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The evening times., 1898-03-21

Students of Harvard and Princeton
win Discuss Immigration.

Cambridge. March 21.-The subject chos-
on nv Harvard for the HarvardPrinceton
debate TO take place at Cambridge on
May 6, is:
Resolved, That the present restrictions
on immigration into the United States
are insufficient
Princeton is to have choice of side on
the question. The Harvard Committee
on intercollegiate Debates has institute
ed a new system of selecting speakers for
debates, so as to make the final selection
as representative as possible.
The number of candidates will be re-
duced to six after two trial debates. These
will be divided into two teams of three
EACH who will take part in a third trial
debate. On the basis of this last trial
the three speakers and alternates will be
chosen.
The evening times., 1898-03-21

II is. o. should be. the highest aim of
every merchant TO please his customers.
and that the wide-awake drug firm of
Meyers & Eshlemdn, Sterling, ILL.,. is do
ing so, is proven by the following. from
Mr.. Eshleman: I'm my sixteen years ex
perience in the drug business, I have
never seen or sold or tried a medicine
that gave as good satisfaction as Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera, and Diarrhoea
Remedy Sold by Henry Evans. Whole
sale and Retail Druggist. 93S f street
and Connecticut avenue and S street
northwest and l42S Maryland avenue
northeast
The evening times., 1898-03-21
The Latest Registration Rule

The Registration Committee of the Am.
ateur Athletic Union has added another
to its already ridiculous line of rules
The latest is the one requiring the regis.
tration of the men who act as field and
track officials at athletic meets. What
do you think of that for nonsense? Here
after, whenever they VIII see fit TO COM
ply with this new rule, the gentlemen who
wear the handsome badges designating
their respective positions. will also wear
their certificates of registration
What strange anomaly will be pre-
sented in a locality where all the atb-
letes in a meet are registered. but where
the chosen officials nave declined to reg
lister. Under the rule. the latter wouldnt I
be allowed to officiate. What a strange
sight that would be to see a track and
field meet with no judges, timers, scorers,
marshals and announcersl Great shades ;
What sight that would bel
The evening times., 1898-03-21

Write or Phone 222 for case of National
Capital Brewing Co.'S Diamond" or
Book Beer. Sold also by dealers every
where. mh20-3t
The evening times., 1898-03-21
Ten Dollars

buys an elegant Tan Colored Gov
ert Cloth, cut in the height of style.
"a inches long, full back and strap
seams. the best $40 Coat in Amer
ica. Others at SI2.5o, SIS, and
up TO SIS. An excellent variety in
each grade and all perfect fitting.
The evening times., 1898-03-21
To Rectify a Mistake

Through an error in +. +. DrOop & Sons adj
yertisement Sohmer Piano advertised instead
Of Sommer Piano. The similarity of the names
caused them to be confused. Item
The evening times., 1898-03-21

Your credit is good at Lanspurg's Fur.
niture House. 18th and F SITS. oc3-tf
The evening times., 1898-03-21

Anner Scranton Penn his life and WORKED
In
Wen 10 hundreds
ne 10 caused his entire
most said he Il induced
o%nened made practice
Iabues or abletsin pocket regularly be able
On the approaching troubles
am ana have been perfectly wei Many
of the Tabuls pocket
'ae a e l sign Oh an internal disturbance anything like
The evening times., 1898-03-21

Brewed i'm the early Fail OF mature age
and double strength. Very delicious.
Wash. Brewery Co, 4th and F ne.
The evening times., 1898-03-21

The South-End's next game will be with
the Selbachs, on the same grounds, or
next Sunday at p. m
The South-Ends challenge any seven
teen-year-old team I'm the District. They
prefer the following: Independents. Po-
tomac Stars and Cuban Giants. The ad-
dress of the manager-captain, Mr. II. No
Ian. Is No. S45 Maryland Avenue south
west.
The evening times., 1898-03-21

Rapid Transit Is Assured
For next summer from Washington and Baltimore
90 Ocean City, Md Choice lots for sale cheap
InO. p. Naggaman. 700 l4th St
The evening times., 1898-03-21
Top Coats.

The new Top Coats are mar
vels of sartorial skill and elegance.
We are showing this season the
finest, best selection we ever had,
and quoting lower prices than ever
before for garments of equal value.
The evening times., 1898-03-21
ALL ABOUT IT.
A postal card will
bring ye1 full infor-

nation regarding the Kelley Cure Address THE
KELLEY INSTITUTE, Washington, d. C. Balti-
more, Nd, or Greensboro, n. c.
The evening times., 1898-03-21

Your credit is good at Lansburg's Fur
niture House. 18th and sts oc3-tf
The evening times., 1898-03-21
The small
idol

that little pink and white
speck of humanity, "ba by
nine" must have a carria ge
tit for a prince. But seriously,
Our stock of Baby Carriages Is
the finest IN town. We buy
from famous makers and our
trade is SO large that we can
get and give the lowest of
prices. We can sell you a
handsome carriage as low as
$3.93. Our Spring stock Is IN,
too, and worthy of a1l praise.
See It.
Don't forget that you are as
welcome to buy on credit as
for cash. We are always will
ing to arrange the terms so
that you will never miss the
money.
The evening times., 1898-03-21

This very comfortable Rocker, in
two finishes-gTeen and red. Nothing
like il anywhere at s1.00
fGs.Js5 1SE R5i't odig.....y... fGF Monday and 49c
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20
SOUTH CALIFORNIA; INK LAKE.
Unnatural Natural Curiosity in the VI
cinity of the Colorado River.

without doubt the most remarkable
body of water I'm the world lies in the
vicinity of the Colorado river, in South
ern California. In this region OF ugly
volcanoes. desolate wastes, and Shiny
swamps, the strangest phenomenon or
all'is what the naturalists call lake
of ink" No other description hts 80
we'll -.
The strange black fluid that forms
the lake bears no resemblance TO water
II must some day have been lake or
fire and even now it tallies excellent
lv with the familiar description OF the
infernaI fires. Thick, and vicious, and
foul smelling, il seems altogether unht
that II should deface the surface OF the
earth.
a mile from a volcano. 1t Is ABOUT an
ncre i'm area. The surface is coated
with gray ashes from the volcano 10
Tho thickness Of about six inches. thus
concealing it's real nature. A traveller
not prepared to avoid its treacherous
depths might easily walk into IT,.
Icxperinnent has proved that the piack
e,,;d of the lake is not poisonous. IL
acts as a dive, and cotton goods soaked
,n a keep their color for months, even
u,han exposed to the sun. They also
acouire a stiffness similar TO that pro-
duced by weak starch. the nuiu mas
haen analyzed. but it's component parts
haye not been made known. As TO the
source of the supply of the lake notn.
ing definite has been ascertsineu' 1.
Is undoubtedly OF volcanic origin pu'
nothing more definite Is known.
Naturally this remarkable phenome-
non has Afforded the Indians apundan,
material for legend. Scores or pad req
men. they claim, have gone 10 ueatn
haneath the ashes of the lake, wnich
10 400 wards deep. The lake itself, say the
Indians Is composed of the blood ot
,hair had brothers, who are suhering IN
.he,r hell amid the volcanoes. And a
,nore impressive hell IL would pe I'M
no.sihle to conceive. In TINS rock
bon,med basin are active and dead vol
canoes. spouting geysers. poiilns
springs. lake OF some plack, suSks
spbstance resembling ink. craters thai
hlow out only dry ashes. others tnn'
send forth stones and gravel, ana stii
otbers that belch liquid ana piazine
streams of mud. There are other ho'es
which emit only Indifferent puns ol
| smoke or steam. while from all issues
| hurning odor of birthstone.
This is n bad land that has never peer
| ,raversed. Human beings have trieu-ft
| hu, they never return To tell OF theil
| oxn.rience or their discoveries. Little
| heaps of bleaching bones can Dc seer
| scattered about here and there over th'
va-strewn surface OF the ground
| Salt Lake Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20
DEATH NOTICES.

BRIGGS-In Messina, Cal, 18th inst,
William Anthony Briggs. son OF the
late N. c. BriggSof this city.
BAiLEY-In Little Compton. 18th inst,
Abigail Coe, widow of James Bailey,
aged 81 years, IL months, days.
HANLEY--In this city, 18th inst, John
Hanley. aged "a years.
KENNEDY-In this city, 10th inst,
Annie u, daughter OF John and the
late Annie Kennedy, aged l6 years.
MATTESON--In North Kingstown, 18Th
inst, Thomas ii. Matteson. aged "a
years.
METCALF-At Annawomscutt, lttn
inst, Caroline p, daughter OF Henry
B. and Elizabeth f. Metcalf.
MANNING-In this city. 18th inst.
James j., son OF Patrick and Agnes
Manning, aged months.
PALMER--In Sharon. Mass, 18th inst.
Bertha Palmer OF East Greenwich
daughter of the late Benjamin ,i
and Elizabeth j. Palmer, aged =
years.
RHOADES--At Warwick, X. l., 1911
inst. Eunice Ida, widow of Comman
der William Warland Rhoades, L. ,
Navy, and daughter of the late Hon
Albert Gallup of Albany, N. Y.
SANBORN-In Anthony, RS L.. 1stf
inst, Elizabeth Stoddard. wife o
Samuel w. Sanborn, aged q years.
WINSOR-In I.onsdale, Cumberland
10Th inst, Lucy Maria. wife OF BenJa
min n. Winsor, aged SO years
WILLIAMS-In this city, 18th inst.
inst, Edward Waterhouse, aged .
years.
WILLIAME--In this city, 18th inst.
Charles w. Williams, aged ~ years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20

There is common idea that actors
are by law considered AS vagabonds'
the historic basis being a contempla-
ton of the statutes regarding vagrancy.
These statutes. crude and general In
terms as were all or most OF the early
enactments. having been made and re-
newed between the 23d year OF Edward
III. and the fifth year of Queen Eliza
beth, were variously repealed and con-
solidated In 1872. the act being the l4th
Elizabeth. chapter s. In this act stroll
ling players unlicensed are certainiy
classed among 'rogues, vagabonds ana
sturdie beggars." who are I'm the pre-
ambe of the act termed outrageous
enemies TO the common weall, the PEN
atty on conviction being that then
immediatelie he or she shall be ad-
judged TO be grieviouslie whipped ana
burnt through the gristle of the right
care with hot yron of the compasse
of an inch about punishment only
to be abated by some responsible house
holder taking him, or her, into service
for a full year under proper recogni-
zance. A second offence became
felony.
The cause of the act expressing what
person and persons shall bee so extend
tu Wltnlfi tnis DTtilCH w pt ioSHN''
vagabonds, and sturdie beggars' IN
cludes the following: Pretended proc
tors, gamesters. persons flaming them
selves to have knowledge in phisnomie
palmestrie or other abused sciences.
uasi-labourers who will not work, un-
licensed Jugglers. pedlars. tinkers, pet
tie chapmen. counterfeetours and users
OF licenses and passports, shipmen pre-
tending losses at sea" The following
inclusion deals directly with the sub
ject Of actors: "All fencers, beare
wardes. common players I'm interludes
| and minstrels. not belonging TO any
| baron of the realme. or towards any
honourable parsonage of greater degre'
IL which shall wander abroad an(
| have not licenses OF two justices of thu
| peace of the least whereof zone bee o.
| the quorum where and in what shire
f, they shall happen TO wander. '-Th'
| Nineteenth Century.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20
Blindness i'm Europci II Countries

A series of statistical articles has ap-
peared in one OF the Russian medical
journals. showing the number OF blind
persons i'm the different countries of Eu-
rope. Some scientists and specialists.
while not doubling the reliability of the
figures or results thus given, regard
them as somewhat remarkable. Thus,
OF 3O2, 900 totally blind persons In Eu-
rope, not less than $4,000 are In Rus.
sla-that is to say, one out OF every 800
inhabitants of that land Is blind-an
unfortunate proportion, which. IL Is be-
lieved, is unequaled by any other coun-
try i'm the world. The proportion In
France, England. Germany. Italy and
Spain is recorded as little less than
one 10 every 1000 OF the population. The
Russian physicians who compiled these
statistics attribute the great number of
blind persons in Russia Co the bad n.y.
gienic state of peasant life. To the In
tense cold and to the glare or the sun
ON the snow. to which the Russian rus
tic Is so constantly subjected.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20
AS 1T WAS IN '6S.
A r1arch OF 800 titles Before Box Cars
Were Obtainable.

There are thousands of old soldiers
left who remember how, after four
years of lighting and marching unpre-
cedented in the worlds history. they
rejoiced when they had the privilege OF
coming home In and on box cars. When
Johnson surrendered and the war closed
Shermans army, which was composed
of men from the west, and In which
were many Illinois regiments, were
southwest of Raleigh in the interior of
North Carolina. Were there Pullman
cars to transport them home? No.
Were there even passenger cars OF the
most dilapidated sort? No. Not even
these. But the box cars were clean and
nice, the sympathetic ones will suggest.
Maybe they were, but they were not
there to take the men home. Their route
lay nearly 800 miles north to Washing
ton, and every foot of that, through
rain and alternate blistering heat and
chill. they marched. footsore, though
they were from a winter campaign OF
more than 600 miles OF march and bat
tie. II was joy when they left WASH
ington that they could get box cars To
ride in and on--for all could not get In.
With this sort of transportation they
rode to the Ohio river; then crowded on
hurricane and boiler decks OF freight
boats, they lay down at night with nc
covering but the stars. ~
Arrived at Louisville, ky,,}where the
veterans were mobilized, they put uE
their frayed and worn dog tents in open
fields under the burning sun, when u
shone; in the drenching rain when II
fell. There was no extra accommoda'
tion for the sick, even though the wal
was over Indeed. the writer OF this
knows as a fact that his regiment was
without even its regimental surgeons
those officers having been left behint
with the sick and wounded at Colds
boro and Washington. and the men hat
to go TO the surgeon of an Ohio regi
ment for their "quinine. when a
last. after weeks and weeks OF waitint
through the hot month OF June anS
into July, the regiment was mustered
| out. the men were again loaded on boz
| cars and transported up through In
| diana and across Illinois 20 the vicinit.
| of Springfield, where they went int
| bivouac in the hazel tufts and under
| brush some 10 days, getting final pa!
| and discharge. And from this poin
| they went to- their various homes In tn
| distant parts of the state. and some Z
| other states. each paying his own ca
| fare and for what he ate along the way
| -Macomb Ull.) Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20
oliver Cro,nwcll's Features.

i suppose that Bernini's bust of OIL
yer Cromwell is a good likeness of the
great protector, for it resembles, l am
told, contemporary miniature OF him
which is in Montagu house. But IL So,
we must revise our ideas of how he
really looked, for in modern pictures
and prints he Is always represented as
a somewhat commonplace individual.
Oliver Cromwell, according TO the bust
and the miniature. was man of re-
fined features. with a well-formed nose
and a sarcastic mouth, remarkable for
the thinness OF the upper lip. His face
was not round but oval, and he wore
his hair somewhat long. The bust con-
yeys the idea that he was rather slight
and thick-set. Coming across IL, with
out knowing whom II purpoted TO rep
resent. should have taken IL rather as
the likeness OF a Cavalier than of "a
roundhead. / could not at first remem-
ber OF whom II reminded me. After
looking AT from one or two standpoints,
I found that IL was Sir Henry Irving.
with a little stage get-up Sir Henry
Irving could make himself look exactly
like the bust.--London Truth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20
His Letter From the Front.

You cannot balk Yankee. Joe Will
son of Bradford was In the trenches
before Santiago. and during a lull In
the fighting decided To write letter
home He had no envelope or postage
stamp. but he had a few sheets OF pa
per and lead pencil. He wrote his let
ter. folded the sheets together. Fastened
one corner with n bit of black thread.
forced twig OF some cuban plant
through the stamp corner TO hold that
end I'm place. addressed the epistle. wrote
soldiers letter under the twig. and
at the first opportunity mailed the let
ter. IL came through without hitch
Cochranton Pa)Timea.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20
AusTRALAsIAN CORAL REEF.
Twelve Hundred lilies Long. II 10
One of the Worlds Wonders.

That great barrier reef which fringes
the coast of Queensland north OF Bris-
bane. I'm the direction OF Torres straits,
must always rank among the wonders
of the world. For 1900 miles the coral
animacula have raised a solid protec-
tion against the rage OF the ocean swell
at a distance varying from twenty To
100 miles from the shore, leaving COM
paratively safe and calm inner pas
sage, suitable for navigation by the
lragest steamers on their voyages
north and east. Sundry channels PEN
citrate the reef at intervals. and whole
fleets OF trading schooners are regular
ly engaged amid the intricate laby-
rinth of coral islets.
Those who have seen the skeleton
madre-pores and branching corals on
the shelves of a museum can form no
conception of the surprising beauty or
the living organisms. vigorous al or
near the surface Of the translucent
seas. On the ebbing tide we find every
description of onimated coral growth
exposed. from the rounded masses OF
brain coral To the stag's horn and ma
drepores. those OF corymbose form, and
variety too numerous to mention.
The brilliant coloration of the myriads
OF polyps includes every shade, from
somber brown OF the ftingia tribe TO
delicate lennon yellows.s lilac. pink,
rich green interspersed with golden
hues. apple green's tipped with violet
bright red. chocolate, purple and even
blue. The various aggregations OF
minute vivacious animals possess all
notifications of radiated infiorescences
some have club-headed tentacles
others expand i'm feathery fringe
while the number of rays to each or
ganism varies according To the fam
| lilies anu genera OF coral classihca'
\ ton.
| These gardens OF the sea are toe
/ beautiful for words. BY subtle transi
| tions the lime -secreting corals pass in
! to the uncovered sea anemones of re
| splendent kinds. and t,e reefs swarm
| with numberless echinoderms. nudi
! branch mollusca. and parti-coloret
| fishes OF most extraordinary shape ant
size. Everyth. .ng i'm the tropical seas as
sumes a striking brilliancy OF color.ant
the twenty or more kinds OF holothuri;
are not the least interesting among TIL
organisms which abound. AS the bech
de mer. or trepang. these marine ami
| mails constitute esteemed gastronomi
dainties i'm the Celestial marts. the i'm
portance OF the export trade to tn
government of Queensland being prov
ed by statistics. over a hundred vessel
are engaged in the industry. The valu
of the prepared article is quoted from
go TO e150 per ton. according To IL
quality and kind. and good annual re
turns have exceeded 100000 for TN
beche de mer alone.-London STANDARD
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20

The physiological evils of overwork
have been the subject OF official investi-
cation I'm the Swiss schools, with the
result that such evils appear to he so
positive that In the case of the Canton
OF Lucerne severe repressive measures
have oome up for consideration by
those I'm charge of such interests. The
measures. az thus proposed by high
educational authority. seriously limit
the w,yrk 10 he done by pupils compos-
ing the six classes OF the primary
schoo,s proyide that no lessons shall
he studied at home. rs Is commonly the
custom by children In this grade. and
oni, moderate tasks TO be SO required
in the secondary schools. M regard to
Intervals. ten-minnte recesses every
balf- hour are called for. n weeks vaca-
t,nn eyery six or seven weeks. and at
tendance at school shall not begin be-
fore the age OF Z.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20

soldiers until actual war has succeeded
in developing 1t. The experiences. II
would be thought. had already been
sufficient TO command an Intelligent
appreciation by the country at large
and by Congress. of what is needed.
The work done by our navy In the
spanish war. navy of regular sailors,
should be an inspiring and convincing
Illustration OF the force OF the appeal
for a sizable standing army, IL any
thing more than history offersis needed
10 demonstrate how heavily neglect of
the military branch has cost the coun-
try. Let us trust that our present en-
thusiasm will not die out before
standing army of at least hundred
thousand is a material fact.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-20
Glass Eycs.

The announcement that 100000 glass
eyes are manufactured every year In
Germany alone has set the London
Lancet and other authorities speculat-
inp ON what becomes OF them all. is II
possible that there are 2.0oO,0O0 one
eyed men In the civilized world. with
the other eye made I'm Germany Ana
does the other eye only last q year IL
&C. only one-eyed men, as the Lancet re-
minds us. who use glass eyes. Nobody
ever heard OF a man who was totally
blind indulging in this forlorn vanity.
on reflection. however. the Lancet
comes TO the conclusion that glass eyes
probably include eyes for stuffed beasts
eyes for waxworks and eyes FOR dolls.
And no doubt this is the EXPLANATION.