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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
TO AID HISTORY.
A Proposition to Have "A Recorder
ia Zach Regiment.

Albany. March 14.-State Historian
Hugh Hastings made his annual re-
pult L. the legislature today. He calls
attention to the trouble in securing a
correct history Of State regiments dur
ing the war. owing to a lack of detailed
information. Records have been lost
cor destroyed. and in many cases We're
not kept.
Mr.. Hastings recommends that at
tachad t. every regiment shall be a
commissioned officer. known as the re-
corder Of the regiment. under the gen.
eIal authority of the adjutant general
If The Army. His work shall be dis
tincI from that of the adjutant of the
regiment. and he shall be a non-Com-
Blatant.
tie shall prepare and keep all records
involving the movements of the reci-
ment OF any part thereof while in the
field. and forward and direct to the
adjutant general daily, CT as frequent
ly as events justify. a report of all
movements Of the regiment or detach-
ments thereof, the name of the COM
handing officer. the number Of men
actually engaged and the number from
each company or troop. Before an ac-
tion he shah personally learn the num-
Der Of men To be engaged. and at the
close compile a list of casualties, by
companies.
The recorder shall have such assist
ants. who shall also be non-combat
ants as i'm the judgment Of the adju-
tant general may be necessary.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
THE STERN SEX
rs TRUE LOVERS
RomeOs Best Entitled toHave
Such Fine Distinction.
An Experienced Woman who Has
Had Heaps of Devotees TX
pounds Her Views.

81 have had heaps Of lovers" a lady
was once heard to say. "aud / have found
out one thing about them in consequence.
The man who has sisters makes. on the
whole. the most satisfactory lover. He
knows more about girls. and how they
expect to be treated. than the siSterIesS
man ever can. do. And I often find that
when girls complain of the neglect and
unsatisfactory conduct of their lovers. the
poor men never had sisters to rub their
angles down.
a vast number Of men fail as lovers
merely from ignorance of how a girl
expects them 20 behave. Too often q
man who has been fighting his own
battle with the world perhaps for years
gets into a careless way toward other
people; and though he may be honestly
and sincerely devoted 20 p girl. he is apt
10 think she rather comes second where
his bachelor interests and she clash. He
forgetS that when a girl is engaged she
Is. If Ouly for once in her life an I'M
crowned queen. and that il is her right
10 be treated as one. and his duty 50 70
treat her
Very often. even if a girl honestly loves
a man, she has some tremors and doubts
after she has said the fatefuI word She
N'IlbtlS NutlNtI she mas Zone T4ElT. after
all: whether the new life looming so
vaguely before her. will be all that she
hopes; and she wants a great deal of as
sUrance of her lovers love for her to pre-
vent some doubling qUalms.
nice lover tries to show her. by every
means within his power that he thanks
her for promising to be his. and that ne
means never to be untrue to the trust
repOSed in him. The careless or the
thouGhtleSS lover never casts a thought
to anything of the kind. He would be af-
frOnted at the suggestion that a girl could
have any doubts. and think such femf-
nine folly should be at once discouraged
An unselfsh man will make the incest
lover. as he is incest in every relation of
life. He does not urge his claims TO his
fiancee's time and attention i'm such man.
ner 70 conflict with other duties and
make her miserable. He considers her
comfort and pleasure before his own: he
is happy in making her happy. and his
love for her is a love that makes a woman
proud of possessing it, not ashamed of
the man she is going to call her husband
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
Hi. Troubles Came Back.

tFrom the Chicago Times llcIald.D
Hc looked tired and worn ont His eyes were
red and swollen from weeping. and his sankcn
checks told plainly OF ,caS,le-s care and wolry.
A man not more tlsu forty wears Of age hc look
ed every hit OF sixty. lie had been arrested la-t
week and arragnrd before Justice Martin, charged
with dis1rdcily conduct
II don't know what 10 make of him. yoJIr hon
or" said the officer who made the arrest, 'IIc
is hanging about the hanks in the central part Of
the city. and seems 10 fear some impending doom.
lie refused 10 give his name. and last resort
I thought ! would bring him before Won
your honor. sir. mecbly spoke the prisoner.
81 ann worried. irs the officer says. The fire
qucncy Of bank troubles and loan association bust
ups. coupled with the srruc,ucy OF the money
market, have vcll-nich driven me crazy. have
done cy"rS thing possible 10 overcome my trcpi-
dation and Nervousness, but my losses have
too strong bold upon me. Several DAYS ago I
met man who seemed 10 appreciate my condi-
ton. lie informed me That De- would ease my mind
and cause me 10 recover my huuvHUt spirits.
Eagerly I gIa~pod his outStrcl,lICd hand. lie d.
rccted me TO a place ON CLARK street whcfs I was
told that would meet person known a. Prof.
ongNt< who was the sole owner and proprietor
Of a wUrry office. "
"A what -
A worry Office sir I mot the professor, your
honor, and in looking over his price list learned
that he would w0iTy Tor me for - a day In ordi-
nary eases 50 DAY in serious OF extraordinary
cases. In desperate ones hp would sweat blood
for S25. ] paid him s.. For the time being J ielt
comparatively nj ease. left ms Office a. happy
and clipper a s0ul-ifiiug bird Not a care on
my mind and ! really teli sorry for the poor pro-
feSs0r, who was doing all my worrying 50 cheaply
But IL lasted but a short time. and soon fell hack
into the old trough OF despair, and perhaps have
acted bit strange Of late I don't blame the
officer, sir, but If ] could get back to my PEG
pie perhaps ! could forget"
On his promise TO leave the city the prisoner,
who was afterEard learned to be addicted 20
opium, was allowed 10 go to his home, which was
said 10 be in MaTensburg, Mo.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
"I NIi;td the Dav.1

Fruu the London Crscer,' lrrtIlvJ
one of the most absurd fgds Of the
cigar trade is that Of color in refer
ence To Havanas. The idea prevails that
color is indicative Of strength. 10 IS
no such thing \ light or medium COLI
ored cigar is not necessarily mild 1r
medium i'm flavor. for the simple reas
that the color refers To- the outside
wrapper only. which in itself is Of very
thin substance and in quantity is II
very small proportion to the other ma
teTialS that make up the cigar. As u
matter of fact. the filters and bunch
wrappers will determine the body OF
strength of the cigar The actual
strength. or. otherwise. Of the inner
body of the cigar. viz. filters and bunch
wrappers. is too often an unknown
quantity. 1t is quite true that "a state
menJ may be made that these parts are
SO-and-SO or Il mixture of this and that
and give a certain ash. etc. but this
explains nothing. Not only are there
various grades of the same tobacco N
relation to quality, but there are also
a variety of grades that determine
strength. With the exception that Ger
tain JObIccoS have varying degrees Of
body or otherwise, "a mild. medium OF
full cigar is largely matter of chance.
The craze for light Colors or dark
ColOrS has. nevertheless. assumed
alarming proportions. The manUfdc-
turerS. particularly those of Cuba are
at their wits ends how 10 grapple with
the matter. Nature is very impartial
and quietly ignores the fads and fan
cies of people in general. Tobacco
leaves. like most things are subject 10
the yagaries Of the natural elements.
A crop may give an undue proportion
Of dark iiRhr Ov medium
color all may be equally good. What
is the manufacturer to do if he can only
dispose Of his light and medium. and
has 10 keep all his dark? He already
threatens to raise the price Of his light
er colOTs.in which case the public would
be paying a higher price for by no
means the best article. II might be
reasonably assumed that, as possessing
the essential qualities Of a good cigar.
the darker is by far the best. 1t is
about time that the retailer should
take a hand in the matter.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
THE NAVAL. MILITIA.
How the Reserves win BE Assign
ed to Duty.

The program of work for the naval
militia in the expected hostilities has been
arranged No detailed instructions have
yet been furnished the commanding offl-
GERS of the reserve battalions but or
ders, charts and descriptive matter are
completed and will be forwarded by the
naval authorities as soon as possible.
Officers of the reserves or Inherent
States have been i'm the city several tunes
i'm the last few weeks. and prominent
officer OF the organization will remain
here for a week or two longer. He Is aid
ing the Government authorities in their
preparations. and attends the conferences
which take place at the War ana Navy
Departments. The work OF the reserves
will be of a combined naval and military
nature.
II was settled long ago that the naval
militia should take care of what is known
as the second lire of defense" and that
il would have charge of harbor defense
i'm conjunction with the naval ana the
coast defense officers, the latter beng OF
the Army The plan is to have the re-
serves take charge of improVised works
OF harbOr defense. an important and eN-
tensiVe feature. Those harborS which
haze been fully defended by Government
works of a permanent character Will he
i'm charge of the Army engineers and the
artillery officers. The latter have planted
submarine mines at the entrance OF the
principal harbors and some time ago ar
ranged for the land connections.
4 Government submarine mine, such as
is now known to have destroyed the
Maine at havana. consists of a huge
tank containing 800 pounds of dynamite
or wet gun cotton This is the regula-
ton type of mine and a field of such
is composed OF eleven of these tanks Ol
axploSiyes Several mine fields are
placed across the entrance to the hNe
princinal bodies of water. and the dis
position of the mine i'm each field is so
as to render it impossible for ship
passing over the field to escape the de-
slructive force Of the explosion.
Experts say that a mine will destroy
a ship which is sixty feet from it. OBJ
seryation points are established at two
places along the shore. one on line with
the center OF the mine field, and the
other some distance away. At "A signal
from the observer near the field the Off
GERS at the remoter point discharge the
entire field. A whole fleet would be de-
stroyed with the press of a button.
10 war has occurred since the sub
marine mine has reached its present
state of destructiveness. but some idea
of the terrific force Of the system was
furnished BY the disaster at Havana.
During the war OF the rebellion with the
crude and limited and temporary struct-
ureS sunk in haTborS. great damage was
wrought on the ships of that day.
The ordnance officers say the present
submarine mine will leave scant yestige
of "A squadron which approaches with
hostile intent.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
WOMEN MUST
WEAR TRAINS
Fashions Ukase Leaves Little
Room for Objections.
Garments That VIII Relieve From
n Part of Its Labor the RevOIv-
ing Street Broom.

There is a rumbliug in the air which
will not down, The storm has been pre-
dicted, threatened and averted time and
time again. but they tell us it is on US
now for sartiu"' Dressmakers and fash
ion makers Of Paris have sent us their
ultimatum that trains must be worm.
Rebel as we will, fight against the limo
vation bring common sense to bear upon
the matter. and ridicule and beittle it.
the result for all that will doubtless be
that trains we will wear despite their
awkwardness their unhealthfulness. their
faculty for gathering dust and their eta
ciousness as street sweeperS.
Every woman with a grain of common
sense after having for years known the
comfort and convenience Of skirt just
clearing the ground. will take a firm
stand and declare she will not be tyran-
nized over; that she will not at the word
of command from the autOcTatS in Paris
who make the styles don a skirt which
she knows to be the acme of discomfort,
a dust breeder and continual thorn in
her side, because it will wear out. get
frayed and ragged around the bottom and
become in half the length of time that
it takes shorter skirt to show signs
of wear thoroughly disreputable and de-
mOralized
To the middle-aged woman of today
the prospect OF returning to train for
street wear is something appalling Her
memory recalls all kinds # horrible night
mares. She shudders as she remembers
how she was put to all kinds of con-
trivances to hold the unnecessary amount
of dress material out of the mud and
dust; how once it was fashionable to pin
the superfuous length in festOOns across
her back, then to have a loop at one side
of the skirt through which she passed
her hand, and went along the street with
her train hanging from her arm for all
the world as one would carry a satchel
now. Another method of diSpOSinS of
all the extra length was to grab it with
one hand. nine times out of ten leaving
ten or twelve inches dipping in the CEN
ter of the back, this dip either coated
thick with mud Or decorated in fantastic
patterns with dust.
If we are unfortunate enough to have
trains the fashion once more it will be a
boon to the laundresses. for there was
never any style which made so much
work for the washerwoman. A woman's
train can be compared to nothing so
much as street sweeper. Everyone
knows how the dust flies up under the
revolving broom, and dainty woman, pa
rading the streets in an imported cos
tune, silk lined eXquisitely fitted. is
nothing more than an animated street
sweeper gathering up the dirt and dust
accumulated in the cutters, on the cross
ings and sidewalks.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
WORK OF ALASKAN WOMEN.
Baskets and Blankets Made in Their
Long Winters

The huge. eXpreSsionless face of an
Alaska Indian woman. says the Woman's
Home Companion shows but little evil
dence Of any ambition or ability to per-
form even the simplest features of do
nestle art, and yet the skilIfuI and ar
tistic results of the handiwork of these
untutored aborigines is much sought aft
er by the tourists who visit their villages
during the Summer. Moreover, though
the women are all fat and lazy-looking
their lives are not uninterrupted ease
Notwithstanding that their needs are few
Abundance of fuel is all about them. and
food. which with them is SYNONYMOUS
with FISH. SwimS almost TO their doors.
But the procuring as we'll as the pre-
pairing of this food is all accomplished
by the women. During the Summer they
leave the villages and towns for the isl
ands in less frequented waters. where
they camp for weeks at a time catching
and curing the fish for Winter use while
the men laZily watch them or paddle
the canoe. or otherwise ImUse them
selves.
II an Indians wife is in i'll health or
too old TO work he marTies another
younger wife usually a relative of the
first one, who is expected to provide the
1000, while the FIRST wife cares for the
house and children. Fish and berries
furnishing almost the only food of these
people. the women have little scope or
ambition for developing culinary art. but
in matters of personal adornment. they
take keen delight. During the long
dark Winter they weave beautiful blank
cts and baskets for their own use and 10
sell The blankets are made from the
strong. rough wool of the wild mountain
sheep. Yet some of these are as soft
as silk. and in beauty of coIorinG and in
tricacy of design rival the Oriental rugs
and hangings II usually takes a wom-
an six months TO complete one blanket
but many of them sell for prices ranging
from $50 to $500.
The much-sought-after genuine ChiIkat
blanket is about four feet long and two
ane One-half feet wide at each end but
as one side is pointed. the center is a
foot wider than the ends, and this
side is Ornamented with 10-inch fringe
These are worn in the dance thrown
around the shoulders with the pointed
fringe side hanging down. The design
is grOteSque. consisting of conventional
lied faces of men and animals in pale
green outlined with black on a white
ground. Sometimes dull blue takes the
place of the pale green. A popularity
which stamps their genuineness is fine
thread or shaving of deerskin i'm the CEN
ter of each hard twisted strand of wild
Sleeps wool yarn, of which they are
made. rendering them almost indestruct-
ible
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
INDIANS A. PATRIOTS.
\ Regiment of ChippewaS Offered
To the Siuput.

~ 'Ht'
Superior. Wis. March IA volunteer
regiment of 500 Chippewa braves has ten
dered its services TO the Government
against Spain. Louis Becke. a fun blood
Chippewa. known as Powder Face Lou 80
has canVasSed his Lake Superior tribes
men, who look upon him as chief and ne
says all of them intend TO follow him to
the front I'm the event of war. BeCke
framed patriotic letter to President Nc
kinlcy. which was approved by con-
ference Of Chippcwas at White Birch.
this county. last week. Here are some
extracts from the communication.
1T is desired by my followers that a
colonel OF the regiment be selected from
their number. but aS this offer is inspired
by patriotism ! am pleased L. be able to
state that these 800 are willing 10 fight
under the leadership Of anyone the Gov
cT1ment may detail. ! think ] may safe
ly state after coaversinC with some Of
the leading Chippewas Of neighboriug
tribes that fully 1000 additional Indian
volunteers would come to the front"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
LANSBURGH & BRO.
LANSBURGH & BRO
When 1t
Comes to
Popular-priced
Dress Goods
we are the people, for

we are the people, tor
every one tells Us so.
Dor prices are second to
none and our qualities are
equaled by few.
Our Dress Goods Depart
ment is the main feature OF
our buSineSS-that Is what
we have been building our
reputation on for the past
thirtY-eight years, and we
feel as though we have
reached the highest mark of
perfection. Every oonceiva-
bic weave will be found IN
this department, and as to
our assortment of oolorings,
you cannot 60 amiSS.
1t will pay you to give Us
a look.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
Telling Tales in School

test has lately been made in certain
schools of Utica to ascertain whether or
not the old idea concerning tale-tcI1ing
prevailed with the rising generation.
Votes being taken on the subject il was
found that s. per cent of the bows and q
per cent of tine girls considered it right
to tell leaving the larger proportion
of the opinion that it was wrong.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
Girl Students ODDOse C,irarettes

The woman students of the University
OF Michigan have raised strong objections
to the use of cigarettes by the men stu
dents, and are determined to put a stop
to the smoking habit carried on in the
corridors and halls of the buildings. The
matter will be taken before the board of
regents at an early date. and n petition
prohibiting the smoking of cigarettes will
be presented
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
Women Plead for Bicycle Track.

The Woman's Bicycle Club of Mont
clair. has requested the town council to
have the ordinance for the proposed troll
people shall substitute vitrified bricks in
the place of Belgian blocks between the
rails on Bloomfield Avenue. The request
to the council was made by Miss Flor
ence Osgood Rand. not only as a men,
Der of the Womans Club. but as n men,
Der of the League of American Wheel
men.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
THERE is A CLASS OF PEOPLE

VINO are injured by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the
grocery stores new preparation called
GRAiN-O, made OF pure grains, That Ia kes
tue place Of coffee. The most delicate
stomach rec lives il without distress and but
rev can tell IL from coffee. 1t does not cost
'.ver onc-quarter as much. Children may
drink IL with great benefit. &c and $50
per package. Try it. Ask for GRAINO.
ia27-f
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
SPANISH STUDENT BEATEN.
School Pupils Punish Him Severely
for offensive Remarks.

TOT o1ietisiNe heillaFhs
Chadron. Neb.. March H.-Robert Pars-
ley. Spanish student i'm the high school
here. was beaten severely by several
American lads yesterday for saying that
the destruction of the Maine was a good
thing. This was a signal for a furious
onslaught.
After being severely handled he was
taken to nearby post and threatened
with hanging. Some of the older scholars
rescued him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-14
when She Has q Mind To.

A girl may not be able to hit the side
of house with a brick, but she can al
ways throw kisses straight
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1898-09-20

1t IL stated that one Of the grounds
for the split In the Republican con-
vention Is that certain voters (Mc-
COrmick and Jake BurtOn), were
not allow wei to vote in the Republic
an cancus Of the First precinct OF the
Second ward. Mccormick was the
gentleman who had charge OF the
Democratic headquarters rooms In
the last campaign, and when he
swore that he voted the Republican
ticket In that campaign, the Judges
felt that such a treacherous indiyid-
ual should hardly be allowed to
vote. Jake Burton 3 store was next
door to the Republican headquarters
in the 1896 campaign, and every day
he spent time in : the Republican
rooms attacking Republican candi.
dates aud Republican principles.
When he swore that he affiliated
with the Republican party and voted
the Republican; ticket 10 1905 the
judges were again skeptical, and
passed Jakey up. The gentlemen
would both hove voted the straight
Buckman, ticket in the caucus, and
caused tho election OF John Swan
berg Instead Of Frank Southmayd.
Does any citizen of the county he
lieve those men had a right to vote
in Republican caucus?
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1898-09-20
SOME PEOPLE WE KNOW
and We Will Profit by Hearing
- i About Them. g.

This is II purely local event It took
place In Little Falls. not In Buffalo
Or New York. you are asked to ill.,
vestigate II. asked to believe a
citizens word, to confirm a citizens
statement. Any article that IL en-.
dUrSed at home. that obtains res
itient advOca tes IL NOR. worthy OF
confidence than far of fOrign
article testified to by unknown peO-
pie.
Mr.. John Hang OF Seventh street
West side. says: "Ju1t before I pro-
cured DOan's kidney pills at Wetzel's
pharmacy was suffering more chan
ordinary AnRl,,-SaxOn can exprens
from pains across the buck The at
tack Of kidney complaint. luinbago,
ar whatever you may term It, was
caused by getting wet. 1t was not
the first for l had had attacks In the
past, but ths particular one was
more virulent. more persistent and
more difficult to remove. Not only
did I suffer from pains In the loins.
but the kidney secretions went
wrong. being altogether tOO fire..
Quent In action. particularly Observ-
4 BILE at night. was advised to nae
DOan q kidney pills and I did 80 care
fully folio wing tie directions. Now,
cannot gauge the future and do
not know II attacks will recur, but
oi one thing am certain, DOan's
kidney pills etfectually disposed Of
the last attack. and 1t requires very
little stretch OF a mans Judgment to
reason that what Was so effective In
the past can he appealed to In the
future with every chance Of obtain
ing the same results.'' .,,. .......
DOan's Kidney Pills for snle by all
dealers. Price 80 cents. Mailed hv
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
Sole agents for the U. s.
Remember the name DOan's and
take no other.