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The evening times., 1899-07-13
Luxury on Shipboartl.

1t is reported that the tendency toward
luxury observable in the last few years
has reached costumes worn on shipboard
At one time people reserved their plain
est If not their oldest garments for an
ocean voyage, but it is said that all this
has been changed, and that the attire of
the rich is now as handsome as that which
they wear on land, so that a steamer pas
sage is something of social function. One
of the reasons alleged for this is the in
creased convenience in accommodation on
the newer passenger steamers. The state
room is now large enough to take in con-
siderably more baggage than could former
ly be carried, and in other ways the quar-
ters assigned to passengers are much less
cramped. But it is probable that at least
some of this increase in luxury is due to
the general characteristics of the age.
There is no reason, of course, why people
should not wear what they choose on a
steamer voyage. or anywhere else except
reasons connected with taste and proprie-
ty. If woman wishes to come down to
breakfast at a o:el in a combination CT few
elry and cambria morning gown, she cannot
be restrained by law, and If plople choose to
make voyage to Europe a social even;
there is no reason, except one of senti-
ment, why they should not do that Blu,
it may not be amiss to philosophize lit
tie on the subject.
1t will generally be found, on inyestira-
ton, that the rules of good breeding are
founded on sound ethical and economic
laws. few of our conventions are mean
ingless fragments of traditions which once
had reason-like the buttons on the back
Of a mans coat-but most OF them have
bases as solid as the rule OF three. They
promote the general welfare, In small
ways, it is true. but as We all know, the
small things in this world make up the
most Of life. The most glorious scenery
may be rendered without effect II the he
holder IL obliged to fight swarm of mos.
quitoes, and the finest of sonatas is spoiled
II there Is small boy playing a popular
The evening times., 1899-07-13
MARYLAND MONUMENT.
A Site Selected on the Antietnn, Eat.
tleGeld.

Hagerstown, Md, July 13.-The Antietam
Battlefield Commission appointed by Gov
ernor Lowndes to select site and design
for the $4,000 monument to be erected
by the State of Maryland in memory Of The
Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at
Antietam, visited the battlefield yesterday.
They selected the site on the acre Of
ground purchased some time ago from r.
D. Fisher at the junction of the Smoketown
Road and the Hagerstown Turnpike, op-
posite the old Dunkard Church. The mon
ument will be reared on a rock brake,
being the highest point on the lot.
The Baltimore members OF the commits
sion were met by Gen. H. Kyd Douglas,
who was accompanied by Henry Holzapfel,
jr.. of Hagerstown, landscape gardener,
who submitted design for the grounds
sbout the base of the monument The site
is nearly level on top and little labor will
De required to secure a solid foundation.
The members of the commission We're
taken over the battlefield in carriages.
Colonel Taylor, DR.. Graham. Captain Dan
neman, and Captain Gibson will stay all
night at Sharpsburg. They will visit
Washington and invite President Mckinley
to be present at the dedication of the mon
ument on September IL
The evening times., 1899-07-13
~sound Business Methods

There is nothing startling in the alleged
suggestion of Millionaire Scott, of Steu-
benviile, Ohio, to have the Republican
Congressional nomination in his district
auctioned of and given to the highest bid
der. The new political method proposed is
really not new. 1t is only a fairly CUSTOM
airy thing in Ohio, frankly avowed and
boldly advocated. A few years ago such a
cold -blooded business proposal would have
thrilled old-fashioned Buckeye freemen
with horror; but, since Hannaism and the
trusts have come to control the State and
treat its voters as political chattels, there
is nothing strange or surprising about the
incident. On the contrary, it is but a
striking illustration of the state to which
the new regime has reduced the situation.
Congressional and all other nominations
are regularly bought and sold under Re-
publican auspices, in Ohio and most other
parts of the country. 1t has merely re-
manned for prominent citizen like Scott,
of Steubenville, to suggest placing the sys-
tenn upon legitimate commercial basis.
The evening times., 1899-07-13
A REMARKABLE BABY.
Weighs Eighteen Pounds and Is Al
most Destitute of Skin.


most Destitute of Skin.
New York, July 13.-One of the biggest
babies on record was born yesterday. II
weighed eighteen pounds at birth and is a
boy. The parents are Louis Zagon and his
wife. Rebecca, of No. 3S Clinton Street
They have already three children.
The youngster came at 1880 a. m. yes
tercay, and today the mother is reported as
being all right. The baby was taking life
calmly, as BELTS an eighteen pound one.
Yet it will take some wonderful surgery TO
save its life. Skingrafting extraordinary
will have to be tried. DR.. NJ. Duckman, OF
No. III Rivington Street, was on hand
when this little Zagon made its advent into
this vale of tears.
with proper nursing" said DR.. Duck
man. the baby may be saved, though the
parents are too poor themselves to do
much. If it can be kept alive until proper
surgical treatment can be had. skill may
supply what nature has not.
THE child has no epidermis or outer
skin on nearly half its body. 1t would be
most interesting to see the child survive,
though hardly lock for this IL it is left in
care of the parents, who cannot afford the
attendance that it will need
The Zagons are very poor and they live
in two little rooms. The father mends mu-
sical instruments. When there is a chance
he can play first violin himself, but times
are hard now, he says, and people don
want music. When reporter called at the
home the father was eating a lonely supper
and the little stranger was sleeping.
Il can care for my other little ones.
said Zagon, because they don't need any
expensive doctors, but / hope some kind
institution viii take this baby and make II
live" -r, fsr
The father will take the child to Belle
yue Hospital for treatment.
The evening times., 1899-07-13
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BLAMED.
A Woman Dies After Many Weeks oi
Silent Treatment.


New York. July 13.-The friends and rel
atives of Mrs. Katherine S. Belt. colored.
who died recently at her home, No. 40
West Thirty-frst Street, are Indignantly
discussing the methods of Christian Science
used in treating her for dropsy. Mrs.
| Belts daughter Margaret and her sister,
Mrs. S. Webb, of No. 122 West Thirty
first Street, tell substantially the same
story: They say that Mrs. Belt was con-
and that she suffered no serious illness
until March 1. 1899.
For time Mrs. Belt treated herself by
Christian Science. Then a physician, DR..
Peter Augustus Johnson, of No. 2G3 West
Thirty third Street. was called DR.. John
son diagnosed the case as dropsy, but dis
continued treatment when Mrs. Belt re-
fused his remedies.
Mrs Belt then sent her daughter to
Mrs. Augusta Stetson. first reader of the
First Church of Christian Science at No.
143 West Forty-eighth Street. Margaret
Belt said:
Mrs Stetson asked Miss Caroline Men
dez. of No. 209 West Twenty-sixth Street
to treat my mother. Miss Mendez declined
at first, saying that Mrs. Stetson sent her
because we were colored people.
''She treated my mother two months
Ny mother grew steadily worse. She paid
Miss Mendez some money, and once gave
So to her. She came twice week snd
prayed and read from several books on
Christian Science. AT the end of the two
months. when my mother was very low,
Miss Mendez said suddenly that she was
obliged to go to the country on business
and could care for the case no longer.
She forbade and medical treatment. and
would not even allow sherry and egg for
nourishment, because she said it was medi-
cine.
Miss Mendez said she would send an
other Christian Scientist. Another woman
came. but refused treatment on the ground
that she was too busy. Then We called
DR.. Johnson again. He prescribed RENE
dies, which my mother used, but it was too
late. and she died several days later
Miss MendeZ said: II treated Mrs Belt,
not as practitioner. but as a loving sister
several times week for a month. | used
the silent treatment and prayer and read
ing. She probably died because OF the
presence of mortal thoughts of those peo-
pie about her..
The evening times., 1899-07-13
A STARVING MANS SUICIDE.
Pennfless John McGuire Ends His
Life With CarboIIc Acid.

Baltimore. Nd, July 13.-John Joseph
Mcclure, out of work. penniless and de-
spondent, committed suicide last Sunday
at the Three Tuns Hotel. Pratt and Paca
Streets. The fact of the suicide was Lot
known until yesterday afternoon. when
other occupants Of the building noticed a
disagreeable odor coming from the room
occupied by MCGUIRE. The police were
notified and the door of the room was
forced open. MCGUIRE was found dead on
cot. The body was black and very much
swollen, and 1t was evident that the nan
had been dead several days. DR.. C. Hamp-
son Jones, Commissioner OF Health and
Coroner Edwin Geer were notified and went
to the hotel and made careful inyestiga-
tion, which satisfied them that the man
took his own life.
Mary Deviney said that MCGUIRE told her
last week that he was respondent and out
CT work and wished that he was dead To
other inmates of the hotel he said man
might just as well be dead as to be in his
position, out OF work. with no prospect of
obtaining it, and without money. He also
asked how long man could live without
eating.
Mcclure was last seen alive last Sun
day morning. In the course of the day
ne went to drug store near by and
bought carbolic acid, which he had poured
into cup and went to his room on the
third floor with it. From the position in
which the body was found it is thought
that he sat down on the edge of the cot,
drank the acid. and then lay down to die.
The body was almost nude
Mcclure evidently intended TO write his
own obituary or an epitaph. In a memo
randum book found among his effects was
written: Here lies the body" and in
another place was written: 1T certainly
Is my fault" Coroner Geer found papers
in the room discharging John Joseph Nc
Guire from the Fifth Maryland Regiment
He was at one time employed in the Mount
Clare shops of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. He had been living at the
Three Tuns Hotel about two weeks. The
only furniture in the room was cot. a
table. one chair. and a small stove, on
which he cooked his meals. He had no
known relatives in Baltimore, but is
thought to have a sister living in Dublin,
Ireland
The evening times., 1899-07-13
tune on jewsharp just outside the win

ehnc on JS"SuoiP Juot outSinc tuc hin
dow.
The rule in good society has been for
some generations that one should keep
ones finest garments for private occasions,
or for those public occasions when display
is desirable. The gentlewoman who pos
sesses treasures of priceless jewels and
lace. of beautiful and richly appointed
gowns. does not wear them in the public
rooms Of hotel. She keeps such raiment
for places in which only her family and
friends will see her.
This custom probably owed its origin to
subtle instinct rather than to logical
reasoning. Women of delicate feeling do
not care to be pointed out wherever they
go. But there are other reasons of a
deeper nature.
When woman of position appears In
public in quiet and even plain garb, she
exerts a good influence over those less
fortunate than herself. She discourages
places herself to a certain extent on COM
mon ground with others, and, il she cares
to mix with those of traditions different
from her own, can do so without much dlf-
ficulty. There is no question that one OF
the worst things for this country would be
a permanent separation Of classes. system
under which there should cease to be an
understanding between the people of diff
ferent fortunes. Everything which pro-
notes such an understanding should be
encouraged. Amy fashion which openly
labels one social set of people or another
is in the end iniquitous. 1t is. practically
an advertisement that social standing de-
pends on money and ability to dress finely,
instead of on something more worthy. 1t
amounts to Haunting a fortune in the
faces of those who have no fortunes, en-
phasizing publicly the contrast between
the two. This is what breeds social dis
content and bitterness. 1t may seem a
small thing, but things as small have led
to revolutions in the past.
The evening times., 1899-07-13
ConkIing VS.. Depeyv.
OHNF"f PS"'
(FroIn the Philadelphia Record.

Senator Chauncey NJ Depew says that the Con.
stitution of the United States ''never intended 10
leave a State unrepresented, even If that States
Legislature failed in its duty 10 elect Senator
If this be true the trainers of the Constitution
were most unfortunate in the OF language to
convey its intention Roscoe COnkling had an
understanding of the Constitution in regard to
appointments of United States Senators very diff
fcrent from that of Mr.. Depew, and Roscoe ConI.-
ling's understanding has been sustained by an
overwhelming majority of the United States Sen
ale. There is no reason to believe that in the
Quay case the opinion of the dead Conkling will
not have more weight than the opinion OF the
living Depew
The evening times., 1899-07-13
THE LEAF TOBACCO TRUST.
A Dnnyiile Man After the Winston,
n. C.. Xnrehnuaes

N. c., Warehouses.
Danyille, Va, July 13.-George A. Lea.
prominent leaf tobacconist, Of this city,
has returned from a trip to Winston, n. c.,
where, it is asserted. he made an effort 10
obtain an option on the four leaf tobacco
warehouses doing business in that town
Mr.. Lea was and is very reticent as to his
object in trying to buy the Winston ware
houses, but the Winston men, who refuse
TO entertain any sort of proposition looking
to either a sale or lease to any one man
OF the Winston warehouse property. made
the matter public. Mr.. Lea has again,
since his return from North Carolina, re-
fused to say in what interest he was act
Ing, only remarking that he was not trying
to get control of the warehouse for himself
1t is believed here that the Danvills
Warehouse Trust has removed all obstacles
In the way OF completing its deal for the
Danyille houses, and that it being the pur-
pose to not confne the combine to Danville.
but to control. if possible. all the larger
markets In the bright tobacco belt Mr.
Lea's trip to Winston was made with that
object. His visit to the largest market in
North Carolina and his desire to buy up
the warehouses has stirred the tobacco
dealers all over the State. There is gen.
eral opposition there to the North Caro-
INA houses going into the trust and efforts
are already being made to prevent il, il
possible. II is reported her today that an
agent OF the Danville trust has also ap-
preached the proprietors Of the Rsidsyille
and Durham warehouses, all of which has
created intense excitement among the to-
bacconists of those towns.
Major James D. Patton, of Richmond,
has been in this city endeavoring to inter-
est the Danyille tobacco manufacturers and
dealers in his proposed suit against the
Government to recover the amount of 4
cents per pound on all tobacco stamped un-
der the retroactive clause of the war reve-
nue. bill passed by Congress. The bill in
creased the tax on manufactured tobacco
cents and made it retroactive. All to-
baccos therefore, which had been stamped
at the old rate for some sixty days prev
ious TO the passage OF the act had to be
stamped again to the amount Of cents
per pound. II is this extra cents thai
Major Patton proposes to recover By suit,
and he is soliciting the cooperation OF
manufacturers and dealers generally in the
effort. The amount that was paid through
out the country, ii is claimed, will aggre-
gate 81 coo COO
The evening times., 1899-07-13
A Hero of Experience,
From Puck.)

81 can't see why they persist in calling Gen
eral Swimmerton, the brilliant Philippine cam
paigner, young" remarked Mr.. Hoon looking
up from his newspaper.
why, because he's only twenty-six or twenty.
seven years old, OF course" returned Mrs. Hoon
''Yes; l know they give that as his age, but
don't you believe it. l have been keeping tab
on him lately, and have figured that if he went
to school at seventeen different places, and re.
mained from four TO ten years in each place. as
has been proudly stated by his former school
mates, and was also in love with something like
forty-seven different girls-we will say month
with eacl-all of whom had the honor OF reject
ing him. and had also spent as much time ex-
ploring Alaska, Mexico, Honduras and other
places, and in fighting in Cuba as the papers
claim, and visited his multitudnous relatives
only one day apiece, and devoted the usual and
necessary amount OF time to being an infant
he must be at least 259 years DID,
The evening times., 1899-07-13
Pcculiar Dialect.
fFrom the New York Sun :

IFrom the New fOfk SUM
1t was case of the blind leading the blind
when one woman attempted to plct a party
through European trip. She had travelled
abroad and that necessary qualification.
She had snattering Of the languages, and she
had an amount of assurance that should have
insured her great and lasting success. Her the
ory was: ''Just think you can do thing, and
you cam All went well on English soil but
early in their sojourn the Continent the
trouble began. The French that she thought
would he sufficient to get them along was prone
to forsake her. One morning she started some
of her charges ont in a carriage without her,
but before they started she gave the directions
to the driver OF the vehicle. ''Proceedez vous
dams cette rue until the young ladies teiez vo,ls
to STOP She said. At another time the same
woman wanted to buy a certain accessory to
hair-dressing. "Avez vous ratte?" she said
and she thought the French stupid race not
to understand what she wanted.
The evening times., 1899-07-13
Some Yellow journalism.

Talk about newspaper work Why, you fei'
lows vino work on modern newspapers with plants
costing up into the hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars don't know anything about it, said super
ANIMATED editor. LET me tell you something
about early enterprise. 1t was during the war
down in Tennessee | was running a weekly and
Grant kent everything out There wasn't a sheet
Of paper in the town and Washington hand
press had broken. and the new casting necessary
to make il work was somewhere on the road,
with Grants army between But | got there.
\ fellow smuggled in a wagonload Of -four done
up in paper bags The rest Was easy There was
a stranded circus in town. 1t had been there a
year. and | used the elephant for press. l put
the form on the ground and placed a -four bag
over it The elephants keeper then caused the
brute to sit down on it, and got twenty-eight
frstclass impressions two more than our circula'
ton reouired'
The evening times., 1899-07-13

II the two New Hampshire Senators were
in earnest in their fierce desire to get to-
gether," not peacefully, but in Concord, 1t
is pity that they were interfered with and
prevented. There should stIl be an op-
portunity for them to meet under proper
conditions and auspices. Any one of the
leading athletic clubs would be proud to
have a Gallinger-C Chandler finish fight
pulled off, in its quarters. The Jeffries-
Fitzsimmons affair did not excite half the
wild interest that would surround a Sena-
torial match of the kind suggested.
The evening times., 1899-07-13
Saving Time
{From the Rochester Herald. J

Families living next door to vacant house arr
often asked for information by prospective ten
ants family in Rochester is protecting itsel
from the annoyance by displaying the followin.
piaoard on the front door:
I'VE haven't the keys to the house next door
nor do we get the first weeks rent
Haven't the slightest idea why the last fam
lily moved out
There are nine rooms, and the rent is 50 :
week.
'sThe place may be full of bedbugs for all W,
know.
There is place to hang out washing on thu
roof.
.We don't know anything about the mora
character OF the people next door, but can fur
nish references ourselves .
For further particulars please don't ring oul
doorbelI"
The evening times., 1899-07-13
Lifelong Deprixation.
From the Chicago News.)

A small Texas youth of ten years. who comes
from highly respectable but somewhat indigent
family. has always held high regard for truth
short time ago. while visiting relatives at Lake
Geneva, he, with tive others. was caugft in a
severe storm, which, nearly capsized the YACHT.
The driving rain Grenched them to the skin, and
when passing steamer towed them to the pier
OF private villa they were glad Ito accent the
offer Of shelter which the kindly Chicago million
aire extended them.
The millionaire's daughter sent down tlry cloth.
ing and hot restoratives, and when they had
changed their apparel descended herself to be
sure that they were comfortable The youthful
Texan was the first she addressed
Now, little boy said she, '.are you sure
you lave enc ugh clothes to keep you warm? p,
mo, ! haven't he replied bluntly 81 neye.
had enough cloti es.
The evening times., 1899-07-13

cation as that portion of Texas that is now
flooded. The Pennsylvania sufferers were
readily rescued from want by their pro-
pinqu:ty to the large communities of wealth
and the machinery of relief. The Brazos
region of Texas has few railroad connec-
tions, and even those are at present cu.
off, For this reason the means of adequate
relief cannot be afforded the stricken thou
sands of people for some time, and their
needs Will be multiplied
The evening times., 1899-07-13
A CHICAGO MANS LUCK.
He Gets $4,000 in Bonds at an I'm
claimed Goods SaIe


claimed Goods Sale.
Chicago. July 1S.-William F. Blair. 4
castomhouse broker in the employ of G. W
Sheldon & Co., invested 81 in a box of old
clothing at the annual sale of unclaimed
goods at the Government warehouse and
drew prize CT $4,000 in bonds. Blair was
one of the men who gathered at the ware
house, Harrison and Sherman streets, to
bid in the forfeited and abandoned goods.
His title TO the bonds is as legal as if they
had been transferred in the ordinary man
ner.
The papers are indemnity bonds of the
Equitable Investment Company of Council
Bluffs, Iowa. They were sent 70 Chicago
in a box of old clothes and furs and have
been in the warehouse more than year
They were addressed TO ". ]. Morsay. care
CT A. A. McLeary, room 1903 Fischer Build
ing At this address nothing is known con-
cerning either man named. Blair has writ
ten to Council Bluffs to ascertain the name
of the owner of the bonds.
The evening times., 1899-07-13
: sissbee's Speech.

(From the Boston Giobe.)
In an address at Fail River Wednesday night
Captain Sigsbee Oh the Texas told the following
story illustrative of the fact that naval men
made pretence at being orators:
1T is a tery difficult situation for me-" said
Captain Sigsbee, ito be required TO make a
speech, and l in the situation of the old
sailor who was very ford of tea, and was de-
voted to the people who served it. But this old
sailor had no society manners, and had never
attended an afternoon tea. He was afraid of the
ladies, but in some way he forced to an
afternoon tea. He went almost in despair, and
VIXEN he got. back to his ship his mates said:
9 Brown, did you go to the teaF
81 did
How did you feel there%
"I felt like sperm whale doing crochet
work daughter and applause)
Nevertheless. Captain Sigsbee makes a very able
address
The evening times., 1899-07-13
Sarasate Objected.
(FFom the Philadelphia Evening P

(From the Philadelphia Evening P0st)
OF Sarasatc, TIE famous violinist. pleasant
story was told the other evening at a reception
in Washington. The great master enjoys moth
ing better than giving receiving jokes Some
times his bon mots trii,e savage. One even
ing at social function Young vioiinist who
had much higher opinion OF his own musical
ability than anyone else had the bad taste to
play one OF Sarasates compositions, with varia-
tions OF his own creation. The latter were in
appropriate ard ;narsistc and Jared upon the
ears of all. The performer ended his work and
made his way to Saasate, doubtless expecting a
word of recognition praise. Sarasate said moth
ing ard the player finally asked: Il hope you
recognize that pfece?'
sarasate promptly replied Certainly; it WAS
q piece Of impudenee.