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THE DAT OF THE CLIPPER PAST:
so the stunaaiI Has Disappeared for Good
from Most American ships.

so the stunaaiI Has Disappeared for Good
from Most American ships.
"Stunsails out of fashion," said the Old Skip
per. as he pulled vigorously at his old clay pipe,
which has been around the Horn almost as many
times as It's owner. "Well, they may he; but 1t
Is because financial economy has abolished them
on American ships. However, an old shipmate
Of mine. who Is n bit Of a crank, and left this
port tho other day, still carries a topmast stun
sail. 1t may be for sentimental reasons, just
as q Confederate veteran might display tho flag
under which he went to battle. But stunsails
are just as practical to-day as ever.
"Studding SAIL you sayi Oh. yes; studding
sail may be literally correct, but Jack says
'stunsail.' He objects to mouthing participates
and words with long endings. He wants
brevity all the time, in everything, perhaps, ex-
cept rum. The corruption of language by
sailors Is provcrbial. Stunsail may be a cor
ruption Of studding sail; but studding:sail itself
is a corruption of steadying sail, or steering sail,
which,;i in my opinion, was the original term.
The stunsail, although used only in moderate
weather, was a driving sail. Our yachts carry
stunsails to-day in the form of the immense
side sail that is called the spinnaker.
1T COSTS to fit a ship with q suit of stunsails.
t'heir use means extra labor for the crew, or a
c, Tgo room. This means expense for the shin
W hich her earnings In these days of railroads
ala ocean trunpS DO not warrant. The car.
go es that sailing vessels carry to-day do not do
mi md quick transportation. with Its high freight
rat es. The modern sailing ship is little better
tina n a floating warehouse. It is not driven;
spa RS and canvas are not pressed rs they were
beft' IRE tho advent Of the steamship. Sailing a
ship to make a short passage is one of the lost
arts. There Is no demand for auxiliary canvas
such as stunsails. The Yankee clipper is out Of
it'd, Ifunct.
Away back in the middle OF the century tho
Stars and Stripes foated over ships that We're
really clippers, below and aloft. In competition
with one another and with foreign craft our
cGliiPpa 3 carried valuable car~goos-tea from
China, coffee from Rio and fancy merchandise
to sai. Francisco. The steamships do the tea
days a goas-you.please run. The clippers were
under orders to get there to catch the top of a
market Hours saved on their voyages, long
though they were. meant many dollars for ali
concer ned. Ships were driven then with can
vas TINT fairly smTothered them in fair weather
and foul, and. Yankee seamanship, with its
characteristic Judgment and nerve, was recog.
Bus all this is merely a memory now. I
can IN! cy the. clipper of the fifties coming head.
On. rising against the clear sky of the lower lati-
tudes, her sails mounting above the blue hori-
Zon, tier upon tier-skyscrapers moonrakers
cl9ndcleanersIa sn9w;white pyramid. an an.
gers tootstool, as Jack says. Did they carry
stunsaisf Aye. up to tho royal yardslF
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was q great ~favorite with the clerks; No ono
knows that he stole any money. but those facts
are beyond dispute. Money disappeared while
he was employed in tho office, ana the ulsap-
penrances stopped suddenly when he WIS trans,
ierrcd TO the vault room. Not long aIterWerd
ne was caught stealing silver from the vaults,
tried, and convicted. Under the condltlons,
division Is fair.
Tho first money which was missed IN the re-
demption division was a So bill. The clerk
having charge of the money made up the
amount. Then $25 twas missing. This was n
pretty hoayy loss. The expert clerks IN the re,
deImption division receive only, 81 Q 0 to ~ 900
millions OF dollars during the year. A ,subscrip-
tion was taken up In the office to make up,tho
$25. Ono day n 3 1000 bill disappeared; Then
there was a commotion. Tho responsibility. was
too heavy for the Office. The Ireasuror OF tho
United states had to make good the shortage
ana go TO, Congress for redress. Iherc is little
doubt in the redemption division that the young
vault thief got that 81 900 bill.
rms incident was used by the treasurer to
point Inc moral of n recommendation TO Con.
gross Tor additional clerks. He recommended
thai a force be employed to keep n register OF
the numbers of tho notes OF largo denomina.
tons sent in for redemption. No such record
had eyer been kept, and as Congress refused
kept now. There Is no doubt that 1t should DO.
No business man would pay his notes and do
stroy them without keeping some record OF tho
transaction, yet. the Government each year
pays millions OF It's obligations and destroys
the notes, which represent them, and Il cannot
state to-day what notes are outstanding and
Wnat nave been redeemed.
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SMOKED CANARY BIRDS.
do Clouds from "a Pipe Develop n Rich CoIs1
In Their PiumaEeI

A little old shoemaker. who has a busy. old.
style cobhling shop on the east side, is a bird
iahcier and he has peculiar ideas about canariea.
one night last week he was sitting on his
ieatheT'covered bench, smoking an extremely
odorous quality of tobacco in q black Pima. A
customer, who had visited the recent bird show.
was waiting for him TO finish strengthening up n
worn heel, and he mado several remarks con.
corning the birds which hung about the cobbler's
shop They were fancy birds and he could NOT
help noticing 1t. Finally no asked the shoe.
maker how he got such richly colored birds.
It's part in tho breeding and part in Ina nt-
n'osphere' said the cobbler. You raise hir,,a
In Z" shop where two or three men are constantly
smoking, and In time you will get the darkest
Ennnso IDIOT v you use a little judgment In mat
~ NJ ,hey doht run TO green's"
i shouIu thlbk that tobacco smoke would ha
unwhO!esoine for the birds" said tho visitor ~
Oh the contrary, II makes them hardy and
scclhs 10 nc good for them every way. Wynmcn
VINO nave cannrie5 would do well 10 mi tI,ay,
Mhere lhcy can get "a little tobacco smpEc once
IN = while, although / don't think cinarctto
n,nohS would DO them much good. What thew
tIou ~ sttohs tobacco smoke from an old nina
r ~ bhis OF the smoke from u black cigar. i've
, ,ynr my Dest birds. when ] had two jours
moIhing IN TINS little shop with me and ali OF
? ntnOAihg pretty nearly ali the time"
tbeh me old man sighed and said: That was
ooloFe lhsy, half-eoled and heelcd shoes yDh1o
SWnu WAT before machines were used for cob.
ling. NO Two or three jours aud an Apprentice
vi M now. 1 sit here alone, with INV birdS
VSssius away ana Keeping them well sin0kSAu
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AN AQUARIUM ON WHEELS.
The Fish Commission's Car DESIGNED for tn.
transportation or Live FIshes.

Live fishes are ordinarily transported In cans,
designed for the purpose, and made OF different
sizes. II necessary the water in these cana is
aerated by dipping 1t up and letting it fall
again through the air into the can. Sometimes
tho water Is aerated by pumping from one can
TO another with a pump made for tho purpose.
In cars especially designed for tho trGnsporta.
ton OF living fishes, az. for exumnl. tboso If
the hlted States Fish Commission. a constant
circulation OF water 10 maintained. The young
Aquarium from tho commissiOn's station AT
Green Lake. Mdine, came through in such a car.
~ IL htlcd with lanks. There is carried under
.no Sul noor a reservoir OF waller, which is
pumped into a supply tank above, whence il
runs down into the tanks containing the fishes.
Overlooking into the reservoir below. Ia is
practically an aquarium ON wheels.
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PAID HIS BILLS IN FIGHTS.
Whipped . Landlord and n Lawyer Untu They
Called IL EvsnI Other Creditors Satisfied.

IRON the LobfsriNe Dfspdfch.
In relating q fight he once had with a man
from Illinois. MI. 8. H. Piles. OF Paducah, says:
"At that time I lived in Smithland. w. +.
Fowler was Judgej I was Sheriff; J.. w. Code
was clerk; Blount Hodge was there. Ben Barnes.
DIR. Sanders. T. O. Leech. Judge Bonnet. ]. w.
Bush, and many others of the old-timersl lived
there then. ] kept q hotel called the Wavcrly
House. This man from Illinois put up with me.
l gave him ono Of the best rooms. He stayed
several days. l got uneasy about my bill and
asked him for 1t. He said that / was In a HI of q
hurry, md that he would pay It whenever he
got ready. i very foolishly told him that II no
did not pay me right then / would take 1t out of
his hide. lie pulled of his coat and said he was
ready TO settle, and we went at 1t. We fought
for some time. and l thought ! had whipped
him but l am sorry to say that l was mistaken.
He rested n short time and jumped on me again.
When VIC fought ont this round I again thought
l had him whipped. but alas! i was again mis-
taken for he rested for a time and came at me
again. by this time 1 was very tired OF the
thinking nhout II for years. i think l was
whipped. When he let me get ny | told him no
wanted to. This man from illinois had II law:
suit In our court, and David Greer was his
This man from Illinois, flushed with Victory
settle with David as he had with me. He went
70 pnyid's otico and told him he had sottled
to pay him his fee In the same way. David got
up out OF his chair and backed himself up In the
corner and told the man from Illinois that ho
did not owe him ! cent. and also told him that
ut would be unpleasant for him 10 stay longer
with me. that he could go home with him and II
would cost him nothing to stay as long ms he dc,
sired 20; but the man from Illinois had not com
pletod his mission at Smithland as yet, He owed
Tom Robertson . livery stable bill; he called on
him 70 settle. Tom told him he owed him moth.
ipg. He then called on Mr.. Cado. and he told him
the shIIe thing.
The last time ] heard from this man fron
I!inols was that he. was fighting the. livery
stable man at Few Liberty, H., to get his horse
out OF the stable without pay. and he did So"
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Engliah Technical Journal Tells Unplensnnt
Truths About the Fire Department.

'.
INC u.'feu commenced ABOUT l CLOCK ma
warehouse In Wells street; the usual calls
reached the fire brigade, and were attended TO
IN the ordinary way hnt before any, oonsisa,a'
BILE number Of fremen could attend tic'lrc had
spread rapidly, and by the time about 500 men
OF the metropolitan Fire Brigade with forty-ivo
steam fire engines and the whole of the Salvage
Corps had got to work its extent had already
;n,olyod saroro, stroo,s ,h, a.. ,.o.ha.a
ihEoiVeu several streets inc hrst Workors 10
arrive having been beaten back by the flames.
II WAS. in fact. not until the whole of the obovc
foroo b.d boon o,so dri,on hnor, "a ~ I,.t
iorce la peen "iso ur4'eh oach' anu Ut lhst
had the benefit OF some strong party walls,
hroavo ,ho, ,roa L,on,inn ,ho, ~ 800 -, a.
breeze that was blowing 'hat the extent OF the
of the damage is tersely described by the in
suran,o s,r,ovor ,s ia hu,L1iras obsoru.o,r
eur"hco eai'e9or as oo cummings apsoiutciy
gone, Is buildings burned out. &c buildings
damaged. and 4 buildings scorched" II IL in
teresting to note that there was no high wind
nave ibor tSei t GSert hrnt n i Tar t gGfed Hra one: EuT,
on nn,, ibmua i inu mIss M ,hat " ib II mro appap9n Hmy
canH ny neicpnohe; INA, mere hre several hro
S u hi, II ciosS prDN1lnnty 10 the scene OF inc
confarration were OF the narroWes to kind o. come Snc
iion " 'ho ny, "iuiso nun'ueI u tnc puiiI'
iiiSS na" tUn,nion nrcIs vi .uurts, unu tmougn
Ino s.r va nro Mt, III a mhny caSGs Dy no
a., -, -. -
N mem 70 pieNehI lne spIeau Oh nfe' mere
nave peeh tne usual conipiaints as 70 the 9carth
OF water At me early stages OF ne nre; n dcarth
OF cGals tpr me nre engines, the alnieuity IN
cutting on the gas; Dut lhesc complaints can
POW DC taken as u a inSI'ef Tho OF Gthn at every
lhrgo i.oluoh nIe, IN SnG other manu. OK
perls nave accorded INC savage torps a G0n,
slueiaoic ani9unt OF pLaiso lpr rno nusilehsiike
manner IN when thcir Mork wns zone, Wniio
the same experts certainiy qua NOT apparently
see nhyahihE ilke good taehlcs IN the handlng
OF she npe brigade; excepting ~ p sl US re-
sarus u party on the lee sac Whlch was Ger
talmly well managed;
lhosc VINO altehdca INC hfo ana nave aiter,
ware examined inc runs; Gun only teIi the
Same tale; The lesson Is MAJ we seem 20 know
but very ntlie about lrc profession IN London,
am Inaf inc sooner We IaEo up Inc mater INC ~
Detter TOT all coicerhcu' more particularly, II
we remGmber the rate at which the metropolis
Is growing IN extent me kroater Costumes OF
our structures, ana their contents.
we are not only too lar behind other coun.
tries IN taxing preventive measures. but We are
ceftainly also not ahead or other n,odcrnly
equipped cities as regards fre extlngulshing,
excepting, perhaps, IN the physiqlc and activi-
ty of our frcmcn, our horsedcsh and driving,
our new fire stations, some of our engines. the
cie1nliness and brightness Of our brasswork,
and red paint. Our trc brigade, can, also boast
OF being able to play to the gallery better than
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LntlT lttIHO III.
=" Another queer kink in tho slope game of
draw is that straights don't go. I've been catch
Inf % %se ii5n an, ppt tb s'rei sha ,, and hTqwimg to 'Gm
p~rettiest plays in poker. In playing straights.
If the chnP across the. table draws one card,
you've got the fun of trying to figure out whether
he's drawing to a couple of pairs or bobbing to u
straight or a flush. and it's interesting work. II
he stands, pat, it's up 10 ,you to determine by tho
mind reading process whether he's simply bluff
Ing, or actually has u pat straight or full hand
well, out on tho coast they've heard occa-
sional rumurS OF such things ms straights being
played somewhere or another in the game OF
draw. but you won't meet one coast man in a
hundred that knows precisely what the straight
consists of and what the chances are of u mans
or double-ended straight. As for playing
straights; They've never even dreamed Of such
game of draw ! got into out there.
1T was in Portland. and another four
handed game, the other three fellows being hush
ness men also. We played along for a while
without my running into any snags sticking out
OF tho coast game, and then ] got on the deal
four cards that had in them the markings OF a
corking good straight, capable of being filed at
either end, from nine up 10 queen, so that either
fixed me all right. Idecided to draw to 1t just
for luck. although all three of the fcllows were
draw TO my straight. A Eing-high straight is
n pretty good mesa Of cards IN any mans game
of draw as VIZ know draw back in these parts.
There WAS a heap OF betting on that round,
ana, OF course, with. that Glipper-built straight
OF mine, i wasn't going TO let any of EN- put IL
on me-. i met every raise and stuck so per-
s%istontly and confidently that tho whole three
ufthCm began to regard me as the main guy so
far as that deal was concerned and to look a bit
afraid OF mo. The last time i raised it they
Kind o. exchanged looks. and the man nc my left
called me. The TWO other men followed suit,
and here was a general laying down Of hands.
The man at my left had three cights, The follow
next TO him aces up on treys. and the man at
my right three SKIES. ] projected my right arm
to sweep in the .good-sized pot after spreading
out INV kIng-hlgh straight.
Hold up therel they all yelled at me at
once. 8 Whats all thisi What are you trying
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tho bank. through, which the afldaVit had been
sent, and II would not be pc sible to convict
him. The Department Of Justice was in favor
of dropping the case; tho Treasury insisted on
Mr.. Itelyoa was notified to attend the trial. On
the day on which he was TO start West n tele-
had pleaded guilty and paid a inc OF ii 900.
sent in for redemption q cigar box full, of scraps
all that was left OF some money which had been
dostroyed by mice an It took the experts only a
ton TO each other. Each belonged to n differ
ent, note. Evidently, the messenger had been
picking up scraps OF bills around tho bank for
Government. On another occasion two halves
of n note came in from different men in the same
city, on the same day, each accompanied by an
affidavit telling how the other half had been
destroyed.
This sort of thing Is going en- all the time. A
few DAYS, ago one OF the clerk, brought to Chief
telyen the mangled remains OF what seemed 10
be a 80 bin, 1t was pasted on g piece Of heavy
the serial number was clearly defined; in tho
upper right hand corner, where the same fig
scraped, so as, to blur The lumber and a weak
attempt had been made to suggest with, India
Tho two pieces evidently had belonged to diff
tcrcnt notes. Alone they were valuelcss. be-
cause neither was as large AS two-tlfths OF tho
and 50 get S5;5O for them. The attempt at
Tho Treasury clerks have keen eyes, and they
make few mistakes. They have boon known to
pass counteTfeits. and undoubtedly some coun-
t%erfeit notes have been redeemed by tho Treas
ury. but cases OF this kind are rare. When
tho notes come to the redemption division
cut in half, tho upper half being scnt to tho
Treasurcr's office and, the lower half TO tho
Registers. Each pacEaGe of half notes is
er. 1t has happened that the counter in tho
Trcasurer's or ltcgister's Office has come upon a
counterfeit. In that ease the original counter
has been Obliged TO make up the loss to the Coy
ernment becauEe the Treasury pays out the
amount OF the notes on the certificate OF the
hr5t COUNTER
Some years ago there was employed In the
redemption division q bright'faced youth who
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-08
Tors THAT sTRAYED AWAY.
They Went un BIackherrying f.
petition ON Independence Day.

They Went Un a Blackberrying E.
petition ON Independence Day.
Eva Carter, colored, called at police
headcUa rters late Yesterday afternoon and
reported TO Detective Carter that her two
children, Matte, aged nine years, and
Willie, two years older, mysteriously dis
appeared fromin frontof her home IN Tenn
peranoe court about q O'Clock Monday
muriiing.
When the mother last saw the lit;le ones
they were shooting frecrackerS Detective
Garter sent out q general alarm 20 look
for the missing children, and about 8
O'Clock last evening the sub-pOlice station
at Anac0stia reported that they had been
found at the home of an old coIOred woman
on the Good Hope road, a mile beyond
Anacostia.
Ii appears that after eXhausting their
fireworks. Matte aud Willie conceived the
idea of going on a blackberry-picking ex-
petition and wandered away beyond the
acIoss-the-river town, where they became
host in the woods. The Old colored woman
found therl wandering about and took them
&C her home.
They We're promptly restored TO their
almost distracted mother last night.
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Che ~ Times
City Brevities.

Richard C. Powell was fined SO 10y Judge
Kiunall an the police court today for crJ-
city to animals.
In he police court today William H.
johnson, nolored, was fined So for riding
a bicycle leyond the speed limit.
The police have been requested TO notify
the pump doctor that the pump, corner OF
Tintd and u streets southwest, is cut OF
order.
Mr.. John II Moran left some building
materials liz an alley Cd p street last night,
and failed TO place there a lighted lantern
In the police court today he was fined So
Rev. Samuel H. Greene, pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church, will spend two
months at his odd home in the Green
Mountains. He will leave here on July 49,
MIR. Walter f. Hardy was painfully In
jured this morning by falling into hole
while crossing the old Capitol baseball
grounds, North Capitol street, between +
and q streets.
The right thumb OF Charles + Baker, an
httaclte af Fort Myer. was anputated at
tie Emergency Hospital yesterday after
noon. the result of having il lacerated by
Saw IN >ttllNL 6tNoHH-
while at the coraer - Nilih and + streets
northwest yesterday Afternoon, Mrs. Ma
thor, residing At No. COS Fifteenth street.
northwest, either lost Or aad stolen her
pocketlook, containing Inc 81 tills
There viii be abopen-air ex perience meet
Ing at 100 u'ClCcs this evening al the
southeast branch mission, corner OF Ninth
and streets southeast. A platform has
been erected for the speakers and singers.
Thomas ] Hudson viii on Sunday, July
IL. deliver a Ie,iuIe at Peoples Church,
on q street. between Fourth and Fifth
streets northwest His subject VIII he
"EvoluiDn and the Dual Mind, or the Gen
eas Of the Soul
James Patterson. a cClOred laborcr in
the Government Printing Office, had his
foot terribly crushed yesterday by being
caught between the elevator and flCoung.
After treatment at the Emergency Hospital
he was removed 10 his no ne, No. 1924
Fourth street northwest.
Chr Handlers anti NAL arial Stomach
Buffers, soc. qt 909 9Th. 1t
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Standing of the Clubs july &, 1896
DIAMOND DUST.

st. Loris has suspended Pitcher Esper
Eddie Burke leads the Reds in run
getting.
In the last twenty-six games the Bostons
have lost only two.
Kansas City Is now the tail for the West
em League kite
Frank Foreman is pitching good ball for
the Hoosiers these days.
Manager Stallings may give Shortstop
Dolan. tate IF Louisville, trial.
Pittsburg has made fewer runs this sea,
son than even the despised Browns
Delahanty is the first League player to
reach the 100 base hit mark He passed
1t on Tuesday
Hamilton leads the Bostons in runs scored,
having crossed the plate seventy times So
far this season.
That Drawn and muscle do not make
great players is well shown by the Chicago
team.
The Louisville pitchers have given more
bases on balls than any other club In the
League.
Frank Killen is still Pittsburg's WIRING
pitcher. He has won ten and lost but four
games.
Pi,tsi,urg has made an offer to Norman
Eiserfeld, who is putting up fine game for
Rich mond
Jimmy Manning is after more pitchers.
and is trying to secure either Denzer or
Eorwan from Chicago.
Manager Tom Brown seems content to
see that old salt, Wrigley, navigating fol
E.es in center field.-Cincinnati Post.
The Cincinnati rooters look upon the pen
narft as theirs. Three straights from Bal
tinsore has given the Reds confidence.
Games won in theory at the morning
meetings in the managers room generally
result In defeat In the afternoon-N Y.
Telegram.
Anson is not overpleasAd with Korwau,
the young twirler he bought from Brook
lyn. The ex-GrooIn has speed enough, but
he lacks control.
Rusie and Killen are the only pitchers in
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THE BUSY CORNER,
ssh and Market Space
S.KANN,S ONS&Co
Our I'd Grand Rebui|dingSaIe
and
Before Stock-Taking Sale.
THE BUSY CORNER,
Ssh and Market Space.


kinds of Remnants will hold the
festive boards tomorrow.
Silk Remnants will be IN the
lead, with Wash Goods a good
second.
IL has been two weeks ssuce we adver-
tised snort leIgJns of silks, aad IA that tine
we have accumulated ever So many one,
two, three a1d courtyard pieces, winch We
shall sell unusually cheap Tomorrow
Lot 1 consists Of Silk CTepes, in cOlors;
Figured lnaa, and Fancy stripe SATIN
These only cost y0u.............-..0 &c I'D
Lot represents a line of SATIN stripe
Gros Grains, In colors; Fancy Indias, Check
Wash silks, Plain Cninas and Fancy Bro
cades. These goods sold nigh as $50
q I'D; you get them for.
Lot 3-Fancy FOulards, 27-inch Figured
POngees, Waterproof Japs, Plain Indias,
and striped Taffetas. This Is splendid
line of silk ends -26c 1D-
G~JU . ~. U4,sail eIDle ssIs.ssss, BLACK
BrOcades and Taffetas, Fancy Satin Dam
Ipasse, bemgalines, ana a.ICy satin stripe
TaffeJas. These are very choice remnants,
and at less than ODe-haif OF former
price ........................ s.44O
Lot 5-Fine Black MOires, extra quality,
Black TafIeta, White anu Black-striped
Novelties, fine BrOcades ia large and
small designs, Striped Satin khadarne
and satin Duchess. This line represents
the cream OF our stock ..-..-..6 SAC ID