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The evening times., 1897-02-05

Although black cats have come TO be re-
gardcd as mascots, they were, not many
years ago, looked upon with horror and
distrust, and supposed to enshrine the
forms OF familiar demons patrOniZed by
witches. Even now many people find
something uncanny about black cats, and
refuse to own them. who" it is asked,
would trust black beetle? Look at his
furtive, murderous, round-shou.dered dead
illness of fshape-a masked, black clad heads
man among insects. Doubly false, even to
his own name, he is neither black nor
beetle, but cOckrOach.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The point is made that statistics and re-
ports OF cures are not safe criterions Of II
PHYSICIANS abilities, for the reason that
the most dangerous and likely TO be fatal
cases are precisely those for which the
highest medical aid is sought. IL choice
is TO be governed by the results of practice.
it is much more sensible TO pick out the
man with the largest death-rate than the
one who boasts OF never having lost case.
Purely technical learning is not the only
qualification to he considered; a man who
shows good sense in ordinary affairs is
likely to manifest the same judgment in the
practice of his profession.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
UNDER THE LIME LIGHT

This is the way an agent In the West
advertizes his show. according to the pa.
pers: "Clad in full evening dress, he visits
the theater where his company is TO play
the following week He invariably oc-
cupies the stage box, and during the in
termission arises in full sight OF the audi
ence and removes his coat. Next, his waist
coat, collar and cuffs follow, and, after
having attracted the desired attention, he
begins slowly to take off his shirt. Under
meath 1t he wears a glaring red sweater,
across the bosom OF which, in huge, white
letters is the name of his show Twice
he has been elected from the theaters under
the belief that he is insane, bat with bull
dog courage he sticks TO his selfinposed
task"
The evening times., 1897-02-05
CHOOSING A DOCTOR

Amedical authority who may bepresumed
70 understood the true inwdrdness OF his
profession has lately published some ad-
vice about the selection OF a family phySi-
clan, declaring such a choice to be a very
important matter, often undertaken in the
most haphaZard way.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The raven is another "black rascal" He
is sinister, sly, melancholy and grim-vis-
aged, although mischievous. Yetthere are
people who keep ravens as pets. Dickens
had one, from whom Grip, the famous
raven in "Rarnaby Rudge," was drawn,
and who died from eating white paint,
anything even so dstantly approaching
purity necessarily disagreeing with him.
Undeterred from housekeeping, the nov
elist invested in another dark and melan-
choly bird, who came to an untimely end
through iDdulging too freely in glazier's
putty.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
Tired Of Being Managed

James whtcomb Riley said in Chicago
a few days ago that he had quit the
lecture platform for good, and was de-
voting himself assiduously TO the writing
Of poetry "I'm tired Of being managed
and glad to have a chance to settle down
and write,' he said.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Bat it was not so with Blaine. He was a
sincere man. His cheeriness was genuine;
he loved his fellows. His love bubbled over
like a fountain. Critics with no flame in
their own hearts have denounced him, but
those who knew him and were free from
envy never blamed him. Disappointed Of
fice-seekers loved Blaine. They, best of
all, knew whether he trifled with them
There was pride in the family, but Blaine
was an Olivet of human affection and drew
men to him. As one Maine man put it in
commenti6gon on Tom Reeds intellect: When
you meet him you feel yourself standing Off
as to mountain and saying. What giant
OF greatness you arei' And when you talk
with Blaine you just want to throw your
arms around his neck and hug him"
The nation has many brilliant men. They
shine and sparkle in the Senate and at the
banquet board and in the affairs Of all our
great cities. There are profound men, too.
The universities TEEN with them, and the
printed page reflects their depths. There
are some at Washington.
But Blaine's greatness lay in a combina-
ton OF brilliancy and profundity. The cen
tury develops only a handful OF Such states
men. Roscoe Conkling seemed to he one,
but where arc the evidences in statutes or
in federal politics OF mastery, compre-
hensive, profound grasp OF affairs? Hiram
Barney, Lincoln's collector OF the port OF
New York, defined Conkling for me ais
gifted fault-fnder" His career in Con-
gress, like Baine's, demonstrated his brill
fancy But read Blaine's Twenty Years"
and know his depth. That book was
revelation to thousands who had viewed
him as a pyrotechnic. It's reading explains
why the nugw wump Of today is embarrassed
when the origin of the Independent move
ment is recalled History has no decora-
tons for the man who vaunts his opposition
to Blaine.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

There is mutual obligation existing be-
tween doctor and patient. The latter ex-
poets prompt and efficient service, at the
sacrifice of convenience, social engage
ments, and, if necessary, of comfort and
health, on the part of the former. On the
other hand, prompt and full payment or
financial obligations and the consideration
Of his comfort convenience and recreation
when emergencies do not prevent are the
rights of the physician.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

He advises laymen TO remember that
''your doctor is to occupy almost the place
OF a member OF your family He will nee
essarily know most Of your private affairs,
domestic and otherwise He is to be the
confidant OF your wife, and, in more than
one way, the adviser OF your children.
FIRST OF all you want skillful man; sec
ond, you need an honorable man, and third,
O gentleman. ="
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Inchoosing a specialist or a consultant it
is well to be guided by the advice OF the
family physician, who, il he be honorable
and broa d-minded, will cheerfully acquiesce
in your desire to have the assistance OF
some one of his colleagues. II he be-
comes offended or assumes an injured air
at the hint that he is not the only member OF
his profession, the sooner his vanity re-
ceives a few hard knocks the better.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

AS general manager Mr.. Thomson intro
duced number of reforms in the man.
agement and maintenance of the road.
The standard track and solid roadbed owe
their existence to his efforts, and the
system of track inspection and the award
OF prizes for the best sections of track
were instituted by him. The adoption OF
superior standard of equipment, the build
ing of picturesque stations and the Orna-
mentation of their grounds, the use of the
block signal system and other safety
appliances, were all distinctive features
of his management He was also instrlI-
mental in developing that high grade Of
discipline for which the Pennsylvania rail-
road is noted.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

He claws and bites at the walls, the bars,
the floor, even his own tail and feet, in fran
tic rage at Instability to getnear you. And
finally he rolls over on his back, half chok-
ing, and crunches In his teeth mouthful OF
straw snapped from the ground, just to
make you uunderstandwh would happen to
your head ifit were where the straw is. And
altogether Satan's manners are not or a
patient and long-suffering sort" The
neighboring lions and tigers are compare
lively soft-hearted.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The Forty Club, OF Chicago. is famous fer
its dinners. to which actors are al ways in
vited Last week they entertained the la
dies. and the menu was in the form OF
program of IAN original comedy, Loving
Cup and Gavel: OR, The Rivals with Sheri-
dan twenty miles aw -, and an all starved
cast"
The evening times., 1897-02-05
An Item from Georgia

A woman in Colquitt county has given
birth to twins twice in fifteen months.
SO states the Bainbridge Search Light,
and boom is anticipated. No woman
has ever rendered better service to her
country in the same length of time.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
One nv sam J,res

1 believe that fun is the next best thing
to religion, and the next best thing TO
fun is money. IL fellow has religion,
fun, and money, can't see what else the
fool wants-Sam Jones.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
apotber Old One ON Kentucky

A Kentucky boy nineteen years Of age,
SAYS the New York Journal, drank quart
of whisky and died from its effects. 1t
appears that Kentuckan must be OF
age in order to drink quart of whisky
at one sitting and survive.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Blaine was giant from the first. 1 have
explored his early editorials in the dusty
files of the Kennebec Journal with delight
Blaine moved to Augusta in S54, and did
newspaper work and promptly got into
politics one year was enough to give him
State fame as a political orator, and with
in four years OF coming TO Maine, COM
plete stranger, lie was chairman of the
State committee. He was then but twenty
eight years of age. This post he held for
twenty years.
But it is Of his editorials l was speaking.
Day after day the paper was adorned and
strengthened with his work, and one is
charmed and impressed by the articles He
displayed the statesman even then. They
were elongand judicial and exhaustive. They
were dignIfed and unanswerable.
Blaine had, to be sure, connections that
equipped him for exact and full utterance
beyond most of our editorial writers of to-
day. From 1858 to 1862, wien he was do
ing some OF his best editorial work, he was
a member of the State legislature, and the
last two years speaker Of that body. Then
he went to Congress. Dingley and Hawley
are congressman who have written a good
many authoritative editorial articles from
the scene of forensic battle.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The following ''don'ts'' are given: Don t
choose an Incorporate physician; don't
choose one who has not the respect OF his
colleagues; don't tolerate one who is con-
startly singing mud at his brethren; don't
believe the claims of one who has to hire
a hall or a column in a newspaper that the
world may learn of his triumphs; don't
choose the man who is ultra professional.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Elsie de Wolfe has been invited TO the
Bradley Martin ball in New York, and will
attend in the costume Of Gismonda. Miss
de Wolfe was seen here last i'll the Empire
Stock.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

"Benson, you know, went to Africa, and
there met his DEATH
Poor fellowl But his body was brought
home and given decent burial, wasn't it?''
well, they hanged the cannibal, and then
brought home his body and buried it,
Boston Traveller.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
The way in PENNSYLVANIA

A farmer in Armstrong county, Pa,
says the Chicago Times-Hersld, bought a
neighbOr's wife the other day for $3.50
spot cash. The neighbor evidently re-
garded this as a money-making venture !;
when he married her the bride was given
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Bless US all! Marshall p. Wilder is going
to play in HOyt comedy? Well, why not?
He is magnetic little humorist, and IL
he succeeds half as well as an actor as he
does as an entertainer on more general
lines, the braces on the sidewalks OF the
theaters will have to be strengthened
against the risible vollies.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
The Fake in Boston.

These lite stories about a rather pro-
found unpleasantness between Speaker
Reed and Mr. BoUtelle, says the Boston
Herald, continue to crop out. Wonder
how much real truth there is in them?
The evening times., 1897-02-05
BLACK ANIMALS

Beware of black animals is consid-
cred sound advice by a magazine writer
who devotes six pages and numerous Illus
trations to warnings against and awful
examples Of black animals. leopards, cats,
ravens, beetles and undertakers' horses.
The black leopard is admitted to be the
most savage and tractable OF all quadTu-
peds. The horrible black leopard, Death,
in Eugene Sues Wandering Jew" who
was followed about by a loathsome Eng
lishman, who was anxious to see him eat
his tanner, is declared to be not a scrap
overdrawn, when compared with the
black leopard now in the geological gardens
Satan by name. Satan hates the whole
world and wants to fight it, TO gnaw it, TO
tear IL to rags and splintcrs; and he is
staring, dancing mad because he can't get
at the world to do 1t. He lies there, black
and deadly, his yellow eyes ablaze, ready
to pouIce on you-if only those bars sud
denly melt awayi Bot they don't melt,
and you come no nearer. Then Satan
filings himself at the bars with a yell, and
flies up and down and over and about his
cage like nothing but IA black leopard with
ebout 5000 seidlitz powders, swal-
lowed separately, and suddenly effervesc-
ing all together inside him.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
nobbins a Gnod Talker

"Dobbins is good talker, isn't her,
"Good talker? 1 went to his office once
to borrow $50, and before got away he
had borrowed $50 from me- Detroit Free
Press.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Nat Goodwin and Maxine and Gertrude
Elliott came over from Baltimore Wednes-
day to see John Drew in Rosemary"
Mr.. Goodwin purposely had no Wednesday
matinee to give himself this treat.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The absence of a real Democratic leader
in Iowa is much deplored by Western
journals. Has the frost destroyed the
pumpkin vines OF Uncle Horace Boies?
The evening times., 1897-02-05

II there was church coercion in the Utah
Senatorial election IL viii be punished.
Only the money power is allowed that
privilege.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
This Ought to Bring Trade,

tFrom the Boot and Shoe Recorder
here is an advertisement which should
bring trade, even though people had to
use grintlstuhe to wear holes through
their shoes:
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The Baby Show was nota success in New
York The attraction was too patiently
innocent.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
The Lazy Genius

You geniuses are getting so thick that
you will soon crowd common people off the
earth" NO, we won't-most Of us are so
lazy.'-Chicaso Record A
The evening times., 1897-02-05

advantage of the Nevada law and have it
put there?
The evening times., 1897-02-05

If the Colonel's name were Grass in
stead Of Hay there would be better pros
pect for catching him on that Mansfield
business
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Complaint is made OF the members of
lature that they are airing their personal
grievances too much and wearing dress
suits too often.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The King of Siam has possessed himself
OF too much American cheek TO get along
with
The evening times., 1897-02-05

If William Waldorf AstOr would only
come tc Washington To live we should
feel that we really had a rich person
among US.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Having had a severe object lesson, the
Pennsylvania legislator has gone over
Go the Methodist Church in a body.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

People who doubt Jonah and his whale,
would be skeptical about Bayard and his
Wales
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The Prohibition movement finds a con
siderable Hin TO climb in the Senate.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
GOOD AFTERNOON.

As the Brooklyn has raised two feet she
must be on her legs.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

When it comes to Afro-Americans the
sPresident-elect will not inteTfere-witi
patronage.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Maj. Mckinley sticks to Porter, even il
he changes the brand occa sionallY.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Terrapin is on the inaugural bin of fare;
and it is expected that old rubber boots
will now go up.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Dan Stuart might make a great matcf
between Adelbert Ames and Congressman
Curtis
The evening times., 1897-02-05

The Government may probably send
somebody to recognize the bellgerency Of
those Oklahoma outlaws.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

TO emphasize the peaceful policy Of ar
btration, Great Britain will increase ats
army.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Mr. Hanna must be pretty well fixed il
he didn't contribute in any such cases.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Just change the name Of the Brooklyn
% the Greater New York That would
float almost anything.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

What Secretary of Agriculture Seward
Webb would have madei
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Mr.. Davis is becoming almost as much
''casus bellf' as his uncle JEFF was.
The evening times., 1897-02-05
SOME MEMORIES OF
SECRETARY BLAINE

1 knew Mr. Blaine For twenty years as
boy and man in Augusta lived near him,
writes Amos Wilde, in the Chicago Times
Herald, single home Intervening. The
Homans live in that home still Tall,
spare, erect in figure and upright in life,
though well past eighty years Of age,
''Uncle Joe'' Homan outlives his hero.
Mrs. Homan is an aunt of Joseph Manley,
and the Homan home was the rail- ying place
for both families. Thither the glad tidings
OF his successes from the early days in the
Legislature to his climacter1c in the con-
vention in ] sS4 were hurried for first mar
ration: to that family circle, too, were
carried bulletins hourly, as in the on
coming years disappointment and disaster
and death came flocking in heavens proyi-
dence to enrich and dignify-perhaps to
school and soften-the last years of this
man of giant heart and brain.
Mr. Homan was the first man to publish
penny newspaper in Boston. He began, as
began all men over eighty years of age
whose heritage is wealth and honor, with
nothing Once as a lad distributing an
early morning paper he fell asleep and went
his rounds without waking.
Mr. Homan was the man TO write Blaine's
life, if personal knowledge is the touch
stone of qualification. Built is not. Like
Miss Dodge, his admiration is too un-
bounded. The historian who will dis
passionately delineate the personal traits
of this man and properly weigh his public
services must be one who has never come
under the spell OF those great eyes or en-
tered into the eternal intimacy of a casual
meeting.
1 have known many great men, and the
infection of insincerity coHodes the ma
jority. Their hearts are not big enough
to carry the affairs OF so many thousand
people They come to believe that 1t is the
statesman's part to deal with outlines
and generalsties and trends 3nd scopes; that
details and petty remembrances and un-
exposed kindnesses must be left to smaller
men.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Col. Tom Scottwasthe egeneralsupern on
ent OF the road at that time, and was nat
urally Oh the lookout for promising young
sters He was an observaDt man. He took
great interest in the men under him,
and Thomson nattracted hisattention. There
wasn't any place open just at that mo-
ment. The colonel was appointed an As
sistant Secretary of War by Lincoln be-
cause his vast railroad experience qualified
him particuia rly to take charge of all mat
ters relating to the transportation of
troops ana supplies Here was his oppor-
tunity to advance Thomson, and he Of
fered him the place of aide and chief as
sistant, which was accepted by the young
engineer. Mr. Thomson took the field inn
medlately, the scene of his operations
being the South and the upper Southwest,
where he construct ed railroads and bridges,
repaired those that had been injured by
the exigencies OF war, and iii rected the
transportation OF troops and the for
warding OF supplies to the front,
The evening times., 1897-02-05
THE WEATHER TODAY.

Chief Moore, OF the
Weather Bureau, pre-
diets for the District
ofCuluInbiaandMary-
landinCrea sing cloud
mess and pTObahiy
snow or sleet on Sat
urday morning, fol-
lowed by rain Satur-
day, with easteTly
winds. There viii be
a slight change in
temperature. For
Virginia, threatening
weather, and snow
or rain tonight and
Saturday.
The evening times., 1897-02-05

remember, as boy, Mr.. Blaine in the
| office Of the Kennebec Journal on election
nights. 1t is needless to say he was in
| supreme command He alwaysc ca rried him
self as a great man. Even at 3 O'Clock in
the morning he was dignfied He was al
ways Mr.. Blaine" There was, however,
one man who called him Jim Blaine"-a
classmatein Ohio. Mr.. Blaine told the story
to the neighbors-l believe it Is new to the
types He was on his way through the
Buckeye State at time when he was espe-
cially conspicuous in the nations eyes.
co not recall the year. He received press
ing telegram from IN old schoOmate whom
he had not seen for years to tarry for a
few hours at the latter'S home. 1t was a
heart-appeal for "old tim es sake" Mr..
Blaine had lost sight OF his old mate in the
intervening years, and it proved, much to
his embarrassment, that the friend had de-
genera ted into a town character and was
rarely sober. Mr.. Blaine was met at the
train 10y half the population, at the h cad o
whom was the mate of 9th er days hilariously
inebria ted. After warm embrace, accom-
panied by vociferous exclamations of inti-
macy for the benefit of the crowd, Mr..
guest all over the town, every few steps
pausing to be introduced as my old fri end
Jim Blaine"
Itwas proud day for the Ohio man and
an embarrassing one for Mr.. Blaine. His
relief on feeling the train move out of
that community, which no doubt, even
now has qualified admiration for the
statesman, Judging him from the company
he kept, can be imagined.
Blaine was large man and needed ROOM
he needed exercise, and he took it. He
was fond of walking. His favorite exercise,
however, was to march up and down his
lawn tconcealedb by trees) with stout stick
held under his arms behind him to force his
shoulders back. Mr.. Blaine had coach
man, Fred Brown, a eolored gentleman,
who was very proud of his connection, and
on the box of the simple vehicle with which
the statesman drove about town presented
an imposing figure. The story goes that as
the two passed the Augusta House verahda
Mr. Blaine was pointed out TO a drummer
asan object ofipterest The drummer noted
the lofty air of he.itlriver, and dryly asked;
(which is Mr.. Biaine?''
The evening times., 1897-02-05

Mr. Thomson springs from Scotch an
cestry. His father game from Scotland in
1771 as boy. He became a lawyer, and
served in CongresstYoterms, and waslater
Judge. Frank Thomson was born in Cham
bersburg, Pa, on July 3, 1S41. His rudi-
mentary and classical education was re-
ceived at Chambersburg Academy but he
didn' inherit his fathers liking for the law,
and when he got through with school and
looked around for a vocation the most
promising thing open job in the Al
toona shops OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
He went there to study as well as to earn
money. four years course Of training
in this great school OF applied science gradu-
atcd linn mechanical engineer, who could
build locomotive through every stage OF
its progress, from the crude iron to the
finished engine on the rails, while it also
fitted him to operate as enginemap the
product of his own skill
The evening times., 1897-02-05
THE KIND OF MAN
FRANK THOMSON Is

Frank Thomson, like Col Thomas A. Scott
and Mr.. Roberts, is one Of the kind OF rail
road men who can step into any place
from track walker and macIiine-shop labor
er to president. There is nothing about
railroad that he does not know, but, more
remarkable still is the fact that he learned
IL all in the service of the Pennsylvania
Company. 1t has taken him thirty-eight
years to do it. In that time he has risen
from shop hand in Altoona TO his present
place, and what might be called his motive
power has beenhis pluck and persistence.