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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
.Them steers" of sam Butts.

Mulvane, Mo, Record: Sam Butts red
forty-four common steers III days. He
weighed them in at an average or 81
hounds. He sold them last Monday, when
they weighed 1 ass per head. That makes
a gain OF five pounds per day Tor the
entire time they were fed, which is an
unusually large gain. His plan OF feedlng
is as follows: He first turned them into
cor field when the corn was in hard roast
ing ear. After the corn began to get too
hard for easy eating he put the cattle In
corral and fed them On soft corn grown
on stubtle land, after the wheat was
harvested. After this they were fed on
hard corn They were fed alfalfa with
the corn after they were taken out Oh
the cornfield. They were in fine order
when sold and deceived all who guessed
on their weight.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
The Steersman.

Tie foreshrouds bar the moonlit sand,
The port rail laps the sea;
Aloft all ia ut, where the windclouds SKID,
Allow to the cutwater, snug andtrim,
And the man at the wheel sings low, sings
he:
ooh, sea room and lee room,
And gale to run afore;
From the Golden Gate to Sunda strait,
But my heart lies snug ashore"
Her hull rolls high, her nose dips low,
The rollers flash alec
wallow and dip, and tile untossed screw
Sends heart throbs quivering through and
through
And the man at the wheelsings low, sings
he:
"Oh, sea room and lee room,
And gale to run afore;
Sou'east by so lth and a bone in her mouth,
But my heart lies snug ashore"
The helmsman's arms are brown and hard,
And pricked in his forearm be
A ship, al anchor, love knot true,
heart of red and an arrow OF blue,
And the man at the wheelsings low, sings
he:
soh, sea room and lee room,
And gale to run afore;
The shin to her chart, but Jack to his
heart
Andmy heart lies snug ashore
THE Bookman.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

A valued correspondent objects TO a
statement of The Times that Senator ShJup
had been unfricndly TO Fred Dubois and
that he was hoping for his defeat, and
had planned long ago to encompass 10.
There is no doubt about this statement or
The Times; everybody knOwsit Shoup was
happy yesterday. There isno doubt, either,
that almost the first money that Cornelius
Bliss. treasurer of the Republican ma
tional committee, spent in the last cam
paign. $4,000, was sent TO Senator Shoup
in order that he might use IT to set mp me
legislature as effectually as possible against
Dubois; and doubtless other good Repub-
lican money was spent by Shoup to &c
feat Dubois.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
Increa sing the Deficiency.

(From the st. Louis Republic
1t is estimated that the total appropri
atoms Of the present Congress will be con-
siderably in excess of 81 900, Q00, 900,
and will overtop the highest expenditures
ever voted by any previous Congress by
from $50. 600. 1000 to SAC, 600, GOO. What
the Republican policy Will be and what
the Republican howl for more revenue
means are foreshadowed in these appro-
priations The bigger the deficiency, the
better the excuse 10 lay on the taxes for
the favored bounty grabbers; the heavier
the apr OPERATIONS, the richer the plucking
for the party jpbbers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
PopuIisn Is Rapidly Gaining.

from the Springfield Republican,
There is an impression abroad that much
of the great wealth has not been honestly
acquired, or that it is the product of
unjust laws and special privileges, and this
impression is gathering to its support
tremendous body of fact The sooner
wealth wakes up to Il" conclusion that Pop
uiism, so-called, is directed not toward
the confiscation OF property, but toward the
confscation of special undue privilege,
the sooner it will place itself in
position intelligently to consider the situa-
ton as respects the present social an
tacnniSmS.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

figures TO him self, Gardhire answered off
hand. sc .633" How much. :" asked some
one. ..is sol times 32?' without stopping
a second Gardhire replied "16, 032." And
thus for over half an hour numbers Were
thrown at him, and he gave the correct
multiplication like a flash In the multi
plication Of fractions the man is equally
proficient, and there seems 10 limit TO MS
powers, which are almost occult.
Gardhire cannot rem ember when he first
became aware of his power, and does Not
even know how he discovered it. He SAYS
that when the figures are given him he
sees their answer immediately. Simply by
glancing at a long line of figures he can
tell Immediately what the ADDITION rs.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
Asking a Good Deal i.

Congressman Mccall of Massachusetts,
observes the Chicago Times-Herald, says
that he recently received a letter from
one of his constituents, asking him To
..sendatonce one good, healthy male baby
This tends to heighten our respect for
CONGRESSMAN. because it suggests that his
duties ramify farther than mas geherany
been supp osed. The secretary OF the Chi-
caeo Board of Trade, however, received
letter awhile az o from a Kansas man. VINO
vote: please send me at once all news
and all facts about Chicago" Another
Westerner wrote to say that he had for
warded carload of jack rabbits, and
added: "sen them at once and forward the
m o3ey, as need IL rightaway"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
THE DEPARTMENTAL VETO.


From time 10 time there have been cb-
jections raised. by the press and people,
against the general river and harbor APP
preparation policy OF the Congress. 1t has
been alleged that the Improvement Of
small creeks and branches back in The
country to render them capable of rolling
logs to the mills with every recurring
spring. summer and autumn freshet, has
been the result OF a nobler sort OF log roll
to grind, and in short, price paid for
votes Since the national legislature has
appeared deaf to these muttered criticisms
there will be considerable public apprecia-
ton of the fact that a coordinate branch
OF the government has listened 20 and
needed them.
1t viii be remembered that the latest
river and harbor bill was vetoed by the
President, largely on account OF his Oh
jections TO the continuous appropriations
features of it. 1t was passed over his veto
and became q law, but not altogether an
operative one. Its reported that the See
retary of War has refused to permit the
engineers to use money appropriated for
public works under the continuous system,
and. to that extent, practically has multi
fled the act.
In framing future measures of this de-
scription il might be well for the Congress
matter likely To prove offensive to depart
mental views. Itiseasy to pass laws. COM
pared with the difficulty, sometimes, Of
getting them enforced.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The pass fiend has driven New York
manager to handing every fiend card
with the folio gIiteratlre printed upon it:
Owing to the pressure brought upon the
mana cement of this theater for free passes
by those who are entitled TO them, and
others who have no claim other than check,
l am driven to seek some authority TO
refuse the numerous requests. and as the
Bible is the highest authority we have,
refer you the following passages:
Thou shalt not pass. Mum. Xxx, is.
"suffer not man to pass. Judges
Ill, IS.
1.-The wicked shall no more pass
Nahum L., 10.
None shall ever pass. '-Isaiah xxxiv.,
10.
This generation shall not pass =
Mark xiii, 10.
Though they roar, yet they cannot
pass Jer. ", %.
$50 he paid the fare and went. :
Jonah l., ID.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Tie battle of Cedar Creek, which closed
the brilliant Shenandoah Valley campaign
If 1864, is TO tie made the central feature
of the Geographic Society lecture this even
ing. It will include an account Of the Con-
federate demonstration against Washing
ton. in July, 1864. The lecturer is Major
Henry E. Alvord, now OF this city,
formerly of the Second Regiment,
Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry; he was
later a cavalry officer in the regular army,
and on Gen. Sheridan's staff during active
Indian operations in the West THIS lee
ture win be at the Congregational church,
Tenth and g streets northwest, and VIII
be illustrated by lantern slides from maps,
old war time photographs and views of the
battlefield of Cedar Creek, etc, made
expressly for the occasion
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
These PennIe Live High.

Rupshu. a district on the north slope OF
the Himalayas, $4,000 feet above sea
level, and surrounded by mountains from
1000 to 1000 feet higher, has perrna-
nent population of 500 persons, who i've
i'm goat hairtents all the year round. Water
freezes there every night, hut no snow
falls, on account of the dryness or tue
air. The people are shepherds, and dress
in pajamas and long cloak, wearing an
additional cloak in unusually cold weather
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
A Georgia Negro Prodigy.
CFrom the Augusta Chronicle)

(FT0m tHt AuSusea NHIVIINIo''
T ebert Gardhire is negro ana an uH-
educated one, but when it comes TO figures
he can't be stopped by any Mathematician
in the world He is an humble resident
of Augusta, and is employed as laDorer
at the Interstate Cotton Oil Company. In
naturalization Gardhire is as quick as
IT. oIght. Before the average person can sci
the figures down with pencil Gardhire
has given the correct answer and yet he
canrot say how he does it.
" was asked what was the sum to'ai
of 80 times 81, and without repeating the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
S.onoe Things Done in Jersey

A bill is to be introduced in the New
Jersey legislature, says the Philadelphia
Record, to provide for marriage license
law in that State. Such an act would,
IL passed, put an end TO great deal of
sly and surreptitious rnatrimony; but it
will be stoutly opposed by marriage
brokering parsons and justices who find
profit in doing a Gretna Green business
by Joining together wandering couples from
New York and Pennsylvania without ask
ing unpleasant questions.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
when Lovely Woman stoops.
(Fron the Jackson Times.)

(FrOm the JackSOn IlInes.I
The famous breachofpromise suitbrought
nv Mrs. Carson against ex-senator Rob
erts. in Savannah, for damage to her heart
and feelings by the ex-senator failing to
keen his plighted troth, has been brought
to an end and Mrs Carson gets verdict
of $3.50. It's the same old story:
when lovely woman stoops to folly
And finds, alas, that men betray,
What words can smooth her melancholy,
What tears can wash her sins away?
S S S SIS S S 5 S 5 5
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Harry Furniss evidently doesn't leave
Washington with much regard for the
city's bump OF appreciation. As nnan-
ciaI success. the little Englishman has been
a scintillating failure. He is an interest
ing and accomplished man, but there Is
scarcely any popular side to his entertain
ment. Itappealsto the few, andthe many,
somehow, discovered it, and left him vlo-
lentIy alone. He'll never come back any
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

It is the fashion for the women 10 go out
hetweenthe acts in Japan b 1t their motive
is not the same as our mems The theaters
CT japan have three tiers OF boxes, so ar
ranged that the women can change their
toilets, for 1t is a long established custom
that the women shall not be seen for an en-
tire evening in the same dresses and orna-
ments.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Margaret Matters production or Gym
beIine.', given at wallacks Theater, on
Tuesday evening, was commended as The
finest Sbakespearian production ever gwen
in New York The cast was certainly re-
nlarkabIe, and the secenic pictures are re-
corded as dreams OF loneliness
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Perhaps wanamaker is going to build
:hat new church to indicate his thank
tulness that he was delivered from the
sorrupting influences of modern politics
rather than from destructive" fire.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The New York Journal suggests lin
very sarcastic sort of vein, of course,) that
Hon. Joseph Hodges Choate, who is ex-
United States SenatOr from New YORK, with
Henry George, would make an excellent
Attorney General in the Cabinet OF Presi-
dent Mckinley UnC oubtedly. The Jour
nails idea is that he would protect the
trusts beautifully, even if he chose 10 hight
them. lie could make no head, and al
most surely some influence in the country
would call him down.
A writer for the Capital refers TO the
case of Wayne McV eagh, Garficld's At
torney General. The star route business
came up, and Tom James, of New YORK,
desiring 10 advertise himself, started in TO
warm the backs of the wicked. HecOuldn't
begin 10 chew what he had bitten Off, nj
Wayne McV eagh, who never had any SAND
in him anyway, proved perfectly impotent
as Attorney General Garfield permitted
him 10 he so. But Garfield was shot, ami
Arthur became the President, and his A L
torney General was Benjamin Harris
Brewster, of Philadelphia. The Depart
ment of Justice never had n Drawer head.
He first found out il he should fight the
star reuters. There was convention
delegation for Arthur in it from Louisiana,
and perhaps from other States, IL the case
were compromised, but Arthur wouldn't
compromise. He was incomparably A
greater man Garfield. Brewster really
fought, and at least he fought the star
reuters TO stand still The Capital man
tells a little story of Benjamin Harris
Brewster His face was disfigured, as all
remember, who ever saw him. when
he was four years old his little sister Iell
in the fire. He sprang after her ana
himself fell in, but saved her life. The
burns maned his fine, courageous lace
ever after.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
Casts in All $4,000.

The obituary addresses delivered upon
the occasion of the death OF a member OF
Congress cost the government a good deal
of money. Usually 10000 copies are
printed, with steel-plate portrait or the
deceased, fifty of which, bound In fun
morocco, with gilt edges, are for the
family of the dead Congressman. The
cost of obituary volumes in the Fifty-first
Congress was over $5o.000.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
senator Hoar,s Just Claim.

In the selection of a suitable person to
deliver the address OF welcome TO the
Congress of Mothers, which is about to
assemble at Washington, says the New
York Journal, the claims OF Hon. George
Frisble Hoar should not be overlooked.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Selection Of the battle ground will give
COrbett and Fitzsimmons something new
Co talk about.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The Puritanical Boston Herald observes
hat this Seely dinner business would have
been threadbare by this time If it had not
been clothesless originally.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

1t would indeed have been polite thing
Tor Hon. Joe Choate to be POSTMASTER
Mt the platt dinner-and perhaps il he
had been real nice about it, he could have
been Senator from New York some day.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Lyman ]. Gage, the prospective Secre-
tary of the Treasury, VIII go down in
history as the gentleman whom Hon.
Coin" Harvey made famous in a single
book
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

IL is said in extenuation of Hon. Billy
Mason that he is at least seven inches
shorter than Senator Cullom and that be
Doesn't look like anybody at all.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The Chustianizing atmosphere of Wash
and the little wife.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

senator Turpie may as well do consid
erable talking now, as il is likely to be a
.ong time before he has such good chance
again.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Brewer and Fuller are names to lay the
Boundary dispute Oh its bier.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Can it be that Maude Adams is waiting
until she gets 20 Washington To announce
her engagement to Richard Harding Davis!
Gossips will have it SO.
Miss Adams says nothing.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

At last the Nations whisky shop has a
recognized FoTman.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The Senate on Arbitration: Rest quiet
cat in pace!'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

ALPrimrose ,abrother of George Primrose,
is press representative, and John west,
a brother OF Will West, is treasurer or
the Primrose and West Ministries. It's
all in the family.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The Coffin Makers trust should demand
more protection against foreign wooden
listers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Anxious InQuirer-No. the Duchess who
has just died is not Chimmie Fadden's, and
sence not the real ting.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The Congress will be allowed only siXt,
DAYS TO cit on the tariff collar.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Gen. Grosvenor should remember Solo
mons progerb: It's the sAtill pig that gets
tn shwil!"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

George Gould thinks that liquidation has
run its course. and in the case OF those who
cannot pay undoubtedly it has.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Anybody who says anything about Ohio
rs liable for public profanity.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

A comedian at one OF the theaters last
week refused to go on. He told The man
ager that the audience was laughing at MIN.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
WHILE THE CURTAINS DOWN

1t was p T. Barnum who said II don't
care what people say of me so long as they
don'tleave me alone And Anna Held has
similar views.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

All the local runners have been out
getting their wind.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
Mr. Rothschild.s specie Room.

The specie-room on ocean steamships
is usually sixteen feet long, ten feet wide,
and eight feet high. 1t is formed of steel
plates a quarter of an inch thick, with a
steel door, which has a burglar proof
combination lock.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
JOKES OF OUR OWN

what did you say Edward was takin'
up at college, Maria?"
Political economy was the last thing,
believe"
GOOD thing" groaned Mr.. Chinwiskers.
He doesn't seem to know anything about
any other kind
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The Senate always helps TO postpone the
advent of compressed wind.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
THE WEATHER TODAY

The Weather Bureau
reportsthatthew wealth
er for the Dist riot OF
Columbia Maryland
and Virginia will be
fair tonight, with in
creasing cloudiness on
Saturday. The tenn
perature will rise
slowly during Satur-
nay and Sunday and
northwesterly winds,
becoming variable,
viii prevail during
he period.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Nothing but money counts. Then why
fuss about that Buckeye majority"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Is the Senate Turkish bath pool room
within the meaning of the law?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Dan Stuart says he worked the priz'
fight law in Nevada Just on his name.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Wait till Hanna settles here If you want
10 see something swell.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

The Senate VIII affront England again
by taking up the Hawaiian cable bill.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

There are still Senators who are turn
Ing up their noses at the arbitration treaty.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

II that Utah lady should reach the Sen
ate, old Sister Hoar wouldn't feel so lone
some.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Another from Dewey:
one Thesman-They tell me play the
part of Mephstopheles TO the very hie.
Anotner-Oh, ] don't know You're not
so warm.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
GOOD AFTERSOONi

Wall street has McKiney's Gage by
this time.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

Advance A gent (readingl- herenownor
Thespis transformer CLEANS with me-
teoric brilhancy athwart the armament OF
the dramatic world" Yes, that reads
pretty we'll. lie is a shooting star, for
fact-he's about half-shot now
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

E S willard gives The Professor Love
Story tonight and twice tomorrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
A see save is this lyfe, i wene:
(Quod Jenkinsl pom my soule'
For whenne up crawls the mercury
Downe goes We price OF coal

albert Edward, how many times am !
to hear OF your coming home with that dis
Count Baccarat? The snow on
the lawn last night was entirely covered
with your footsteps"
Il couldn't help it, mother He froze on
TO me-"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29
IMPORTANT TRUTHS


George Frisbie Hoar has just been re-
elected to the Senate, or this antag0nism
against him that has sprung up in Boston
and the ncighborhood on account OF bis
PLAYING Thomas jefferson Coolidge into
the Cabinet breach in order to knock
out ex-Gov. Long, might cause trouble.
Hoar and Cheney, of New Hampshire, and
a few others object to Long simply because
the Long Cabinet boom didn't originally
emanate from them. They want no Cabi-
net officer from New England who shall
not be under obligations to them, ana so
they throw in Coolidge; and Coolidge, OF
course, is willing. Whatever the lndig-
nation, though, it cannot touch Hoar, He
has Just been reelected. Moreover, there
have been certain backwoods members OF
the Great and General Court OF Massachu-
sets who have believed George Frisbie
Hoar q very Webster, Choate, and Sumner
OF ability all in one. A. w. Beard, ex
collector at Boston, the late Judge Adm
Thayer, of Worcester, and the pleasant
Edward w Tinker, of North Adams Ia
stockholder in the Center Market Associa.
ton OF Washington helped to propagate
this strange idea.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

One of the things which pension agents
will have TO do during the next century will
be to hunt up the heirs and assigns OF the
Ford,s Theater victims and give them
what belongs to them, with interest; and
the interest will be considerable item.
"Hi, Chimmie, where did yer get dat
wad?''
"ob. l got money ter burn. Been clearin'
out bank-snow bank
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-29

beautiful story, bnmfuI Of hove. patbos
and comedy.
Five Great Realistic Naval Scenes.
A SUPERB COMPANY.
MAGNIFICENT SCENERY.
Popular prices maintained-15c-. 25c-,
soc. and &c.
Note-A good seat on first floor for 20
cents. Seats in Box, 81 90.
Next Attract ON cKee Rankin, in his
new play, True TO Life