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The morning times., 1897-01-26
MINNIE MAY.

We have received the following from a
prominent citizen Of this town, well known
as a soldier And an agnculturist 1t gives
US great pleasure TO reproduce it here; and
for the convenience of the reader it shall
be printed in the form of a poem:
I'm tired and weary of ingrates,
Who flatter TO only betray,
And long to pass over the river
To meet my loved, lost Minnie May.
Her vision oft comes in my dreaming,
And brings back the sweet long ago,
Her blue eyes upon me are heaming
AS they did when my love knew no Woe
For full forty years she's been sleeping,
Where Love, Truth and Beauty are lucky,
While l in the midnight am weeping
Formy sweetheart that rests in kentucky
The signature is John A. Joyce. and if
we remember correctly this is the philoso-
pher OF Georgetown Heights, whose verses
and books have made him famous in six
Inherent States. We surmise also that
this is the same Col Joyce with whom
Ella Wheeler Wilcox contested the honor
OF having written Laugh and the World
Laughs With You.''
The poetic gift is rare one, and when
it is combined with locks so white and
leonine as Col. Joyce's, the phenomenon
is a topic of public marvel.
Moreover, there are not many Of us
poets left.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Mason short for stamps.

There was one period in Mr.. Mason's
campaign, says the Springfield Nll) cor
respondent of the New York Post, when
matters looked hopeless for him That
was when he was still atthe Briggs House
in Chicago. He ran out of money and
could scarcely get enough ready cash to
pay the running expenses of the head
quarters. One day ne had lot of let
tiers to mail, the postage on which would
cost about $50. He did not have enough
money Co buy the stamps. and the letters
remained unmailed until diSinterested
friend heard about the circumstances and
furnished him the needed funds
The morning times., 1897-01-26

The money that can he made in second
hand hook stores comes mainly from the
old and rare editions. Americana, and so
on. There is rot much profit in novels,
We have had great deal of trade in
novels for the last two or three weeks
two or three times as much as usual, for
some reason or other-and SO l have had
good chance to observe. 1t takes just as
much time to make a ten-cent sale as it
dots ten-dollar one, and the profits are
not worth mentioniug.-Joh H. Wills,
RON kscller.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
stephen Is. EIkins' Father.

Col. Philip Eikins, the father uf United
States Senator stephen b. Elkins, who
died January 3, says a Missouri paper,
was once a resident of Henry county. In
lS43 Mr.. Elkins entered the forty acres
on which now stands the town OF Hunting
dale, and lived in a log house where now
stands the Methodist Episcopal Church and
pars onage In 1916 Mr.. Elkirs sold his
property TO DR.. Hobbs and moved to West
port; in 1861 he returned to Huntingdale,
from there going with his son John into
the Confederate army
The morning times., 1897-01-26
10000 Hungry in Chicago

There are said to be $4,000 persons in
Chicago, says the Philadelphia Record,
who are suffering from extreme destitu-
ton Chicago is a great entrepot of food
stuffs. Bread and meat are there to feed
the nations. In city so pOpulous, so
prosperous, and so proud of its great
achievements in every field of human
effort no laggard in the race should be
left to starve because he cannot keep
the pace. Those who fall by the way
should be cared for.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Fun in PHILADELPHIA

A regular beat-the pulse.
A short answer-.'I haven't got cent. y
When a man bets COW it's beef stake.
Mrs. Candour-Does he speak French?
Mrs. Malaprop-Like a Parasite.
81 feel like dry doc,'' remarked the
thirsty physician as he raised a schooner
A Frankford gardener has written play
about grass widow. Theresa plotin it.
They are making game of me,' re.
marked the cat that was killed and served
as rabbit.
''Ef sum pussons wouldchew glue says
Brother Watkins, 'mebbe dey could stick
to dere word" Record.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Shot a Horned Rabbit

j. c. Rutledge, while hunting near Elk
City, Kan, yesterday, brought down a
rabbit having a pair of well deyel-
oped horns. The animal did not differ in
any respect from the ordinary ''cotton-taiI'
of our fields, except that right at the base
of the ears there cropped out two horns,
a little over two inches inl ength and about
aninch i'll circumference. They were com
posed OF IA hard substance of about the con-
sistency of a horSes hoof.-St Louis Re-
public.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Prayers the Little Children Say

L
The prayers the little children say,
They are not fine of speech,
But they hold deeper mystery
Than any tome could teach,
And they reach further up to heaven
Than wiser prayers can reach
The angels laugh to hear, eachday,
The prayers the little children say.
The prayers the little children say
No telling angel brings;
They pass right through the shining ray
That searches selfish things.
(They are so little that they slip
Between the guarding wings.)
And God says ''Hush! and give them
way!'-
The prayers the little children say.
The prayers the little children say
All, if we knew the same!
For ours, so wise and gaunt and gray,
Walk wearily and lame.
And by the time they come to God
They have forgot His name.
Would we may sometime learn to pray
The prayers the little children say!
Post Wheeler
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Excitement in Dyersburg.

In Dyersburg, KY, the other night
fifty prominent citizens took part i'll an
exciting Fox hunt. Rev Irwin Fox,
minister of lax morals, escaped by jump
ing through window, and is supposed
to be hiding somewhere in the wooGs, clad
only in nightshirt and an air OF injured
Innocence.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
England's Care for the Workman
(From the Springfield Renublican.l

Sentiment among the influential classes
seems to be far more considerate of or ten
der toward the rights and wrongs of labor
in Great Britain than in the United States
This was shown when, a few weeks ago,
public opinion there compelled the largest
railroad corporation in the kingdom to re-
store to their former positions employees
who had been discharged because they had
said they would cling to their labor union
in the event of a strike.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Snap Shot Interviews

Unfortunately for Mr.. WhiteIaw Reid, he
has not yet visited Globe. / can stand ON
Broad street this time OF year in front Of
the courthouse, in the bright sunshine,
comfortable without an overcoat, look
twelve miles To my right on Pinal Mountains
and see the ground covered with several
feet of snow, with the tall green pine trees
looming up; then cast my eyes sixty
miles Ia my right and see the Sierra Anchos
covered with snow, While the streets IN
Globe are dusty.-Col. Lee Crandall, of
Globe, Arizona.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

There have been a good many drains
on our money this fall anu winter. Alto
gether, they partially explain the local
dullneSs. The Union Veterans and the
Christian EndeayOr conventions cost money.
The contributions to the election funds
We're pretty large. The taxes took a lot
OF cash. Christmas helped along, and now
$50 900 or more is being raised for in
auguration out OF our pockets. Nobody has
had surplus money TO buy real estate with.
9ut better times are coming after March
fl a Whitaker, Real Estate Man.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Hanna Must Double His Capital

We do not say, observes the st. Louis
Republic, that Mark Hanna will not realize
his ambition TO become President. Stranger
things have happened In politics But we
do say that he will have to double the
capital of his political syndicate as the
first essential step.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Hard Times Hit Rome Also.

The number of persons unable to pay
their taxes in Rome is said to have in
creased by 10000 during the past few
years 1t has also affected the weather,
and the number of private carriages kept
in that city has decreased by 1000 during
the same time.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
,rhis Curious Rhinoceros.

There has just died at the Barnum &
Bailey winter quarters the only twohorned
white rhinoceros in this country, and, with
one exception, the only animal of his partic-
ular kind in captivity.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
De Lesseps Killed His Man

A son of De Lesseps seems to have IN
herited the fiery temper of his father He
has just fought Il duel with comrade,
which resulted i'll De Lesseps running his
saber through the lungs Of his antagonist,
who died almost Immediately
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Senator's Sometimes Rapid

The Senate is proverbialIy slow NOV
ing body, but it occasionally puts on n
full head of steam. Its feat, accom-
plished on Saturday of passing ! Oh pension
bills in 80 minutes is probably without
parallel.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

After Hon. Billy Mason was elected to
the Senate Mark Hanna thought it quite
safe as well as quite proper TO telegraph
his congratulations.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
One Yonng 1.ady.s Mistake.

A Hutchinson, Kan, young lady broke
her engagement because she heard thathe
gave another girl diamond ring for
Christmas present. She has since found
out that the other girl was only two years
old.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
senator Morrill,s Five Terms

If Senator Morrill, of Vermont lives till
March next be will have served five full
terms in the United States Senate, which
no man has yet done. His nearest COM
petitor was Senator Benton of Missouri,
who served four terms and a half
The morning times., 1897-01-26

There is some consolation for the funny
men who depend upon the whisker fer
subsistence As Mr.. Peffer departs, Hon.
Wash Hesing. OF Chicago, comes upon .he
scene, anew
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Gov. Black, of New York, now turns cut
to be a Platt kind of a civil service
reformer; and, of course, the Evening
Post is having spasms.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

One hundred members of the Connecticut
Legislature are farmers, and it " ouid seem
as if the woodchuck tax ought To 20
thu ough without much difficulty.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Somebody sued the city OF Nevada, Mo,
for $40, 600, and when the city Of Nevada
objected the party was willing to make
it ST00 and call it square
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Has Had Narrow Escapes.

If Gen. Russell A. Algcr, says the Chi
cago Despatch, should write his memoirs
they would chronicle more narrow Cabi
net escapes than any other publication in
existence
The morning times., 1897-01-26

The speaker Of the British House OF
Commons has salary of $25, 900 year;
but MI. Reed can have more fun than this
being nice to the incoming Republican
administration.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Ella wheeler Only Fortv.tbree

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the famous ''poetess
of passion has just celebrated her forty
third birthday. She married silver-plate
drummer some years ago, and her muse has
since become much more sedate.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Mr. j j. ingalls, of Kansas has reason
to believe that his poem, "0pportunity,'
now going the rounds OF the press, is,
like politics, an iridescent dream.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

1t now turns out that the phrase Of q
North Carolina gentleman, "a part ofwhom
l was which, is cribbed from Virgil.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Maggie Mitchell has lately put up an
apartment Louise worth S25,G00, which
would seem to Indicate that Maggie
Mitchell is still alive.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

If Mr.. Sherman should conclude after all
rot To 20 into the Cabinet of course Sen
ator Teller would be justified in taking it
back
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Uncle Russell Sage declares that social
entertainment that costs S240,Oe0 is
piece of nonsense, when a fine, large, 2
cent apple will do just as well.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Senator Brice may be said to be side
tracked politically for time, but fhere
is no question that his terminal faci:ities
in Wall street are all right all right.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

"John r. Mclean VIII not have such
clear sailing for Senator as his friends
think. if the Democrats carry the Ohio
legislature" said a Cleveland newspaper
man last night, II think there is another
very comfurta BILE Democratic editor that
will be heard from when the party wins.
You see the Ohio Democracy is fortunate
in that the two great Democratic daiies
of the State, the Cincinnati Enquirer and
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, both stood
true to the national ticket. Editor L. Z.
Holden, of the Plain Dealer, was dele
gate-at-large to the Chicago oconvention, and
can also look after the fiscal end of
Senatorial campaign very handsomely, if
H.. tries to-
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Mr. Mckinley is determined to have his
Inauguration suit loose about the arms;
but what is he going to do to prevent it
from bagging at the knees?
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Sir Henry Irving's spraincd anklc.is hav-
ing a great run.
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Their First Dividend.

tFrom the Chicago Times Herald.)
Count Castellane's western union has
paid its first dividend
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Perhaps Hon. Jimmy Garfieldis the only
pebble on the Buckeye beach after all.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

would like to get into a position TO be
arbitrated with.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Things have been dull, but Tot so bad
IS they might be. A present the seasons
reduction sales are making more or less
of a rush, but it is a question if any profit
is icing made on them We are buying n
large stock for spriIlg and summer in the
firm expectation that money will be freer
and buyers more plentiful-George Lewis,
Advertising Manager for Saks & Co.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Mr. Hobart has not hired the Barber
house, it seems; nd perhaps he is not com.
ing to Washington to live after all.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Perhaps it is the ventriIoquist, and not
Uncle Shelby Cullom, that emits these
strange Cabinet noises.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

1t is a Iudicrous foolishness that seems to
actuatca great many ofthetemperancean
other rcfOrmcrs." IfourIegislators passed
even part of the insane laws proposed
man would have to stay IN bed TO keep
olt of jail The more corrupt the repub-
lic the more numerous the Iaws-''-MaIor
Estel, Newspaper Writer.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

If patrons Of The Times, whether
in the city or suburbs, who do not
get a prompt and regular delivery
VIII notify the office, the irregu-
Iarities Will have Immediate atten-
tion. Telephone No. 337.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Farmer Allerton, Of Chicago, will now
have time to get his moving machine out
of the furrow into the NOW.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

1t may be true, as q Western paper
says, that there are too many corduroy
towns with asphalt pavenents; but Wash
ington is not one of them
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Russell Sage says that the poor are not
growing poorer; and Of course he has
exceptional facilities for knowing.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

is no truth whatever in the rumor that
the Senator from Ohio may refuse to
accept the State portfolio after all
The morning times., 1897-01-26

II ono may trust the impressions which
Mrs Sherman appears TO entertain there
The morning times., 1897-01-26

The memorial closes with a recitation
OF the action of the American Institute OF
Architects declaring the building the work
of Smithrneyer & Pelz and Il reference 10
an ample apology m ade by Harper's Week
ly. In all decency,' concludes the memo
rialists that tablet ought to be re-
written
The morning times., 1897-01-26
Japanese
Rugs.

Having purchased another lot
of Japanese Rugs in rich color
ings and choice designs, we
place them on sale today, to-
gether with some beautiful Will
ton Rugs, at exceptionally low
prices as follows:
The morning times., 1897-01-26
SMITHMEYER AND PELZ;
THEIR GRIEVANCE AGAIN

John L. Smithmeyer and Paul j. PelZ,
the original architects of the new gov
ernment library, have united in formal
statement of their claims to recognition as
the authors of the design of that notable
structure. This statement is formidable
document of twenty pages. Yesterday Sen
ator Blackburn presented this paper in
the Senate and secured an order for its
publication as a Senate document.
The gentlemen recite at length the story
of the inception of the project for a great
library building and their connection with
1t from 1872 to 1888, when Mr.. Smith
meyer retired and to 1892, when Mr..
Pelz was superseded. The documents de-
voted TO the recitation of a grievance, and
is well written. ~
n.Is
smithmeyer & Pclz point out that many
disappointmentsi have come to them in the
course of the erection of this national
building. They say they were forced to
carry on expensive litigation in the eff
fort to 'secure compensation many times
earned and even then Were deprived of
the major portion of the customary fees
But thcy regard the plagiarism Of their
work AS OF far more Importance than any
embarrassment coming from lack CT ade,
quate compensation or delay in receiving
what was gained;
The memorial Then turns to discus
| sion of the claims of others to the credit
| for the inception and execution Of the
| beautiful building. IAN untruth frequent
| y repeated they say, becomes current as
| truth" Then the memorial proceeds to
refute what it calls false statements made
| in the annual report of the engineer now
| superintendent of the building, In this re-
port it is stated that none OF the plans,
| designs oil drawings made prior to Gen.
'Easeys charge of the work have been
used, all being now wholly different"
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Henry Cabot Lodge was standing in the
Senate restaurant yesterday chatting
freely with two newspaper friends. He
was Interested in the conversation, anu
did not dream that he was al that very
Ih0ment being made the subject of inter
national caricature. But short, stocky
gentleman, dressed in excellent taste, who
was walking quietly back and forth in the
adjacent corridor was rapidly executing
an exaggerated Lodge upon his little
sketch block The little man was Harry
Furniss, himself an International char
acter, the famous cartoonist of London
Punch.
Later. the good-natured Lodge, who
posed unconsciously yesterday, will be
depicted as an attenuatcd Yankee ogre
tying impossible knots in the prehenSible
appendage of the good, old British hon.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Felix Let's. one of the doorkeepers OF
the House. is going to enter the race for
Public Printer Mr. Let's is a Brook
lynite and is close 10 Jake Worth, Mike
Dody, Congressman Israel Fisher ana
other great Republican lights. He is said
to be an all-round printer and bookbind-
er and fully able TO hold down the job.
BROOKLYN Republican influence is ali said
to be behind Mr.. Let's.
one of his colleagues who does business
at the west door of the House is anxious
to succeed Ambassador Bayard, but is too
modest to file his claim until Mr. Nc
Kinley really gets in.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

manent Family Circulation much
greater than any other paper, MORN
ing or evening, pu ublished in Wash
ington. As New : and Advertising
Medium il has no competitor.
The morning times., 1897-01-26

The architects however, find the un
on the tablet which ii is proposed TO place
in tile building a tribute TO those who
designed the building. This tablet pub
fishes the names OF the CHIEF engineer
and subordinate engineers alead OF the
names OF Smitlmeyer * PClZ. Worse than
that, "a deep line OF dcInarkation in the
stone cuts us off from participation in the
superior methods of these gentlemen, and
in feudal terms places us below the
SALT But worst of all is tie inclusion
on the tablet and above the names Of
Smithnleyer & PelZ OF the name OF the
son of the chief engineer Against this
they offer an indignant protest They say
that the chief engineer gave his son some
emplo yment in supervising, painting and
decoration, ON the strength OF which he
rushed into print as architect of the
Library building, December IS, 1857
Being suddenly lifted into unearned
(thc engineers sunp found his mental equi-
librium disturbed. Having Superntended
some painting iand! other embellishments
upon the interior Of our work, he rushed
.nto print as the architect OF the Congress
sional Library Nor did he descend until
the hue and cry Of the architectural profes-
sion had made this claim a pillory of
shame for him inst cad of an honorable emf
psncp ~
The morning times., 1897-01-26
NO TARIFF. NO PIE:

wAsHINGToN. d. C. JANUARY 2a 1897
The morning times., 1897-01-26

Smithmeyer & PelZ recite that from
1872 TO 1888 they We're in full charge
that they made the original and all sub
sequent accepted drawings, running in
every competition Of designs, and over
some Of the most famous architects of the
country including Walter, who designed
the dome and wings Of the Capitol, the
Postoffice and the Interior Departments.
The memorialists assert that the build
ing is the result OF thirteen years OF In
cessant study in America and in Europe.
The only change made from the original
Snlthmeyer plans was that neccssitated by
tile reduction made by Congress in the
appropriation originally proposed, which
reduced the length OF the building by
151 feet and cut out some courtyards,
book repositories and storerooms. Richard
NJ Hunt president OF the American In
stitute, said in his testimony before the
Court OF Claims:
lit is Smithmeyer & Pelz's design, leav
ing out wing running across each court.
The Washington bee., 1897-09-04
A GREAT EVENT.

The 58th anniversary of the
founding of the 10Th st Baptist
church, took place on last Sunday.
The event was one Of the greatest
and most imposing in thehistory OF
that institution. Rev. Brooks and
his members may well feel proud
of the event on last Sunday even
ing He has cause to congratulate
those who are associated with him.
The BEE can testify that the
church has made a history of which
to be proud. 1t is no doubt one Of
the best paying churches in this
city and it's members are composed
of some of the best known and in
fuential citizens. The BEE ex-
tends its congratulations and hopes
that the church may exist to wit
uesss So more anniversaries.
The Washington bee., 1897-09-04
AFTER THE MCLAIN'S
BARREL.

The movement is on foot to hold
political side show, in the shape
of Anti-civil Service Convention.
at Cleveland. Ohio, the home OF
Senator Hanna, seems not to meet
with the favor at one time antici-
pated. Like many other "move-
ments' of similar character, this
convention will have originated
right here in Washington by class
of political jobbers whose only
stock in trade is their unmitigated
gall. Every once in a while, es-
pecially after the nominating con-
ventions have completed their
work, some inventive local politi-
clan discovers that the country is
going to the 'demnition pow-wows'
and that a convention must be held
to correct abuses and perhaps to
locate the agitators. AS a rule,
these men are of doubtful political
lineage oftener democrats than re-
publicans and hence we are not
surprised that this movement is to
support Mr.. McLain and to oppose
the reelection of Senator Hanna.
As it is limited that the democratic
aspirant may be induced to open
his bar'l, it is not surprising that
a number of our local political ac-
robats are anxious to get in the
bald wagon. All the same, we
predict that if the convention
meets at all, it will be but poorly
attended and any thing but repre-
sentative in it's character. In any
event the pow-wow will cut no
figure among Ohio voters who have
already made up their minds to see
to it, that two U. S. Senators shall
represent them for a few years to
come.