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The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
THOSE WHO RENr sI,Irs-

'Who rent dress suits? Well more peo-
pie than you would think. or course the
majority of the customers are people who
can't well afford to own suits. They go
to places where such costume is needed so
seldom that it is really much cheaper for
them TO rent than to buy. Then there is
the young government clerk who never
gets money enough ahead TO buy a dress
suit and who does not or cannot get his
tailor to trust him for one. He belongs
to the class that is frequently invited to
the SWEETEST affairs, so that is the reason
you might enter the ranks of the 400 and
still find rented suits on the men,
While the reporter was at the store, a
few gentlemen DESTROYS of temporarily
twinkling in the social armament, came
in. The first was very large man, and
the idea Immediately entered the reporter
head that if he was after clothes he would
not find them.
II want to hire, a suit he said gruffly.
Have you got one that'n fit me, you
reckon.?'' lis
"Oh, yes, indeed sir; yes, indeed re-
pied the proprietor, politely. All of them
are unusually polite.
wardrobe at the end of the room. He
opened one of the doors and took down a
coat and vest covered with calico hood.
brushing or two with a small broom
put the apparel in readiness.
The big man mounted stand and took
off his coat and vest. Then the pro-
prietor helped him into the others. 1t
took not little putting and fussing, but
finally the coat was on.
How does, it feel?'' asked the shop
keeper. ,
'Humph,'' was the only response of the
big man, as he stuck his hands down either
side of the coat. and seemed surprised
to find no pockets there.
TWO DOLLARS A NIGHT.
How much?'' asked the man, rather
gruffly.
Two dollars" answered the proprietor
And you will have to leave deposit of 81,
you know"
The fat man handed over a $40 bill and
took 81 and the sIrit away with him.
do you ever have suit stoIen?" was
asked.
"Never,'' replied the proprietor. 1.-The
deposit covers that. There are lots of peo-
pie we know, however, and we don require
deposit from them"
1t happened that Irregular" came in be-
fore the reporter left. He seemed to know
the proprietor very well, and explained TO
him that he was going to card party. He
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
s125 to baltimore and Return via

fennSylVan1a railroad.
Tickets will be sold Saturday and Sun:
day, February 20 and March / /, and will
be valid for return passage until Monday,
March 2. Good on any train. fe26-5t
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
Spoiled His Chance to Aim.

A recruit having been sworn into one of
the Sussex regiments of volunteers, was do
ing his class firing to make himself eff
cent. Recruits first shot was yards to the
left of target.
Sergeant Gin charge of range Aim more
to the right there, young man.
Recruits next shot was still yards to the
left
Sergeant-Why the - = don't you
aim more to the right?
Recruit-So 1 did
Sergeant-WelL I'll stand close to you
and see how you hold your rifle. Now
aim. Why, you - -, you are shut
ting the wrong eye.
Recruit-Well, can't see with fotlIer.-
London Sporting Times.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
Business Opportunity.

Party who can produce
satisfactory credentials and
five hundred dolla in cash
can secure an interest in an
established honorable buSi-
ness, that will bear thorough
Investigation. Money not so
much an object as to secure
the services of the right m an.
Address, in the Strictest con-
fidenCe,
VINDEX,
Care this Office.
- 10
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01

ODD FELLOWS. HALL CAFE DIN-
W ING ROOM.
1905 M st NJ w.
FIrst-cIass catering for balls. parties ami pri.
v1te families
Meals, Is and &c
Families supplied with salt water eystersJy
4e quart or gallon.
let cream wholesale and retail
JOHN YENIE, Proprietor
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

New York stock Market.
Furnished by Frank W iison Brown. broker
No. 1885 street.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
GOOD WORDS FOR BYRNES
Charitable Acts Performed by
New York's Ex- Chief of Police.
FRIEND TO OPPORTUNITIES
Fearless But Generous Man Who Had
No Mercy for Confirme ed La w reak-
ers-Was Merciful 10 Those w hose
Careers as Criminals Had just Be
gun
New York sun.

In all the things that have been said
about Tom Byrnes since his retirement
as the head or the New York police de-
partment remarked an acting captain,
Il have scarcely heard one good word ut
tered. Everybody admits the mans ability
as a thief catcher but feeble tributes OF
this kind to a really great man have been
drowned i'm tire criticism which has been
showered on him during the past year and a
half Yet there are dozens of men who could
tell stories about ByrneS If they chose
which would show him An a proper light
as a fearless but generous man with no
mercy in his heart for confirmed lawbreak
ers bat plenty of mercy and charity for
those whose careers as criminals had just
opened. | could tel any number OF stories
about Byrnes and little acts of kindness
performed by him TO unfortunates, for
was a sergeant under him in theold fifteenth
precinct and was in his confidence in the
days when as Captain ByrneS of the Mercer
! street station he was making reputation
for himself as catcher of thieves. will
just tell one little incident that occurred
in the Mercer street station years ago and
it's sequel a year afterward, and | think
you viii understand from il what | mean
when | speak of Byrnes as a charitable and
generous man.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
Too True.

Reporter-What do you find to be the
easiest thing to run? Tights?
Athlete-Oh, no; debt.--Exchange.
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
A TOrGH PRECINCT.

The old fifteenth in those days was
the toughest precinct in the city, and the
saloons in IL were frequented by the most
desperate crooks in the country: 1t was
infested with women of he town. ard
the Bowery at night was almost as bad
as a London street after dark. Many
of these women were, in way, of much
value TO the7-poliee, for they always knew
all that was going on. and could give
the very latest news regarding the move
ments of crooks. They weren't at all
averse to keeping on the right side of the
police by giving desired information
either. bnt here was one among them
from whom the police could never get a
word.
Had she. ever consented TO become an
ally Of the police she could have explained
many a robbery and more than one muir
der that has remained a mystery to this
day. Her name was Kitty Donohue ard
she was hail fellow wei met with every
body. The girl had only one OF the ordi-
nary faults OF her kind. Sue was not
a profaBe womaR- she wasn't addicted TO
opium. morphine, or any other drug, but
She would 20 on periodical sprees and stay
on them for. q week at n time, unless her
arrest brought them TO a more sudden
termination.
After being drunk for two days, she
would not bother taking care of herself any
longer, and would 30 around with her hair
hanging, tangled aud unkempt, about her
! shoulders. her face dirty ana her clothes
torn and soned. / have seen her brought
into the station-houSe a dozen times in this
condition, and have myself put her name ON
/ the Mercer street hotter more than once.
! Now for some reason, never knew what.
unless il was because she WIS SO true 10
/ those who trustedh her, Byrncs had conceived
a strong liking for the girl, and have seen
him more than once with his own hands as
sist the doorman. or some woman who had
been called in, 70 put the poor girl in con-
djti0n
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
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haven't any friends to go to, aud no money.
! belong here, and / suppose I'd better die
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
A Grim Wager.

Wagers sometimes take rather grim
form. 1t is recorded that in the last cen
fury wager was laid for one of party
of gay jewellers to enter Westminster
abbey at the hour of midnight He was
to enter one of the vaults beneath the
abbey, and in proof of his having been
there he was to stick fork into cof-
fin which had been recently deposited
there. He accomplished his object and
was returning in triumph when he felt
himself suddenly caught, and was so
overpowered by terror that he fell into
a swoon. His companions, not being
able to account for his long absence,
found him in this condition. The fork
which he had fastened into the coffin
had caught and pinned his long cloak
and SO occasioned fit of terror which
nearly proved fatal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
THE MASSACHUSETTS.
Opinion OF n Russian Naval Oficer Re-
garding the New Battleship.

Opinion of Russian naval Ofhcer Re-
garding the New Battleship.
Rear Admiral Makaroff, of the Rus
sian navy, who was aboard the battle
ship Massachusetts, during her build
ers' trial trip, speaking of the vessels
performance, said: 81 was greatly i'm
pressed by the care shown by the
Cramps in studying the workings of
the machinery with view TO improve
ments if any might be made. 1 was
also greatly pleased with the ship.
Ten years ago we were accustomed
to see very old-fashioned ships in your
navy, and we are now glad to see that
our friends have such fine ships every
where"
He thought the new American ships
as good as any seen anywhere else,
and in some respects better than ships
of other nations.
AS a battle ship he considers the
Massachusetts, superior to many others,
especially in the range of fire, and he
thought she had an astonishingly good
fore and aft fire.
To get this, however, he thinks she
has sacrificed slightly her freeboard,
but as she is for coast defense he
thought this defect was perhaps not i'm
portant.
AS compared to the great Russian
battle ships in the Black sea, which
he considers the best for concentra-
ton of fire in Europe, Admiral MalSarof
admitted that he considered the Massa-
chusetts superior for concentration in
firing
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
Told of Indigo Snakes.

The student of animal life at the
geological gardens is startled frequent
" by the remarkable display of sagacity
that is sometimes made by the inmates
of that interesting place, says an Eng
lish writer. What, for instance, could
be more clever, more thoughtful or
more amazing than the action of the
indigo snake when cold weather comes
on? 1t was illustrated recently. The
first breath of cool air that was waited
across the garden informed the indigo
snakes that cold wave was at hand.
They could not hide their heads under
their wings, like the robin of the nurs-
cry book. They could not take violent
exercise and warm up their blood, for
their blood will not warm. So they
settle the problem by swallowing each
other in turn. One indigo snake will
swallow his better half, for example,
until she becomes thoroughly warmed
up and then she will swallow him until
he feels comfortable.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
CURIOUS EXPERIMENT.

Student Shut in an Alright Room and
Fed to Learn Value of Food Products.
Profs. Atwater, Rosa and Wood are
conducting at Middletown, Conn.,, a Sc
ries of experiments to learn the value Of
food products under the direction of the
United States government. They have
constructed an air-tight room, ten feet
square, in which a student is confined.
Fresh air is pumped in, and food, cooked
under the direction Of the professors,
is conveyed through an air-tight tube.
His room is divided into living-room,
sleeping-room and laboratory, is light
ed by electricity and equipped with cleo
tricity. His temperature is taken and
condition noticed at frequent intervals.
All food and all waste are weighed, the
object being to learn the exact certain
kinds of goods that make bone, flesh and
blood. The student will remain six
days. So far he is doing well, eating
heartily, sleeping well and devoting
much time to study. The results of the
experiment will be sent to Washington.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
MONARCHlAL RULE.
The German Empire Has Done Much t.
Reaffirm 1t.


To the student of political institu-
lions perhaps the most characteristic
thing about the history of the German
empire, says Macmillan's Magazine, is
the example that it gives us of the re-
vival or reaflirmation, so to speak, of the
principle of monarchy. That princi.
pie has received some rude shocks in re-
cent years. The establishment of the
French republic was one, and the depo-
sition of the emperor of Brazil was GER
tainly another. Both events gave great
encouragement to republican ideas.
'Kingship in the old absolute sense had
long been on the wane. The French
revolution almost shattered the founda-
tons of the old monarchical rule. In
England the old lingship received its
final blow when George ". surrendered
his position on the question of the
emancipation of the Catholics; no at
tempt has since been made to impose
the royal will upon q reluctant min
istry or parliament. In France the old
kingship disappeared when Louis Phil
ippe, the Citizen King, was summoned
to the throne; for the monarchy of July
was built on strictly constitutional
lines. Even in Prussia a very restricted
constitution was reluctantly conceded.
King Frederick William ". vowed
that he would never let sheet of paper
intervene between the God in Heaven
and his subjects; but even he was forced
at last to yield to the spirit of the age,
and, as Bismarck picturesquely put it,
the crown itself threw a clod upon its
coffin. The italian states and Spain
were for long in condition of chronic
revolution, and either constitutions
were extorted or republics were estab-
lished. 1t almost seemed as though the
principle of kingship was doomed ere
long to disappear. But the history of
the German empire has done much
toward the restoration of monarchy to
its old illustrious position.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
SPARROWS CUT THE CORD.
Intelligence Displayed in Protecting Their
Young from Destruction.


A correspondent writing to the Phil
adelphia Times tells the following in
teresting story of some sparrows:
"One day last week unfurled for the
first time this season the duck awning
which had been folded without nay Of
flee window all winter. AS did so O
tiny birds egg fell from the folds,
crushing on the pavement below. Since
then have noticed an unusual commo-
ton among the English sparrows that
make pretty free use of my window
sill, and to-day, when the sun swung
round the bank building across the
way, and went to lower my awning,
I found that the cords had been cut.
Investigation revealed the fact
that the intelligent little sparrows had
rebuilt their nests in the folds of the
awning and, in order to prevent rope
tition of last weeks depredations, had
themselves severed the cord with their
bills. suppose shall have to bear the
sun till the little nestlings have left my
awning free. Such forethought as
these birds have exhibited is surely
worthy Of consideration"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
CLEVER PICKPOCKETS.
The Thiers Art Reduced to Fine Point
In Mexico.

In Mexico.
Mexico is a land of thieves and law.
lessness. An English correspondent
tells of an adventure of two men in
the Grand Square of Mexico. They
stood talking before they should part
One was American, the other English,
Suddenly the former said to the latter
pointing to the opposite side of the
square under the colonnade:
Look at it-look! They're pinch
ing him nicely, aren't they? And he's
a friend of mine, you bet!"
And there, while he stood gazing at
the cathedral all unconscious, another
American was relieved of his watch
and other valuables.
''Smartest thing / ever saw cried
the watching Yankee. Look here, I'd
like to interview those coons."
They did so, the Englishman inter
preting. Said the admiring Yankee,
after a time:
Can you do me like that? I'd like
to know what it feels like"
And the answer came contemptu-
ously:
You? Why, we did you an hour
ago!"
This is a true story.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
PECULIAR WELL IN INDIANA.
Lukewarm Water and Three-Pound Rocks
Puzzle the Citizens of Muncie.

Lukewarm Water and Three-Pound Rocks
Puzzle the Citizens of Muncie.
There are many peculiar wells in
Delaware county, Ind, which have been
sunk for the purpose of securing gas,
but none of them is as strange as one
on the farm of j. B. Cunningham, near
New Burlington. When the drill had
reached a depth of 200 feet was forced
from the bottom of the well, and there
was a flow of water which extended
several feet into the air, so great was
the force under it. With the water
came rocks weighing two and three
pounds, and they were also thrown
high into the air.
The water issues from an eight-inch
pipe and has been flowing continuous
", and the men cannot get near the
well to work. Several wagon loads OF
rocks and sand have been forced out.
It is estimated that the well is flowing
$4,000 gallons per day.
The water is lukewarm and has a
peculiar taste. Some of it will be an
alyzed, as several physicians think that
il may be of good use for medicinal pur-
noses.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
Too Small N Dover.

The suit of Marquis di Marescott of
Bologna, Italy, against Princess Anna
Maria Torlonia of Rome, which has
Just come to an end in the former city,
has excited widespread interest Ithad
q curious origin. In 1921 Torlonia was
married to a Marescotti, and brought
him marriage gift considerably less
than had been promised. The marquis
at that time sued for the difference,
and the present marquis received YER
dict of 2e7, 900 francs against the family.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
SHIPPED A BABY BY MAIL.
Body of an Infant Taken from Wash
ington Street Letter Box.

When the mail collected late the other
night from the street boxes in Wash
ington was sorted at the post office in
the morning, the dead body of q white
baby was found, neatly wrapped in
brown paper. If the package had borne
an address and sufficient stamps it
would not have attracted attention as
contraband matter. The package had
been deposited in one of the large street
boxes for the reception of packages.
Old clerks in the Office said they never
heard of dead body being sent through
the mails before. There was no mark
on the wrapping to show where the
body came from.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
A KNOWING DOG.
Digs Up Treasure Lost In the Flood of
1884.

Maj. Duhme, manager of the saw and
tool works at Lawrenceburg, Ind, is
the owner of little rat dog that the
other day revealed his ability to dis
cover buried treasures as well as to
find the retreat of the festive rodent.
Mr.. Duhme had directed couple of
workmen to clear away a pile of de-
cayed lumber and other debris that
had lain in the rear of the factory for
a number of years. After they had
finished the job the dog was noticed
digging and scratching in the rotten
refuse that remained, and shortly after
came running to the men with a silver
dollar in its mouth. It's second trip to
the men with similar result started
the surprised couple to investigate. The
intelligent creature led them to the
spot and scratched out another dollar.
The men dug into the pile of rotten
debris and uncovered four more silver
dollars, making seven in all. The money
is genuine coin, and is supposed to be a
reminder of the food of February. 1884,
when half a hundred or more houses
were swept from their foundations by
the frightful current that tore through
the levee on one memorable night and
the greater portion of the city was en-
gp1ted by the waters. Several houses
were lodged and completely wrecked by
the water on the very spot where the
dog discovered the hidden money. The
decayed shreds of a rotten pocketbook
found with the money inclines to the
theory that it fell where discovered
from some demolished building, and
would have remained secreted but for
the instincts of the intelligent little
animal, that seemingly recognized the
value OF its strange find.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
BUSINESS INCREASING.
Telephone Subscribers Embrace Persons
Engaged In Nearly Every Walk of Life.

Telephone Subscribers Embrace Persons
Engaged In Nearly Every Walk of Life.
The vogue of the bicycle may be mar
Vicious, but to us it seems that the pop
ular use OF the telephone is something
even more remarkable, says the Elec-
trical Engineer. The ratio of calls to
subscribers averages not less than six
per day on the other side of the water,
while the average here may be safely
put, for more places, at ~ per day per
subscriber. There is, it appears from
recent statistics, rapid increase in this
country in the number of subscribers.
Seven years ago the ratio of telephones
to population in cities numbering from
10000 to 100000 was about 1 to every
200. Now it is said to reach from 1
to so and 1 to 100, averaging 1 to IS.
Moreover, this increase is likely to be
more than maintained. The recent COM
petition in many places has greatly
stimulated the use of the telephone, and
a factor for development in places like
New York, where no competition ex-
lists, is the measured system, which en-
ables everybody who really needs an ex-
change system to get it cheaply. In
this connection, while speaking of tele-
phone growth and prosperity, it is
worthy to note that the Sunset Tele-
phone companyis teaching its operators
the art of telegraphy. This may or
may not have some relation to the ex-
piration of the American Bell-Western
Union contract next November. Mean
time, the Western Union company, ow-
ing to the steady reduction of its in
come, is understood to be reducing its
force of operators in the larger cities,
in some cases to as large an extent as 80
per cent. This diminution of income
may also explain the nonissuance of the
company's statement of test Office re-
ceipts. One item of income, however,
ought to be much larger, and that is the
one representing the revenues on the
submarine cables, due to war scares and
crazes. We begin to suspect the cable
people and the ammunition vendors of
working up new call to arms whenever
the old one peters out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20

IT wonder if sleeves will be as big
next year as they are this?" sid the
fashionable girl.
81 hope not" replied the economical
girl.
'why, if they're not you'll have to
make all your wardrobe over"
"Of course; and then can take one
dress and make two of it."-Washing>
ton Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
Naming the Baby.

A mother recently said to her five
year-old daughter: what shkll we
name the baby, sister ?" "Call h9 Rely,
mamma; that's a pretty hanie.s
'Earlyi That's not a girls name" "oh,
yes, it is. Don't you remember you read
to me about the little girl who was to
be May queen, and who wanted her
mother to caHh her EarlyT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
Shocking Tasta.

"Gamsby was a man of atrocious
IDEAS"
Eyes; the wretch had red hair and
committed suicide with paris green
Chicago Record.