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The evening times., 1898-06-07
wounds in his body. Transportation was
furnished him TO the Soldiers Home.
PLATT Ar THE WHEEL.
Guiding the Movements of His Old
Political Machine.

New York. June Thomas c. Platt
has issued another edict. He gives every
evidence of his determination TO enter into
the thick and thin of the coming political
campaign and his fiat has gone forth that
the party SO far as he can influence it
shall march, horse, foot and Dragons"
over the political corpse Of Gov. Black.
unless the governor shall come to terms
and follow the dictates of the machine.
Then Platt may acquiesce in Blacks re-
nomination. His order of yesterday was
that at today's primaries mis- machine sup
porters shall vote only for such delegates
to the assembly district conventions as can
be depended upon to choose only unin-
structed delegates to the Republican
State convention. He hopes to have ma
jority of the convention uninstructed un-
til tine extra session of the legislature and
the governor has acted upon the retaliato-
ry legislation with which the machine
hopes 10 cripple Mayor Van Wyck.
1t looks as II there will be about much
pickering. heartburnings. ordinations
and recriminations in the coming State
contest as there was in the municipal
campaign of last Summer.
The evening times., 1898-06-07
AN ULTIMATUM.
Rebellion of Young Woman
Against Parental Matchmaking


There is one thing I want distinctly
understood said the only daughter of
the household as she cornered her par
ents and looked as though she We're issu-
ing proclamation of war. II want no
more interference in my affairs as far as
the young men who come here are con-
cerned. I'm old enough to exercise my
own judgment and form my own opin-
ions. You two act very much to me as
though you thought some young man was
trying TO marry the whole family. and
that it devolves upon you to make salts
factory selections. You have succeeded in
running off two or three for whom I had
a special liking, and now l call a halt.
That's my ultimatum,'
See here. my young lady began the
father. But that was as far as he pro-
ceeded. He was curtly informed that
young men did not call to get his views
on the financial question. the chances of
a war with Spain. or the advantages offer
ed by Michigan for the beet sugar indus
try. They had access to the kewspapers
and read all the news that it cost millions
of dollars to collect. He did not amount
to any more than a tin whistle at a band
tournament.
Elizabeth. I'll not permit any such talk
to your father. / guess We know what is
best for you, and We certainly have your
welfare at heart. / give you to distinctly
understand
II do distinctly understand. You broke
my engagement by sitting at the table
and telling Charley that / baked the hot
biscuit that l never saw till they were
served. One of them ruined his digestion,
and ! don't blame him for not risking his
life with such supposed danger as a con-
stant menace"
Then she fled in tears. and the pair went
to dpbraiding each other in a manner
that tended to revive the old conundrum
as to whether marriage is a failure.
The evening times., 1898-06-07
NEEDLEWORK NOTES.
Some Pretty Things Which VIII Oc-
cupy Embroiderern This Summer.

An idea which is new and pretty for
this summer Is noted by the Art Inter
change. 1t is to have the designs stamped
on centerpieces and teacloths along oppo-
site sides. straight row of blossoms
stems disappearing at the edge has a
quaint and pretty effect. Stiff flowers
which are unmanageable in sprays or
clusters may be placed in this way-the
geranium, for instance. This arrange
ment of flowers in rows is appropriate
for the centerpiece because they present
themselves so arranged in very striking
way to those sitting on both sides of the
table. On a 22-inch center they may ex-
tend six or eight inches in. lower al the
center than at the corners. Other sug-
gessions from the journal mentioned are
as follows:
Bold conventional designs are appropri-
ate. especially for brown linen pillows.
1t is very good plan to make these
covers removable. They may be but
toned on one side with a row Of smoked
pearl buttons and loop eyes. White linen
embroidered cushions are very fresh and
pretty among the colored ones in a '-cozy
corner" and made in this way are prac-
ticable. White cotton covers worked in
old blue in colonial designs are especial
iy pretty for colonial settees.
Embroidered monograms are now so
generally used that they have become a
matter of course instead of luxury.
The script is just now in vogue. The
lines are so narrow that they are very
easily embroidered in the French laid
work. The one principle to bear in mind
in regard to this embroidery is that to
be correct the stitches should be at right
angles to the directions of the lines. The
initial or monogram or crest on napkins
should be placed in the center of the
corner square formed when the napkin
is folded straight four times. Place the
letter at the intersection of the diagonal
of the square. For this work on linens
French working cotton is the proper
thread. On silk handkerchiefs. muffiers.
etc. the twisted embroidery silk is
very manageable thread. The under-fill-
ing should be of silk on silks. or when a
work is to be done in silk threads. II
is a poor sort of economy to put cotton
filling under silk. as is sometimes done.
for the result is often unsatisfactory.
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SOUGHT TRANSPORTATION.
Applicants mt the Sanitary ODicc
This Forenoon

The usual procession of persons seeking
| Sanitary Officer Franks office this fore
| noon. There was a particularly interest
| ing trio. each member of which had
wounds. Two wore soldiers uniforms;
the other came to Washington with the
Second Tennessee Volunteer Regiment.
Long, deep scars showed where knife
| had slashed his face in different direc-
tons. The nose had nearly been severed.
one scar extending clear across the face,
another ran from forehead to chin and a
third passed over the left eye.
What is your name and where are you
from?" asked Lieutenant Teeple.
Fired Horner; am a miner, and come
from Alabama. near Corunna," was the
reply. Horner explained that he wanted
to get in hospital. as he was suffering
from serious bullet wounds
The Times reporter asked him to tell
how he was wounded. He stated that last
Summer. while employed in the South
ern coal mines. he charged the weigher
with cheating him. They had a fight.
three men assisting the weigher In the
melee Horner wounded one of his assail-
ants by shooting him. The other men
used knives and slashed his face.
The affair was not over, however and
the man whom he shot laid in ambush
and couple of weeks ago fired three
shots at Horner. One entered the right
lung and the other the right cheek. The
injuries were dressed. but bscame so
troublesome that he determined to come
to Washington to enter a hospital.
Are there no hospitals between here
and Alabama?" asked Sanitary Officer
Frank
Horner answered that there were. but
they would not take any one without
pay. II came on the train with the Ten
nessee soldiers he said. He was sent
to Providence Hospital
Meanwhile Milton Young appeared in
the office. He was physical wreck. Two
eyes were blackened. his face was bloat-
ed. and his clothes were nearly torn off
him. 1t was evident that he was Just
getting over drunk. close glance
showed that Young was minus his left
hand.
I'm an old soldier" he shouted to
Capt. Frank land I want to go home'
The sanitary officer had some trouble
in quieting him.
II fought in the war he continued.
1t was learned that Young was at the
sanitary office yesterday afternoon seek
ing transportation. He then had S7.65,
and turned over 81 to Capt. Frank to keep
for him until today. He was well dress
cd ana ctean looking. he explained his
appearance this morning by saying: :
81 went Our. last night, and on the Ave-
nue. man came up to me and asked me
II l had some money. I said no: and
then he drew back his fist and hit me,
-biff. biff! in the face"
Young illustrated his remarks by jump
ing up and brandishing his one fist.
Where did you lose your hand?" he
was asked.
st was at the battle of Corinth, the
siege of vicksburg and at Paducah." he
said, "and have been getting $s month
pension since 1864"
1t was decided that he would be given
transportation when sobered up.
The third man was William B. Lee.
4 respectable-Iooking old soldier. from
the Dayton. Ohio. Home. He. too. had
fought like hero. He was at the battle
Of Ge. e.tysburg. and has three bullet
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rice and fish: rice In dozen different
ways and fish in the same variety. l had
all my recipes with me- but / had to de-
wise an entirely new set. In case of ty-
phoid fever, for instance, of course we
tried to prevail on them 10 take a milk
diet But they don't like milk. They have
always had a superstition against eating
anything which has had animal life. They
include milk and eggs in this category. 1
don't know why they don't include fish,
but they don't.
Some of them will consent to take milk
now. but when they absolutely refused
1 made them a broth of rice. boiling II
until 1t was soft. and then draining the
liquor of. l could get chickens. and SO
We could make chicken broth In cases
where it was needed. There was no lamb
or mutton, there being no sheep in Japan.
We could get beef In the cities where
there was a foreign population. The Jap
anese care little for fruit. They like the
little mandarin oranges. and that was n
good thing, for we had them about eight
months out of the year. They have per-
simmons too, and figs: but they don't
care mueh for the figs: they say they are
'children's fruit The plums there do not
amount to much. They have a sort of
pear which looks like an apple and tastes
like wood As for the famous cherry
trees, they are cultivated for their bios
SONS, not for their fruit.
1T is only in the cities that the people
are beginning to use knives and forks and
spoons. As a general thing. even among
the more progressive japanese. they are
not used. while in the country you see
nothing but chopsticks and drinking dish
es. II is not SO difficult for them to eat
rice with choDsticks one would i'm
agine. They do not cook il as we do.
They cook it just enough to make it sticky
and then it isn't hard TO pick up n lump
with their chopsficks. They do not put
any salt in II, either, you can imagine
how palatable 1t is.
THE uneducated people are full of
superstition. especially about sickness and
death. If they have for example. any
thing the matter with the ear, they make
a wax model of an ear, put it up in the
temple and pray to it. They can construct
a god to fit any complaint, you see. They
have learned great deal, however, in the
last ten years. They made a mistake at
the Doshisha school. though, when they
undertook to run 1t themselves. / under
stand that il has retrograded somewhat in
the standard of work done"
The evening times., 1898-06-07
TREAcHERY OF REBELS.
Former Philippine Insurgents Said
to Seek Reward for A9ufnaldO-

Former Philippine Insurgents Said
to Seek Reward for Agufnaldo-
New York. June THE Herald's Euro
pean edition publishes the following from
it's correspondent at Manila. under date
of May q:
Reports are rife of treachery among the
rebels. The origin may be Spanish. but
it is believed that many former rebels are
anxious to gain the reward of SIS. 900 for
Gen Aguinaldo. dead or alive.
The rebel leader Jokson has been be-
trayed by his party and shot. Their ex-
cuse was that they suspected Jokson of
being a Spanish spy.
The former rebel Trias, formerly secre-
tary to Anguinaldo and now major of the
native militia loyal to Spain, has promis-
ed to capture Aguinaldo. dead or alive.
The American admiral and the general
had better rely on their own resources.
After their first success the natives will
flock to their banner.
Riots continue in the provinces of Pa
eastman. Zambales and La Union. The
rebels have burned many converts and
churches. and killed four Spaniards and
one priest in La Union.
The former rebel Baidemero Agunaldo
has been shot by Trias for refusing to OPP
crate against his cousin. Emilio Baldemero.
A former active rebel has become COM
mander of the native militia loyal to
Spain.
The evening times., 1898-06-07
Lansburgh & Bro,
Important!

Don't lose sight of the fact that
our special sale of Ladies Muslin
Underwear, which commenced yes
terday, and will last throughout
the week, will be sale long to be
remembered. The goods we offer
are first class IN every particular,
good styles, well made, excellent
material, and no seconds or shop
worn goods-all new and up-to-
date styles and patterns. In eonnee-
ton with the muslin underwear sale,
we are also having a special sale OF
Corsets, Infants Wearables, Sum-
mer Skirts and Wrappers.
These goods are all to Be found
on ouf second floor-take the ele-
vator. Plenty of clerks to wait on
you.
We deliver packages to Alex
andria, Takoma, Brightwood, Eek
ington and Brookland.
The evening times., 1898-06-07
Sa||ie Had a Good Husband

"Well, never. Here is Sal, amt been mar
-ried enc week yet, and come here before sht
did up her breakfast things,"
Now. mamma that's not so, for all my hous,
is IN shape
'oh. go cni''
''Yes. it is. MAJ
well, how did you leave the tire?''
Don't have any fire this weather.
Then how under the do you get break.
fass?"
why, you know, mamma, hnted to Will,
and we went and bought Jewel Gas Range two
days before we were married, and that is what
cook ON
'lou don't mean TO say you cook on that thing
] saw in your kitchen? 1t did not have any place
for ashes"
Don't have any ashes to clean I'D. ma
We'll. now, do tell me-doas that new hus-
band cut the kindling?'
"Of course, he would; but we don't have
kindling. Buy neither wood nor coal"
Won't the thing go off?'
.'oh. no; it is perfectly safe; burns fine. has
blue flame-no smoke whatever. Wills aunt
and also his married sister have Jewel Gas
Ranges, and they cost less than 81 a month TO
run them. Ma. next time you go down town.
visit G. A. Muddiman & Co., Gle Twelfth Street
and 1904 Street northwest. They have a big
lot of Gas Stoves, every style. and know they
Will show You one like mine; or write to them
and they will send you one."
HGuess III have TO get one"
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WHY woMEN SMILE.
A Fate Frstened Upon Them by So
cial vcrtionalities.

A Fate Frstened Upon Them by So
cial Convcrtionalities.
Not the least tiresome of the conven-
tions of society Is the one which ordains
that We should be always smiling when
We appear in public. 1t is rule to be
sure. which is applied with special rigor
to feminine persons. for few men trouble
themselves to be always Stimulating a
pleased mein at dinner parties. private
views and balls. Yet woman. however
tired or worried or preoccupied she may
be. Is expected to be forever ..wreathed
in smfles"-even though she has been but
tonholed for half an hour by the most
finished bore in town. Indeed, the in
dulgence displayed toward the masculine
bore by clever and charming women must
be classed among those deeds of heroism
which are never recognized and never
recompensed. Vivacity does not come
naturally to us and the effort required to
entertain the average bore sometimes re-
quires an outlay Of energy. disburse-
ment of vitality. which should by rights
be expended on worthier objects.
Depend upon 1t. half the nervous pros
tration, neurasthenia and other modish
maladies which fashionable persons suffer
nowadays are, produced by the incessant
and never-ending effort to be always
agreeable. There are plenty of society
vampires and drawing-room ghouls. who
go about sucking up the vitality of their
more literally endowed neighbors. A call
of half an hour from one of these unde-
sirable acquaintances may reduce you to
mental vacuity and physical enervation.
A whole evening spent In such company
will make you hate your kind and induce
you to foreswear human intercourse. You
will say 10 yourself that an evening party
Is preposterous form of entertainment,
with its overcrowding. its heat its inane
kind of conversation. You promise your
self to give small shrift to the next vam-
pire-bore whom you meet in society. and
that you will give up the attempt to look
necessarily interested and pleased.
This artificial vivacity. these conven-
tional smiles. are not altogether actuat-
ed by altruistic motives. A pinchbeck
amiability Is nowadays part of the femi-
nine armament in the struggle for life.
the battle for sociai existence in which
We are all more or less involved. Some
writer declared the other day that wo-
man would never come to her own until
she had the courage to be ugly" This
is an altogether mistaken notion. What
We all sigh for occasionally is the cour-
age to be our real selves. sad or glad as
the humor takes us. and not to be obliged
to assume a hilarious air when We feel
wearied and uninterested. Sometimes.
looking round a dinner table or watching
the arriving guests ascending the stair
case at a party, an impartial spectator
will ask himself to what end these people
mostly semi-strangers-are one and all
forcing their faces to wear precisely the
same gratifed air? And then he wifi note
with what distinction some serious, dig
nified visage stands out from the ruck Of
smiling masks.
The evening times., 1898-06-07
Hugh Ginord l. Dead.

Baltimore June Hugh Clifford, who at
one time active in politics in this city. died yes
terday at his home. oo2 East Biddle Street. from
general debility. He had been sick for over n
year. Mr.. Clifford was born in Baltimore eighty
one years ago, and had lived here nearly all his
life At one time he was fire commissioner. and
for several terms represented the old Third Ward
in the city council. He was also u fhember OF thu
committee Of one hundred that waited Gov.
Whyte to request him to run for mayor. Hs
was the last Of six brothers, OF whom
high constable Of Baltimore. Mr.. Clifford wa
an Odd Fellow for many years. He was wild
The evening times., 1898-06-07
R.,.pe.. Liehtning Charges.

In Mme. Rejancs new pece Of five acts she
does not leave the stage five minutes, yet she is
seen in four different costumes, and many
disrobings including three corsets and four hats.
and what corsets, what hats. But there, it will
quarter Breda into New England type. The petit
coats are rose-colored, the corsets yellow, and
there are artificial diamonds and bedroom slip
pers all jumbled together in this extraordinary
play.
The evening times., 1898-06-07

beautiful and rarely coiored flsh. The
katydid is likewise . great pet and speci-
mems are kept In q little bamboo cage.
Butterflies are another favorite. In Japan
all animals. birds and insects seem to
know they are safe for even the wild ones
will alight on ones hand occasionally.
The evening times., 1898-06-07

el Is the worlds truth, with a beautiful
woman talking through it,
%
Men and women seldom agree on the
merits of a woman: their interests are
too unlike. But there are some girls who
always attract the attention of women
as well as men.
An understanding and realization that
all this mortal life amounts to and avails
is the training the SOUL then tribulation
will be welcomed. as the gymnasium in
which soul-power is developed. and all
minor difficulties. perpieXities and vexa-
tions will lost poignancy.
Why is it so many families are fond of
spending their holiday times together.
when every one knows it to be such a
huge mistake? No one would give even
child bread and jam for its every meal.
90
What is the love of the girl and boy
compared to that which has stood the
test of years of sunshine and shadow?
%
A quiet refinement is taking the place
of garish glitter and display. which is the
easy capital of the parvenu. and marks
no distinction between wealth and vul-
garity.
What woman. even the most hardened
disciple of masculine modernity. does
not love to surround herself with pretty
things even though the majority of
them may be like the traditional bunch OF
keys-of no value but to the owner?
From the earliess~times the feminine
soul has delighted in them. bought them.
collected them, boarded them. gloried in
them.
From the dainty. spindle-legged Chip
pendale tables, laden with all kinds of
precious nick-nacks. which are dotted
about my lady's boudior, down TO the
deal dressing-table. on which Mary Ann
lovingly sets her collection of photograph
frames and other treasures dear to her
heart we can trace woman's feminine love
of boarding
The average bedroom of the girl of the
present day is more often like boudoir
than a sleeping apartment. Everywhere
there are things" all kinds, sorts and
descriptions, and one cannot help wonder
ing how any article of clothing ever
reaches its proper destination: or, II 1t
does how 1t is ever found again.
90
The latest published question of pro-
priety is: "Shouid or should nos n young
man pay the fare of ladies whom he is
escorting homer Yes. by all means:
even If he has to borrow a quarter of
one of them to do it.
The evening times., 1898-06-07

0fl0 nm Drink and Drug lncbriates re-
juu.VUU stored By the Kecley Cure. Au-
thorized Institutes, 905 z st. NV,
Washington, D. c.; lIlS Madison Ave. Baltimore,
Nd, and Greensboro. N. c. Write conhdentially.
The evening times., 1898-06-07

was seriously afflicted with a cough for
several years. and last fall had a more
severe cough than ever before. 1 have
used many remedies without receiving
much relief, and being recommended to
try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, by friend, who. knowing me to be
a poor widow, gave 1t TO me. / tried It.
and with the most gratifying results The
first bottle relieved me very much and the
second bottle has absolutely cured me.
have not had as good health for twenty
years. Respectfully. Mrs. Mary A. Beard,
Claremore. Ark. Sold by Henry Evans,
wholesale and retail druggist. 93S F Street
northwest and Connecticut Avenue and
Street northwest and 142s Maryland
Avenue northeast.
The evening times., 1898-06-07
TEFTH Full Set of Very
Best Teeth, 81.
WASHINGTON DENTAL PARl0RS.
N. f. Cor. Seventh and SITS. v. W.
Mrs. George vnnderbilt. Rubie.

Mrs. George Vanderbilt's ruby necklace is the
most precious jewel in the possession of any
American woman, for rubies outrank diamonds
in price when they have the real pigeon hl. O
color and fire. There not many necklaces OF
of very great wealth. Ladies console themselves
fer not having such costly ornaments by declaring
colored stones are not so becoming to their COM
pleXions the diamonds pure white radiance,
while from an esthetic point of nothing is less
harmonious than the glare and fash of these gems
serene. Diamonds be worn with ANYTHING
But rubies, sapphires and emeralds demand es-
pccially designed toilets TO exhibit their lovely
coiors Only beautiful young woman should
adorn herself with such kings ransom as n
ruby necklace. Let us trust that the Vanderbilt
bride fills this bill and will do credit to her su-
perb wedding gift.
The evening times., 1898-06-07

Why is it so many families are fond OF
spending their holiday times together,
when every one knows it to be such a
huge mistake? No one would give even
a child bread and jam for its every meal.
The evening times., 1898-06-07
THE CATCH-ALL.

A weil-known author says that "a nov
el is the worlds truth. with a beautiful
woman talking through it
The evening times., 1898-06-07
From 3 to q.

lsc Ladies' Null Ties. 1-2
ycs. long. tucked ends. &c
19c Ladies' Roman Striped
Hose. seamless, fast coIors. &c
loc Granite Iron Bread
Pans .....-..-..-.-.... DC
20c and 3Sc Roses. with buds n
5oc Ladies' trimmed Sailors. ~
newest and most chic styles. Z0c
The evening times., 1898-06-07

What is the love of the girl and boy
compared to that which has stood the
test of years of sunshine and shadow?
The evening times., 1898-06-07

Men and women seldom agree on the
merits of woman; their interests are
too unlike. But there are some girls who
always attract the attention of women
as well as men.
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From 2 to 3.

Chiidren's Refers and Jackets
an coiors. worth up to 40
'---..---------..---..... fOC
- Ladies Crash Suits a. -
spiendidly cut and made. Sl.SS
I5c Children's and Misses
Genuine Ferris" Waists. zoe
soc Ladies' Coutii All-bone Cor
sets. drab or white. zoe
"sc 6-quart Granite Iron ~
Cooking Pots Zoe