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The morning times., 1896-02-16
THE COUNTRY CHOIR PRACTICE.

In a row like Egypt's muInmies,
Lo we sit-nine anxious dummies.
Waiting TIL the sign we see
To break forth in miDstrelsy.
Now our leader gives the word,
And our soaring tones are heard,
Cracking in the upper notes,
Doubtless due to husky throats.
Once again the music swells,
Like jaRgling peal OF bells;
Through the church our voices ring,
Zen thoughoout of tune we sing.
Now we rise with sudden yigor,
Scorning musicelaws of rigog;
Sink again toi depths of Wv
Singing iustla bent too sloE
For our leaders praise we seek,
Reach high notes with shrek:
Swing alongiin hrisker measure.
Our ''time-beater" is a treasure.
With sudden curious caper
Drives his stick thro' neighbor's paper;
Nnllweod, in arfit Of glee,
Shakes with7laughter-so do we.
Led by that cratic stick,
Music rises bright and quick:
Now our leaders, praise is won,
He smiles aud nitIrmurs 's'Tis well done. d
- SADIE E.DAYIa.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
Great Falls Water Rights.

From time 10 time the desirabiiity of
the acquisition OF the water rights at
Great Falls has been pointed out by The
Times not only because it would give the
District a water supply ample for all
the future, but because il would also
furnish power sufficient for lighting the
city by electricity as it ought to be lighted
In this last respect Washington is ad-
lnittedlly away behind its needs, and mas
much as municipal ownership OF Lighting
piants is only question of time. the owner
ship OF the Great Falls water rights is aa
important step.o The Commissioners have
reported favorabsg upon the Senate biii
which has the pufchase of these rights in
view, and they suggest its reference now
TO the Secretary of War, presumably for
the purpose of obtaining expert opinion
regarding the engineering work in conncc-
supply and power which would thus be
gained. ~
The maHnenin which the enormous power
of Niagara Fails is now applied to indus
trial purposes. gixes an idea of what in a
more limited degree, of course, can be
accomplished with tue power furnished by
the Great Falls. In a report, accompanying
the bill, Capt. Burr, the assistant to En-
gineer Commissioner Powell, says that
1.-The water available at lowest stage of
the river is sufficient TO furnish supply
of 200, 100000 gallons per diem; and. in
The morning times., 1896-02-16
Publicity Is a Good Thing.

Considering the fact that the value of
publicity has been demonstrated time and
time again, it is strange that large
number OF people are almost wilfnlly blind
to its advantages. Especially is this
true of the publicity given by the press.
The most recent exemplification has been
given In the case of the recent per cent
about 81 100000 into the treasury. When
private bids for the loan were invited,
all the government was offered for It's
giit-edged securities was 101, when all
the world was bidden to the feast through
the columns of the newspapers, it got all
the way from III to 120. Secretary Car
lisic is probably of the opinion now that
publicity is a good thing.
Some time ago star chamber trial took
place, as tia result of which a member
of the fire department came near losing
his place, because the testimony gainst him
was given In the dark. The press OF the
city protested against The injustice of the
proceeding, and clanored so loudly and
so oeffectively1Batt tbe authorities concluded
Ia give anotller trial. Al this one the light
of publicity was allowed 20 shine upon the
evidence. The consequence was that the
accused officiaiz WAS acquitted ana a
gross Injustice prevented. What was
true about this trial is true about all that
police and fire departments. They ought
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addition, To furnish sufficient power for
lighting all of the public buildings. grounds
and streets in a much better manner, and
at considerable annual saving over the
methods now in vogue Capt. Burr fur
ther says, with reference To municipal
ownership of lighting plants. that 1T has
resulted in an increase, in both quantity
in the COST
The simple facts here stated constitute
the most eloquent and convincing argument
that can De made in favor of the pa ssage
of the bill. A water supply of 200, 900 600
gallons a day is as much, IL not more, than
Washington will need, even at the time
when it will have a halfrniiion inha bitants.
With such a population there would be q
supply of 400 gallons daily for every man,
woman and child in the District: there
would be enough left for fountains galore.
both public and private: and, besides. an
excess TO furnish power not only for light
ing the city, but for pumping and industrial
plants.
II is believed that the Great Falls rights
can be acquired for cOmpIrat lively reason
able amount. The benefit of such acqusi
ton for the Greater Washington or the
future II is impossible TO estimate now at
its full value. but it is not difficult to
comprehend that the advantages viii com
pensatc for the money outlay many times
over.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
War Talk in London and Berlin.

Advices from London and Berlin betoken
state of feeling which jusiifies the gravest
apprehensions respecting the maintenance
of peace between Great Britain and Ger
many. Both i'll the newsp; )ers and in the
utterances of the leading public men there
is a tone of irritation which passes every
now and then into one OF threat aud
defiance There may be no immediate
danger of a rupture, but the tension is
getting greater every day and popular
feeling more excited.
The trouble has arisen about the Trans
vaal. Emperor William has chosen To
eSpouse the cause of the Beers and to guar
antee their Independence. Iii this he has
struck popular chord. for the Germans
entertain an intense dislike for the English
They regard them nationally as overbearing
dictatorial, arrogant and INSCRIPTIONS, and
nothing would please them better than to
see Great Britain meet with "a humiliating
rebuff in her colonial undertakings. This
feeling goes so far that IL England were
to menace the Boer republic under the
pretext OF protecting the interests Of British
subjects in South Africa, Germany would
applaud armed Intervention by the imperial
government. In fact, the FOSsische Zeitung
probably voices German sentiment pretty
correctly whenit 50 Us that Germany has sub
jects in tue Transvaal land must also pro-
tect her right TO save a nation connected
with her by race from brutal violence"
In the meantime the tieclarat tion OF the
German minister OF foreign affairs, Baron
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A PARTY of diplomats was taking
- cold bite in the cafe of an uptown
hotel, when the statement that Sir
Philip CHrrie. British ambassador 10
Turkey, is still suffering from cold
contracted while waiting in an unheated
room for an indefinite period TO obtain
an audience with the sultan. came up for
discussion.
Ambassadors from Christian powers
to the Ottoman empire in former times,
said an attaChe OF the British embassy.
would gladly have waited in a cold
storag ge house for an audience, rather
than undergo the uDSraciOuS treatment
they We're subjected To by the sultan or
those days. The ambassador was held
by the arms by two attendants when ne
approached the Shadow of God nor
was he released until he had left the
presence of the sultan.
''WeII, l Will wager that even the am
bassaders of today would rather have
their arms held than their legs pulled. =
said Amos Cummings, the epopulaT New York
Congressman.
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Twelve Hours Ago.

II you miss ANY newS in he morning
edition look In the list below What
you're look ing for was proba bly,
printed in last evenings edition,
and AS The Times never repeats
you'n have TO take both editions to
get all the news as qutck as II hap
pens
The morning times., 1896-02-16

IN AN open letter forwarded 20 Speaker
Reed, signed by o. Z. Mains. agent for
settlers, charges are preferred against
Representative Bell. OF the Second Color
ado district. Tue complaint contains
the following allegations:
firSt-That the aforesaid representative
has undutifuliy declined 10 offer to the
House of Representatives a petition of the
undersigned, in lchalf OF settlers residing
within the limits OF The said Congressional
district Of Colorado, requesting the inn
parchment OF II high public officer on con
stitutional grounds.
second-That the said representative, in
declining 70 offer tIic aforesaid petition for
impeachment, and In thereby preventing
the first step TO be taken in The direction
of such impeachment. was culpabiy unmind-
ful of his oath 10 support the constitution
of tile United states.
Thrd-Tbat the said representative, in
The morning times., 1896-02-16

- ISH0P HURST OF the Methodist EpiS-
n copal Church, was up at the Capitol
- the otherday. 4 certain young gentle
man who saw him laughed and said.
Il was usher az q wedding last
summer where Bishop Hurst's daughter
was bridesmaid. shortly before the wed
ding the groom took the uShcrs 10 call on
the bridesmaid. lt was a bliSteFiDg hot
evening and the bishop was iust saying coed
night tn his secretary.
"Thc servant showed us by mistake into
the room and the bishop was in his shirt
sleeves. But IL didn't phase him "a bit.
You'll have TO excuse me fer my sfant
clothing. young gentlemen, he said, as he
reached for a coat.
- on, that's all right bishop, said One of
the young men. The last time saw YOU
your clothing was still scauticr. | saw YOU
in a Turkish bath room
The morning times., 1896-02-16

to tie as public as the trials OF any court.
The public has right to know whether
its servants are justly or uniustly accused
application OF whitewasl. Publicity Is
the proper thing In all such cases.
In the administration of the affairs Of
government, both general and local, there
cannot be too much publicity. Here, too,
The people have a right to know what Is
going on. Those who sit in the places OF
authority administer the peoples affairs,
and nobody is quite as much interested in
them as the people themselves. The money
they spend comes from the taxpayers, the
business they transact is the peoples busi-
ness, and the more publicity is given TO
all that is done the less chance is there
''for ways that are dark ana tricks that
are vain Secret conferences behind
locked doors always give rise to suspicion
that something is rotten III Denmark The
widest possible publicity is the right thing.
The value Of publicity is most highly
appreciated by the enterprising business
man. He knows that when he puts his
advertisement in the newspaper. say in
The Times, he speaks every day to some
thing like hundred and fifty thousand
people, feat he could not accomplish
if he were To sit in bin counting room and
send out circulars and dodgers" from
June until January. He knows what Is
gained by publicity and appreciates it.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
A St''dy in EaroIogy.

"A student OF nature desires The Times
to expound the proposition negatively or
affirmatively whether the ear is an index of
any particular phase of intellectually The
inquirer states that the fashion of the girls
nowadays wearing their hair over their
ears, la Fanny Kcmble. produces The inn
preston of something lacking in their facial
expression, or otherwise stated, in their
character.
II is undoubtedly true that when the ears
are covered there is something lacking but
OF course the student OF nature knows
that this is an-OpticaI deluSion, rather than
an auricuior deception. We do not think
that the mere fact of girl having her ears
covered with a wave OF black brown, or
even red hair has any effect whatever on
her intellectual machinery and pitfalls,
and we are sure il has none whatever on her
hearing. We think designing woman, with
ears absolutely au naturel, or low cut,
partly covered, or wholly concealed by her
tresses, an equally dangerous thing TO the
The morning times., 1896-02-16

a GREAT many curious compa riSonx
- have been used ON the fIncr OF H..
House to illustrate tac greatness and
! unlimited rcsogreeS or nc United
n states, hut IL rGTn;ih,ti fnf Mr.. Me-
Miiin 10 reduce The mattcrtO a question ct
horsepower.
In tue course OF q speech Mr.. MiIlin
>aIG tue total horsepower Of this country
was sixteen billion. or within fraction
Oh ohe-thFd or the entire world. This. OF
course, includes all the agencies ctiiiZed ia
lOcomotion, moving nsachinsry and an fhe.
various purposes to which power or any
Kind is applied. Although a very sensible
statistic. IL created sOtHe astonishmeat
among his auditors 80 have the assertion
practically made that the Tnifctt States is
"a sixteen billion aorsepowcr nation.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

CCLP SEEKS HIS LIBERTY
Argument OF Counsel for Il New Trial for
the Convicted Man.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

Won Bieberstein. that Germany will not
abandon her resolve to interfere In the
affairs of the TransvaaI, has caused a
feeling akin to panic in England and the
leading papers utter warnings that Great
Britain must put herself into n state of
readiness for the sudden emergency. They
profess to see in Germany attitude great
danger TO British supremacy in South
Africa and urge that the need for complete
naval ana military preparation is now
greater than ever. 1t is not improbable
that Kaiser Williams insistence upon a
large addition to the German navy may
have aggravated the nervous state i'll which
the ordinarily phiegmatic Briton finds il i'm
self az the present time.
While this is the state Of feeling in Eng
land and Germany the little Boer republic
is also in state OF uproar. The Beers are
as defiant as possible and their newspapers
openly declare that there will be u Tuptureof
diplomatic relations between Great Britain
and the TraDsvaal, which will be foIlowe
by hosliIitfes Making full allowance for
ti,cir native courage and independent spirit.
il is more than probable that their reliance
upon Germany's assistance has made them
more defiant toward Great Britain than
otherwise they would have been. The re-
fusal OF President Kruger 10 visit England
and his announced purpose to go TO Berlin
have added TO the strain. Altogether it
is probable that some interesting history
will be made Within the next few weeks
or months.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
End OF Gr-de Crossings in Sight.

The conferences that are in progress be-
tween the District Commissioners and the
chief engineer -of tine Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company regarding grade crossings
in the District are an encouraging indica-
tion that the proposition to abolish them all
by the end Of the present century bids fair
10 become an accomplished fact. 1t il a
pleasing prospect TO think that men may
walk aud drive without the leas, apprehen-
sion of being run down and mashed into an
unsightly mass OF flesh, bone skin and
gristle by some express or freight train or
shifting engine. Men will breathe more
freely ard bless the day when this great
change will have taken place.
There appears 10 BE-, however, a diSposi-
ton perhaps not an unnatura, one-on the
part of the railroad company TO subordi-
nate the interests of the District to its own
in the arrangement of the streets now af-
flicted with grade crossings. Instead of de-
pressing the tracks sufficiently SO rs not
TO Interfere at all with the present street
grades, or To elevate them in thc-same lie
gree, the company proposes TO carry the
streets across the tracks as now laid. This
would result in serious damage 10 property,
and on some thoroughfares, rs. for instance.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

WEYLER'S NEW TACTICS
Radical ChaugeS Agreed Upon To Crush
the Rebels.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

BOND BILLS NEW SHAPE
MIR. Richardson Introduces Another Dis
triCt Scheme.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

ENDLESS CHAIN AT WORK
Gold Taken From Reserve 10 Pay 70
Bonds.
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declining to offer the aforesaid petition for
impeachment. did wrOBgfuIly shield a
nigh public officer from exposure 10 in
dlctnicns 10y the House of REPRESENTATIVES,
Tor official wTODE doing: and cid thereby
contribute his official influence 10 the over
throw of good government
Fourth-Thdt the SAID representative.
ID uetlnlng 20 offer said petition for i'm
parchment, which i the reIIls,lv Of the Inv,
'hd Thereby wTongfuIlv furnish to ms con-
SttuentS anti excuse for rtSsrfinp in a.,
TENSE OF their rights of property Ia n
brute force" eS'''
hut- Ihdl said representative in da-
CtihlhS t1 offer the aforesaid Detitior for
impeachment, brings upon th,. Hons. -
sssepItStatativeS the FepTOaCu df being nm
IrIehtliS 10 the weak settler SfrutrIii1,- A.,
Iree hiiilseI from the unla wful grin Sr =,
powerful corporation u
III conclusion, Mr.. Speaker. permit ms,
20 state that settlers oH th4 Colorado,
pettinu or the alleged Max well grant nav.
IsIttStu many cruel stab from plIh6,.
pInterS during the fifteen wears that /
.dNe lttei as their agent. hut tn. racE
tldt thelF petition for impea hIis.;lt a.. i
Dtr 10 theIr unlawful eviction. ~bc4lIeI b,.
smut out or Congress hy their own Pom
LS' representative, is "the uuEin,le~t tgt
The morning times., 1896-02-16

MRS. CLEY ELAND TIE GUEST
Entertained at Luncheon Given by
Mrs. Harmon.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
In Masquerade.

tHOUSION UalTy POSt.1
1t is astonishing to note the number OF
strange thugs that come before tie curtain
whenever the Monroe doctrine is a apyIauded.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

PAYING FOR THE NEW BONDS
Last Day for the First lHstallement o
Hour Per Cents.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

M new policemen ON the House side OF
the capitol are doing what their pre-
deeesSors have done fer years past. ana
that rs amusing themselves ar the ev-
pcnSe OF tourists who seem TO fnlasint-
they are alone in the world simply because
they are wrapped mp ia themselves or sofue-
badly else.
one ilew man nearly laughed himself
into an attack OF Mysteries at the brief. blt
expressive conversation carried on by q
couple az lovers by means Of the whispcrirs.
columns in StatuaFy haH. A Young man
stationed his sweetheart at one side ana
himself at The 9thep Then nc whfSpered in
tone Of voice tuat could have been
beard over al the new Library building
Julia. do you love me?''
Back came the answer in satisfactory and
emphatic tones.
''YOg know that / do
The morning times., 1896-02-16

FOWLS HAVE FOOLISH Ways
interesting and Comictl Sights at tb.
Poultry ENhiiifinn
The morning times., 1896-02-16

I is related OF one of the Senators that
he objects To any one helping him on
with his overcoat aud this calls up
reminiScence OF Senator Salisbury
He was an old bachelor and very tOuchy
on his age.
One day one of the young men around
the Senate offered to help him with his
overcoat and was rather rudeIy repul>ed.
Another Senator who was present remarked
afterwards:
Salisbury must be getting old. | always
notice when a man refuses help i'll getting
his overcoat on he is getting old"
The morning times., 1896-02-16

calluw and uninitiated. Judged by this
ratocination, and also by experimental
philosophy, il ought to be evident that the
ear is an index of nothing intellectual in
The female human race. With some other
animals ii is different and especially that
much abused one whose habitat Is Spain.
It, perhaps, may he said, that it is n
good thing some women have hair enough
10 cover their ears. and that the ecipsing
OF certain other pink shells is to be de-
plored.
SO far as The size OF the ear Is concerned.
the larger it is the better it is for con-
veying messages to the brain; but that is
true only of the male sex. Women's ears.
on the contrary, We're intended through all
the years, and especially about the 18th, as
whispering galleries.
We have no more fault to find with the
silken tresses OF one sister used as ear
muffs than we have with the golden hair
of the other that hangs completely down
her back.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

LONE members OF the House are having
fun with Mr.. Newlands. who is recorded
as the only out-and-out stveTlte belong
II ing to that body. After the roll call
ON the silver bill he desired 10 know
how he was recorded and upon being In
formed that his name did not appear said he
wished to vote. Upon being given that
privilege his name was called.
Mr. Newlands hcsitated, looked rather
foolish and then smiled. IL became appar-
ent to his neighbors that in the excitement
OF the moment he had forgotten as TO which
side OF the question he should take. Some
one suggested that he wa : doubtless IN favor
of concurring in the Senate free silver sub
stitute, and the gentleman from Nevada,
amid much laughter, voted Aye
The morning times., 1896-02-16

BRITAIN AND THE BOERS-
All Is Not as Serene as Appears ON the
Surface.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

HOWARD WAS NOT DRUNK
The Alabama Congressman Is Il Very Sick
Man.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL
Attorneys for Vcrmillon'S a Alcged As
atlantis Make Strong Pleas
The morning times., 1896-02-16

you III have 10 take both editions to
get all the news as quick as IL hap
pens
WEYLERs NEW TACTICS
Radical Changes Agreed Upon to Crush
the Rebels.
CULP SEEKS HIS LIBERTY
Argument OF Counsel for New Trial for
the Convicted Man.
ENDLESS CHAIN AT WORK
Colo Taken From Reserve 10 Pay for
Bonds.
BOND BILLS NEW SHAPE
MIR. Richardson Introduces Another Dis
trCt Scheme.
PAYING FOR THE NEW BONDS
Last Day for the First lHstallement of
Four Per Cents
BRITAIN AND THE BoERS-
All Is Not as Serene as Appears ON the
Surface.
PRISONER FELL IN A FIT
Stir iii the Police Court During the Trial
of Case.
Mr.. VILLARD's GRATITUDE
He Helped Kate Chase Sprague TO Re-
cover Ancient Edge wood
WAITING FOR THE FIGHT
Large Number of Sports Linger in El
CONCERNS Mr. BOWLER
Judiciary Committees Resolution Passed
the House.
BOTH MADE APOLOGIES
Judge kimbali Confronted His Two
Lawyer Accusers.
IN FAVOR OF SLAUGHTER
Senate Committee Would Wine Out All
Fur Seal Herds.
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS
Dan Stuart'S Stock Takes q sudden
Drop.
STUDENTS HAVE A BATTLE
NOW between Juniors and Seniors of
Wesleyan College.
MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL
Attorneys Tor Vcrmillion'S Alleged As
saants Make Strong Pleas.
HOWARD WAS NOT DRUNK
The Alabama Congressman Is Il VERY Sick
Man.
FOWLS HAVE FOOLISH Ways
interesting and Comic;tl Sights at the
Poultry Exhibition.
MRS. CLEVELAND TIE GUEST
Entertained at ii Luncheon Given by
Mrs. Harmon.
In Masquerade
tHouSton Daily Post)
1t is astonishing to note the number of
The morning times., 1896-02-16

PRISONER FELL IN A FIT
Stir iii the Police Court During the Trial
of a Case.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

STUDENTS HAVE A BATTLE
Row Between Juniors and Seniors of
Wesleyan College
The morning times., 1896-02-16

Mr.. VILLARD'S GRATITUDE
He Helped Kate Chase Sprague TO Re-
cover Ancient "Edgewood.'
The morning times., 1896-02-16

WAITING FOR THE FIGHT
Large Number of Sports Linger in El
PaSo.
The morning times., 1896-02-16

~ HEN the agricultural bin was under
"A consideration Mr.. Hepburn 1OS-
ingly accused Mr. Hartman OF
being responsible for the prOp0-
sition TO cross lightning bugs aud
honey bees so the latter could work at
night He had no doubt the suggestion
would receive due consideration and be
Incorporated in the bill.
The morning times., 1896-02-16
SECOND PRoPosIrIoN-

IT, after AN investigation by competent
Committee, il is found that the Star has
SIX times n many regular and permanent
subscribers as The evening edition OF this
paper, THE TINES will donate ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO the Associated
Charities. TO b. used as that organiza ton
mar designatc.