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The morning times., 1896-07-26
withdrawal of Local Trains Between
Washington and Alexandria.

The PenHsylvania .alIroad Company an
nouDces that. taking effect Monday, July
27. the Following local tiains will be with
and Aiexanfiria: Trains now leaving Wash
fngton FOR Alexandra at S:45, 11:5O a.
m; 1880, $50, 5s37, S:02, 1910 and
Il:42 p. m. Leaving Alexandra for Wash
TOO and 9:10 p. m. The Following local
trains viii remain in service: Leave Wash
mgton for Alexandria, $50. $40 a. m !;
40, 500 ana 6:16 p. M leave Alexan-
dria for Washington, sos, 7:o6 and e:iO
q. m; 2:l5 and $50 D. m. Aftersame date
all local Sunday trains between the two
cities viii be Withdrawn from Befvico.
The morning times., 1896-07-26

Atlantic Cfty-cape May ny b. 4 %,
r. h.
Fridays and Saturdays, II c. m. and IL
%, Koaud trip IS. Good returning onf6
raesday. s.sth.siykas
The morning times., 1896-07-26
An ord Tax Warrant.

The original warrant issued by King
James of England for the collection OF the
town tax of oxford, N. H., has just been
presented to the town by Mrs. Ebenezer
Humphrey The document is dated he
cember 81, 1874, and it will be placed in
the oxford public library coilection.-Ex-
change.
The morning times., 1896-07-26
Reduction in Rate to hay Ridge.

Reduction In Rate TO hay Ridge.
The rate 10 Bay Ridge, The beautiful
excursion resort or the Chesapeake Bay.
has been reduced this season to so cents
for adults. except fof evening train a
rate OF 10 cents VIII be charged, with
rebate of 20 cents after coupon is stamped
by ticket agent at Bay Ridge. Half rate
for children between tho ages OF . and 10
years. Trains leave p. & O. depot, week
days. 9:15 n. IN. and f:cS -p m Suntlays,
0:35 a. m. 80 and 3:15 p. m.
je16-w,fS-u
The morning times., 1896-07-26

This desirable house. located on sw.
corner of 18th and Riggs streets n. W.,
will bear inspection, containing II rooms,
finished In California redwood, hand
somely decorated. Modern in every de-
tail-tilcd bath, sanitary plumbing On
lot 20 #. front. Price $1,000; cost the
owner, $40, 500. For further Information
call or address 49,. :
TIMES REAL ESTATE BUREAU,
Tenth St. and Pa. Ave.
The morning times., 1896-07-26


Another phase is how to overcome eE-
trinsic obstacles that contend against the
manager. Everything can conspirc to keep
an audience out OF a theater. The weather
may be the most obstinate factor It
may be too hot or too cold; it may rain
or 1t may threaten to do so, which is al
most rs bad: it may snow. The theater
Is, in fact, a luxury. and one that all con.
ditions initiate against. unless You have
something that the public want to see,
something that Ivy reason of excellence,
Fad, or fashion. they must have: then you
cannot stop them, and they will go any
where and give any price to see you The
location and the reputation OF the theater
have nothing to do with success. the
weaiher is no factor, the price no cou-s
sideration.
These overwhelming and compelling de-
mands happen only once or twice in a man.
ayers career. Bciasco waited forty years
for Maryland" Frohman starved half n
lifetime for the bread of Shenandoah"
Palmer pined until "Trilby" came to him,
and SotherE was n diversion until he be-
came o necessity TO the public h his
''Zenda-" IT any manager could only
know or discover what an audience wanted
nc could easily supply the demand. Thou
sands or dollars are spent yearly for a one
nights performance. The audience goes
ava y. and stamps it rot and the hopes
and theories aud accumulation OF a life
time are tumhied down like house of
cards or erased like n promise written in
water. And the strange. the mysterious.
the sad and discouraging part of it all fs
thatthe audience isaiwa ysin theright. The
only explanation is had Judgment, and the
projectors mnst bear the brand Of guilty.
"An artistic Success" what a critic with a
big salary is privileged 10 call ''succes
d'estime." is an very well. but financial
first is the ancestor OF q succession Of joys
to the hearts of the Interested.
Audiences are gcogn npbic IN their tastes.
Some scctsous cs the ceuntry like such aud
sucf play, It may noa failure 10 another
The morning times., 1896-07-26

i,
|pentine Cancers to prima donnas.
The thinnest man on the stageis Charles
y. rIsner. He enjoys the dis;inc ction OF
DeiDg tlle only man voted too tim to play
tile 'aposnccary in '.konIeo aud juliet"
Eddie Foy Is going on the road nextsea-
q few moments of sIoi,seIse. while the
DINERS sno the rowdhow.to play biiiiaFas-
Modjeska is summeriHg at her California
rahcn. Sne says she wiii act Jais season,
opening IN Chicago and continuing her fare
we'll tour, when SICKNESS last winter cut
short.
Gentry's appeal has been refused, and
Ne VIII bang. This case breaks the hon
Orabie record OF the profession, not one
OF whose members has ever heretofore
II is said that Just before the Chicago
convention W "A. Brady offered William
bfyan S1O,O00 Tor Ten lectures. IL TINS
Is SO Brady ought to star himself as
An open air performance OF "As You
Like ~ is 20 oe given at Asbury farS,
with Marie Wainwright as Rosalind, Rob
ert Aanteli as Orlando, aud Lewis Morri-
son as Jacques.
john Drew has roux plays ready for
SON" Rosemary finder the Red Robe"
a Man in Love-" and a new piece by
Madeline Eucette Ryley.,., -
A rev melodrama in l1,nf On ha s an alarm
offire on steamer, desert III real sand,
ana reS1ue from the gAiot1ne as SIDE
issues to the N asterly acting or the steamer,
the camel and the carving knife.
Franklin Fyles' new play, written in
association with Eagene Presbrey, will
be called Flower Moyne,' a Romance OF
Louisiana" i Is to be produced at the
Fifth Avenue Theatef in November.
Henry ]. Leslie, who precpitated the
Dorothy Hascc at Aliens last winter,
ss;, has rssussss assa. to E1s,s sta is ssy,as to
built and fnortgaged three thick all over.
There Is talk OF starriqg David War
field: David Y al fig5t where he rs as
shtnes as one OF many hat ne could not
Illuminate tho strnfameAS 70 any extent
- q star. 4
:. !. Leoeoavaiic has sinisk ,the iitretto OF
viii have the whole work ready for pre-
The morning times., 1896-07-26
OF Special Interest TO Metropolitan
Railroad Employees.

The Times Real Estate bureau are of
fering special inducements to parties
wishing to locate near the East Capitol
street power house and Lincoln Park.
They have number of coy brick houses,
at SO TO $40 per month, or for saleon ex-
ceptionally easy tefms-$25 down and SlB
per month, including interest. This Is IN
opportunity that Metropolitan Railroad en-
ployes win do wen 10 lcea late.
The morning times., 1896-07-26

fuse to pay. and would, therefore.
he thrown into prison. Mile. scyior, an
Ulembcr OF the company, believed
impris onment was inevitable for all of
them, and Sarah fed the flame OF fear.
A carriage and several men in uniforms
were secured to appeararthe stage door and
arrest the great actress and the guiieless
Mile. Seylor Sarah even sent to her hotel
forsuch little articles MS would tereqcisites
for her stay in Jail The mock arrest was
performed, and the carriage started. sos-
tenslbly for Holloway prison, but instead it
brought up at tie house of 'Sarah's maB-
ager, where a little supper was ready, and
Mile. Seyior's heart beat easier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03
Great Drii,.o nj War,

Der purely dcfc.rivc e:.tngih rests
upon 81 assumed naval supremacy srffi-
cicnt to ss-eep all enemies from the seas
TO srch an extent nc all events ms to
insure rs against the possibility Of be-
ing starved into submission, although
otherwise un5eafen. This necessarily
means that the ravy must be in n posi-
ton not only TO guard home waters, but
also to undertake extensive operations,
offensive ms well ms defensive, upon ev-
cry sea. Any serious interruption Of our
trade would entail consequences almost
ms disastrous rs the complete s;oppagc
Of our food supply. Whether the British
navy is or Is not sufficiently strong no;
only TO guarantee the United Kingdom
against actual invasion, but also to pro.
tect adequately cur immense volume Of
foreign trade. is matter Of opinion.
But even assuming that the desired con.
ditions can be accepted ms actually ex-
listing il will scarcely be denied that ov-
cry ship set free from the task of guard
ing our own shores must add an addi-
tional guarantee 20 the safety Of our
merchant ships abroad. IL follows there
fore that IL the army were in position
to prevent the possibility Of success
full landing without tho aid Of the ma
val forces the latter would cpjoy u free
dom OF action which they cannot have
while hampered by the milestone OF PCS
sib!e invasion hanging about their necks
1t needs TO be ever borne in mind that,
however successfully and by whatever
means we secure ourselves against being
invaded, war upon such terms could not
continue indefinitely without mt last
reaching the point at which We should
be obliged 60 choose between peace at
any price ind ruip.-Broad Arrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03
Hanged and Vanished.

An English custom Of not 81 long acn
was to hang smugglers on gibbets ar
ranged along the coasts and then tar the
bodies that they might be preserved a long
while as 4 warning to other culprits As
late AS 1S22 three men thus varnisbed
could have been seen hanging before Dover
caS.,, Sometimes the process was ex-
tended TO robbers, assassins, incendi.ries
and other criminals. John Painter, who
fired the dockyard at Portsmouth, was
first hanged and then tarred in lS56.
From time to time he was given q fresh
coat of varnish. and thus was made to last
nearly II years The weird custom did
net stop smuggling or ether crimes, hut no
doubt IL had influence - . preventive
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03

lei Troy has record for stopping moro
perilous runaways than any other, and be
IL the oldest man in the service, having
been appointed to the squad when 1t was
first organized q dozen years ago. Fully
so people owe their lives to him.
Mounted Policeman John Murphy mas
stopped liz runcways in the park during
the II years he has been a member Of tho
squad, and has saved at least 80 people
from death. Another public officer who
holds medal for creditable public services
is Detective Sergeant z J. Armstrong
On the night of April IL, 1895, fire broke
out in the apartment house at Columbus
avenue and Nincty-fourth street. Arm
strong was the first man on the scene, and
succeeded in rescuing seven women and
children and an invalid man at great per-
sonal risk
If you should go to police headquarters
and ask who is the bravest man on the en-
tire force the answer would almost surely
be Michael German. He is now a sergeant
of the harbor police and has TIE urexcelled
record of FIVE honorable mentions on the
police board records. He has jumped into
the river and bay and saved % persons
from drowning, and has rescued many
more from burning buildings. He has
medals enough to cover his brawny chest.
He Is the first man who ever received both
the gold and the silver medals for life sav-
ing awarded by the United States govern
Inent.
The name of Fireman Martin NJ. Cole
man has been entered on the roll of merit
four times during his ten years service,
and he is a candidate for n medal for hero
ism at fire in East Tenth street last Feb
ruary. In almost exactly the same man.
ner as Foreman Menghcr in 1877 he res
cued a fainting woman who had fallen
from fourth stnry window. Standing at
the top of ladder he caught her as she
tumbled through the smoke laden air,
flames bursting into his face the while
The police bicycle squad is the newes.
branch Of the metropolitan police service,
yet the many acts Of bravery performed by
its members make citizens look upon it
with great respect. In addition to chasing
scorchers, stopping dangerous runaways
is the regular business of the bicycle Do
liceman. 1t is an everyday occurrence for
one of them to pedal alongside maddened
steed. grab his bride and bring him to q
standstill. Many lives have been saved in
this manner since the squad was organized
last January.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03
NEW PRISON FOR WOMEN At JOLIET

for offenses against the law now than
formerly, when false sentiment often in
terfered il favor of women. Forty Of the
6S prisoners are colored.
The female prisoner ut Joliet rises TO
the sound CT the gong at a. IN. She has
her breakfast and at goes to work nc her
allotted task. The roon hour lasts from,
liz" to !. Then al go to work again for
the afternoon. stopping now at about 5
p IN. The closing hou- varies with the
length OF daylight in summer and win.
ter. From supper time until $50 d. m
the women spend their time very much as
they wish in their cells and dorInitories
Many Of them read novels. and Mary J.
Holmes is their favoritc author.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03
A Manager Of the Period.

Walter Kennedy wrote to the man.
ager Of a prominent theater in Connect
icut, asking for his open time for q
week in the following repertory: "Sam-
son." "Othellc, "Virginius" and
Damon and Pythias," and this was
the answer: Walter Kennedy-Dcar
Sir: l must say that / have never heard
of but two Of the actors you mention in
your company. Samson was ut the dime
museum here not long ago, breaking
fake chains, and Othello played here
last winter at the opposition theater
They say he is a good actor, but I dom
care about playing colored stars ut my
house, as ] cater to the very best lady
audiences, and then I don't think I
would like show with all men in it.
I want shows with plenty of singing
and dancing, scubrettes and comedians,
with funny gags. That's the stuff for
me. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03
"salting" Soldiers.

Is courage to be taught in peace? A
Russian general once proposed to "salt"
his soldiery by loading one rife in ten
with ball cartridges during naneuvers
This CHASTITY preparativc was too re-
voting to civilized minds, and it has
never been carried out, but, if adopted,
it would make the army trained under
such circumstances inv;ncible, and so
in the end tend to shorten war and save
life. 1t would accustom the soldier 20
the sights and scenes of the sbattleiield
and overcome his dread of the unknown
It would enable him TO control his
nerves in the tumult Of the actual en-
counter. Such pursuit as climbing
has the Same moral effect.
Endurance, mutual trust, self control,
may be learned on the high Alps, or,
for the matter of that, in Washable,
where slip on the face Of the mountain
means destruction. The volley Of stones
down some PERCEPTIONS gulley is not less
deadly than the hail of shells and bull.
lets on the battlefield. Ard, in a less
degree, hunting and the manlier forms
Of athletics give the same result. Sports
involving risk to life are thus of su.
preme value from the national poiD. of
view, and this should be remembered
when the ignorant and degenerate assail
them.-Fortnightly Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03
HOPPE
The Tailor.


Without a single exception, there
Is beyond doubt no greater or more
popular newspaper in the United
States than the Cincinnati Enquirer /;
or a more successful publisher than
its proprietor, Mr.. John r. Mclean.
The old-time prices for the Daily
Enquirer have been maintained, and
its circulation largely increased each
year; hard times and cheaper jour.
mails failing to arcs, its onward march
and high appreciation of the public
FOR its true worth and merit.
The Weekly Enquirer at beginning
Of the campaign year was offered at
SO cents . year, and its circulation
increased by the addition of over
100000 new subscribers; the most
substantial and coveted testimonial a
publisher could desire.
When asked for the secret of such
success, Mr.. Mclean frankly answers
The Enquirer has no opinions to force
upon its patrons, it simply prints the
facts and tells the truth that the reader
may form his own opinions. by
maintaining the price OF the paper,
more news and greater variety can be
furnished, and every class Of business
Interests catered to, which 4 cheaper
journal cannot afford.
The very liberal support given the
Enquirer by the public at large, makes
it incumbent upon the management
to serve it faithfully with zeal and en-.
tcrprisc in minor matters as well as
those of greater magnitude.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03

Electric Bitters is Q medicine suit
ed Tor any season, but perhaps more
generally when the langnid cx.
hansted feeling prevails. when the
liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need Of tonic and Alternative is felt.
A prompt use OF this medicine has
often avcrted long and perhaps fatal
bilious fevers. No medicine will act
more surely in countcracting and
freeing the system from the malarial
poison. Headache. Indigestion. con-
stipation. dizziness yield to Electric
bitsers. Soc and u per bottle o,
Hartz 4 Ullemcyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03

1t is not generally recognized that the
friction between air and other gases and
solids or liquids is very great 1t is on
account Of this friction that we have
such enormous waves ut sea during
gales Of wind. The film of oil which
reduces the breaking of the sea seems to
act not only by its cohesion and deaden-
ing action upon the water, but by hav-
ing a less amount of friction with the
air. Be that as it may, however, air,
steam and most gases have q great deal
OF friction with solids When under
pressure, this friction is increased, and
If the gas is escaping through a small
orifice the law of friction in regard to
speed, while pressure and surface re-
main equal, still holds true. 1t is a fact
known Of long observation that the
small valves of certain kind of steam,
drips cut with great rapidly if allowed
a very small rise Or opening. That
steam cuts and cuts like knife, espe-
cially when the pressure is high and
the outlet small, is fact tolerably well
established and known to most old en-
gineers. Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03

the ground between them, with the wagon
upturned, when help came For that he was
awarded silver medal and promoted from
patrolman to ro,Indsman. Sergeant Gan
mons friends estimate that at least SO peo-
pie owe their lives to his bravery
Equally thrilling, but of a widely differ
ent kind, are some of the rescues made by
Foreman Daniel j. Meagher of Hook and
Ladder company No. 3, and for which he
deserves to be called one of the brayest
men in the New York fire department.. 1t
was in 1877 that he made his most heroic
rescue. The four story building at 2S
East Fourteenth street was burning. A
woman was partly hanging ont OF a top
story window. A ~ foot ladder was placed
against the wall, but was. ten feet too
short. Captain Meagher ordered it carried
to the top step of the ho1se stoop and held
there by firemen while Fireman Flood tried
to ascend. He fell and injured himself.
Tho fearless captain did not wait for
subordinate to take his place, but scaled
The Ladder himself. 1t lacked several feet
OF reaching the window from which the
woman hung, and because of the coping
above the lower windows projected fully
two feet from the building Standing ON
the next to the top round of the swaying
hand, he ordered the woman to hold her
body rigid and jump. She did so and was
caught In the captain strong left arm and
passed TO Flood, who, despite his serious
injuries, had followed his captain up the
ladder For this act of singularly well
planned and determined heroism Meagher
was awarded medal in 1873 and has ever
since maintained his reputation for hero
ism.
About as good test as a mans nerve
can be put to is to have to face tine fire
from a revolver in a desperados hands.
Several New York policemen have done
this. One of them is Sergeant John b.
Mulholland of the park police While on n
tour Of inspection in Central park on the
night Of May 6. 1895, he came upon Henry
W. Rail-, who attempted to commit suicide.
He fired one shot at himself, and seeing
the sergeant approaching turned ard point
ed the revolver at the sergeant's head.
Mulholland sprang ut the mar, graspesi
his wrist and succeeded in overpowering
him. At another time, seven years ago,
Sergeant Mulholland, aided by Patrolman
Gilbert Higgins, arrested lunatic who
was brandishing bloody AZ over the body
of a man he had murdered in tenement
near Washington park. Many other acts
of bravery prove him worthy of the posi-
tion he holds.
From such brave body Of men rs the
mounted park police it is difficult to say
that one is more heroic than another.
None would be afraid of satan himself,
and onos record may be said to be better
than another's only as o. hns served the
city longer than another. oman Dan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03
a Spell.

Florcncc's fathers initials are A. II.
s., and, while Florence knows her let.
tiers, she is not yet able to spell. Tho
other day she came running TO her
mother.
"Oh, mamma" she exclaimed. 81
can spell umbrella"
II hardly think So" said her mother.
"But can" she insisted.
Very well. How do you spell it?''
"Ahs," she said promptly.
why. Florence" conteudsd the
mother, THAT doesn't spell umbrella. -
"Yes, but il docs" she urged. Il
saw il ON papa's umbrella. and I'd like
to know why il would be there IL IL
spelled something else. "-Detroit Erec
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-03
sENeFELpER's DISCOVERY.
The Great value Of Liticgraphy In the
World Of Modern Art.

The Great value Of Lithcyraphy In the
World Of Modern Art.
Tho full significance Of Senefelder's
great discovery. just 100 years ago, was
not so much that q calcareous stone
may be bitten by weak solution Of
acid, SO that the raised portion when
creased (the surrounding parts being
wet) may print in q press like wood
cut-though with q scraping. not q d.
rect downward, rressure-but il consist
edin the demonstration, in the first place,
that prints from ITS surface may be re-
duplicated in vast numbers without Wis
ible deterioration, and in the second,
and still more important, that each such
print is practically an original. Nay,
more than this. As M. II. p. Dillon re-
minds me in a paneeyric on his favorite
art, the greatest merit Of this method Of
preserving and indefinitely multiplying
drawing lies in the escape of the artist
from the traduttore traditore-from mis-
representations by engraver or by cam
era. Indeed, when the artist has made
his design upon the stone itself. each
impression from il is as much the
original as each and every photo
graphic prin. taken from q negative is
nm original and not copy Of any other
thing. Even when the arts. has drawn
upon transfer paper instead Of on the
stone proceeding for convenience sake.
which. in the opinion Of some purists,
| is held in q measure to invalidate the
name Of photography as applied to il,
though not thereby rejecting in any de-
gree on the beauty Of the work itself),
the impressions taken are still originals,
inasmuch as the actual work, the artist s
own lines aud dots, have in due course
been transferred bodily by mechanical
pressure to the surface of the stone, and
this, after it has been linked and printed
from, renders each proof then taken Of
equal excellence. And the point Of il all
is this, that until the stone is linked and
u print taken the artists work is not
complete; SO that every Print does really
become a genuine original. M. Ii.
Spielmann in Scribner's.