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The times., 1898-09-04
Commissioners, Orders.

The District Commissioners issued the
following orders yesterday:
Construct sewer under the permit sys-
TEN along the west side OF New Hamp-
shire Avenue from Q Street southwark:
estimated cost. $40.
That curb be set in front of lots 10 and
76. square 30, under the permit system;
estimated cost SSi.
Lay cement sidewalk under the permit
system in front OF Is feet inches east of
lot a. block %, and front of 1864 and 1866
Harvard Street, Columbia Heights; esti-
mated cost S54.
Contract with John Jacoby for con-
struction of sewer in Georgetown, at the
end of Potomac Street, Is extended TO
March l. 1883. without penalty or cost OF
inspection
Erect two lamps on Erie Street, be-
tween Brightwood Avenue and Ninth
Street, Brightwood; estimated cost. sl2.
chargeabIe to appropriation for street
lighting.
The times., 1898-09-04
THE TIME EXTENDED.
The Capital Railway Company May
Continue It's Experiments.


The much-discussed Brown electric
system, now in use on the lines of the
Capital Railway Company In Southeast
Washington. which has recently received
both censure and praise from the con-
tending railway factions of the vicinity,
will be given another extension of time
in which to prove the efficiency of the
contact system, by which the road is op-
Grated.
The residents of Southeast Washing
ton-or. at least number of them-re-
Gently wrote to the Commissioners pc
titioning against any further extension
of the time previously granted to the
company in which to experiment with
the system.
The Congress Heights Citizens Assoc.-
alton also wrote to the Commissioners in
dorsing the system and branding the
statements of the signers of the petition
as inaccurate in many respects and ab-
surd in many others.
At the same time, the Capital Railway
Company asked for a ninety days exten-
sion of time in which TO fully test the
road as it now stands. The request was
referred to Walter Allen. superintendent
of the electrical department. who hand
ed the Commissioners a lengthy techni-
cal report derogatory to the Brown sys-
TEN.
Engineer Commissioner Beach, after
receiving this report, yesterday recon-
mended that an extension of sixty days
be granted the railway company in which
to test the merits of its system, and later
| in the afternoon the following order was
| issued by the District Commissioners:
Ordered. That the Capital Railway
Company is hereby granted sixty days
further in which to test the workings of
| the Brown underground electric system.
| as now installed upon its lines on Elev-
cnth Street southeast, on condition that
| the boxes are to be tested as they now
! exist in the street, and that they are not
| to be removed nor repaired: that the
| company is TO keep sufficient men EN-
| ployed along the line of the road TO make
| sure that no live boxes exist and II such
| are found and the system appears dam
gerous or impracticable at any time dur
| ing the sixty-day extension, said extern
J sion TO Immediately cease. This exten-
| sion to be subject to the conditions of
| the order of March Z. 1898, relative to
! the use of the Brown electric system on
| Eleventh and NJ Streets southeast.
The times., 1898-09-04
ROUGH RIDERS WON'T PARADE
ROoseyeIt's Regiment Will BE Mus
tered Out, Says AIger.

tered Out, says AiSer.
Montauk Point. Sept. 9.-Unless Col.
Roosevelt changes his mind, or Secretary
Alger changes his, there viii be no pa
rade of the Rough Riders in New York.
Secretary Alger today was asked to ex-
press an opinion on the subject
THE Rough Riders will be mustered
out here" said he. What they will do
after that is entirely their affair, to be
decided by themselves. AS for a parade
of the cavalry which took part in the Gu
ban campaign, that is out of the question.
To call upon men who are exhausted by
hardship and disease as these men are.
to undergo the effect of a public parade
would be cruel. Besides that, the War
Department could not give them the
transportation to New York for that pur-
pose"
What do you think of the conditions
since your last visit?" the Secretary of
War was asked.
Much improved" was the reply "very
much better, indeed
Within a week or little more It seems
probable that this camp will be greatly
depleted. The order from Washington
that all regulars attached to the barracks
east of the Mississippi should be sent to
their barracks as soon as possible is not
a surprise here, as it has been known for
some time that such order would be
sent out. 1t was not expected, however,
that it would come quite so soon. This
will remove most of the artillery and
a considerable part of the infantry now
here The cavalry division will be less
affected.
The volunteers are looking forward to
a speedy mastering out, and the Rough
Riders muster roll is now here. More
over. men are being furloughed from the
general hospital alone at the rate of 200
a day.
Although Gen. Shafter says vaguely
that his stay here will be indefinite, the
opinion is that he will not continue In
charge of the dwindling camp very long.
The times., 1898-09-04
SCHOOL SEASON Is NEAR.
Three New Buildings VIII BE Open
ed on Seutculber 10.


ed on September 10.
After having been closed for three
months. the public schools of the District
of Columbia will open for the session Of
1885, on Monday, September 49,
Comparatively few changes have been
made in the staff of teachers this year,
there having been fewer deaths and mar
riages during the vacation now ending
than ever before.
The coming year will be inaugurated
by the opening of two new schools for
white children and one for colored chill
dren.
The principal building erected this wear
was the one in lexington, to be known
as the lexington School. The citizens of
this suburb have been greatly in need
of a school for several years past and
Commissioners tried repeatedly to get
an appropriation with which to build it,
but until the last Congress they were
not successful. The new building is of
the latest model, with steam heating and
the new sewer system. There will be the
full number of grades, from the first to
the seventh inclusive.
Another new building has been erected
on the site formerly occupied by an old
dilapidated building known as the Pea
body Annex, on Fifth Street northeast,
between 3 and c Streets. The old build
ing was seized by the Commissioners
some years ago. when the Peabody
school became too small to hold all the
pupils assigned to it. An appropriation
to rebuild the old frame structure was
asked for and secured at the last session
of Congress. The new building is modern
throughout and will accommodate about
five hundred scholars.
The colored school was erected just be-
yond the boundary, near Brightwood
Avenue It is also a model of school
building construction and very comfort
ably appointed.
The changes in the teachers have not
as yet been arranged definitely, but it is
expected that they will be made public
in few days.
The times., 1898-09-04
Desires to he Postmaster.

AS Postmaster Willet's term viii ex-
pire in November, there is already quite
a spirited contest being waged by those
who wish to become his successor. The
present cashier in the city postoffice,
Marion T Anderson, formerly of In
diana, is the last to enter the race as an
applicant for the office. 1t is said that he
has. or will have, the Endorsement of
Senator Fairbanks and the entire Indiana
congressional delegation. Mr.. Anderson
is prominent Grand Army man, and
was a soldier during nearly all the time
of the Civil War.
The times., 1898-09-04
AID THE RELIEF WORKERS.
Concert Arranged to Reimburse the
Pension Office Ladies-

The Ladies of Westminster, a society as
sociated with the Presbyterian churches
of the city, have completed arrangements
for a concert to be given "Wednesday
evening at the Grand Opera House for
the benefit of the sick soldiers who are
passing through the city The proceeds
of the concert will be turned over 10 the
Pension Office Ladies' Relief Association
This association has been engaged In
noble relief work of feeding the hungry
and ministering to the wants of the sick
soldiers who pass through en- route to
Northern camps. The ladies have gone
10 great personal expense in getting sup
niles and have incurred a DEBT of S2.OO0
The Ladies of Westminster decided to
The times., 1898-09-04
Contawious ward Needed.

Sister Beatrice, the matron of Provt-
dence Hospital. is understood to have ad-
dressed a letter to the Commissioners,
expressive of her encouragement at the
delay in starting the proposed contagious
ward, which will shortly be erected on the
hospital grounds. The hospital is re-
ceiving a number of diphtheria patients
and the ward is said to be very greatly
needed at the present time.
The times., 1898-09-04
Cincinnati G. A. r. Encnmpment via
n a

Choice of three different routes. Tickets
sold Sept. 8. 4. 5, good to re urn until 18th
and may be extended until Oct.2. Sl4 for
the round trip For tickets and further
information call on B. & o. ticket agents.
au20. %, q. &C. .2s, ,S1-se2,3.4 -em
The times., 1898-09-04

Heurichs Maerzen Beer will make you
as merry as the day Is long. Order a
case of Maerzen Beer by 'pnonIng 634, Ar
Iington Bottling Co.
The times., 1898-09-04
Spend Labor Day at Atlantic City

Spend Labor Day at Atlantic City.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell for
all trains except Congressional Limited
Sunday and Monday, September and s..
IS excursion tickets to Atlantic City,
Cape May and Sea Isle City, good to re-
turn until Tuesday, September 6. seS-3t
The times., 1898-09-04

s-quart gray enamel covered sauce
pans. for 14c.
Large covered and footed painted
chamber pals 19c.
1-gaIlon best stone china water pitch
ers. 29c.
1Oquart heavy galvanized iron pals.
for 13c.
The times., 1898-09-04
Very little for notions.

&c for 10c machine OIL
&c dozen for Sc and 1Oc nickel safety
pins.
&c dozen for 10c French WhaIebOues-
&c spool for 500 yards spool cotton
&c for 15c dress shields
Sc for DeXter's knitting cotton
&c for IA o. black silk. instead of 15c-
Sc for all-silk seam binding. instead
of 12c.
&c for large cubes toilet pins. instead
of 1Gc.
The times., 1898-09-04
8 cents

for a lot of pillow cases
made from Mohawk and
Lockwood Sheeting, which
sell for 12c regularly.
The times., 1898-09-04

a marvellous barEain-finest two
toned novelty crepons, "a inches wide.
the genuine tufted kind, in new blue,
green. brown, garnet and hello effects
are positively worth $3.50.
The record-union., 1898-05-23

finally, Leguille, one of his teachers at
the military school, spoke of him in
note as Napoleon Bonaparte, Cor
sican by birth and character; this gem
tleman will go far if circumstances IA
vor him"
Let us couclude by adopting the
thought of Goethe: Our desires are the
presentimentS of the faculties which
lie within us-the precursors of those
things which we are capable of per
forming. That which we would be, and
that which we desire, present them
selves to our imagination, about us,
and in the future; we prove our as
pirations to be an object which we AL
ready secretly possess. 1t is thus that
an intense anticipation transforms a
real possibility into an imaginary real
ity. When such a tendency is decided
in us, at each stage of our develop
ment portion of our primitive desire
accomplishes itself, under favorable
circumstances, by direct means, and
in unfavorable circumstances by some
more circuitOuS route, from which,
however, we never fail to reach the
straight road again. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The record-union., 1898-05-23
Duel Music.

The French musician, Maihol, who
has just died at Toulouse, was fond of
practical jokes. Some years ago he
composed a march which he considered
the proper thing to be played at duals,
and he sought in vain opportunity of
having it performed Finally he stirred
up a quarrel between two singers and
succeeded in getting a duel arranged.
Hardly had the two adversaries crossed
swords when to their intense astonish-
ment they heard a concealed orchestra
strike up Maihors march. Realizing
that they were the victims of the face
tious composer. but being Gascons
themselves, and consequently fond of
a joke, the two duelists laughed. began
to fence in time to the music, and, nat
urally, the whole affair finished in a
gCod-tempered way
The record-union., 1898-05-23
REMARKABLE PREDICTIONS.

For one prediction that comes true,
many hundreds fail, of which we never
hear Many a fond mother predicts a
professorship, or judgeship, or bishop
ric for a favOrite son, who, neverthe-
less, sinks through the world among
the crowd of unknown people. For all
that sundry remarkable predictions
have at various times been uttered,
which have come true, and yet nothing
miraculous has been attributed to
them
Sulla said of Caesar, when he pardon
ed him at the earnest entreaty of his
friends: You wish his pardOn-I con-
sent; but know that this young man,
whose life you so eagerly plead for.
will prove the most deadly enemy of
the party which you and 1 have de-
Tended. There is in Caesar more than
a Marius." The prediction was real
lied.
Thomas Aquinas was so unusually
simple and reserved in conversation
that his fellow students regarded him
as a very mediocre person and jocu-
larly called him the dumb OK of Sic
lily" His master, Albert, not knowing
himself what to think, took occasion
one day. before q large assemblage, to
interrogate him on several very pro-
found questions, to which the disci-
pie replied with so penetrating a sa-
gacity that Albert turned towards the
youths who surrounded his chair, and
said: You call Brother Thomas a
dumb OK, but be assured that one day
the noise of his doctrines will be heard
all over the world"
Erasmus wrote a communication at
twelve years. which was read by a
learned friend of Hegius; and he was so
struck by it's merits that he called the
youth to him. and said, scanning him
keenly: My boy, you will one day be
a great man."
Sully's father predicted of him, when
only twelve years old. that he would
one day be great by reason of his cour-
age and his virtues. Had not the
prophecy come true we had never
heard of it, But Sully was early put
in the way of promotion, and once in
the road. the rest is comparatively easy
Cardinal Morton, Archbishop of Can
terbury, early predicted the future of
Sir Thomas More. Pointing to the boy
one day, he said to those about him:
THAT youth Will one day be the Orna-
ment of England"
Cardinal Wolsey, though a butchers
son, had an early presentiment of his
future eminence. He used to say that
if he could but once set foot at court
he would soon introduce himself there.
And scarcely had he obtained admis-
sion at court, the possessor of d hum
BILE benefice. than he did not hesitate
to say that 'henceforth there was no
favor to which he dared not aspire
At eighteen Gondi, afterward Card
inal De Retz, composed certain remi-
niscences of early studies. on reading
which, Richelieu exclaimed: Here's a
dangerous fellow"
Marshal Turenne. in his early youth.
prophetically told the distinction
in arms to which he would rise. But
doubtless there are few youths who en-
ter the army full of ardor and courage
who do not predict for themselves the
career of hero and a conqueror.
Milton in his early writings, fore
shadowed his great poem, then not ma
tured in his mind. He declared his in
The record-union., 1898-05-23

The American Journal of Sociology
University Press, Chicago is at
hand for May with these papers. be
sides the departments of review, notes
and abstracts and photography: Pos
sibilities of the Present Industrial Sys-
tenn" Gllustrated), Paul Monroe; The
Relation of Sex to Primitive Social
Control" William l. Thomas; The
Relief and Care Of Dependents-IV.,"
II. A. Mills; "A Plea and a Plan for a
Cooperative Church Parish System"
Walter Laidlaw; Social Control
XIII.," Edward Alsworth Ross; The
Persistence of Social Groups-II.,"
Georg Simmel; "A New Plan for the
Control of Quasi-PubIic Works." J. D.
Forrest.
The record-union., 1898-05-23

At a moment when war and all its
appliances and aspects have an espe-
cial interest, no doubt the first thing
turned to in 'McClure's Magazine" for
May New York; viii be Rudyard Kip
lings poem on the torpedo. In a re-
cent statement by Lieutenant G.. E.
Armstrong that the torpedo has
brought into the navy a fresh zest, a
new romance, and possibilities more bril-
liant than were ever existent before its
adoption" Mr.. Kipling has found an
idea of just the sort he loves. The con-
ditions of the present moment give a
special interest also to Hamlin Gar
lands intimate story of the last year
in the life of General Grant. This
number contains two excellent short
stories by new writers-a story of The
Polar Zone" by John A. Hill, the other
a kindly, humorous Memorial Day
story-"Uncle Luther Dowell's Wooden
Leg'-by Ray Stannard Baker An in
stallment of Anthony Hopes Rupert
of Hentzau" particularly stirring and
absorbing, adds further noteworthiness
to the fiction of this number. Charles
A Dana's personal .recOllections of
Meade. Hancock Sedgwick, Humphreys
I
Grant in the Army of the Potomac;
Cleveland Moffett's account OF John
Milne, the man who, of all the world
knows most about earthquakes, and of
his earthquake observatory, where the
! slightest tremor of any part of the
earth is automatically recorded and To-
Gated; and Charles Theodore Murray's
| description of his voyage across the
! ocean with the circus. illustrated with
pictures drawn from life by c. X. Lin
son, are other items of the number.
"Gunton's Magazine" for May CNew
York; has "A War for Peace-England
and America; Relation of Economics
to Politics.; Spain and Cuba; "A Few
Facts; "A New Book on Wages;
What to Do for the SIums"; Tam
many and Public improvements" Does
Invention Lessen Employment" Pop
ulism and Labor Unions"
Municipal Engineering" for May
QndianapOlis) ought to be read by ev-
cry city official in the land, as. indeed,
should all the numbers of this invalu
able magazine, which has no rival and
fills a field rich in betterments possible
to municipal life. Among the leading
papers are these. aside from the very
many departments. rich in news. exper-
imental records and notes of municipal
progress: Mr. ROsewater's Rules for
Growing Paved Streets" More About
Filtration of Sewage. Through Coal"
Iron Pipe for Sewers" Charles Car
roll Brown, NJ. Am. Soc. c. e; Com
The record-union., 1898-05-23
0Ck Lubin C Co., 4OO-4I2 X Street. Sacramento

parison of American and Foreign Port
land Cements," w. w. Caclay, G. E.;
Portland Cement Requirements Speci-
fed by the United States Government"
"Purification of Sewage in England" :"
John w Alvord, c. E.
The record-union., 1898-05-23
Balance.

He was making hollow pretense OF
being hungry at breakfast.
Had to stay at the office to balance
the books last night, my dear" he re-
marked.
She was gazing gloomily out of the
window and upon the lawn there were
divers tracks.
II hope the books were better bal
anced than yourself when you got
through" she answered not without
bitterness.-Detroit Journal.
The record-union., 1898-05-23
Fancy Dress Goods, 25C.

At this popular price, qualities
and patterns that are surprisingly
good. Pretty mixed cheviots, all
wool mixtures in tans, grays and
fancy color effects, as well as rich
bayadere or zig gag cross strips, in
navy and black, brown and black,
green and black and heliotrope
and black. Many good patterns
for outing suits and seaside cos
tunes. Price, 25c.
The record-union., 1898-05-23

The June number of "Harper's Round
Table" contains the story that cap
tured the first prize of the Round
Table short Story Competition" II
is entitled The Comedy of Herr Pro
fessor," and its author is Ida Kennis-
ton. Among the other features in the
number are The Troop That Was
Not" by F. L. Pollock; Toms Vindi-
cation" by Albert White Worse; The
Lost Voice." by F. H. Spearman; and
The Mayors Music-Box," by w. S.
Rossiter
The record-union., 1898-05-23

Lieutenant II. d. Wise of the United
States army was the first American to
make a flight through the air by the
aid of kites. In an article he has writ
ten for the Youths Companion" (Bos-
tom of the week of May 9TH he tells
the story of the evolution of the kite
from a toy to a scientific instrument
and explains some of the uses to which
it can be put in modern warfare A
noteworthy serial, begun in the issue
of May 9th, is THE Making of Zimri
Bunker" by William j. Long, one of
the foremost of the younger story writ
ers of America. A son of Nantucket
Zimri Bunker bore a heroic part in the
war of 1872. The story of the stirring
deeds Of battle around Nantucket's
shores is largely founded on actual oc-
currences. The issues for the four
weeks of May viii contain a number
Of good stories. Notable among them
VIII be "Christine's Way Up" by Mrs.
Margaret +. Sangster. 1t is one of the
series Of Stories of Working Girls
that is to run through the four num-
bers, and will be published in the issue
of May 18th.
The record-union., 1898-05-23

Reachs Official Baseball Guide for
1898 is at hand "a. j. Reach & Co.,
Philadelphia). 1t is of about 100 pages,
is full of records, of averages individ-
ual fielding averages, official directions,
records of league pitchers, statements
of games and big scores schedules and
baseball literature generally. A com
pact, useful little book
The record-union., 1898-05-23

tas of Cuba and the other provinces.
In the picture, two of the latter have
captured "A Yankee and are giving
him high old time which he seems
to be enjoying immensely. The center
page Illustration is another cartoon
representing a battle between the Span
ish olives and the corn, flour, vegetable
and apple brigades of the American
army. The stories and miscellaneous
articles in this number are of a superior
quality and the illustrations are un-
usually excellent 1t is announced that
a soldier story, The New Recruit" ," will
begin in the next number, the writer
being himself a soldier in one Of the
volunteer regiments of the West.
The record-union., 1898-05-23
G. A. r. Suits.

We have complete line OF the
suits that are bought just at this
time every year to be worn, first
as G. A. K. uniforms on Decora-
ton Day, and thereafter for ordi-
nary wear. Made OF fine quality
all-wool fast color blue flannel, in
round cut sack, and both single
and double-breasted square cut
sack styles. Nicely made; fitted
with separable black buttons,
which can be detached and G.. A.
r. buttons substituted when occa-
sion requires. Price, So so.
Extra size suits suitable to be
worn as G.. A. K. uniforms. $40.
The record-union., 1898-05-23
ViCi Kid Dressing, 25C.

Nici kid shoes are being worn
extensively now. To keep them in
good condition, it is necessary to
use good dressing. We offer Nici
Kid Dressing, made by Robert H..
Foederer, one of the most promi-
nent manufacturers of vici kid
leather, who should know how to
make good vici kid dressing. In
both black and tan colors. Price,
2-C
The record-union., 1898-05-23

The trouble with most people is that
they give his satanical majesty more
than his due
The record-union., 1898-05-23

What to Eat" for June (Minneapolis)
will catch the soldier boys. 1t repre-
sents the chief danger to them to be
encountered with the black eyed senori-
The record-union., 1898-05-23
Children's Hose
at Low Prices.

Fine rib, full finish, black cotton
hose, with double knee and sole.
Sizes 8 and g only. Worth in a
regular way, zoe. Our price, &c
pair.
The record-union., 1898-05-23
GREAT DRESS GOODS VALUES.
Black AlDaCaS.

Black mohairs, both plain and
fancy, are being extensively used
for separate skirts. Reasons
.enough-they hang well, wear well
and shed the dust. In Our stock
you will find every desirable make.
Black Alpaca Brilliantine (hne
make, soc yard.
Brilliantine Alpacas, 42-inch
width, 75c yard.
Iron Frame Alpacas, 42-inch
width, 75c yard.
High luster Alpacas, fine weave,
A inches wide, ST yard
Fine Black Twilled Mohair, 50
inches wide, 81 50 yard.
A splendid assortment of new
designs in rich figured black Al
pacas, superior quality, 43 inches
wide, soc yard.
The record-union., 1898-05-23
WHOLESALE LIQUORS.
CRONAN & WISSEMAN.

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