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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
LICK IN DISGUISE.
An lll-Guardcd Speech Led On 10 the
Operators Fortune.
Prom the Cleveland plnin I.ul,.r

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Ii isn't easy 10 tell when Fate means well
by a man. Some OF her apparently hardest
knocks are all for the victims good A
crushing piece of misfortune may be the
means OF squirting the crushed one 10 more
ambitious efforts. IL Gid 50 in one Cleye-
lander's case to certainty
He was telegraph operator. and a good
one, hat he wasn't in favor with the chief.
In fact, the chief didn't possess many
friend among the boys. He WAS disposed
to be sharp ami quick with them. ana teie-
graph 90 -rators are a sensitive lot.
There WAS a vacant room that hadn't
been occupied for Z. long time, and the chief
one DAY took possession OF IL as sort Of
private office. me operator whose story We
are telling didn't know about This change,
and that Very day when ne happened TO he
in the wash room with one OF the boys he
opened up the chief in a particularly
savage fashion. Inc wash room WAS sep
arated by the thinncst KIND of partition,
ar every word could be heard distinctly IN
the other side The operator dipped MS
face over the wash basin and as he sput-
tered and splashed he blessed the chef IN a
shockinSiy left-hanied way. The man with
him tried to stop the TRADE, but he couldn't
catch his eye, nor could he get near enough
to him in time TO shake HIM. Finally the
other man exhausted himself and turned
around with a towel IN his hands. Then he
saw the look OF horror ON his CoInpanl 5
face. He knew that he doomed.
As ne stepped from the wash loom with
a jaunty air he met the chief.
Il suppose" said the latter, you are
IeaIy to express your personal opinions
in public as well behind your victim
back
The operator never wavered 4 hairs
breadth.
Il am" he said. smilingly. 'and i can
add q little to what 1 have already said"
And with that he expressed his opinion IF
the chief in still more vigorous language,
took mis- nat and stalked out.
1t was the first time he had been an idler
since ne was a boy. He felt little daZel.
Then he resolved on bold stroke. He
would go straight to New York.
That night he was on his way. Within
a week he had secured an excellent situa-
ton. Today he commands a salary of at
least $1,000.
And L owe it ALL" he said. not long ago
to 4 Cleveland friend, Ito the fact that L
fired myself out of the old operators ROOM"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
His Mission in Life,

From the Detroit Ere. Press
That was a plausible old philosopher
who tramped to the back door of a Piety
Hill residence the other day The good
lady of the house supplied him plentifully
with food, and then felt called upon to
do some missionary work while he was
eating.
MY dear man and brother, why don't
you try to be of some use in the world: %
was her opening of the campaign
why, bless you, madam, we plays our
part. These here comic papers you gets
every week couldn't do no business with
cut us. We supplies nine-tenths of what
them tariff fighters calls the raw material.
We helps keep the world a laughin and
a gettin' fat and Twin longer, as is
showed by steT tistics.
That's only weak evasion" declared the
woman, as her voice grew metallic. you're
strong and seem TO have some mental ca
pacity. Why don't you work, or go into
some kind of business?"
Il thinks too much of my feller-men
There's thousands of 'em with families
waitin fur work, and, havin' no one but
meself to look after, I'm rot goin' to take
the bread out of their mouths. Not me.
I'd ruther go hungry sometimes and be
pnted out with sCorn and have the dogs
set gu Inc. l can't help havin' a heart,
kin I?'
But you're not leading the right kind
of a life at all. How did you first get into
straitened circumstances"
by refusing to be crooked, mum. l got
just as much conscience as l has heart
L done nothin' but what l thought was
right, and OWN to compertition that
had no sch handicap, l went broke. Now
l travels and thinks and pities them as is
in hard luck"
: Then the old lady withdrew gracefully
from the argument by getting him another
bowl of coffee putting in an extra lump
OF sugar and expressing regret that they
had no more meat cooked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
Interesting Basket Ball Game at the
Infantry Armory.
COMING OF THE YALE COLLEGE TEAM
Smoker Of the Washington Athletic
Club.
GOSSIP OF BASE BALL

Company G of the w. L. T. c. and the Mt,
Pleasant Athletic Club played an exhibi-
ton game of basket ball at the Infantry
armory last night. the Athletic boys Win
ming by a score of 4 to q The soldiers put
up an excellent game considering the fact
that this was but their second appearance.
The lineup:
Mt. p. A. Chess, h. g.; Snyder, r. f.;
Walthan, l. e.. Fischer and Mueller, r. c.;
G. Smith. center: H. Smith, l. c.; Wilson, r.
b.; Hixon, l. b.; Homead, e. e.
Company c, First Battalion-Costinett,
n. g.; Brown, r. f.: Bell. l. e.; Grade and
Loving. r. c.; Kendall. center; Shriver, |.
c.. Peterson, r. b.; Sayres, l. b.; McRae, e.
G..
Score-M. P. A. c., 4; Company c, ..
Goals-For NJ. P. A. c., Hess and Mueller,
l. Impress. P. House and P H. Smith.
Referee-T NJ. Atchison. Timer. Schaf-
hlrt. Scorer-L. M. Taylor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
LEAkY GAS MAINS.
The Tremendous Waste and Danger
in Large Cities.

From TIE New York Post.
In a western city not long ago a leaky
gas main destroyed every living thing in
an extensive nursery and greenhouse be
fore il could be located and corrected, caus-
ing a damage of many thousands of dol
lars. That do not see more of this in
New York is due to the fact that there
is very little vegetation left for gas to
kill. Nowhere i'll the United States is the
normal leakage loss of gas greater than it
is here. Even Philadelphia with it's record
of gas leakage, ranging from 100000 to
Soc,oDO cubic feet per mile of main per
annum. falls behind New York in guam
tity, though perhaps not in percentage of
loss tc production Some old mains in New
York, which have not been looked after
for years, are said to leak I'D to 10 per
cent of the sas passed through them.
AS the area of asohalted streets is extend
ed the evils incident to this gigantic pub
lie nui>Snce are emphasized, and it is
rapidly becoming a grave pubic danger.
The compar ativey frequent explosions
col venienuy attributed TO sewer gas
are due 20 this cause. In the days of
Cobble stones and Belgian blocks the gas
worked Up and out above or near the
points of leakage. 1t now finds its way
into sewers, subwayS and cellars, where
1t forms explosive mixtures with the con-
fined air. The careless smoker who drops
Il burning match or cigar stump into the
street, is very likely. a second later, to
find himself coursing over the house tops
or turning fiip-f1aps half block away
This happens so often that it attracts only
the attention accorded to the casual news
items. Sometimes such explosions are
caused by the currents in subways max
ing little arcs at points of defective in
sulation, and sometimes by sparks struck
b. the steel calkS of hOrseShoes.
In many of sur asphalted streets up town
the gas nuisance in cellars is becoming
very serious. In many cellars the con-
ditions are scarcely better than those eX-
listing in fiery mines. Not long ago
found d rockies plumber in the cellar of
a splendid residence within rifle shot of
Central Park amusing himself by lighting
the gas which worked its way through
the stones of the front foundation wall.
1t would burn a few seconds with a blush.
flickerlng flame. and then go out, but could
be almost Immediately relighted. In the
cellar of all the houses on that block as
learn from inquiry, the smell of gas has
been increasingly troublesome since the
street was asphalted, and as there is in
every cellar a furnace in full blast we
may any day hear of worse explosion
than that which. from the same cause,
lately wrecked the house adjoining the
residence of Minister Hay in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
A Tramp's Speculation.
Lawrence Kan, Journal.

from TIE Lawrence than-} JournAl
A tramp went into Manspeaker's grocery
store at Topeka the other day, where he
noticed big box of soap labeled, "A cake
for l cent He approached Mr.. Man
speaker and said: Il am broke. but if you
will trust me for twenty-five cakes of that
soap will pay you in less than an hour
Manspeaker had curiosity to get into the
tramp's game and consented to the deal
The tramp took the soap over to where
the plug tobacco is kept and carefully
wrapped each cake in a bit of tin foil pro-
cured from the tobacco boxes. He then
went out upon a street corner and an
nounced to passersby that he had for sale
1.-The genuine Arabic frankincense ambro-
sial shs wing soap, guaranteed to soften the
hairs Of the face until dull knife could
cut them and certain to last ten times as
long as any other soap In the market" In
side Of half an hour he had sold every cake
at % cents each He paid Mr.. Manspeaker
% cents and walked OF with a clear profit
of % In his pocket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
watching the Dauntlc...

The Treasury Department has notified the
collector Of customs at Key West to keep
watch on the tug Dauntless, which is sus-
pected Of having--another hlibustering ex.
pedition on hand. The information was
furnished by the Spanish minister. who
reported that the. Dauntless had in tow a
number Of barges or lighters. While there
was nothing apparently unlawful In the
movements of the tug. the minister said
he had reason to believe she contemplated
another expedition. In view Of her pre-
vious achievements In that line strict
watch on her movements was ordered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22

he pass through it on his way to Castle
GandolfO, the only suburban residence
which the revolution has left him?
Even granting that he could do so with
cut igrGmiEy, he could not do so either
with dignity or, / may say, with noble
n"Ss. HIS Soldlery must not appear in the
streets of Rome. He could not go without
guards because the Corso is not Broad
way, and because common sense prescribes
the wearing of hats with faldoni, not top
mats Accepting the guards offered him by
MS guests in the Quirinal he would have
either to accept them under protest or
without protest. If without protest, then
without dignity or nobleness of soul If
Under protest then with exposure to in
dignity. This is the papal dilemma, so
forclble and so inevitable in its action that
the popes have preferred twenty-seven
years OF privation of air TO its acCeptance,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22

q Mayor-Elect Van wyck has appointed
Alfred NJ. Downes, a newspaper man, to
be his private secretary at q salary OF
5000 q year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22

James T. Hobbs of Echo. Wayne county.
W. Va. is dead, at the age Of one hum
dred and four. being the oldest inhabitant
in southern West Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22

when pa whit New York 70 to The seaset Hotsl
Empire, aavrt1sed on page a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
The Saturday Star

BY MAIL SLIGO PER YEAR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22

The tramp trays" started out by Brush. the
Texas whist player, containing hands made
up by the editor of Whist, Cassius Paine,
arrived Monday. The hands were played
by the Cranfords that night. Last night
the Capital Ri. C.'s played them; tonight
the c. A C.'s, and Thursday night they
will be played at DR.. Walls.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
rha Wen nressed NIan.

There is a certain professor III a GER
tain university of the United States who
once, at the beginning of one of his lee
lures ON fine arts, got on the subject of
the kind of pins worn in the neckties of
young college men. He was good lee
turer and was always interesting, but
this lecture was the most interesting Of
his course to the 800 boys who heard
him, and the whole hour was spent on
necktie pins, their use and misuse and
what they suggested. The gist Of what
he said was that there was no more
reason why boy should wear horse
shoe with whip across it all IN gold
than that houses should have sieyes for
roofs, and that as it was extremely
foolish to put big sieve on your house
for roof SO it was quite as foolish to
wear horseshoes on your neckties. The
principle Of this is that you should have
q reason in what you wear as well as in
other things and that senseless decora-
tions, like horseshoes ON neckties or
neckties on horseshoes, are silly and an
becoming to a self respecting person.
This particular example was only one
to illustrate principle, which is that
nothing unusual, queer, out of the or
dinary, is in itself good thing-that,
in fact, most things that are queer and
ont of the ordinary are likely, III the
question of dress. to be in bad taste. 4
mans dress ought to be quiet, but it
must be clean and well taken care Of in
every instance. The best dressed man is
the man who, in whatever company he
finds himself, is inconspicuous; who,
you realize in an indefinite way, is well
appointed, though you cannot well tell
why. Harper Round Table.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
lNcANDEscENT LAMPS.
How the Burned Out Filament May BE
Replaced and Renewed.

How the Burned Out Filament May BE
Replaced and Renewed.
1t has been generally supposed to be a
fruitless task to. attempt the renewal of
a burnt out incandescent electric lamp,
although there appears to. be some eco.
nomic fallacy involved in the destruc.
ton of what is except in one small If
important particular a perfect piece Of
apparatus. 1t is not intended, as a rule,
to give in this column descriptions of
American devices or achievements
drawn from foreign publications. This
subject has, however, been taken up by
the English journal, Industries and
Iron, and, although it states that an
American process for renewing these
lamps after the filament has been bro
ken has been developed, it does not give
the name of inventors nor state that the
process has come into anything like gen
eral application. Its description of the
operation is therefore given for what it
is worth.
1t states that a commercial success
has been made of process for renewing
burned out lamps which renders possible
the use Of the old bulb at a very slight
expense. By the new method the collar,
or bare end, of the lamp is not disturb
ed, the old filament being removed and
the new one placed through small hole
in the lamp bulb made by removing the
tip The small hole is subsequently clos
ed exactly in the same manner as in the
case of the new lamp, leaving nothing
to indicate in the finished, repaired
lamp that it had ever been opened.
1t is stated that some 400, 900 lamps
have been repaired by this method, the
filament being inserted through the
small hole referred to by skillful twist
of the hand and secured in position by
special carbon paste. The black deposit
on the inside of the bulb is removed by
fitting the lamp to the holder and re-
moving it in gas furnace, while i'm
mediately following this operation a
small glass tube is fused to tho opening
made in the bulb, through which the
lamp is exhausted When this has been
done and the last trace of air and gas
absorbed, a blowpipe flame is directed
upon the throat of the tube, which is
melted into the point exactly in every
respect counterpart of the original
lamp. .-Providence Journal
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
4 PSALM OF LIFE.

Through the wild babel Of our fever'd time
The song Of Homer cometh, grave and stern,
With tidings from the worlds fresh, healthy
prime
Tidings which our worn, wearied age con-
Germ
Unchanged, through all the long, unnumber'd
years,
The voice of Homer sings the song divine.
Which tells Of godlike tolls. of heroes tears
And of the punishment Of Priam's line.
The battle in the plain is raging yet;
The watch fires blaze; the beak'd ships line
the shore.
For us the foe in grim array is set.
All, but do we fight as they fought Of yore?
For we, too, like the heroes long ago,
Must wage slow wars and sail the bitter sea-
Fierce is the conflict, loud the tempests blow,
And the waves roar and rage increasingly
Still must we wander oer the stormy main
'Twixt rocks AEd whirlpools dread passage
make,
Stll must the sirens sing to us in vain,
Still from the tolls of Circe must we break.
Turn. them to Homers psalm of life and see
How they endured whose pilgrimagei is done
And hear the message they have left for thee
Only by patience is the victory won.
Macmillan s Magazine
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
History of Pennsylvania.

Mr.. Fishers previous volume, "The
Making of Pennsylvania" gave a
full account of the numerous nation
alities and religions which made up
the population Of the State. The
Dutch, Swedes, English. Germans,
Welsh, and Scotch-Irish, together
with their different religions, Quaker
Lutheran, Reformed, Episcopalian,
bunker, Mennonite, Schwenkfelder,
Moravian, and Presbyterian, were
each considered in detail, and there
was also chapter on the Connecti-
cut Invasion which introduced a
New England element into the popu
lation. This discussion, which was
necessary to an Intelligent under
standing of the history of the State,
having been completed, is remained
for Mr.. Fisher to bring out the pres
ent volume giving the general history
of the State as a whole 1t is u
chronological narrative from the be-
ginning, giving the social and politi-
cal history, the history which shows
the growth of civil and constitution
al liberty, the gradual formation of a
colony into commonwealth and the
adventures and trials through which
it passed.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
satisfaction Guaranteed.

Not many years ago, according to the
annals of the India office, queens mes
senger Or some other inferior official was
robbed, though not injured in any way,
on his road to Kabul, and the British gov
ernment, of course, wrote TO complain OF
it. No reply was received for months, but
at last the emir wrote: 1.-The matter you
mention has been thoroughly investigat-
ed, and not only have the robbers of your
messenger been put to death, but all their
children, as well as their fathers and
grandfathers. hope this will give salts
faction to her majesty the queen. AR
gunaut
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
THE LANDLORDS ERROR.


He Thought Jim Was Mean and Got His
Revenge.
/ had driven 10 Comptons Forks a
couple of days after the Fourth Of July
for few days trout fishing. There was
no one about the tavern az | alighted
except a tall rawboned barefooted
native, who sat ON the stoop smoking a
pipe.
WAS ye 'spectin to see the Ian 'lord2"
he asked.
II certainly was, l replied.
I'm afeered that ye wont see him,
less ye hang roun here mebbe ez much
as week, said the native.
Is he away?'' asked.
No. He's to home
Little out Of sorts, eh?''
Il think ye mowt go ez fur ez to say
that he was a leetle out of sorts, yes.
Ye mowt go a leetle furder yit an say
he was consid' able out of sorts. .
What's the matter with him any
how?"
Wash nowhere roun Larrups Cross
in on the Fourth, was ye?"
"No. "
'Ye missed heap, cap Freedom
never shrieked like that afore an never
viii ag'in, not in this deestric' Our
Ian lord was there He went down the
night afore, SOS to be in at the startin
bright an early in the mornin. He had
a cheerin time fore he went to bed at
the Crossin tavern, an he bein an ole
time friend o. the Ian lord down there,
they give him the spare bedroom often
the settin room. He got ready fer bed,
an then he see a couple Of nice big can
dies ON the mantel tree.
Them's the consarndest biggest
candles I ever see, he says. Tha s
enough taller in 'em to burn from now
to mex Fourth o. July, seems to me,
he says Now, if Jim'd BEN yisitin
me up to the Forks an I'd had big tai
Ter candles like them in the house, I'd
"a give Jim one to go to bed with Std
Of durn sputterin homemade dip like
| this un. burned if don { light both Of
them spare room candles jist cause
| Jim so plaguey mean, he says.
An he lit EN-. He were watchin of
'em an wonderin why they didn't give
no more light when they begun to spit.
They spit blue balls an green balls an
yaller balls, an ez they spit they danced
an hoped aroun, plinkin the lan'lord
| some RS at ey'ry spit. By the time folks
got to the spare room the spittin was
over, but the Ian lord was dancin roun,
mongst the smoke hollerin fire an muir
der an spooks. The dod durn idjit had
gone an lit two big roamin candles that
| the Crossin Ian lord S old woman had
stuck on her mantel tree to kinder set
it out ia 'nty like, an they had spit balls
of fire all over him. They had to fetch
him home ON feather bed, an, say, you
never see hen1ock peeled peotier than
he was So if We hang roun here for a
week -
But l couldn and drove on. New
York Sunday Journal.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
r.xaIiiyes saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City,
Ill was told by her doctors she had com
sumption and that there was no hope for
her, but two bottles of Dr. Kings New
Discovery completely cured her and she
says it saved her life. Mr., Thos. Eggers,
I39 Florida St. San Francisco, suffered
from dreadful cold, approaching con
sumption, tried without result everything
else then bought one bottle of Dr. Kings
New Discovery and in two weeks was cur
ed. He is naturally thankful 1t is such
results, of which these are samples, that
proves the wonderful efficacy of this medi-
cine in coughs and colds Free trial
bottles at Walkers Pharmacy.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
Public Sales.

Monday, March 90, at 10 A. NJ
Farming implements and household
goods estate of d. H. Stryker, at
Marlboro, by Viola Sickles and O. G.
Herbert.
Thursday, March Is, at 10 A. NJ.
Farming Implements, horses, cows,
&c, by VIM Fl. Vredenburgh, on his
farm occupied by David Thompson
at Freehold
Saturday, March 81, at p. MA
lot near Stokes Bros, File Factory by
H. j Mount.
Saturday, April 10.-Real estate of
the late Rebecca Covert, near Allen
town, by S. G. Cowart, Special Master
in Chancery.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
Household Economics.

81 don't see, Ella, how you manage
with your house money. If give you a
lot. you spend lot, but if don't give
you SO much you seem to get along with
it. .
"Why, that's perfectly simple, Ru-
dolph. When you give me lot, use
it to pay the debts get into when you
don't give me so much. "-Fliegende
Blatter
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18

Cyperian Romney, the popular
young tonsorial artist, whose place of
business is located in the basement of
No. 5, South street, has decided to
close up his establishments about April
1st and go to New York 1t is with
regret his customers and friends note
this tact as he is well and favorably
thought of by everybody. He also
announces that the fixtures and good
will of his business are for sale at
very reasonable price.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
The First Blow.

"George, have you and Jimmie been
fighting AGAIN.
"Well, Jim hit me.
II didn't, nuther He hit me first
No such thing. He hit me before l
hitted him. .
Hes telling you big story, mamma !"
Didn't you hit me firsts''
''No, / didn't. You lodged. "-Cleve
isnd Plain Dealer.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18
Consequences.

His wife's millinery bill slipped from his
nerveless fingers.
The consequences of your extraya
gance, he solemnly exclaimed, 'be upon
your own head!'
They were, with the exception of Thurs
day afternoons when the cook wore them
Detroit Tribune.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-18

Happened to see your wife on wheel
yesterday. If remember, heard you
declare you would never allow her to ride :"
Eyes, 1 know. But she had a chance to
trade off her pug dog for a wheel, and /
thought 1 would choose the least evil -
indianapolis Journal.