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Evening star., 1896-10-14
THE JOKE WAS ON HERMAN.
His Magic Money Claimed by His
Victim.

From the New York World.
Hermann, the wizard, is a frequent VS.
itor to the stock exchange, where he ID
known personally to many of the men,
bers. 1t is Herrmann's delight TO play all
scrs of sly tricks on the brokers, and one
OF his favorite pastimes is to take rolls Of
mcLey out Of members ears, v'atcn pock-
cts and collar buttons, much TO the good
natured amusement of his victims. Mr..
Hermann paid one of his visits to the ex-
change several days ago. He had several
new tricks, and for an hour or more be
played his pranks on the boys. Then
one of the old members said to another:
Now, Hermann has been having a merry
time with u.s. suppose We have little
fun with him., and they resolved to III
troduce him to a venerable financier who
AS rather famous for his frugality. Herr
mann was tickled to death.
Boys" said he, we Will have some fun
with the old man. III make his eyes
darce when l take 500 bills out of his
pockets" But the boys winked slyly TO
themselves. They knew that the old man
dealt heavily in puts and calls and that
he had a way of stufftng every pocket in
his clothes with the profits of his various
Il Transactions. They knew that the old
gentleman's memory served him 30 well
that he could, at the close OF the days
business. tell to the cent the sum of each
ard every transaction.
The great wizard and the great financ.er
met. When there is no money to be lost
by 1t the old gentleman can be marvel
ously polite. Mr.. Hermann had a sly
twinkle in his eye all the while. Finally
he walked over to the old gentleman and
said: wi hy, Mr.. SO. and So, you are very
careless with your money; see here" and
the wizard took from the hnancicr's right
vest pocket So in small bills. Then ne
took two S100 bills from the breast pocket
OF the great bankers coat.
Hold on, there cried the Old financier
in terror. ''the mans robbing me. Help!
Help, Lock the DOORS
Several nervous clerks rushed in, bars
grated, and the wizard and the merry
brokers found themselves prisoners.
Gimme my money" demanded the old
financier. You've mixed up all my trans
actions. You've mixed up all my money.
Give 1t to me-" and he grabbed the bills
out of the wizards hands.
''Oh, this Is all a joke" said Mr.. Herr
man. 1T isn't really your money; It's
mine"
Its my money" said the old man. I'll
show you" And he emptied his pockets.
To his surprise his put and call trans
actions were undisturbed Very reluct-
antiy Mr.. Herrmann's money was returned
to him. Then he bowed himself out. -
1.-The next time 1 play this trick" said
| the wizard, I'll know my man" ~
Evening star., 1896-10-14
ON THE PACIFIC TRAIN.
The Man in the Gray Suit Missed Hi.
Reckoning and Was Mad.

The Man in the Gray Suit Missed His
Reckoning and Was Mad.
From the Detroit Free Press.
The Pacific train was on its third day out
when the man in the gray suit became
restless He walked up and down the car
like a Gagged lion, grumbled because baby
cried. and made audible remarks about the
weather. Finally he stopped in front Of a
mild-looking man and asked him to join
him in game of cards.
Excuse me- said the stranger. my
wife has scruples about"
"Oh. it's no matter" interrupted the un-
easy man. "I'll ask some one else"
He approached a travelling man with
whcm he had played several games on the
trip. and asked If he would join him In
a game Of euchre.
II guess not he answered. Il don't
mind myself little thing like that, but
there Is a minister on the car. and I'm not
certain It would be advisable. anyway"
The man in the gray suit sat down at a
window of the car and sulked. Presently
he said to his neighbor opposite:
1.-The country Is going to the dogs
Goodness alive. man, what makes you
think so?' asked the surprised traveller
why. look at the farm houses we are
passing. every man. woman and child sit
ting idly at the doors. There's a farmer
now''-as the traiqt rushed by-"he and his
men loafing around. while the corn stands
IN the fields and the potatoes are not dug.
They are all discouragAdAgyou can tell by
the way they loaf around.".7
my friend" asked the opposite man,
"are YOU in favor sof one day Of rest?"
Certainly" 1oz .. =
We'll, as this ispSunday. it does seem as
If" +
Sunday" roared the man in the gray
suit. THAT accounts for the milk in the
cocoanut! Here I've been trying to get UP
a game Of euchre. Well, all can say Is
that I've lost a day on this confounded
trip" and he wiped the beads Of perspira-
tion from his troubled brow.
Evening star., 1896-10-14
LOCKED THE LIGHT IN A DRAWER
A Guest Adopts q Unique Way of
..DOuaing His Glim."

From the Omaha Bee.
Among the delegates to a convention re-
Gently held In this city was q slender youth
fast shooting up into manhood's estate,
who hailed from an interior point. He was
a retiring young fellow, and had never
travelled far from the confines of his quiet
home. When chosen as a delegate he re-
solved to acquit himself in a manner which
would not bring the blush of chagrin TO
the cheeks Of ffs constituents, and there
fore said little, but kept his eyes open for
difficulties which might beset his path In
the western metfoptfis. .oAt home he studied
..Pilgrim's Progress" aud Jeremy Taylor's
classic on the ways of.good Christians, by
the flare of a tallow candle, and the
strides of science: in Brappling with the
of his tfioughts' A kindly disposed friend.
who had journeyed as far as st. Joseph,
and gathered knowledge, gave him 4 tip
On tho way to manipulate gas Jet without
fat results, and with this small amount cf
information he trusted to Divine Providence
for the rest.
Arrived in this city he registered at
10th street hotel. which uses electricity as
an Hummer. He hungered for knowledge
as to the manner Of operating the little
dangling brilliant in his room, but his Ia
tive shyness forbade any questions on the
subject A friend as little versed as himself
opined the lights would cease of themselves
at midnight and suggested that any med
ding with them might produce disastrous
results.
Upon going to his room at 10 o'clock. long
after his usual hour for retiring, he killed
the Slow dragging minutes by perusing his
program of the convention. read the notice
on the door in regard to bell boys and then
running short OF amusements, kept his
drocping eyelids open by watching tho
traffic In the street below.
Twelve o'clock arrived. but De little
glass firebug showed no signs Of diminish
Ing It's rays. 1t was an unheard-of hour
for him to be up and there was work to be
| done on the morrow. His tormentor swung
to and fro at the end of long WIRE There
was a bureau directly beneath 1t, and in
| sheer desperation, he solved the problem by
| thrusting the bulb in the top drawer and
turning the key upon 1t.
Evening star., 1896-10-14

From the New York Sun -y =-..
A new use Is now being made Of the
gorgeous plumage of the peacock which
was banished for time from among home
decorations, owing to the superstition that
1t. like tho opal. brought Al-luck to the
owner. Circular Japanese parasols and the
large paper folding fans intended to stand
before unused CRATES are now covered
with these beautifully-colored feathers. The
feathers may be fastered on by pastlng or
by using black thread and taking a stitch
in each feather. In covering a parasol.
work should be begun at the outside edge
ard be carried toward the center. On a
fan. begin at the upper edge and work
down. A square. giit-framed screen that
attracted much attention was first covered
with q coarse black net. and upon the net
we're sewed peacocks' feathers, starting
from the sides and top of the frame. In
the center the screen was finished with q
stuffed head of the bird. Old wooden
frames of mirrors may be covered with
dark velvet or cloths to match the furniture
covering in the room and have an inner
border on the velvet Of these same plumes,
n aking q beautiful mounting for the mir
Evening star., 1896-10-14
Local Foot Ball Notes.

The Gallaudets and the Eastern High
School eleven will meet on the gridiron at
Kendall Green this afternoon.
The Columbian College foot ball eleven
VII play its first game of the season Friday
afternoon at National Park. when 1t will
line up against the eleven from the Busi-
ness High School. The Columbian College
eleven Is under the management of Mr.. r.
Kendall Cutter, with Mr.. Carroll Fugitt as
captain.
Phil King Of Princeton Is coaching the
University of Wisconsin team, and Don
Fugitt. another Washingtonian, who played
full back and captained the Columbian Uni
versity last season, Is a candidate for half
back on Lehigh
Evening star., 1896-10-14
Considering Wind and Rain Goo,
Speed Was Made.


The last of the series of young bird races
of the Washington district of the National
Federation of Homing Pigeon Fanciers
was flown Monday from kittrell. N c., air
line distance 800 miles. Considering the
rain and strong northeast winds which
the birds encountered on their journey
hcmeward the results, both in numbers
and average speed were good. Liberator
J. L. Reed telegraph "Birds liberated at
% am; northern winds; cloudy; atmos-
phere clear"
Mr.. Volney Eaton telegraphed Race Sec
retary Reamer that the first bird arrived at
1 :4 p.m making an average speed of 800
yards per minute. Mr.. Loor reported at
1:'S pm, average speed, a04 yards per
minute; Mr.. Boyd, catch and show at 1: IS
pm. -four birds). all eleven birds) were
home by 2:47 pm; average speed four
birds, 901 yards per minute; Mr.. Francis,
l: 1:.S:45 pm, average speed. 800 yards per
minute; Mr.. Krouse 2:O5 pm, average
speed, SSS yards per minute
Messrs. Hingesbach. Kluckhuhn and
Tucker reported returns at pm Mr..
Dickinson did not report returns.
Evening star., 1896-10-14
Victim OF the Motto buttons.

From the Albany Sun.
A erase for motto buttons has at last
had Its legitimate result. and a young So
eaety man has been given his choice be-
tween "buttons' and his sweetheart. He
chose the latter, but was untrue to his
choice.
His name Is Richard Van Horn. Her
name is Miss Bertha Howe. and she IS the
daughter of the wealthiest citizen of The
village, Mr.. Van Horn appeared before his
fiancee hast night with two buttons on his
coat, which ne had overlooked. One Of
them read: Set 'em up again" The other
read: Don't care il do
Miss Bertha repuised his first advance.
saying that by his buttons she knew him
and the company he kept. He could be
nothing more to her. All was over between
them.
Evening star., 1896-10-14
CHESS AT BUDA PESTH.
Pillsbury Draws With Jnnowski, L
Is Still With the Lenders.

The results Of the seventh round Of the
international chess masters tournament,
played at Buda Pesth yesterday, are as
follows:
Charousek beat Tschigorin in a bishops
gambit after twenty-four moves.
Pilsbury and Janowski drew a queens
gambit declined after eighty-two moves.
Winawer beat Marco in a kings bishop
game after fifty-six moves.
The game between Tarrasch and Noa, a
queens gambit declined. was adjourned
after seventy-six moves.
Albln beat Popiel in French defense
after twenty-seven moves.
Schlechter and MarOczy drew q French
defense after twenty-five moves
Walbrodt had a bye.
Following are the scores of all the COM
petitors up to date:
Evening star., 1896-10-14
Apparently q Success.
From the Philadelphia Press.

hospitable woman spending the summer
in her mountain cottage. gave a little card
party not long ago to which she invited
several Of the rural population near nj
hand. Nor was the Invitation thrown away
Der OF the company, approached his enter
tainer at the close of the festivities to bid
her farewell. Good night, Mrs. So and
&c." said he: your euchre has bsen q
great success: II is the elitest party va
have ever had here"
Evening star., 1896-10-14
Excited His Admiration

From the Cleveland Leader. -
Boy-"Any hickory nuts in these woods?"
Farmer-"Yes, lots of 'em, and I've got
dog that eat a calf yesterday"
Boy-"An right: then guess he won't be
hungry today. Don't let anybody know
how you scared me-"
Farmer after being left alone)-"By gum!
wisht was startin' In life agin and had
that boys chance!' 80.
Evening star., 1896-10-14
He Had to Come.
From the Youths CompaniOn.

A British Snowman was making
prolonged stay in town in the north OF
England. In the audience his attention was
attracted to a youngster who came to the
performance every night and always fell
asleep He addressed the boy: II say, my
when you come here?" Cant keep
awake" said the youngster. you see 1t
is a beastly bore looking at them doing the
same thing every night ''Why do you
come Them IT can't help it." replied the
youth, dolorously; Il have to; have got q
season ticket"
Evening star., 1896-10-14
Bald VIII Race Zimmerman.

Arthur Zimmerman. the bicyclist. has
issued a challenge to race any rider a
mile without pacemakers for 5000. The
challenge has been accepted by Edward C..
Bald. the present champion. The two
riders will meet in q few days and ar
range the details of the match. The race
will take place next spring and will be
one of the racing features Of the year.
Evening star., 1896-10-14

On account of the unsettled condition of
the weather the oyster roast to have been
given by the cycling contingent of the CO.
lumbia Athletic Club at Columbia Field to-
morrow evening. has been postponed.
Evening star., 1896-10-14

Re0If8m.
Frou, the Detroit Tribune.
"S,mptuous performance? Well I guess.
You remember the scene where the villain
discovers he doesn't cut any ice?'
Yes, perfectly
"Well. they use real Ice there"
, II want to know"
Evening star., 1896-10-14
VIII Be u Test.

Yale meets Williams on Yale field
today and the foot ball critics will have
another chance to compare Yale and Har-
ward elevens this year. Yale defeated
Trinity, to 0. and Harvard won from
that college. A to o. Harvard defeated
Williams. 6 to o, and Yale hopes to double
that score
Evening star., 1896-10-14
LAST YOUNG BIRD RACH

'AdjoIrned game in hand.
Adjourned game. one.
Evening star., 1896-10-14

tnat the Dluo ground OnIy COHtdIHcu HlIle
stars. 1t was the only flag of that design
ever made, and was taken from the hands
of a man who was,. he said, one of the
leaders, Of the mob. Not long afterwaru
Representative William D. Kelley. one OF
the members of the House from Philadel-
phia.
The location Of the fegion headquarters
in this city during The lProgress of the en-
ness
The citizens, executive committee. of
which Col. Levi P. Wright is the chairman,
secured quarters at Willard's Hotel, to be
used as national headquarters for use of
the national commander and the other ofti-
GERS and committees, kH the printed and
written communications: sent out during
the progress of the preliminary arrange
ments for the ocfhsioIs announced that
headquarters would be at Willard's. When
National CommandG James reached Wash
iEgton. however, be w4nt to the Riggs
House, and there annoupced that the ma
tional headquartersft&otEH be there.
There was objection on the part Of Col.
Wright and his colleagues VINO were
averse to seeing th6ifi a3fangements upset.
but the headquarters remained hrmly es-
tabIished at the Riggs House. Arriving
me mbers Of the legion and delegates to the
enc ampment naturally went to Willard's
the first thing after their arrival. to pay
their respects to their, national officers, and
when they found headquarters had been
changed, they naturally inquired the 'ea-
son, and were told what Is related above.
1t was said today that the legion itself
would be compelled to foot the bill for the
apartments at the Riggs engaged by the
national commander. The preprietors and
managers of neither Of the hotels had any
thing to do with the change described.
Encampment No. 81 Drum Corps of Bnf-
falo, N. Y. numbering sfxty-five members
will give an exhibition drill tomorrow
Thursday noon in front of Encampment
No. 90 headquarters, 9lO Pennsylvania ave
nuo
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-13
BRIGHT BITS.

Something Wrong.-Master (rings for
his valeO-Look here. Joseph. you have
brought me TWO boots belonging TO the
same foot.
Joseph exit and soon returns with an
air OF utter eW.llerment-Pleas sir. it's
not my fault, the other pair is Just the
same.-Le Peut Paris!en.
u hear you belong to a literary soci-
ETY., Miss Wilkes"
Yes. We were discussing. Bumbleton's
posthumous novel last Tuesday"
Really? And what did you dec.de2"
That II was better than anything he
ever did when he was alive. We hope
he'll keep on."-Harper's Bazaar.
Special Rates.-"Great Jesse James.
mani" squealed the applicant for fire in
surance Il can't afford TO pay any S3Ss
premium. 1t is outrageous.
Tell you what we viii do" said the
agent II YOU VIII suspend all claims
for losses on the Fourth OF July we viii
knock OF the $500. "-Indianapolis Jour
nal
The artist knit his brow. Il wish to
picture the heroine with a No u vast"
he remarked But where. in that event.
is her liver to be?"
"Oh. ! can make room for that" re-
joined the author 4 will just say that
Thus il is 10 be seen how the muses.
advance hand in hand. generously dis
posed 10 mutual Observation-Disclosures
Tribune
The Doctor and the Lawyer-"Nov
your know the details of the affair"
said the doctor to the lawyer a few DAYS
later. what would you advise me to 90
about it?"
Go back to your practice" replied the
lawyer promptly. You have no case. Ten
dollars, please"
Now l have told you the symptoms. d.
said the lawyer TO the doctor a few days
later. what would you advise me to do?'
Go back TO your practice, replied the
physician promptly. You have moth
ing seriously wrong with you Ten dol
lars please"
Thus il happens that two men are cali
ing each other robbers.-Chicago Post.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-13
Personal.

Rev. Frank IS. Sanford. a Free Bap-
tist preacher % Maine. has given Up regu-
lar church methods Tor an apostolic p-o-
pasanda. He has made O. converts 20 his
neT faith.
In the village o. P0mfret. a few miles
from Putnam. Conn. lives the only sur
ylFing great--er+at-erandda1 Of Gen.
lsEael Putnam Mrs Mary Putnam
Sharpe. who Is 81 years old.
Sir William Ma-Crego-. who has re-
ceived the Founders Medal OF the Royal
t5eographical Society. IS the son Of an
Apereeenshire plolg1man. He took q med
icai degree az Aberdeen University.
1t was a rather good Joke that the cit.-
zens Of Fort Dodge PLAYED on Jerry
simpson on the Fourth Of July. They en-
gagged him 10 deliver an grafton and.
knowing thar Do loved silver. they paid
aim MS honorarilm o. S2o0 ia silver coin.
Mr.. Blackmore. the English novelist.
has just celebrated his seventy-frst
birthday. George Macdonald IS his senior.
ne-ng y Mr.. Meredith and Mrs Oliphanr
are each 6s. Miss Braddon il 50 and sir
waiter Besant g, Ouida S. and Mr. Will
lam Black s..
AIRS. Ellis. one Of the brightest OF the
new women o. sidney. Ne. was asked the
other day about her plans for celebrating
ner i0th birthday next January Il IN
uerstand you are going 20 have 4 jubilee %
vas The inquiry jubilee she retort-
Cd. 'Ae have 4 jubilee2 Why. bless you.
] nave jubilee every day" And that's
the whole secret Of living long and being
happy.
Enrolled among the members OF the
Wordsworth Chapter Of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution" says the Bos-
ton Transcript. rs one real daughter OF
t1e American revolution. Mrs Mary Nc
Lean WHY'S. living ID East Glastonbury.
Conn, az the age Of @ years Her fathe-.
James Mclean. was member Of the Put
nam Guards. fought at Bunker Hin. and
was twice prisoner He died in 1916
aged 81 years. Mrs. WHY'S is living in
a house built before the evolutionary
war and bought by her father some years
after his marriage
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-13
Power of Mind During sleep.

There are many authenticated exam
pies of increased power of mind during
sleep. says the Hartford Times. one Of
the best-known is that in which the
great naturalist Agassiz successfully re-
constructed from certain remains the
skeleton Of a fossil fish. at which he had
been working unsuccessfully in his wax
ing moments for several weeks Another
case recorded is that of a lawyer who
had been puzzlinE all day in vain over
a difficult case and who got up at night.
and while in a state OF somnambulism.
wrote down q perfect explanation OF it,
The reasons given for this increased
power are first that the brain mind has
more force at lis disposal while the other
parts Of the body are al rest. and second
that while working in the condition i'm
question, the mind IS not distracted by
anything external and can concentrate
all its force on Its work. With reference
to automatic action of the brain. Carpen-
ter says. There are many cases in which
the brain has obviously worked more
clearly and more successfully in this au-
tomato condition when left entirely 10 it.
self. than when We are cudgelling our
brain. so 70 speak, 20 get the solution. In
ventors ard artisans have often arrived
a some desired end suddenly, after put
ting the problem entirely out of their
minds for a time. I believe that in all
these instances the result is owing to the
mind being left 10 itself without the dis
turbing of any emotion Worrying over
a thing prevents the mind from working
steadily and evenly"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-13


Fer some SEEKS taere has bean "a 1e-rtl
of stirring ness from CUBA Tae ralas
and The feeers have prevented activity
on the part 81 the spaula-1s. ans the liz
s-rse1-s seem % have been wiling 90
take a breathing spell Meantime. how
ever. the latter have done uaca towards
Recruiting t-elr forces They have 81
cured large lots ~ arms ana ammuni-
ton Several expeditions f-ou this coua-
try have been successfully landed ard
there is no telling how many suns and
cartridges were sent iu-0 the island from
Jamaica and thu Central American states
Resent cable dispatches. however. in1i-
cate t5at the period % Inactivity IS about
ended. ana that the iu=lrse ats are shortly
20 begin forcing the lighting az q more
furious pace than ever BEFORE. The rainy
season wlI NOT last always les end IS ap-
preaching. az which time. with re-inforce-
ments from Spain. Capt Gen. weyier
would be better prepared than ever
20 break up the Iusurrection.
- In the meantime the lnsurg-
ents did not strike a master blow for
freedom. To do This. IL IS SAID. is tire
purpose OF the Cubans People in Ha-
vana have been given notice. according
10 the reports. that the water supply OF the
city is at the mercy Of the Insurgents.
ana that they may az any time cut it
or.
The Information comes by way Of Kings
ton. Jamaica that the insurgents con-
template an attack urpn the city Of
Havana The dispatch says Mace0 ls
planning the attack. and that it will
De a coup de main that viii astonish the
world II IS difficult TO see how the in-
surgents could hold the city IL they were
% capture it. since they have no navy.
sun. even a few days occupation Of the
capital might influence the Madrid gov
eminent in Offering satisfactory terms 10
the Cubans.
It appears that Gen. Weyler is aware
that the insurgents are on the eve OF
some desperate move. de has lately Of
fered them terms Of peace. and at the
same time has promulgated an order Of
harsh oppression. The peace proposal was
that the Cubans should lay down their
arms IN return for representation for the
island In the Spanish senate. which offer
was declined. The order OF oppression was
TO the effect that all Cubzns who were
known to be Nasons should be arrested
and imprisoned. Tho captain generals
purpose. probably was 10 have
the peace proposal and the or
der discussed at the same time
In Cuba. in order that the people might
reach the conclusion that the rejection
Of the one would bring upon them in
creased hardships under the other The
Cubans have demonstrated, however. that
they DO not propose TO be cajoled or
bullied. They are going TO win all or
lose all.