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The evening times., 1897-01-21
wASHINGTON's BOYHOOD,
He Had a Good Deal of Gumption
and Liked Both Work and Play.

George was kept at school until he was
close upon sixteen, but there was ample
vacation time for visiting. Mrs. Wash
ington did not keep him at her apron
strings. Heeven lived, when it was neces.
sary, with his brother, Augustine, at the
old home on Bridges creek, in order to be
near the best school that was accessible,
while the mother was far away on the
farm that lay upon the Rappahannock.
Mrs. Washington saw to It, nevertheless,
that she should not lose sight of him alto
gether. When he was fourteen it was
porposed that he should be sent to sci,
as so many lads were, no doubt, from
that maritime province; but the prudent
mother preferred he should not leave Vir-
ginia, and the schooling went on as be-
fore-the schooling OF books and manly
sports
Every lad learned to rIde-to ride colt or
horse, regardless Of training gait or temper
in that country, where no one went afoot
except to catch his mount In the pasture
Every lad, black or white, bond or free,
knew where to find and how to take the
rowing gamein the forest. And young Wash
ington, robust boy that he was, not to be
daunted while that strong spirit sat in
him which he got from his father and
mother alike, took his apprenticeship on
horseback and in the tangled woods with
Characteristic Zest and ardor
He was, atove all things else, n capable
executive toy. He loved mastery, and he
relished acquiring the M ost effective means
ofmastery in all practical affairs. Hisvcry
exercise tooks used at school gave proof
OF it. They were filled, not only with the
rules, formulae, diagrams and exercises
OF surveying which he was taking special
pains to learn, at the advice of his friends,
but also with careful copies of legal and
mercantile papers, bills of exchange, bills
of sale, bonds, indentures, land warrants,
leases, deeds and Wills, as if he meant to
be lawyers or a merchants clerk. 1t
would seem that, passionate and fun Of
warm blood as he was, he conned these
things as he studied the use and structure
OF his fowling piece, the bride he used for
his colts, his saddle girth, and the best
way of mounting. He copied these forms
OF business as he might have copied Bev
erIey's account OF the way fox or 'possum
or beaver was to be taken or the wild tur-
key trapped The men he most admired,
his elder brothers, Mr.. Fairfax, and the
gentlemen planters who were so much
at their houses, were most of them sound
men OF business, who valued good survey
ing as III uch as they admired good horse
manship and skillin 81 ort. They weretheIr
own merchants and looked upon forms of
business paper as quite as useful as plows
and togsheads Careful exercise in such
matters might well CROUCH accompany prac-
ttpa in the equally formal minuet i'm Vir.
ginia. And so this boy learned to show
in almost everything he did the careful
precision OF the perfect marksuan.
The evening times., 1897-01-21
Words Twenty Feet Long.

An instrument was recently exhibit ed
at the Royal Society OF Edinborough
10y which the minute marks on a phono-
graph cylinder, produced by music or
speech were multiplied about 600 times
50 that the form of each vibrator and
the number Of vibrations for any given
sound could be seen. Little waves, each
wave being a vibration, were recorded
on a long ribbon OF paper. The inventor
accomplished this by taking advantage
of the principle OF Lord Kelvin's siphon
recorder. In making an observation the
phonograph cylinder was moved about
1 900 times slower than when it gave ont
the sound, and the vibrations occurring
in half a second of time were spread
along ribbon OF paper twenty feet in
length, thus each vibration could be seem
With regard 20 human speech, an in
spection OF ore OF these curves proves
that a word such as 'ConStantinople. ."
OF, indeed, any other word, was simply
a collection of musical or other sounds
running rapidly into each other The
musical sounds of the vowels predom
mated, but the So-called consonants were
often also musical sounds more or less
distinct. The word above mentioned con-
tanned zoo or 600 vibrations, according
to the time that is dwelt on each tone.
Each vowel had its own pitch. 1t would
be impossible by looking at the curves to
read off the word, as two tracings of the
same word would rarely il ever be alike.
because it was almost impossible to speak
word twice with exactly the same quality
of tone and emphasis.
The evening times., 1897-01-21
Walked hN TeIenhonn-

The Johnstown Telephone Company has
aH-uigft service at ftscentral office, and has
essabsishedlnconnectiontherewit unique
nelhod OF helping out those OF its subscrib-
ers who do not care to trust themselves
20 Get up at a certain desired hour without
some outside assistance. 1t is a call system.
sosEseilaing on the style OF that in vogue at
tire hotels. The subscriber who wishes to
wake at a certain hour calls up central and
teisstheopcrator, who makes note on 't,''
When the set hour arrives the operator
rings up the subscriber who made the re-
quest. IL he turns over and rondiy imagines
ITS Dnly an alarm clock. he is badly fooled.
estae telephone bell VIII keep Jingling until
an answer is turned into central, giving as
Surance that the sleeper is awake. In the
same manner, IL a physician is called fOr
ami cannot he reached, il requested, he
WA he notified OF the call as soon q s he can
,ss reached, and told whence IL came
GoizaStown Tribune.
The evening times., 1897-01-21
Then He Fled.

The man with the vapid smile chuckled
"Such good JOKE he said.
'Y esq" returned the man with the
heavy walking stick, interrogatively. at
the same time taking firmer hold of the
stick.
'Oh, yes" said the man with the vapid
smile, confidently, best joke you ever
heard I'm going TO sell it to a comic
paper for SIS.
'lt'll be whale Of joke il you do an
swered the man with the heavy walking
stick
well, it is" asserted the man with the
Vapid smile. ''It's absolutely new and
original, too. You see, itoccurs to me that.
In view Of the fact that members of Con-
gress get mileage and also an allowance
for their letter paper and envelopes. they
receive"
"Yes?'
There was menacing swing to the heavy
walking stick that the man with the vapid
smile did not fail to notice
They receive he repeated, moving a
little further away, ''both travelling and
stationary expenses"
Then he wisely fled-Chicago Evening
Post.
The evening times., 1897-01-21
Substitute for Rouge.

Alta recentpublic functionin Pittsburg the
attention OF lady guest was drawn to the
roseate checks of one of the young NATIONS.
Hasn't she lovely complexion?" said
the lady guest.
"And yet I'm sure she never uses a bit Of
rouge persisted the adrnirer.
"Yetitisa suspiciously high color, ''quoth
the doubling guest.
SO she resolved to approach as close as
possible to the red cheeks and try and dis
cover the cause of their glowing suffusion.
Pretty soon her opportunity came. She
came very close indeed othe rougeless COM
plex, on, and had chance to survey it with
minute care.
She roticedthe skin waspeculiarly drawn
and puckered in two geometrically correct
circles, and it came to her in a flash that
she knew the cause.
The womanhadputsmallm mustard plasters
on her cheeks to redden them, and in this
case she had left them ona little too long
The evening times., 1897-01-21

House bin transferring the county OF
Audrain, in Missouri. from tie western TO
the eastern judicial district of Missouii,
was passed in the Senate today. AlsO
House Joint resolution, Authorizing the Gse
Of Fort Bidwell, Cal, for an Indian training
school. Also Senate bill llextending for four
years the time for the completion of the
East Nebraska and Gulf Railway through
tire Omaha and Winnebago Indian Reser-
Walton
House bill extending the time for buill-
ing the bridge over the East River at New
York was reported back favorably and
placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Chandler presented an amendment to
be offered to the naval appropriation till,
looking TO the erection OF statue in the
city OF Washington to the late Admiral
David ID. Porter Referred.
MIR. Gallinger called attention to what
he called extraordinary legislation in
the House OF Representative. he referred
10 Senate bills increasing indiyidu PEN
Siuns and said that thess bIils were AMENDED
in the House by reducing the amount to the
pension now being paid TO the beneficiary.
The better legislation, he said, would be
of necessitating conference committees.
Mr. Hill asked unanimous consent to
have the bill fixing the term OF pest
masters at four years aken up and passed
Objection was made by MI. Sherman, who
suggested that the bill 20 over until to-
morrow.
Mr.. Chandler stated that the bill ha been
reported unanimously from the rostofrice
- -e..tt..
scrutimzed by Senators of all politics;
anG that there seemed TO be no objection
to il. IL simply provided that the term OF
all postmasters should be understood Ia De
for four years. subject, of course, to the
power Of removal, which necessarily in
hered III the executive
Mr. bale suggested that the passage Of
the bill would lead to general scramble
for these offices.
The scramble is now" said Mr.. Chand-
Ter land the object Of the bill is to pre-
vent the custom OF partisan inruads on a
new administration, for the purpose OF
clearing cut OF office all the postmastcrs
OF the country. It proposes to make the
term four years; pustmaste can remain
in office after that term There is no
provision in the bill that they shall go
out at the end OF their term. IL the Sen
ator from Maine viii study the subject
with his usual acumen. he will see that the
evil he fears viii be less under this bill lthan
il is now"
Mr.. Hale-I am afraid il viii be greater
Let the bill go over.
The bill was laid aside without action.
The Dictriot of Columbia electric SUBJ
way bill was taken up.
MORE
The morning hour closed at . p. m. and
then the conduit bill went over without
action, and the Nicaraguan bill was taken
up.
Mr. Turpie resumed his argument against
the Till. There was no parallel, he said,
between the Suez canal and the Nicaraguan |
canal. niSraeli had bought for the British |
government the control OF the suez canal: |
because that was "a bird in the hand but |
if Mr.. Olney were to do the same for the |
NicaTaguan canal it would lie buying a |
bird in tie BUSH He characterized |
the Maritime Canal Company, OF Nicaragua, |
an incorporated IN yth. -
The evening times., 1897-01-21
A PHYSICIAN TESTIFIES.
An Unsolicited Ssatesment From a
Washington Practitioner in
PFafse CT DIR. WaliTer.

Dr ID. A. Lane, an etnplcye OF the war
ana navy division of the fensIoD Office,
and whose residence is at l225 Linden
street northeast, says:
'ror tie past Tour wears L have Sl'icieu
moCe or less intensely from palpitation or
Lac lleaTt. FOR cue paSG year nly suffering
hds been continuous. Frequently at night
tte distress has been so great tnat IL com
PEELED me TO sit pT0pped up in bed IN Greer
70 get Sleep. NoCnIng 1 could discover
in medical books, devise, or obtain from
suited, gave me even temporary relief. L,
IKE mdny others, read or the work Dr.
Walker was dong, and thought l would
consult him. DR.. Walker Commanded my
confidence and respect at once by the clear,
concise, and professional manner IN which
he outlined my case. IL was alter Dr.
walker had prescribed for me that my
enthusiasm was CREATES. From his treat
ihent obtained immediate relief, and that
able TO Lie down and get my natural sleep
WHAT makes my Joy more genuine is The
fact that / have not had the slightest in-
dlcation or return of my trouble. L am
Il medical graduate of Howard University
in good standing, and feel debt OF graft
ti'tie TO Dr. Walker that WORDS cannot eN-
press.
tSigned) I'D. A. LANE, ID. ID. -
i.c usghest fee charged Dy Dr. Walker
mt his well known sanitaTium, III Penn:
syiyania avenue, adjoining Wizards, is
DR.. Walker can be consulted free at his
well known sanitariUm every day from 10
to 5; Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and
Saturday evenings, to &; Sundays, 10
to l2
No names published without consent
The evening times., 1897-01-21

You We still the hardest
part of the winter to go
through.
Three solid months of cold
weather are ahead-and the
proper weight garments
with which to face it are
now selling for q less than
marked prices.
Suits. Overcoats, listers,
Bicycle Refers and Sepa-
rate Pants have all been re-
duced 1873 per cent from
the low prices you paid be-
fore Xmas.
EISEMAN Bros,
Cor. 9TH and e Sts. N. w.
No Bran IA Store I'm Washington.
The evening times., 1897-01-21
| CONGRESSMAH'S BRIDE
Hon. Benton McMiIlin Married to
Miss A. Lucelle Foster.
After the Ceremony They Left
Shreveport. La, to Come to
This City.

Shreveport, La, Jan. GA felicitous
event OF Interstate notability was the
marriage Of Congressman Benton McMilIin,
or Tennessee, to Miss A. Lucille Foster, of
this city, the nuptials having been solemn
lied at O'Clock last evening in the First
Presbyterian Church Rev. Matthew Van
Lear ofriciated, and a large eoncourse or
friends were in attendance
The bride, as beautiful as the bride roses
which she carried, was charmingiy gowned
in ivory satin, with waist or embroidered
chiffon. Her vcil was caught with a
superb diamond star, the gift Of her father
The maid OF honor, Miss Olive Foster,
sister OF the bride, was attired in white
moire velour, trimmed with clusters Of
white carnations, and the eight maids at
The evening times., 1897-01-21
The CONTESTED ELECTIONS
Ex-Speaker Grows Brilliant Speech
i'm the Vest VS.. Tucker Case.
Mr.. DE Armend Advocated the Seat
ing of Mr.. THcker-The
Debate.

Consideration was resumed ia the House
today Of the contested election case of
Yost VS. Tucker, from the Tenth district of
Virginia.
Mr. be Almond, OF Missouri, advocated
the adoption OF the resolutions declaring
Tucker entitled to retain his seat.
Mr. Grow, the venerable eX-Speaker.
spoke briefly upon the principles that should
control the House in determining election
eases, his time being equally deducted. one
half from each side. He said the voters
for members of Congress We're the con
stitGents OF the House, and its duty was to
see that their will was carried out with
out regard to the technical requirements
G State legislature. The House sat as
D high court OF jUdicature, and any MEM
Der who did not act upon that principle
should be impeached for incOmpctency or
for want Of that American principle which
should animate him in the discharge OF his
tuties. (Applause-
He hoped the time would soon come when
Senators would regard themselves as the
representatives OF the people uf the United
States and not personal ambassadors com
Ing from some little petty community hy-
Ing within the geogr3 phiCal limits of sOrue
local name. They should, he said. learn
that their first duty was TO the govern
ment from which they drew their salaries,
and whose honors they enjoyed. This talk
OF State rights had run mad. Whatever
necessity or occasion there had been for il
An the past had disappeared.
Referring 10 the action Of the House in
the Fifty-thir1 Congress upon the contest Of
o'Neill KS. Joy, Mr.. Grow said il had de-
cided that a voter was responsible for the
members or election boards performing
their duties in such a way as to make the
ballots cast conform TO the requirements
OF the State statute, and therefore valid.
Tint was, in has opinion. on act Of des-
poiiSfn and outrage. uncqualcd by any in
the history OF the House within his knowl-
edge. Ia conclusion he said That the viii
OF the voter was tie supreme voice of the
land that the just powers OF government
were derived from the Consent OF the GOV
erBed, and that the asccrtainment OF that
consent was the highest duty Of legisla-
tureS OF courts. tApplauSel
The evening times., 1897-01-21
MARKET QUIET AND WEAK.
London Reported Lower Range of
Prices for Anne rican Securities.

New York, Jan. 21.-Speculation at the
Stock Exchange during the first hour of
business was quiet. There was not trace
OF the commission house buying, which
was such feature OF the trading carly in
the week. and even the reduction in the
Bank of England discount rate which ought
To put an END to the talk OF gold exports,
failed TO stimulate the market.
London cables reported lower range
OF prices for American securities there,
and arbitrage houses were sellers OF St.
Paul and Louisville and Nashville. Local
traders also sold the prominent issues on
the introduction OF bills in the Illinois and
Texas legislatures, reducing fares to 2
cents per mile. This, it was said, was
only the beginning OF a general movement
throughout the South and West for lower
rates.
Tue loss In prices, as a rule. was less
than point. Long Island. however, was
an exception, and dropped a point to as.
The consolidated 5s sold at lis seller 30
against 116 1-2 the last reported sale,
regular way. Chicago Gas scored the
greatest loss after Long Island. declining
7-s per cent to II 12.
Sugar receded "a to 1I6 1-2. American
Spirits preferred 1 2 to 81. Burlington 5-8
to 10 1-2, st. Paul 1-2 to 76 3-8. susaue-
hanna and Western "a to 8, and pre-
ferred 3-4 to 23 1-2
AT 1 O'Clock the market was quiet and
weak in tone.
Stocks after IL o'clock were steadier,
the selling for professional account having
abated. Washington houses were moderate
buyers at the decline, and their purchases
checked the down ward movement. London.
however, continued to sell Louisville and
Nashville and st. Paul, which was a disap-
pointment in view of the reduction in the
Bank of England discount rate
Toward midday prices improved frac-
tiOnally, Chicago Gas selling up LIARS.
The gain, otherwise, was only 1-sa3-s
per cent. Leather preferred was an excep-
ton, and fell about point, to So 81
Atnoon speculation was quiet and barely
steady in tone. U. 8. AS reg. III ID.
do, coupon, 112, do, new As 121 1-2.
do, coupon, 122 3-s, do, 2's, 90 81.
The evening times., 1897-01-21
THE CHILDHOOD OF GENIUS.
Shows Itself Commonly in Charac-
ter Rather Than Performance,

AS far as 1 Lave studied the childhood
of genius, it commonly shows itself less In
performance than in character, and, aa7,
not agreeably! The future genius is often
violent, ferocious, fond of solitude, dis
agreeable in society.
The great Du Guesclin, the scourge Of
the English invaders of France, was q
most odious boy His parents had to make
him dine at table apart. He was rude,
furious, a bully; he beat every boy he could
lay hands on; he ran away from home; he
led companies of peasant children against
other companies; he was the terror of the
neighborhood, an the ugliest page, as he
became "the ugliest knight, in France"
This was the boyhood of great military
genius; the boyhood it was of little
savage. br7s
Scott's childhoodd was noisy He yelled
old poems at the topyof his voice. He loved
the lonely hills. He, read forever, when he
was not wandering alone, and he. remem-
bered anything that he read. He was a
dreamer, a teller of romances to himself
He delighted in fighting, as did Keats. He
studied everything except his books. His
enthusiasm for poetry made a lady rec
ognize him for a genius at the age Of six,
but his father thought he would end as
strolling fiddler.
Napoleon, again, was sullen. lonely, a
dreamer, and always spelling for fight"
like Du Guesclin. =.
Unluckily, ,sullen, dreamy ,pugnacious boys
are not at all uncommon. They do not
become SCOTS (no tthat he was sIllen}, nor
Du Guescins, nor Napoleons, nor Byrons-
for Byron, too, was passionate, lonely,
morbid kind of boy, with terrible fits Of
temper His early poems were trash.
Shelley's early poems were trash; Scott's
were as almost any eleverish schoolboy can
write, and there is no promise at all in
the TennYSonS' "Poems by Two Brothers -
The evening times., 1897-01-21

Sydney Editor saved From Prosecu-
tion by the Home Governments.

tion by the Home Government.
A paper at Sydney, n. s. W, attacked
the queen and the three editors have been
on trial for "seditious libel" The first
jury disagreed and the second trial was
about To begin when the Rt Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, minated to the New South
Wales authorities that the trial had better
he dropped. The Questionable editorial
was as follows:
God save the queeni Yes; God save
the queen! But what queen? The German
woman of the new Guelphic breed who
sits on the throne OF England, it is to be
presumed. If SO, wen and good. We, too,
say God save the queen, also the queens
washerwoman. Inthese degenerate
days OF political apostacy and siavisil
sycopancy it is the chief pastime of the
very incest OF the nastily nice and nicely
nasty people who glory in the fact that
their countTymen were ruled sixty years
ago by a silly, Sniveling girl Of sixteen,
and today by a semi-senile woman OF
over seventy. 1t is in their eyes a social
offense and a political crime to hesitate
or TO refuse to lick the dust off the biggest
of the two zig toes of the podgy-figured,
sully-faced little German woman.
But, seriously, before our worship can be
claimed for this flabby, fat and flatulent
looking scion and successor OF the most
ignoble line OF royal Georges, free Aus
tralians, If not Englislirhen twho are for
ever yelling that they Will never, never
be slayes) have a right to demand what
she has done TO merit more than mere
respect. . While drawing enormous
state allowances she has literally
swamped the court, the army and the
navy with German prIncclings'
How much more sensible to let such
exhibitions OF bad taste pass in silence
than to call up some old "lese majestic"
law md advertise every idiot who is
looking for lotoriety and a chance to
make fool OF himself. Chicago Chronicle.
The evening times., 1897-01-21
WEYLER Is GETTING WARY
He Was Afraid to Hazard a Rail
road Trip.
He, However, Expects to Pacify the
Western Half of the Island Dur
ing the Present Campaign.

New York, Jan. 21.-A dispatch from
Havana, via Key West. says that Gen
WeyIer left on Tuesday corning TO take
command OF the operations in the east
He drove from here to LuyanO in his car
rage, there mounted bis horse and took
command of the operations in the field.
Since the capture of the train near Guiana
bacoa by Arangmen, Gen. Weyler has de-
cided very wisely, it would seem, not to
hazard a railway Journey, and it is an
Lounced that he will make this campaign
on horseback and surrounded by his gallant
troops.
He proposes to proceed by easy stages TO
Juacaro, and there visit and inspect the
famous trocha, which Cubans pass with
such ease and expedition He Will then
proceed to Matanzas and perhaps on 10
Las Villas.
While there are hints given from Off
cial sources that this campaign will re-
suit in complete pacification OF the west
ern half OF the island, it is Thought by the
best informed that. as usual when Gen.
WeyIer concentrates his columns, they
Will find nothing before them. and that
the campaign will result in simple tour
of inspection of the forces in the field by
the commander-in-chief.
The latest news from Gen. Gomez is
that he is advancing slowly westward. A
few days ago he captured the town of Los
Remedies, in the northwestern part of
Santa Clara, and then proceeded in a
northw esterly direction. This news is
strenuously denied ia official circles, but
is none the less true.
The action Of the general in leaving the
capital in these critical days is severely
criticized. especially by, and in fact par
ticularly by, his own officers, as it is
admitted that this capture by Aranguren
or some equally dashing leader is not
beyond the realm of possibility, and would
endresistance to the Cuban's demands.
The evening times., 1897-01-21
Mrs. Benton McMfllin. Nee Foster.

Vile, Tenn; the groom's sister and brother;
John Wesley Gaines, Of Tennessee; II. P.
Heflin, OF Alabama, and Miss Wynne and
Mr.. Wynne, OF Fort Worth, Tex.
The bride is a thoroughly up-to-date
young woman, possessed OF rare intel
lectual attainments and the graces OF
heart and manner that would conspire
to make her a social leader. Her
high social position, her marked histrionic
talentand her charm ofperson have already
won for her a warm circle of friends, both
home and abroad, for she has travelled con-
siderably. Two years ago She made an ex
tended European tour in company with her
friends, Senator and Mrs Blanchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. MeMillin left on the 10
O'Clock train for Washington, where they
will be at home at the NOrmandie.