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The evening times., 1896-02-12
ARGUED FOR CHEAPER GAS.
Northeast Citizens Delegation Before
the Senate District Committee.

A committee from the Northeast Citizens
Association appeared before the Senate
District Committee today to argue for
cheaper gas The members OF the Senate
committee present were Senators hcEwen.
weimore. a I'D Baker. Messrs. D. H. Tu clser.
william j. Frizzell. F. Sowerbuits. NJ. L.
King. and L. Q. Dunson represented the cit
izcns' association. Mr.. Tucker spoke in
favor Of O new gas company.
The evening times., 1896-02-12

portions fit smoothly at the top and are
Joined To lower edge OF belt. Triangular
pockets placed at convenient depth have
their front edges inserted in the front gore
Seam. The lower edges are hemmed or
faced. and friil of embroidery trims the
lower edge of yoke. Aprons In this style can
be made from white or cnlorrd cambrlc,
muslin lawn. percale, or gingham.
The evening times., 1896-02-12
Condition Of the water.

High and low tides are Officially re-
corded al the Navy Yard today as follows:
1:16a. m. 7:1O a. m.
1:33 p. m. 7:20 d. m
Temperature and condition of the water
at a. m: Great Falls-Temperature, 81;
condition, 2. Receiving reservoir-Tempel-
azure, 40; condition at north connection, 8;
condition at south connection, 2. Distrit-
utinG acknowledgements 3S; condi-
tion at influent gatehouse, e; effluent gate
house, g.
Schedule for Street Lighting.
Gas lamps are lighted at 6:42 D. M; ex-
tinguished at b:47 q: m.
Naphtha lamps lighted ut 6:42 p. m; ex-
tinguished at 6:0g 3. m.
IncaDdescent and electric lamps lighted
at SET p. m; extinguished at SOC a. m.
The evening times., 1896-02-12
A Slow Town.

"Yes, Philadelphia is SLOW" remarked
the New York man. ~ was there dur
ing a shower one day last summer. and
it is a curious, but positive, fact that
about five minutes after We would hear
the thunder the lightning would come
poking aloug."-1futh.
The evening times., 1896-02-12
HAS NOT BEEN INSTRUCTED
State Depa ri ment Officials Not Inter
fcring With the Prize Fight.

II is denied at the State Department that
any instructions with regard to the FitZsinl-
mons Maher fight have been sent to Mr.. Bu-
ford, United States consul at JuareZ or Ell
Paso del Norte, Mexico. opposite Ell Paso,
Tex, as announced in n purpOrted inter-
view with that gentleman.
Department officials say that there is no
necessity for such instructions, and they
cannot understand why Mr.. 'uford should
have made statements attributed TO him,
If he has really done So
The evening times., 1896-02-12

sa1 Headache 1Mmcdiafefy relisve0 -
Cap1tol CAtaIsh CuEA 26 cenlR
aov7 -2Qo-ox0
The evening times., 1896-02-12

Espey Dismissed From the Force.
Policeman Espey was today dismissed
from the force on account OF drunken
ness at the rivcr-front fire.
The evening times., 1896-02-12

Badness
Falling Hair, Da- druff,
Fscial Blemlshes and Skin Diseases prom pity
snd psrmanensly cured DR. J. sEMAED
- 18th ~. near g,
Once and Reslaoaco
The evening times., 1896-02-12

Brussels, Feb. 12.-Princess Henriette,
daughter OF the Comte de Flanders andniece
OF King Leopold, was married today to
the Duke of Vendone. The ceremony was
conducted by Cardinal Goosens, archbishop
of Meckiin.
Paris. Feb. 12.-The Politique Coloniale
says that Queen Ranavolo Aanjaka III of
Madagascar. whose husband, the prime
minister of the Hova government. was BAN
ished upon the occupation OF Antanana-
rivo, at the Hova capital, by the French,
has been ganaticaiiy married to young
Hova, named Paul Ratschimhaha.
The evening times., 1896-02-12

Buyers of Carpets and Rugs
never before spent so little aud
got so much in return as at our
Annual Carpet and Rug Sale.
The evening times., 1896-02-12
Washington Stock Excnansa

sales-Reguiar call, T. s Is reg, $50 at
1924; Capital Traction. "a at IS; I. L Electric
Light 81 at i2s; Ches & Pot. Tel. at SEA,
Lans Oh Monotype, 70 as Ga. After cali-Mes
r. K, at ZOO
n & AsNa al
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

bearing the number CXxv provides that who
ever attends any worship which is rot that of
the Roman Catholic Church shall he punished
with Punishment from the Kingdom" The
other numbered CxxXII. enacts that the
Spaniard "who forsakes the Roman Catholic
Church for any other sect or creed Will he pun
shed with lifelong Punishment The offender,
however will he permitted to return on maxi
ing a public recantation Of his error" More
over. Don Carlos promises to restore to the
Church all of the episcopal ard morastic prop
erty which was confscated by the State during
the reign of Isabella and his accession to the
throne would mean that the parish priest would
once more become the superior of the alcalde
mayor. instead of being subordinate OF the
latter. as he is now These DEGREES of Don
Carlos which go far 20 explain the devotion or
the clergy to the cause OF the pretender. need
excite no astonishment On the score of their
bieotry and lack OF enlightenment when 1t Is
remembered that both Don Carlos and his son
have recently sgan proclaimed that they Will
never consent to any compromise with those
denominations which go by the name of Liberal
ism. Constitutionalism. Parliamentalism. or to
the least modification of our religious IDEAS ana
hereditary rights and that both the pretender
and his son have acknowledged their intention
of restoring the nqusiton In Spain and or
revvng It's dreaded and wide-reaching powers
in the event of their coming into their own.
The insurrection on this occasion Will be OH a
much more extensive scale than any former one.
For, independently Of the fact that not only the
peasantry. the lsboring classes. and the terri-
torial aristocracy, which derives its revenues
from the culture Of land have been driven TO
downright desperation by the existing condition
of affairs, Don Carlos Is for the first time no
longer hampered by lack of funds. Since the
close of the last Carlst war. he has become
possessed of the enormous property inherited
by his first wife from her parents. and especially
from her uncle and aunt. the Count and
Countess de Chambord. Carlos is therefore no
longer "A penniless pretender as in days OF yort,
compelled to pawn at the Monte de Pieta OF
Milan his historic and jeweed insignia OF the
Order of the Golden Fleece, in order to secure
funds for his revels, but is now one of the
wealthiest princes In Europe. his fortune beinS
estimated at some S20.000OO0 or $3O.NJO.OOO
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

body seems be delighted with him, and every
body laughs at him and talks about him. quite as
II he a new invention.
When Ii Hung Chang in London he was in
vited to see The Geishs." but he declined. 1t
not thought TO be because he objected to the piece
or expected 10 object to 1t. but merely because he
did not care for theatres in general But he had
happy escape. 1t would be hard to think of play
to which 1t would be less appropriate to take
Chinese of distinction. to whom 1t was desired TO
show honor and courtesy. There is only one Chi
nese in the piece and his career is not fatterng to
his nation. The license of his teahouse Is
voked, his gesha sold by auction. he is tra
duced and vilified. he is surrounded by powerful
and triumphant English and Japanese he Is pulled
by the pigtai and pricked with sword points Alto
gether the play is one for the people of almost any
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

through the records Of the last Carlist insurrec
ton in the IOs In order to realize the extent to
which regulars and insurgents WED with one an
other in cruelty worthy only Of red Indians. In
deed. when one peruses the sickening record Of
horrible mutilatons. and of the fact that every
man and every woman caught by one side or the
other was disembowelled. the temptation Is
strong to believe that one is reading the report
of the recent atrocities laid at the door OF the
Spanish troops in Cuoa- This trait of savagery
in the otherwise chivalrous and in many ways
admirable Spanish character Is attributable
probably in a great measure to the strain of
Moorish blood in Spanish veins. No other Euro
pean nation save the sicilians-likewise OF Ori-
entail eisenhower has distinguished itself by
such barbarity which is not the exception. but
the rule. among Oriental nations
A feature in the present situation Is the new
wife Of Don Carlos. Princess Bertha. who may
be relied upon to do everything in her power
to prevent her husband from taking any part
in the insurrecton. Princess Bertha has MOTH
ing to gain and much to lose by any rising
in behalf of her husband. even II 1t should
prove successful For. long as her husband
remained in the role of mere pretender the
various courts of Europe were willing TO ac-
cord to her the precedence and privileges OF
his full fedged wfe-that is. as royal princess
and she has been recognized everywhere as the
Duchess of Madrid But should Don Carlos
become king her position would become a very
invidious one indeed. Not being of royal BIRTH
but only a scion of the princely house or dc
Rohan she is n mere noblewoman. and as such
the proud Castilian aristocracy constituting her
husbands court. would decline TO pay her
whom they regard as equal. the homage due
to a queen. Indeed, they might insist on Don
Carlos restricting his consort to the status OF a
mere morganatic wife. since she Is not his equal
In birth. 1t may be remembered that at tne
time when Amadeus King of Spain. his
Government found It IMPOSSIBLE to get single
Spanish lady Of grandee rank to accept the office
of grand mistress of the household to his Queen,
the objection to her being that she was by birth
a mere nobewoman OF Belgium and Italy. and
not a princess of the blood royal. /. for one.
with the advantage of a personal acquaintance
with Don Carlos dating back to the year 1913,
should not be in the least astonished to find
that his young and comely wife has influenced
him to the degree Of abandoning his claims
TO the Spanish throne to his son. The latter Is
an adventurous and ambitious youth: and In
this event the Carst insurrecton now on the
eve Of breaking out--the Carlists are arming all
over the Kingdom-wl be headed by Don
ra,me EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

preserved in the Chinese who s humbly struggling
for a living nearer his home but still hopelessly
separated from ha friends
The "childlike and bland expression on the face
Of Wun Hi also helps him greatly, no doubt. There
are other words that 1t so well as these
which have been popular for so long. 1t Is look
of good -humored idiocy of perfect yellow vacancy
that makes every word that proceeds frcm IT sound
funny. If it is even passably well uttered.
THINGS THAT LOOK UNJAPANESE.
II is not easy to say just what is the status OF
Chinese teahouse keeper in Japan In these troub-
lous times. but according TO the evidence OF the
play now before the New-York public. he has no
rights that a Japanese Is bound or an Englishman
Is inclined to respect. AT time when the two
countries not the most friendly terms, and
when the japanese feeling their own superior
ity rather more keeny than usual, the condition
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
UNHAPPY CLEMENT SCOTT.
SARCASTIC coUNTRYMAN ON THB CRITICS
POEMS.
Jaime.
From The Saturday Review.

From The Saturday Review
Bexhill-on-Sea is the haven for me
Whene'er my are depressed:
For there's a retreat where you golf and YOU eat,
And you sleep and you dream and you rest
These exquisite words were written by one Of the
prolific and i may be- most & Popmlaf oa1s OF tbe our
modern pNefs bccs:e M h cadence has haunted US
and il is pleasure 10 write them out put also pc
cause they seem to epiomize the bitter tragedy OF
their writer's life ,., J.,
It is function of criticism to determine in each each
case what that impulse was some poets nave been en-
Of pleasure or OF their native land; others, again
and may be that their work Is the most oysd
Nature in all her manifestations; TO him SKY. ar
water Landscape were all impressve and i susges e
the clouds" Swinburne Is the poet OF the the sea
And Mr. Clement Scott Is the p poet Of the this
man to live in London driving him in ana oYs 5ap OF
ans IN nk or his soa being SLOWLY Crushed by
uncongenia life. Many, many are the poems SonDe ne
Of them indeed, have evidently been written dur
ing happy holiday. and are instinct with tne 10y 10y
have been wrung from him in smoky exile. and are
suffused with melancholy suhdned. nos'asv tove he
writes W most often not with Horace's mild desire
for the Sabine farm. but rather with Byrons ter
Now we do earnestly appeal TO the dramatic pro;
not only To- that profession also to all whose
hearts have been. like ours. gladdened py me
viii enab bic him to fee away, with his broken heart
and his split nhnitves. to the shores OF Bexhi-on
Sea there TO work out his genius. 1t may be that
lis love for this place is not destined TO be e-ong
We suspect that Cromer was the great passion or
his life II is not given to any man TO love twice
with devotion ecstatlc as that which SCOTT gave
to Cromer Perhaps he knows that that love is AL
wavs really uppermost in his breast. and whispers
sometimes to himself. I'm paraphrase OF another
poet:
have forgot much Cromer! Gone with the ~ind
And thrown confetti with the riotous throng
Dancing 70 put thy red. lost poppies out OF mind;
Ru; was desolAte and sick OF an old passion.
Yea, Though Bexhin up.-all along
have been faithful thee. Cromer. In my fashion
But let us pry 'nto these hear,secretS; Lei us
has cried aloud for Eexhill-on-Sca. TO Bexhi-on-
Sea let him go Poetry and Drama will uplift their
voices in a sweet unison OF praise, When they near
that he is at length living there.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
NEW JAPAN ON THE STAGE.
THE UNHAPPY CHINESE IN THE
GEISHA."

HOW AN OLD AMERICAN STAGE FIGURE HAS
COME BACK BY THE WAY OF LONDON
II is rather curious thing that the heather
Chinee'' should bob a stage success after all
these years. Back In the days Of "Mss and my
Partner and The Danes" and other plays OF the
Wild West that everybody remember. the
stage Chnaman was something Of a popular fig
ure. His blue blouse, his long pigta, his pidgn
English and his smile that chldlike and
bland" made a and attractive combination
that was not bad substitute. in the creation OF
simple amusement. for the comic sailor bank
clerk or butchers boy. worn by long meodramatic
service.
The Chinaman had his day. good long one and
then went the way Of all such creations. which
are in their nature ephemeral. He fingered on for
time in the cheaper theatres. and then was seen
only on the variety stage In play dealing with
life on the East Side Of NewYork City. He was
seen now and then In comic acrobatic act or in
a variety Sketch" and nobody expected to meet
him in Broadway again. But here he Is. come by
the way OF London. and visible in THE
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
III HAD HIS DOUBTS.
Washington correspondence of The Chicago
Iarald

Washington correspondence Of The Chicago Times.
Herald.
An amusing story Of Ii Hung Chang Is told n ofa-
cal circles Whether IL is accurate In all par
ticuars no one know but the tale Is as fol-
lows: When John W. Foster and Mrs. Foster were
first in China they were handsomely entertained by
the Viceroy and warm friendship sprang up be:
the greatest OF the Eastern world Then. as
now Ii Hung Chang disposed 10 asksall manner
Of Questions and AT the first opportunity he asked
Mrs Foster II her husband was not very great man
replied with becoming modesty, that Mr.. Foster had
held high official positions he had been Mn
a special envoy TO Spain. and, finally the greatest
honor being reserved for the last Secretary OF state
Mr. Foster Is not wealthy In fact. he is compare.
lively poor man." Mrs. Foster frankly explained IA
shook his head You say Mr. Foster has been Min
lster to Mexico. to Spain, special envoy to Spain
and Secretary Of state?' Yes" And ne = stin
Viceroy looked Mrs. Foster in the eye for moment.
and then placing his two hands over his nose and one
Uttered sly old dog Is IL Hung Chang
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

Chinese theatre remembers those queer Httie turns
of the voice which, as the Interpreter will tell you
II YOU are 80 lucky to have interpreter add 40
the tragic effect the Oriental listener ana wnicn
certainly add TO the comic effect for the Occidenta
hearer 1t is these same curious upward turns OF
the voice that win laughs for Wun HI. even when
his words. II he is using any words are quite IN
articulate 1t Is not unlikely that his inhecuons
are all wrong but that makes no difference 10 the
un-Chinese audience they sound right.
Although the Chinaman of twenty years ago.
more or less did not generally figure In musicai
work IL is nothing to hear him sing song
Neither is the following song. which Wun HI sings
when under the displeasure of the Marquis lmari.
at all out of keeping with that OF the poor beathen
who of old felt the displeasure of the pioneers OF
the Rockies
Chinaman no money makee
Alo lifee long,
Washee- -washee once me takee-
Washee-washee wrong.
When me thinkee stealee collars,
P'licee nance come
Me get fneA fvee dollars
Plenty muchee sum.
Chin. chin, Chinaman,
Muchee, muchee sad.
Me afraid allo trade
Wellee, weee bad.
Noee joke brokee, broke
Makee shuttee shop
Chin chin Chinaman,
Chop chop. chop!
It will be seen from this that the high intellectual
level of the Chinese OF Western America Is fully
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
on TIE DEATH or AN INFANT.

Rv Margaret l.. Woods
"Alas. the child Is dead.
O sorrow for the downy head
That used to keep his motner's arm
And bosom warm.
And now the chilling earth instead
Must hide, for he Is dead.
s'Mourn mothers, We who know how sweet
They were. the blossom-colored feet
That in our dusty pathways yet
No print had set
So that the world will scarcely marx
Their little track into the dark.
ONLY for one the baby feet
Have left earth incomplete.
when last she wept-how many years
Ago IL seems.-he dried her ears
With wandering touches velvet sleek
ITpon her cheek.
Now on his fragile breast she bows,
Her shaken mouth and heavy brows,
And holds him fast. while he nor fears
Nor wonders at her tears.
Eye mothers let her not alone
Make on this little dust her moan,
BE near with looks Of love, and touch
Not overmuch
Her auivering grief with words. but wend
With her to-day, made more than friend
By ancient mysteries of Earth.
Rv solemn pangs of death and birth.
Made consecrate, apart unknown
Save unto YOU alone.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

with. II In vain and then pretends TO be amused
but really is not. It might not he easy to say Just
what /, is that makes the audience like Wun HI so
much II Is probably everything The funny little
infection In his voice accounts for good deal OF
f. II is a thing that is peculiarly Chinese When
two OF the tribe talking together II Is always
heard II means something or other In the Chinese
language In that remarkable tongue the infec-
ton counts well as the words The boy who has
studied Latin I'm school may chance to remember
that the infection counts for something In that Ian
euaee too but that is another sort OF infection
and another story. Anybody who has been In q
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
NEW COLLEGE GARDENS, OXFORD.
BY +. Nesbit.

BY f. Nesbit.
on this old lawn. where lost hours pass
Across tho shadows dark with dew.
Where autumn on the thick sweet grass
Has laid a weary leaf or two,
When the young morning. keenly sweet
Breathes secrets to the silent air.
Happy is he whose lingering feet
MAY wander lonely there.
The enchantment Of the dreaming lines.
The magic OF the quiet hours.
Breathe unheard tales Of other times,
And other destinies than ours:
The feet that long ago walked here
Still noiseless walk beside our feet;
Poor ghosts. who found this garden DEAR
And found the morning sweet.
Age weeps that II no more may hold
The heartache that youth clasps so close.
Pain finely shaped In pleasures mould.
A thorn deep hidden In rose.
Here Is the immortal thorny rose
That may I'm no new garden grow
lis root is I'm the hearts of those
Who walked here long ago.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

says. His woful exclamation. "Oh cly!'' raises
laugh even from those who rusty TO their
pidgln English that they do not instantly under
stand It to mean 'Oh. cry!' and even with the
translation 1t doesn't seem TO have so very much
point It. When he Me gottee one lemark for
you-lats' half the audience gets slow glimmer-
ing Of what the Joke is and the other haf grappes
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
THE "FATR CHILDREN" AT TIE GRAFTON
GALLERIES.
Ry A. Cochran

By A. Cochrane.
Az, they grew older queens and earis
And duchesses and kings:
They lost their innocence and curls
And put off childish things:
They lived and died. for some the lot
In goodly ground was cast,
While others marred Win plan ana plot
The record of the past
Young Master Lambton's arms and legs
That crimson suit outgrew:
port and experience changed the charms
or iovial Jacky Crewe,
The baby Johnson's thunder woke
To below round the Arts.
And Gainsborough's Georgisna broke
a score OF hapless hearts.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
TWO TEMPTING OFFERS.

From The Syracuse Post.
One OF the downtown clothiers has this advertises
ment which he has displayed In several newos
papers: - .
I'VE agree to give all customers hts.''
patent medicine dealer who caught sight Of the
lad" yesterday for the first time. said that he
intended TO imme diatey insert another notice bov
meath II. as follows:
u will cure those n1 cheap - DIRT"
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
DON CARLOS.
THE PRETENDER TO THE SPANISH
THRONE AND THE ORIGIN OF HIS
CLAIMs-ANoTHER INsUR-
pECTION COMING
RECTIoN COMING.

RECTION COMING.
Among the Spanish there Is tradition that
when their patron saint, James Of Compostea
died and entered the Kingdom of Heaven the
Almighty wishing to express his appreciation
Of the apostles righteous conduct on earth Of
fered to grant any petition that he might then
make Being thorough patriot. st. James be-
gan by invoking the Divine blessing upon his
beloved country. and then entreated that Spain
might always be known possessing the brav-
est men, the fairest women, the heathiest cli-
mate. the most fertile SOIL and lastly the most
perfect government. stop exclaimed the AL
mighty, "all your wishes shall be granted with
the exception of the last: for were l to afford
YOU that one also, all my angels would leave
Heaven and take up their abode in Spain
There is no danger whatsoever of any emigra-
ton from the regions above just at present
For while the highest tribute may be paid to the
sterling character the statesmanlike sagacity
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

alton TO rejoice In rather than the Chinese And
yet Wun Hi. with the exception OF a trifng dis
honesty such as is unknown to scarcely any people
of the earth Is a harmless and even useful person.
always ready 10 do good turn for anybody who
will pay him for 1t.
WrN HIS PICTURESQUE INFLECTION.
1t is curious 70 how the audience is amused
nv the simplest little things that Wun HI does and
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

II will be from this that the high intellectual
level of the Chinese Of Western America Is fully
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-03-04
General Markets.

PHILADELPHIA, March 3.-Flour quiet but
steady; winter super, S25O9275; do. extras,
81 1908; Pennsylvania roller, clear, S3.4OD
1855; do, do. straight, S3.6OD3.15; western win
ter, clear, S3.5O03.65. Wheat quiet, 9lc. lower,
with 73l6c bid and 7lc. asked for March,
Corn dun, unchanged, with 35c. bid and 35l9c
asked for March Oats dull, steady, with
263ic bid and 271lc. asked for March, Hay
firm for choice grades; choice timothy, Sl60
1850 Beef and pork steady Lard firm;
western steam So 6j0570. Butter frmer;West
ern creamery, l4d2ll5c.; factory, 90l3c.; Ell
gins, 2liac,; imitation creamery, ll16Dl8c.
New York dairy, lid2lc,; Pennsylvania and
western creamery prints extra, 23c.; do
choice, &c; do. fair to good, lS02lc.; prints
iobbing at 2tD27c, Cheese quiet; New York
large. 60lO4c; small fancy, 60l0Ao; part
skims. 81 406c.; full skins 203c, Eggs firmeri
New York and Pennsylvania, ll1a0l2c.; ice
house, Sl7j0275; western fresh, llA0lll6o.
southern, l01aGllc.