davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times., 1897-01-26
Odd Items Frpm Everywhere

1t is said that posts planted in the earth
upper end down will last longer than those
which are setinthc naturaipOsitionin in which
tn he tree grew.
The first whaleback built on the Pacific
coast is now, in its tenth year, being re-
modelled into Il steamer of the regular pat
tern at Oakland. Cal.
A glass headstone has been put over the
grave OF George f. Evans, amason. at Eu-
gene, Ore. 1t was sent on there by his
father from Gibson, Neb.
James Murphy and Phillip Judkins. who.
three weeks ago, were ordinary miners in
Cripple Creek, have just shipped two car
loads OF ore, which turned out 81 so 600 in
gold.
The Chineseskinc cats before cooking them,
but dogs are simply soused in boiling
water to remove the haIr, u little hair be
ing left on the end OF the tail to show the
color.
1t has been estimated by competent
authority that at the CONNIE encement ofthiS
season there were in the Maine woods As
900 deer, 2 800 moose, 800 caribou, and
10000 bears.
According TO the ReY. l)r. Hardern. traces
of the birth of pantomime are found 5000
years before the birth OF Christ, not only in
the Egyptian race but also among Eastern
nations.
The native police in the foreign settle
ment at Yokohama having mastered the
English language are now studying the
Russian, Chinese and Korean tongues as
part of their police duty.
The Kansas City Star says that Kansas
City will soon be the greatest mule market
of the world. 1t already ships thousands
annually to all lpOrtions OF the United States,
Central America and Mexico.
One citizen of Atchison. Kas., found him
self the other day a party TO three lawsuits
in as many different courts at the same
time, one of the cases being divorce action
brought by his second wife
The evening times., 1897-01-26
The Yellow God

1t is altogether likely that science ana
careful hygienic regulations will prevent
the spread Of the bubonic plague to this
country; but there is another old worlu
epidemic which may catch us; one that
few people will care TO guard against;
and that is the mining boom, which has
kept the exchanges OF London and Paris
at fever heat for year or more, recently
has made things lively in Canada, and,
unless all the signs fail, is on its way
to the United States.
Very recently we have heard OF remark
able gold discoveries in Georgia, which
have attracted large number OF eN-
perienced Western prospectors, who are
making more discoveries, and the old
and supposedly skinnedclean Dailioncga
district is in wild excitement. The rlch
Alaska finds reported within few weeks
and the new developments in Utah, cali
fornia and Arizona, all point to the proba-
bility of a general national speculative
interest in gold mining ventures that may
assume great proportions, and possibly
serve as the lever to lift the American
business situation out of the gloom and
depression which so long has character
lied it.
The evening times., 1897-01-26
Takes $4,000 to Reach Him,

At a recent meeting of the Indiana tax
commission, il was voted TO secure, il
possible, the services of ex-President HaT-
rison to make an argument before the
Supreme Court in behalf of the State of
Indiana to enfCre the payment of taxes
assessed against the express companies
The commission learned that he would
not appear in any case for a fee less than
$4,000 In the California irrigation cases
he received $4,000 His largest fee, re-
ceived two years a go from an Indianapolis
street railway, was $50 900 In the Nor
rison Will case, at Richmond, Ind. he
received $4,000
The evening times., 1897-01-26
TWO OHIO REFoRMERs.

Tie political situation in Ohio is not with
out its charms, and possibly not without
hts revcnges. The State has tie habit of
going Democratic in off years, doubtless
because the Anglo American syndicate in
terest is sfsghtIn merely local elections, and
hence, between presidential campaigns, the
London and New York barrel is not much
inevidenoe. The present serious split in the
Ohio Republican camp renders it almost
morally certain that the next governor and
legislature will be Democratic, and that
q Democrat will be sent TO the United States
Senate 1t also is limited that the fortunate
individual is quite likely 10 be gentleman
Of much practical experience in Congress
sional matters, whois not unconnected with
tile press.
InhelpiBg forward this reform movement,
Mr.. Foraker and lis able governor are doing
The evening times., 1897-01-26
THE DOG on DUTY.
He Is a Faithful Police Assistant
and Has Canfures TO His Credit

He Is Faithful Police 4 assistant
and Has Captures to His Credit.
During five years Of service up to New
Years day Jack, the fOur-fOOted member
OF the wagon crew at the police station,
had accompanied the municipal prisoners
van $4,000 miles in its travels.
Jack is only a dog. but he Is one Of the
most valued members OF Lieut.. Ranks
corps. For five years he has been the pa
troll wagons oUtTUnneT night and day
Jack scOrns to ride in the wagon, and only
at fires, when the wa gOn is deserted by the
crew, will he enter the vehicle He then
assumes a seat on the box, and for the
nonce is the attentive custodian OF the
horses.
one night last summer one Of the patrol
teams broke loose from the barn while the
wagon men were asleep in their hunks up
stairs Jack discovered the absence of the
horses, and, giving chase, rounded up the
recreant stecds three miles from the barn,
where he detained them until he arrival Of
officers
1t is rare that prisoner escapes from "A
patrol wagon, but some months ago a col
ored thief attempted to elude the officers
by jumping from the moving vehicle. He
would have gained his freedom, but for the
alertness Of Jack, who soon overlook the
fugitive and worried him long enough for
the crew 10 capture the man. Upon the ar
rival Of every prisoner at the lookup, Jack
makes it his duty 70 Scrutinize the evil
doer as closely as do the plain clothes"
men.
Last summer, when the heat was intense
and the wagon was in frequent rcquiSitiOn.
Jack became emaciated through constant
attendance upon the swiftly going vehicle
One day he was placed in confinement by
the crew, who feared he would kill himself
through oveT-eXertiUn. Jack leaped through
n closed window, smashing the panes, and
reiOincd the vanishing wagon Chicago
Chronicle.
The evening times., 1897-01-26
1t Took the starch Out.

The wife OF a naval officer in Washing
ton, says the Chicago Record, whose hus-
band has just returned from long cruise.
is fixing up her home here, and sent her
lace curtains to a colored woman to be
''done up" The wash lady" returned
them on the day agreed upon, but apollo
gized because they were so ''lhnpsey,
and offered to do them over again if she
were allowed a few days time.
Il had 'em JUS as stiff as you like,
honey" she remarked to the naval Of
ficer's wife, "but my husbands niece by
his fust wife died JUS at the time l
got 'em ironed, and nuthinll take the
starch out of things SO much as a corpse
in a house."
The evening times., 1897-01-26

In S64, the explorer, Karl Mauch, dis
covered the great ruined cities OF Mashona-
land in Africa, since identified with
Ophir. whence Solomon derived his gold
supply The Queen of Sheba is believed to
have been a royal Hetty Green, who rule d
over the district OF Saba in that region
That fact, if established, would dispose
OF the theory that the lady came from
Abyssinia, and of the claim advanced by
the AtysSinian dynasty, TO descent from
solomon and his wealthy visitor. During
the same excursion, Mauch found the Tate
gold field on the ZaEbesi river and his
reports concerning them brought a lot
OF Australian gold diggers TO the scene
They pnt up machinery in a small way in
1867, and so, through the rediscovcry OF
King Solomon's mines, the first practical
gold mining operationsin South Africa since.
the days of the people who built the long
lost cities of Ophir were begun At about
the same time Baines, the traveller, under
a concession from King LobengIla, was
penetrating the far interior in search 1f
gold and seventeen years later, his work
was taken up by Mr.. Rudd, this latter en-
terprisc resulting in the organization
and wonderful growth and career of the
Chartered Company of British South Africa.
While on his quest, Baines camped on the
site Of the present city Of Johannesburg,
but was quite ignorant of what lay beneath
him The gold reefs OF this famous To-
cality were undisturbed until after the
South Africa boom had been developed in
other places 4 California miner named
Sutherland, with a companion from Natal,
prospected for gold in the northeast Of the
Transvaal Striking it rich near Lyden-
burg. companies were formed in Natal To
work the deposits over 500 miners Sooa
were at work. but the Zulu, and later, the
Boer war compelled a stampede from the
diggings.
The evening times., 1897-01-26
Grant on Kentucky whisky

To a young lady who declared that
Kentucky produced the handsome est women,
the fastest horses and the best whisky on
earth, Gen. Grant once made reply: II
uneguivocally indorse the first part of
your statement. As to the horses, adj
NIT that also, for | own some OF them
myself and I am considered a good judge
of horseflesh. But as to the whisky, YOU
will pardon me il / doubt your position.
Whisky, in order to be good, must lie
old, and your Kensucky men drink it zip
so fast that it e.n't have time to get
oil
The evening times., 1897-01-26
The Earl de Grey a Spo rt 4.

Nearly half a million head OF game have
been killed by the Earl de Grey during the
last twent years, his average being twenty
five thousand head a year He was only
fifteen years old when this record com
menced In December. S54, he shot at
fifty pheaSants in three minutes and killed
forty-niHe of them. In this immense total,
which places the earl at the head OF the
sporting shots OF the old world, are in
cluded eleven tigers. several rhlnoCeToses
and elephants. a number OF lions bison,
Russian and Rocky Mountain bears, and
wolves.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Caron and Herbert are comic acrObats of a
high order. The three AvOlas are prehilers
of the X ylophone. Forest and King IRE a
European Importation, and capital sketch
artists, while Lew Hawkins does laugha-
bic burnt-cork turn. Alburtus and Bar
tram are cluh-sNingers without peers, and
Miss Hope Booth, in her move! aud char
acteriStic feature, reveals her Shapely figure
in many poses OF the most attractive nature.
The evening times., 1897-01-26
Must Grow uustaches.

The order requiring mustaches on the
queens officers runs thus: "A report
having been received ia the department
to the effect that it is getting the fashion
in some regiments for young officers to
shave the upper lip, the secretary OF state
for war requests that you will be so good
as to take such steps al you may think
necessary to insure the provisions of the
queens regulations being adhered to-
The evening times., 1897-01-26
ReaUtieS of the Banana

A correspondent of the New York Press
saws that baked bananas are the ideal
food for nervous persons and brain work
ers He also says that this food will un-
failingly build up and strengthen lean,
blood-poor persons. The banana should
be baked in its skin in an oven for fifteen
or twenty minutes untilit is quite soft and
bursts open.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

1.-The Cherry Pickers'' was atthc Colum
bia last night. The freshness and rovclty,
OF it's scenes, the stirring action and the
well-to!d story all place it above the
average mplcF.ramatic offerings.
The company which presents The
Cherry PickerS lis a ood one, too. There
are several pc opIein it who make pictures
that Will be long rem embered. Mr.. Ralph
belmont, as the villain, Col BroUgh, who
tries 10 kill his rival for the love Of the
heroine, Nounnallee, is thoroughly artistic
in has villainy. ]Thepart of his aid and rival,
a half-eastc oIIiCpi1 ard accepted lover OF
NoIrrnallce, splayed by Mr.. William Ilar-
Court-very welL for the most part
though ne is alittlestiff at times.
Mr. Geofrrcy Stein. a Washington young
fellow. as an Afghan spy, who becomes the
tool Of Brough In the attempted murder Of
Nazare, has = strong part To play. and does
it well. TIL e iuipassioned recitation Of his
wrongs from tire English he did magnifi-
emily Mr. RnY Ferguson is also a Wash
.iBgtonian His part is that Of another of
Brough's tools, a private soldier, and he
played it most acceptably. Miss Ro>elle
Knott, taking tie part Of the half-caste
girl. Nourmallee, is most beautiful woman
and an actress OF distinction aud ability.
1t was a well-filed house which greeted
tire play, and it is probable that tonight 5
will be even larger.
The evening times., 1897-01-26
aHnw shall We Escaneo"

John wanamaker's minister, says
New York correspondent, is here BOOM
ing the revival, and yesterday spoke on
the text, How Shall We Escape?" The
answer might have been. go to Ludlow
street Jail under Sheriff Tamsen, as
prisoners escape from there almost daily"
The evening times., 1897-01-26

At the present time South Africa is pro-
ducing $500 900 ounces of gold per an
mum. at gross profit Of something like
$4,000. 900 1t was only a few years
ago that small number of men dropped
into the region and acquired properties at
a cost of, say, S1O,000,OC0 In eight
years this investment grew so that now,
or recently. the holders could realize ST.
600. 900 900, on the basis of market
quot ations Individually some of them are
reputed to be worth from $50,000,O0O to
500. 600 900 apiece. 1t reads like
dream, but it is dream that perchance
might be duplicated in our own country,
where the possibilities Of the gold meas
ures. from the Mexican boundary to Mon
tana and to Alaska, are unlimited, and
where the suspected treasures of the Ap-
palachian system may yet prove to be as
wonderful as the reefs Of far-off South
Africa.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

The Kaap River, a tributary of the
Crocodile, which flows into Della goa Bay,
was next the scene OF the growing gold
excitement From the Kaap Valley the
hills rise To a height of 5000 feet, crowned
by boulder-covered plateau. The Roers
call the locality the Duiyel's kantCor~
the devil is always in IL where there is
gold-and here, one day, Natal trader,
passing through, chanced upon some bits
of quartz which, afterward, he showed
to an Australian miner, who took fire
and went to the spot The result was
great gold dis covery Machinery was
brought from Natal, companies were formed,
and man named Noodle. who owned a
farm on the plateau, wa able TO sell IL
for $3.50, 900.
Thus began the De KaaP boom. In the
same district four Natal prospcctors, who
had been grub-sta ked 10y their neighborS,
spent six months without finding anything
one of the number, as the party were
about to leave in despair, savagely labbed
his pick in the ground-and struck "BrayS
Golden ole" From this strike came
great things The prospectors and their
friends capitalized the ''Sheba Reef Gold
Mining Co." at els 900 Within year
this small share capital was worth, in the
market, 81 800 900
The the De Kaap district again came
into prominence Two brothers, settled on
farm. but with Lydenburg experience,
struckthe famous Confidence Reef, which,
for n considerable time, yielded 1000
ounces of gold and silver 10 the ton of
ore other farms were acquired, and on
one of these the magic city OF Johannes
burg sprang into existence 1t was a
servant of the farming brothers, Struben,
who accidentally discovered the Main
Reef which has made Johannesburg a.
modern city of palaces, fine streets, busi-
ness houses, and villa crowned suburbs, in
the heart of great wilderness.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

II patrons OF The Times, whether
I'm the city or suburbs, VINO DO not
get a prompt and regular delivery
will notify the office, the irregu-
Iarfties will have immediate atten-
ton. Telephone No. 337.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Salt, sausages, and hard boiled eggs
soaked in brine, form the yearly Christ
mas present which the Halle an der saale
Salt Corporation offers to the German
Emperor
The evening times., 1897-01-26

The New York Bar Association having
approved Arbitration, should turn its at
tention to liquor in the Capitol.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Secretary Morton has two scientific va
Cancies open for competition. Ohio poll
ticianS will note.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Congressman Morse thinks Ingersolrs
book is responsible for the suicide cpl
demic Thought il was hard times"
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Senator Kyle might refer any reelection
accident to the cold day.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Afro-American citizens VIII observe that
some good ohio man viii get the plums IN
the Ds' riCt.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

No factious opposition Will he made TO a
tariff on Siberian weather.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

We do not hear that the damage to live
stock has extended to that Of the Sugar
Trust.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Mckinley may be descended from Dun
pride Of Bryan Buru.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

For carrying a concealed Mansfield
torney may have trouble.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Don't trust circumst antial evidence.
There is more than one kind OF a pocket
piSial
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Wait until there is a canal ana see if
England doesn't want IT?
The evening times., 1897-01-26

There viii be Furniss heat when some
of our great men see their faces in caTica-
rurp
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Major Mckinley is SO Long about it that
Massachusetts is uneasy.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Quay and Platt propose to sit together in
school and have lots Of fun with the new
teacher.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

1t would take about the L. $ Treasury t.
repay Hanna for this modification.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Gen. weyleI is raising something in Cuba
that would save Goals if we had it here.
The evening times., 1897-01-26
GOOD AFTERNOON!

Old King Coal is properly spoken Of as
His ighness.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

The Ensign" has 10y no means worn
outfits welcome in Washington. Lastnight
at the Grand full and applausive house
greeted its return. 1t is a stirring melO-
drama, one of the best of recent years.
The incidents are thrilling and the scenery
fine. Especially here in Washington it
Is liked, because OF the local pictures.
The company which presents THE Eli
sign" is welinalanced and most acceptable
in every part.
Mr.. Logan Paul, the man who gives the
character sketch OF President Lincoln, still
remains OF the old forces, and is still
most realistic Lincoln. The part OF the
Ensign, Ben Baird, the hero, is well played
by a handsome young fellow, W. d. In
gram. Oldtime Morris Pike is doing
Bill Bowline in a way TO please all OF
this ancient salt admirers.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Is sherman serious about hat silver prop
DSition, or only I.arkin?
The evening times., 1897-01-26
GOSSIP IN sTAGELAND

Somewhere in the work basket among the
threads of plots, and the scissors with
which she cuts out scenes, and the needles
with which she stitches together her lines
Miss Martha Morton has the measure OF
William IL. Crime There was an intima-
tion OF this in the accurate manner in which
she hit him off nher former comedy, His
Wife's Father and there is confirmation
of it in her last work for the same actor,
THE Tool of Fortune"
This was the play which Mr.. Crane pre-
sented at the New National last night on
the occasion of the opening of the annual
Washington engagement. The large audi
ence liked 1t and laughed between times and
called the star before the curtain at act
ends. After the second act, Mr.'Crane very
graciously brought with him to the foot
lights Mr.. Boag and Mr.. Brooke, much to
the audiences delight, for nearly every
one present were primed for welcome 10
the two admired members Of the Summer
Stock
To return to the play and the star, it
may be said at once that success hovers
above the latest effort of Morton, Crane
Co. The play is a well-devised story
of speculation and love, affording Mr..
Crane an opportunity TO do what he has
not before done, to give fine character
personation. This is what he presents
in the figure of a broken-down speculator
in the last act 1t is wen done to the
last detail
Mr.. BoaG's honest, straight grained.
warm-hearted New Jersey farmer is u
finished portrait worthy to hang in this
young artists gallery of achievements at
the side Of his Henry Clay Bingley, which
was SO much praised by all who saw it.
Percy Brooke is admirable as the weaker
partner, and Mr. Mackay is deserving
of the greatest praise for his performance
of the flint-hearted broker The others
all achieved a success in harmony with
their characters The present company
is the best Mr.. Crane has ever given us
The evening times., 1897-01-26

WASHINGTON. d. C.. JANUARY % 1877
The evening times., 1897-01-26
BY MAIL. POSTAGE PREPAID.

The Times has a regular and per-
manent Family Circulation much
greater than any other paper, morn
ing or evening, published in WASH
ington. As a News and ADVERTISING
Medium il has no competitor
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Kate Claxton came to Washington again
last night and presented at the academy
her well-known dclineatlon of the blind
girl in that ancient melodrama, "The Two
Orphans much to the satisfaction Of a
large and appreciative audience. There
were many wet eyes during the course of
the performance, and the interest shown
convinced the veteran play-goer that, de-
spite its age, the nelodrama still held its
power to move the,heart.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

Z. s. Wizards third appearance in Wash
ingtuu was mad astnight at the Lafayette
Square opera. House. and in one respect II
was in marked contrast to his first ap-
pearance At that time Henry Irving was
the only English actor familiar to Amer
leans by his actual presence here. and
though Hare Tree and Boucher have since
offered us their wares, Mr.. willard has
survived the trying days of introduction
to find himself at this time the most ad-
mired and acknowledged best actor that
England sends us. He was greeted last
night by a large audience. ,
The new play he brings is by Henry Ar
thur Jones, the author Of The Middle
man. and other fine works. which different
companies have made popular. The play.
The Rogue's Comedy, is a good piece Of
dramatic material. Like all that the ven
turesome Mr. Jones docs, il is daring in
theme For tue present he has put the sixth
commandment and the sin Of the fascinat-
ing villain VINO dominates the piece sins
otherwise than in the flesh. He is bogus
clairvoyant. By the assistance of lis wife
he maintains his prestige with society,
but his sins overtake him in the end, and
flight alone saves him from the grasp of
the law A SOD. who has been brought up in
ignorance of his parentage, adds dramatic
value to some of the principal scenes, al
though his part in the situation is re-
proach to probability and even correct
ethics.
MIR. Willard has in the part of Bailey
Prothero a part which his admirers will
find exceptionally attractive and those
critically disposed will at least admit
of an artistic performance by this gifted
player. To the finger-tips ne is an artist,
and all his denotements are made with
polish, grace, finish, and the gift of
flexible personality which permits him
to flb naturally from grave to gay, fIom
lively to severe naturally.
The company is good. 1t compares
decidedly we'll with most of the English
companies. Olga Bradon adorns the part
OF the wife, and oswald Yorke plays the
son with all the Sincerity possible. Percy
Winter, Bromley Davenport, Harry Cane,
and virginia Buchanan added to the dis
tinction of the support ''The Rogues
Comedy will he repeated this evening and
tomorrow afternoon.
The evening times., 1897-01-26

D." .'0nly Farmers Daughter" is the
attraction of heNweek at the Bijou, and
it is conspicuous for the presence of sew
eral observation-disclosures in the cast. Among
them are Miss Helen Prentiss Donohue,
who does some clever work as waiting
maid, and Mr. Herbert Merrill, who dis
PLAYS much taleiit as the hero. In the
entire acts Ray Bixley, the well-known
mus ical minoIogist, and ''Cyrene," the
dainty and graceful Cuban dancer, do
some clever work Other specialties will
be added during the week