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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

1t is, or should be, the highest aim of
every merchant To please his customers:
and that the wideawake drug firm of
Meyers & Eshleman, Sterling, Ill.,. is do
ing so, is proven by the following from
Mr.. Eshleman: In my sixteen years ex-
perience in the drug business, l. have
never seen or sold or tried a medicine
that gave as good satisfaction as Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera, and Diarrhoea
Remedy. Sold by Henry Evans, Whole
sale and Retail Druggist, 93S f street
and Connecticut avenue and S street
northwest, and 1923 Maryland avenue
northeast.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

Estelle G. Lewis, promoted; Anna \.
Gray. promoted from the third to the
fourth grade at present salary of $50;
Emma r. Clarke. promoted from second
10 third grade and salary raised from
500 TO 500: Limo z. Jean, appointed
teacher of the second grade at $500
Frank Norris was appointed janitOr.
vice Spencer Green. the appointment 10
take effect March S Frank J. COsiin
was appointed janitOr at the Mott build
ing. E c. Mann was appointed a teacher
a $3.50 per annum. The board then ad-
jourued.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
WORKING DOUBLE SHIFTS
Unusual Activity in Preparing
BattleShipS for War.
800 MEN TOILED On SUNDAY

+ racticability or Buying Uncom-
pieted Foreign Vessels and Fur
nishiug Them Here According To
American Ideas Advocated-I10
Twelve-Inch Shells Landed at Old
Point.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
AN AERIAL TORPEDO BOAT.
New Style of Battleship Offered to
Secretary Long.

Sedalia, Mo, March S.-Thomas ].
Brown, train dispatcher for the Missou-
ri Pacific at this place, was yesterday
notified by the Commissioner of Pat
ents that he had been granted a patent
on an aluminium aerial torpedo boat.
The boat or battleship is constructed of
aluminium, is 100 feet long, and fifteen
feet in diameter. Mr.. Brown instructed
his attorneys at Washington to call up
on Secretary Long and make the follow
ing proposition:
at Washington an aluminium aerial tor
pedo ship equipped for service. One
capable of crossing the ocean if neces-
sary, carrying enough explosives to sink
any battleship or destroy a fortifica-
ton"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

There is rumor that w. X. Wander
bilt has picked up a great deal of New
York Central during the low prices re-
Gently, and that he is firmly of the opin-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
Sew YorH stock Market.
Omen High Low Clos

Corrected daily by w. B. Hibbs & Co.
members of the New York Stock Ex-
change, 1927 F street.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

Other bull influences that had their eff
feet during the day were the declaration
of the regular dividends on Sugar and
Manhattan, and the recommendation for
the regular dividend in Western Union
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09
Chtcago GRAIN and rrorislon hlnrke

Corrected daily by ". 3. Hibbs & Co,
members of the New York Stock Ex-
change, 1927 + street.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-09

HElShELL q 9lCLERAN,
5y9-tf-em zoos + ST. pr.
MONEY to loan; from 50 to $50; no collateral re-
duirCd; negotiable paper bought GEO. D.
HORNING, Room IL, Central Bldg, 9th and Pa
ave NV. mlsi-lno-sn
MONEY LOANED on household furniture. pianos.
etc; Office private; business confidential. E.
B. MCGOWAN, Room 10, lil9 ST. NV. mh2-lm
LOANS MADE on FURNITURE. PIANOS. ETC.
without publicity removal. and the day you
ask for it. We have equitable payment plan
which greatly reduces the cost of carrying the
loan, and viii give you years time II you
want it to pay the same. Business strictly conf
Dental Please call and convince yourself that
rates are the lowest
WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN CO.,
fe3-tt 90 st. NV
LOANS of $40 and upward made on furniture,
pianos, horses, wagons, etc, at lowest rates and
on the day you apply 1t can be returned in in
staTnepts, which reduces the cost of carving it
Loans also made on the building and loan ssSO-
citation plan Call and get rates, iron. rooIn LIST
floor. NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN CO.. SIS
81. NV ia3I-tfem
MONEY TO LOAN az the lowest rates OF interest,
on improved and unImprOyed property in the
District of Columbia; delay beyond exam
nation OF title WALTER Il ACkER. 704 18th
ST. teSu
LOANS made on approved collateral. such as life
policies, stocks, bonds. building association
YERKES x BAKER, lilo ST. Take elevator.
MONEY TO LoAN-sI,OoO upward at 5 and IL
ct per cent; all transactions Conducted with
economical consideration for borrowers
WILLIAM IT, SAUNDERS ( CO.
ap1stf 1907 St NV.
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MONEY WANTED AND TO loan
Money to Loan On
MONEY TO LOAN
At 8 Per Cent.

on real estats In d. c. no delay. terns
Ieasona BILE.
HEISKELL C McLERAN,
jy9-tf-em zoos r ST. pw.
The Coconino sun., 1898-02-05
Johnson Canyon Tunnel.

Work on the tunnel is being pushed as hard as money and men can push it. and it is expected that trains will pass through and traffic be resumed not later than Tuesday next.
 There is but comparatively little rock to be taken out. The heat has been the element to contend with and has caused the delay in replacing the timbers.
 Water has been freely used in trying to cool the rock, and fan is used to drive the gas-laden air from the tunnel. Every precaution is being taken to pre- vent another fire, and it is hoped that trains may be running at an early day. Should the delay continue there will be a shortage in number of lines of sup plies. The sugar and coal oil supply is about exhausted here.
The Coconino sun., 1898-02-05
THE COCONINO SUN.
In Mem0riam,

Whereas, it has pleased the Al mighty God to call from our midst one of our most active workers and worthy brothers. William Grist,
 Be it resolved. that the order of Knights of Pythias in general. and Mountain lodge No. l5 of Arizona in particular. do feel seriously the loss of Brother Grist, as knight whose heart was ever ready to respond to call for assistance by worthy brother or his dependents, and brother whose gen ial companionship was always sought to lift the burdens from his fellow man.
 Further resolved, that we extend to his bereaved father and widow our heartfelt sympathy in this hour of trial. and that our charter be draped in mourning for thirty days. Further. that we engross on our records this memorial of the death of our brother knight, and that copy be forwarded to his widow and father, and that it be printed in our weekly papers.
 MOUNTAIN LODGE No. l5.
 J. NJ. SIMPSON,
 C. A. BUSH. Committee.
 C. M. FUNSTON,
The Coconino sun., 1898-02-05
" A Gilded Fool.


 tiOn to the merits of Shakespeare as a dramatic writer, or startling society with the announcement that Lincoln was distinguished statesman, that Wagner was great composer. that Buckley" O'Neill is an astute poll. tician, or if you you were to find in magazine notice of the architectural beauties of our courthouse. or very particular description of the Grand Canyon. would you trouble yourself to read matter so full of novelty and inter- est? Your answer is such tremend- Ous negative that we should as soon think Of giving you an outline of the story of Jack and the Beanstall" as of s.setching the plot of the great com edy. with scenes as fresh today as when first offered. to the American public. which the Flagstaff Dramatic circle is going to give our playgoers an oppor- tunity of seeing and enjoying on the evening of Saturday, February F. at Babbitt's opera house, thus deserving of the recompense of crowded house and teeming treasury. We will. therefore, only venture to remind you that "A Gilded Fool" is the play that made Goodwin famous and gave him his title of "America's greatest come dian"
 If you have relished this play before go and get delight out of it again. If you are one of those unaccountable beings who has never seen New York. never had seven-course dinner, never tasted turtle soup, never heard night ingale, never beheld a sunrise. never been in love and never witnessed a good comedy, lose no more time, but go and efface this stain from your charac- ter without delay. Tickets on sale at the Cash Store. Don't forget the date and place, Sat urday, February l2th, s:l5 p. m., at Babbitt's opera house. *x*
The times., 1898-09-12
The Friction at ManiIu.

The Administration permits the i'm
preston to go abroad that il is much
perturbed over the ugly and truculent
attitude assumed toward our governor
and forces in the Philippines by
Gen. Aguinaldo, and we have rea-
son TO believe that the President
at least is bothered about the mat
ter. We are sorry that it should
be so, because Mr.. Mckinley has been
badly overworked during the war; and
ought to have little chance for rest
while the armistice is in force.
Aguinaldo. however. is a thorn in the
flesh, and we wish he could be plucked
out 1t is an unpleasant reflection that
he would not be there but for Spanish
treachery, encouraged and REINFORCED
by certain influences in this country,
just now very strong in shaping the Phil
ippine policy of the Government. The
President could easily have avoided all
friction with the insurgents, If he had
been in position to tell them frankly
that the United States would annex
and protect them.
Left to himself. no doubt Mr.. McKin-
ley would have done just that, but he
The times., 1898-09-12

time. good politics. suggests that
something be done to prevent an over
throw of the Administration forces in
the next House. Perhaps the organi-
zation of the Presidential nine, to play
all opposition organizations from now
until the Autumn elections, may have
that effect, but, to say the least. and
judging from the present temper of
the country, there is room for some
doubt about It,
II we might offer a suggestion to the
President, we would observe that his
standing before the people at large is
of more Importance to him than even
the political complexion of the next
Congress. In the course of nature, the
year of grace 1900 will come along one
of these days, and then ii will be better
for William Mckinley to have a clean
record as a stern minister of justice,
especially in cases where his own par
tisans have been culpable. than to have
finessed Republican majority in the
House great enough to whitewash
their offenses. We earnestly hope that
he may see his opportunity and his
duty in that light.
The times., 1898-09-12
AinIess Assassins.

The relations between anarchy and
idiocy = or perhaps insanity = are inti-
mate. The anarchists of Europe who are
alleged TO be organized and who profess
to be qualified to pass sentence on the
existing social system, select their vic
Tins with less sense than band Of
monkeys would use There must be
supposed TO be some purpose in the
killing of royalty, unless we assume
that the assassins are lunatics acting
singly from the impulsion of d disor-
dered mind-yet il would be hard to
find a suggestion of common sense in
tls choice of such victims as the mur-
dered president of France, the most en-
lightened and promising Car of Rus
sia, the innocent girl queen of Holland
and the harmless and benevolent, but
erratic, Queen of Austria.
The Nihilists announced that in the
killing of Alexander ii their aim was
to show that il was not his personality
that was Objectionable, but the social
system of which he was the head
That murder brought no results and
long ago the sane Nihilists abandoned
'hS poi'Sy Va HioieiSS' iHSy i~'i iiSo'
what is obvious enough. that the
slaughter of the most offensive rulers
can only horrify mankind and make
conversions to anarchism impossible.
So. either the assassins are blank idiots
in hoping to propagate their doctrines
in this way. or else they are crazy.
They are themselves the surest pre-
yentiye of the growth of antagoniSm
toward society as it is.
The times., 1898-09-12
4 Home for business Women,

1t is reported that an apartment
house for women is about to be estab-
lished in New York City. 1t will have
rooms 10 be let singly or en- suite, and
will have a cafe on the first floor. No
woman not self-supporting will be al
lowed to live in it. and each applicant
must bring two references. There will
be no rules and regulations, except that
the dodgers viii have to pay three dol
lars per week for meals. This. it is
argued, will tend TO make the women
punctual at their meals and inculcate
regularity of habits. which is a thing
the business woman sadly needs - so
the founders say.
1t is a little unfair TO criticise an en-
terprise before il has had a fair chance
to live, but it may be suggested that
the rock on which every plan of this
kind has split in the past is the attempt
TO regulate and improve and instruct.
1t would not be surprising if this little
stipulation about meals were to hinder
the success of the present enterprise,
1t is not that business women, or any
other women. especially object TO being
punctual at meals. in fact, some of
them always are; but they are likely to
resent the suggestion that they do not
know how 10 take care of themselves,
and need to be watched. and restrained,
and looked after. This is a trait pecu-
liar, not TO women, but to human ma
ture in general. If ii were suggested
to a lot of college boys that they would
have to pay for their meals because it
was desirable that they should have
regular habits, and they would not
have regular habits if left TO them
selves, there would be music. A busi-
ness woman is usually well able to take
care of herself; she must be, if she in
tends to succeed And she very much
resents the suggestion that she is not
competent to attend to her own well
fare, moral, mental. and physical. with
out being watched.
In fact in the case of the majority
of business women. the protecting care
of chaperonage. especially in a lodging
house, is nothing in the world but
hindrance Ones deeds and intentions
may be perfectly innocent. but it is not
pleasant to feel that somebody else is
on the lookout TO detect something
wrong. The espionage of unsympa-
thetic strangers on her words and ways
has helped to worry more than one
business woman into a state of nerv-
Gus prostration. This particular form
of bother does not assail a man. 1t is
taken for granted that he will do as he
likes He would never if he could help
it, live in a boarding house where he
was required TO be in at ten o'clock
every night and supervised as to his
friendships and personal affairs. Yet
this is the sort of thing which the in
mates of most homes for business
women" are subjected to, and the re-
suit is that the institutions fail. A
woman who earns her own living has
no time or energy TO waste on needless
worries, or on trying TO suit herself to
other peoples ideas of how she should
behave She has TO make her own
ideal and live up to 1t, and it is in the
great majority of cases a high one.
But it is not, and cannot be, in all par
ticuIars. the same ideal as that of the
woman who does not leave the home.
The times., 1898-09-12

Nothing more revolts men than a crea-
ture which looks like man and is none
but prattling. sOft-vOiced, wet-eyed do
ciIe, spaniel-natured Nondescript, devoid
of masculinity and the virile instinct, in
capable of being angered by indignities
feeling no shame to be owned by others
and to trot and bleat at their orders
This is the successor of Washington
the two Adamses. Jackson, Taylor. Lin
coin and Grant. This is he who holds the
honor of America and Americans In his
tremulOus hands II is said that nations
get the rulers they deserve Have We
committed an objectionable sin?
My interpretiOn of the demand for in
vesdgation is that, as bodies move on
the line of least resistance. so does Nc
kinney move in the direction where he is
ieast frightened He was afraid Of AIger
ana hanna, but he hears the growing
roar OF anger of the people, and ne finds
hlmseIf more terrified by that than by the
threats OF his friends-his owners He
VIII order an investigation. But I trust
and believe that the people will NOT he
m1sled into placing any confidence in the
commission he will appoint. let the mem
bers OF 1t be whom they may For 10 ae-
cept a position on that commission will
be enough TO discredit the person accent
ing II in the eyes OF the nation Iet him
be as prominent and well known as he
VIII Would Alger demand or risk his
skin with an investigation honestly and
feariessly prosecuted into the crimes for
which he is responsible? Would McKin-
ley advocate an inquiry which from the
outset points straight az himself? We all
know they would not: il is an insult 10
our understanding TO suppose otherwise
This investigation is tie las desperate
effort of the guilty 10 evade the detection
and punishment of their crimes IL Is
undertaken in order 40 relieve them of
responsibility therefor. The Mckinley in
yeSuSatton viii not investigate; IL will
Hhitewash and leave those dead sons lying
across their mothers knees unavenged.
VIII those mothers endure it2 One OF
them wrote TO me the Ot1er day in her
despair. Nothing will be done: the big
men are all in it,
Most of the big men are in it. but
not all Let us not despair yet When
the Mckinley commission has given in its
report We have Miles 10 fall back on.
and never did an American have such
an opportunity TO deserve the thanks OF
his country as is now offered 10 Miles
And behind Miles there is Congress, and
let US pray that Congress may be not
only fearless, but prompt and wise. And
after Congress (should that faiD there is
another figure far more terrible and men
acing than all the rest-the figure Of the
American mother with her dead son
across her knees She wieIds a power
beyond any other in this country, and if
the worst should come TO the worst. that
mother will rise and lay down her sa-
cred burden and lead the American peO-
PIE 10 war of determination against
the hypocrites, the thieves. the tOrturers
the murderers. She will not forget or
forgive; she fears none. and viii be si-
fenced by none. She will punish the man
and the men who destroyed her son and
redeem her country in this. It's darkest
hour. from the foul reproach which nov
hangs over it"
The times., 1898-09-12
LOFTY JOURNALISM.
Newspaper That Il Published ON
Top Of Pixies Peak
lFrom the Bos.Jn IrIrscTinf- D

(From the Boston TrInscTipfi
Unique among the newspaper offices OF
the United States. and prob bly, the high
est in the world. is that printed on Pixies
Peak The paper was an experiment last
season. but this year is full-fedged sue
cess and is being published twice dav
out among the trees that are very scantv
up at timber line. The publisher is 7. b
Wilson.
For several years Wilson has been pub
fishing newspapers in the mcunta rs
When he started the Pixies Peak News IL
was with some misgivings. He I5cated
his office on the very peak but the t1rrrs
are so frequent that he found il better
TO move down little. However. he 5 vet
lZ,gG0 feet above the sea level. and with
his wife and daughter spends a vefy
pleasant Summer. They all work at thf.
paper. When the train on the cog road
comes putting its way up from Manitou
the passengers are induced 10 give their
names Then while they 90 to the toD tha.
paper Is printed and in il are the names
OF all who have been on the peak that
day. OF course there is large sac
among them. as they desire the papers
for souvenirs of the visit
The EDITORS wife is able 70 set tvpa
and print the paper as we'll a. her hus-
band One day when he was away she
got out the paper. and no having had
time TO sell the edition before the train
started for the foot OF the mountain
she paid her way 20 the bottom and
sold papers on the train Arrived there
she did not have money enough 10 pay
her way back and started for the top on
foot-a walk of ten miles uphill The
manager OF the road saw her:
Where are you going?" he asked
I'm going 10 walk home
Why don't you ride?-'
The papers did not sell very well to-
day, and / have not money enough I had
TO get out the paper alone. OF l would
not have had 10 come"
Come in here" and he led the way
10 the superintendent office
When she came out it was with a pass
good for ihe season on any train. and
thereafter she was able 10 increase her
sales by riding longer trips on the road
with the passengers
Not much news is in this mOuntain-toD
paper, for there Is little happening on
Pixies Peak. With the coming of the
early storms of Winter the paper is sus-
pended for the visitors are not there TO
buy the copies The press and type are
moved to the warm valleys of the town
below, and there continue in service as
an aid TO a local paper until there IS q
resumption of the Summer sightseeing
and travel up the peak The one annoy
ance of the printer is the relic hunter.
When the newspaper mans back is
turned there is a rush of laughing girls
for the type cases to gather type for
souvenirs of the trip. He has several
times been compelled 10 buy new type To
replace that taken in this way Standing
out in the open air. the temptation To
take bit Of the metal is very strong
One day he published notice. saying:
Iph there are seen phew mistakes in
this paper and We phail TO spell all names
right. do not blame US. phor it is the best
we can do Some phlighty girls phrou
Boston philched all our ephs''
The times., 1898-09-12
The Strongest Fears.
(FrGm the Chicago ChrOnirIq \

TFTUTH tIe NHICaEO THTOlIcIa-T
In common with all organs Of the bcdy the
muscles have their stages of developm Mt and
decline. Tests made by the dynamometer
strength measure) gives averages in the Clu-
easian race follows: The ''lifting plwer'' OF
a youth of seventeen years is go pounds in hi4
twentieth year this incr ases 10 800 pounds. and
in the thirtieth and thirty y-irst years il reaches
its height S56 pounds. At the end OF the thirty
first year the strength begins 10 decline, very
slowly at first.
BY the fourth year it has decreased eight
pounds. and this diminutiOn continues At a
slightly increasing rate until the hfrieth year Is
reached. when the figure is $50 pounds
After this period the strength fails more and
more rapidly. until the wsakness Of old age Is
reached. II is not possible TO give statistics sf
the decline Of strength after the iftieth year. as
it varies large extent in different indfv. .duais
The times., 1898-09-12

It is reasonable to assume that the
blusterous Hanna has experienced a
change of purpose about making the war
an issue in the coming Congressional
campaign. Indeed. it was only few
days after his announcement that the
war record of the Administration would
carry the Republicans through with a
hurrah that the evidence began to ac-
cumulate of maladministration in the
War Department and of a rising tide Of
fierce popular Indignation. 1t is now
probable that Hanna will return TO the
place of concealment in which he reposed
during the war period, or else make an
effort to reduce the issues TO the good
old 1896 plane of barter and sale
The times., 1898-09-12
The Engines Puff.
fFrom the Chicago Times-Heral,

tfrOm the chicago limes-h -heraid-l
The cough. OF puff. of u railway engine Is due
to the abrupt emission OF waste steam up the
chimney. When moving slowly the coughs can,
of course. be heard following each other
quite distinctly but when speed Is put on the
puffs come out one after the other much more
rapidly. and when eighteen coughs sec nd are
produced they cannot be separately disfinguishei !
by the ear locomotive running at the rate
cf nearly seventy miles hour gives out twer v
pufs of steam every second-that Is, ten
for each of its two cylinders
The times., 1898-09-12
. rhousnnd-Doriar Chicken
CFrom the Buffalo Commercially

The celebrated game cock Commodore Vain
wright after his great victories at HolletsIi l..
Laredo san Antonio. and Caldwell. recently
sold in the cockpit Gen Perdeu's faGeh N
Burieson County. Tex. for Sl.000. Don san Diego
Montemsyo, sportsman and chcStn ianeier OF
Monterey Mexico became the purchas(r- The
money paid in gold. and while ii was being
counted out the victorious young rooster erowed
Justify. It is said that the bird has won more
than s. coo fo= his owner during MS short career