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The evening times., 1897-09-30

A MN who Was Thought to Have
Been Killed Reappears.

A MN who Was Thought to Have
Been Killed Reappears.
Ellicott City, Nd, Sept. 30.-Tbe mys
terry which has surrounded the supposed
murder Of william Henry Gibson, colored,
near Fulton, in the Fifth district OF
Howard county, during September OF last
year. was cleared up by the appearance
OF Gibson ia Ellicott City yesterday.
About the first part of September, 1896,
Gibson suddenly disappeared from his
home near Fulton, and all efforts to locate
Linn proved futile. A warrant was after
ward sworn out by Gibson's mother,
Harriet Gibson, charging one of her sons.
Ohm Myers. aud his wife with the murder
of Gibson. Both Myers, who is a half
brother OF Gibson, aid his wife were
arrested and lodged in the EIlicott City
jail, " here they remained for some time.
The woods in Which the body of Gibson
was thought to have been concealed were
, searched by order of states Attorney
Joseph ID. Mcclure. At the hearing of
tie ch1rge before Justice Charles A.
Frey, OF Ellicott City, lock Of hair was
produced By GibSon's mother, which she
claimed to have found in the woods,
and which she swore was that of her
supposed murdered son. Myers and lTis
wife were, for the want of sufficient
proof. afterward released, but some of the
frIends Of Gibson, 1ncluding bis mother,
stontIy insisted that the missing man was
murdered
Gibson arrived here yesterday en- route
for his old home in Howard county, where
his presence sill, no doubt, create big
surprise. lie SAID it was the first time he
had heard Of his supposed murder. and
was amused over the account of the trial
Of The accused. He stated that he went to
Pittsburg, Pa, after leaving home, and
had been engaged at work there ever
since He wIuld give no reason why he
kept his whereabouts concealed from his
friends
The evening times., 1897-09-30
DRAMATIC DEATH ON THE RAIL
A Woman Sands Erect and Is Crust :.
cd by Train.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 30.-Half demented
by poverty and suffering and having no
object in life, Martha Paulson, thirty
five years old deliberately stood in front
of a Suffolk and Carolina train and
cuurted death II was on a sharp curve,
Just inside the Virginia line AS the train
thundered on, Martha stood erect on
the track with her back to the approach
ing .rain and with one hand thrown up
to her forehead
The engineer put ON brakes and sounded
his whistle sharply, but the determined
woman stood firm and calmly awaited
her fate. It was impossible TO stop before
striking the woman, and she had one
leg cut off and her skull crushed. The train
rushed on till five or six cars had passed
and was brought to a standstill They
picked up ser body and laid it on the grass
The ACCIDENT was entirely unavoidable.
The engineer did not see the girl, owing
to the curve, till the train was very near
thea be sounded the whistle and put on the
airbrakes. but too late. When the body
was struck It settled back on the pilot
and was carried along several PAGES
before rolling off. Then it was the leg
was severed.
The evening times., 1897-09-30
COMING HOME WITH GOLD.
Miners Take Passage oP the Port
land, Conveyed by a Cutter

Miners Take Passage oP the Port
land, Conveyed by Cutter
Fort Townsend, WASH, Sept 3O.-The
steamer Bertha, which arrived at Unalaska
from t. Micha els two days beforethe reve-
nue. cutter Grant started for Puget Sound,
brought news that every boat coming down
the Yukot. was bringing out miners who VIII
take passage on the steamer Portland for
home, the maj jority Of them having lots Of
gold.
Three tons in nuggets is the amount ofthe
cargothat VIII be brought own by the Port
land according to the men on board the
Bertha. This estimateiss ubject to revision,
dependent or the extent Of mining invest
ments that nay be NJ ade before the Port
land leaves. ~
Many of the wealthiest miners there have
conc down the river with only few thou
sand dollars, the great bulk of their wealth
being left in the interior for inv vestrnent.
The cutter Bear has received instructions
to coLvcythe Portland to Puget Sound, and
it has hasbecnlearnedthatth the steamer 'sagents
are not fea rful OF attack byChinese or other
pirates, MS has been given out, but are afraid
70 t:nst her valuable cargo to the many des.
perate characters who viii be among the
passengers on the down trip.
Scores of men who have escarcelymoney to
pay their passage are edisheartened and dis
guste,i with their luck and are banging
around St. Michaeis waiting to comeout on
the treasure ship. The opinion is freely ex-
pressed that these men may be driven to
deeds o: desperation blythe sight OF the mug
gets around them.
Bciag well armed, they could organize a
gang whileon hoard her and take possession
of the slip and ''hold up" the Weather
passengers. 1t Is fear Of this that led the
agents tc ask the Government for convoy
for the Portland.
The evening times., 1897-09-30
ITS LAST CONCERT.
The Marine Bands Program at the
Barracks This Afternoon.

uc SlarfDt Btnu'S frOGrnf0 ab tue
Barracks This Afternoon.
The last open air concert of the season
by the Marine Rand will be given at the
barracks this arternOon. commencing at
4.10. The program is of music composed
or arranged by leaders Of the Marine Band
since $50:
Iarct, medley. ''wait for the Wagon"
'.v hack, whacs. ."''Low Backed Car
tISo2J.... -.....Arr- Dy THEY
Overture, Mart ha ~ 1 565). Arr. by Scala
March, Grant Inaugural March S69l
Composed by Scala
Grand Fantasie for clarinet, lucia Df
LamInermoor," Donizetti
Arr. by Schneider
Musician OliyerD
SeIeetipnE from blue Beard" 10. Offenbach
1S73b..-.............A Arr. by Schneider
Characteristic Dance, The C0quette
Composed by Sousa
Congress of Nationsi s79l. Arr. by Sousa
Gayotte, ''Minnehaha''
Composed by Fanciulli
"A Trip TO Manhattan Beach" 1882
Composed by FaEciulIi
Patriotic Hymn, Hail Columbia r yies
The evening times., 1897-09-30
A Cure for Bilious Collie.

Resource. screven county. Gal haye
been subject to attacks of bilious colo
for several years. Chamberiain's Colic.
Cholera and Diarrhcea Remedy Is tho
only sure relief. It acts like q charm.
One dose of it gives relief when all other
remedies fai.-G. ID. Sharp. For sale By
Henry Evans, Wholesale and Retail Drug
giss, SO 8 F street. and ConRecticut avenue
and street. northwest, and 1425 Mary
laud avenue northeast.
The evening times., 1897-09-30
Death Of Music Teacher sipe

Ell;cott City, Nd. Sept. 30.-Mr. Thomas
M. A. Sipe, music teacher and choir leader,
who as widely known In Howard and ad-
Joining counties, died suddenly Tuesday
night near Glenwood, this county. 1t is
stated that the fatal attack was paralysis.
Mr.. Sipe came here from Washington fif-
teen wears ago, and was forty years of age
and unmarried.
The evening times., 1897-09-30
DECLINED BY HER MAJESTY.
Queen Victoria Refuses a Maryland
er's Gift of a Fiddle.


Hagerstown, Md, Sept. 30.-Several
MOI tbs ago John L. Highbarger, of Sharps-
burg, constructed a sweet-toned violin of
cedar wood from the Old John Brown
place, near Harper's Ferry. He conceived
the idea If presenting the instrument to
Queen Victoria of England, who, he was
informed, had spoken in high terms of the
character Of the i'll -gnided slave liberator.
He accordingly wrote. asking III the Queen
world accept the gift if he sent it. The
offer was spectfully declined in a note to
the following effect:
''Sir Arthur Bigge is commanded to
thank Mr.. j ohn l.. Highbarger for the kind
offer contained in bis letter of July 2, but
at the same time to add that it would not
be possible for the Queen TO accept a
violin, az it is an invariable rule that offe--
ings of this nature should not be received
by her majesty"
The evening times., 1897-09-30

Annapolis Nd, Sept. 3o.-The remains
of Miss Alice Pressly Thornton were taken
10 Baltimore yesterday y Afternoon and buried
in Greenmount. Rev j. w. McIlvaine
cfficiated at the house The pallbearers
wereJ. 7. Marchand, II. u. Emmons. Thorn
ton Emmons, Lieut.. Emrnons, u s. N;
Thornton Parker and DIR. George 7. Marc
hand
The evening times., 1897-09-30
Pay Us
$500

And well make you one of
the most satisfactory suits
you ever wore. You ought
to know by this time
what "Eiseman Tailoring
is--we've been at it now for
nearly thirty-6ve years.
Nice line of nobby and
durable cloths to select from.
The evening times., 1897-09-30
SO Niagara Falls via b. & o.

Special train OF coaches and Pullman par
lor cars will leave Washington $40 a.
m. Tuesday, October ), arriving Niagara
Falls IL ID. m. same day. Tickets good
returning within ten days Delegates to
Brotherhood OF st. Andrew convention AZ
Buffalo will use his train
se3O-e ,oc2- 4-em
The evening times., 1897-09-30

The Earrisons Leave the Mountains.
Utica, n. Y, Sept. 3O.-Ex-President and
Mrs. Harrison left their camp in the Adj
rondacks yesterday afternoon and viii 60
to New York. They have been in the
mountains three months.
The evening times., 1897-09-30
CITY Lights.

Gas lamps are lighted at 6:52 p. m; ex-
t'nTuishing begun az Sos a. m. The light.
ing IS heyun onehour before the hour named.
Arc lamps are lighted at e:37 p. m; extin-
gaishca at $40 q. m.
The evening times., 1897-09-30
The Finest EauipmenI

Penusylvania Railroad next Sunday Only
So 90 round-trip. Trains leave Washing
ton ZOO, $780,. 300, and 11-oo D. M
se29-4J
The evening times., 1897-09-30

81 rs TO Baltimore and Return via
B. 90.
September 2e, so, and October 1; ac~
count of baseball games between wash
ington and Baltimore teams. Take a.
minute flyers seq Be- Seem. c1-m
The evening times., 1897-09-30

81 90 to Baltimore and Return $1.OO
via Pennsylvania Railroad
All trains except the Congressional Lin:
tied, next Sunday. se29-4t
The evening times., 1897-09-30

To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tab cts An
druggists refund the money IL h fails o.
cure. 26cs ss2-0
The evening times., 1897-09-30
Tide Table.

Today-Low tide, 4:07 q. IN. and 4:26 p.
m: high tide, l0:l2 a. m. and 1924 d. m.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition OF the water
a. a m: Great Falls--Temperature, So:
oondtlcr, 36. Receiving reservoir TEN.
peratare, &c: condition at north connection.
80, condition at south connection, SO. Dis.
t'ihcting reservoir Temperature, 81: con-
dition at iBfluent gatehouse, SO; effluent
raiphnnsn. A6.
The evening times., 1897-09-30
B. s o. BULLETIN.
REDUCED RATE.

Niagara Fails and return, $40. Per
ssnaily conducted ten-day tour, Tuesea y,
October o. Special train leaves Washing
tsa at 81 o q. M, with coachesand Pullman
cars attached.
Piaiadelphia and return, So 90. Tickets
good going on 7:05 and 900 a m. trains,
valid for rstarn on al regular trains. Sun
dav next.
baltimore and return, 81 90. An trains
gsiDs and returning Sunday next. Item
The evening times., 1897-09-30

Favorite Line to Baltimore.
Is the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. Round
trip tickets next Sunday, only 81 90.
se29-A
The evening times., 1897-09-30

Finest Service VIA the Pouusylvnnin
Railroad to Baltimore.
Next Sunday, october 3. Only u. 90
round-trip. oe20-zt
The age-herald., 1897-11-23
Editor BIackburn's Race.

Editor Blackburn of the Atlanta Com mercial will make the race for congress in that district against MT. Livingston, the sitting member.
 The eiditor of the Commercial is par sonally a clever gentleman. He is an able campaigner and he speaks as viz orously as he writes He has the cour- age of his convictions and is not ashamed to declare himself an~ unreconstructed rebel, though he is willing to tolerate the old flag and the federal government within their own proper limits. He is for free silver. the Chicago platform, the righls of the citizen, the rights of the states, and against the speculators who play high jinks With the price of cot ton.
 It is not likely that Editor Blackburn will defeat MT. Livingston, but he will make it lively for him. and his candidacy may keep some other good man out of the race. That is about all. The poh- ticianS of the Atlanta district would be glad to knock out Livingston, but the veteran is the toughest and slyest cam paigner they ever struck. It will be hard to down him.
The age-herald., 1897-11-23
DriveI and Jingle.

Three-fourths of the literary prose of today is drivel, and nine-tenths of the socalled poetry is jingle. Writers have departed so far from the standard once accepted and maintained by educated people that it is now an easy matter for any upstalt to look through the maga- zines and turn out limitations of the stuff he finds there, fully as good as the ordgi- nals he takes for his models.
 It is so with verss. Dozsns of quick witted fellows can initiate Field and Riley to the very letter and spirit of their work. A negro Paul Dunbar, has in the Century a dialect poem which is up to the average nonsense of its kind.
 Whem will the reaction come? In an age when billions of dollars are being spent in educating the people, it is a . scandal and a shame to see literature and journalism reaching such low ebb that sersationalism is the only test, and genius and culture count for nothing.
 Let dialect jingle be turned over to Dunbar and others of his race, and let the whites make an effort to wrie da- ceqet E,n2lish. r
The age-herald., 1897-11-23
No Negroes In Canadian Ofi.es.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 A. B. Walker a New Brunswick negro, makes the startling anhouncement that black men everywhere under British rule are suffering intolerable oppression. Says he:
 When I come to look over Canada, the land of my birth, and cannot find a single negro, man of my race. occupy- ing or filling a public position of emolu- ment or honor, I fesl like asking Divine Providence to curse this country because of its utter meanness, it's foul play and its injustice to the long-suffering Cam adian negroes. The Canadian white people ought to be ashamed of them selves for their cowardly and unchival- rous treatment of the Canadian black people. Canada is nearly every bit as bad as South Africa. Yes, New Brunswick, for vicious and maglignant misethopy, if I may be allowed to coin a new word to stand for the white peo- ple's inborn hatred of black people, out strips Texas"
 It is evident that MT. Walker of Can- ada, is suffering from the same form of oppression of which the colored patriots of the United States complain-the lack of lucrative and important 'awfices." Fair treatment in the race for llfe-the opportunity to earn an honest living, and the right to participate in the gov- ernment, are nothing unless accompanied with "emolumsn nts and honors," for which very few are qualified at all.
The age-herald., 1897-11-23
lR0NlCAL IFS.

From the Chicago News.
 If life is not worth living you should take something for your liver.
 If some newspaper jokes were printed on thin paper the readep might see through them
 If all. the devils were cast out of some people there would be mighty little left.
 If some were half as big as they think they are this would be crowded.
 If you give a bald-headed man a fair show he will be sure to occupy front seat
 If ones faults showed on the surface most people would look as if they had the measles.
 If man loves a woman he will give up smoking for her sake, but if she loves him she won't ask it
 If some men could only reme mber the answers to half the questions they ask they would have good educa tjon.
 If riches dc rot bring happiness they have at least one odvantasc ever cover y they don prevent il.
The age-herald., 1897-11-23

better books and fewer of them: cut do2n unnecessary expenses; keep politicians out of the educational offices; secure able teachers and sensible methods; pay more attention to practical education and moral training and make the system stop with the essentials of a good English ed- ucaIion.
 One great mistake of. the system is its attempt to do too much. If the state would freely give every child a chance to learn how to read, write and master the common school arithmetic. and acquire some knowledge of geography, history and grammar, that would be enough. With this educational start, any bright poor boy would be able to extend his studies in his leisure hours at home if he could not continue at school or go to college. The free school system has come to stay. A perfect free school system Is fnvaluab ble to every southern state, and never more needed than now.
The age-herald., 1897-11-23
FAMOUS KISSES.

The kiss, we are told, was a formula of good will among the ancient Romans,
 and was adopted by the early Christ ians, whose "holy kiss and kiss of charity" carried the weight of apostolic sanction. . It is usual that the golden cross of the sandal on the pope's right foot should be kissed by newly created cardinals and by these to whom an audience is granted. Even royal persons paid this act of homage to the vicar of Christ Charles V. being the last to do so.
 Kisses admit of a great variety of character, and there are eight diversi- ties mendionad in the Scriptures. It is as a sign of reverence and in order to set sacred seal upon their vows that witnesses in a court of law. when they are called upon to speak "the truth. the whole truth and nothing but the truth" are required to touch the Bible With their lips, as also are soldiers when they enlist and make the oath of all eIfance to Queen Victoria.
 Men in uncivilized regions kiss the feet of a superior or the ground in front of him, and in ancient times to press the lips to the knee or the hem of a gar ment was to humbly implore protection. The Maoris have adopted the custom of kissing, but the negroes of West Africa refused to do so, and apparently that which is a medium of so much pleasure to many nations fills thsm with dislike.
 The pleasant old Christmas custom of a kiss under the mistletoe is a relic of Morse mythology. Baldur, the beautiful god of light, was sla.n by a spear whose shaft was a mistletoe twig. This was
 bewitched by Lold, the malevol,nt god of fire, until it swelled to the requisite size and was given by him to blind Ho- dur, who threw 1t and unfntentionally struck Baldur when the gods were at play. Friga had made everything in heaven and earth swear not to harm Baldur, but had left out the mistletoe as being too slight and weak to be of harm. Baldur. however, was restored to life and FrIga guarded the mistl toe, which the gods determined should not again have power to do any mischief unless 1t touched the earth. For this reason it is always hung from the ceil- ing and the vigilant goddass proprtiated by the kiss, sign of good will.
The age-herald., 1897-11-23
When Times Ware Good.

Ut is generally agreed that the best tim=s this country ever saw were the years between 1865 and 1873. During all that period there was neither geld nor silver in clrcula.ion. The currency con- sisted of grcenbaclSs. The gold standard men now say thart the currs ncy of tn'Se days was inflated and depreciated be- cause gold was at premium. According to chess, eminent financiers it was very Lad circulating medium.
 With that inflated paper currency trade and industry boomed; towns and railways were built; the children of the poor wers educated; the workingmen had employment at good wages; the masses enjoyed more of the comfants and luxuries of fife than they have ever seen since and the country made the most rapid strides in its development ever knswn in Its history. The farmers were prosperous and had money to burn.
 '.An inflated paper currency" is the sn sering comment of some people. No matter what it is called it made this nation happy, prosp srous and powerful, and its results are visible, yet in the shape of cities, railroads, factoriss, houses, developed resources and the poc- pie who were ducated and literally built up by it. These substantial results tell the story of a successful financial policy.
 What is ssen under the new financial system which it's advocates call "sound money?" Widespread poverty and dis fress; paralyzed industries and com merce the regin of the Shylock and the monopolists, and the coming serfdom of the farmsr and the wage worker.
 Expeienc is the best test. The two systems have been tried. How do they compare, when they are judged by their results?
The age-herald., 1897-11-23
Monkey Ran a Millinery shop.

Elwcod, Ind, has the monkey of mon- keys He was owned by a woman who ran a millinery store there, and caused her great distress by stealing articles fr-m elsewhere and concealing them in her establishment. The town came to look upon her with suspicion, and so she boxed up her goods and stored them in her home. Another millinery store was openAd in tine place she vacated, and this fact angered the monkey beyond ex- precision. The next night he went to the store after it had been closed and threw out all the goods into the street. Then he replaced them with his mistress goods, which he in some manner managed to convey from the house. Recently wis., itors to the place were amazed to find the store tin charge of the monkey, ar ranging hats in the window and chatter ing as fast as he could. When the pro- prLetress arrived she was dismayed to find all her wares scattered in the street and the monkey in possession selling his misstT* ss' goods and making accurate change oaat of the cash register. She obtainsd writ of ejectment which was served on the monkey. The latter had
 in the meantime taken legal advice, but
 finally agreed to submit ito the law. Since
The age-herald., 1897-11-23
ORIGIN OF NAMES.

It is generally conceded by Engiishz speaking people that such family names as Smith. Baker. Butcher and Armor arose from well-known occupat tions of some one of the early founders Of the families. It appeals that this custom prevailed in the farlaWay past, as well as in modern times.
 The famous Lain orator, Cicero, for instance, is said to have derived his name from an ancestor who was a famous grower of beans. "Cfcer'' is the Latin name iona small bean called lentil, which constituted a very large portion of the food Of these early people. Some one of them appears to have been very famous grower of the lentils, or, as they would say, ssCicers;" and it is very easy to see from this how Cicero" was derived.
 When naming plant in honor of some great man liberties are frequently taken in the orthography and very often the person chosen is more honored in fhe name than by anything special that he did to deserve it. The celebrated French botanist, Baillou had the naming of @ plant from the Island of Juan Fernan- deg that had never before been named or described, From that island he had naturally the story of Robinson Crusoe in mind and he thought to honor Crusoe's man, Friday, he would give this plant his name; but he did not call it Ftidaya, but translated it into the French name for Friday-that is to say, the sixth day of ;he week. Vendredi. and the plant be- came described in the books as. Vendre- dia No one would ever suspect from this name that it was intended to honor Robinson Crusee's sole companion on the deSolafe island.