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The morning times., 1897-02-06

directly from him; and, supposing it related
To the business OF the paper then under
my Charge, went to his office l deny,
positively and circumStantially, the allie
CATION that ] told him the United States
Electric Lighting Company had paid or
agrecdtopa The Times Company 81 5000,
or any sum, for publishing articles in it's
FAVOR If i had so stated it would not
have been true, as no such sum or APP
proach 10 such a sum was ever pa id.
was asked at what rates | would publish
articles in favor Of the Potomac Company
in tie expected fight with the United
states Company, and l replied 81 per
line. | did not visit the office of the
Potomac Company upon my own sugges-
tlon, but upon invitation, and | am now
clearly of the opinion that the object of
IL was To get me to permit them to use
The Times columns at a few cents line
or, failing To do that, to represent me
as making demand FOR a large sum of
money. IN other words, it was trick
The charges contained in the letter Ito
Senator Mcmillan are, almost without cx-
cepton, so far as they relate to me, false,
and L believe Intentionally false, a decla-
ration TO which | am willing to make
oath. s NJ Goldsmitb
IN view of these statements and other
facts suggested by US, we do not think
MIR. Pitney has made good case
The morning times., 1897-02-06
AS TO THE CASTLE CASE,

Interest is reawakened in the case of
wealthy American lady who was arrested
in London for theft, tried and condemned
in an English court, ana released by order
of the British Home Secretary on salts
factory evidence that the culprit was not
mentally or morally responsible for her
conduct.
The mere fact of this action on the part
of Her Majestys government ought to
have silenced criticism; because it is thor
ouehly well known that the British
Home Office is as deaf and inlpenetrable
to sentimental appeals or considerations
as the Pyramid Of Cheops would be. 1t
should have been evident that nothing short
of the most convincing medical evidence
could have been successful in averting pun
ishment by the law. Nevertheless the oc-
casion was seizedby Mr.. Henry La abouciIcre,
in London Truth, to make some biting crit
iCisms on the action of the authorities,
who, he declared, could discern the dis
ease called kleptomania in wealthy of
fender, but were positively certain to call
the same thing larceny, and treat il AS
such in other cases.
Friends of the afflicted family will. and
all Americans, should feel gratified on ac-
count OF the additional light which the
evidence nf DR. Weir Mitchell OF Phila del
phia, now throws upon the matter Itwas
he who attended and performed difficult
operation upon the unfortunate woman on
her return 10 this country. In his opinion.
prepared for the husband and now made
public in connection with paper by Drs
Steinbach and Cohen, i'll the Philadelphia
:'Polyclinic,' Dr. Mitchell gives his solemn
conviction that, at the time of the commits
sion of the thefts and for long period pre-
Ceding, Mrs. Castle was suffering from
an acute hysterical mania and that she
was not in the least degree responsible
for her irregular actions
He concludes the opinion with scnti-
ment which should be universally adopt
ed: 1t is a case of mental disorder. and
not Of guilt. and should excite the utmost
compassion"
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Sunflower Philosophy.

When you are a fool don't pretend to be
a sage.
A fat man is all right SO long as he is
not in his own way.
The complaint known as grip is as de-
pressing as unrcquited love.
AS soon as man falls in love everything
conspires to punish him.
There are few men who can looked I'M
pressed when their wives talk about
tIieir economy.
AS rule, when man fails as preacher
tits because he is unable to jolly the women.
An Atcliison man who was married only
four weeks ago, is already looking like a
homesick boy at college.
When some people find that they can't
afford anything else, they decide that
they can afford more medicine.
If you can't sing, or recite, or play the
piano, give thanks. you escape more abuse
than the Sultan Of Turkey.
A boy never expresses tile love he feels
for his mother, and seldom feels the love
lie expresses for other women.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Nathan Straus' Coal Business.

Nathan Straus again has word to say,
SAYS q New York correspondent, and this
time as is usual with him, he hits the
sore spot Il consider he says, that
the coal combine, that trust to keep warm
embers from the poor, is the most deS-
picahle of all trusts While the coal
trust has raised prices on the carbon
during the season when it is most needed,
and there is less to pay for it, straus has
chung TO the old prices. Day in and day
out he sells coal to the poor at the bot
tom price OF last years wholesale figures.
If you are too poor to buy he gives you
bucket for nothing and with ''godSpeed. y
Some people say he is doing this for the
advertisement there is in it, but do not
believe the mind that can conceive the
enormous practical Straus charities Will
sell for dollars and cents.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Keep a Detectixe BUSY.

l met private detective, says the New
York correspondent Of the Pittsburg Dis
patch, who makes most OF his income
during the winter months by being en-
ployed by rich and Fashionable people to
attend their balls and other functions
He said that once or twice in his career
he had been instructed hy the host at a
''crush entertainment to keep an especial
eye on some invited guest Of whom there
were reasons for being suspicious. The
detective could offer no explanation why
people should invite suspicious Persons TO
their entertainments. The explanation, 0i
course, is that the persons in question could
not be sighted for fear of social disfayor.
Another reason is that it would justify the
general opinion that he is a thief and not
o kieptomanaC.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Made Rifles Forty Years.

NJ Martini, the celebrated maker- who
died recently in Switzerland, began to
make rifles forty years ago. 1t was not
until 500, however. when a combination
of the Martini breech action with Henry
barrel was selected from a large number
of rifle inventions and submitted to the
British government, that he achleYed Iafne
and fortune The whole of the British army
is now provided with these weapons Inc
manufacture of the Martini Henry rliie Is
now carried on by the British government
at a factory at Enfield, ten miles northeast
of London About 1,50O operatives are
employed at the government factory and 1t
is estimated that each Martini Henry rifle
costs England about forty eight shillings.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
More About the X.Ray,

The X-rays do not seem to be an unmiXed
blessing, judging by patient at Bellevue
Hospital, says New York correspondent.
Tile unfortunate had been sent there after
trying to kill himself by putting a bullet
into his head. The rays were turned on
and instead of one the negative show ed two
bullets plainly embedded in the mans
brain. AS there was only one there the
hospital authorities hesitated as to which
one they should cut out, the real bullet
or the shadows. Meanwhile, the x-rays
were tested daily, and the man is now in a
more unfortunate condition than ever
One side is paralyzed and every hair on the
left side of his face and head is gone The
doctors say the cathode ray has undoubtedly
denuded the mans face of hair, though they
will not acknowledge that the mystic rays
have ca used the mans paral ysis
The morning times., 1897-02-06
How His Practical Joke Ended.
(From the Altooua Times

(From the Altoona Timcs)
A Young man named Frank NJ. GRAY,
and giving his residence as Johnstown,
walked into the Brant House about
O'Clock last evening, and, after being per-
mitted to use the telephone, called up the
mayor's office and asked that four police
men be sent to the Brant House imnedi-
ately to quell disturbance. The police
were hurriedlv dispatched, as requested,
but when they arrived they found the
place quiet. AS a matter OF fact, there
had been no disturbance at all. Gray was
half crazed by liquor and telephoned for
the police, thinking it would be a good
Joke He is now in the bastile awaiting
a hearing
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Well! Well. How About This?

(From the Pine Bluff Commercially
Since 1865 we have voted with unremit-
ting Industry the Democratic ticket, and
ever since the war we have advocated
Democratic principles; and yet we thank
heaven from the bottom of our hearts that
the expiration OF Clevelands term as Pres
ident is near at hand, and we shall be
gfateful to God when the alleged Demo-
cratic administration is out of place and
power.
Cleveland has proven himself to be the
Benedict Arnold of the Democratic party.
He has so disintegrat ated it that it will, per-
haps, we fear, never again be solidified,
and assuredly no Democratic paper will or
should give it's approval of such a magnifi-
cent traitor. Speed the new administration,
say we, and God grant that this is the
last time we shall hear of Cleveland and the
cuckoOS.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
OAKS & COMPANY
~ "Saks' Corner"
Snap Shot Interviews

The prospects are that the reviewing
stands VIII DO tire largest business they
have ever done and seat more people this
year than at any previous inauguration.
Ihere is a wonderfully strong desire to
see the inaugural parade. 1t is the same
desire that IS attracting the immense
crowds to Washington Tor the Inaugural
ton. My stand will seat 5000 people,
and although l have not commenced to
give out the seats yet, and shah not do
so until Monday, a great many orders have
been placed, and the sale viii be opened
Monday with large proportion of the
seats engaged. We are selling them at
from 81 to So, and although we pay
$500 for the privilege, expect to make
moneys. NJ. Chase, Lafayette Square
Stand
The morning times., 1897-02-06
\ CONTEST FROM UTAH.

1t is reported that the friends OF Hon.
contest before the United states Senate
the seat Of Hon. Joseph L Rawlins. lately
elected to the Senate by the legislature
of Utah this on the ground that the Nor
mon Church interfered in the Senatorial
election to such degree that many mem
bers of the legislature were prevented
from expressing their own free desire. 1t
will take committee of the Senate, and
perhaps the whole Senate itself, to de
and the precedents. must be given to these
charges. The contest, however, deserves,
as ell will admit, the most searching ex-
animation
The friends of Statehood in Utah OBJ
tained that supposed great boon, on the
distinct promise that the Mormon Church,
which had interfered in Territorial poll
tics, hitherto, should interfere III politics
no longer; and this promise, made before
'1tStNhoOu vas oDtdAIiOd, w as icilcidteu
publicly and even more strongly by the
chief leaders of the church after the en-
abling act had been passed. 1t is notorious
that Moses Thatcher was beaten for Senator
by the Mormon Church; and, it is notorious
that the Church Of Christ of Latter Day
Saints is still in politics, and in it more
than ever
We are inclined to think it Will be
advantagcou then, for the Democratic
party OF Utah, for the future of this won.
derful new State, and, indeed, for the
advantage of all concerned, if the exact
test, then.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
About Private secretaries

During the past twelve years, says the
Baltimore Herald, Mr.. Lamont has been
the only incumbent who measured UP to
the greatness OF the office and of its
opportunities tof private secretary. As
the result of his admirable management,
Mr.. Cleveland was nominated for "a second
term, and, falling To get the election, OBJ
tanned a denomination. Without Lamont
the occupant OF the White House became
a fallen idol. Major Elijah Halford was
a well-menaing man, but lie could not
make Mr.. Harrison popular or secure for
him a PREDICTION. Mr.. Thurber is an
affable gentleman, and possesses a. nimble
wit. Some say it was he who prepared
the speech which convulsed the New York
Medical Society last week, while others
have affected TO det eCt his fine Italian hand
in matters of grave import-an indiCat ton
that he is exceedingly versatile and not
without diplomatic qualities. Yet, he
Will not leave his impress upon the country
as did the present Secretary OF War; he
is not a maker of Presidents.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

One of the things that is badly needed
just now is some way TO detect the bi-
cycle thief, You cannot stop an innocent
looking person on the street and collar
him, and accuse him of taking your wheel,
merely because he happens to be riding a
Columbia, or a Rambler, or Victor
have a scheme that | think Will remove
tlis difficulty. II is a system of marking
wheels by means OF colors, arranged in
different combinations II is just a. praC-
ticahle to make combinations of ten eoIorS
as OF ten figures, and when a wheel is
stolen it would be comparatively easy to
run down the thief as one glance at the
handle-bar would tell the police that he
was riding the wrong wheel MIR. Lane,
Inventor
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Not oblig ed to "Move Up"

(From the st. Louis Post -Dispatchl
No one is obliged to move up" on a
crowded car. The standing passenger who
has paid his fare is entitled to a seat, and
is not subject to the orders Of the conductor
while hanging to strap. The car is
travelling over street which the weary
strap passenger owns We'll as the railway
company, and there is no reason why he
should be forced to make his way through
a jam of people when it is time for him to
get off.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
One About Jean de Reszke.

lean de Reszke has shown his pettiness
at last, SAYS the Pittsburg Dispatch. Being
a singer of more than ordinary talent-
genius. in fact-it was believed that he
wonld finally break ont in some way or an
other. For long time he disappointed his
critics and seemed to be a man. But today
his musical instinct with Its consequeht
jealousy broke out, and he bitterly ana
enipIatically declared he would never sing
with Nine Nordica again. Do you nero
worslipers want to know why this greatest
Of tenors will not permit his tones to nllngie
with those of the grand soprano Wen,
some one sent her bouquet.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
A AIau,n,p,S IuIlahy


Golden moons a-hangin' low ovah In de
wes',
Go to sleep, nah baby;
Lay date lii wolly head on oil mammy's
breas,
Go to Sleep NAH baby.
Stars am ;-shinin' III de clear blue sky,
Frogs am a-singin in de pom neah by,
Wnjppo' Wills a-calln-don' yo heah dem
cry?
Go to sleep, NAH baby.
Lii moons a-droppin', droppin down be-
low de hill,
Go to sleep, NAH baby;
Ev'yt'ing eroun' dc cabin gcttin hushed
an still,
Go to sleep, nah baby.
OF owls o-hootin' FUN de big gum tree
Lightnin' bugs aflyin' roun' ez light ez
he kin be,
Pickaninny's gone ter sleep upon his
mammy'S knee,
Go to sleep, .mah baby.
e b. s., in Minneapolis Tribune.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

The first serious proposition that has
been made to extend the term OF Repre-
sentatives is made by Congressman Corliss
He is member of the Committee on Elec-
ton of T President, Vice President and Mem
bers of Congress He has offered a joint
resolution looking to constitutional
amendment extending the terms of Con
gressmen to four years. He says he
believes that a Presidential admnistra
ton should have the support Of a friendly
Congress until it's close, and not be COM
PEELED to confront a hostile Congress during
its last two years, as every administration
has done for twenty-three years. Appar-
entity Mr.. Corliss expects the pendulum to
swing back and forth in his party in 1898
The morning times., 1897-02-06

l am bull on Washington real estate
inauguration Already there 5 much
inquiry and fine prospects. The inquiry
from US is OF such Il character as to show
that people are really intending to invest
their money. Building operations are
also beginning encouragingly, more than
for Several years past at this time; and
there are great many contracts which
VIII be begun in March for the Inaugural
tion. Everything looks rosy Harry VII
Hard Reed, Real Estate.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Addison Canmack was one OF the most
successful men the street ever saw, in
the fact that he was so uniformly success
ful, besides being SO brilliantly SO in
spurts. The bear side OF the market is
the best one nine months in the year
There is the interest on stocks on the
bull side, and the carrying charges on grain,
which act as a continual handicap. There
is not man in the market now who has
been consistent bull, a Spectator. l mean.
and not a commission broker, who can
parallel the record of Addison Cammack
The bears are the people who make the
money.-John Dickinson, Stock Broker.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Edward
Everett Hale, and Robert Treat Paine are
all in favor of municipal ow nership Of rail
roads. All! these communists, socialists,
and also anarchists!
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Here's an Owl in Court.
(From the New Bloomfield Times.

u IUIH I11E NtW BIUUIH1ItIU I11HES.J
A singular incident occurred in the court
room during the trial of Dr.. Johnston.
When court opened Saturday morning a
brown hoot owl was seen located on the
pillar in the rear Of the judge. BY many
persons who are inclinedto be superstitious
the fact was looked upon as an evil ONE H.
The owl was still on his perch at the ad-
journment of court.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

1 hear that there is some possibility of
starting a comic weekly in Washington.
There have been in its history two weeklies
entirely comic, supposedly, that have made
bad failures, the Lounger. and Gossip.
do not know whether Washington is u
graveyard for newspapers or not. But a
funny paper would certainly be a very
grave subject. .-WulA. Page, PubIisher. The
Rauble
The morning times., 1897-02-06
New York's Perennial Steal.

tFIom the Commercial Advertiser
Only $500, 900 is now needed to COM
plete the capitol at Albany, according to
the latest estimate We should not wonder
at all if the amount necessary to finish the
work fell as low as 100000 during the
next century.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

1t is much to be regretted, of course,
that the late President Roberts, OF the
Pennsylvania, worked sixteen hours
day; but perhaps he thought he would
lose his job if he didn't.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Mckinley Seems to Have Missed IT..

(From The New YORK JOurnal)
MIR. Mckinley S campaign utterance about
opening the mills instead of the mints
sounded very nice, but about the only
things opened since his election are soup
houses and distributing depots for the
poor.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Representative Linney. of North Caro-
lima, speaking of the South in the Cabinet
says that many leading Southern Re
pubIicans have given up hope OF getting Il
Southern man in the Cabinet He himself
is strongly against the taking OF border
State man and accrediting him TO the
South He declares that Jim Boyd and
several other patriots OF North Carolina are
in every way eligible. He gives it as his
opinion, however. that unless Goff ac-
cepts there will be no SOutherner in the
Cabinet
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Mr. Gage will find much OF the time
that he would like to spend studying finan-
cial problems or settling legal questions
taken up by Senators and Representatives,.
The patronage part OF it will not bother
him so much as it did his predecessors,
because OF President Cieveland's sweep
ing so much of the Federal patronage
into the civil service But there will be
more than enough matter for congressman
TO talk TO him about, and he VIII be
earning his salary in listening to them
alone 1t is nst Impossible that Mr.,
Gage will easily adapt himself to his new
life Tie ingenuity Which has enabled him
to help not only his own hank, but many
a business firm over a rough place will
be of Invaluable assistance to him.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

If Mr.. Wanamaker had been elected to the
Senate, he might now be building a new
capitol for the State of Pennsylvania in
stead of a new church
The morning times., 1897-02-06

AS we under stand it, observes Mr..
kohlsaat's paper. Senator WoIcott is act
ing as the advance agent for a tour
through Europe OF that startling and
realistic melodrama, entitled, 1.-The Crime
of '93."
The morning times., 1897-02-06

The question of ahragation of the agree
ment regarding the building Of war ships On
the great lakes will 20 over until the next
Congress. Chairman HIT and other Re-
publican leaders have received an intima
ton that inasmuch as the question has
an important diplomatic aspect it should
not be opened up at this time. when there
is no hope that 1t can.be concluded by the
present administration.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Demonstration Imperial Darning
Machine-First Floor.

This little wonder is great time, labor
and worry saver. It mendS anything,
Tnends it neatly, quickly. and costs but
soc Young lady in Notion Department.
will show YOU how 20 use It in o couple OF
minutes.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Cloakroom stories ought to be rare, rich
and racy when Senator Ned Wolcott gets
back.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

It's a batch of values
that very rarely gets
onto the bargain coun-
terS. Buyers save a
lot - and those who
miss it lose just as
much. Don't be aIoser.
Any time up to clos
ing time.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

The Emperor and the Empress of Ger
ball in February; and it won't be any
cheap Bradley-Martin affair, either, we
can tell YOU
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Queen Victoria has sixty pianos one for
each year of herreign, and wouldn't it pay
Mt. Droop or somebody to take census Of
them?
The morning times., 1897-02-06

The baby OF the Atlanta Constitution is
pretty lusty, but it is not old enough yet
to attend Hon Hoke Smiths Sunday school
class
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Dr. Nansen seems to agree with the other
Arctic explorers that he could easily find
the pole IL he just tried again.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

It isn't such a pity that with all this
free advertising the Bradley Martins can
not go on the stage, because we do not
know that they will not
The morning times., 1897-02-06

The Dink Botts editor Of the New Yorl
Sun doesn't seem TO have heard that Hon
Arkillis Hair, OF Tennessee, has just died
The morning times., 1897-02-06

No, gentle reader, Hon. Joe Rawlins is
not a Mormon, but the Mormons put him
through.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Hon. Wash Hesng, of Chicago. is trying
to be little Pingree
The morning times., 1897-02-06

sewall's town can play the harmonica;
but it can't play it around here
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Also at greatly reduced prices, a
line of Boys All-woo1 Scotch
Cheviot Suits, in number of pref
ty checks and plaids-many have
double seats and knees. Sizes :
tOI5.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

The Boston Herald seems a little dis
the Inauguration, and yet without any
The morning times., 1897-02-06

1t will doubtless be better for the Castel-
lane baby if it is allowed to make a few
mud pies.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

If it is true, as reported, that Mr.. Gage
doesn't agree with John Sherman's sys-
tenn OF finance this is a fatal objection.
The morning times., 1897-02-06
Prices, 75c to $1.25.

The young folks are especially
invited to see these toys in opera
ton in Toy Department.
81 rIoor.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

An Italian ornithoioGist named Prof.
Spalanza declares thatthe maximum speed
of a swallow is 2so feet per second. He
has never seen the Washington dairy lunch
fiend in action.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

A writer in Mr.. Jerome's paper declares
that the average ballet girl is seldom or
never ill; but she is sometimes spawned.
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Ex-Gov. Long admits that it has not
been officially announced yet, and per-
haps 1t has a string to it after all
The morning times., 1897-02-06

Labouchere says that New York society
is vulgar; aud this is the way he gets into it.