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The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04
NlMROD CLEVELAND.
HOW THE PRESIDENT PURsUEs THE
COY CANvAS5ACK.

An Imposing and Picturesque Figure In
Leather Coat and Gum Boots-A Patient
Waiter and a Sure shot-The Presidents
Good Luck.
When President Cleveland goes forth
to seek the coy canvasback on the
marshes down Currituck way, he is an
imposing and picturesque figure. He has
lately donned a new outfit that he has
had manufactured to order and that is
calculated to be both serviceable and
comfortable.
The most conspicuous part Of the
costume is leather coat. 1t is won
der, that coat, and is said to be the
largest one of the kind ever made in
this country. At the point where it but
tons around the place where the presi-
dents waist ought to be, but isn't, it
has q circumference Of $50 inches
that is, if it were spread out on the
floor it would stretch almost five feet
from button to buttonhole. The chest
measure is so inches. The coat was fur
nished by Washington dealer in sport
ing goods, but it was made in New
York.
A pair of gum boots, reaching we'll up
on the presidential thighs, and SLOUGH
marsh hat Of canvas cover the two ex-
tremities of the presidential sportsman.
Around the presidents waist line is
clasped broad belt loaded with car
tridges, and snugly tucked under his arm
is his favorite ducking gun, No. IL
choke bore. 1t weighs nine pounds and
is of the double barreled, hammerless
pattern.
The president has been making these
sallies down the Potomac very frequently
of late. During his former term he went
occasionally, but it is said that he has
become fascinated with the sport, and
Notwithstanding that he recently turned
SO he has laid plans to continue his
ducking campaign until the close of the
season, which comes late in April.
Nobody in Washington outside Of the
White House can predict at just what
moment Mr.. Cleveland will take a no.
tion to HE himself to the ducking shore
He generally makes his departure late
in the evening and is accompanied to
the pier by the mysterious Thurber,
who has had charge of the preliminaries,
and DR.. Reilly, Captain Lamberton, or
some of the others whom he selects to
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04
A SOCIALIST CANDIDATE.
Charles II. Matchett May Run For Presi-
dent.

Charles III. Matchett May run For Presl-
dent.
The man who will probably head the
national ticket of the Socialist-Labor
party in the coming presidential cam
paign is Charles II. Matchett of Brook
Ign. His name may be unfamiliar to
the average reader, but he has neverthe-
less been a prominent leader in his
party, having been candidate for
mayor of Brooklyn, for governor of New
York state and for vice president of the
United States.
Mr.. Matchett is % years old. He is a
master carpenter and we'll to do as an
artisan. He is employed by telephone
company, and says that if he were NOM
mated he would not have time to 60
around the country making speeches,
but would have to stick to his work. He
says that he would probably accept the
nomination, as he would consider it an
honor from party which he expects
will some day be in power
When he ran for mayor Of Brooklyn,
Mr. Matchett received 1, GAG votes, while
at the previous election the Socialist
Labor party polled 1900 votes. In 1899,
when he was second on the presidential
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ticket, headed by Samuel Wing Of Mas
sachusetts, his party cast 81, 1914 votes.
OF that number II, 676 votes were from
New York state.
As possible presidential candidate
Mr.. Matchett's views may be interest
ing Year by year" he says, "we are
growing stronger, We don't take inter
est in protection, free trade, gold or sill
yer. We regard such theories as political
playthings. Our present labor system
is eminently unjust, and the secret Of
the hard times is that workingmen pro-
duce material at wages so small that
they are unable to buy back the same
products after an unjust profit has been
attached to the price. This talk of war
and patriotism is all nonsense. All men
should be brothers. +"
Mr. Matchett says that his party will
make as vigorous campaign as possible
with the limited fund at its disposal,
and that there will be speeches and the
distribution Of Socialist Labor literature
as usual.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04

And everything handle in the same proportion.
am receiving pure Northern Potatoes direct
from the growers, in car lots, and can furnish the
best stock, for both table use and planting, at
extremely low prices.
Agent for sale OF d. NJ, Ferry's Garden Seeds
wholesale and retal-the purest and best in the
market.
PERFECTION FLOUR l. manufactured spec
tally for and sold exclusively by me. The genu-
inc is always sold under my brand. 1t has no
equal tor bread and cakes.
NV Blended Coffee has the lead because il is
the best
Come in. every body, whether you want to buy
or not. You are always welcome.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04

commanded various ships and steamers,
and the last time that his name was be-
fore the public was on the occasion Of
the wreck of the cruiser Adams, which
went ashore in Boring sea. He was in
command at the time, but was sick in
his berth, so it was his first officer and
not he who was court martialed. He
has suffered much in recent years from
rheumatism, and it was for this reason
that he was recently retired from the
navy Oh the ground of physical dis
ability.
The Office to which Commander Brice
has been appointed has usually been
held by a scientist, but it is said that he
knows a lot about pisciculture and is
fully competent to fill the place. He has
taken considerable interest in the sub
ject, and was once in charge of an ex-
perimental station in California at Fort
CASTOR and made report to the fish
commission concerning the proposition
to stock the waters Of the streams drain
ing the Pacific slope with suitable food
fishes. This has been his only official
connection with the department which
he is to manage.
As fish commissioner he will draw a
salary of $4,000 year. The question
will probably arise as to whether his pay
of $4,000 year which he draws as a
retired naval officer will be continued.
In the case of General Sickles it was
decided that retired army officer could
serve as foreign minister and as repre-
sentative in congress without surrender,
ing his commission. Mr.. Brice is about
90 years Of age and is described as a
person of much personal popularity. His
supporters are Senator White of Cali
fornia and many prominent men on the
Pacific coast who are interested in the
subject of fish culture.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04
A PROSPECTIVE PLUM.
Several Army Officers Hope to Succeed
General Batchelder When He Retires.

Several Army Officers Hope to Succeed
General Batchelder When He Retires.
The retirement for age of Brigadier
General R. N. Batchelder, the quarter
master general Of the United States army,
will leave vacant most coveted berth.
He retires in July, and already there is a
big scramble for the place by the various
subordinate officers who are eligible for
promotion. The activity of the candi-
dates is not to be wondered at, for the
quartermaster general of the army has
the pay and the allowances of briga-
der general and is invested with all
the dignity and prominence that come
to him as the head of a busy corps
charged with the clothing, equipment
and transportation of the military.
There is more speculation as to who
will be General Batchelder's successor
because the old rule Of seniority was bro,
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04

The Algerian butchers, says La Pc
tite Republique Of Paris, have made a
contract with two Paris houses to supply
a large quantity of camel's meat, which
will be sold in the capital during the
carnival time. According to the official
report of the Algerian sanitary inspect
or, the meat resembles that of the OK,
but is not so fine in its fiber. 1t is as
tender and as nutritious as veal. The
camel's hump is said to be an especially
dainty morsel.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04
CONCERNING THE PEDAL.
Practical Points, by an Eminent Teacher,
on Its Proper Use.

on lts Proper Use.
The pedals receive but little attention
from most teachers. The general rules
for the damper pedal-put down the
pedal at the beginning of the measure
and take it up at the end-is not artis-
tic. A better rule would be to change
the pedal with every change of harmony.
But pupils ought to be instructed as to
the real object of the pedals and taught
to listen for effects. Following are some
notes from an eminent teacher who is
reported as saying in The Etude:
The object of the damper pedal, or the
so called loud pedal, is twofold-frst, it
prolongs the tone, and, second, it re-en-
forces it Any tone may be prolonged by
raising the camper from the string, leav-
ing it free to vibrate. When the damper
falls on the spring, it ceases to vibrate,
and the tone is cut off. A tone is re-en-
forced when, all the hampers being
raised, other strings are free to vibrate
in connection with the one struck. The
tone we hear is not simply that of the
string which has been struck, but also its
overtones-i. g., the octave, the twelfth,
the second octave above, the major third
above that and others, whose strings set
up a sympathetic vibration with the one
struck, according to natural law.
When one understands this beautiful
law. it is very plain to see that proper
use Of the pedal makes the tones fuller
and richer, while an injudicious use Of
it would cause a blending of many tones
that would be inharmonious.
A pretty little experiment to exem-
plify this sympathetic vibration is this {:
Press very softly the key @, in the mid
die of the keyboard, without allowing
the hammer to strike the string Now
strike very sharply the key G twelfth
blow. Take the finger from the key @,
and the G is heard to sing. The G string
being free to vibrate, since its damper
was raised, received its impulse to vi
brate from the vibrations of the G string.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04
A Tasty Supper Dish.

Butter an enameled plate, cover ii
with a crust half an inch thick, made
with boiled potatoes mashed to smooth
paste with milk and an egg. The edges
should be crimped as for an open PAS
try tart, and brushed over with beaten
egg. Set the plate in sharp oven for q
few minutes to brown the crust, then
fill the center with brown mince OF
any meat which has been cut small and
simmered in thick gravy or sauce.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04


ken in his case, and it is expected that
it may be again. He was appointed by
President Harrison over the heads of
several men who were his seniors in Of
fce He is known as strict disciple
marian and is very exacting in his de-
mands ON his assistants.
General Batchelder was born in Mere
dith, N. H., and at the outbreak of the
civil war he was prosperous business
man in Manchester. He was one of the
first volunteers and rose step by step
from the rank of quartermaster of tie
First New Hampshire regiment until he
was chief quartermaster of the Army of
the Potomac. Many time during
Grants campaign he found himself de-
pendent upon the resourceful Batchelder.
Sometimes he was asked to hustle along
an ammunition train and again he would
be called upon to transfer big body Of
troops in hurry over disorganized
railroad line. 1t was because Batchelder
always came as near doing what was ex.
pected of him as human being could
that he was so warmly praised by Grant
End other generals.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04

ington have discovered that the chief
executive is absent, and the reporters
have learned from Private Secretary
Thurber that the president is away duck
shooting, Mr.. Cleveland has had days
sport and is either preparing for another
one on the morrow or is on board the
Maple and steaming back to take up once
more the cares of state.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04
Gludness Comes
dainty nnOrsel

With better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to u constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupo of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families. and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. tits therefore
all important, in order to get it's bene-
fetal effects, TO note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxa-
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most slillful
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informede everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04
HEAD OF THE FISH COMMISSION.
John j. Brioe Is a Retired Naval Com
mander,

mander.
John J. Brice, whom the president
recently appointed to be commissioner
Of fish and fisheries, is a retired naval
commander whose home is at present
in Craig Head, Cal He is a cousin of
Senator Brice of Ohio, which is the ia
tive state of the new commissioner.
Mr. Brice entered the volunteer navy
in 1861 and was given command Of the
United States steamer Freeborn of the
Potomac fotilla. He afterward COM
manded the captured steamer Eureka,
the Primrose, and at the end of the war
the steamer Don. He was twice promot-
ed for gallant conduct and in 1868 was
transferred to the regular navy. He
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04
IN THE LEAD

In the immensely of stock, in the quality and va
riety of goods i'm freshness, cleanliness and in
low priCes-always in the lead. My goods are
purchased in large quantities from first hands
for CASH, which enables me to present to the
trade inducements that no other house in the
city can. Carefully read over this list, which is
made ont for CASH BUYERS.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04

For good investment take stock in
the sixth series of the Peoples Building
Association, commencing May 2, 1896.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-04-04

ASK to see Hechinger's line of nobby
neckwear for Easter. Manufactured foi
them by Messrs. Rufus Warehouse and
Louis Auerbach, of Y.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-11
Has Fun With His Coffee.

"Some folks can't drink coffee unless
it's hot, said Mr.. Goslington, "and I
don't like coffee unless it is freshly
made and served hot, but l like to
drink it through all its varying phases
from hot to pretty nearly cold. I like a
sip of it, when first poured, without
sugar or any milk or cream, when its
aroma is fresh and pungent and COM
plete and quite unmarried by the admix-
ture of any foreign substance whatever.
Then put i'll the usual quantity Of sug-
ar and of cream, and then you have the
cup of coffee in it's highest normal state,
and how delightful it isl Then, as I
drink it, | add more cream. The re-
mainder becomes more and more dilut-
ed, cooler and lighter and lighter in
color The coffee flavor becomes more
and more attenuated, but it is neverthe-
less keenly defined. and it so continues
to the end. The last of the cup is only
tinged with the color of the coffee. 1t is
not cold, but nearly so. By contrast
with what you have drunk it is CRATE
fully cool. A sip of cream with coffee
bouquet, and you set down the cup with
friendly feeling for it for what it has
contained. New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-11
Paper Cables Under Water,

For many purposes paper, next to
wire, is an excellent insulation, and it
has of late come extensively into use in
telephone and other cables. But it is
not generally known that such an insu-
lation has been tried under water. This
is, however, the fact, and one such cable
is now doing excellent work at the bot
tom of the Hudson river at New York,
right in the track of all the domestic and
seabound traffic. OF course the cable is
lead covered and otherwise protected, but
it depends for it's insulation, electrical
ly, OIL thin spirals of paper around each
stranded interior wire. The laying of
such a cable in such a place might, a
few years ago, have been considered lit
tie short Of suicidal, but experience has
demonstrated the perfect practicability
of the scheme. In considering the lay
ing of such cables in such situations the
fact is important that 100 pair, paper
insulated, lead covered cable can be
bought for so cents foot, while the
rubber insulated cable would probably
cost not less than $3 per foot, while,
figured on the basis of equal electrical
effectiveness, the price would be so or
100 to in favor of the paper cable,
other considerations left out. -Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-11
A CHICAGO TRICK.
But Somehow the Drummer Coaldn't Seen.
to Make 1t Work.

But Somehow the Drummer Couldn't Seem
to Make 1t Work.
Il saw queer trick in Chicago the
other day said the drummer as he
lighted a fresh cigar and pared his nails
with his pocketknife.
OF course two or three of the group
wanted to know all about it, and he
continued:
Zone of you let me have clean 81
bill for moment. All, that's daisy
of bill-just off the press last week.
Now, then, lay the bill face down
ward on the fioor-thus. The chap who
did the trick was not n professional Jug
gler, but he did it with neatness and
dispatch. don't say can do it myself,
but I'll try"
"But what is the trick?''
"Why, l take my knife and cut the
bill lengthwise-so. Then cut it cross
wise-so That divides the bill into four
equal portions, doesn't it?'
Every one in the group answered that
it did. and the drummer gazed at the
pieces awhile and said:
''The trick is to blow the pieces to-
gether so that the edges will unite. The
Chicago man did it, but just how I
couldn' find out. Let's see l will now
blow All, they do not unite. will
blow again"
"What in the Old Harry are you try
ing to do?" demanded the owner of the
bill.
"Why, I'm trying to blow the pieces
together, innocently replied the drum
mer
''But you can't do it.
"No, see can't. The Chicago man
did it, but I'm not on to the trick. Here
are the four pieces, and guess you II
have to get bottle of mucilage and
sheet of paper and paste them together
Awfully cute trick, but l can't do it.
Wish could, but can't
And, strangely enough, the owner Of
the bill looked at the pieces. and from
the pieces to the drummer and back,
and then called the drummer double
dyed idiot and walked off with the decla-
ration that he'd like to punch some-
body's head. Detroit Free Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-11
Hither and YOn.

"Hither and yon, inveighed against
as Yankee importation, is simply a
form of "hither and yont," a good clas-
sical Scotch expression and a most USE
full one, signifying "here and there and
everywhere, )" or "all over the place. I"
1t is thus defined in Jamieson:
"Hither and yont, topsy turvy, in a
state of disorder, S. yont signifies be-
yond, hither and yon, A. Bor., here and
there. Moo that they're hither and
yont frae ane anither it behooves a.
that wish them weel to tax tent that a
breach is no. opened that Gamma be gig
git up. (Sir A. Wylie, 2, 2O.) '"This,
observe, is an As phrase, hider and
yeond, hue atque illuc, hither and
thither (Bed 5, 49,"
Skeat does not give it, but Halliwell,
who deals with English provincial dia-
lects, gives "hither and yon, here and
there Notes and Queries
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-11
A DESPERATE STRUGGLE.
Captain Jack Crawford's Midnight Adven-
ture With an Apache Indian.

Captain Jack Crawford's Midnight Adven-
ture with an Apache Indian.
When within few feet of where l
stood, the stalwart savage, his eyes
cleaning with hatred, lifted his knife
and sprang toward me. l leaped for
ward to meet him and succeeded in
grasping the hand which held the weap-
on, and with grip like a wise held to
it. He clinched with me, and terrible
struggle ensued. We fell to the ground
and rolled over and over i'll our desper
ate struggle for the supremacy, yet
clung to his wrist, for my life depended
ON preventing him from using the knife.
In our struggle l noted that we We're
nearing the brink of the precipice, and
l hoped we would go over, for death in
that manner was preferable to being
slaughtered by savage hand, and there
was keen satisfaction in the thought
that my enemy would die with me.
Nearer and nearer we rolled in our fear
full struggle for the mastery, l endeav-
oring to roll over the brink, he to pre-
vent it, until at last, to my great satis-
faction, felt the edge of the cliff begin
to crumble beneath me, and down we
went.
We struck the bottom heavily, and to
my astonishment neither of us seemed
to be greatly injured. fell almost un-
derneath him, and in a moment he sue
ceeded in getting mo OH my back and
sat astride of my prostrate form. He
had dropped his knife in our fall, and
seizing me by the long hair near each
ear began to beat my head against the
ground in an endeavor to stun me into
insensibility.
Thump! thump! thumpl my head was
beaten against the ground and an angry
voice greeted my ears,
"I'll teach you to grab me that way
and choke me half to death (thumpl
thimp!) and then roll out of bed with
me. (Thump! thumpN What's the mat
ter with you? Are you crazy?"
1t was my wife. She sat astride of
me, and at almost every word gave my
head thump against the carpeted floor
of our bedroom.
1t was all hideous dream. In my
desperation | had seized her, and we
had terrible struggle, finally falling
out of bed upon the floor. Captain
Jack Crawford in Home and Country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-11
THE POET TO HIS CAT.

Tuck in thy toes, prick up thine ears,
Assume a listening attitude,
And l will tell thee, happy cat,
The tale of thy beatitude,
And when I've told thee all the truth
just rub my hand in gratitude.
What hast thou to be thankful for
Besides thy far famed latitude?
Thou roamcst free, with ample room,
Not housed in cramping latitude,
And thou hast beds luxurious
On couch and chair and matitude-
Beds which but for thy hairs would be
Adorned with neatest nattitude.
Thy days are passed in quietneSs,
Untcased by brawling Gratitude,
Nor even are thy nerves outworn
BY steady stream of chatitude.
Simple thy clothing, happy cat,
UnveXed by styles in latitude.
Well mayst thou pity other cats,
Harried and worn by scatitude,
For friendly hands are stroking thee
With touch of gentle patitude,
And never once has cruelty
Stirred thee to pitapatitude.
Noble cat pleasures fill thy life
And swell to high ecstatitude.
Thou meetcst oft thy catfish kind
And join st in feline spatitude,
And when the fclines go for thee
Thou giy'st them titfortatitude,
And in the house thou max st thy boast
OF cellars cleared of ratitude.
Let other cats their homes desert
In folly blind as latitude.
Thou 1t never seek divorce from thine
On grounds of incompatitude.
Now, cat, I've told thee all thy lot
OF happy this and lhatitude,
And expect to see in thee
Appreciative catitude.
Rev. W. n. Clarke in St. Nicholas.