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The evening times., 1898-05-14
FRANCE is NOT UNFKIENDY.
Premier Meline Declares Her Moral
support IL with America.

Premier Meline Declares Her Moral
support IL with Anerica.
New York, May 1L-The Journals Paris
correspondent. referring to an interview
with Premier Meline. says that In response
to an inquiry as to whether or mot the
moral support Of France Is with America,
N. Meline replied, expr ssingi his pleas
ure at being enabled to answer the ques-
tion. inasmuch as he regarded it as 'shigh-
ly important that no false notions should
be festered as to the relations OF France
and the United States" that France does
not give today-never has given-her NOR
al support against the American repub-
lie. The two countries are linked togeth-
er historically. governnentally, CONNER
clally, agriculturally and by many mu-
tually graceful acts performed during a
period which covers a long lapse of time.
"The neutrality declared by France
could not be more honorably observed
either in letter or in spirit. / give only my
own personal judgment, but it seems to
me that the sympathies of my country
men cannot be opposed to a nation which
sends her army and navy to convert an
oppressed land into an Independent re-
PUBIC precisely as france sent ner SOL
diers and sailors to fight for the United
States in the War of Independence.
1--WE are not inconsistent, but we are
a logical people. The commerce Of France
and the United States is very great and
soon will be enormous. No specter should
be conjured up to dampen our commercial
ardor.
France and the United States are more
keenly alive than any other countries to
the great national advantages Of devel-
oping agricultural interests. They are the
only two great nations which have sue
ceeded in graspfng the true inwardness of
republicanism; not in the sense Of the re-
publics of Greece and Rome, where slav-
cry and freedom stood side by side, but
in the sense that all men are born free
and equal, or. as we phrase 1t in France,
in the sense OF liberty. equality and FRA
ternity. Royalists of France may like to
hobnob with their friends over the border
but the recent elections show that repub-
licanism has never been so strong in this
country as 1t is today. 1t is historically
correct to say that since the establishment
Of the United States as nation no act
of premeditated or intentional unfriend-
Illness Of even discourtesy has been per-
petrated by France toward the American
republic or by the United States toward
France.
There are few implacable spirits in
every land, but their immature express
sions are not accepted as voicing the SEN
timents of the United States on the one
hand or of France on the other"
The evening times., 1898-05-14
standins of the Clubs.

The Giants and the Senators crossed
bats at the Polo Grounds in New York, in
an amateurish contest which was long
drawn out and extremely tiresome. 1t
took the few spectators back to the time
long ago when the street unchins played
one-old-cat on the vacant lots. While Do
heny and Mercer pitched with some effect,
their fielding support was wretched and
at times Winnie was decidedly wild. The
two clubs succeeded in rolling up q total
of fifteen errors. Farrell, Wrigley, Glea-
son and Hartman were the chief figures
In the fumbling matinee. The only real
ball playing seen during the game was In
the seventh inning. when the home team
made two doubles. q triple and a single
and scored three runs. While the Giants
played badly enough, the Senators did
worse and the result was a victory for
New York by this score:
The evening times., 1898-05-14
Telling a Joke to the Bo.rJe,.

(From the Detroit Free Press)
The ribbon clerk was reading the even
ing paper before the crate fire in the
parlor of Mrs. Soggy's clearinghouse
when the hardware man came in
BAD night ventured the latter, as he
shook the rain from his hat.
rs it?'
The hardware man was hanging up his
macintosh just then and the terseness of
the ribbon clerks retort caused him to
drop the garment and turn in surprise.
you've been out. haven't you?" he
snapped.
''Yes. just came in
''Then you know it's bad night"
Yep"
Then II you knew it was bad night
what did you ask me If it was for after
I had told you?"
81 don't know"
IT thought so.''
The hardware man sat down by the
front window and gazed out at the elec-
trio light on the corner. He had never
been able to conjure up any feeling of
friendliness toward the ribbon clerk and
often he had been rude to him in a mark
ed degree. But the younger man appear
ed not to notice the snubs and the sharp
ly cutting remarks but passed them all by
as though they had never been uttered.
He was such a mild, harmless youth. He
liked to please every one and his efforts
were sincere il they did fall a mile short
of the mark usually. The other board
ers laid it to his stupidity an ingenious
ness.
The hardware man thought all this as
he sat there by the window in the front
room OF Mrs. Soggy's clearinghouse.
He looked at the ribbon clerks back and
wondered why 1t was that he had always
felt such an antipathy toward the youth.
IN quit it now. Hereafter We shall be
friends"
He looked down at The large figured in
grain carpet and studied the pattern a
long time. Then all at once he chuckled
to himself. The noise of his laughter
caused the ribbon clerk to lower his paper
and look around.
what are you laughing at?' he said.
"I was just thinking" explained the
hardware man with another chuckle,
"how funny it is that we should buy car
pet by the yard and wear it out by the
foot"
III don't believe I quite understand
you." the ribbon clerk ventured serious
Iy.
BUY 1t by the yard and wear 1t out by
the foot" explained the hardware man.
eyer foot, yer foot, out by the foot, don't
you see. scun it. kick 1t out by your
foot"
"oh, yes. ha. ha. see." and the ribbon
clerk went of into a spasm of laughter.
Say" he said when he had recovered.
.'let us tell 'em that at the table, will
your
"You can II you want to. but just give
me credit for it, said the hardware man.
Sure" agreed the ribbon clerk and he
'ehuckled again.
He was the first to enter the dining
room when the bell rang. The circus lady
remarked upon the ribbon clerks bright
appearance. The hardware man smiled
as he thought how clever he would be
considered when the boarders were told
that the joke was his. He wondered par
ticularly what the circus lady would
think Of 1t. They did say that there was
something between the hardware man and
the circus lady.
|. The ribbon clerk could hardly wait. He
The evening times., 1898-05-14
The Only Thing
Needed
To Remove Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Consumption
and Pneumonia
From the List of Dangerous Dis
eases Is the Education OF
the People.

Ever since the discovery that catarrh'
bronchitis, pneumonia and consumption
were purely local diseases. caused by the
presence OF bacilli in the air passages.
the medical profession throughout the
whole world have bent all their energies
to finding some method or remedy oy
which these bacilli could be reached ana
destroyed. How they have succeeded Is
best told by a glance at the reports pub
hshed by the different boards OF heaith
In all the large cities in this country
which show not only a great increase III
the number of deaths yearly from 'hese
diseases, but a startling growth IN the
number OF persons afflicted. TnlS lahuie
TO find cure for diseases of the respi-
ratory organs must not be construct l"
mean a lack of ability on the part Oh
the medical profession. for they have dis-
covered many remedies whics would XIII
these germs. Yet. strange to say, not one
of them could be. conveyed to the parts
affected by dry air. 1t can be reauhy
seen, then, that the discovery OF Hyo-
MEL a germicide of sufficient power 10
kill at once the bacilli of these diseases,
and at the same time volatile enough TO
impregnate every particle of air breathed
by the patient, yet leaving ii free from
moisture, was one of vital Importance to
tine medical world Doctors throughout
the whole country began to test the efii-
cacy of this new remedy and now, after
two years trial in hundreds of cases un-
der their own care, over 500 physicians
claim that ..Hyomei." the Australian Dry
Air Cure, is the only treatment by which
all the diseased parts of the respiratory
organs can be reached and cured.
Furthermore. II is claimed that In fami-
lies who are predisposed to catarrh and
consumption. il the fathers and mothers
will but instruct their children In the use
of "Hyomei." the rising generation Will
be freed from those dread diseases. 1t
would seem. then. that nothing remains
to be done in order to remove these dis
eases from the list of dangerous ones
but TO teach the people the value OF
O.;
The evening times., 1898-05-14
De Witt Wheels. s..s: :','s';y Ss!sa's3y s'sS s
New Wheels for Hire.
and S St. Agent Z.
Tramp. kidnap q Boy.

Reading, Pa. May H-Leroy Zerbe,
aged twelve years. son of Mrs. George
L. Zerbe. No. 4G6 Tulpehocken Street, was
kidnapped by four tramps. and at the
point Of a. pistol was compelled to go
with them to a barn In the outskirts Of
this city. There he was bound fast.
The lad succeeded in releasing himself
and returned home. A party started out
today in search of the tramps. but have
been unable to locate them.
The evening times., 1898-05-14

Two-base hits-Tiernan and Joyce.
Three-base hits-Hartman and Wagner.
Home run-VanIialtren. Sacrifice hit
Wrigley. Stolen bases-Tiernan and Gra-
dy. First base on errors-New York, 8:
Washington, 6. First base on balls-On
Doheny, 4; off Mercer, 5. Struck out-By
Doheny, 2; by Mercer, ]. Hit by pitcher
By Doheny. 2. Left on bases-New York,
3: Washington. IL, Double -plays-Rietz
and Doyle: Wrigley and Doyle. Passed
balls-Grady. ,. Wild pitches-Doheny, 2.
umpires-Lynch and Connolly. Time of
game hours and 20 minutes.
The evening times., 1898-05-14
THE EVENING TIMES WASHINGTON SATURDAY. MAY

Il
fidgeted in his chair and twice upset his
salt cellar. Then It came. Say. you
folks he said, 'rve got joke. Amt It
funny to buy carpet by the yard and
wear 1t out with our feet. Ha, ha. ain't
that good. Why. why don't you laugh
thought that was the best thing 1 ever
heard Don't you see. wear II out with
our feet, kick 1t out
The other boarders looked at:the ribbon
clerk pityfying. -It's. funny you don't
see the point" heSsaid. "Wher the hard
ware man told it tonne before dinner he
could hardly keep his face straight and l
|tholght-" =
The hardware man rose from his chair
did he tell you that?" asked the cir
Gus lady with a sneer.
'Yes." 9
II thought SO; It sounds like him." =
And now the ribbon clerk and the hard
ware man sit at different tables and new
er speak when they pass each other
The evening times., 1898-05-14
wishing to Believe 1t.

From the Chicago Post.)
'Tn view Of tie hard time they had and his
rugged way Of doing business began the solemn
looking man; and then he stopped. Evidently he
feared the result.
$50 on" they said.
'.In .yiew of all that" he continued. as he
edged toward the door, perhaps they will have
no hesitation IN believing that Admiral Dewey
was born within easy reach Of the granite State
Indeed, 1t is possible that the Spanish at Ma
nila would not question the statement that he
was quarried rather than born"
The evening times., 1898-05-14
Steel Rail-.

Five thousand tons of s5-pound steel
rails have~been delivered to the Balti-
more and Ohio RAILROAD Company, for use
on the Second and Third divisions. and
will be placed In the track Immediately.
There are still 5000 tons of the original
order 10 be delivered within the next
three moaths. SO
The evening times., 1898-05-14
An Eye to the Future.

From the New orleans Times -Democrat)
A party of visiting Eiks were amusing them,
selves idly before the s3ocalvs headquarters yes
tertlsy when one Of the' nnahcr essayei to have
some fun with an old negro who CHANGED to pass
by As the Old man got Opposite the group the
fnnmaker called him ovus andrfhe following con-
ycrsation took place:
.'Are YOU going to tlsb war ! uncle7s'
NO. sai1s, Tse tbo old ] - all hoo de- odder
war am I'm draHin' peakions Cor it now amt
The evening times., 1898-05-14
Cleveland Victorious.

Griffith and Connor had an of day yes
terday. This with the Orphans inability
to solve McAllister gave the Indians an
easy game. Tebeau had an argument
with O'Day and was sent to the bench in
the first inning. The score:
R.H.E
Chicago ............. 1oo10oo1o3 S 3
Cleveland .......... 011010400 II 5
First base on errors-Cleveland, 8; Chi
cago, 2. Left on bases-Cleveland, 10;
Chicago, z. First base on balls-On Nc
Alister, S: Off Griffith, 3. Struck out-By
McAlister, 1; by Griffith, 8. Two-base
hits-Burkett and Mexican. Double plays
-Sockalexis and Criger: Childs, Wallace
and Blake. Passed balls-Criger and Dom
ahue C). Umpires-O'Day and Mcdonald.
Time Of game-2 hours and 10 minutes.
The evening times., 1898-05-14
Pirate. Shut Brown. Ont.

The Pittsburgs shut out the St. Louis
team yesterday in the best game seen
in the Smoky City this season. The score:
R.H.E
Pittsburg ........... 00000102x-3 Q
st. Louis ............ 900 0 0 90 90 2
Home run-Padden. Two-base hits
Pittsburg, 2. Double play-Donovan and
Schriver. Stolen base-Donovan First
base on balls-Of Taylor, 2. Struck out
By Tannehill. 1; by Taylor. 2. Left on
bases-Pittsburg, 4: St. Louis. 6. Umpires
Wood and Swartwood. Time of game
1 hour and 40 minutes. Attendance, 1,sOO
The evening times., 1898-05-14

Games Yesterday.
NEW YORK, 0; WASHINGTON, 5.
CLEVELAND, 4; CHICAGO. 3.
PHILADELPHIA, S; BALTIMORE,
PITTsBuRG, s.; ST. LOUIS, 0.
BOSTON. 8; BROOKLYN, 5
G.ames Today.
WASHINGTON AT NEW YORK.
BROOKLYN AT BOSTON.
CHICAGO AT CLEVELAND.
BALTIMORE AT PHILADELPHIA
ST. LOUIS AT PITTSBURG.
LOUISVILLE AT CINCINNATI
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Capital Loan Guarantee Co.,
6o1 r Street N. w.

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MONEY LOANED on household furniture, pianos,
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The evening times., 1898-05-14

CASIELBER6, The reliable Jeweier.
now at 11OS Pa. Ave-, will remove
to 935 Pa. Ave. May -. UntiI then .
discount Of - per cent IL allowed
on all Dianonds, Watches ana Jew
elry. 80 : s....sses,r rs ~s.--s -
The evening times., 1898-05-14

5. Hit by pitched ball-McGraw. Umpires
Andrews and Emslie. Time OF game
2 hours and 10 minutes.
The evening times., 1898-05-14
GIANTS COT. THE CAME
7.
Senators Easily Defeated at the
Polo Grounds.
go ~. 49,. s,s o,sfs
MERCER WAS OUT OF FORM

Roth Teams Played Poor Ban, and
IL Was EitherfkH ab's Came to the
Fi.i.h-A Good Double Play by
Doyle AID Reit. the Only Feature
of the Contest.
The evening times., 1898-05-14
Bostop Won.

The Brooklyns made their first appear
ance this season in Boston yesterday and
succumbed tofhe home team. The score:
R.HE.
Brooklyn .80ooo1o2e-s 2
Boston ........... 0210x-s /
Two-base hits-Ryan and keitser. Home
run-Collins. Bases on baiIs-Off Miller,
6; off Willis, 2. Struck out-By Willis, Z:
by Miller, l. Bases on errors-Boston, 4;
Brooklyn, l. Left on bases-Brooklyn, s;
Boston. 10. Stolen bases-Hamilton, q
Wild pitches-Miller 2. Hit by pitched
ball-By Miller. !. Umpires-Snyder and
Curry. Time of game-1 hour and 50 min
utes. Attendance, $500.
The evening times., 1898-05-14

Manager Kernan's attraction for next
week will be the Fay Foster Extrava-
ganza Company. of which Mr.. Stanley
Whiting is manager. and which claims to
give about the liveliest and most pleasing
entertainment of any troupe now on the
road. 1t has all the elements Of success
as a vaudeville and burlesaue aggrega-
ton, being possessed of many pleasing
and up-to-date features. Mr.. Whiting,
who is the pioneer of rag time mus..ral
delineation on the stage, as well as the au-
thor of the remarkably popular ''Synco-
pated Sandy" gives an exposition of real
negro music that in itself is said TO be not
only an entertainment more than worth
the time and money spent, but a study
deserving of the closest attention of stu
dents of folk lore. = 'a r-7ss
The Couture brothers acrobats and con.
tortionists: the Bernard. sisters. highly
entertaining serio-coplics West and Will
liams.> among the best in their line: Mile.
Chenet,e's novel and ravishine trapeze
performance, and many other pleasing
acts, are followed by the nautical comedy.
Fun on a Yacht" m which a bevy of
beauties are said to give many charming
dances. interspersed with witty dialogue,
humorous situations and all the most de-
lightful characteristics of a successful
burletta. j -
The evening times., 1898-05-14
Money to Loan on

RousebcId Furnifsne. Pianos. ehc, With.
out removal from owners possession: pay.
ments received on principal. which reduces
the cost of carrying: all business strictly
confidential: no expense to applicant II
loan is not made: efficient ser vice enables
us TO act promptly on all applica uona
See us before going elSew here.
The evening times., 1898-05-14
DEWEY STYLE.
This Is the Way Spain Must b,
Fought.

Tampa, May 1.-THE Cubans have been
necessarily drilling for tine last four days
with the rifles which the Government has
furnished them. Gen. Nunez. who last
evening held a three hours conference
with Gen. Shafter. when asked this morn.
ing when he intended taking the Cuban
forces over. said:
"I do not think the Cubans will start
until the American forces have landed
as to take them over now and alone
would be suicidal. The greatest handi-
cap which the Cuban army has today
is the lack of food. especially near Ha-
vana, and as far as the Jucaro Trocha
ITO land 200 men there without a base
of supplies would not only expose them
to starvation, but would also severely
cripple the small supplies which the fore
es there have at present. II the Ameri-
cans land force. say. of 5000 men. make
a base of supplies, and We strike inland
that would do US no good, either, as the
Spaniards, with the $1,000 men they have
in the province of Havana, would place
a strong Gordon around the landing place
of the Americans and cut us of and pre-
vent US from obtaining any food from the
American base.
my opinion is that in order to make
this campaign short and decisive the
American Government should land a
large force of $1,000 or 10000 men ten OF
fifteen miles from Havana, so as to be
in a position to utilize their artillery and
the few roads leading to Havana. The
only force with which Havana can be
taken now Is a large one, as the Span
iards have had ample time to build strong
for;ifications around the city. Should
the Americans land a force of a few
thousand and far from Havana, the lives
Of many brave American soldiers will be
lost, not by Spanish bullets, but by dis
ease.
Having fought the Spaniards for ten
years, know them well. They must be
handled in a rough, quick and decisive
way-Dewey style"
The evening times., 1898-05-14
Philadelphia Won.

The Phillies defeated the Orioles yes
terday in close and interesting game.
The contest throughout abounded in bril-
liant hits and fielding, in which Lajoie
took prominent part. The score:
The evening times., 1898-05-14

Besides the attractions named above the
Grand Opera House will have the Black
PATHS Troubadours, an excellent organi-
cation of clever people; the Academy has
booked James Young new luminarv in
classic tragedy, and the tBiiou will have
an exceptional vaudeville bill in which
Gertrude Rutledge, late of the Castle
Square Opera Company. will figure prom
inently.
The evening times., 1898-05-14

Left on ses-Philadelphia, 4; Balti-
more, g. Struck out-By Piatt, 1: by Nc
James. 5. Stolen bases-Philadelphia. 4.
Double plays-Cross. Lajoie and Douglas
(O; McGraw {unassisted). First base on
Philadelphia. z; Baltimore, / FIRST
base on balls-On Piatt, /; OF licJames,
The evening times., 1898-05-14
COMING TO THE ErHEATERS.

A three-act farce comedy. written by
John Stapleton and entitled "A Bache-
lor's Honsymoon,s wHr be presented for
the first time in this -ci:y-at the COlum-
bia, for supplementary season of four
nights and two nas,infds, beginning next
Wednesday. The management of the
theater and the direcprs Of the company
have concluded TO give this attraction at
popular prices. The play and cast are
said to have been .recfisee with tumultu-
Gus favor in all the best houses in tn I
United States and Canada and will go
direct from here to Boston for a run.
II ''it Is to laugh this comedy fills the
bill. The New York World in speaking
of the play is claimed to have said:
There will be no one 20 question the
very obvious fact that last nights rep
resentation was the liveliest, laughingest
and most continuously amusing farcial
performance of the season Furthermore.
II Is a good sign that after we have
laughed at 1t with all our might and seen
all our neighbors trying TO outdo us in
enjoying the fun. we have no shamefaced
wonderfngs as to why we enjoyed the
piece. The simple truth is that We did
so because the provocation was irresisti-
BILE. 1t is timely. however. to remind the
author that while his work is excellent
most OF the. favor which ii has met with
must be credited to the ladies and gen.
tlemen vino present 1t. Messrs. George
F. Nash and John T. Sullivan have an ex-
cellent company of players. Mr.. Nash Is
one of the best light comedians in the
country. OF fine physique. good voice and
personal magnetism that is great. he
plays Benjamin Bachelor with an ease
and finish that cannot be excelled. He
will be remembered as the big hit of the
original production Of 'Chimmie Fadden.
and prior 10 that as leading man with
the Jefferson. Florence and Olga Neither
sole companies. Every one knows John
T. Sullivan, husband of Rose Coghlan.
who has starred with her in all her sue
cesses. Rober; Peytcn Gibbs Is one Of the
best character actors In America Vella
Mcleod too. is an actress of beauty and
finish who displays some OF the most
lovely gowns worn on the stage today.
Meta Sykes. Virginia Jackson and a host
of others make up a company hard to ex-
eel and equaled by few. The entire pro-
duction is dramatic shotgun loaded TO
the fullest capacity with pellets of hu-
NOR"
The evening times., 1898-05-14
~HYoMEr' CURES BY INHALATION.

"Hyomei" Outfit s1.Go. Extra Bottles.
soc "Hyomei'' Balm Ia wonderful hea!er),
25c Sold by all druggists or sent by mail.
Send for the Story of ''Hyomei-" Mailed
The evening times., 1898-05-14
BuiIdiDs Bridges.

Considerable work is being done on the
Pitis5urg division of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad in the way of replacing
old bridges with new and stronger struct-
ures. There are. nine single-span. five
two-span and one three-span steel
bridges now being erected.
The evening times., 1898-05-14

GROCERY STORE-Attractve corner; thicEly
settled neiglborhood dwelling attached: viii
accept invoice; low rent. DUNLAP. 500 st.
The evening times., 1898-05-14

FOR SALE-Cheap. n schooner-rigged yacht in
frst-ciass condition; IS feet long; II feet
beam; bedding and cooking utensils. ETC. inslu6-
ed. Apply 343 Pa. ave. nv. myI2-3t
The evening times., 1898-05-14

FOR SALE-One o: the best paving and best To-
Gated corner grocery stores in city; nice hx-
lures: good stock: fine horse and wagon; well
established; price $500. COMMERCIAL En-
CHANGE. SO + st. nv. my12-3t
The evening times., 1898-05-14

FOR good easy shave or hair cut go to 10th
and n. Y. ave-; haircutting reduced to I5c.
myI2-3t
The evening times., 1898-05-14

FOR SALE-Singer machine, s.; Wheeler Will
son, 81, worth Si1; Domestic, $12 with leaf
and drawers. warranted for three years; knife
and accordion plating done; pinking, 2e per
yard At OPPENHEDER'S, 51i 9th St NV.
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FOR SALE-Grocery fixtures, ice box, coffee mill,
scales, and complete assortment. 1902 18th
st nw myl2-3t
The evening times., 1898-05-14

FOR SALE-Largc boarding and rooming house;
handsomely tmnishe,l will sell at a bar-
gain NEW YORK BUSINESS BROKERS. l00o
F ST. NV. myle-St
The evening times., 1898-05-14

gwine. but has two boys, an tole dem to go
to war and fit like de debbil. 30 dey could
draw pension, too, after de was oycr''