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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11
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Brass Guinea, West Africa, June o.
The French Niger expedition from Ga
laga has been routed and many OF Its
members have been killed by poisoned
arrows in the Borgeo county. A rem
uant of the expedition arrived at kiama
on Nav r.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

One night last week twenty-five Chi
cago officers raided prize fight and
captured the two pugilists and few
boys who were watching the mill. A
policeman who was present as spec
tator made his escape. and already
there is clamor for his discharge.
There are those who seeEa to think that
a policeman shouldn't have a bit Of
amusement.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

Mr.. Rockefeller's income Is said to bc
sI.36S an hour. That explains why he
can't afford to lay of Saturday after
uoons.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

A lady in Kentucky II years Of age
insists that she can shear more sheep
than any new woman on earth. She
says she presumes she will be getting
bicycle next.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

The affection of an Indiana woman
for her husband caused her to fuss over
him to such degree that he wants to
obtain a divorce from her.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

Lillian Russell's golden bicycle has
come to grief. A scorcher ran into 1t
while Lillian was perambulating In the
park, and not only marred the beauty OF
the glittering bike, but sprained
Lillian's fair ankle as we'll. She has her
golden tresses left, however.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

There is quite flutter in Dunkirk,
N. Y, over the fact that William d.
Bayard has at last been cornered by his
various wives in New York, Michigan,
Pennsylvania and Ontario. William Is
aaid to have been the gayest kind OF a
aecsiver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

In spite of the tremendous demand
for bicycles there is great falling OF
Of purchasers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

Now that L'Anse. Mich. has been
wiped out by fire it would be good
lime to change Its name.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11

Glass jars may advance in price. but
other family jars will be within easy
reach all summer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-11
The Rocky Ford Enterprise
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO.
.nc small size of some men keeps
h en- out of trouble.
Some men are born great. and some
have handouts thrust upon them.

The cycling schools Of London are so
crowded that the prices Of lessons have
Increased.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
IN PARVO.

IfeXQuecn Lii sees what snc wants while
in this country she will do we'll no. 20 ask 10 r
it.-New York Press.
Who would have said offhand that during
tile past year the Connecticut trolley roads
killed twice as many passengers the
steam roads OF the Statc?-Hartford Cou-
rant.
President Cleveland will go laundering
down the ages as the only Democratic Presi-
dent that ever congratulated the country
on Republican victory Times.
The draft of Greater New York s charter
cuts the aldermen's salaries one-half, which
is pretty good Indication that the poll
ticians did not have much to say about it
Boston Transcript.
An American locomotive. in a test made
in China. did better work than one Of Eng
lish manufacture. If this means contracts
for our manufacturers, let the trials OF
strength go on.-Baltimore American.
Mr.. Hanna says 12 900 Ohio Republicans
have applied to him for office, but makes no
mention OF the innocent place-seekers who
have made the mistake OF forwa riding their
tDIHtdtHbbs W NIL 1oih
Journal.
Gov.-Elect Black may insist on State
economy without any fear or any danger OF
offending the people. 1t is the people, great
and small, rich and poor, who pay the taxes
"a fact that some public officials appear to
lose sight of.-New York Advertiser.
Georgia is delighted because at last it has
an antitrust law on the statute books.
Georgia should temper its JOY with the re-
Election that other States have antitrust
laws and that no self-respecting trust pays
any attention to tothem.-Chicago Tribune.
England has been ruled by many kings,
but history records that the great periods in
English history have been under the reign Of
Elizabeth and Victoria. "The EliZabethan
age and 1.-The Victorian far surpass all
others in observation-disclosures
Inter Ocean.
II is now believed the general treaty for
arbitration between this country and Great
Britain will be signed this week. Officials
of the two countries could not more appro
priately close the yearthan bythus strength
ening the bond of peace and good will be-
tween them.-New York Herald.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
GAY OLD THINGS.

A Chicago man of seventy--ivc has elopet
with woman Of fifty-eight.
A French Canadian couple, Louis Darwin
and his wife, now living in st. Paul, re
Gently celebrated the cightieth anniversary
of their marriage. The husband is 107
years OF age, and his wife is 1O1.
Mrs. Dorothy Parker, of Brooklyn,
Me-, at the age Of eighty-four, was suffi-
GENTLY interested in the affairs Of the
day to mold candles for the illumination OF
three houses to celebrate McKinley's vic
tory.
Henry Barnard, of Hartford, Conn.,, re-
ferred to III regent issue Of the New Eng
land Magazine as 1.-The Nestor of Anne rican
education will he eighty-six years old
on January gay and the people of that
city are preparing to celebrate the event
in a fitting manner.
There is an olH gentleman in Harrison
county, Ga. who is so years of age and
has never ridden on railroad train or
taken q meal atany kind of public house.
His son died in an adjoining town last
week and he refused to attend his funeral
because he would have to ride on the cars.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
WI Reed He POuty?

The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Globe states that Speaker Reed de
sires the success OF Maj. Mckinley; but, the
Globe man adds, that Mr.. Reed has not for
given Mai. Mckinley for capturing the
st. LOUIS convention that the capture was
made by means which Reed scorned To use;
that it took some persuasion To induce him
TO go into the campaign, and that. when
he did enter it, he spoke for the party
rather than for the candidate: that some OF
the Republican election methods were as
obnoxious to the Speaker as were Mr..
Hanna's nominating schemes; that Hanna
called on Reed in this city, and Reed did
not return the call, and that il the Nc
Kinley administration wants Reed IL will
have to 90 to that gentleman.
How man who has so many objections
to Ma jor Mckinley as Mr.. Reed has can de-
sire the success of the major in the Presi-
dental office, we cannot understand; hut
Reed is q peculiar man and he does many
things in peculiar way. He can rage
like a cyclone, and Immediately 600 you
as gently as sucking dove. He can be
as brutal as a Spaniard or prize-fighter,
and instantly he as dainty as carpet
knight. He can be bold in speech, aid can
use, with great skill, the truculcnt Ian
guage OF the sycophant. He sometimes
swings along frriously, like an elephant
enraged, and then assumes, with great ia
cility, the manners of a purring cat
So, it may be possible that this man OF
great bulk and much ability may be skill
ful enough to hate Major Mckinley for the
harm he has received at that rentleman's
hands, and at the same time love him for
the sake OF the Republican party. And
therefore his efforts at double backed rid
ing during the Mckinley administration
will be observed by the country with in
tcrcst and possibly with amusement also.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
Backslidden TeddYtOwn.

The metropolis, after experiencing a
change" during the season of unusual
interest," inaugurated by DR.. Parkhurst,
b now sadly backslidden aud again is
as bad as bad. Footpads, flourishing
butcher knives, attack wealthy danes in
broad daylight on Fifth avenue, and none
of the principal thoroughfares of the great
city appear TO he safe after dark.
II this state of things had obtained before
the Presidential election il might have been
very acceptahly referred TO the silver
craze" but as such an explanation is now
out of the question, it is difficult to make
up ones mind whether to refer it to the
reign of prosperity, which was to follow
the triumph of Mckinley and Buckner, or
hold Mr.. Roosevelt responsible. IL is pos
sible that the latter hypothesis might be
the correct one. Mr.. Roosevelt has accom-
plished many good things as a policeman;
but, in changing his civil service clothes
for the blue uniform and shield, he may
have lost something of the ardor of his
former pursuits. He should Immediately
return Ia first principles and place the
criminal classes of greater New York
under the civil service rules. Their sue
cessrul application to the class in question
would shut out additions to its ranks,
while existing criminals could abstain from
abnormal manifestations, feeling secure
I'm their positions, and could confine them
tions in this line.
Mr.. Roosevelt must do something quickly,
or presently we shall be hearing that cadets
uf the swagger families have taken to the
road, and are holding up carriages and
fourin-hand drags in Central Park.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
NO INTERFERENCE LIKELY.

Editor Times: In The Morning Times Of
December % you have an article stating
Europe Would Interfere
1t is natural for England to make bluff
in tina. direction, but she knows better than
to carry that bluff into execution, because
she has enough to do to guard her own ac
qured possessions. And Gcrmany-why, il
is absurd to say she would aid Spain. Ger
many never will aid Spain. She will never
interfere or do anything To discredit her
political standing. And, further, America
is the best market for her exports. Why, in
such case she would cripple her own in
dustries. No, America may rest easy in
that matter. Germany Will not say word
if America recognizes the Cuban insurgents.
would say in the Cuban matter, it is a
tile insurgents. We, the great American
nation," her nearest neighbor, and we re-
main passive? Did not France recognize
US when We had our struggle for freedom
with England? To allow such a barbaric
nation as Spain to murder in cold blood de-
fenseless women and children, and destroy
the property of our citizens on the island
of Cuba, 1t is high time for American states
men to awaken from their lethargy and
act like brave Americans.
A. H. F. HOLSTEN.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
PARKER, BRIDGET & CO..
Cloth:ers, 3ls 7th St.

There are numerous specialties introduced,
elegant scenery, costumes and a company
that is up to the standard.
All who intend witnessing this perform
ance should secure their seats early and
avoid the usual rush that generally attends
Mr.. McCsrthy's engagements, especially as
there will be no Wednesday and Thursday
matnees.
Manager Kernan's attraction at the L.
ceum next week will be Rice and Bar
Big Gayety Spectacular Extravaganza COM
pany. The patrons OF the Lyceum are prom
ised varied entertainment, such as Rice
and Barton invariably provide.
Their Introductory, a nautical absurdity,
entitled "A Trip TO Boston, it is said,
sparkles with fun, being replete with anus
ing situations and lively songs and dances.
There Is select olio, interspersed with a
number OF groupings, introducing many
lovely models. Naughty Coney Island"
satire on this resort, is a happy cx-
travaganza, in which Rice and Barton, as
well as the other members of the company,
find field for their versatile talent,
1t depicts all the odd characters OF that
resort. Sports, fakirs, confidence men
and gamblers are thrown in contact with
.orIorn countrymen and other lambs, and
their doings form the basis of the comedy
Included in the list of artists are Rice and
Barton, Frankie Haines, the Washburn sis
tiers, Crawford and Manning, Irwin T Bush.
Phillips and Robinson and Clara Lawrence,
The evening times., 1896-12-30
Kindergartners Will Meet.

Tie announcement is made that the many
Kindergartners of Washington, and the
many other people who are interested IN
the kindergarten question, are expected TO
throng the assembly hall Of the Columbian
University next Saturday, January 2. at
E. Blow, Of st. Louis, the daughter of the
late Gov ernor Blow of Missouri, one OF the
foremost workers OF the Kindergarten cause
now living in this country, is to deliver the
first of two free lectures on the Kindergar-
ten at the Invitation and under the auspices
of the Columbian Kindergarten Association
Mrs. Luc:us Tuckerman, Mrs. J. &. Croppcc,
DIR. William 7. Harris and Col. Carroll u
Wright are vice presidents, Mr.. b. Pickman
Mann is secretary and Mr.. Henry b. F. Mac.
farland is treasurer.
Miss Blow is, we are Informed, a remark.
able woman, who has given much of her
life to the promotion Of the Kindergarten
cause, spending her strength, tims.. money
and social influence unstintedly, especially
in the establishment of the free public
Kindergarten system of st. Louis, which
is a model of its kind. Overwork force.l
her to retire for time from this field of
effort, but she has now returned to it with
her old enthusiasm, and has recently pub
lished two valuable books on the subject
After spending many years conducting gra-
tuitously training classes for teachers and
mothers in st. Louis, after the Introduction
o: the X Kindergarten system there, Miss Blow
subsequently became the inspector of the
more than fifty free KindergarteBs estab
lished by the municipality of that city
under the supervision of DIR. william T.
Harris, now United States Commissioner
OF Education. Miss Blows splendid serv-
ices were the means OF establishing the
kindergarten system firmly In the public
schools Of st. Louis, 80 that now tie sys-
TEN furnishes its own directors, assistants
and supervisors.
Miss Blow is an interesting as well as an
instructive speaker. Her lecture Saturday
morning will be folio wed by another later.
The association proposes to invite promi
nent Kindergartners to give additional
free lectures later in the season.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
GERMANY'S GREAT GROWTH.

Not to praise Germany 81 much as to
warn the United States, Consul Monaghan,
at Chemnitz. writes the State Department,
is his motive for the frequent reports sent
in concerning the German Empires mar
vcIous growth as an industrial state.
The form of the empires coast its length,
its splendid harbOrs at the mouths OF nu-
merous navigable rivers, its spiendidly de
velopcd canals and interior harbors, its
recent enormous Industrial development,
due partly to its wonderfully equipped
transportation system and its almost per
feet network of railroads reaching the re-
motcst parts of the empire, carrying freight
at cheap rates to the sea, have helped Ger
many TO reach second place among modern
industrial nations. Official figures put
Germanys exports and imports for 1885
at 81 ,926, Z 90 900; England's was S3,125,-
s2O,6o0: Frances, 81 1866, 1877 500, and
the United States, 81 ,524,. 900.
Her merchant marine in $50 numbered
1865 sea going ships, in addition to Fl.
and river traffic; Germany going ahead Of
France In tonnage, and Hamburg is sur
passed as port only by London. This
great sea growth is held to reflect the ma
tons power and Importance, for It falls
and rises as the nation does. The far
away, sometimes uncultivatcd purchasers
are impressed with nations greatness by
the character of its navy.
Thus the fleet advertises a nation in
time of peace and defends il in time of
war, and Capt. Mahan teachings are bear
ing fruit. But while Germany ranks second
as mercantile nation she is in the sew
cnth place among the sea powers, even
Spain, Holland and Italy surprising her.
and the cmpireis now being aroused TO the
danger. and it is predicted that energetic
action will be taken to increase the navy
to suruasS that of France
The evening times., 1896-12-30
BRIEF ODDITIES.

1t is said that the son of Calvin s. Brice
is about to build hotel in Florida.
A millionaire OF Los Angeles presented
that city with 5000 acres of land, to be
used for park purposes.
The Montana State prison commissioners
will recommend the continuance of the
school for convicts at Deer Lodge
There is movement in Colorado to erect
m onument to the memory of Zebulon Pike,
the first explorer Of Pixies Peak.
An electric roller for massage purposes
is composed OF plates of copper and zinc
and generates its own electricity.
Sponges, states and slate pencils are no
longer allowed in the public schools Of
Cambridge, Mass. Paper, pens and pen
ellis have been substituted
Another natural gas well has been COM
pleted at Lake Shore, Utah. which regis
tiers pressure of 26s pounds, and $50 900
feet OF gas from the new spouter is now
being turned into the mans of Salt Lake
City daily.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
WHAT THE DISTRICT OWES.

The debt of the District June 80 last WIS
which was incurred under the present form
of governm
The interest-bearing debt is distributed
among a number OF securities, and the in
terest ranges from 1865 to 7.3 per cent, as
follows:
Water stock, maturing October / 1907,
at per cent, interest due January l and
July l; total amount outstanding, $780,
900; same stock due July 1, 1903, at 4 per
cent, interest payable semi-annually; to-
tai outstanding, $4,000.
Fifty-year funding. maturing in 1924,
rate 365, payable semi-annually, in Feb
ruary and August; total amount, 81 Pa
100. Twenty year funding, maturing July
/, 1899, interest rate per cent. pa yable
in January and July; total outstanding,
SITS, 900. Ten-year funding due upon ma
turity July /, 1901 interest $50 per cent.
payable semi-annually, In January and
July, 81 100000.
Debt of the late corporation of Washing
ton, still outstanding i'll July: Three-year.
co. 1917 NpOA "a
terest has ceased, 500; thirty-year fund
ing, maturing November 1 1902, interest
rate 6 per cent. payable May and No
vember /, SSH 100.
There is total OF Sc ,S2O-1 4 in stocks
and bonds outsta n,ling, upon which no in
terest is paid. there being on deposit
funds for the pa yment of principal and in
~, IN. .l.k, %.
ton Of Washington and District permas
nent-improvement bonds.
on account of advances made for the ex-
pense of laying the 4S-inch water main
and the Fourteenth street water main
and connections, the District owed the
United States at the beginning ofthepresent
fiscal year n total Of S2tS .566.65, but un-
der the District appropriation act of June
IL, 1896. the debt was extinguished and
SOL ,433.35 was paid on the obligation in
CURED on account of the increase Of the
water supply-the tunnel debt which left
but Ss6 . i5 80 of the original arnountto he
met.
The floating Indebtedness is substantially
limited to judgments rendered at divers
times by the courts
The District was under obligations az
the close of the last fiscal year to receive
in payment OF general and special taxes
S11,124.4S of drawback certificates, which
bear no interest, issued for rebates on spe-
ciaI assessments, but the redemption of tho
certificates is amply provided for by the
amount due on board of public works spe-
cial assessments.
A small sum, aggregsting S1,1OO. OF
the per cent certificates of Indebtedness,
commonly called -greenbacks," also re-
mained unredecmed at the close OF the last
year These were issued under the act of
the legislative assembly, approved May
90, 1874.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
The Deadly Car stove,

The recent horrible railroad holocaust
in Alabama again brings into prominence
the disgraceful fact that on the majority
of railways in this country the antiquated
and deadly car stove still holds sway.
This is all the more remarkable, as expe-
rience has demonstrated that other and
comparatively harmless methods of heat
ing the cars can be readily applied and at
little, If any, additional cost to the COM
panies Heating by steam is perfectly FEAST
BILE, and no valid reason can be advanced
for failure to substitute steam heat for
the dangerous stove, unless, indeed, parsi-
mOny OF the companies negiecting to do
SO is accepted as sufficient excuse. Had
the cars on that Alabama road been equip
stoves, a number of the passengers could
have been saved from being burned to
death.
1t would seem that Congress might take
jurisdiction in this matter under the in
terstate commerce clause of the Consti-
tuition. Certain il is that the objection has
been raised in different State legislatures,
when it was proposed to legslate the car
stove out of existence, that they lacked
the authority to compel such Improvement
on railroads that pass through more than
one State. There is not onC-horse rail
road on the continent of Europe on which
the cars are not heated by steam supplied
from the locomotive, and it is passing
strange that in the United States, whose
people pride themselves upon being far ia
advance of those Of all other counties in
the conveniences they enjoy in travelling.
such an obsolete and deadly thing as a car
stove is still tolerated. II legislation i S i'm
possible public sentiment should compel
the railroad companies to make a change.
The evening times., 1896-12-30
SOME sEMI-NEws.

The longest electric railway In the world
is In Jasper county. Mo.
Apple growersin Missouri now weightheIr
| fruit instead OF measuring it,
| Last year 4s, ,S71 carloads OF fruits, nuts,
| wines and vegetables were exported from
California.
Motor omnibuscs for the streets OF Paris
will be built, to accommodate thirty per-
| sons.
The Electric Cab Company. OF London,
will. within few weeks, put $50 horse
| less cabs on the street for hire.
Coral found below forty fathoms indi-
Gates either that the bottom has gone
down or 1t has fallen from the forty
fathom depth.
The sailboat for the pilots use is going
| out OF date, and the steamboat is taking
its place. One is in successful operation in
New York waters.
The mints OF tile United States coined
.914.O0O silver dollars during the month
OF November. There were also coined
4,O5S, 900 one-cent pieces.
The largest gold coin in existence is
said to be the gold iDgot. or ''Ioof" of
AMMAN, IA flat, round piece, worth about
S325. the value being written on it in India
ink.
In all, IL has been estimated that over
two million acres are devoted to the main
tenance of deer in Scotland, and that about
5000 stays are annually killed.
The amount contributed for foreign mis-
| sions during i s95 by all sections OF Chris
tians III the British Isles, according to
Canon Scott Robertson's twenty fifth az
nual summary, was 81 ,3S7 ,665.
An estimate has been made from pub
lished statistics sho wing that Of $500 900
spent In twenty OF the leading Libraries
in this country a little over $4,000 was
devoted 10 books, while other expenses
consumed S3S5,O0O.
or 27f $40 Hungarian Gypsies enumer
ated in the last census, 243 ,432 are de-
scribed as sedcntary, 20 ,4O6 as semi seden
tary, and only s.93S as Domadic, while -
l64 are soldiers or in jail. All profess
some form of Christianity.
Paris has found it necessary to put
check to the haphazard decoration OF her
public places. The prefect of the Seine
has appointed a technical committee Of
artists, architects and other competent
Judges, to which all plans affecting the
outward appearance of the city must be
submitted.
a remarkable phenomenon was witnessed
in Jerusalem recently. A swarm OF flying
ants settled upon the city, and filled the
to the Holy Sepuichre were Obliged to use
their handkerchiefs constantly in order TO
keep the insects out ofttheir eyes and nos
friIs