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The times., 1897-06-13
Fipht petween Two Earles.

West Point, June An aerial battle be-
tween two big American eagles took place
here this afternoon. Just before the CORPS
OF cadets marched out to the parade ground
to give an exhibit on in infantry drill the
crowd OF visitors observed the two eagles
soaring skyward just above the botel
A mCment later the two birds came to-
sether with great force. For fully fifteen
minutes the conflict waeed INCREASINGLY.
Round after round the birds clawed and
pecked each other, and then would soar
away again for moment before renewing
the fight. The smaller Of the winged oorlt-
hatants seemed to have the best of the
fight for some time, but, as if enraged at
its plight, the big eagle made a furious
onslaught against its weaker foe
JUS about thsi time Corp. Roberto Smith,
Of the drum corps, was leayin gthe north dock
in a rowboat for ColdSpring. Hewasstartled
to see fall in the water, onl y short dis to zee
out in the Hudson. bleeding bird 1t GRIM
soned the water when it struck Smith
hastily rowed out to where the eagle was,
and when within only an oars length from
the wound ded birdit ascendel again and flew
onto an old boathouse on Constitution Island.
lust opposite here. Smith rowed there but
the wounded eagle flew in the direction OF
the swamps just behindth The vic
torious bird scared away toward old Gro
Nest and was not seen again.
The two eagles had been observed fl ying
over the reservation for some days Old
pave" Lyons. the Hudson River boatrnan.
also saw the aerial fight. He declared that
the wounded eagle has been around Gro
Nest and vicinity for century. and that it
is known to ali Hudson River fishermen as
the Harvey Birch,' nicknamed from one
of the characters in j. FenniInore Cooper's
tale 1.-The Spy''-New York Sun
The times., 1897-06-13
TROUBLE IN MONTICELLO CHURCH.
Francis Lofty and Joseph w. Lee
Cha arged With Being Disturbers.

There is trouble ahead in the sacred pre-
cincts OF the Montello District of Columbia
Coiored III. T. Church, and Francis Lofty
and Joseph W. Lee are claimed to be the
disturbers of the peace and quiet
b'll in equity as sequel was filed yes
terday by Richard Holland, John and Will
liam Colbert, trustees OF the Montelo NJ
+ Church. against Francis Lofty and
Joseph w. Lee, praying that the latter be
moiesting or interfering with the COM
plainants in the management Of the above
mentioned church. 1t is stated in the COM
paint that the church was organized
about twenty years ago and everything
went along peacefully until about the 10th
OF May last, when the defendants informed
the conference that they would no hnger
serve under its Jurisdiction.
1t is charged by the compiainants that
ih so doing the defendants forfeited their
membership in and severed their connec-
tion with the affairs of the church Not
withstanding this notice given them the
defendants have played havoc with the
peace and quiet of the congregation They
nave cios.'d and locked the door of the house
of worship, thus preventing the complain
ants or aby other members of the church
from holding service, and it is charged
that one of the defendants last Sunday
assaulted the Eastor, Rev Henson Prim-
rose, forcing him to leave the pulpit and
the church The conplainants are repre-
sented BY Attorney w c. Martin
The times., 1897-06-13
The jaw Who Was Not n .Jax.

EX-Gov. Jackson, of Iowa, for many years
was the Hawkeye secretary of state, and
employed In his office quite a large clerical
force. One afternoon a rather rust v rural
lite wandered in, and Mr.. jackson irimedi-
ately saw in The newcomer opportunities
for fun.
''Hev ye got teiephone?'' stammered
the caller.
Certainly replied Jackson: there 1t is
on the wall. Help yourself to it, Then
rs the stranger slowly walked up to the
telephone and began looking it over, Jack
son passed word among the clerks TO watch
the experiment of a Jay in trying to use
a telephone for the first time
The visitor looked the instrument over
carefully, as il trying TO figure out how to
use it. The entire office force was watch
ing him with unconcealed amusement. Fl
nally he tirnidly took down the receiver,
looked at it with evident curiosity, tapped
it gently with his fingers, and then, giving
glance about the room, blew the lustoff
the receiver, and putting his lips close to
it, softly said: Hello
This was too much for the clerks The
office burst into roar of laughter, and
Jackson promptly went to the assistance
Of the old man. Hold on," he cried;
don't talk into that Thatis the receiver,
not the transmitter. Hang it up again;
then turn the little crank on the right,
place the receiver to your ear and wait
till central answers -
The visitor was looking at Jackson as
curiously as one might regard an escaped
iunatic Say he drawled, what's the
matter with you, anyway? I'm an expert
sent over here by the Bell Tele phone Com
pany to find out what's the matter with
this Instrument
And not a clerk dared look up from his
work for the next hour.-Chicago Times
Herald
The times., 1897-06-13
DISTRICT BUILDING NOTES.

In response to a recent request from the
Attorney General, the Commissioners have
submitted q. plat showing survey OF the
United States jail GROUNDS In the District
or Columbia Appropriation act or 1890,
which sets aside all that portion of reserva-
ton ID, lying 500 feet east OF tie east
Cnrbline of Nineteenth street, east, and south
OF the south line OF B street south, be trans
ferred to the control OF the Commissioners
of the District OF Columbia for the purpose
OF burial of the INDECENT dead OF the Dis
trict, TO he addition 10 the present
burial grounds Of the Washington Asylum
The Commissioners have made an appli-
cation TO the superintendent of the Govern
ment Hospital for the admission Of Ulysses
Campbell. VINO has been adJudged insane.
The Commissioners have approved the fol-
lowing findings OF the police trial board
Charges of conduct unbeconiing an officer
against r. l. Carroll, dismissed. He is re-
quircd. for non payment of debt, to pay
the chief clerk OF the police department.
for the benefit Of the plaintiff, the suu OF
So. 95 by July 8, and SO by the 9Th day
Of each succeeding month until the judgment
IL iiquidated
Private Charles II Evans, tried for In.
toxicati,.n, warned.
Private NJ Harlow tried for gross
neglect of duty. fined SO and rcpr-
inanded
Messrs croisiant and Stone who re-
quested that the necessary permit re
granted the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany to place lights in American UnI-
versity Park. have been uotfied by the
3, 1897, they are without authority In
the matter and cannot grant the permit.
The Commissioners have notified Messrs
j. r Grimes & Sons, 1901 FouT-anda-h
street southwest, that there Is no law
prohibiting the opening of grocery stores
on SUNDAY, or any other business or traffic
GA thaf day. except that pertaining 10
barber shops and the sale of intoxicants.
Hr. Arthur E. Shaw, secretary of the
Pennsylvania Globe Gaslght Company, Of
Philadelphia, has been advised by che
Commissioners that permit will be granted
for the construction Of an iron shed on
reservation. corner of Canal and + streets
southwest, provided II be constructed of
non-cIInhustibie material, i53 floors be three
feet below street grade. and the written
consent or the officials having the reserva-
tion in charge is obtained.
President Griswold. Of the Anacostia
and Potouiac River Railroad. has heen
notified by the commissioners that the
CAPITAL Railway Company has authority
under the law to run its cars over the
tracks OF his company across the Navy
Yard Bridge. and the settlement OF the
matter must he deferred to the courts.
The resignation OF Joseph Gustave,
private OF the police force, has been &C
cepted-
There will he hearing at the District
Building on Tuesday. at noon, relative 10
the estimate for laying water mains Ia
Petworth
DR. John A MeLain has been reapponted
ID member OF the board Of medical ex-
amineTs of the District of Columbia.
The Columbia Railway Company has been
directed to repair or deposit the estimated
cost tS377.Eo) OF repairing the asphalt
pavement on the south side of New York
avenue, between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets
The times., 1897-06-13
Too Much for the Sheriff.

A short time ago deputy sheriff OF
Letcher county, only short distance from
here, had claim for taxes against a citi-
zen of Mil Creek, amounting TO 80 cents,
and as the citizen was desperate charac-
ter the deputy induced brave man TO 60
with him, both being armed TO the teeth.
Arriving at their destination, the deputy
deman ded his money, but the citizen inform
ed him that he did not have it, The deputy
Proceeded TO levy on a COW, and started
to drive the ''eritter' off, when the citi-
zens wife prevailed on them to stay and
lake dinner with them. A fter dinner, being
in happy and kindly mood, he invited the
citizen and his wife TO make him visit,
aad as ne was about to take his leave the
gentle wife told him she had a settlement
to make with him
VIVA what settlement do you refer to,
madam"
''You have not paid for your dinner, sir,
she replied.
''Oh! why, certainly. Wh-what's S my bill,
my good woman
''One dollar, If You please"
He wrote receipt for the taxes and gave
it to her. with 20 cents, and returned home
a sadder but wiser man.-London (Ky)
Echo.
The times., 1897-06-13
Oh, MY POOR BACK!

is the cry yon hear from ruptuTed people
Who wear truss like this, with hard steel
or iron band. An instrument Of torture.
Why do they do 1t, when by sending for
or calling at our office they can be cured
without pain or neglect of business? The
Improved Elastic Truss Co., of New York,
furnishes the most effective truss for the
rions results and forturing annoyances of
other trusses, does not injure the spine, and
1T CAN BE WORN WITH EASE NIGHT
AND DAY THEREBY EFFECTING A
RADICAL AND PERMANENT CURE.
Those interested in the subject call on or
write and get catalogue free of charge
to the
IMPROVED ELASTIC TRUSS CO.,
Dept. IL, s22 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
The times., 1897-06-13
Appearances Are Deceiviny,

''Who is that rather plainly dressed
man with the iron-gray hair sitting in
that box?''
THAT is Col. Blank. He is an old cam
paigner, who has won considerable celeb
rity as an Indian fighter "
''I have heard Of him. Who is that
fierceleeking man In the gorgeous uni
form. with epaulets, cooked hat, and gold
hraid?''
ssThnt's Col. Van CIeave''
'Whom has lie ever fought?''
Mosquitoes - Chicago Tribune.
The times., 1897-06-13
Definite Directions.

''How far is it from here to Brush
burgy' asked q tourist of an old fellow
who was hoeing weeds in a field OF
siekly corn down South ''Is it far?''
'Wail it ilain't so very fer nor 1t hain't
SO very nigh. IF you go around by the
big road. It's fcrder nor 1t is nigh, hut
If you cut acrost country. it's higher
than 1t is fer. an If you keep right
straight ahead, it's kinder betwixt nigh
an fer, but it's considerable Of ia mt
from hyar, no matter how you git -
Harper's Bazaar.
The times., 1897-06-13
REUNION AND EXCURSION.
JuGiOr Order OF American Mechanics
to Celebrate at Ma rsiiau Hall.

10 AtteDrdte at Ma r. hall Hall.
There viii be a reunion of the Junior
Order OF American Mechanics at Marshall
Hall next Tuesday. 1t VIII be participated
III by the members of three Washington
councfs-Andrew Jackson, No. 6, Potomac,
No. 20, and Constellation, No. 80 The
features of the day viii be a patriotic
flag drill by twenty children of Ryland
NJ. +. Church, and baseball game be
tween mines from Potomac and Constella-
ton Councils, surgeons and ambulances to
te supplied by Andrew Jackson Council
The steamer Manchester viii leave her
wharf at 10 O'Clock, a. M, EGO and $50
p IN.
The committee in charge consists OF
MessTs. John d. Schofield, chairman: Ed
ward o. Smith, secretary; A. NJ yaux,
treasurer; H. E. Weeks, Thomas S Sergeon,
S. A. Todd. John W Lowry, s. NJ Dixon,
s. d. Zea, G. E. Crane, a. G. Butler, George
W. Been, A. ] Schofield, Charles McGin
and Fl. ]. Gorbutt.
The times., 1897-06-13
A Clever Dude.

Herbert Watts Is clever fellow. He
couldn't find an umbwellah that would roll
tight enough to suit him. What do yon sup
pose he did?r
'.I cawn't imagine"
"He had an umbweIlah covah made for
his cane cleveland Plain Deales.
The times., 1897-06-13
All Under One Head.

tFrom the Chicago Times Herald)
Those Republican members OF the House
who complain of Mr. Reed styranny arenot
discontented because the Spea aker poses as
their leader. What they object to is Mr..
Reed as the whole thing. They are tired
asking one another the question, not What
are we going to do?' but "What is he going
to do?''
The times., 1897-06-13
what she Saw.

Telescope Proprietor Step up, ladies
and gents. and view the planet Mars One
penny. mum.
Old L.ady-O, lawl Hain't it round and
smooth
Telescope Proprietor VIII the bald-head-
cd gent please step away from the front
of the Observation-Disclosures.
The times., 1897-06-13

N1v@ Piftsburs, Jnne Ii and Is.
ANOAG Louisville, June i6, II and Is.
The times., 1897-06-13

sixth Grand Annual Family and I'rzs
Excursion of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-04
NOT A HUMPBACK.
Richard III. Was Not "a Physical De-
fOrmfty.


His deformity is a great feature in
Shakespeare, and is used with all Shake
speare's knowledge of human nature to
explain much of what would be other
wise incredible. 1t is the bitterness of
the deformed which makes Richard
hate the world, which hardens his
cruelty, and sharpens his already keen
edged ambition with the desire to over
come the scorn of mankind for defects
he could not help, by reaching a place
where he could put the world under
lis feet. Yet there is but little better
evidence of his deformity than there is
of his having been born with teeth.
1t is hardly necessary to call witnesses
to disprove such triviality as this, but
complete. No contemporary other
than Rous even alludes to Richards
deformity, and those others who are
silent are the only writer's of real au-
thority. Babyan, the Londoner, who
must have seen Richard often, and who
was Lancastrian, says nothing of any
deformity. The Croyland Chronicler,
II ulcIlDeE VI EuNdIu ~. ) COuICIl, ~
equally silent; and so too is Confines,
although he twice speaks of Edward as
the handsomest prince he had seen,
thus showing that he noted physical APP
pcarance. Stowe said he had talked
with old men who had seen Richard,
and they declared that he was of bod
lily shape comely enough, only of low
stature" Even Rous himself in his
portrait of Richard indicates no de-
formity. The portraits, indeed-and
there are several authentic examples
show us man without any trace, either
in expression or feature, of bodily NAL
formation. The face is striking one,
strong, high-bred, intellectual, rather
stern perhaps, and a little hard in the
lines, but not in the least cruel or
malignant, and with a prevailing air of
sadness. - Henry Cabot Lodge, in
Scribner'S.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-04
TO LAUNDER LACE CURTAINS,
They May BE Done at Home with But
Little Trouble.

Lace curtains, If sent to the laundry
often, cost more to do up than they are
worth. This would apply, of course, to
the commoner weayes of lace curtain
ings. They can be carefully washed
md dried at home, and come from the
washing looking fresh and pretty as
ever. If one has not curtain stretch
er, sheets pinned to carpet, and lace
curtains stretched upon the sheets, the
points all picked out into shape and
pinned down, will dry them in nice
shape. Before hanging again, if damp
ened slightly on the wrong side, by
passing a wet cloth over them, small
place at time, and ironing dry, they
will be found improved in appearance.
1t removes the coarse-thrend appear
ance given them in the drying process.
Lace pillow-shams treated in the same
manner do several years service and
look well. Lace shams should have
back of them well stiffened and l;.un-
dered widths of muslin, or a back
ground of colored silesia or cambria to
harmonic with coloring of the room
used in.
Curtains may be freshened for n sea-
son or two without washing. Let them
be first well shaken out of doors, after
which they are carefully gone over with
. clean, soft clothes brush. Taken then
upon the ironing board, they should be
sponged over with warm water, in
which a small amount of starch is dis
solved, and at once ironed with not too
hot an iron. Only aaspace of the cur
tain corresponding with width Of iron
ing board should be spongcd and ironed
at time. When finished, the curtain,
if folded down the center os when new,
and pressed, will be found to have every
appearance of being new. Curtains
grow limp from hanging, and damp
weather takes, a little at time, the
starch from them, and with the accu-
mutation of dust they grow dingy. But
unless very dirty, indeed, they may be
Iefreshened for two or more seasons
after this method of cleaning Wash
ington Home Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

-Two-thirds of the population Of
the Channel islands are females.
At the beginning of the century
there were only six engineers shops
in Leeds. There are now 210, giving
employment to 10000 persons.
The kaiser has decided that a pic
ture of the German empress shall be
put up in every army barrack, so that
soldiers shall be able to recognize her
when they see her.
Parents were summoned in London
because their son had only made 81
appearances at school out of possible
II. The magistrate, to mark his dis
approval of such prosecution, inflicted
fine of one penny upon the parents.
American explorers claim to have
found a waterfall in Venezuela which,
per- os, outdoes Niagara in magnitude.
The fall is in the Imataca mountains, in
district hitherto practically unknown.
The cliff over which the water falls is
LOGO feet above the valley to which the
stream descends.
The Dutch have a delightfully."-
original way of collecting their taxes.
If, after due notice has been given,
the money is not sent the authorities
place one or two hungry militiamen in
the house, to be lodged and maintained
at the expense of the defaulter until the
amount of the tax is paid
Ten of the wives of the bishops, or
nearly a third of the total number, are
themselves daughters of clergymen or
dignitaries of the church. The wife of
the bishop of Winchester, for instance,
is daughter of the late Archbishop
TAFT. Four of the bishops married the
daughters of peers, including the bish-
op-designate of Peterborough, whose
wife is the daughter of the duke of
Argyll.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-04
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

How can anybody doubt that there
is n devil and know that there is such
Il place as Il drunkard's home Rams
Horn.
After the Salvation Army's Life
boat" was started in San Franciso,
three whisky saloons in the same block
closed.
The saloon thrives on the ruin of
men; every true woman should there
fore oppose the saloon.-National Tenn
perance Advocate.
A man who has dug pit must hang
out a warning lantern. The saloon
keeper hangs out his to light the way
into the pit.-Howard Henderson.
There are more breweries in Cali
fornia than there are in Illinois; more
distileries in Massachusetts, than there
are in Kentucky, and more cigarettes
manufactured in New York state than
in all other states of the country COM
bineG.-Lcver.
In the republic of Guatemala there
are $3.50 permanent places for the sale
of liquors, or a saloon to every SO in
habitants. In the province and city
of Guatemala there aIt- 2,75G saloons, or
one for every 80 inhabitants, counting
babies and children.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-04

gave the mother no peace until she had
given him more, until at last a dozen
teaspoonfuls had been taken, and when
finally he was refused more he asked
why he could not have a bottleful like
papa. By this time the face, which had
been sweet and rosy when he came in,
was flushed and feverish, and the eyes,
which shOne with an innocent bright
ness when first looked into them. were
now dull and heavy.
The Importance of educating mothers
on the dangers and possibility of child
inebriety was never more forcibly i'm
pressed upon me than by this incident
The thOughtlessness or ignorance of
these parents was almost beyond con-
CeptiOn, and the conviction that this
young mother was sowing seed which
would mature into harvest of de-
bauchery for her son and lifelong sor-
row for herself made the MONDAY hour
one of feverish dread for the future of
the boy and regret that we seem so
pOwerless to reach such a large ma
lority of the women VINO are and will
be the mothers of the coming genera
fion.-Banner of Gold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-04
GREAT DAY FOR HIM.
There Have Been Others Like Him,
ONLY They Don't Tell.

I'm one of the men that proposed by
letter. admitted the captain, who came
out of the war to successfully win in the
harder struggle of the business world
Though a bashful youth l think J
would have mustered courage to have
put my fate TO the test in the usual
way, but | was way up in the north
west when letter from my adored was
received, and one of its sentences gave
such an inviting opportunity TO say that
| would like to marry her that | could
not resist. OF course, I'll never know
whether woman's Wit prepared that
welcome opening.
But when her letter of acceptance
came | was thrown into state of total
irresponsibility. The tidings of great
joy was too much for me. In trying to
get out of the post office l fell over
Newfoundland dog and grasped pretty
young lady to keep from falling. This
seemed to me an act of treason and my
apology was so confused that she put
me down as intoxicated and made an
impossible effort to freeze me with
look. gave a newsboy a quarter with
cut stopping to take paper, shook
hands with several people l had never
seen before, beamed on all corners, ir-
respective of sex, age, color or existing
conditions of servitude, and made my
self so etfusiye generally that the opin-
ion formed by the young lady became
prevalent throughout the little town.
At the hotel her big brother waited on
me with blood in his eye, and for some
time my heightened sense of chivaIry
was stumped whether to fight or eX-
plain. But l chose the wiser course. 1t
was not longuntil the entire community
knew the whole story, and rejoiced with
me. They have a tradition out there
that it was pretty lively time. DE
troit Free Press.