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The evening times., 1897-08-26
EXAMINATION FOR PRoMoTIOv Y.
Classified Employees Below Grade Of
Clerk VIII Have A Chance.

Classified Employees Below Grade or
Clerk VIII Have Chance.
The United States Civil Service Com
missirn announces that on October l.! e.,
1897, az examination viii be held at the
rooms of the commission. 10 test the fitness
lcr promotion of classified employees in
subordinate places below the gr ade eos clerkin
the variols departments.
Applicants viii be required to file their
applications with Tie commission through
the promotion boards OF the several de-
partments. not later than September 10.
The applications Will be reviewed prior
to the examination, and only those per
sons will be examined whose applications
clearly show that they are twenty years
of age, ard that they have served at least
two years in that part nf the departmental
service which is subject to the law OF ap-
poitionment
All Competitors who shall obtain a rating
of a: least 20 per cent on the educational
examination w.ll he showed a credit for
efficiency record as a part OF the exaniI,l-
ton. The efficiency rating Will be fur
nisned ty the departments on or before
October /, 1897. No one viii be eX-
aInined unless his efficiency record, up
10 at least July /, 1897, certified Ia by
the department is one file with the CON-
mission at the time of the examination.
The evening times., 1897-08-26

From Chicago we have an alarming rumor
that tie REV. T. De Witt Talmage has beea
caIledto that city b = a leading gcongregation.
What answer hemay make is not known. Pre-
sumably, only question in the matter, as
far as the doctors mind may he concerned,
will be that OF duty andusefulness. Chicago
is a very lar ge place, and more people CO uld
listen TO the great preacher on d given Sun
day there than assemble before him here
Chicago alsc is a very wicked city. Brother
Moody has made occasional inroads, and
brought about pious results In many in
stances, but still there is room for Or Tai
mage. On the whole, we rather think he
might do well to ma he the change. There
is nothing ia the air or climate Of Chicago
that would tend 20 muzZle him on the sub sect
Of weyler' atrocities against helpless wom-
an hood and childhood. In washingtonit il is
different Yes, lie would much better go,
The evening times., 1897-08-26

Decision of the Maryland Court OF
Appeals Suits Them.

Decision of the Maryland Court of
Appeals Suits Them.
1t is the sangulhe bslef OF the Maryland
single takers thatthe single tax movement
has been vindicated in their State by the
Maryland court of appeals, and In conse.
Quence the movements likely to soon spring
into prominence again.
Hyatssville attained considerable proini-
hence in s92, owing toits advocacy OF the
theory thet the products OF industry and
earnings should not he taxed. The citizens
temper arily were victorious, but the specu
lators ia vacant lots managed to secure
the aid OF the law.
Ia the same year the board OF commits
sion"rs exempted per sonal property from
land taxation; wbereupon, great uproar
was aroused by the land holders. Affairs
finally reached such stage that the
board was Invited to resign or revoke It's
ruling. The beard refused to do either,
and u long series of litigations ensued
When the question came up before Judge
Brooke in the circuit court at Marlboro III
was argued by the opponents of single
taxation that the commissioners were
Obliged to assess improvements and per
Sohh by. DToohc
cided that the commissioners were in the
right.
The court of appeals upheld this decision,
but held that the legislature could not ex-
empt any class of property.
Nr. jackson II. Ralston, OF the law firm
OF Raiston & Siddons, was the principal
actor IN the yatsville Single tax mos emenG
He and ,thers are now calling attention to
the new Volume Of Maryland court of ap-
peals decisions just issued. Mr.. Ralston
said to q Times reporter that, in one of the
decisions of the volume, the court Of APP
peals has practically reversed its opinion III
the Hyattsville case.
Other lawyers were of Mr.. Ralston's opin-
Ion as to the effect of the decision. Just
what will follow the decision it is too early
TO predict, tut it i S highly probable that in
some parts OF Maryland tue single takers
will become active again and ask the
legislature to give some community the
power t. exempt the products OF industry
from taxation.
The evening times., 1897-08-26

Desperadoes Attack a Sheriff aod
Three Secure Their Liberty.

Shoals, Ind. Aug. 26. -Four desperadoes
confined in the county jail, made a com
hined attack on Sheriff Sherlock about
O'clock last evening. as he entered the
cells to lock them up for the night, knock
in. him down, bruising him ard escaping
Lee Freeman, one of the prisoners, was
recaptured. John Bledsoe, charged with
murder: George Harris and George Ed
wards, accused of burglary, are still a:
large. Armed deputies are in pursuit OF
them.
The evening times., 1897-08-26
SUICIDE OF A BANK CLERK.
Throws Himself Under q Fast-Mov-
Ing Locomotive.

Norristtwn, Pa, Aug. ga well.
dressed man, about thirty-five years old
threw himself under apidly-InoYing
locomotive on the Pennsylvania Railroad
near Fort Washington, yesterday, and was
ground 70 death.
He was seen runningto reach the railroad
before the locomotive passed by and, as It
approached, he gave wild, despairing
cry and flung himself on the raIls.
The suicides body was identified as
that of Emil II. Doempke, 2125 North
Twentieth street, Philadelphia. He was
employed IN the Tradesmen's National
Bank of that city and was boarding at
Fort Washington, in Whitemarsh, durin Z
his vacation. His wife missed him at
noon and came to NorristOwn on learning
that man had been killed on the rail-
road. She was prostrated by the dis coveTy
that the man was her husband.
The evening times., 1897-08-26
BANKER TALLANT INSANE.
BrootiiDg Over His Sons Death Said
TO Have Been the Cause.


San Francisco, Aug. 26.-The sudden in
sanity of John ID. Tallant, of this city, on
q train which reached Chicago yester lay is
ascri,ed to grief and brooding over the
deeth of his eleven-year-old son, which
occurred about 8 ponths ago. Mrs. Tai
ianl, as soon as she recovered from the
shock, went TO Europe with her children.
rallant continually referred to the
crushing Of his hopes by the death of his
son. He hired rooms near the cemetery
ard spent much Of the time that should
have Teen devoted to bank business ia
wandering about the cemetery and sitting
near the dead boys grave. Then at night
when the hank was deserted he worked
late over hooks and accounts. In this
way lie obtained little sleep, and his
friends think this and his constant brood
ing have unbin ced his mind.
Recently Mrs. Tallant wrote, urging her
husband to take long vacation, and lie
decided 10 spend year abroad. He
left his business in good shape.
The evening times., 1897-08-26

The confession of the man who shot the
unfortunate farmer, Marshall, as the latter
was driving into the city with a load Of
peaches, constitutes an object lesson OF
which the people of Washington viii take
particular notice. Highway robbery has
been growing too much of a custom here
pf late, and II is not custom comfortable
TO contemplate. How to cure the evil is
. question. Perhaps IL might not be
bad idea TO allow peaceable and reputable
citizens 70 carry firearms, under license
The statute against concealed weapons is
effective 10 preventing law-abiding people
from having the means of protection about
them, while IL does not In the slightest de.
gree deter criminals, roughs and all vicious
persons from packing" guns, knives, dung-
shots and rszors. or course any citizen
may openly carry q pistol. rifle or a six
gun battery IL be wants to; and. IL this
The evening times., 1897-08-26
Killing of a Desperate.

Miami. l. T., Aug. 26.-Heck Brlnner
deputy United States marshal of vinita, l..
T, Tuesday shot and killed Dan Clay, a
drspnrado. Clay rode into Miami a few
days ago and n deputy marsha manned Locke
under took to arrest him. Clay jumped
from his horse and, drawing his pistol.
pounded the officer into Inconsistencies.
Drummer met Clay near his home and COM
mandci hun to throw up his hands. The
latter attempted To draw his gun, when
the officer shot him.
The evening times., 1897-08-26
Circulation Statement.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2e, 1897.

Circumstances connected with the takin :
of the Khyber Pass by the rebellious AT
ridis tend TO show the recent incapacity OF
the British authorities TO realize the dangers
of a situation which every soldier, states
man and diplonatist in Europe long ago
recognized For the protection of this key
TO India. this pass through which Alexander
and every other conqueror Of the country y
has entered it, the Indian viceroyal gov
ernmcnt has depend I'll UPON a small force Of
Arid police under contract That these
tribesmen should have made any fight at all
against their brethren in insurrectiOn, is as
tonishing but not half as much SO as that
the governor general should not have gar
risoned the pass with regulars, as soon as
events in Europe pointed to a reopening OF
the Eastern Question. Now the fat is in
the fire. aaG IL will take money and much
sacrifice OF life TO recapture Khyber Pass
The evening times., 1897-08-26

IL does not follow from this, that 4
party OF patriots ought not to catch Weyle
and hang him 10 the nearest tree. He is
al OUTLAW absolute and without qualifica.
tion. His lie has been forfeited a thou.
sand tiu.PsOver. by his crimes against civil
ization and common humanity. But, even
In his case, assassination would 5e wrong.
He should be sentenced by court-martial
within the Cuban lines, q nd the decree of
the tribunal should he mandatory upon the
first officer or soldier who could lay hands
upon him. Incur news columns this morn
ing details Were given OF the fInprison.
ment and expulsion from the island of Don
Edouardo Garcia, lately correspondent in
Havana for The Times and the New York
Sun. His account of the miseries and tor.
lures which he witnessed while in con-
finement, would touch a heart of stone.
The evening times., 1897-08-26
vENEZUELA,S WHISKY TRADE.
Concessions to AN Ame rican Syndi-
cate Giving ControI of the Product.

Richmond, Va, Aug. 26.-Thruuch Mr..
Samuel r Froskauer, of this city, the consul
to Puerto Cabello, an American syndicate,
1t is Understood, has secured concessions
from the Venezuelan government which
allow them to control the entire whisk )
trade of that country. Col. TazeweIl
Elicit, eX-Congressman from this district,
il : understood, is coun sci for the syndi-
cate.
Pc is now in Venezuela ON business for
the concern. and Mr. Proskauer has an in
tercst in the business, being closets identi-
fled in some way with the big movement.
The evening times., 1897-08-26
BAY RIDGE,
The Only Salt Water Bathing
Resort in the Vicinity Of
Washington.

EXCELLENT RESTA URANT.
Efficient train service. Low rates.
Trains leave b. 4 o. station, week days,
0:15 g. m, 4:3O p. M; Sundays, 9:36
q m, 1:3O and 3:15 p. m
Round-trip tickets, 90 cent?.
For the 4:30 p. Ia. train, 75 cents VIII
be charged, and 20 cents refunded upon
return OI coupon To agent at Washington
station.
A delightful trip Of 20 miles on Chesa-
ueake ray, on the morning boat to Balti-
more and return, for 20 cents Tickets
for sale on Cafe Porch upon arrival Of
morning train from Washing gton.
je7-Mo, Thu, Sat, lila u31 ,'07-em
The evening times., 1897-08-26
AN INFANT LONG ASLEEP-
A NiDc-Month-old Child Wasting
AWAY in n StuuOr.

Jeffersonville, Ind, Aug. 26.-The nine
month-old child Of Mr and Mrs. Clarence
Murphy has hecn asleep for nine days and
nights, and all efforts of physicians to
awaken 1t have been in vain. The child
first took sick from teethIng, and one day,
after being unusually fretful, fell asleep
In its mothers arms.
IL will swallow nourisbment In the form
OF milk mechanically but is gradually
wasting awsy, and its death is only n
question of time, IL it cannot be aroused
The evening times., 1897-08-26

News from the Pittsburg district today
rs not favorable TO any idea OF peaceful
settlement OF tie strike. The coal operators
have effected an organization, and it is
probable that they will attempt to re-
open some selected mines within a few
days, using machines and non- union Id bor
of some sort. What counter movement the
strike leoders may undertake to meet this
Demonstration, does not yet appear. What
ever it may be, il is not probable that
IL VIII be violent or in any way calcu-
lated to bring the military arm of the
State into play. That would rebound to
tie advantage of the operators, who now
are at heavy oost for the protection af-
forded by civil Officers: whereas, if the
militia were ca He'd out, the whole people
OF the common VI ealrh would have to foot
the bills.
The evening times., 1897-08-26
Popular Salt Water Trips

To picturesque Lower Potomac aud all the
summer resorts resumed SATURDAY June
26. Steamer T. V. Arrow smith leaves 7tn
g. ferry wharf every Monday end Wednes-
dav, 3 p. M, and Saturday ut d IN Home
Sunday, III d. m. Accommodations first
c1ass. O. W. RIDLEY, q. II
Je27-2mo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

A really good dairy COW can be
protitably kept until she is eight years
old.
Don't allow your cows, young cattle
or sheep to be pinched in their feed dur.
ing the winter.
Do not expect good milk COW tc
become beef fat while she is yielding 6
good flow of milk.
AS rule, profitable COW is a gooc
eater, but some cows have eyes larger
than their stomachs, like some men.
If the heifer is to develop into a
profitable COW, her first milking period
must be extended as much as possible
The solid part of milk is made large
ly from matchmaking foods. The
dairyman must use good deal of corr
in his feeding ration, but it should be
balanced up with oats or something
of that kind.
Lack of skill in milking, unkind treat
ment, improper or irregular feeding
and cold stable will soon spoil tn,
best dairy herd III existence. See thai
hone of these methods" are practiceG
in your dairy.
While it is best to keep water where
the cows can help themselves, when this
cannot be done conveniently, the best
plan is to see that they have all the
pure, fresh water they will drink regu.
larly twice a day.
The cow likes regularity, and wheE
the regular routine of her life is dis
turbed she resents it by giving less milk
She is not very particular whether she
has three meals Il day or two, but she
wants what she does have regularly.
Those who have had much expert
cnce know that there is great differ
ence in salts. A sample should always
be thoroughly tried before buying large
quantities, no matter what inducement
may be offered. If it does not suit il
is not wanted at any price.--Colman's
Rural World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11

driving wheel several feet in diameter,
and operated by a treadle or a crank.
Run a belt from the fan-wheel, over a
ruler attached to the side of the box, to
your motor, and have an arrangement
that will cause the fan to revolve at an
extremely rapid rate.
At the bottom of the box place pan
of heated water and start your mill.
Soon the water will become greatly agi
lated and form itself into spirals as
little by little the surface is sucked
up, producing a liquid cone several
inches in height, above which a number
Of small drops will accumulate and fall
back in series of spiral showers.
Gradually there will appear vapory
hollow tube from the apex of the cone;
this will gyrate upward toward the
fan and lose itself in the upper part
an exact reproduction of a real water
spout. So strong is the current of air
about this tube of vapor thatitwill cause
light objects such as straws and pieces
of paper which may be floating on the
surface of the water to be drawn up al
HOSl ~ tlIt tOp VI Cllc bOA.
A little soap in the water will add to
the interest of the experiment, as the
soap bubbles will be seen in violent
agitation at the foot of the cone
You will notice that your waterspout
is a spiral tube of vapor which twists
its way upward after the manner of a
corkscrew. Now at the center of this
nebulous spiral, forming its cone, is a
current of cool air shooting downward
This current of cool air serves to con-
dense or thicken the vapor to some de
gree, and if you blow puff of smoke
across the mouth of your waterspout
you will see it at once go to the interior
of the tube, gracefully roll itself into a
slender cone, and make its way down
to the surface of the water. represent
ing exactly what takes place when in a
real waterspout the clouds are sucked
down and mingle with the cone of vapor
that rises from the surface of the agi-
tated sea.
The spiral column is the harmless
part of a waterspout, though we hear
tales of ships being wrecked, and even
of small boats being drawn up into the
air by them. But this is done not by
the column of yapor, but by the invisi-
bic and terrific whirlwind that RACES
round (which, in your miniature re-
production, causes the straws and
pieces of paper 70 mount into the air.
1t has been held by many that the
course of the waterspout is downward
and not upward. but this simple expert
ment disproves this theory by showing
the formation of the column upon the
surface of the water, the direction
taken by light objects and the descent
of the smoke through the center.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11

A crow which haunts the Mid-Surrey
links at Richmond is bit of a humor-
list. He has played such pranks with
the golfers balls that the subject has
been discussed by the committee. He
appears to hover in attendance on
players who use nice new white balls;
''reT.ades," or balls that have been
played with before, and on which the
paint has Clipped, receive none of his
emil arrassing attentions. Recently two
players were approaching one of the
holes, one player using new ball, the
othef ball that had been played with
5, bre~ 'Son walking towards their
balls the players were astonished to
see the crow alight near them, examine
first one ball and then the other, event
ually rejecting the older ball, and fly
ing away with the new one in his beak.
The crow took the ball over into some
marshy ground beyond the boundary
of the links, where the caddie, in hot
pursuit, could not follow him. The
bird dropped the ball for an instant,
looked sideways with a merry twinkle
in his eye, as much as to say: Don't
you wish you may get it?" picked the
ball up again, and with offensive assur-
ance flew back over the heads of the
players to his haunt in Kew gardens
T,ondon Golf
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11

really skilled musicians from parrots
standpoint, which is learning to sing
correctly'to the accompaniment of Il
musical instrument.
When asked about teaching parrots
Mt home the principal of this strange
school said:
That's easy enough # the bird is
bright and the teacher has some pa
thence. All you have to do is to put him
in a dark room and keep repeating the
words until he catches them. After he
has learned two or three simple SEN
fences there is no need of keeping him in
the dark room during his lessons. lie
will pick up things easily enough. But
as for learning to spell and to read and
tell the time of day and music, it takes a
good teacher and a mighty bright bird -
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11
SCHOOL FOR PARROTS.
How the Birds Are Put Through a Reg
uIar Course of Training.

How the Birds Are Put Through Reg
ular Course of Training.
On lower Third avenue, in the famous
and One-time much feared BOwery dis
trict of New York, is the only parrot
school on the continent In this school,
which is nothing more than the back
room of bird fancier's shop, parrots re-
ceive their education.
Large numbers of these birds arc
brought to New York each season, most
OF them fresh from the tropical forests
OF South America. In this wild state,
screeching and screaming, they are
purchased by the bird fanciers, taught
to greater or less extent and sold all
over the country. In this parrot acad-
envy the birds go through a regular
course of training. They begin with
kindergarten methods and step by step
are promoted until they have com-
pIeted the highest grade. When a
fresh lot of these birds is purchased
they are put in the room aud for two or
three days left to themselves so that
they may become accustomed to their
surroundings. Then parrot which has
already mastered the art of monosyI-
liable words is introduced and soon
teaches the whole class such simple
words as yes and no.
The next grade, which is bisyllables
and sentences of the simplest character,
is taught by a second parrot further ad-
vanCed than the first. While in the third
grade, where long words and more diff
cult sentences comprise the course, the
teacher is also a parrot.
In the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades
the teachers are the bird fancier and his
daughter. The blackboard comes into
use and the birds are taught their alpha
bet one letter at time. Then to read
and spell simple words, as cat" and
dog simple sums in arithmetic. and
telling the time of day. At this point
the general education ceases. The
brighter birds are selected and taught
to sing and dance. All parrots are not
musical and only few of them become
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11

A short time back a welI-dressed
stranger called at fashionable jew
eler's shop in Paris and selected a gold
watch and chain, value G15. Placing
on the counter his apparently we'll
lined purse. the customer tried on
the watch and chain in order to Judge
Of the effect, when, suddenly glancing
out of the door, he shouted: Punch!
Punch. come here-come here, you
brute!" AS the dog did not obey he
ran out after it. Punch was a clever
accomplice, and ran all the faster the
louder his master called. When the
jeweler at last awoke to the fact that
he had been victimized, both dog and
master had disappeared.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
LOTTIE'S QUERY.

I was such mis- able little girl
For my sweet song bird, Fred, had died,
[ couldn't think of anything else,
An so l cried, an sobbed, an cried.
Then mamma sent me to Widow Brown
The washerwoman, by the mill;
She's drefful poor, an her boy can't walk
He's bout my age, an his names Bill.
didn't want to go there one bit
I'd rather stay at home an cry,
An pity myself the livelong day
Cause my canary bird must die,
But course went, an took picture cards
For mamma said, take EN- along
Then twas so queer, l forgot to cry,
An soon l sang a gladstone song.
hippity hoped the long way home;
For was merry, an full of JOY,
Was that all cause l forgot myself,
An happy made a crippled boy?
Fanny L. Fancher, in N. Y. Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11
A STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE.

We hope to sell 100000 packages
Golden Rind Watermelon, the most
wonderful freak of nature-smooth,
shiny, yellow rind, crimson flesh, de-
licious! It's sensational. Took 500 first
prizes in 1896. You must have it to be
i'll the swim. Melons go like wild fire
at S1.o0 apiece. We paid $500 for one
melon! 500 prizes for earliest melon
-ripened in 1896 in Al days. Lots of
money made in earliest vegetables
Salzer's seeds produce them. Thirty
five earliest sorts, postpaid, $1.OO.
SEND THIS NOTICE AND Is CENTS FOR A
Pkg. of Golden Rind and wonderful seed
book, 146 big pages, to the John A. Sal
ger Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. TKl