Gus
tom 10 start out IN the morning with tbs
baby. always fancifuly attired. and his
spafc, and TO visit the different saloons OF
the city during tile day and rake in the
81 ecslcs. He usually finds III these places a
crt wd OF beer drinkers, who are readily
attracted by such scene as hr exhibits
He first takes the snake out Of its wooden
box and then takes up d collection from
tie gang. with the promise that the kid
should dc a kind OF song, and dance with
the sna ke in its arms. Then occurs a scene
that is rarely witnessed outside Of a circus
slGL show or diue museum.
" lille BorochorT was giving n perform
aDce in South Broad street saloon at
noon Monday Policeman Thompson entered
and was Mortified at the spectacle. He
immediately decided to pIace the trio
under arrest, and Conducted shake baby
and man TO the station house. Theauthori-
ues consulted for some time as to what
kind of case TO make against the man.
and finally decided that there was no law
TO cover his misdemeanoT. and dismissed
him. They We're OF the opinion, however
that Borochof should either be run out OF
town with his business, or be turned over
To the Humane Society. to be dealt wict for
cruelty to children. Borochoff ATTEMPTED
TO explain at the station house that the
snake was harmless, and that il was only Il
pet of the family He claimed that its
fangs were removed, and that ii came from
South America.
The animal is about yard long. and has
every appearance of being an olf-fashiCu.d
Georgia rattleSnake. with the exc. ptirn Of
the head and rattles. II is about rs dan
gerous looking a reptile as one cares to STE
The firm OF Papa, Snake x Baby itay bt.
seen most any day in different saloons of
the city.
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WHY She Wanted It.

II really must get one of those knicker-
incker hunting costumes,' said the girl in
blue.
But you don't know anything about a
gun?' protested the one in gray.
"Of course not''
And you wouldn't dare go near one.'
THAT'S also true"
And you'd be afraid to go near anyone
who had one''
quite right"
"Then you wouldn't he able to do any
hunting
You forget" said the girl in blue THAT
husband-huntingi is still somew hat in vogue,
and don't know anything better for itthan
such costume as that now that the bathing
season is over and we haven tquite reached
the decollcte period. ."-Chicago Evening
Post
The morning times., 1896-12-06

tne cold snap Nary a shot was fired ON
their new range last week n
Lieut. deorge Z. Shaw inspector OF rifle
praetice, Fifth Battalion, is confined TO
ms home by sickness
Col. olcott, of the quartermaster's de-
pal,heht OF New Jersey, was visitor at
tne armory Tuesday night He was cs-
leciaily pleased with the rifle gallery.
The Cycle Corps is Contemplating giving
dance soon.
flrst Lieut.: Harden. Company A. Fourth
Battalion. has gone South for his health
He is now at i sheville. ". c. The benefit
to he held for him December IA promises n,
be great success. ~
Corporal Robert ID. Weaver has been
elected first lieutenant OF the Miles ycIists
and has been ordered before the brigade
examining board December 16 AT the
same time First Sergt. ii Kendrick Gibson
will appear at his own regiment for exam
inatiOn for candidate for promotion to
second lieutenant
The following have been ordered honor
ably discharged ON their own application.
frivates Charles 7. Bliss and Henry B
Hedrick, First Separate Company: Frivatcs
Edwin C. Duttoh and Edward p Pumphrey
ana Corr oral hlchar0 4 SEQ. I. company b
First Battalion; Private Arthur Turner
Company Is, Fifth Battalion; ard prvates
Geor, la, a chan, Charles O. Krause, amueI
W. 1''IHdA, VI GHistNts, NJ ciHtltE-
land, Thomas A. Wade and 7. G Young,
Company A, Sixth Battalion.
The following have been ordered dis
charged in the interests of the service.
Private w. T. King, Company A, Fifth
Battalion, and Quartermaster Scrgt Henry
b. Williams, First Separate Company.
The following have been discharged Oh
their own application: Private Ezra Gould.
Company A, Second Battalion; Corporal C.
n Barry, Company b, Second Battalion;
Candidate Corporal L. c. Stewart, Company
A, Third Battalion, and Private Horace C.
Chandlee. Company d. Third Battalion
frivates George Hughes and Aldo l..
isham, Company A Fifth Battalion have
been honorabiy discharged on account OF
removal from the District.
The following have been ordered dis
honorably discharged on account OF ex-
pulSion from their companies: Privates
Frank Z. Loman and W T. Brook, Com
pany Il, First Battalion; Private Henry
Mander, Company C. Fifth Battalion;
Privates Charles A. Strawther. William
Thompson. and Samuel Is. Wallace, Com
pany d, First Separate Battalion.
The morning times., 1896-12-06
HAZING HALF y CENTURY AGO.
How Students at West Point Mill
tary Academy Practiced 1t.
'atrOit Free Press

Col. Joseph Stewart entered the MiIitary
Academy at West Point, July l, 1898, and
hls recollections concerning the customs At
that Institution over hal: a century ago are
fresh md Svid.
There was the case of Benham," SAYS
Col. Stewart. "Benham comes to my mind
because he was haZeG more severely than
any man in the academy during the four
years passed there You have read about
the hazing OF Cadet Edwin Il DAVIS, uf
Idaho, by Cadet Capt. Patrick A. Murphy,
the cham pioD boxer of the academy. recent
ly. l wish To say that in former times
there was no such brutal haZing as Davis
experienced In fact. FOR captain Of the
first class to engage in a smuggling match
flfty-eight years ago would have been con
sidered disgraceful, and / am too much of
an old-timer to understand how such 0ru-
tality has come to pass.
''IiaZlHg? Yes, oI course, there was haZ-
ing at West Point fifty-eight years ago,
but the first class had nothing to do with
brutally haZing lower clasSmen. Renham,
OF whom l spoke, afterward went to the
engineer corps. He was fine fellow and
spirited, too but perhaps Il little too cred
ulous. He fell in with one of the self-elect-
ed and bogus board of officers soon after
he arrived at West Point.
'.Sitting in their borrowed finery these
mock official boards would lay down all
sorts OF ABSURD regulations Tor the new
coniers, ana have great deal of fun.
The novice in turn took delight in hazing
tile uninitiated, and got even in that way.
l was haZed. So was James Longstreet
afterward lieutenant general of the Con-
federate army, who was in my class, AMI
who and very few Others are the sur
vivors of a class of fifty-six. That class,
perhaps it will interest you to know, was
represented in the civil war by nineteen
general officers, ten being in the Confed-
crate service and nine in the United States
army.
THE bogus official board which caused
Benham to be haZed brought him before
them in due military form andcaused himto
Undergo a physical examination. They
frowned, looked wise, criticised and con-
demned, and wound up by informing Ben
ham that his legs were crooked and that he
must wear splnts, extending pretty nearly
the whole length of his legs. The splints
we're accordingly fastened on at night. Ben
ham could not bend his knees, as a matter
of course, restrained by the spln,s, and so
the next morning, when he tried to go do wn
stairs he fell and broke one of his legs and
was laid up for some time. But that was an
accident. No one supposed that he would
attempt TO go down stairs stiff-legged, and
the men were genuinely sorry that such an
accident had befallen.'-From the Happy
Thought.
The morning times., 1896-12-06
LABOR NOTES.

Lowell has a textile school
Detroit BARRIERS will rcorganiZe.
London boasts SIC, 0,OCO vase.
Duluth has union label league.
Anderson, Ind, clerks organized.
Frisco has Chinese shoemakers.
London prefers wood pavements.
Maine is cutting Christmas trees.
A machine makes 5000 pins hourly.
America has 100000 freight cars.
PittsbuTg is to have colored firemen.
New York has women eold-beaters.
glasgow has municipal lodging houses
Butte, Mont, has 1900 union miners.
. The worlds armies use 4, 500, 600 men
Indiana miners average S201 year
London has 44S, 800 inhabited houses
Newark, N. j., prohibits slot machines.
kendrick, Idaho, hasn't a vacant house
England makes copper CONS for Russia
Some Brooklyn cigarmakers get ST a
day.
Port Huron musicians have formed a
union.
Marinette, Wis, is to have a Polish
colony.
Florence, Ala. has prohibited Sunday
shaves.
Mrs: Potter Palmer has a $4,000
bracelet.
Detroit now has Building Trades
Council.
Duluth has Scandinavian printers
union.
Pittsburg BARRIERS organized and Puebl,
The morning times., 1896-12-06
Emily Defined.

A judge in enc of the neighboring coun-
ties was charging jury in burglary
case the other day, and delivered the fol
lowing instruction:
"1he crime of burglary is divided into
two degrces-burglary in the first degree
and burglary in the seeohd degree. All
burglares not of the first degree are of
the hesecoBddegree, and vice versa, and, have
ing said so much, leave the case in your
hands, San Francisco Post.
The morning times., 1896-12-06
Wanted to Be Fair.

Archdeacon Sinclair tells story of an
Eton head master, known as "Flogging
Keate." Finding one morning row Of
boys in his study, he began, as usual, to
flog them They We're too terrified at
the awful little man to demonstrate till
he had gone half way down the row. when
one plucked up courage to falter out:
PLEASE, sir, We're not up for punishment
we're a confirmation class" "Never
mind" said DR.. Keate; II must be fair
all around, and 1t will do you good" So
he finished them off.-Chicago Chronicle,
The morning times., 1896-12-06


Theatrical stage Employ cs-K. of p.
Ball, 42o Twelfth street.
District Assembly, No. 60, h. OF L.
Executive committee-Labor Bureau, No
3lG Eighth street, o'clock.
MONDAY, DECEMBER Z.
l. A 1914. X. OF l., Piastercrs-Pias-
terers Hail, Four-a nd-a -a-half street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
l. A ITIS, 4. Of L, Carpenters and
Joiners-Society Temple, Fifth ana ="
streets.
Central Labor aphicai
Temple, s p. IN.
Amaigan,ared Society of Carpenters and
Joiners1Costello's Hail, Sixth and q
streets. ,
musaic and Encaustic Tile La3crs AS
s..mDy-I.. or Bureau. 3lo EiIhIh stfce'
l.. A.. 1916, X. of l., Bakers Drivers
Bunch's Hall, 316 Eighth street
TUESDAY, DECEMBER s.
Federation OF Lahor-Plasterers' Hall.
Four and-a-half street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Building Trades Council-Electrica
Workers Hall. .O9 Eleventh street.
Plate Printers Assembly Labor Bureau,
Sl6 Eighth street.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8.
Carpenters, J"iners', and Stairbuilders'
Union, No. Labor Bureau, BIG Eighth
street
Shoe Clerks a Assembly-Bcuna Vista Club
Rooms. sixth street, between u and II
streets.
l. A, 1891, h. of L., Mineral Water
privers-Costello's Hall, Sixth andG streets
Clerks Assembly, X. Of L.-Nordlinger
Hall, Georgetown
sttnc Cutters AssoCiatiun-Costello' Hall
Sixth and ii streets.
Galvanized Iron and Cornice Workers
737 Seventh street.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10.
District Assembly, No. 66, h. of L.
Plasterers Hail. Four-and-a-balf street
aud Pcuns ylvania avenue.
L. L No. 1870. BrutIerGoUluf Carpenters
Hall, 627 Massachusetts avenue
LB. No. 10, Steam aud Hot Water FIT
ters-K of T. Hall, i25 Twelfth street
l. L.. No. ., Plumbers and Gas Filters
Ass,,ciatiun-Elks' Hall, Ninth street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
.Frescu i.aInScIs-l 80 Seventh street.
L. L.. No. l, ayers-Typographical
Temple.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER IL.
L 4. lT9s, X OF l., sourneymen House
Painters-LabOr Bureau, 3l6 Eighth street.
street.
l. A 1896. X of L, Eccentria Associa-
ton of Steam Engineers-Bunch's Hall,
1916 Eighth street.
Electrical Workers Union, No. 26-Elec-
trical Workers iall, 50S Eleventh street
Cigar Makers Union No. llO-73T seventh
street
L. A. 2O3l X of l., Tin and Sheet Iron
workers-Pla>tererS Hall, Four and-a-half
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER IL.
Street Railway = Assembly-Labor Bureau,
Sl6 Eighth street.
L.U. No. lis. Bakers and Coufectioncrs-
E27 seventh street.
The morning times., 1896-12-06
Papa Was a whistler.

"Georgie, George, mind, your hat will
be blown off if you lean so far cut of the
carriage" Paterfamlias, quietly snatch.
ing the hat from the head of the refrac.
tory youngster and hiding it behind his
back-''There, now the hat has gone -
George set up howl. After awhile his
father remarks: Come, be quiet; if whis-
tie your hat will come back again -
Whistles and replaces hat on boys head
There, it's back again, you see" While
the parents are engaged in conversation
Georsie throw his hat out of the carriage
and cries: PA, whistle again. ."-Chron-
icle Chronicle.
The morning times., 1896-12-06
Good,
pure
groceries, :

those are what we give
you every time. If you
are as particular in buy
ing as we are in selecting,
the benefit will be mutual.
A trial order to PICKFORD
1nsures your future Gus
tom.
The morning times., 1896-12-06
y 1t PIeases Him.

I'm mighty glad Them tight sleeves
or woIIrei. Is COMING rack, saia MIse,
the Grab.
WHAT'S 1t to ycu?'' asked his friend.
"Bloke kin now see what sort o. arm
womans got l remember rryin' to
swipe young woman's dough-little,
weak-lookin' tnIng In The faoc-un' she
soaked me so hard dat l wasn't able to
-. t. rer SIX mon,ns. ns.'-Inuianrpolis
journal.
The morning times., 1896-12-06
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

The regular meeting of the District As
Aembly was held as usual on last Thurs
day evening, and was largely attended.
The announcement that the representatives
70 the General Assembly would present
The morning times., 1896-12-06
Case of Ambition.

she-They tell me that Della, since she
got her new wheel. is ambitious 30 out
strip them all.
He-Yes; l Judge so. l see she has
left OFT her skirt.-Buffalo Times.
The morning times., 1896-12-06
NOTES FROM COMMANDS.

The Fifth Battalion, under command of
Capt. jenkins, visited the fair at North
Capitol Street NJ. Z. Church, Tuesday even
ing.
he will resign the command of the Fifth
battalion upon the expiration of his leave
Major Harrison is spoken OF as his sue
cessor.
FirstL Lieut.. .Smallwood Company B, Fifth,
is hustling the company along these days.
Lieut.. Beatty, of the Troop, is laid up at
his rooms. Tie examination OF men for
non-commissioned offices will be continued
tomorrow night.
The new rifle association did not brave
The morning times., 1896-12-06
bW{EK IN LABOR CIRCLES
Matters of Interest to Organized
Wurkingmen of the District.
MEETINGS FOR THIS WEEK.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8.
Theatrical Stage Empioyes-h- oil L.
Ball, 42o Twelfth street.
district Assembly, No. 60, h. OF L.
Executive comnlittee-Labor Bureau, No.
Oh. I.i.htI. .irnaf 1,,nlncE
The advocate., 1896-09-09

Yention.
HisWstha World (Rep.), April 27,
1895: "It is our opinion that the State
Board Of Railroad Assessors each pos
sess telegraph franks and have no
right to them. Possibly the franks
are payment for lowering the assess.
ment value Of the telegraph lines"
Rocks county POpulists have nomi.
mated an excellent county ticket
headed by Isaac Conger for Represen-
tstive. Mr.. Conger's record in the
Legislature shows that he Is faithful,
honorable public servant. The Dem
Ocrsts get District Clerk and will in
dorse the ticket.
The Kansas City Times has reports
of the organization of 592 Bryan clubs
10 Kansas. Its reports show that
1000 Republicans are enrolled as
members of these clubs. The Repub'
licans are divided by districts as fol
lows: First 2,7O7, Second 2,611, Third
200, Fourth 1000, Fifth 1900, Sixth
2,1OO.
The Brown county Republican con.
Vention indorsed John Schilllng for
Senator. The district is composed of
Brown and DOniphsn counties, and is
supposed to be controlled by Cy Le-
land. In this case the Brown county
fellows disregsrded Leland's ideas and
did as they pleased, ,snd as a result Cy-
rus is swearing mad.
Captain j. B. johnson of Topeka,
who was candidate for Republican
National Committeeman from Kansas
against Cy Leland, said In a letter
to Nemshs county Republican, Jan
usry,26, 1895; "The present admins
trstion has not covered itself with glory.
Probably it has disgraced the party as
much as any administration could"
Chairman John w. Breidenthal: ''I
am satisfied with the way things are
going. The conditions could not pos
sibly be better. Republicans are lssV-
ing their party daily and casting their
lot with the friends of silver. The
people of Kansas do not want the
single gold standard and the desperate
fight made by the money power will
not avail"
AT LeaVenWorth a railroad COM
pany has built depot across the street
from q church. The church people
have brought suit for damages, slleg.
ing that the noise of Sunday trains in.
terferes with services, that the dust and
cinders injure the interior of the
church and the clothes of the members
of the congregation, and that Sunday
trains are nuisance and not q neces-
sity.
Among the free silver Republicans
in Morris county are to be found such
men as A. Cunningham j. L. Roberts,
Fred and Charles Baxter, DR.. A. G.
Campbell, B. G. Hopkins, ]. w.
Sharpe, G. s. Berry, John and W. E.
Weber, 1. NJ. Campbell, J. B. Bsne,
William Green, George Dalrymple, p.
S. Clymer, G. M. Reese, H. Phillips,
o. M. Barret, G. AthertOn and many
others.
In June, 1895, q call for a Republi.
The advocate., 1896-09-09

the Court, W. 7. Logan; Probate
Judge, L. M. BOnnett; Commissioners,
j. o. Samuelson. Messrs. WilcoxOn,
Connolly and Logon are renominated.
Mr.. Clark is splendid Populist and
will make safe legislator.
Webb MeNall: "The silver Repub-
llcsns have not bolted. They have al
ways been friends of the white metal.
The other fellows are the boilers.
Bryan will carry Kansas by an over
Whelming majority. 1t is In the cards.
The Republicans who are supporting
Mel cKinley feel it In their bones. They
show it In their faces. They admit it
In private conversation. Kansas will
never vote for the single gold stand
ard"
Sherman county PopullBts have nom-
mated the following county ticket:
Representative, F. I'll. Smith; Probate
Judge, r. A. Kent; Clerk of the Court,
L. II. Hsney; Superintendent, r. G.
Smith; County Attorney, John Hsrtz-
Ter; Surveyor, William Butler; Com
missioner, J. B. Rubeson. DR.. Smiths
denomination was by aeClsmstiOn. He
Is safe legislator and ought to be re-
turned. The other gentlemen on the
ticket are creditsble representatives of
the party.
Topeka Republicans have been bank
ing on srousing a great deal of enthu-
sissm by having Mckinley as one of
the speakers at the Fall Festival, but
they are disappointed. McKinley's
managers declined to permit him to
come West. AS a result the opposi-
tion will have things their own wsy,aS
1t is reasonably certain that Bryan will
attend. Tom Anderson says that Nc
Kinley'S failure to appear is the result
of Cy Lelsnd's interference, and all
because Leland don't like Topeka.
The Populists Of RsWlinB county
have renominated William Lewis for
the Legislature. Mr.. Lewis made an
excellent record during his first term
and demonstrated the fact that he is
we'll adapted for this position. The
other nominees are: County Attorney,
M. A. Wilson; Clerk of the Court, j.
III. BrineY; Superintendent, Fred Rob-
ertson; Probate Judge, Henry Gieske;
Commissioner, Mat Mahoney. Messrs.
Briney, Gieske and Mshoney are re-
nominated. The ticket is good one.
At Valley Falls the gold standard
people, sore over the numerous silver
conversions, went around one night
and stuck up red flags bearing Rnsr.
chistic inscriptions on the buildings
occupied by their opponents. A mum.
Ter Of the flags were left for several
days, the silver men saying that If to
study deeply the vital issues Of the
day, arrive at conclusions and adVo-
cate what they believed to be truth
and right constituted anarchy, then
they were anarchists of the darkest
sort.
The State Tressurer's report for
August shows S682,605 on hand at the
close Of the month, with receipts Of
S24S,548 and disbursements amount.
ing to $624,0l7. The income from
the various institutions was as fol-
lows: Penitentisry, SO. .072.97; Auditor,
SlS8.50; Secretary Of State, $83; Bank
Commissioners, 8l30. Bonds to the
amount of $2l3, 900 were bought, and
$S8, ,792 were paid off. The States
bonded indebtedness now amounts to
| 1880 000
The advocate., 1896-09-09
Some News About Kansas.

Sag, ana particularly well equipped
for the one for which he Is named.
A Clyde Republican thinks chat
Mckinley will get 100000 majority in
New York and wanted to bet on it.
A Bryan man promptly put up $50 on
the proposition.
Jerry Simpsons meetings are Of the
1890 sort. He is reaching the people
and giving them q splendid statement
Of the situation and the remedies pro-
posed by the Populists.
The Democrat convention to nomi-
nate a candidate for Judge of the
Court Of Appeals for the eastern di.
vision of the northern department will
be held at Topeka September 16.
The Democrats of Rswlins county
have Endorsed all Of the POpulist can.
didstes except Probate Judge and
Clerk of the Court. For these posi-
tlons the Republican candidates were
named.
Sunny Slope farm, Emporis, took
frbt prize "a handsome silver cup)
awarded by the Iowa Agricultural So.
ciety. The contest was open to sll
beef breeds. Kansas stock holds its
own everywhere.
InJ r. Burton's debates with Mr..
PETER In 1891 he contended that the
hard times were due to the collapse OF
the boom. Now he says that the hard
times did not begin until Cleveland
was inaugurated
George W. Crane & Co., book pub
fishers of Topeka, have brought suit
to enjoin the American Book Company
from selling books In Shawnee county
alleging that that company is violating
the antitrust law.
A silver club was recently organized
In Burr Oak township in Doniphsr
county by Frank w. Elliot. The mem
bership list contained the names O1
one. fourth the voters in the township
at the first meeting.
George w. ToWnsley is the new ed
itor of the Paola Times. Mr.. Towns
ley was associated with Mr.. McCsrth!
In the paper prior to the lstter's death
and will doubtless keep the paper ~
to the present standard.
Receivers have been appointed TO
the j. B. Watkins Land and Mortgage
Company at Lawrence. The liabilities
amount to $4, 4,250,OOO. 1t is claimed
that the assets will, when realized on
overbalsnos this amount.
H. T, Sheldon, the Populist nomine
to succeed Senator Leedy, is a mar
among men. He has been a reforme
for years, is q very successful bushes
man whose knowledge Of public sf
fairs thoroughly fits him for Legislative
: work.
Ellsworth Messenger (Dem.): "Jus
what the nomination of a Democrat
candidate for Congressman in this dis
trict signifies, we are unable to state
y as we were not present at Lincoln, bu
we predict that everything will com
out all right"
An effort has been made to srrsng
for another annual junket of the mi