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The evening times., 1897-02-02
The House of the Silent Years.

The House of the Silent Years.
The Silent House ii standeth wide
Yea, open is the door;
The winds of Peace from every side
Blow round it evermore.
Unhewn of AK, unmade of hands,
Its walks so broad and still;
Like to a sea the pale gray lands
Flow up to the gray sill.
Candle were vain, and sun but dim,
From here the Dark doth cease;
Nor drink nor eat is spread for him
Who suppeth here with Peace
Arrows speed not, nor hurtlIng spear.
Nor plague cumeth to slay;
Vicl and rebec make no cheer,
For Song hath had his day.
Grief shattereth here his weary cup;
No W watch the hours d o keep
That they may call the red East up,
or soothe the West to sleep.
Fashions, desires, dreams. sw'Srni 1g :ears
Fade past the threshold gray;
One day is as a Thousand years,
thousand years one siay-
-Lizette Woodwork Reese, In Atlantic
Monthly
The evening times., 1897-02-02
Mark Twain's Latest.

The Saturday Review says that when
be was Tn Egypt Mark Twain hired two
Arab guides TO take him 10 the Pyramids.
He was familiar enough with Arabic, he
thought. 10 understand and be understood
with perfect ease. To his CONSERVATION
he found that he could not comprehend a
word that either of the guides uttered.
At the Pyramids he met friend, to whom
be made known his dilemma. It was very
mysterious, Twain thought. why, the ex
PLANTATION is simple enough said the friend.
please enlighten me, then, said Twain,
why, you should have hired younger men.
These old fellows have lost their teeth
and, OF course, they don't speak Arabic
They sneak gunl-Arabic."
The evening times., 1897-02-02
The Forum


Future OF the Democratic Organizationy
Senator DAVID b. HILL
The Present and Future of Cuba,
FIDEL q. PIERRA.
Cuban Press Delegation
Evils to be Renlediedin Our Consular Ser
Hon. WILLIAM wOODyHLE ROCKHILL.
Assistant Secretary or state
Ladies' Clubs in London. ALICE ZIMMERN
The Results of Cardinal SatoIli's Mission,
Rev. DIR. EDWARD McGL YNN
Dr j. 81 RICE
Speedy Financial and Currency Reform Inn
perative.
Hon. CHARLES n. FOWLER,
Member OF Ranking and Currency Commit
tee Oh. RI.
The Cure for Vicious Monetary System.
Senator ". A. PEFFER
POe's Opinion OF The Raven
JOEL BENTON
The Crindnalin the Open. j OsIAH FLYNT
The New Memoirs Of Edward Gibbon,
FREDERIC HARRISON
THE FORUM PUBLISHING COMPANY.
New York
25 cts. a Copy. $500 a Year.
The evening times., 1897-02-02
Sunflower Philosophy

Nothing is SO expensive as sickness.
Some men believe that when they give a
note, they paythe debt.
Most people only get married to keep the
neighbors from talking.
We are all looking for appreciation,
though none of us deserve it.
A man who amounts to anything never
receives any encouragement"
Take swimming lessons; there is no tell
ing when you may be in the soup.
1t is a great pity that man can't dis
charge his debts as a woman does hers,
by hiring hall and passing around bit
of cake and a dab of ice cream.
The evening times., 1897-02-02
CARLISLE'S NEW PARTY
1t VIII Be Planted in Kentucky
and Is Expected to Grow.

(From the Chicago Times Herah)
Secretary OF the Treasury John G. Car
Isle is not to abandon his Kentucky home
When his term OF office expires March
4 he will return TO Covington and
viii take up the task OF attempting to
reSc lc the state from Republican rule. He
intends to start up new sort of party,
using the platform adopted at the conveli-
tion OF the sound money Democrats as Seetl,
from which he expects powerful organ
iZation to spring. There will be no COM
promises with the Blackburn forces Those
who have been chasing that ignus fatuus-
silver-will not be received into the Car
Isle camp unless they came as penitents.
The old Democratic party is to be overhaul
ed; new posts and pillars put in, the roof
recovered, and the flooring is to be more
securely nailed down.
Cleveland, from his Princeton home, is to
be the chief architect, and Carlisle and Wat
terson are to have charge Of the carpenters
and joiners. Breckinridge is to be one OF
the counselors of the Democracy again.
John Young Brown is to he the candidate
to succeed Bradley as governor; Carlisle is
to succeed Lindsay in the Senate. and Lind
say is to 90 to New York to practice law
anc reorganize Tammany. At least, the
above is the program as il was outlined TO
me by blue grass Kentuckian who has
for long time been near and dear to tile
Carlisle faction The Blackburn men have
already named the new party 1t is to be
called the "Carfumish crowd" They have
been named thusly by Col. Jack Chinn. The
first syllable is taken from Carlisle, and
furnish is from the French word "fu-
meux,' which means smoke. Chinn says it
will be haZy crowd
The evening times., 1897-02-02
Here's ALI Ahnut IT

II Depew is To be sent to England, says
Col Jim Young, Draper, OF Massachusetts,
to France: John ingalls, to Berlin; John
w. Foster to Spain; John Hay TO Italy;
Warner Miller to Mexico, and ex-senator
Higgins to Austria, there will be nothing
left for Pennsylvania at the fIrst-table-
Class but Russia.
The evening times., 1897-02-02
Good workmen Don't Do It.

I cannot abide to see men throw away
their tools the minute the clock begins TO
strike, as if they took no pleasure in their
work, and were afraid of doing stroke
too much. The very grindstone will so on
turning a bit after you loose it.-George
Eliot.
The evening times., 1897-02-02
Puris Omnia Pura.

''Is it not itself species of eroticism
that continually raises the question Of
purity" demanded the milkman gloomily.
AS for the official inspector of dairy
produces, he was obviously not in posi-
ton to taIk.-Detroit Journal.
The evening times., 1897-02-02
A kick Coming From Maine.

A Maine paper complains because some
good people OF its own town got up a show
that Cost $50, to raise Sc for payment OF
the freight on barrel OF clothes worth
$40. To be sent TO the Indians of North
Dakota.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

National Democrats will be much alarmed
at reported GOLD discoveries in Pennsyl
vania
The evening times., 1897-02-02
JOKES OF OUR OWN


cold enough for you? Your furnace seems
TO have gone on strike"
"Oh, no." growled Jimsby, from the
depths of his great coat. I'm trying to
freeze out the bores.'
American for the Americans" shouted
the new member. Down with the for
eign tyrants! Down with the English
capitalists, who are trying to syndicate
our land and dictate our foreign policy.
Let mott refuse and slime of othernations
set foot on our American soil, the proud
heritage Of our revolutionary siresi'
who's that?'' queried the stranger ia
the galleries
That" replied the man who always
knows. lis Representative o'Halioran, OF
New Dublin
And who are those members who are
applauding so vigorously?''
.'They are Dieffenderfer, Moszckousk,
and Manderhjelm''
tits curious. but the very people W ho are
shivering over the latrobe at $50 with
shawls on, will turn out en- masse at 30
and run half dressed for three blocks TO
see a fire.
''You ought to have something laid 10y
for rainy day. Priscilla"
Il have auntie-my macintosh and
The evening times., 1897-02-02

A New York cabinet maker has murdered
his Emily for being too fresh. Ihls makes
ps fear for Williams Hanna.
The evening times., 1897-02-02
A ouay-IIanna Union.

(From the Philadelphia CALI
Are Quay and Hanna On good terms? asks
a contemporary They ought &C. Dc. We
have sus-Quay-H Hanna River in this State
and the Beaver Senator never made any
efforts to change its name.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

The marquis has accepted that dinner
Invitation Just TO show that the old differ
ences between the Salsburys and the
Bayards have been ''heeled''
The evening times., 1897-02-02

1T is pearls TO peanuts that the Lynch
burg diplomat who has been making pres
snts to the Shah, will come home decorated.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

The Mount Pleasant people have that
kind of a feeling for Commissioner Ross.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Opposition to everything that England
wants i 5 a factor of safety IN an American
policy.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Perhaps Alger's flag viii ny from the
Barber polel
The evening times., 1897-02-02

When bank cashiers go short OF the
market, their accounts go the same way.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Billy Mason in the Capitol will reduce
national bills Tor gas, light and dyspepsia
tablets
The evening times., 1897-02-02

The pickle in the South Dakota legiIa-
ture is largely due 10 the Pickler.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

And so the dark horse in the Commissioners
race is that Chap il Brown.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

The ornithology of Illinois viii be lepre-
scented in the Treasury by one OF The
Dawes.
The evening times., 1897-02-02
THE WEATHER TODAY
GOOD AFTERNOON:

Wellington and Hanna have met. Whose
Waterloo?
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Initiating the late Prof Diogones, the
Burglars are around looking for honest
money.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Mai Moore is warned that several Lou
iSville baseball pla yerS have been re
leased"
The evening times., 1897-02-02

When Cornelius sees the club man acci-
aentally walking by his window, ne VIII
think the inaugural is here.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

In that little eclipse game our friend
small spots.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

One furlough only was allowed the West
Pointers and when Grant went home On
his furlough he was nineteen and remark
able for his splendid carriage and soldierly
bearing. He was fastidioUsin dress, wear
ing always blue coat and white duck
trousers He had bloomed out, woUld con-
verse agreeably and was attentive 10 the
" ants Of women and the aged. Back at
West Point the cavalry drill helped him
enjoy himself and he made the West Point
record for iuInping-his horse clearing a
bar five feet, six and half inches high
Grant graduated twenty y-first in a class
of thirty-nne.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

The news that Judge McKenna is will
ing will at once relieve this awful tension.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

MARYLAND Club banner: Gold for the
cause they served; blue for the offices they
don't get
The evening times., 1897-02-02

If Mr. Bayard is very IN perhaps the
Prince may lose his dinner.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

If Mr.. Platt has gone to Florida for his
health, it will be his first accusation Of
such conduct.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Now the soup tickets foT Major Mckin
ley's great charity BAN VIII be on sale.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

The authorized capital of chartered gold
mining companies in Canada is estimated
to be $290, 600.
The evening times., 1897-02-02
GRANT AT WEST POINT

q II =
In l s39, when Gen. Grant as boy went
to West Point, it was considered a great
honor to get the appointment, especially
for the son Of Il Western tanner. The out
look for Grants appointment was not prom
ising. as his father had quarreled with his
friend and neighbor, the Congressman
from that district, over the banking ques-
ton, and the two men did not speak, though
each felt the Same regard for each others
personal worth. 1t came about, however,
that the Congressman recommended young
Grant for the vacancy in West Point and
when the news came to Georgetown there
was surprise. It is on record that man
meeting the father of the boy on the street
said: II hear Ulysses is appointed to West
Point. Is that so?''
''Yes, SIR
We'll, that's a nice job. Why didn't
they appoint boy that would be cred
1t to the district?''
The evening times., 1897-02-02

In this hard season the Chinese should
not fire crackers. They should feed them
10 the poor
The evening times., 1897-02-02

When the Assay Commission meets, the
Mint will he there, and the other Julep
tngre dents not far off
The evening times., 1897-02-02

As Providence appears TO be on the side
Of Mr. Rockefeller, look out for another
whirl in oil certificates
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Life at West Point was no fun in those
days and the boys were ali homesick. For
two weeks Grant slept on the hard floor
under two thin blankets. The clothes Of
the ''peLcs' in Grants day were wonder
ful and were OF aIl cats, eolOrs and kinds.
The boys were not measured for uniforms
till the authorities were sure they were
going to stay Promotions in Grants day
were made in mference TO sodierly quail
ties and not for scholarship. West Point
was almost isolated from the world and
the fare was bad Tables were eoverless
and no napkins; steel knives and forks and
cups heavy as bowls were used. No farms
were near andbreakfast was usually hashcd
beef and coffee .dinncr, roast beef or boiled
beef, with fish or mutton-the latter so un-
popular that when they marched IN the
cadets would baa like sheep. Drill, in
cessunt drill, not moment to call his own,
harrassed and scared by the multitude OF
orders and duties, the life of the plebe at
the time of Grant was not a happy one.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Rock-bottom fact The Delaware River
rs a coast defense would be a terrible
navy destroyer
The evening times., 1897-02-02

The fact that Mr. Teller is back in the
Senate 'sin good Sprits,T Will move Mr.
Morse to further efforts
The evening times., 1897-02-02
SIC yard.

Plenty of the I215c sort. and
it's fine matting-real1y too fine
to sell for so little. There ism {
store in town that will sell you
such a heavy, closelY-woven
mating for less than 25c yard
There IS plenty Of this sort, un-
less you come faster than we ex-
rnoof
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Is the "some good Ohio man" variety
exhausted. that Kcntuckians should be
summoned to Canton?
The evening times., 1897-02-02

Ordnt mated 10 leave his nome ana 30
to West Point. He was the most unmili-
tary OF boys in military time The his
tory of his family made Doimpression upon
him. He had small love for guns, could
not bear to see things killed and was neith-
er hunter or a fighter Grant was sixteen
at the time; short, stout, stubby and
hearty, but sluggish in mind and body. lie
was coed scholar in mathematics AMI
was quiet and serious. He used To wrestlc,
but was never quarrelsome. lie was
good student, but not considered brilliant.
The village jack-Of-all-Grades made the
trunk which Grant was to take out in tho
world with him, and finished IL off with
large brass headed tacks, forming the boy s
initials, "H. L. c. standing for "Hiram
Ulysses Grant" The boy looked at the
letters and said "I won't have it So
the initials spell hug and the boys will
plague me about it, so then and there
he shifted his names and became Ulysses
Hiram Grant. BY teaming and farming he
had accumulated 500, large sum OF
money for ICY in those days. and S4S
Of this was used for deposit at West Point.
Grant was always proud OF the fact that
he had earned more than enough to pay
his entrance fee An aunt of his in Phila
dephia recalls the boy as he was when
he stopped there on his way to the Point
IA rather awkward country lad wearing
plain, ill-ftting clothes, and large. course
shoes, with toes as broad as the soles
He strollcd about the streets, enjoying all
there was to be seen" He fingered, boy
fashion. as long as lie could in that city
and New York Through a mistake made
in Washington he was entered on the
books as II. s. Grant" and when he
found he Gould not have the mistake recti-
fled without applying to the Secretary Of
State, Grant let it ne. Il am here to enter
West Point, he said, ''and an initial or
two does not matter
The evening times., 1897-02-02
Mattings
less than
half price.

We never expected such a
rush
And yet we might have known
that you would appreciate such
mating values as we printed
Saturday and Sunday.
We have just fifteen pieces OF
the sac mating left, so that
you will have TO hurry here this
morning if you want some of 1t.
1t is worth I21ac yard-it
brings I2izc everywhere else in
tour,
The evening times., 1897-02-02
I21c yard.

But the mating that we have
marked Iec a yard is truly the
greatest value ever sold. We
positively guarantee that you
cannot buy elsewhere under soc
and 35c and 4oc. It's the finest
Japanese cotton warp sort
closely woven and exceedingly
durable. The patterns are hand
some, and there are a big variety
Of them from which to choose.
The evening times., 1897-02-02

You ought to have something laid 10y
for a rainy day, Priscilla"
Il have auntie-my macintosh and
umbrella
The times., 1897-03-27

the first finger and thumb of hertiny hand,
pulls it lalf nervously, half coquettishly,
across her eyes and mouth.
~ Sc Margie,'' says she, shyly
"You don't say so,' says Sir John, rising
again. this time with some sort of Conf
dence He filings down his paper and holds
out his hands to the small, white, delight
full little bundle before him. How dye
do, Margic? 1t is very kind of you to tell
me your name all at once, like that. My
name is John. Horrid name compared
with yours, I'm afraid. Eh?"
Margie stares at him: she makes no at
tempt at direct answer, feeling probably
it is beyond her. But probably, too, she
feels that some answer is necessary, so she
says promptly:
Gimme some sweeties.'
"SweetSi'' Sir John grows embarrassed.
The cuisine, as has been hinted, is still in
very embryo condition. Puddings and
pies are possible, but lolIipopsl No. And
lollipops. it is to be feared, are what this
strange new visitant wants. Will Bonner
be equal to this extra strain on his re-
sources? 1t must be riskef. anyway. Such
visitors as this dainty damsel do not come
every day
Bonner calls he. Banner arrives.
"Sweets, Bonner says SIR John, vainly
to the old soldier staudiDg stiffly by, as
The times., 1897-03-27

hurried dinner last night-ordering the
servants about in great style-but to
breakfast this morning, and now Sir
John-a young man OF about thirty tw o
or three, tall, dark, handsome, and dis
tinctly distinguished in appearance-with
a cigarette in his mouth, is laZily scanning
the Times Presently, the morning being
very sunny one in the heart OF June, Sir
John drops the paper to his knees and
looks idly out on the landscape before him.
From hill to hill the golden light is hang
ing bridges OF sunshine. In the valleys a
tiny breeze is playing with the field flowers;
on the river the water lilies are floating
softly, lightly-and on the lawn
Good heavens! What is that on the
lawn?
A little, tiny. white -robed figure, a
thing OF three or four at most-a sway
ing, happy creature, plucking margueIites
and singing unknown, inconSequent Inel0-
dies as she draws near.
by George, what pretty child!'
says he. She is very close to inm now
and involuntarily he rises. She had not
been conscious of his presence till he
moved, SO bent was she on her pretty
moon flowers, and seeing her start at
his sudden appearance, he drops back
again upon his seat whereon the little
maiden steps out again and advances slowly
cautiously indeed, this time, but ever
nearer until she is close to his chair on the
yeranda.
Here she stops dead short. looks at him
carefully for bare second, and then,
taking wisp of her pretty yellow hair in
The times., 1897-03-27

had been picture of past fear and present
relief. Such an exquisite blending
I'm afraid,'' he begins, as they draw
near to each other, that you have been
suffering some anxiety about this little
lady" pulling Margie forward, who is
swinging on to his hand in the most light
hearted manner, humming untold mys-
teries to herself in her baby fashion.
''Oh, l have!" The pretty hands clasp
each other. But now ! ave found her
safe, aud it is you, sir, / must thank for
it-but---''
Her breath stops for a moment, then
it comes again. and with it an outburst
the gentlest outburst of wrath, directed
against the singing culprit in the rear:
''Oh, Margie. How naughty Of you.''
Use not naughty declares the de-
linquent, promptly, and without the small
est shadow of lemCrse. She seems, in
deed, to regard herself as the injured
one. use your gal" Here she turns
to Blount, and locks up in his face with
all the air Of a low-cOnspirator. 'Tum
along we'se have mole Jumps o. sugar
an more cakies.' Blount takes her up
in his arms at once.
''Oh, no. Margic,' says the tall girl IN
the white gown, with rather broken
little laugh do you know" turning
The times., 1897-03-27

Sir John Blount late captain in Her
Majesty's Life Guards, has just settled
himself comfortably in his basket chair
on the veranda to read the morning pa
pers.
Yesterday, passing through town on
his return from the 4, Rockies, he had
given directions to have his papers sent
down TO him to the Court, but he had
forgotten to give hint to the servants
there OF bis sudden return from abroad
Hence complications arose on his arrival
last night. But Bonner was with him, and
that meant ease and comfort. no matter
how vile the situations, Bonner had been
his servant, and when he threw up his
commission year ago, on coming into
the title -preferring to go abroad and
shoot big game to sitting idle at home
hoping vainly for a war-he had bought
out Bonner, at the latter's request, and
taken him with him on his big shoot.
Why, he hardly knew, except that Bonner
was attached TO him, was very handy
man, and an excellent cook, and-well,
perhaps he was attached TO Bonner, too
Bonner had proved not only equal to
The times., 1897-03-27

Chicago, March 26. Wheat prices got a
lift toward the close today, the advance
which then occurred being due to a strong
market at st. Louis. From the opening
until about noon weakness and dullness
went hand in hand. Liverpool contributed
to the depression by declining 3-4d., and
rthwestem receipts being heavy at 43s
cars, against 297 last Friday and 392
year ago, induced considerable selling.
Fine spring weather was probably the most
potent among the weakening influences,
however. and afforded short sellers with
an argument comprehensivein itself After
] 2 O'Clock a change came over the mar
ket, st. Louis advancing over cent on
a hullisb report by the Modern Miller and
carrying Chicago upward with it. A de-
cline of 5-16 in English consols tempo
rarily steaded the tone after the open
ing. Receipts at Chicago were 19 cars,
and TITO bushels were taken from store
Export clearances were liberal at 439,S74
bushels. Closing Paris cables were lower
for flour and higher for wheat. Berlin and
Antwerp were lower. May wheat opened
from Z 2 1-2 to 70 IA, sold between ~ 1-S
and 73 Is, closing at 72 7-S -1-sa1-4
cent higher than yesterday. Cash wheat
was Irregular, closing steady. Receipts
at principal Western points, 326 1854
bushels: shipments, 91,104 bushels. Re
ceipts at Eastern points, 25,s23 bushels;
shipments, 153, 1876. -