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The morning times., 1896-07-22
WAsH1NGroN,s PARKS.

II Is q good many years since some one
happily designated the public parks and
| open squares of the city ''washington's
| lungs" .Ihe appaIlation is most apt, be-
| cause thcss places not only serve to con-
yeY purer air TO the streets surrounding
! them, but bee use they are breathing spots
| for thousands who would otherwise get
but seldom near bit OF green sward,
inliaie the fra gram. OF flowers, feast their
eyes on the variegaled hues, and listen to
the melodious splash of the fountains.
They are an ever recurring delight toneariy
all the people. but they are especially a
blessing TO the poor. MaSy an infant
owes life and health to these parks, where
the Iangour brought on by close. ill-smeIllng
influence OF fresh air.
Col. Wilson, in charge Of public buildings
and grounds, devoted considerable space
III his annual report to the consideration
or the parks and made numerous suEgcs-
tons IN relation to them. He urges more
liberal appropriations in order that all the
public reservations may be properly i'm
proved and add still further 10 this at
tractive feature OF the National Capital
Many Of them are little more than wastes
OF grass and weeds. fact all the more
to be regretted as the expense Of trans
forming them into things of beauty is CON-
paranveIy small and the cost Of main
tenance and superin;endcncc a mere trifie.
The parks OF Washington are not only
pleasure TO the residents and casual
visitors. but they have national, even in
ternational fame, because their beauty is
We'll known in foreign lands. Persons
coming here from other cities cannot suf-
ficienuy praise them. A visitor To the
city, a week or two ag o, made the remark:
Il cannot understand why Washington
ians should want 10 leave the city in sum-
mer. With your beautiful parks right
before you, and rural enyirons Of unsur-
passed attractiveness within easy reach,
1T is very Paradise IL is not the public
parks alone, however, that appear SO ill.,
viting. but the thousand and one private
parks i'll front of residences There is
not half dozen large cities in tie country
where such are TO be found. Washington
is Charming winter city, but in summer
it is siEgularly beautiful.
The morning times., 1896-07-22
SNAKES DEADLY WORK
Copperheads Bit Three Persons ana
One Is Dead

Philadelphia Inquirer.
Chambersburg, July I8.-Three persons
Of the family Of Martin Drury, in Blair's
Valley, were poisoned by copperhead
snakes Two snakes entered the base
nient room in which the victims were
sleeping and inflicted tue tiles Two
children had been bitten, but the mother
did not know it. She was aroused from
her sleep by ore OF her children. Them
was a cry from one child and the mother
jumped from her bed and hurried to its
relief.
She suffered as did the child A copper
head snake, which ha d bitten both Children
about .,e abdomen. jumped al Mrs. Drury.
bit her in the foot and afterward stuck
Its fangs into her leg above the knee.
When Mrs Drury picked up her one child
the snake was still clirginy to its ttdy.
Then 1t dropped 10 the floor and bit Mrs.
Drury.
Martin Drury, the husband, hurried to
the scene He tried TO light a match, and
1t was extinguished by Il gust of wind
In the darkness the snakes escaped.
The children were aged three and six
yeras, respectively. The younger enc WIS
killed by the snake bite. The other one and
the mother viii likely recover
The morning times., 1896-07-22

The latest story of German ..thrift, is
told at the expense OF the proprietor OF n
circulating library, who charged for the
wear and tear suffered by his books ut the
hands OF his patrons. One volume came
back to his scrutiny. ''See here" he ex-
claimed. there Is a hole on page nine
teen Of my beautiful book. And see here"
lie went on. turning over the leaf. there
Is another on page twenfy"-Argonant.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

This cozy homo, facing south On P St.
N. w., in first-ciass neighborhoOd, con-
tains rooms and bath. Offered for saIs
at So, s00-much lower than actual cost
and value-easy terms. Further informa,
ti0n, call or address
TIMES REAL ESTATE BUREAU,
Tenth ST. and Pa. Ave.
The morning times., 1896-07-22
Decatur Lodge, X. OF p.

At the meeting of Decatur Lodge, K. OF
p, held last night, the designations Of
Master of Finance Doherty and Outer
Guard Waters were received with regret,
Elections TO fill the vacancies will he held
at the next meeting. Resolutions were
passed expressing the appreciative sense
of the lodge of the services of Mr.. Doherty.
who has filled his office faithfully aud
efficiently for twenty-five years.
The morning times., 1896-07-22
A swift-Fiyiuu B,rd

The sailors OF all nations believe that the
frigate bird can fly across the Atlantic in
one day. They declare that the bird can
start from the coast OF Africa at da ybreak,
when the wind Is blowing strongly to the
west, and roost on the American shore on
the following night. There is NO way OF
proving this assertion. of course, but the.
naturaiists have proven that the frigate
bird can fly 200 miles In single hour.-
Chicago Chronicle.
The morning times., 1896-07-22
Change for the Better Inevitable.

Mark Twain bias becn :elling the South
.is;Saa ...e.sruri. some f..:Hs and cracking
some jokes at his own expense. One of the
latter is related by a johannesburg paper
Mark was talking about South Africa IS
numerous recent Affections. YES" he
said, ''you have had fearful time here
lateiy-what with wars, revolutions, rim
derpest, locusts, drouth-and me, guess
you can go no further with plaques. Now,
that have come, you must take a change
for The better.-Exchange
The morning times., 1896-07-22
THE INsURRECT1oN IN CRETE

| Iii lNS1 HhECIlON IN IKE L.
Given q free field and a fair fight, the
| Inhabitants of the Island of Crete would
| soon win their independence from Turk
| ish misruie and oppression In nearly
every battle of the Cretan insurgents with
| the Turkish troops, even when the latter
| had the advantage of superior numbers
| the valiant sons of the Greek were vic
torious. Greece would willingly come
| to their assistance were it not restrained
by the forbidding hand of Russia, whose
alliance with Turkey, entered into for the
attainment mt of obvious strategic advan-
tages, Keeps the latter protected against
any outside interference. 1t was Russia.
il will be remembered, that called a halt
4 en- the other Christian powers would
y compelled the Porte to give reforms
10 Armenia instead of siaughtering the
people. 1t is Russia again that compels
the Cretan insurgents to wage the un-
equal battle against their Turkish OPP
pressor without the assistance that would
be gladly rendered.
The reason why these other powers allow
themselves 10 be thus oyera wed By Russia
is not difficult to find. They dread the
conflict that would inevitably follow
serious misunderstanding. Each one of
them knows that the torch of war once
kindlcd would not be easily Qucnched, and
that the sacrifices it would exact from
each would be simply appalling. Still
it liz 10 be hoped that way may be
found whereby the spectacle OF Armenia
may not be duplicated, even though in a
modified degree, on European soil, and
that a brave, Christian people, such as
the Cretans are, will not ba permitted to
be subIugated under the cruel yoke of the
Turk.
The morning times., 1896-07-22
Twelve Hours Ago.

II you miss uny new In the morning
edition iuok in the list below. whaI
you're looking for WIS pr0ba big
printed in vest erday evening edition.
and Tho Times never repeats
yourl iiuvo to take both editions to
get all the news AS quick aS 1t hap
PENS
The morning times., 1896-07-22
THE RELATIONSHIP.

"Sell that cow" exclaimed Brimhsley,
why, man, that COW has been q STEP
mother To me-
How do you make that out?''
Il was raised on the bottle"
The morning times., 1896-07-22

Private advices received here last night
from st. Louis says that the Popuiists will
either indorse or nominate Bryan, the onl y
riebatable question being as to which shall
be done. In such an event it is expected
that the Southern delegates will bolt and
either select an out-and-out Populist for
their candidate or take their revenge by
silently boiling the whole ticket at the
DOlla
The morning times., 1896-07-22
IMELY AND
-HUMoRous.


''You should be comforted, my dear
brother said the pastor to the dying man,
by the thought that flesh aud blood can
not enter the other world
Then am prepared TO CO." gasped the
doomed man, for 1 am reduced, as you
see, TO skin d nd bones''
The morning times., 1896-07-22
APPROPRIATELY NAMED

These" said the poultry farmer, point
ing 10 a group Of energetic hens, ARE
Macduffs."
What queer name,'' observed the
VISITOR why are they So Called?''
"Bcca Use they always lay on
The morning times., 1896-07-22

Editor Times: Will you kindly correct
18th instant, that rate Of $3.50 hasi
been secured by the Intersta te Democrat tic
Association for their trip to New York
on the date OF the notification OF Bran
secured. JAMES 8. NCARTHY.
The morning times., 1896-07-22
THEN SHE cAcKLED TO HERSELF.

Those eggs" remarked hen as she
Matched female brood, must all have
been Miss-Iaid.''
The morning times., 1896-07-22
A NATURAL IyFsRENcF

ia yson-What made the poet remark
THAT tpe taliest mountains sleep night
and day?''
Baymore-He probably thought their
snowy peaks were night-caps.
The morning times., 1896-07-22
A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY.

The illness of Associate Justice Stephen
United states calls 10 mind that lie is one
of a quartet of brothers, each OF whoIi
has shed luster upon his native land. 1t
Is rare to find an entire family so highly
endowed with mental gifts as were these
four men. Although Justice Field has not
attained to the highest judicial office under
the government it is rot because of any
lack of qualifications. His career at the
bar aud on the bench has been OF the most
brilliant and lie has taken Fart, with ex-
ceptonal ability, in the adjudication Of
all the great constitutional questions
which were brought before this august
tribunal since his connection with it.
David Dudley Field, his oldest brother.
who died recently at the age OF ninet y-one,
also made his mark at the bar, ranking as
one of the most brilliant advocates in the
country. He was one of that great galaxy
OF lawyers who became famous through
their arguments before the Electoral Com
mission, and he ranked among tie fore
III.
Field is distinguished Traveller and editor
OF the New York Evangelist. through
the columns of which he addresses and
charms constituency of thousands.
Most prominent OF these four brothers.
''princeps inter principles with fame not
national but international. was Cyrus W.
Field, the creator of the Atlantic cable
Lacking collegiate education he was
intent upon great business achievement,
and he succeeded even beyond his most
sanguine expectations. The intercommuni-
cation by telegraph of the great civilized
nations on the European AMI American Con-
tincnts is the everlasting monument to his
enterprise and energy. In his lie xiccn. too,
there was no such word as fail and he
conquered obstacles and difficulties that
would have discouraged thousands less
gifted than he.
Not many countries can boast OF such a
quartet of brothers.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

Drained IN THEIR BERTHS-
Horrible Triple Murder Oh Board al
American snip.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

POPULISTS IN A QUANDARY-
All at Odds as 10 Nominations in st
The morning times., 1896-07-22
BCNA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

BCNA-FIDE CIRCULATION.
A reference to the state
ment Fellow will show that
the circulation sworn to is
bona fide one.
1t is easily possible for a
newspaper with an elastic
conscience to swell its legit-
innate circulation enor-
mousIy, in order to deceive
advertisers. by sending out
thousands of papers to
news stands, which are re-
turnaDle, and which are in
fact returned, but neverthe-
less are included in what
purports to be an honest
statement of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers,
however. judge by results.
and bogus circulation don't
o;y. ,t,.,,,
The family circulation OF
The Times is many thou
sands IN excess OF any other
washington naner and is
h.,;d 10 te f,,,,, t,yo
ihiss 'ha1 vi 'tS ioo"
contemporary.
The circulation of The Times for the
week ended July IL, 1895, was as fol-
lows:
Saturday, July IL 1896
Sunday July Il A'sss
MohGay, July IS. 9''oio
The morning times., 1896-07-22

EDUCATING ALL THE VOTERS
Political Headquarters Here Stoke d
With Literature
The morning times., 1896-07-22

LOVES HER AND HER ALONE
Antonio Ciayan Gave HIS Jealous Wife
Full Proof.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

LOOKING FOR MISS LORAH-
Pretty Delaware Girl May Be in Hid
Ing Here.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

WHEELS AGAINST WHEELS
More tiubdrup From the " umCn's Rescue
League.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

CHILD SEEKS PROTECTION
Four ear Old Willie Simmons Afraid
of His Sister.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

TALKED OVER THE TROUBLE
Commissioners Hear Arguments on an
Appropriation.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

AvERILL GETS JUDO MENT-
Famous Asphalt Suit Decided Against
Barber Company.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

MURDERED HIS CHILDREN
Then Crazy Farmer SWAIN Shot Him
self
The morning times., 1896-07-22

HARD BLOW TO THE KNIGHTS
six Thousand Leave Tie OiCcr at Pitts
burg.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

WANTED TO SELL. HIS COAT
David Richards, a Manly Lad, Applied
to the Police.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

ANDY WILL NOT SELL OUT
President Freedman VIII Continue a
the Giants Owner
The morning times., 1896-07-22

MRS. RYAN Is WEAK MINDED
Believed TO Be Not Gully of PasSiD
Counterfeit Money.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

TOOK THE CLIFFBURNS IN
Capitals Won Yesterdays Game at
Capitol Park.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

WATER BICYCLE is HERE
Will Appear in tie Potomac Thi
The morning times., 1896-07-22

POWER OF THE UMPIRES--
Their appointment and Theil
Worth.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

ENTHUSIASTIC FOR UNION
Afro-American League Dele gates An
plaud the Scheme
The morning times., 1896-07-22

BEEK RELIEF IN COURT
Taxpayers Object to Rcassessme ut O
Property.
The morning times., 1896-07-22
CABIN JOHN MOTEL

Bring tho family. You can get a splendid
meai-a lgnt lunch or a reg1lar dinner, nicely
served. with every attention..
BoBnGER BROS. Proprsetors.
Telephone Goa
The morning times., 1896-07-22

LIKE A KNIGHT OF OLD
Louis Kane Defended Two Pretty Young
Ladies.
The morning times., 1896-07-22

The Democratic Congressional Committee
will follow the practice adopted two years
ago. and begin the issue of daily bulletins
when the work OF The campaign shall bcgia
In earnest. These will he for the especial
benetit OF the. press and correspondents
representing out of town papers, who will
thus be supplied, without the trouble Ut
asking routine questions, with u succinct
statement showing the status Of The work
III hand and the progress from day 10 day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
KENTDCKY'S LAST BEAR.
Relieved to Have Been Killed by Ste,
Ila Hart A far u .Eo a. Era..he \.

Relieved to Have Been Killed by steyo
s. De Hart After R&Eong Fight.
Steve De Hart, an old bear hunter Of
Powell county, has just returned to Lex
ington. Ky, from the most exciting
hunt he has ever had, Last year he
killed near Chimney Top. on Red river,
the first bear slain in Eastern Ken
tucky for many years. He started out
to find the mate Of the bear he killed
found near Chimney Top, but he discov-
cred no traces of her until he had been
on the hunt thirteen days. ~
His dogs located her about 10 o'clock
in the morning in ledge of rock about
250 feet high. 1t was hard climb for
the old hunter; but he finally got near
enough to see the opening, and then he
looked into the den. The bear growled
viciously, and De Hart retreated. He
then sent in one of his dogs and fight
followed, The dog was large and strong,
and although he had never had any ex-
perience in fighting bears, he attacked
her viciously. She tried to whip him
with her paws: but the dog was too
the throat with her teeth and killed
him.
Then De Hart turned another dog
loose on the bear and she ran out of
the den. He fired at her with his rifle,
but the bullet struck her in the nose,
making only slight wound She pur-
sued De Hart Il short distances, but he
eluded her by climbing the cliff, and she
went back to her den.
De Hart lay on the cliff above the
den all night. He tried to punch the
bear out with a long pole, but she re-
fused to come out. The next morning
he tried the pole again, and after an
hours work the bear got so mad that
she ran out of the stlen and tried to get
to her tormentor. AS she started up
the cliff H shot her between the eyes,
and she fell back and expired immedi-
ately in front of the den in which she
had made such a good fight.
She was almost as large as her mate.
She weighed 800 pounds net, aud her
hide when tackled to wall measured 6
feet 8 inches in length and 5 feet in
breadth. De Hart sent one of the bears
claws and several nice cuts of her steak
to the officials of the Lexington & East
ern railroad here. The place where she
was killed is about five miles from Dun
dee, station on the Lexington e. East
ern, fifty miles east of Lexington. De
Hart says he thinks this is the hast bear
in Kentucky. and other old residents
aDrcc with him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
REFUSE OYSTER SHELLS.
Maryland Foots Up 1900, 900 Tons Dur
ing This Century.

The waters of Maryland produce one
third of the total oyster supply in the
world 1t yields twice as many of these
luscious bivalyes as are grown in all
foreign countries combined. During the
present century it has put Oh the mar
ket 400. OOO,O 900 bushels of the toothsome
mollusks. These have sold for the enor-
nous sum of $3.50, 100000. Almost all
of this country is dependent for the
abundance and cheaPness of this edible
on the supply Of the Chesapeake. From
oysters used for canning. In fact, the
output of this industry of Maryland is
equal to one-sixth of all the fisheries of
the United States put together, says the
Philadelphia Times.
The quantity of oyster shells landed
upon the shores of Maryland during the
last century has been reckoned at H.
100000 tons. Until very lately the can
ming firms have had much trouble in get
ting rid of the shells. having to pay. in
fact, for the removal of all that they
Gould not give away. Recently. how
ever, they have been able to sell them.
They are now shipped to all parts of the
country and are utilized variously for
roads, for lime. and employed in making
coal gas. They have also been found to
serve almost as we'll as stone in the man
ufacture of special grades of iron for
railway beds. Cultivators of oysters
also employ them. having found that
they afford suitab BILE surfaces for young
oysters to attach themselves to. They
are likewise used to some extent as
chicken food. They are very good for
hens. the shells of eggs being largely
made of them. The trade received $685.
600 in single year for the empty shells
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25
Making = Toy Dynamo.

k In actual cash young John Hartley's
|, toy dynamo cost less than a dollar. It
was worth good deal more than that
to John, however, for he made 1t himself
and it had for him certain and lasting
value in the form of that knowledge
which is born only of experience. When
he first thought about the undertaking
it seemed almost too difficult for him to
try, and it is doubtful whether he would
ever have made beginning even, had
he not been fortunate enough to be ac-
q,lainted with young man who knows
all about the full-size dynamos that run
trolley cars and electric lights and sta
tienary motors in manufactures and
elsewhere.
The first thing of Importance learned
by the boy about dynamo was that
the parts of perfectly practical ma
chine for the taking of an electric cur
rent need be very few. These parts are
all shown in the pictures accompanying
this article; they are, first, the magnet:
second, the armature and shaft; third.
the ''exciters;" fourth, the ''brushes,"
and fifth. the pulley" "a =,
All these things can be made out of a
few small pieces of iron and sheet cop
per. common spool on which silk has
been wound (for the pulley. and q half
pound of No. 30 copper wire. Besides,
there must, of course, be certain framing,
not included in the working parts of the
Dynamo, but necessary to hold them to-
gether. The form adopted by young
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-12-25

Hartley under his friends advice is
clearly shown in the picture. His mag
net was of the horseshoe form-the form
used in all the earlier dynamos of large
pattern, though it has been discarded
of late by some of the most prominent
and successful dynamo builders for other
forms and combinatio more compact
and perhaps more effective, but not so
simple and so not so available in making
such machine as John had in mind.
John did not find it easy to buy a mag
net of just the size and form he wanted
and SO he got from blacksmith a piece
of steel twelve inches long, two inches
wide and quarter of an inch thick, pay
ing only, few cents for it by weight.
the boy wanted of the metal he laughed
and bent it to the required form, and
then hardened it 'for friendship he
said. When this was done John took the
steel to the power house of the trolley
line whose cars run through the street
his home is on, and got the superintend-
ent to magnetic it by passing a strong
current through it from the big Dynamo
The bent piece of steel was then a per-
positive or north pole" and the 9TH
er the negative or south pole"
The space between the poles of the
magnet was two and a quarter inches
and John cut out two pieces of wood d
sha de large than two and quarter
inches one way, two inches, the other way
and quarter of an inch thick. Then he
whitfield out two strips of wood, two
inches long by one inch wide. Through
one of these strips he cut two oblong
holes each about a quarter of an inch
apart. These were to serve as arms to
hold the front bearing of the armature
shaft, to be mentioned later. Then two
strips of wood two and three-quarter
inches long by an inch wide were made,
quarter inch circular hole was made
exactly in the center of each piece, one
being fastened to the two large pieces so
as to serve as the rear bearing for the
armature shaft, and the other to the ends
Of the two One-inch arms just mentioned,
When the six pieces of wood were prop
erly fastened together with screws, they
formed the frame of the dynamo and pre-
sented the appearance shown in the pic
ture. The two large pieces were exactly
two and a quarter inches apart and the
space inclosed by the frame and the top
and bottom of the magnet was exactly
square: Acting on his friends instruc-
tions, John had been extremely careful to
have this just right. ,.:. -
The next step to be taken was one of
the most important of all. It was the
making and winding of the grmature