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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-16
Comm onplace Girls.

The brilliant and unusual girl gets
more than her need Of praise, but we
Just go Oh loving tho commonplace
girl for the nice little part she plays
in life and seldom think of telling her
what we do. And the commonplace
girl is so apt to underestimate her
worth. You know that time and again
she los come to you for comfort be-
cause she declared she was such a
social failure, such commonplace
mortal.
My dear little commonplace girl, it
is the commonplace men and women
who make up the greater part of the
world, and it is the commonplace men
and women who attend to the small
but necessary matters that go to make
up tho great sum total of our lives and
The worlds affairs generally. The
yeniuses are too busy to look after
small matters, and, besides, the gent.
ases are SO few! Maybe out Of a
thousand folk there will be but one
Unusual one. The balance ore just
comm onplace.
The commonplace woman Is not the
Inferior woman. The commonplace
woman comes just up to the accepted
standard of what woman should be,
when all is said and done. Each Of us
nay have au ideal, but we are all quite
conscious that in some way, rs time
las passed on into eternity and Mother
Ewes daughters have livel and loved
and worked and smiled. standard
has been fixed. To sink below it is
sadly disappointing to those who look
FOR all that is best in womanhood; to
Use above it puts one in the ranks of
;he unusual. Our greatness or our
as men and women, only
stands out prominently because there
is q stan dard. philadelphia Inquirer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-09-16

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The evening times., 1899-12-06
INDOOR BASEBALL LEAGUE.
The Y. NJ. Q. a. Takes the First of the
Local, SERIES.

The Y. NJ. g. A. Takes the First of the
Local series.
The first game of the Washington Indoor
Baseball League series was played last
night in Convention Hall between the
teams Of the Carroll institute and the
Young Mems Christian Association, the
latter team winning bysa score OF II to 10.
The seats along both sides Of the hall
were crowded with spectators and the
game was close and well contested. The
Y NJ. c. A. team won on good fielding.
This great advantage over their opponents
Is the result Of having played five or six
games with outside teams before the pres
ent local season opened. The Asso-
ciation's pitcher was slow In delivering the
ball and at times was rather wild. yhaw
and Herring, in their positions Of right and
left short stop, did some effective work for
the Associations team.
The work of the Institute team is yet
crude, but shows indications Of developing
into one OF the strongest teams OF the
league. Their fielding and team work Is
not up to the standard, but this fault Is
due to the fact that none Of its players
has ever had any experience in the game
The bat work of the Carroll boys was In
every respect superior to the Y. M. c. AS
team.
During the game the Institute players
made twenty -one base hits, while the As
sociation boys only made sixteen. Murphy,
the twirler OF the Carroll Institute team,
proved a surprise to everyone. His deiiv-
cry is swift and sure. During the game he
struck out eleven men. LIE Mat, his oppo-
nent. struck out five men.
The score follows:
The evening times., 1899-12-06
DREYFuss BUYS THE PIRATES.
Rumor. From Pittsbure Indicate the
Deal In Closed.

RumOrs From Pfttsbur9 Indicate the
Deal In Closei.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. g. Telegrsms
received here from Pitts5urg safe
positively that Barney Dreyfuss has oouyht
the club of that city. This being ~. II
means that the pick of the Piteshsrg and
Louisville teams will be combined into
one. to represent the Smoky City. and the
others will go to the formation Of club
for this city, in case it is to be continued
in the League, otherwise they will be dis
posed of to the best advantage. Mr.. Drey-
fuss when last seen denied that he had
purchased the Pfttsburg club, but was re-
ticent as to the status of the deal.
At secret meeting of the club, held
some weeks ago, Barney Dreyfuss resigned
the presidency of the club. and Harry c.
Pulliam was promptly chosen to succeed
him The news has been kept quiet and 1t
was hoped that it would not leak out until
after the League meeting, when, II 1t IS
found necessary to continue the Colonies
in this city next year. Mr.. Dreyfuss will
probably be reelected president.
Mr. Dreyfuss resigned the presidency,
it is stated, in order to be in position to
negotiate for the purchase OF the Pittsburg
club 1t was feared that If he conducted
negotiations while president of the Louis
vile club he might forfeit some OF his
rights under the national agreement. AT
any rate Mr. Dreyfuss was advised by his
counsel to resign and he did so. He was
not even a member of the board of direc-
tors until the election held last night.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
RAILWAY LINES AT WAR.
Prospects of an Extensive Cut In
Passenger Rates.

CHICAGO, Dec GA passenger rate
war has begun which threatens 10 become
the greatest ever known. Already all the
lines forming direct routes from New Eng
land to California are involved. From
present indications the war will be between
The Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania systems
and the Northwestern, Rock Island, Bur-
lington and st. Paul roads on one side and
all the different lines between Chicago and
the Atlantic coast with the Southern Pa
cific. Santa Fe and Illinois Central roads
on the other side.
So far only rates on traffic 10 California
are seriously affected. but signs of de-
moralizstion are apparent on all classes OF
traffic. The present trouble grows directly
out of the old controversy of Eastern rail-
roads over different rates Several weeks
ago second-class tickets from Boston TO
San Francisco were sold via the Boston
and Albany road and its connections at
the same rate as was made via the differ
ential lines of New England and their con-
nections This led to secret cutting and the
payment of excess commission by both
sides and the rate war resulted.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
TRAGEDIES IN NEBRASKA.
A Man Dead From Pistol shots ana
Woman From Poison.

KEARNEY, Neb., Dec. 6.-Odessa, ten
miles west of here, was the scene Of dou-
BILE murder or a double suicide Monday
night. The dead are Fred Lane and Mrs
F. L. Dinsmore. Lane and his wife lived
upstairs. Dinsmore and his wife and baby
downstairs. Lane was found dead in bed
upstairs with revolver by his side. from
which one shot had been fired. Mrs. Dins-
more lay by the kitchen sink. down stairs.
any by her side was a tin. cup that had
contained poison. Mrs. Lane swore her
husband woke her up about midnight. kiss
ed her gocd-by, and then shot himself
Dinsmore swore his wife went to the
kitchen to get a drink and never came
back Dinsmore was placed under arrest
and Mrs. Lane under surveillance. A cor
oner's jury has been all day investigating
the case.
Two theories are advanced for the dou-
Bile tragedy. One is that Lane and Mrs.
Dinsmore were lovers and killed them
selves because they had been discovered
or were hopeless. Another that Dinsmore
and Mrs. Lane were in love with each
other and murdered Mrs. Dinsmore and
Lane.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
TROPICAL ARMY RATIoNS.
Another Board May Consider the Al
yisabiIity of "a Change.

The Secretary of War has under consid-
Grafton the appointment Of another board
of army officers 10 consider the advisability
of change in the army ration for use by
soldiers in the tropics. Several months
ago the President directed that an inyesti-
CATION be made into this subject by boards
OF officers in Cuba. Porto Rico, and the
Philippines Special boards were appoint
ed-fer this work by the commanding OH
GERS in the islands and the reports of the
boards have. been received at the War De-
partment None OF them suggests the
abandonment Of any one of the components,
though the reports make different recon-
mendatio as 10 the proportions of the
meat cCmponents with relation 10 the
fruits and cereals The boards are unani-
NOUS in their desire for an increase in the
supply OF sugar, and the reports indicate
The adyisability OF reducing the meat sup
ply. .,e- ..s...
The report was received by the Secretary
of War and I5ferred 10 the Commissary Cen
tral OF the Army Tor recommendation. Now
the Acting Commissary General has recon-
mended that the reports be referred TO
final board of officers for discussion and the
formulation of q ration in accordance with
the ideas expressed By the boards in the
tronies
The evening times., 1899-12-06
STAR-ROU9E CONTRACTS
Opening Bids for Carrying Nails
in the South
The Names and Figures May he Made
Public by the POstOfice Depart
ment ON Saturday-Men Who study
the Cost of Transporting Letters.
Many Clerks Engaged in the Work.

The contract division of the Postofiice
Department is engaged in opening and as
sorting the bids for the Southern star
routes. The number of contracts to be let
is $500. The number of bids received is
&c. 600 The bidding this year has been
lighter than usual, owing, il is thought,
10 the smaller number of contractors en-
gagged in the business. There are certain
men throughout the country who devote
their time to the study of the cost of trans
porting the mails through the star route
sections. Each year they submit their
bids to the Postofice Department and in
turn relet them to individuals who have
the advantage of location.
The star routes cover the sparsely set
tied districts of the country, the mails be-
ing carried by means of stages, boats, or
on horseback. The star route system IS
divided into four sections and the bids
which the department is at present work
ing on are from the Southern section.
They include the States of North Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida. Tennessee, Alabama,
and Mississippi. Contracts are let for four
years, bids for one section being advertised
for at a time, so that at the expiration OF
each year new contracts are ready to be
let. Years ago the routes were designated
on the maps of the Postoffice Department
by means of small star. hence they be-
came known as the star routes, AID ever
since their establishment the letting OF
contracts for the star routes has been an
important matter in the yearly business OF
the department. In the contract division
there are at present a large force of clerks
at work asserting and filing the bids, and
one contractor will submit bids for routes
covering large sections OF country any
Of the routes being hundreds of miles apart.
The names of the successful bidders this
year are not expected to be made public
until Saturday when George F. Stone, the
chief clerk TO the Second Assistant Post
master General, hopes to be able TO COM
Ulete the work.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
s AUCTION SALES.
TRUSTEES. SALE or BRICK PLANT. IN ALEX
ANDRIA COUNTY, NEAR END OF THE

TRUSTEES. SALE or BRICK PLANT. IN ALEX
ANDRIA COUNTY. NEAR END OF THE
LONG BRIDGE.
day Of february. 1896. between Edwin =. Jones
and wife and james E. Hibbs and wife. Of the
first part. and George E. Emmons and J. K NJ
Norton trustees Of the second part, which said
decd is duly recorded amongst the land records
Of Alexandria county, Va, In iber No. :,
page so5, and by direction OF the parties secured
thereby, the undersigned win expose for sale. on
the premises, in the county OF Alexandria, Va,
on WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER Q, AT O'CLOCK
P. NJ. two g) tracts Of land in the county
OF Alexandria. State OF virginia, bounded ana
described as follows. to wit: :,
For the first: Beginning at stone on the
north side OF Columbia Turnpike road, corner
Of the tract thence along the north side Of said
pike s. II degrees z. 81 poles to q stone on the
north side of said turnpike in line of the tract;
thence n. 16 degrees 40 minutes W. 24.S5 poles
TO a stone in a line OF the tract; thence with
said line s. 741i degrees W. IS poles 10 the place
OF beginning. containing acres, rood and 3d.
poles.
For the second: A lot OF ground lying and
reing east Of the Columbia Turnpike road. and
OF the Alexandra Canal being part OF the trsct
OF land purchased by Robert P. Dodge and Alien
Dodge. in 1852, from Richard C. Mason, trustee.
beginning for the same at stone corner TO
John W. Woodward's purchase OF Roach and in
a line with said Woodwards purchase Of Roach
and said tract running ). I4Sk degrees West ~
poles 90 links TO stone in line Of said
tract and said purchase and twenty feet east
ward Of the corner OF Thomas purchase OF
DOGfe, tnence noith eieNeH Nft -oh-
ming parallel to and twenty feet eastward from
the line Of said Thomas. purchase nine t9)
perches and ten links to a stone; thence north
eighty seven degrees. east forty-two poles,
twenty-one links the beginning. containing
one and q quarter acres Of land. both of the
above described tracts being the same property
conveyed to the said Edwin +. Jones and James
Z. Hibbs by William B. Jackson by deed bear
ing date on the 2lst day Of November, 4. ID. 1850.
which said deed is duly recorded amongst the
land records Of Alexandria county. Virginia. in
liber No. 4, fclio ", to which reference Is
hereby made.
Together with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon. whether the same be permanently
with all the machinery thereon, Of every kind
and description, and particularly the following
machinery now sad premises, viz:
Two Eight-arch Brick Kilns
One Ten-arch Brick Kiln,
One Twelve-arch Brick Kiln.
Three Brick Sheds.
One Large Pres Brick Shed.
One Small Press Brick Shed,
One Pit Shed with Two Pits and gearing.
One Boiler House and Sixty Hone Power
Boiler,
One Machine House.
Two Engines,
One Forfy-fwo Mould Brick Machine Com.
plete,
One No. Potts Crusher,
Two Hand Presses.
and all other machinery and appliances used for
the making Of brick now on said premises.
Terms OF Sale-Cash-
GEORGE E. EMMoNs,
J. X. N. NORTON,
Trustees
no9a-eodSds
The evening times., 1899-12-06
sLAsHED ON THE STREET.
Two Women in Philadelphia Cut D..
n Drunken RuG.an.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1.-Two women
we're attacked on the street last night by
a man who gave the name of Edward Keen
and said he had no home. Mrs. Kitty Har-
ris was attacked at Franklin and Wood
streets and received painful cut in the
right thigh. As she felt the b,ade enter she
PUT her hand 10 the wound and the knife
WAS plunged into it. going clear through.
Her assallant then ran. \ square away he
met Mrs. Mary Moore, struck her in the
breast with his fist. and then thrust the
blade into iler right side below the ribs.
She screamed and fell.
Policeman Snyder heard her cry and
reached her as Keen was about to stab
her again. He grappled with Keen. and
after a struggle, succeeded in subdu!ng
him and getting his knife. The women
were taken TO the Hahnemann Hospital.
Mrs Harris wounds were dressed and she
went home. II is feared that Mrs. Moore s
wound is mortal as the blade punctured the
iutestines Keen was intoxicated.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
THE SNow-Ar BUFFALO.
Railways Tied Up and street Car
Trnmc c'aParalyaed.


BUFFALO. 6.-The statement made
last night by Forecastsr Cuthbertson. OF
the local weather bureau, that Buff
falo had the heaviest fall OF snow of any
of the cities affected by the storm. did lot
begin to explain the condition of affairs.
At IL o'clock yesterday. everything vas
bright and pleasant. Within thirty min
utes the storm had broken and was giving
vent 10 all its fury
AT I2:30 o'clock. the storm was increas-
ing in velocity. and within an other hour
it was attaining almost cyclonic proper
tions the wind blowing fifty-four miles
an hour-the highest attained here in a
long time. and as the night approached. 1t
was blowing almost sixty miles an hour.
Four inches of snow fell on the level. and
in many parts of the city it had drifted to
heighth of two feet. For time street
car traf1c was paralyzed. The Niagara
Falls and Lockport lines ran to the Buffalo
city line on time, and there they started
to lose. and the schedule went to pieces.
Early this morning, nearly every line of
the Buffalo Railway Company was tied up
by the storm, and people travelled afoot
against the gale, or went in carriages. The
wind tore big branches OF trees in many of
the streets.
Mrs Elizabeth Martin. siXty-fve years
old was found in the street unconscious
and freezing to death, having been over
come by the storm. Firemen were ham
pered by the gale at several fires. one of
which occurred at police headquarters.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
MOODY MAY RECOVER.
The Famous. Preachers Life Can Be
Saved.

EAST NORTHFIELD. Mass, Dec. g.
Evangelist Moody will eventually recover.
is the announcement of DIR. H. ID. Nichols,
the New York expert, who has held con-
sultation with DR.. Wood, the family ply
sician. This agrees with the first state
ment of DR.. Wood, and the latter says IN
q bulletin issued this afternoon that the
diagnosis of Mr.. Moody's case has not
been changed. Mr.. Moody is suffering from
weakened heart due to overwork. HIS
ailment has caused considerable physical
depression but he is able to be dressed
and walk from his bed to a chair. He sur
fers at times from difficult breathing.
The famous evangelist sees no one ex-
cept the family. He receives very many
letters of sympathy from friends in all
parts of the country, and he often expresses
gratitude for the thoughtful remembrance.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
HOTELS.
A Miraculou. Escape.

BELLEFONTE, Pa, Dec 6.-While Har-
ry Stover a riveter of Coleyville, was on 4
ladder yesterday afternoon at the top of q
new 75-foot stack being erected by the
Bellefonte Furnace Company, riveting the
last section in place, the rope lashing
broke and the ladder swayed outward and
fell to the ground. Slower. with rare pres
ence of mind, maEaged to retain hold OF
the ladder and turn feet downward, and in
some miraculous way escaped even SO much
as scratch in his great fall. He returned
to work Immediately.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
Arrival OF the Oceanic.

QUARANTINE. Dec. 6.-The big White
Liverpool and Queenstown, arrived on
time at the Sandy Hook lightship at 4:40
this morning. after a fairly good passage
of 5 days. 90 hours, and ~ minutes. COW
ering distance Of 2.7sS knots. Her daily
runs were: 474. 514. 4s?, 49s. ATS. and 325.
She brought IS cabin and 2s9 steerage pas
sengers. Among the former were /. ]. Pad
erewski. Madame Paderewski, and Mr..
Hugo Gorlitz. The Oceanic experienced
moderate weather. On December 2, in
latitude 1904 longitude 3446, she passed
a derelict vessel bottom up.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
YALE. New Football Captain.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 6.-Francis
Gordon Brown, ir., 1901. of Flushing, l.. L..
was last evening unanimously chosen cap
tain of the Yale football team for next
year All OF the fifteen men who played
in the Harvard and Princeton games were
present and voted Browns election was
similar in many ways to that of James O.
Rodgers three years ago, as he is also the
only man who is now eligible for the crew
captaincy. He has decided as did Rodgers
not to row any more, but to devote his en-
tire attention TO football.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
millionaire Clarke Dead.

PITTSBURG, Pa. Dec. 6.-Charles J..
Clarke father of John S. Clarke, of Phila-
delphia. and a brother of Mrs. Elias D..
Kennedy also of that city. died today as
the result of being thrown from his road
wagon on the Beechwood boulevard Sat
urday afternoon. He was sixty-six years
old. and one of Pittsburgs most prominent
men. He lived in beautiful place at
Forbes and Craft avenues.
His estate is valued at some millions of
dollars, and considerable money il is
thought, has been left for charity.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
Injured In a Football Game.

HAZLETON. Pa, Dec. 6.-Henry Bright.
fourteen years old, son of Mrs. Ida Bright,
may not recover from an injury received
while playing football few days ago.
Just how he was hurt is not known. but
1t is said he received a severe blow in the
bacA. He is now suffering with spinal
meningitis and his condition is ve.y alarm
Ing He was delirious all Of last night
and at times it required the services OF
three persons TO hold him in bed
The evening times., 1899-12-06
searching for s~.men,. Bodies.

BALTIMORE, Dec. S.-The Craemer
wrecking Company is searching for the
bodies Of the three colored seamen who
were drowned in the Delaware River by
the sinking of the schooner Clara, which
went down on Thanksgiving Day, after
having been run into by the steamer Erics-
son. from Baltimore for Philadelphia. The
lighthouse authorities will place spar
over the wreck. The owner of the Clara
Henry Wanger. will bring suit against the
Ericsson to recover damages for the loss
of his vessel. - ?
The evening times., 1899-12-06
DAILY ELECTED CAPTAIN.
Hnrvard's Football Leader Chose
for the Coming season.


for the Coming season.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 6-The cleo
tion Of c. D. Daily TO be captain Of the Har-
ward eleven for the season of 1900 and 1901
was last night unanimously confirmed at a
meeting of the Harvard football team. held
in Captain Burden s room In Clayerly Hall.
Every member OF he team was present.
and on the ballot the vote was practically
the same as at Saturdays meeting. with
the exception that It. was made in person
instead OF by PROXY in some cases As
soon as it was seen that Reid could not be
elected he withdrew and moved unani-
nous election, which sas done.
The question OF the head coachshlp is
now in point, and II Is. likely that B. II:
Dibblee will be again asked TO take the
burden, but it is understood he will not
be able to return another year. Next like
ly is Guy Murchie, '95. who was first
class coacir before he went TO Cuba with
the Rough Riders. and who is now in prac-
tice. d a.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
welded While in Quarantine.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 6.-Charles
Day and Anna Maltby. who were quaran-
tined in Corning by reason Of smallpox
scare, managed to communicate with the
Rev. p. H Mason. who appeared just out
side the quarantine limits, as marked by
the yellow dags, and from that point
united them in marriage. There is no min
lster In Corning.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
To Iuye.,tr.te a school.

The committee appointed by the citizens
of Mount Pleasant tand Columbia Heights
to investigate the unsanitary condition of
the Johnson School building will present
report at a mass meeting called for that
purpose tomorrow evening at 1880 o'clock
at the Hotel Stratford on Fourteenth
Street above Park Street.
The evening times., 1899-12-06
The Victoria "a, San Francisco.

The transport Victoria. which has been
delayed at Seattle, Wash, for several days
on account of bad weather has arrived at
San Francisco. She will load with forage
horses and mules for the Philippines
The evening times., 1899-12-06

ATLANTA. Ga. Dec. 6.-The Baptist
Ministers Association of Atlanta yesterday
morning passed a resolution asking the
Georgia Representatives in Congress to
prevent the seating of Representatives elect
Roberts of Utah
The evening times., 1899-12-06
HONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

WANTED-Straight loan, s5,5t1: frst mortgage
on good city property. Address Bon $50.
this ofice II
The evening times., 1899-12-06

MONEY TO LOAN at sh. sx. 4. and AZ per
cent, in sums Of 81 600 to $1,000 on d. C.
real estate; pay off and PER cent mortgages
and begin anew; all transactions conducted with
economical consid. ration for borrowers. WM. Il.
SAUNDERS 4 CO. 1407 st. NV iy1-tfem
The evening times., 1899-12-06
FOR sALE-sUBuRBAN.

FOR SALE-Four- room dwelling. fine condition
large lot, fruit, outbuildings, close 10 steam
and electric cars; easy payments; 500. 20 acres
7-room dwelling, barn. stable orchard good
land. near railroad. $1,000; easy payments:
acres. 7-room dwelling. all kinds Of fruit. barn,
chicken house. good land, $3.50. DUCKETT 4
DENT, 6SJ F st. de5-St