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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
GOVERNMENT CADETS, FOOT RAIL-
An Effort Being Made to Revive the
Annual Games.

An effort is being made to revive the an
nual foot ball contests between the cadets
at the Military and Naval academies. The
opposition to the plan comes entirely from
the superintendents of the two institutions.
both of whom contend that the games be-
tween the cadets interfere with the sue
cessful prosecution of their studies. There
Is no objection to the sport itself, but only
to matches between the two academies
Neither of the superintendents desires to
prevent a continuation of the games, ex-
cept in SO far contests might necessitate
the absence OF the participants from their
studies, which, of course, is necessary for
a meeting between the representative
teams. Under the old scheme the matches
were played alternately at West Point and
Annapolis. The trips between the two
cities usually occupied from two to three
days, and this absence was the principal
seat of objection. There are reasons for
the belief that both Secretary Aiger and
Secretary Long take a more favorable view
OF the proposition. Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt favors the scheme, and will use
his influence for its success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
Personal Mention.

Senator Penrose and Representative
Bingham of Pennsylvania were at the
Treasury Department today.
Clarence Baker of the treasury has gone
to Atlantic City to spend his vacation
Messrs. ]. H. Ballinger and l. Gregg left
this afternoon for a two weeks stay at At.
lantic City.
Messrs Robert E. Morris. Bishop C. Per
axins and Henry N. Ober are at Ocean City,
lid.
Nj. H. p. R. Holt is spending . few days
at Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. Robert Mcdonald is spending his va
cation at Berkeley Springs. w. Va
DIR. C. W. Richardson has returned from
an extended western tour.
Lieutenant Commander Richard G. Day.
enport of the bureau OF navigation has
gone to Mount Desert. Me-. for a three
weeks visit
Mr.. James E. Fitch has gone to Haver-
fora Pa, Ear = months vaeation- =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
WHOLESALE CASE OF POISONING.

Eight Persons Poisoned, Seven Fa-
tally. by Eating stolen Melons.
LOUISVILLE. KY. August 2s-A special
to the Courier Journal from Paducah, KY,
says:
The meager particulars of wholesale
case OF poisoning have reached the city
from Galloway county. Eight persons are
reported to have been poisoned by eating a
melon stolen from a neighboring patch.
Seven OF the number are dead and the
eighth is in a critical condition. The names
of the victims have not been secured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
EXEMPTIONS FROM EXAMINATION.
An Explanatory Circular Issued b!
the Internal Revenue Bureau.

Acting Commissioner Wilson of the in
ternal revenue bureau has issued the fol-
lowing circular to all collectors Of internal
revenue:
In view of tine fact that 1t isaapparent
that. some Misrepresentation prevails as to
the scope of SO much of civil seryice rule
vi, as amended by excessive order of July
q. 1897, as excepts 'one deputyacollector
in each stamp (or branchC Office from
the requirements of examination and reg
istration before the Commission. It lis deem
ed advisable to inform collectors that the
excepted place referred to- in the para
graph above, quoted relates exclusively to
office who are intrusted with the sale of
stamps, and not to what are knoSHn and
classified as division deputies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
DEvouRED by MOUNTAIN LION.
Two-Year-Old Child 0arried or by
Casper Mountain Bcast.


CASPER, Wyo., August 2s.-A two-year-
ole child was carried away by a noun
tain lion on Casper mountain Thursday.
A fruitless search has been made by herd
ers of fiocks and miners day and night
to find the baby. The little one is an or
phan. whose mother died last year and
whcse father had put 1t into the care ard
keeping of family by the name OF Hem
derson. who is hcrding sheep ten miles
from Casper at the head of IVY" canyon
At daylight Thursday MIR. Henderson
arose and followed his flock, leaving his
wife and the orphan charge sleeping in
camp. When he returned at o'clock
for breakfast the woman was still fast
asleep and the baby was gone. II had
awakened and toddied on In fits right dress
A search was at once made for the little
one. and its bare feet tracks were found
leading to a spring nearly mile away.
Near the spring were found also fresh
tracks OF huge mountain lion. No other
tracks of the babe has been found. There
is known 10 be den of four lions on Cas-
per mountain. No hopes are ensarfained
a. nnding the baby a111a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
PRESIDENT ENJOYS A QUIET DAY

Guest of senator Hanna at His Home
I'm Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. August 2S.-Presi-
dent Mckinley spent n very quiet morning
at Windemere. Senator Hanna's summer
home. He said 1t was one of the quietest
which he has mad since his vacation be-
gan He did not leave the house at all.
and only a few of the neighbors called.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28

The regular permanent family
circulation Of The Evening Star
is more than double that of any
other paper in Washington,
whether published in the morn
ing or in the afternoon.
AS a medium for unobjec-
tionable advertisements it there
fore stands uncqualed and un-
approachable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
cana ] G. llEoah14 Fee..

cos4roller tecalel of thes treasury
has decided taat nd deputy Aarshals In
certain western. stkes win lot be entitled
to 7, asan.s !, ~. cosesu s.ea fos t4e present
years. He says' thaf ConrressI made NJ,
provision for such an sllowan06
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28
WAS MORE THAN -AMrLE.

The Money Appropriated fse Enter
tanning the Postsa Delesates.
The committee which had charge Of the
entertainment Of the universal postal con-
gress in this country, will hoIdasats final
meeting I'm a. week or ten days. It is under
stood that the amount ispproprtated by
Congress. $4,000. was more than a9ppIe for
!. the entertainments Of thA ,de3eeafes. and
that good sum wiH be turned kSck into
the Treasury Department. g 8
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Arre.tea fer fo,nanx.

Chief Hazen of the secret service today
received Information Of the arres. of Jas.
Baker Lisle and Simon Button for passing
and manufacturing 50-cent coins.
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TWO OF GRANTS ANECDOTES.
General Tayl0r's Absent Mindednes.
in the Mexico Campaign.

In his Campaigning With Grant" in
the Century" General Horace Porter
gives the following anecdotes that were
related by Grant at the headquarters
mess:
Il was with General Taylor's COM
mand in Mexico when he not only failed
to receive reinforcements, but found
that nearly all his regulars were to be
sent away from him to join General
Scott Taylor was apt to be a little
absent minded when absorbed in any
perplexirg problem, and the morning
he received the discouraging news he
sat down to breakfast in a brown
study, poured out q cup of coffee, and
instead of putting in the sugar, he
reached out and got hold of the mus
tard pot and stirred half a dozen spoon
fuls of it's contents into the coffee. He
didn't realize what he had done till he
took a mouthful, and then he broke
out in a towering rage.
I'VE learned something at Shiloh
about the way in which the reports of
losses are sometimes exaggerated in
battle. At the close Of the first days
fight Sherman met Colonel of one Of
his regiment with only about one hun
dred of his soldiers in ranks, and said
to him: Why, where are your men?'
The Colonel cast his eyes sadly along
the line wiped a tear from his cheek,
and replied in whimpering voice: We
went in 800 strong, and that's all that's
left of US You don't tell mel ex-
claimed Sherman, beginning to be
deeply affected by the fearful result of
the carnage. Yes, said the Colonel;
the rebs appeared to have a special
spite against u.s. Sherman passed
along some hours afterward, when the
commissary was issuing rations, and
found that the Colonel's men were re-
turning on the run from under the bank
of the river, where they had taken
shelter from the firing; and in few
minutes nearly all Of the lost 700 had
rejoined. and We're boiling coffee and
eating a hearty meal with an appetite
that showed they We're still very much
alive"
The record-union., 1897-03-24
Planked Whitefish and Shad.

Planking fish is, as q rule, confined to
club houses, where large open fires are
accessible, but Mrs. S. L. Rorer in the
Ladies' Home Journal tells how
planked fish may be served to perfec-
ton in the smallest and most modest
home in America. THE peculiar lavor
impaired by the heating plank makes
the fish more delicious than Wnen
cooked in any other way. If one has q
gas stove the method is quite simple.
but the oven of a coal range may also
be used with success. Secure tWo-
inch plank the size of the oven, made
from hard wood, oak or hickory; When
ready to use put it in the oven until it
is so hot that you cannot bear your
hand on it for an instant. Have the
fish split down the back; put it, skin
down, on the hot plank; dust with salt
and pepper and baste with melted but
ter. In an ordinary coal stove, put it
on the oven bottom, close the oven Coor
and bake for thirty minutes, oastlng
two or three times. When the fish is
done take it from the oven, garnish with
parsley and lemon, and send it to the
table on the plank, placed on Japan
ese lacquer tray just little larger than
the plank Whitefish may be planked
in the same way"
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shiver in the shade, get their feet wet
in the damp grass and breathe the at
mosphere polluted by waterclosets.
The cement walks, they have been
told, are not for their use, but for that
of visitors!
Can it be possible that this has been
done by ony order of the Board of Ed
ucation? And yet it hardly seems pos
sible that any principal or teacher
would take the responsibility of driving
the children out of the warm sunshine
and off the clean and dry walks to the
unhealthful shade in the rear OF the
building, with all it's attending dis
comforts.
1 believe the plea is also made that
some flowers have been planted in the
front, where the sun shines, and that
if the children play there they might in
jure the posies.
But are these half-dollar's worth or
flowers of greater moment than the
health and comfort of the children at
tending school? Must the flowers CT our
families be deprived of sunlight health
in order that few sprigs of posies may
not be in danger of being trampled on?
49,
of the children in which to play during
the moments set apart for their recfe-
alton, not for flower gardens. To use
an old but trite similie-a schoolyard is
no more fit for flower garden than
hot corner of hades is fit for powder
house.
Schoolhouses are placed in the centers
of the yards for the very purpose OF
providing sunshine or shade for the
children, according to the season and
weather conditions. Why, therefore,
drive them to the rear of the buildings
at time when they need the genial sun
shine?
1 hope this flower garden nuisance
will be abated at once, and that the
children be granted those privileges
which their health and pleasure de-
mand, and for which parents and prop
erty Owners have paid their good hard
money. If not, l propose to hnd out
why. PARENT.
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HER BICYCLE SURPRISE.
It Didn't Pan Out as the Young Lady
Excecfed

Our pretty gran daughter" said old
Farmer Grout dryly, ''donned her cute
checkered bloomers yesterday, hoped
a-straddle of her bicycle, and rode away
out here into the country to surprise
her gran ma and me. We were quite a
good deal surprised, too, when she
scooted up to the house. and 1 guess we
showed it.
IF | hadn't been lookin out of the
barn door and hollered just in time, /
reckon her gran'ma, whose eyesight
amt quite as good as mine, would have
scalded her pretty badly with the dip
per of b'ilin' water that she grabbed up
when she saw what she thought was a
new kind of agent comm to the door
And them while the young lady s
gran'ma was hauling her into the other
room to tear the boomers off from her
was hustlin' the bicycle out to the
woodshed and lookin' around for the ak
And while / was knockin the blamed
contraption into a tangle of twisted
wires and wigglin' rubber, rather guess
her gran'ma was spankin' her with a
deftness born of long prectice.
"A little later the young lady. very
red-eyed and weepy, and clad in one
of her gran'ma's old dresses which
didn't fit her within mile and quar-
ter, was bein' hauled back to town in
her nice old gran'pa's market wagon.
don't know for certain, but / rather
guess that the next time she attempts te
surprise her gran parents she will stanC
off as far as possible and holler at 'en
through one of them speakin' horns thai
Mister Edson has lately invented" -
New York World.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
PERSONAL MENTION.

D. c. Halsey came over from Wood
land yesterday.
Hon. VIM. Johnston of Courtland was
in the city yesterday.
Jules Alexander of SusanvilIe, Lassen
County. is at the Golden Eagle.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Slower of Free
port, H., and Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Hodge
Of Chicago are guests at the Golden
Eagle.
A. K. Goodrich has returned from an
extended visit through the Eastern
States, accompanied by his son-in-law,
j. \. Bunch of Springfield, Mo.
Division Superintendent J. B. Wright
of the Southern Pacific Company, who
has been confined to his house for the
last ten days by an attack of grippe,
is convalescent and will be out again
in a few days.
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IT WAS STUFFED.
What the Police Found on w Street
and Took to the Jail.

On Monday night there was a call
for the patrol wagon, and it responded,
going way out to w street, to capture
a supposed burglar, for which 1T had
been summoned by a frantic woman.
When it arrived at the spot Officer Tai
bot, who accompanied it, found that
some one had played joke on the wo-
man by standing a dummy up against
her door in such a manner that when
she opened it the dummy fell inward,
nearly frightening her to death.
The supposed burglar was brought to
the station and was carefully stood up
against the door Of the room where
George Cotton, the janitor, sleeps. He
slept on in blissful ignorance of his new
neighbor until he opened his door yes
terday morning, when it tumbled in on
him, nearly soaring him out of a year
growth. He thought it was the ghost
of young Lowe, who shot his wife and
himself at the station some time ago.
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A TOO-WILLING SISTER.
Her Poor Br0ther.in-Law Should Not
be Too Lonely.

There are more ways Of killing dog
| than by hanging him. and there are
| more ways of curing a man than by
giving him medicine. AT least there is
| another way of restoring a feminine
| invalid to health and strength, If the
experience of certain young woman
| is to count for anything.
This young woman is most at
tractive creature. bright, pretty, ami
able. Any man might be proud to win
her, but no one has succeeded so far.
| She has a married sister, however,
and has often expressed her fondness
| and admiration for her brother-in-
law in enthusiastic terms. All of which
| is part of the story
Not long ago the married sister had
| a serious illness, and the young woman
did a large and devoted share of the
| nursing. Everything that care and
medical skill could devise was done for
/ the invalid, but she remained an in
valid in spite of all. Day after day she
grew feebler and day after day she
| hinted more strongly that she was not
long for this world. The young woman.
| of course, bolstered up her sister with
| encoura cement, and tonics three times
q day, but the sister still insisted that
| it was of no use. Finally she got to a
| Point where she was so very low in
her mind that she called the young
woman to her bedside one day, and In
a voice choked with emotion she said:
do not try to hide it from me any
! longer, Grace! 1t has got to come out
and I'm reconeiled-or l hope 1 am. But
before I go l want you to promise me
one thing
Now stop talking such nonsense, "
gently chided the young woman.
You're going to be all right soon. All
you reed is another bottle of tonic and
a good brace
The sister feebly shook her head.
You mean it all right, but you don't
know. I tell you, 1 am going to die, and
this is a dying request I have to make
CT you
"All right, dear" said the young
woman, humoring her sister for the
| time.
| '.It's-it's about Ned" beginning to
sob weakly. Ned was her husband, by
the way. Il want-I want you-to look
efter-him-and see that-he isn't-oh
too miserable-you know. Promise me
IL ask it aS-my last requeSt-that you
will look after-Ned.'' and the un-
happy wife wept bitterly.
| The young woman was really deeply
AFFECTED but she had a flash of inSpira-
ton, and she said briskly, almost gay
| ly: Don't you worry about Ned! III
see that he doesn't go out of the fam
lily."
The invalid started, dashed away
her tears, and gazed at her sister as
| if she could not believe that she had
heard Alright.
| What do you mean?" she demanded
| I'll keep him where / can take care
of him, dear. Thatll be all right. Don't
You worry"
The invalid stared for minute, then
| she said, in a businessike tone:
You mean thing! I'll see that you
dont!" and with that she began a
rapid recovery.-Reading Eagle.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
SOCIAL EVENTS.

A most enjoyable evening was spent
last night at the residence OF o. T.
Dodge 1914 G street, the occasion DelnS
a telephone party given by Misses Edna
Smith and Pearl Jackson. Strings OF
worsted representing the red and black
wires were run from a table represent
ing the central office, and one OF the
lines was given to each one present, his
or her task being to entangle that par
ticular line from the maze and secure
the prize at the other end of it, those
at the end of the lines of one color be-
ing for the ladies and those on the
other color having prizes on for the
gentlemen. among them being some
very comical ones The attempts to
entangle the lines led to much fun and
merriment, and all voted the occasion
one not TO be lightly forgotten Those
present were: Misses Edna Smith, Pearl
Jackson, Laurinda Borchers, Lottie
Shepstone. Alice Washburn, Mabel
Nichols, Ida Smith, Matte Williams,
Ethel Grant and Gertrude Curtis; Chas.
II. Lusk, Jack Sterling, S. E. Pope, j.
w. Crosby, H. Pilkington, Ammon
Clay, Lester Nichols, George Shepstone,
Raymond Waring, G.. V. Watson, A. T..
Gore and Harry Dodge.
After the telephone wires were un-
tangled the assembly listened to some
excellent vocal music in the shape of
solos, duets and choruses, after which
all sat down to fine collation., to which
they did full justice, and departed for
their homes at a seasonable hour.
Try McMorry's 35c tea, 531 NJ.
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A Pertinent Protest.

Eds. Record Union: AS a tax
payer and parent Of children attending
the public schools of this city, 1 de-
sire to protest against a rule that is
being enforced in at least one of the
schools, the effect of which is to deprive
the children attending there of privi-
leges that the taxpayers of the city had
provided for them.
At the schoolhouse to which I refer
the children have been forbidden to
even stand upon the cement walks that
were laid in front, in order that they
might have a dry, clean place to walk
upon during the wet season. Instead,
they are compelled to leave the warm
and sunny side of the building at re-
cess time and go to the rear, there to
The record-union., 1897-03-24

Not everyone can go South
for March, but almost every
body can spend a dollar or
two for SCOTS Emulsion of
Cod-liver Oil. If you have
got a lingering cough or are
run down; are weak and ex-
hausted by reason of the
Grippe, ask your doctor #
Scott's Emulsion isn't Just
what you need in the emer-
gency. The combined viz
tues of the Cod-liver Oil, the
HypoPhosphites and Glycer-
inc as prepared in SCOTS
Emulsion will give you flesh
and strength rapidly and help
you back to health.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
EvERYBODY's COLUMN.

Under this heading the Record Union"
will publish short letters from CORE
spondents ON topics Of interest to the
general public. The matter in these COM
munications will be understood to repre-
sent only the views of the writer's. All
communications must be accompanied by
the name of the writer, not for publica-
ton unless SO desired, but as a guarantee
OF good faith.-Eds.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
ADJUSTMENTS.

Those who have never seen the ath-
Ietlc exercise of bag punching. can wit
ness q good example of it at the Clunie
Opera-house nightly by Armstrong. in
his athletic humorous act with O'Nein.
The six Spanish Troubadors, two of
them young Spanish girls. were re-
called several times last night, they so
well pleased with their mandolins and
guitars. The two children of the
Fletcher family do very pretty and
effective act of mingled comedy and
rpathos, the adult intermediately doing
a good clog or wooden shoe dance. The
Zanfrellas and the triple bar work of
Rand, Linsley and one of the Zanfrel-
las, are each good acts. Misses John
son and Matildita do Spanish dances
and mlnuet and Andoor gives a good
example of Black Art. 1t is the only
act in which there is any reference to
the yellow Kid" which, by the way is
the abortion of sensational and flash
New York journalism and should never
be attached, even by name to decent
group of public entertainers. How
ever in this case there Is really no vel
low Kid in the programme, and the
show might just as we'll be styled any,
thing else as the Yellow Kid Company.
The record-union., 1897-03-24

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
ions of mothers for their children while
teething with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, sOftenS the gums, allays pain.
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels and
is the best remedy for diarrhea whether
arising from teething or other causes. For
sale by druggists in every part of the
world Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents
q hottie
The record-union., 1897-03-24
"Happy Are They"

Happy lAFt I NtE.
Thousands are using DR.. Byrons ko-
la Vitality Beans. They bring back
lost vital forces, DC. For sale by 2. r.
McMorry, Sixth and *, and II. Z. Yard
lev. Eighth and J
The record-union., 1897-03-24

Next week at the Clunie Opera house
Pearson's Dramatic Company in melo-
dramas. They come from the Burbank
Theater, Los Angeles.
The record-union., 1897-03-24

To Cure n Cola in Ono Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II it
fails to cure. 2oc.
The record-union., 1897-03-24

chine which can split one human hair
Iengthwise into thirty-six strips.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
Paint Your Buggies.

Now is the time to have your buggies
etc, painted and overhauled, and re-
member that A Meister & Sons, 910-
914 Ninth street, Sacramento, can suit
you for prices and quality. Bodies and
buggy tops for the trade.
The record-union., 1897-03-24

Friday and Saturday and Saturday
matinee this week, Shore Acres, !"
James A. Herne's great play, one of the
first successes of the times. The sale
of seats begins Thursday at the Met
ropOlitan Theater
The record-union., 1897-03-24
The Greatest ssSnap" of the Season.

To-day and all next week the &C. c.
c. will offer over forty varieties of tea
at less than import prices. Send for
special list. Of interest to city and
country buyers.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
New K-Street Millinery.

Ladies invited to visit Nine. Miller's
handsome new store, 613 K, opposite
Nonpareil.
The record-union., 1897-03-24

First-class timing and plumb bina
done by Miller Bros. 111G ].
The record-union., 1897-03-24

Cissy Fitzgerald, the girl who has the
phenomenal wink. is engaged to appear
at the Metropolitan theater April Sth
in the play of The Founding"
The record-union., 1897-03-24
Optical Goods.

We carry a complete line of optical
goods Eyes tested free by competent
graduated optician. Klune & F1oberg,
42S j.
The record-union., 1897-03-24

Manager Todd has arranged for that
delightful singer Mile. Trebelli to re-
appear here on the Both inst.