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The evening times., 1899-09-01
MEN FOR THE EASTERN WAR.
Progress of the work Of Recruiting
the Se,n Rerimenfs.

the New Regiments.
The President and Secretary Root are
thoroughly satisfied with the progress being
made in recruiting for the new regiments,
1t is estimated that 1000 men have already
been enlisted and the number is increasing
daily The plan of assigning the newly
appointed officers to recruiting duty at their
respective homes is working admirably.
Army officers say that in this manner bet
Ter class of men is being secured, and
furthermore each company will TO GER
tain extent be local in its formation. They
add that the men when enlisted from the
same locality take greater pride in their
organization, and are more readily discip-
lined.
Ii was said at the War Department yes
terday that the new regiments VII I'm
doubtedly be complete for organization By
September 90. 1t is predicted that they
will be ready 10 be sent TO Manila by Oc-
tober l. The entire army of $4,000 men,
il is said, will be in the Philippines by
November !, and an aggressive campaign
against the Filipinos viii then be COM
menced.
The authorities are optimistic, believing
that the campaign when inaugurated VIII
not last over a month. No definite plan
OF campaign has as yet been decided upon
1 This will depend largely on the tactics
adopted by Aguinaldo. II he masses his
| forces the entire army of $1,000 men will
| be thrown against him.
In case the insurgents are divided then
| the American troops will be formed into
| four divisions operating in the north
south. east, and west Of LuZon- The
| Quartermasters Department has assured
the Secretary of War that the troops will
be hurried TO the Philippines as rapidly as
| they are ready for transportation. Al
| field equipment, including commissary sup
plies, are said to have been amply provid-
| ed for
The evening times., 1899-09-01
Washington street Loafers.

The movement in the police department
to exercise a more stringent supervision
over the loafers who make it disagreeable
for ladies TO walk in the shopping district
will receive the hearty support of all good
citizens. 1t is to be regretted that the size
of the police force will not permit measures
so decided as to abolish this evil at once.
There is altogether too much of it in Wash
ington.
Public opinion, of course, has something
to do with such state of things. So long
as certain class of men think it brilliant
to be cynical or offensive in their attitude
toward women. so long will the loafer
flourish, and one of the influences which
can be brought 10 bear on such men is
public condemnation-the disapproVal Of
! their acquaintance. Of course, some of
them have no friends except among their
Own class; but others have, and one need
not be a Pharisee to disapprove of unmaniy
and discourteous conduct, and show disap-
probation in unmistakable ways. 1t would
be good. not only for the public, but for the
offender himself, if he could be brought to
see that his ways are not amusing in the
least.
One of the curious things which may be
noticed in the comments of certain French
] writers on America is their utter inability
TO comprehend our social system. They
have become convinced that young girls
may, without condemnation, walk abroad
unchaperoned, but they do not see how it
can be so. 1t is to be hoped that the
American will never learn to understand
the Frenchmans attitude in this respect.
We are not a perfect people, but we have
struck out what is to some extent new
line Of conduct in this chivalry toward
women, and 1t is one element in our social
The evening times., 1899-09-01
Mariners, Beacons.
Frnm the London Times.l


A writer claims that extended scientific exami-
nation of the matter, based upon the best OPP
portunitics of judgment, have more and more led
TO conclusions unfavorable to the employment of
the electric are for lighthouse purposes-that, in
clear weather other lighthouse lluminants are
amply sufficient in power, and the electric light
is very apt to mislead the navigator as to his
distance from the light, while in hazy or foggy
weather, repeated observations alike by mariners
and scientific men have shown the nefficiency OF
the new light, even of the most powerful de-
scription, and in lighthouse of the first order,
though this it is admitted may be due in part
to the fact that the rays OF high refrangibility,
such as are emitted by the light in question, are
more largely absorbed by fog than rays of lower
refrangibility that emitted by oil or gas. An
other and more potent cause, in the estimation
of this writer, lies in the very condition which
gives the light its great value for optical
uses. namely, It's concentration in a minute area
compared with oil or gas. but regarded as a posi-
tive disadvantage for lighthouse luminant in
foggy weather.
The evening times., 1899-09-01
A CoIorcd Bishops Error.

Bishop Holsey insists that the more nearly the
negroes attain TO the standard OF Anglo-SaxOn civ
ilization, the more danger OF conflict there will
be the result of inherent race prejudice. But
is il not obvious 10 all that the best educated and
most respectable negroes the very ones whose
character and conduct commend them TO the
whites? Are they not the very ones who may be
depended on TO curb the folly of the ignorant ?
How many industrious and well-educated negroes
have been lynched in the South? Not How
many industrious and fairly educated negroes
stand in fear of mob law as the result of recent
lynchings? Not one.
The whole trouble-or what Bishop Holsey calls
.'the crisis'-grows out of the folly of the negro
politicians, and they are aided to some extent by
many negro preachers who, in order to make
themselves conspicuous. are prone to give their
hearers bad advice. Nobody knows the extent OF
this evil better than Bishop Holsey, who is OF
the ablest men his race has produced.
The evening times., 1899-09-01
OTIS REPORTED TO BE 1LL.
He Is Said to Suffer From Mcian-
chOlia md insomnia

He Is Said to Suffer From McIan-
cholia and Insomnia.
NEW YORK. Sept IA special to the
World from Victoria, B. c., says:
Among the passengers arriving by the
Oriental steamer yesterday were several
direct from the Philippines. among them
being E. Burton Holmes, the Chicago lee
turer; Major Rucker, of the regular cav
airy, and a dozen commissioned off,
GERS and privates on sick furlough
Holmes while in Manila was the guest
for some days of General Otis, whose
health, he says, has become seriously af-
fected by the difficulties and anxieties of
the campaign and outspoken criticism in
duiged in by the home newspapers which
for the present his physicians have advised
him not to read.
He has become a victim to melancholia
and insomnia, and his condition is declared
to be critical. The men of the army, when
asked for information concerning the gen.
erals condition, declined to affirm or deny
the reports given by civilian travellers.
They knew nothing, they said, but this
statement was made with an interchange
of glances indicative that they, too, were
aware that something is amiss.
THE rainy season has set in said one
| of the soldiers, ''and that certainly won't
| help the general.
Its enough to make one feel blue to
| have soldiers sick and dying all around
/ hin,
The evening times., 1899-09-01
THE GOLD OF AFRICA.
War in the TrnnsvaaI Would Affect
the OutDut of Precious Metal

In the opinion of the Director of the Mint
the worlds supply of gold would be seri-
ously affected in the event of war between
Great Britain and the Transvaal Republic
The degree of influence would depend. of
course, on the extent and duration of hos
tilities The Transvaal Republic, il is said,
is at present the largest producer of gold in
the world. and the indications up to the
present time have been that large gains
would be made during the current year in
the output from that part of the world.
THE total output of the Boer Republic
last year" said Mr.. Roberts, was sSS, ,000,-
COO, and that was a great jump from the
year before During the month OF July this
year the gold product of the republic
amounted to over sS.000000, the largest
amount ever taken out in one month. At
this rate each month the yearly product
would be close to s1G0, ,0G0 600. Including
the gold mined in other portions of South
Africa the output would fully reach that
figure" ="
The evening times., 1899-09-01
The Hosts of the Heathen.

According to the latest statistics there are
230 600 900 Catholics 14S, ,O00, 900 Protestants 9s
GOO, 600 followers of the Greek Church, and 176,-
00O, 600 Mohammedans As the population of the
world is estimated at ], 800, ,000, 900, and adding
to the adherents OF the four great religions of the
world 80 000,b00 others for the innumerable be-
liefs with comparatively few followers, there are
left S03 900 people who worship strange gods
or practice curious rites in lieu of religion and
who come within the definition of the ''heathen'' -
for whose conversion large collected
year after year among the churches throughout
the civilized world
The evening times., 1899-09-01

The report is current, and believed, that
Mr.. William Waldorf Astor is about to sell
his New York property to an English syn
dicate for one hundred and fifty million dol
lars. What he wants with so much money it
would be hard to suggest. Perhaps he needs
it in his business of hunting noble pedi-
gree, which becomes all the more necessary
now as. since becoming a British subject
he is not allowed to place before his name
the Questionable title of Honorable, Which
he used to wear as a relic Of service IL
the New York Legislature.
The evening times., 1899-09-01
How Wns II:
From the New Orleans States,

tFrom the New orleans States.J
1t is stated that Capt. Obcrln NJ. Carter, whose
case has brought disgrace on the United States
Army, and at the present time IS the towering
scandal of the Mckinley Administration, has al
ready spent more than 100000 in fees to the
eminent lawyers whom he engaged to defend him.
Captain Carter not OF large financial
resources prior to his connection with the Gov
ernment contract frauds and therefore, it is rea-
sonabe to suppose that the large fees paid to his
lawyers are either a part OF the money he stole
from the Government furnished by the
The evening times., 1899-09-01
system which cannot. with safety or self
respect, be allowed to became less impor-
taut.

Even IL the South African crisis should end
in pitiable slump. our readers need not
despair of some reasonably CORY war news,
and 1t will come from quarter whence the
purveyor will not have TO pay cable tolls
or be subjected to the irritating and caus-
tic blue pencil of the censor. In other
words, former Representative Owens, OF
Kentucky has publicly branded Mr.. Goe-
bel. Democratic candidate for governor, as
murderer liar, and a thief Col. w. G.
P. Breckenridge had previously done pretty
much the same thing, and We are loath to
believe that where there is SO much pow
der-smoke there viii not be little gun-hre.
Ii we are to be disappointed of our prey IN
the Transvaal, let US be thankful that there
is still a sphere of sanguinary interest
somewhere else. All the parties to the
affair SO far are men Of martial tendencies.
Breckinridge has long enjoyed the repu-
tation Of being an expert swordsman, While
Owens and Goebel are known to be handy
with their guns.
The evening times., 1899-09-01

One Of our morning dispatches asserted
that the common people" OF Santo Domin-
go, do not take kindly to the idea of be-
ing ruled by Jiminez. We had suspected
as much; but it is mere important and to
the point, that the uncommon people
Smith NJ Weed and others-want him and
want him badly. That being true. we do
not indulge in any doubt as to his sue
cession to the throne of Heureaux.
The evening times., 1899-09-01
Machine Rule in Favor.

tFrOm The New YORK NAH and ENpress)
One manufacturing firm in Chicago has sent
81, 900 reapers mowers, and harvesters to Europe
already this year, and its export contracts are not
yet completed This is species OF machine rule
to which America offers no objection whatever.
The evening times., 1899-09-01
English Steam PlOws in Hawaii

(From the Philadelphia RecOrd)
While about % per cent OF all the imports of
the Hawaiian Islands arc of American origin, yet
in the item Of steam plows we do not compete
ar all. In 1895 Great Britain sent s36,052 worth
of steam plows TO the Hawaiian Islands and
Germany 9s5 worth.
The evening times., 1899-09-01
CURRENT HUMOR.
Reversing the Rule.

81 suppose said the lawyer to whom she
had applied for advice. that it's the old story
married in haste to repent at leisureY'
WELL that's where you're wrong. was the
prompt reply Il married at leisure 10 repent
in haste"
The evening times., 1899-09-01
Making 1t Useful.
IErom tbe Detroit Free Press }

(From the Detroit Free Pressl
She-Where are you going to spend the sim
mcr?
Helm not going to spend it at all; I'm go
ing 10 save it till next winter and see il can't
get the janitor of the fat to it in the rooms
| occupy.
The evening times., 1899-09-01
A Lofty Soul.

{From the Chicago Record.)
ssWiat is cosmopolitan?''
ssTfe's a man who can go all around the wos.d
without buying souvenir spoon.
The evening times., 1899-09-01

Our steamed contemporary the "Chesa-
peake Oyster" again appears among ouI
most valued exchanges.
The evening times., 1899-09-01

THE TINES, in all its editions Morning, Exen, ,
ing. and Sunday, will be mailed 10 one soore-s ss
for FIFTY CENTS per month Addresses eiahse'
ss often as desired.
The evening times., 1899-09-01

Readers OF THE TIMES who may at any TIM
be u;.able 10 procure copies OF II al any As heMs
stand OF railroad station. or on raliroad u@i,, n
80 confer favor upon the management by
xa,dirg 10 this Office information OF the iacI
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Communications intended for pubiication IN
THE TIMES must be tersely and plainly ~ritteh'
and must in all cases be accompanied ny the
aame and address OF the writer. '-electSu elS I'LL co
,,,,yicsT,ons will not be preserved. and only man,
scripts Of Obvious importance vii! be returned
s.. their authors
The evening times., 1899-09-01

the sun should be represented by cOcOanut.
Perhaps. however, impressive conception
OF the dimensions of the great orb of day may
be obtained in this way: Think Of the moon
the queen of the night, which circles monthly
around heavens. pursuing she does a
| jestie track, at distance Of 100000 miles
from the earth Yet the is vast that il
il were a hollow ball the could revUiye in
the orbit which it now follows and still be en-
tirely enclosed within the suns interior For
every the surface Of our globe there
| more than 10000 acres the surface Of the
great lImiTl2ry- Every portion OF this Iliiulifl-
/ BILE desert Of fame is pouring forth torrents
| heat. II has indeed. been estimated that If the
| heat which i incessantly flowing through auv
| single square foot Of the suns exterior could
! hp collected and applied beneath the boilers os
| an Atlantic liner. it would suffice TO produce
| steam enough Slr-tain in continuous movement
| those enginss Of 5000 horsepower which
| abCs a superb ship to break the record between
| Ireland ard America.
That buildings of extreme height are not en-
| tireIy modern in their conception has lately
| been proven by Pref. LlHciIni. the Roman arch
aeo,osist who has discovered some ancient built
| ing laws Of that city, which restricted the
| eight Of buildings for rrasOns smi ar 10 th0s.
| urged today. illusions frequently made 10
| the great height cf the tenement houses by RO-
| man writers, but definite figures given
| until the time of Augustus. when the HEIGHT OF
| such structures was hn:;ted to sixty feet the
street front IN the rear, however, the buildings
were often several stories higher, and the law
| of Augustus applied oEly TO structures. II
| is stated that thesc Roman buildings had gen
orally ten twelve stories IN The front and four
teen or fifteen in the rear, the lower StCTiCs BE-
ing about eight or ten feet IN height while
| 1t greater distances from the ground the height
was much less. sometimes not even i've feet Il
| is quite certain that the Roman tenement hous-
| es at times were at least 100 feet IN height
1 the street. and I35 to iSD feet in the rear. and
| the changes demanded in the law
| count of the various dangers caused By such
/ buildings II the height Of the stories was no
| greater than that of an apartment of a poor
| family found in a house in Pompei about four
feet three inches. it seems likely that Roman
| tenement house. in point Of number Of stories
] at least, riyaled a modern Office building.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-16
FRIGHT AT A FACE.

He was Os master ana his bonds
Woman; not. however. by any form of
indenture. but by love. Moreover. he
loved me, albeit he vas blind and his
housekeeper's daughter.
That Is, he loved my vosce-the rare
voice that is like delicious musie-even
TO my ears-the rare voice that heaven
gave me in compensation for my
CHASTITY face.
That face! That face! How have
cursed it! How l have cursed the hour
that l was born.
he was my master in more ways
than one. He was a violinist OF mar
velous power. Playing was the delight
Of his life. and when / was only child
he conceived the idea Of teaching me,
and forthwith proceeded to carry the
thing into effect
A passionate lover OF music, | proved
an apt pupil, and. after years of loving.
patient application. developed a power
as marvellous as his own. What strains
we wooed from those two violins at
least 100 years old, 1t seemed as IL
the melodies Of heaven had found their
way to earth under the inspiration of
our touch, and, oh, how the love
burned to our hearts All! what mem
cries these are! But may not linger,
One glorious DAY he called me to him.
and, pillowing my CHASTITY face against
his breast, murmured tenderly:
My darling, my love!-when is ii
to be-"
My master" / half whispered in
tremulous inquiry. sweet Joy at my
heart, for l we'll knew his meaning.
MY darling" he went smiling on,
with his tender kisses and tender ca
resses. My darling, must you have
an outfit beforehand? Cauuo. Mrs
Estelle Vaughn purchase it rs well as
Miss Estelle Rihl?"
my master" l TREMENDOUSLY muir
INJURED again.
MY darling, want my WIFE" he
continued with a certain vehemence
Il want her tomorrow Will she give
herself to me-"
So when the morrow rose | became
Mrs. Estelle Vaughn. Delicious mem
ory!
A month passed-a month Of perfec
bliss to both. At the end of thai
month there was an arrival at the ole
hail. 1t was the proud, neglected sis
ter, whom l had never seen and Rails
ton little expected ever to meet again
She had accidentally learned of hi
marriage and came to inspect thu
bride.
Good heavens!" she exclaimed wheI
he called me to him and tenderly pre-
sented me Good heavens! Ralston
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-16
The Toothsome Octopus.

The use of the octopus as food is,
according to one of our correspond
ents, not a new idea In the fish mar
ket in Jersey this year the blue
gowned women with white starched
caps who preside over wet slate slabs,
usually covered with little heaps of
wrinkles, limpets, aumers, and razor
fish, have already added the octopus
to their usual stock. You may have
your choice of him." writes the CORE
spondent, either dried and smoked to
the semblance of scraps of waste
leather, or fresh and shimmering, a
tangle of repulsive, formless members.
They say that he is good-'Ah! yes!
the cat-o-nine-tail he is very good
m'seu'-but they say the same of the
limpet and the spider crab. You ask
for lobster, the supreme delicacy OF
Jersey. All! no! there is no lobster
mseu; the cat-o-nine-taiI he have
eaten him ALL This is how they ex-
plain the absence of Holsters in all the
picturesque island hooks where a lob.
ster lunch at the hotel pavilion is an
important item of the days enjoy,
ment Certainly, the octopus is there
in large quantities this year, and any
visitor who is gastronomically venture
some might easily get the opportunity
of new and cheap sensation. LON
don Truth.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-16
A Handicapnod Gamma.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer: A
certain Clevelander has in some way
secured quite a reputation for literary
work. He is supposed to do lots of
it, and is looked upon with a feeling
akin to awe by people who are not lit
erary themselves. Not long ago a sis
ter of the genius was asked concerning
her brothers work. It's funny | fail
to see any of it" said the questioner.
Doesn't he ever write anything over
his own name?" II think you have
been misinformed concerning my
brothers talent" said the sister, cold
ly and with great precision. He never
writes anything for publication" And
she said it with an air that implied
that writing for publication was lit
tie too common for any use.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-16
TYPICAL CLIFF DWELLER

Al4lF NV
coveries that they made are merely an
indication of the great discoveries that
might be made IL the cliff dwellings
were excavated on the scale and with
the thoroughness with which Pompel
has been explored.
The rooms showed that the cliff
jewellers deserted the house in hurry
They left many articles OF interest be
hind which they would have taken
along IL their departure had been less
precipitous. Pottery decorated with
unique geometrical designs and glazed
in skillful manner, household uten-
sils, smoking pipes fashioned in the
shape of prickly pears or cactus, and
other articles were found in those two
rooms. The abundance of turkey and
dog bones showed that those animals
were kept in the houses, and attached
to each roof in the communal building
are small turkey corrals four by five
feet and connected with low archways
with the living rooms, just high
enough for turkey to slip through.
In the burial places the remains OF
the ancient race are found invariably
covered with turkey and dog bones.
The bodies are buried in a STOPPING po-
sition, with the heads between the
knees and the feet of all pointing to-
ward a common center.
The most important find was that
of nine skeletons, which are proof that
the ancient cliff jewellers were not In
dams, but were allied to the Caucasian
race. The forehead of the skull is wei,
formed, while the posterior part Of the
| head is almost fiat. In the course OF
| evolution, II is supposed, the incisors
| of the cliff jewellers were transformed
into grinders, for the cliff jewellers
were evidently vegetarians. In theil
houses are found corn, and they evi.
IDENTIFY grew and smoked tobacco.
| Some skulls that we're found in cliff
dwellings on the ella had long rec
hair. In that part of New Mexico were
also found monuments with inscrip.
tions much ike those on Chinese mon
uments, while in other ruins were dis
covered remains of monuments of the
Egyptian type
| The reason for the sudden evacuation
Of Santa Clara cliff dwellings is fount
in the immense stream of lava which
poured forth from a crater only few
miles from Santa Fe and covered man.
square miles with lava and ashes. l
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-16

Yes. yes. know" he Srcaned. Gov
ering his face with his hands and
dropping shudderingly into his seat
But Was SnPieparsd for this! Would
to heaven had kept my blindness and
my happiness"
1t was useless His heart had gone
to the beautiful Lulu. and gradually
the music began TO madden my soul
gradually. gradually. till a certain
morning. when / sprang like a tigress
at his throat.
That brought the end. They took
me to a madhouse; then followed a
wedding in which Lulu figured as a
bride; then my broken-hearted moth
er's death. The countess had won the
game. The mesailisnce was at an end.
Is it wonderful that the violin still
has power to temporarily madden me?
New York News.