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The times., 1898-10-23
Why They Are Brave.
(Frorl the LOndon Naill


Sir Walter Bessrt comments upon the French
mans vitw of the English tins: ''Iust ait r
reading the latest accounts of the battle %
Omdurman, / was turning over the pages OF
French traveler in England. He allows the rat
courage OF the English uatiun; 10 this quality he
pays the Just tribute OF adniratSn But he ac-
counts for it in a remarkable and unexpected
manner You will he surprised. dear reader. 10
learn that our fellows fought so well at Atbara
and at Omdurman because-unless the natioral
character is completely chaaged-they are pos
sessed Of the English melancholy. We are 50 sad
that we care nothing about our lives. We are
all like that soldier Of Antig.nus. who was the
admirstion OF the army for IL intrepidity The
king. observing that he was Of pale and sies,ly
appearance, sent him 10 the physicians who re-
moved a painful disorder. Alas his valor ceased:
as soon as he could enjl life. he desired to pro-
long it, Ny Traveller also informs me that the
Chevalier Bayard, the brayest Of his c5untrymsn.
was always i'll: while Richard Coeur De Lon The
renowned, became the Hammer Of Islam while he
was ing horribly and continually from a
qnartan fever. Had he recovered and escaped the
arrow Of GeurGon. the glorious captain wou' 4
would have become a poltroon. After this it vii
net surprise to hear that the Sirdar's army was
composed entirely of troops suffering from mel
ancholia toothache.''
The times., 1898-10-23

conduit and wheeled off several miles at
pace nothing less than "scorching."
The three Arlingtons mentioned rode 10
the oyster wharf and kept three men
busy for some time opening oysters for
them.
The survivors of the recent open CEN
tury run will soon be presented with their
medals. Capt. Murphy requested the man
ufacturers 10 expedite the making of
them.
owing to the fact that several inquiries
have recently been made concerning the
membership and the initiation fee of the
club. it may be well to state that at the
September meeting the constitution was
changed from so to 100 members as the
limit of membership and the initiation
fee. which has heretofore been So was
reduced 10 s.. The total membership of the
club at present is seventy-eight.
Considerable interest centers around the
next regular meeting of the club at which
time the nomination of officers for the
year 1889 takes place. 1t Is most likely
that the present officers will be renoml-
mated: however. those members who be-
ieve in changing the officers annually
VIII, In all probability. place new candi-
dates in the field. The nominations to be
made are: Secretary financial secretary.
treasurer. captain, first lieutenant second
II.
AT Capt Murphy's home last Tuesday
evening Capt. Z. Byrnes, of the Century
Cycle Club; Capt. L. Herrell, of the Le-
want Wheelmen. and Capt. Noel, of the
highland Wheelmen. met for the pur-
pose of deciding which cub should re-
ceive the trophy for the century-all
three clubs named being a tie. their
teams. composed of fifteen men. all hay
ing finished. Each captain drew for his
club, and the Highland Wheelmen won
the prize. The choice of a prize will be
left entirely with the Highland Wheel
men. The trophy will most likely be a
handsome banner or silver cup The
trophy will be awarded within the next
few days. At this gathering the J.
visibility of organizing united bicycle
! organization in the D istrict was dis
cussed The representatives of the dif-
/ ferent clubs present were In favor of
| the movement. Such an organization in
many of the large cities has been eN-
| ceedingly advantageous to the bicycle
| clubs. Steps toward the consummation
| of the project will be Immediately taken.
The captain is questioning the boys
| about making trip to Annapolis Sunday
week. The return trip will be by rail-
The committee in charge of club rooms
! is still actively engaged in soliciting con-
| tributions from the members and arrang-
| ing other matters in this connection.
Judging from the progress the committee
is making the club will be installed in its
! new quarters, Ga Twelfth Street north
! west, at an early date.
The question of the club playing basket
ball this season does not at present meet
with general approval. In view of the
fact that the club possesses some good
material for the game an effort to or
Sanize a team may possibly be made.
The times., 1898-10-23
THEY STAND THE TEST.
Eclipse Bicycles,
FOURTEENTH AND H SITS.

every effort is made by the watchers TO
blunt the edge of sorrow perfect decorum
is preserved. and not an unseemly word IS
spoken. have never heard a song sung.
though it is often said-of course by those
who do not know-that singing is a COM
mon practice at these assemblies. More
over. there is a motlve-founded upon SUI
perstition, it is true-for checking the
manifestations of grief in the presence OF
the dead. In some parts of Ireland it is
believed that ths soul OF a departed person
is made restless by the tears and regrets
of surviving friends and relatives ard
that, unable TO get TO heaven. IL hovers
about the earth until the sorrow for its
departure is aDpeassd. MOurners may,
therefore, be seen at wakes struggling
TO repress their sobs and tears Don't
be cryin' that way. ashore. or you'll keen
him from his rest was a remonstrance
heard kindly addressed to young widow
who was weeping bitterly over the re-
mains of her husband
The times., 1898-10-23
ARLINGTON wHEELMEN.

The regular weekly run of the club
scheduled for last Sunday was to Alex
andria, via Fort Meyer and Arlington.
Messrs. Dawson, Harding, Edmons, B.
Bell, Z. Terry, Seton. Christman, Potts,
]. Walker, Wilson and Smith made the
ing and the boys could not resist the
temptation to .'hit it up" and lively
pace was set. ]. Walker and E. Wilson,
on Il tandem, being the chief performers.
"Davy'' "a. II. Davison) broke his pedal
while climbing hill going, and was
compelled to abandon the trip All of
the riders on the return trip. upon reach
ing the city. except L. 3. Bell, /. Ed
mons, and l.. Harding. went out to the
The times., 1898-10-23
Georreto,n VARSITY Athletes.

The Georgetown 'Varsity-Pennsylvani
dual games which the local students had
partly planned to hold this month. have
been called off, owing to the great in
terest now being taken In football and
because of the daily use OF the field for
practice and for games which are sched-
uled to occur with more or less frequen-
cy during the next month or so.
Early in the next season the two uni
versities will hold big athletic dual
meet. 1t is proposed to make 1t the
largest and most attractive affair of tine
kind held here in many years, and II is
proposed. in addition to the various
games in which these two institutions
are to be pitted against each other to
have number of events open 10 all col
leges. and the prizes and the event will
be made attractive enough to draw out
entries from all the Eastern colleges.
The bicycle meet announced to take
place yesterday at the Park Club track
was abandoned three weeks ago, shortly
after the track was taken out of the
control of the L. A. W.
Manager DOC" Watkins and Coach
Donovan are to be complimented upon the
wonderful Improvement of the work of
the Varsity football team. as shown in
Wednesdays game with Gallaudet. The
men nave To III ScOu shape
and from now on may be expected to
make it interesting for all corners.
To win from Gallaudet by the score of
II TO 0 after this same team held down
Virginia's s score last Saturday TO 10 points
is enough glory for one week and The
praise of the student body is well de-
served.
Cullen, substitute for Kenna, succeed
ed in making himself solid with all the
boys by the excellence of his work
Young Owens, at right half back, is a
nervy player and his work in Wednes-
days game bordered on the phenomenal.
Rev J. D. Whitney, the new president
of the Varsity who is decidedly popular
with the students in all the departments,
was an interested spectator of the game
and liberal in his praise of the work of
his student charges. He is lover OF
manly athletic sports and the students
have good reason to hope for liberal
policy in the administration of the af-
fairs of the Athletic Association A big
boom in athletics may be said TO be nov
ering over the classic campus.
The members of the press present al
| Wednesdays game were the guests OF
| President Whitney afterward and very
much enjoyed the cordial treatment re-
| ceiyed at his hands.
O. P. SCHMIDT.
The times., 1898-10-23
c.orrc,.,n cyclists Win.

The Georgetown University boys had
everything their own way at the bicycle
races held at Staunton. Va, winning
every event
Leo V. Dannermiller won the one mile
open and the two mile handicap, and
finished second in the one mile lap race.
]. E. Hanger won the one mile lap race
and rode second in the one mile open.
]. E. Alexander rode third in the one
mile open.
The times., 1898-10-23
THE PERCENTAGE TABLES.
Standing of the National Circuit and
NfddIe-Distnuce Riders,

Tom Butler won the last of the in
creased point championship races at the
New Haven meet, the distance being five
miles. This makes his total score $50
points, giving him the title of official
champion of the United States. The
League of American Wheelmen cham
pionship table follows:
The times., 1898-10-23

Major James Albert Clarke will sneak
tomorrow night at Thsosophical Hall,
Metzerott Hall. on THE Karrna OF Ma
tions,' in which aitruism by territoria ial
expansion will be treated. 1t
The times., 1898-10-23

probably line up with Mackey, H.;
Thompson. RI; Taylor. c.: Coombs, rh.; :;
and O'Connor ID. and Wild and W.
Thompson, substitutes.
The club promises at an early day 10
have a strong. healthy membership. and
quality, not quantity" will be the
motto of the management in building up
its roster of members. About twenty
new members were added to the roll this
month.
The times., 1898-10-23
National Circuit Table.

Eddie McDuffee added another victory
to his list last week by defeating Wal
thour and Repine at Atlanta in a fifteen
mile paced race, the two local riders
each going half the distance The mid
die distance table to date is as follows:
The times., 1898-10-23
Columbia Athletic Club.

The gymnasium classes of the Column
bia Athletic Club are increasing their
membership right along, and this sea-
son promises to be the most active in
The times., 1898-10-23
The MiddIe-Distnnce Table.
The Outlaw Table.

The points in the outlaw races. count
ing three for a first place, two for a
second and one for a third, are as fol-
lows:
The times., 1898-10-23
THE ATHLETES.
Intercity Basketball League Is
Now Spoken OF.
CRACK BOWIERs COMING

City Postomce Players Ready for In
door sensOn-LiEht Infantry Still
Has n Crack Team-W. A. c. se-
cures Many Members-Georgetow
Eleven Improving.
The times., 1898-10-23
Good Roads Bill.

In the coming sessions of the various
legislatures nearly all will have bills for
highway improvements to consider. These
bills will be supported by wheelmen,
farmers and horsemen generally. 1t is
expected that the coming winter will see
the most extensive agitation for good
roads that this country has ever wit
messed, and 1t is also expected that
great amount of public good. in the sue
cessful launching of these bills, will re-
suit.
Under the advice of the most expert
students of the subject of good roads,
these bills Will almost invariably pro-
vide for what is known at State aid.
by which is meant that the State pays a
large proportion of the cost of improve
ments. the county pays nearly as much,
and the property owner pays small pro-
portion. There are several States now
building highways under this plan, and
IL has been found highly successful. the
cost being reduced to minimum and
the burden upon the property owner be-
ing almost nothing. This good comes.
however only where a reasonable appro-
priation is made by the State. An instance
The times., 1898-10-23
washington Athletic Club.

The bowling alleys of the Washington
Athletic Club have undergone COM
plete overhauling. and are now ready
for inspection by the alleys committee of
the league. The first games of the sea-
son were bowled last night. and these
marked the beginning of the bowling for
averages by candidates for the league
team. 1t was at first thought that the
team would consist entirely of new play
ers. but the prospects are that at least
three of the old seasoned bowlers will
be on hand, with several new ones to
make strikes and spares when the league
season opens next month.
The bowling season begins on Novem-
ber with a set of games between the
champion Saengerbunds and Carroll In
stitute. and on November the w. A. C.
will play the second set with the S. w.
Business Mems Club team as its visit
ors.
Those who played on last seasons team
were Martin. McCauley, Policy, Kidd.
Burch and DietZ.
The basketball team has taken up its
practice. and this team promises to have
but little new material in its makeup.
and with one or two exceptions will
The evening times., 1898-07-01
THE ASCENT
OF ORIZHBH
Miss Peck Has Climbed Way
Above the Clouds.
No Man Has Ever Scaled LOftier
Peaks Than She. and No Man
Is More Fearless.

The ambitions of the American woman
are many and varied. but rarely do they
scale such heights as those of Miss Annie
Peck. of New York. the mountain clim-
| ber. Miss Peck is not only a professional
mountain climber. but an archeologist.
having spent some years in the American
School of Aarcheology at Athens; she
was also professor of Greek and Latin in
Smith College. Miss Peck has scaled the
highest peaks ever reached by man. claim
ing as her record breaker the ascent Of
Orizaba, the highest mountain in North
America. and $500 feet above the sea
This is the greatest elevation thus far
reached by white woman.
Garrett p. Serviss. in describing the
difficulties of such climb. writes: ION
the summit of the great Mexican volcaEo
one has nearly half of the earth's atmos-
phere below the level. With the heart
beating wildly and seeming at times to
stop forever; with the lungs gasping for
air: with the limbs refusing to answer
the call of the will. and the whole body
trembling with exhaustion; with the head
dizzy and the stomach in a condition of
incessant revolt. such is the physical
state which a climber of lofty mountains
must experience and against whose con-
sequences he must steel his Will.
For several years, said Miss Peck,
II cherished a longing to attain the sum-
nit of the Matterhorn, and when my de-
sire was gratified l was more than satis-
fled for having waited. 1t costs $50 to
climb the Mattermorn, for one requires
two guides. / wore canvas bloomers.
thick shoes, heavy sweater, mountain
sombrero. and a black, wooden face hood
fastened to the back in case of a storm.
Nothing could be more exciting than the
scenes connected with the ascent of great
mountains. The preparations, even. are
sufficient to rouse one to a pitch of in
tense excitement. We reached the noun
tain hut at the foot of the Matterhorn
about in the evening. where We were to
rest until 3 in the morning. We found
several others had arrived before us.
which meant that limited accommoda-
tions rendered sleep or comfort impossi-
BILE. One of the ladies with whom /
spoke met her death the following week
as she was crossing the Trift JOch,
mass of lock falling from the cliff above
and striking her on the head.
THE night in the hut was one never to
be forgotten. We disposed ourselves on
the floor in a row: in one corner the la
dies and then the men. There were eight
of US and the hut was very small, so we
had to recline upon our sides. Just as we
had subsided into quiet a newcomer arriv-
ed. 1t was absolutely impossible to make
room for him in the row so he took his
position across the foot of the shelf. By
early candlellght we started. We found
nothing the least alarming in the ascent.
though. of course, one Is SO situated dur
The evening times., 1898-07-01
A ROYAL PRIVILEGE.
Queen Mary Sanctioned NiEhtcap
Wearing by an Earl.

The Earl of Sussex was granted the
privilege OF wearing a nigh,cap in the
royal presence of Queen Mary. The fact
is mentioned In Miss S;rickland's Lives
of the Queen of England as being one
of the odd rewards bestowed by Mary
upon her friends after her accession.
The Earl was a valetudnarian. and had
a great fear Of uncoyeTing his head. Con-
sidering. therefore, that the colds he
dreaded respected no person. he petition
ed Queen Mary for leave TO wear cap
in her presence. The Queen not only gave
him leave to wear one, but two night
caps if he pleased. His patent for this
privilege is unique in royal annals:
Know We that we do grant to our well
beloved and trusty cousin and councillor.
Henry. Earl of Sussex. license and par
don TO wear his cap. Golf. or nghtcap, or
any two of them at his pleasure. as well
in our presence as in the presence of any
other person within this realm, or in any
other place in our dominions whatsoever
during his life, and these. our letters.
shall be sufficient warrant in his behalf"
The Queens seal with the garter above
it. was affixed to this singular grant
Three persons in Great Britain alone en-
joy the privilege of remaining covered in
the royal presence. namely. Lord Fores-
ter. Lord kinsale and the master of Trini-
ty College, Cambridge.-Philadelp
Times
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Rebuked With n Rose,

She is charming and tactfu young vuman
and she put Goals Of fire the heads Of two i'm
pertinent YOUTHS the other Afternoon. reihl;,s i:
has taught thm lesson in good manners.
The tactful Young walking with
her sister on Grand Avenue one afternoon last
week. She carried in her andS large iurci
of flowers. The nodded i,lithcly, and the
pconies and syringa blooms 1re-h and at
tractive. They were old-fa-hi. ned garden Powers.
Two youths, perhaps about twenty, came up
behind the young women. They were attracted
by the flowers, and, in the impudent Way which
is common in goodly number of c:ty-DF"f boys.
they began 10 talk in such WAY IL 10 attract
attention. Coming up behind tEe girl with She
flowers, said to the other:
Don't you wish you had some fowers?''
You bet. said the other. ''See them rose" q"
.'Shr might divide, don't you Think" remarked
the first speaker.
The object evidently. 10 annoy The Young
women. In such cases the woman is def5nselass.
To rcproach such youths for their imp2rtinen @
only adds to their delight. Every woman .noYs
this. The Young woman with the hJwers 'lJ=e a
neat way of rebuking the wing yOun;; in5Ii
Just they came up 10 her SIDE. meaning to
pass her and lcok back she stopped them
"Will you not have a rose?' she asked, swcet'y
turning to them.
Then she swiftly extracted two b,auti.ul half
blown buds from her collection and gave tne 10
each Her manner was sweet and rs unconscious
if she had not heard their remirils.
Two very red-faccd and abashed young men
walked on, each carrying a rosebud. 1lrc iacifiil
young woman had rebuked them by her sweet;
ness and gentloncss.-St Louis Republic.
The evening times., 1898-07-01
A Dry Salt Bath,

A dry salt bath is said to tone up the
general system and renovate the COM
plexion as if my magic. Il never had
anything do me so much good says a
woman who has tried it this Spring
When my fancy begins TO turn serious
ly to that tired feeling with budding trees
and buzzing bees. which it does every
year as surely as the youths does to love,
my physician advised me to give tonics
the go by and to try instead dry salt
baths. l nearly filed a large earthen jar
with the coarsest salt / could get and
added enough water to this to make sort
of thick salt paste, but not enough to dis
solve the mineral Every morning when
j get up | take this up in handfuls and
rub it briskly over my body. Next l jump
into a tub of clear, cold water and take
a thorough dousing, but in a great hurry
This being done, l take brisk rundown
with a Turkish towel The effect is de-
licous. 1t gives one a sense of exhilara-
tion. But the best part of the dry salt
bath is not the feeling of freshness and
renewed life that it imparts, but the soft,
satiny texture of the skin. Exchange
The evening times., 1898-07-01

ing a large part of the time that If one
should slip and were not held by the rope.
one would slip one, two. three or four
thousand feet down 10 one of the glaciers
on either side. II was here that young
Hadow fell, dragging three of his COM
panions to death, 4.000 feet below. At half
past we reached the summit where We
were to feel that at every minute of the
day the grandeur of the scene was an in
sp.ration which eliminated only at the
summit. The descent was of course, far
more dangerous. As | was allowing my
self TO slide down the rope | suddenly
lost my footing altogether and swung
around with my back to the face of fhe
cliff TO a point where l might have drop
ped far as did young Hadow.
After climbing the Matterhorn 1
thought l would do something worth
talking about. SO l went to Mexico. To-
cola / climbed on horseback-that was
nothing-only a good preparation to get
accustomed TO the elevation of Popocat-
epetl. which / did next. and then Oriza~
ba.''-Detroit Free Fress.
The evening times., 1898-07-01
Maud Muller sunbonnet.

Every woman with patch of ground
as big as pocket handkerchief likes to
work in the garden. She also likes to
have suitable costume for her rural
pastime. Over the gown there must be
worn a large garden apron of pale blue,
pale green or pale yellow lawn. A SUM-
bonnet is worn to match the apron. To
make an ideal Maud Muller sunbonnet
take piece of lawn about inches wide
and u inches long. Cover with bands of
insertion and ruffie on edge with a double
ruffie of cambric. For the crown make
a circular piece of lawn. trim with inser-
tion and button to the headpiece. This
can be taken OFF when laundered. A
ruffie of lawn and insertion can be but
toned around the sunbOnnet. Big lawn
strings are tied under the chin.
The evening times., 1898-07-01
Pntti,s Uniaue Enn.

Adelina Patti has unique fan-a fan with vel
ium leaves decorated with gold. On the leaves
several European sovereigns have written scnt-
ments over their autographs. The wrctc:
Nothing brings peace like your song" william
!. emperor of Germany: ITO the nightingale of
all time" Queen Christina: ITO the Spaniarj,
a queen wi.o is proud to count the number of her
subjects" Patti was born in Madrid in 1913, hut
her father and mother Italians Queen Vic
toria wrote the fan: III King Lear says truly
a sweet voice is precious gift to a woman,
you are, my dear Adeiina. the richest of wom-
en-" The emperor of Austria and the Empress
Elizabeth were content alike to aHix their sigma
lures. The queen of the Blgans with her royal
hand traced the first lines of I'll B1c:o." Thiers
wrote: Queen of ng, yet me clasp thy hand,'
and signed himself. IN. Thiers, president OF the
republic."-St. Louis Republic.
The evening times., 1898-07-01
Hot Weather Bargains
For Men.

75c best quality Pepperell Jean
Drawers. banjo seat. string or
ribbed ankle. For Saturday. .iic
19c best English Imported Half
Hose; a good many stores get 25c for
them. Black, tan or gray.
I5c Mems Night Shirts. made of
the Utica cotton. in fancy or plain
white. IS inches long. For
tit
15c Mems All-linen, 4-ply Collars:
twenty styles for you to Sc
lect from. and all up-to-date.
For Saturday Observation-Disclosures. &c
15c Mems i-ply Cuff. in link.
round or reversible link. For
Saturday ........ .10c
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$1.08
Hot Weather Bargains
In Ladies Nackwear Dept.

25c Ladies' p. X. Scarfs: made
as stylish and pretty as you can
find. For Saturday .15c
39c Ladies' p. X. Stock Scarfs. in
several different styles: no more
stylish neckwear in the city.
For Saturday .........-............:0
15c Ladies' 4-ply, All-linen Collars.
in ten different styles to Sc
lect from. All good ones.
The evening times., 1898-07-01
Hot Weather Bargains
In Our Shirt Waist Department

Csc. and 75c. Ladies' Fine Percale
Shirt Waists: laundered collars and
cuffs: patterns the most select.
For Saturday &c
sl.25 and sl.j0 Ladies' Fine Percale
and Madras Shirt Waists: Numbered.
the most exquisite patterns; all
sizes For Saturday ..................15c