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The evening times., 1896-01-10
An Action That Demands censure.

schools until such time as Congress sees
fit to increase the number of teachers.
Another action OF the board of trustees
that demand criticism is their intention to
enforce the order prohibiting teachers from
giving private lessons to pupils of the pub
lie school. or course. the order cannot APP
ply 10 inslru ction given TO pupils not con-
necied with the schools. and there is nogood
reason why 1t should exclude those who
attend them, unless 1t is the desire
of the trustees To place an obstacle in
the way of ambitious pupils, anxious to
avail themselves of educational advantages
not offered by our District school system.
There could be no other cause for the arbi-
trary action OF the trustees, inasmuch as
there could be NO objection to private
lessons to pupils that gave greater oppor-
tunity to more thoroughly learn the tasks
assigned in the public schools.
The trustees would do well 10 wait unt til
Congress increases our school appropria-
ton and affords opportunity to secure more
school room and employ additional teachers
before still further limiting the school at
tendance. When that is done their action
in cutting down the number OF pupils for
each teacher from fifty to forty will be en-
tirely satisfactory. Otherwise, it will meet
with severe and Just censure.
The evening times., 1896-01-10
SOME FACTS OF INTEREST.

AT Blackwell, England, the largest hat
tie ship in the world is nearly ready for
launching, and will be called the Fnji, in
stead of Fusi Yaina, as originally intended
1t is battle ship of Harveyized steel
arm1r. 400 feet long, 73 feet broad, and A
feet deep.
The highest price ever paid for a tooth
Is supposed to have been 3,5OO,OOO trade
dollars. In Il small Asiatic war the Portu-
gese captured the tooth of a sacred monkey
from the Siamese, and this was the ransom
agreed upon.
The strike of Paris omnibus drivers
elected the curious fact that French judges
and judicial officers are forbidden by the
etiquette of the profession to ride i'm an
omnibus. They must take a cab or walk
II they don't own a carriage.
A free school in Dahomey, conducted by
an Englishman. has been closed by the
French governor on the ground that all
languages were taught there except French.
The statement is made that 4. 200 bushels
OF potatoes marketed at Gaylord, Mich.
last week. brought S343.2O, or but eight
cents bushel.
Within the past three years Philadelphia
has laid III miles of asphalt and 235 of
Belgian block. total of 406 miles of street
pavement. Thework has cost 81 5 81 o 900,
of which the street railway companies oper-
ated by electricity have paid ST 8, ,51O, 900.
according to law or agreement.
The evening times., 1896-01-10
About Well-KnoWn People.

Sir Henry Irving is to unveil the monu-
ment TO Sarah Siddons on Paddington
Green next spring.
Abe Blizzard. the notorious Pennsyl-
vania outlaw. now serving a term in prison,
has become totally blind.
Rev Edward Phelps Blodgett, who has
Just died at the age Of eighty-one, was
for period OF fifty-siX years pastor CT the
Congregational church OF Greenwich. Conn.,
Henry wat,erson has been engaged by
the New York department Of public in
struction to give Il lecture on abraham
Lincoln, in the State Normal College at
Albany on April 6.
nephew of Washington Irving is the
landlord OF the oid-fashioned hosiery at
Birmingham, England, which is much
patronizcd by Americans visiting the mid
lands capital. s ..
Ex-Representative Champ Clark of Mis-
souri says OF the new chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee: "Dingley revels
in statistics. and n book made up entirely
of figures has as great fascination for
him as the latest novel has for girl of
sixteen"
The prize of 500 offered last June TO the
student or Johns hopkins University who
should write the best essay on the "Re,a-
tions of chemistry and the useful arts has
been awarded to E. Emmett Reid of Vir-
ginia. n graduate OF Richmond College.
The Queen of Italy. who always takes
great interest in every new invention,
has been lately making use OF a horseless
carriage in her grounds at Monza. with
which she has been SO much pleased that
she has ordered similar carriages for her
other residences.
The evening times., 1896-01-10
The kiss Ecclesia stic.

At a fashionable wedding PARTY, just as
the happy pair were about 10 start on their
wedding tour, tie pretty little bride was
thanking the clergyman who had made
her and her choice one, on which the rev
erend gentleman, wi o was an Old friend of
the family and u Bit OF wag, said: But.
my dear you have not raid me my feei'
what is tbat?" said the bride.
"A kiss. Won't you Fay it before you go?"
"Of course will" sic answered, blush
ing and laughing. And she did
A severe Did maiden i:dy :; and.rC by,
terribly shocked at such levity, and. worse,
as she thought OF it, on the part OF the jolly
divine; but everyo else, the bridegroom
Included, smiled n the Incident. As the
old maid, a little later, was about TO drive
away from tlie GoOr she put her head out
of her brougbam window and 50 Id severely,
as the parson among others badeher adieu:
''Well, Mr.. Clergyman. how about that
ecclesiastical kiss"
mot now" answered Re. II will give
ii TO you another time. So very public
herei"
She disappeared. The rrests roared, and
the parsOn scored.-TiteRtts.
The evening times., 1896-01-10

Unless the situation has been grossly mis-
represented by our school trustees, their
action yesterday liln,ting, the number Of
pupils to forty, for each teacher is an In
Justice the public cannot afford to over
look. Grave complaint has been made that
our limited school facilities prevented the
attendance of all the eligible scholars who
desired to obtain an education. In some
instances certain schools have been obliged
to refuse admission to children, in others
the time OF attendance has been cut
down to accommodate o greater number,
and the principal argument made before
Congress for an increase of the school ap-
preparation was the lack OF funds TO pro-
vide needed facilities to accommodate
all the children who applied for admission
to our schools.
There are about / 1,O2O teachers in the
District schools who have pupils in charge
for instruction. Heretofore it has been
customary to assign an average of fifty
10 each teacher, but with the end in
view of employing -more teachers when
sufficient funds are provided, the school
trustees adopted resolution yesterday
limiting the number to forty, thus throw
ing large number Of scholars out of the
The evening times., 1896-01-10
FUN IN BLEECkER STREET.
Black Americn and the Warbler Do
business In Sa loon.
New York Sun.

The birth OF new year Is celebrated In
Blocker street by a sort of universal jag
and this jag. a large part OF which was in
the possession of Black America, Billy
Lifts and Lover Joe. was at the bottom OF
the row. Black America is strapping col
ored man. and the other two are only u
little smaller than he. Beside owning the
jag. Black America and Billy Lifts had
horns OF the same proportionate size as
the jag.
II was Just before O'Clock in the morn
ing when the couple, the jag and the horns
called on Mr.. Peil. Lover Joe was there
with a white girl, and either the jags, the
horns or their owners insulted her. Then
was Lover Joe brought into the row, and
likewise another colored man. known as the
Warbler. Lover Joe and the Warbler talked
sassy. To drown their voices. Black Amer
lea and Billy Lifts footed their horns.
Now IT would have been all right. and there
might not have been any row at all. IL it
hadn't been for Hoffman, the waiter. Hoff-
man objected to the footing. and he told
Black America so and invited him to go out.
Atthis Back America grabbed him by the
pape of the neck. The Warbler Ieaped to
his assistance. Lover Joe and the woman
got out and the fun was on. Black America
banged Hoffman on the head with his horn.
Hoffman went at him. The Warbler go; in,
too, and he warbied So that everybody
WITHIN 4 UiOCk UedIu u. Lane pour
ed her hundreds into the street. Every sa-
loon and every tenement in the vicinity sent
delegation and the block in Bleecker
street was iammed.
The upwritten rule there is that you must
never interfere in a scrap further than TO
encourage your friends by yelling, and the
black contingent yelled. The Warbler got
Hoffman by the neck and banged him in
the jaw. Black America grabbed Il catsup
bottle and hauled back to hurl 1t. 1t slipped
and went bang against the wall back of him,
smashing to splinters and the red contents
staining things.
"Be-e-lud," screamed the crowd. The
Warbler and Hoffman went down together,
and over and over they rolled, scratching,
yelling and punching. The cook rushed in
from the kitchen with paiIful OF hot fat
Down the aisle bet ween the rows of Ia bles,
he swooped his hot pot uplfted. Black
America caught him in the stomach. The
fat was poised moment in the air. Then
down 1t came in the lap of an innocent Gus
toner. There was mighty shriek.
The customer ieaped over the table.
Black America reached for him, but out
the door he went, yelling to wake the
dead. Hoffma and the Warbler rolled on,
first one on top and then the other. Black
America grabbed the sugar bowls and
pegged them at the pair. The Warbler lost
his grip. Black America grabbed Hoffman
and slammed him up against a table full
The evening times., 1896-01-10

feeling in the Turkish ruler becomes more
and more apparent. The promise he INA kes
today of putting a stop to the horrible
massacres in Asia Minor he breaks To-
morrow with an order for their continu-
ancc. Every remonslrance on the part of
the ambassadors of the great powers has
been responded To by more bloodshed. 1t
seems as If the Kurds, those merciless
butchers, had not only carte blanche TO
work their own sweet will upon the un.
fortunate Armenians, but the assurance
that their barbarities meet with the fulI-
est approval of their master.
And while Christians are ruthlessly
slaughtered, the Christian nations of Eu-
rope stand by supinely and content them
selves with exchanging diplomatic notes
with the sultan, who laughs at them, be-
cause he knows that not one of them is in
earnest. or dares raise finger for fear of
the other
The evening times., 1896-01-10
Woman Suffrage Propaganda.

Following the custom OF more than a
quarter OF a century and recogniz ing the
fact that washington is pre-emincntly the
place for national conventions of every
sort, the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation will Eold its annual congress here
in the latter part of this month. cordial
welcome will be extended TO them, for it
it recognized by every one, even though he
be not in sympathy with their avowcd puI.
pose that these women are battling for
a principle; that they have a fixed object
in view; that they have not allowed them.
selves to be swervcd from the path they
had marked out for themselves, either by
abuse or ridicule, and that defcat has only
made them the more determined 10 achieve
SUCCESS '~"or '..~
Miss Susan B. Anthony, the veteran leader
of the cause, will be here, and with accus-
toned vigor will suggest a new line along
which the contest for womans right to
vote is to be waged. She wants more ex-
tended organization. She would have the
women of every village, hamlet aud cross
roads organize. Even if there be only two
The evening times., 1896-01-10

of dishes and over 1t went The crowd
outside screamed Soak 'em boys! Hooray
for New Years.
Black America soa ked 'em with another
sugar bowl and laid open Hoffman's head.
The Warbler jumped In again. He smashed
and banged the tables. the wall, and every
thing he could hit. He grabbed dishes and
sugar bowls and hurled them. The win
dows were smashed. Black America went
over on the floor with Hoffman, and they
pummeled each other there. They rolled
and tossed and yelled. Ont from the Kitchen
came the assistant cook with another pail
of hot fat The Warbler caught him under
the chin, and with a star kick lifted the
pot and the assistant over they went,
the fat on the assistant. The latter yelled
with pain. The mob outside screamed
with delight.
The Warbler kicked another table over,
and 1t fell on Hoffman and Black America
The table was full or food. The fighters
roared as it fell on them. They kicked
and scratched and cIawed- Neat and veg
e,abies, SUGAR, salt, vinegar, pepper and
gore strewed the floor. The faces OF the
fighters Were ground in the mess. The
Warbler wasn't hav ing half fun enough and
he took a run and jump head first into the
melee. He was on top moment, then he
was underneath. Black America was
punching away at everything in sight.
Hoffman was pia yed out, but still he
fought. The Warbler got out spluttering
a mixture of vinegar and vegetables and
cuss words. Outside there was yell:
MY watch is gone! Thievesi Murderl
police!''
'Hooray for New Years. screamed a
female voice.
The Warbler grabbed Black America.
pulled him to his feet. and slung him against
the wall. Hoffman had had all he wanted.
He laid still and played 'posSum. Black
America went ut the Warbler and dishes
flew gain. Thecrowd in the street lodged
the missiles as they came through the win
dows. The cook and the assistant cook
fled to the kitchen.
Some one yelled Copsr'
Black America and the Warbler grabbed
each other and made for the door. The
crowd opened for them, and up the street
and away they went. while the crowd
cheered and yelled. "Hooray for New
Y.ar'sr' stop thiefr' MY watch is
gone,' Murder! watchI policer' and
a collection Of other things.
Two of the Mercer street policemen came
up on q run. They punched their way
through the crowd to the restaurant. The
interior OF the place looked like Johnstown
after the flood. The contents had the APP
pearance of having lsai't swept away. All
manner of food. ali u1-T Of drink and
furniture and dishes " - IN an indescriba Bile
mass. Hoffman raised h:S ts3d when the
policemen came in. Then tie got up. An
ambulance was sent for. and the surgeon
sewed up Hoffman's head. The assistant
cook who had been scalded by the hot fat.
wouldn't go to the hospital. He and the
cook Strengthened things out, and business
was resumed.
The evening times., 1896-01-10
Sympathy for the Armenians.

The mass meeting 10 be held tonight for
the purpose OF expressing sympathy with
the, "A rneniaB Christians, and at which a
committee is to be appointed TO work in
conjunction with the Red Cross Society,
will be of unusual interest. Not merely the
cause it is intended to help, but the fact
that eminent clergymen of all denomina-
tions will raise their voices in protest
against the unspeakable outrages prac-
ticed upon those unfortunate people by
their Moslem rulers will arrest the atten-
tion of our citizens, and cause them TO be
present in large numbers. Their action
will also cheer OH those noble women who
under the lead of Miss Clara Barton will
seek out the ruined homes of Armenia, and
bring succor and comfort to tHs sheltericss
and starving families that were driven forth
by the sword and torch OF their tormentors
and butchers
With every day the utter lack of humane
The evening times., 1896-01-10
LEVEES BEFORE IAfEaMENF
'-.,-asit'ii f.--t
Curious Custom Prevalent 70 This Day at
Most Of the European Courts.
In Monarchicai France.|Wi1ile the
King Lay Em6a mad. Court unc-
tionS We're Observed.

at most of the European courts II is to this
day customary for dead persona ges Of royal
and imperial rank to hold a sort OF levee or
reception Just before their interment, when
all the great diguitaries OF the realm and the
members of the court pass one by one before
the august dead. TO wing low and kissing the
cold and clammy hand OF the. &C corpse....-
Even stiI more strange are the ceremonies
that used to be In force in France, when that
country still had a monarchical regime.
During the entire forty days that the EN-
balmcd corpse OF the illustrious dead lay in
state In the Cathedral of st. Denis, the court
ceremonies were carried on within the
abbey as though the monarch or prince still
lived. The royal table would be set every
night in the refectory and the grand master
OF the ceremonies, when dinner was brought
up, would proceed in full uniform to the chan
Gel OF the church where the corpse lay rigid
and cold, and with a low obeisance would
exclaim:
''Sire, the dinner is served, according to
your majesty's orders.1.4" sel-.l'i--aif'
Then the chamberlain standing on duty
beside the corpse would respond with great
dignity:
His majesty has been graciously plea ased
to dine already, and desires to remain un-
disturbed" Whereupon the master Of the
ceremonies would back out with the three
customary low obeisances to the dead, and
would ord er the meal TO be takenaway
After all, the lying in state of deceased
monarclis and princes, embalmed, shayen,
ccifed and dressed in full Uniform, to give
a life-like sembiaDce TO the corpse, is a
part and parcel of this species of grim COM
ely which provides that a royal parsonage,
no matter If the breath has left his or her
body. shall be regarded as alive until fl
Baily laid in the tomb.
it is an etiquette which belongs TO a
bygone age and which should find no
ulace in our present enlightened era. since
it savors OF something akin to mockery,
and cannot but be most painful TO near
and dear relatives who have been bereaved.
Yet none OF them dares omit IL. In, the
case of poor Crown Prince Rudolph at Mey-
erling the top OF his skull and the left
side of his head were fouDtf entirely crushed
in by those who took part in that terrible
tragedy, and 1t required the utmost skill
on the part Of the physicians and efntalm-
ers to conceal from the public the traces
of the injuries which he had sustained.
The single instance where the lying in
state has been omitted in modern times is
that of the late King John of saxony.
fact which gave rise to the runor that
he had long survived his official funeral
and been detained. in consequence OF his
homicidai ma mia. a close prisoner in an al
most inaccessible monastery OF Saxon Swift
zcrland. "-F7"f' = ."r-1 --a.
The evening times., 1896-01-10
ADVENTURE OF A DOG.
Chnses Wolf Into II Bog and Disap-
pears.
Truthful Excha nge.

Ash Brothers, well diggers, of Wesley, a
small post-office northwest of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, had an experience the other day which
was a peculiar one, to say the least. The
well anger mad penetrated the earth about
ten feet, just through the black soil, when
they heard yelping coming apparently
from the bowels of the earth.
They were frightened ut first. bIt finally
made eaninvestigation OF the uncanny sounds.
The auger was Withdrawn and n dog was
discovered at the bottom of the well.
The dog was brought to the surface with
out much trouble, and excepting that his
hair was slightly siDged he was in good
condition. A hole or cavern entered the
well from the northwest.
The mystery was cleared up when q
farmer put in an appearance claiming
the dog. He said that the dog started
to chase a wolf a few days before, and
when going through a burning peat bed
both dog and wolf disappeared. They evil
IDENTIFY fell into the cavern, which was
covered over with a flimsy layer of matted
grass.
But for the fortunate discovery by the
welldiggers the dog would have remained
underground until he perished from hunger.
The brothers fail to report what became
Of the wolf.
The evening times., 1896-01-10

notable change within the last few years,
especially since The Times entered the
field as competitor for public favor
The large dealers have set their more
modest rivals an example which the latter
have not been slow to profit by, and they,
too, have come to the conclusion that q
good deal is to be gained by liberal use
of printers ink. They are also discrimi-
mating in the choice of their advertising
mediums, as is shown by the liberal use
they make of the columns of The Times,
which by circulation exceeding that of
any other Washington newspaper, and
rapidly growing every day, has convinced
them that it is just the paper through
which they can reach the largest number
of present and prospective customers.
The evening times., 1896-01-10
They Keep 1t Up.

Under the above caption the Philadelphia
Record pays the following compliment to
Washington's wide-a wake merchants:
''In none OF our cities is there more alert
advertising by retailers than in Washing
ton, where the smaller stores have been
quick to emulate the example of the
larger ones in announcing special sales
for certain days, often for certain hours,
and at special prices; and with successful
results-the evidence OF success being that
they keep it up"
The Record MAY be pa rdoned for not hav-
ing noticed long since that Washington
business men are among the shrewdcst and
most ingenious advertisers. In no other
city are advertisements put in more at
tractive form, nor are the advantages re-
sulting therefrom more quickly appre-
GATED In this respect there has been a
The evening times., 1896-01-10

that pending these proceedings Walton will
feel himself tempted to resume operations
in Prince George county. Should he be So
foo!hardy, however, he may rest assured
that The Times will be with him.
The people of the county, especially those
in the immediate vicinity OF Walton's Club
house, are fully in accord with The Times
In this matter. They are not only pas
siveiy grateful for the discovery of the gam
biers' roost, but actively sympathetic In
whatever steps are necessary to carry the
issue to successful conclusion. They have
before them the horrible results OF that sort
OF iawbrea king in Alexandria county, and
are determined that il shall not take root
as firmly in their bailiwick as 1t did across
the river, where even now all traces Of II
have not been removed. II the people of
Prince George, however, are but in earnest
and will uphold the hands OF States At
torney BELLS they will soon have rid them.
selves of the present gang ana served no.
tice upon all others similarly inclined that
the old county is not healthy place for
gamblers and crooks.
The evening times., 1896-01-10
Make a Clean Sweep.

States Attorney Bells has done wisely
to ask for a new justice of the peace and
new constab!es TO aid him In his war upon
the gamblers and other lawless people in
Prince George County. No man can make
a clean cut with a ragged or rusty tool
CoDstables who are too old, too incompe-
tent, too. unwilling or otherwise inca
pacitated for executing the mandates OF
the law must give way to others who will
do promptly and .energetically what is re.
Quired of them.
Meanwhile the first steps to break up
the gamtlcrs'' foost at stegmaier's place
have been taken, and Walton finds himself
under bonds to face a jury at the next
term of the county court. Although he
took fright at the very first disclosures by
The Times OF his unlawful operations, and
no sign OF gambling paraphrrnalia could
be found when the officers served the war
rant of arrest upon him, the evidence aga gainst
him will be made clear and convincing
enough to remove from the minds OF twelve
good men and rrue"'cvcu that reasonab bic
doubt of which every accused person must
have the benefit. 1t is not at all proba BILE