The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
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IN HEoDoRE j. UEMAE,or St. Joseph,
Mo-, is stopping at 1hss Riggs. Mr.

IN HEoDoRE ]. UEMAE;of st. Joseph
Mo-, is stopping the Riggs. Mr.
Ulnan Is commercial man, whose
duties frequently carry MIN fntosthe rural
districts
.Tnis is the time OF year when the
mosquito is In his elemeHt," said he. as
he blew an unusually iarge Whit OF smoke
to frighten away two Of the pests u
have been on the coast oil, Jersey aud down
in the Carolinas, but never found mos
quitoes in either PLACES that could CON-
pare with those one. .meets, or rather
that overtake one. over in Pope county
I'll. That is the southermhost county.
bordering down on the. Mississippi.
About this time two years ago I
passed through the country, and 10 not
want to repeat the expe<ience 14>the 5ear
before. Irode do wnaIoDg the river ON morse
back. As passed a BIT ef'woodiafn it
seemed that we ran sqqa w ~ warm
OF MOSQUITOES. The horse reared ana
plunged, and started tSrun, the insects
follow ing nd nearly binding Inc. IL would
be no exaggeration to say there were halr
a million VI them, and they were the farg-
est I ever saw.
NV horse almost went mad. At last
I directed him toward the river .n1heFe thC
water WAS shallow and started him ~; He
waded out until the watef 'caiht up above
his back and stood there shivering and quak-
ing from fear. ducked my head down &C
casionally In an attempt TO drown the peses'
Out many OF them stuck to Rieeand caihs
up after their wetting. At last got inc
horse turned around and n1ade a dIve Icr
liberty. We were overa nile from the river
before we were freed OF the insects, ana
even then many OF them buzzed about US.
Strangely enough, while X suffered
much from the bites, the poor horse was the
worse sufferer. His sides sweiied TO such
an extent that il was hard 70 get him in his
narrow stall. and 1t was days before be got
well. For n while we thought we would Ue
compelled to kill him to put PIN o9t 4f ms
misery
Among the guests OF the Ebbitt Is w.
+. shaw. OF Springfield, ILL., Mr.. Shaw Is
first and last an advocate ~ the go'u
standard currency system
1.-The country las more silver in It's cur
rency now than it is able TO carry, he
said in explanation OF his views II the
minis are opened to the unlimited tolnaBe'
the catastrophe that will be sure TO FOL
low. II we expect to coin silver I'M
limitedIy at any ratio it VIII be ifnpos-
sble except by the adoption, OF sityeri as
the standard.
This will be followed by the total dis
appear rance OF gold and a slump to an ex-
elusive silver basis. The United states
would thus be carried down the plane OF
first-ciass nation to an equal OF India.
China. Mexico, and Japan The evil OF
the proposition is not in the ratio but in
the unlimited quantity OF silver to be cuined
under any ratio. No good can be derived
from a cnange of ratio
"Afabe you did not know that a man can
commit assault and battery with bi-
cycle" said i Congressman from Indiana
to the Lounger at the Regent yesterday
morning. ...,-,.,, .,.,,,.sr,,.
"A magistrate out in a town in my
district has decided that he can, anyway.
A wheelinan collded with a dairyman
Just as the latter was removing a large
can OF milk FROM his wagon. The result
was that the dairynan. bicycist, aud sa fety
were the next instant on the ground. while
a small Niagara of milk was pouring over
them from the Inverted inilkcan that was
flying through the air.
THE milknsn caused the arrest OF the
wheeiinan. and when both appeared before
the magistrate the former showed a small
scar on the leg that had been made wlicD
the wheel ran into him. while very large
one on the head was made by the falling
milk can. The magistrate fined the hi
cycle rider S15 and made hiWi5ay FOR he
can that bad been spoiled by falling on
the others head"
-
the Madison Square Theater and more re-
Gently in charge OF the various '.Triiby-
companies, is at the sboreham. In speak
ing OF the outlook for the theatrical bust
ness during the coming season, MI. Nor
risey said:
The prospects are better than they have
beeu for five years After the excitement
attendant upon tue election things in our
line will take boom. An the large inter.
ests made money last year. The smaller
attractions suffered because of the unset
tied state of affairs Audiences will be
larger after the election. Booking has been
enormous. The operate outlook is better
than it has ever been"
T. T. Tina yeuias, who up to few years
ago occupied the chair of Latfu and Greek
10 Harvard, is at the ShoreIiam.
Il gave up my pro1essorsbip.'' said
this gentleman last evening, in order to
devote my time to literature. Among
the works which have written are the
History of Greece and History of Rome
In the preparation of these for the press
i spent two entire years. and for the five
previous l rad been assiduousiy collecting
matter with view of nbodying. IL in
-. ...N N.,NV.
and examined the records OF u Number o.
cities in search of authentic data. Ny
Talks of Aesop' met with better re.
ception than l ad anticipated. ami I
am thinking of writing another book OF
the same character" stg's4s> 90, l,.f-i..,
F. A Hecht of Chicago, who is the PROF.
moter OF the project to remodel and enIar ge
Wizards Hotel, is now in the city. He
says that the plans are rapidly nearing
completion, and att ouGh various details,
which at first were thought OF and have
now been abandoned, will have 10 be al
lowed for. still many new features, which
in the meantime have suggested themselves,
will be included. He claims that the new
willard will be the finest fhostelgy., in
Washington, bu tmOre than this he refuses
TO disclose for the present. 30
Senator Proctor, of Vermont, was ex-
pected to arrive at the Chamberlain. Hotel
last evening, but up to late hour had
not putin disappearance Manyprbnifuene
politicians inquired for the Senator yester-
day and it is understood that he Comes
to Washington to attend a conference OF
leaders with regard to the
in the New England States.
De. August u yckerhoff, of Bin gen on-the-
Rhine. is in Washington and is making