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Evening journal., 1900-03-21
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the ground.
Cadet Masters is about to follow
them. His right hand is on the flank
OF the nigh pole horse and he makes
ready to leap forward beyond and 10
the left of the crunching caisson
wheel Then for n moment he looks
ahead. In the direct course of the fy-
ing horses are the hundreds of gath
cred spectators for the great part wo-
men and children. They are sitting as
il paralyzed by the sight of the runn-
way. Masters thoughts act quickly.
There is no time here to spare. He
stands upright on the pole between
the rearmost two Of the maddened
horses. He makes his way slowly for
ward, his hand now upon the back of
one, now upon the back of the other
One slip means instant death beneath
The hoofs or the grinding of the gun
wheels. Masters body sways as the
animals dash over the rough ground
bf the drill plain. He looks ahead once
more. Many of the crowd have sought
safety in fight, but scores Of women
and children are still in the direct
line of danger. Reaching the end of
the swaying pole Masters stands for
one instant erect. Then. just how no
Dne ever knew, he made a flying leap
and landed squarely astride one of the
frenzied leaders. They are within thir-
ty yards OF the group of frightened
Dnlookers. Masters leans forward,
well over the neck of his mount,
grasps the bride at the right side
near the bit, and by a mighty effort
brings the leaders head to the right.
AS if in obedience to the enforced
movement the other leader complies
and there is a slight change of direc-
tion. Once more the cadet brings his
whole force to bear upon the bride
and still further do the runaways
change their course. They are almost
upon the terrified group of people. One
more tugging effort. The leaders are
turned still more and the children un-
der the shade of the elms are saved.
With speed unchecked the horses
aash on. Almost in their path stands a
great tent post. Masters makes an ef-
fort to bring them clear, but only half
succeeding, the wheels crash into the
obstruction and the boy is thrown
headlong to the plain, stunned and
bleeding.
When thought in some degree comes
back and objects shape themselves
once more to his eye he becomes con-
scious that a cadet is bending over
him and saying: "Masters, was the
first one to call you a coward. You've
got more grit than the whole corps Of
cadets put together" A cheer that
came as an echo to the words told
John Masters, coward, that he had
won his case with his comrades.-Chi-
cago Record.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
SHIFTING MEAL HOURS
DINNER WAS ONCE SERVED AT
O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.


Man is not less a gregarious than an
omnivorous animal, and one of his
earliest developments as a social being
was the habit Of dining in company,
says the London Globe.
When his dinner depended mainly on
the spoils Of the chase the hunter made
It as and when he could, being only too
happy to compound with his necessi-
ties on that footing. But as society
took form and ideas arose, men began
to realize the convenience and even
the obligation of a fixed hour.
But this has always shown the most
accommodating spirit. IL has adapted
itself to the demands OF progress and
the behests of fashion; it has, in fact,
yielded to the necessities and even the
whims Of society in all ages.
Now, the word dinner" is etymOlogi-
.cally obscure, and has been very loose
ly applied. Whatever II once denoted
1t now means our principal meal; and
while doctors generally are disposed to
think that IL is partaken of at too late
an hour, the investigators of ancient
manners point to the fact that me-
diaeval Europe "dined" at 9 or 10 in
the morning
And so has been established the fall
lacy that in the course of our or five
centuries the dinner hour has gone
completely round the clock As a mat.
ter Of fact, it has made about half that
journey
The hour for taking the meal spoken
OF In the old records as dinner" has
changed from in the morning till
about ! p. M, while the so-called Sup
per time shows a similar variation in
having shifted from 4 in the afternoon
to s or 3 o'clock in the evening.
Dinner at II and supper at 4 was the
custom under the earlier Tudors. while
In the reign of Elizabeth these meals
were severally advanced to IL a. m
and in the afternoon. This relative
progression continued. and in the time
OF Charles III dinner was taken ut Il
or ! and supper at or o'clock.
In the reign of Anne the dinner
assumed something of its modern sig.
niiicance. Attention began to be con.
centrated upon it, and supper to plaN
less important part. The former stii
continued to get later. and finally sup.
per was pushed over the edge Of tn,
night"
With the accession Of the house o.
brunswick, dinner became, in fact
the principal meal Of the day. Foul
o'clock was the court hour in tn,
earlier part of George IIrs long reign
while during the regency and reign q
his successor it crept gradually onwar,
to 6. William w left it at z, and soor
after the queens accession s o'clocl
was regarded as the correct" time
The doctors protested but fashion pre-
vailed
What 1t may be in the twentieth cen
tury Is a forecast not likely to be ven
tured on.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
CADET MASTERS.

First call for parade had sounded at
West Point and the cadets had gath
cred in little groups on the infantry
plain, laughing and chatting while
waiting for the drums to roll off the
fall in." 1t IS the close of rare June
day and the sun sinking behind the
ruined battlements of old Fort Put
man, towering westward of the bar
racks, throws the slowly lengthening
shadow of the old revolutionary relic
across the parade ground.
There is unusual jollity in 'D' COM
pany tonight. The names of the cadet
officers for the coming year have been
announced, and of the cadets who will
wear chevrOns a large number have
been chosen from the boys Of this
command. The unlucky ones are busy
congratulating their fortunate fellows
and giving them the initiatory back
slapping usual on such occasions. AL
together there is a good deal of noise
and skylarking being crowded into
that brief interval between drums.
At a little distance from the rollick-
ing gray-clad groups stands a cadet
leaning on his rifle. He is taking no
part in the fun of his fellows. John
Masters, that is his name, is a tall,
well-l1nit boy with a face that is per
haps grave and thoughtful beyond
years. He has been at West Point
full year now and is a full-hedged
third classman, or 'yearling,n as the
cadets prefer to call it. John Masters
is cut by nearly all his fellow cadets.
The few who speak 10 him do so only
on rare occasions, for the cadets have
pronounced this boy a coward. When
he reported at the academy for some
weeks his course ran as did that Of
the other cadets. He took his hazlng
goOd-naturedly, and there was moth
ing to mark him different from his
comrades. Then one day by the usual
order from the superintendent the
new cadets were formed into two Sec
tiOns for the purpose of taking dane
ing lessons. The corps of cadets was
something more than mildly aston
ished the next day when a special or
der from General o. o. Howard, the
superintendent was read excusing
cadet John Masters from attendance
at the dancing class on account Of
expressed conscientious scruples
against dancing" Such thing as this
had never happened before in the
whole history of the academy. The
cadets laughed at Masters little and
most of them called him a "milksOp.'' -
1t was MOI until a month after this,
however, that the real trouble Of the
new cadets life began. In accordance
with old-time cadet usage it seemed
to the body of the boys that certain
class difficulty made it necessary for
Masters to engage in a fight with an
upper classman behind the ramparts
Of old Fort Clinton, which for eighty
years had been the place where cadets
settled their difficulties with their
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
Good Complexion.

The complexion of the dairymaid is
envied. The kitchen maid has a good
complexion, since by her exercise the
enormous system Of little spiral
glands which pierce with their count
less mouths her skin and that Of her
mistress alike are kept wide open by
her in her daily toll, while my lady's
are usually in a state of quiescence,
choked by the accumulated layers of
epithelium, which her lack Of vigorous
exercise and her ignorance Of the
proper methods of bathing have per
mitted to accumulate, says Harpers
Bazaar.
My lady goes to specialists for her
liver, her digestion, her neuralgia and
her rheumatism. not realizing that she
is being poisoned from her neglect
that the impurities which the skin
should cast of are kept in the body,
poisoning by degrees her whole sys-
tenn. She would repudiate with scorn
and deny with tremendously offended
dignity that she bathed herself imper.
fectlyi nevertheless, her skin is some.
what In the condition. OF the Vanished
frog.
The difference is oniv Of degree.
The vanished frog c.l .eu because
he could not get rid of the impurities
OF his system by means Of these
glands; my lady dies by inches be
cause her glands do only a small part
Of the duties assigned TO them.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
Toastlnq the General.

At family party where young peo-
pie predominated, the grandmother Of
dozen lively boys and girls suggest
ed a game which had been in vogue
in her childhood. With the substitu-
tion of the name of the President for
that she gave, the game was played
with great success and much merri-
ment.
1T was called 'Toasting the Cen
eral, she said, 'and was handed
down from my grandmother, who was
a contemporary of George Washington.
The boys and girls were seated
around the table, and a glass of water
was placed before each one. The lead
er took up his glass, saying gravely,
I drink to the health of Gen. George
Washington Then he nodded his
head once, took one sip of water, and
touched the bottom of his glass once
to the table before setting it down.
He then patted the table once with
his right hand and the floor once with
his right foot. This formula went
around the table.
Next the leader said, I drink for
the second time to the health of Gen.
George Washington. AS he took up his
glass he nodded twice, took two sips
of water, touched his glass twice to
the table, patted the table twice with
his left hand and the floor twice with
his left foot. This again went the
rounds.
"Then the leader raised his glass
again, saying, I drink for the third
and last time to the health of Gen.
George Washington! nodded three
times, took three sips of water. touch
ed his glass three times TO the table,
patted the table three times, first with
his left and then with his right hand,
and the first with his left and then
with his right foot
This ended the game. save for the
forfeits which were called in conse-
quence of mistakes. And there was
scarcely a person in the room who
had not nodded or slipped in the wrong
order, or patted too many or too few
times. or with the wrong hand or foot; /;
so there was much sport"
Fun. as we'll as history repeats it,
self, and the same old-time game was
nounced one OF the best forfeit plays
the boys and girls had ever tried
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
Russian Wolf Story.

"Well," said the red-faced man, the
most exciting case 1 ever had hap.
pened a few days ago in Russia. One
night, when sleighing about ten miles
from my destination, l discovered, to
my intense horror, that / was being
followed by a pack of wolves. l fired
blindly into the pack, killing one of
the brutes, and to my delight, saw the
others stop to deyour it.
''After doing this, however, they still
came on. l kept on repeating the dose,
with the same result and each occasion
gave me an opportunity to whip up
my horses. Finally there was only one
wolf left, yet on it came, with its
fierce eyes glaring in anticipation of a
good. hot supper"
Here the man who had been sitting
in the corner burst forth into a fit Of
laughter.
''Why, man." said ne, "by your way
Of reckoning that last wolf must have
had the rest of the pack inside OF
himw
"Ahw said the red-iaced man, now
] remember, it did wabble a bit. -
London TitBits.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Wherever partisan election laws ex-
lst they should be fought with vigor
and persistency. They are an offense
against freedom. The Goebel law
probably the worst of the whole vile
variety-has broken down after the
pounding administered TO it during
one energetic campaign. and all laws
elsewhere that in the least degree re-
semble it should be similarly disposed
OF as speedily as possible.-Washing-
ton Star
The -four trust tumbled into the
hands Of receivers because It tried tc
buy too many new mills. There are
limits to the reach of the arms OF even
the most gifted octopus. II is not al
all curious to see with what ease the
trusts fall 20 pieces when they violate
business principles, and how staunch
they are when properly and nationally
managed, in spite OF all the damnablC
faces made at them by the statute
bOOk.-New York Sun.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
JACOB TnME nsrArr

Elkton, Nd, March 21.-The second
account Of Mrs. Evelyn S. Tome and
Peter u. Tome, executors Of the late
Jacob Tome was passed bv the Or.
phans Court in special session yester.
uay' Inc account shows that the ex-
eeulors Dy the second account will dis
trlpute S4l2,83l.47 of which amount
Mrs Tome gets $3,OS0.65. and the resi-.
uue, with the exception OF 1871. .79. goes
20 the Jacob Tome Institute, amountine
tc Si0S,379.O3, leaving for future dis.
tribution $4,000. In addition to m,
amount transferred to Mrs. Tome h,
this account, she has received the sun
OF SfSA25O. In addition to the amount
winch goes to the Tome Institute. Mr.
ONE IN his lifetime endowed the i'm.
sutute with over 1000 600.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2i. 1900

How would it do for the city, instead
OF paying the S. p. c. A. 81 500 a year
for the care Of a herd of vagrant ours
to pass an ordinance Q) requiring
every dog resident in. or visiting, the
city, to be licensed; CD forbiddlng any
person to permit dog under his or her
care TO run at large or free upon the
streets; and 90 commanding police
men TO asphyxiate and then annihilate
ON sight-every dog found at large
upon any public street or in any public
place or elsewhere. The Society foi
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a
commendable organization; but is the
care Of few superfuous and useless
dogs sufficient reason for pensioning
Il?
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
CHARGED WITH LARCENY

Officers Maloney and Mclaughlin ar
rested Frances Jazodvinski. a Polish
woman aged about 40 years. Of No. 1Og
hlru street, on the charge of the lar
eeny OF a set Of lace window curtains
rom Charles ropkis. of No. 4O7 Kinp
street, and also a quantity of drese
sooas from Emma Goldberg of No
40 King street When taken into ems.
loay the goods were found upon ths
woman and she also carried two has.
kets containing a lot of provisions
She will be given a hearing 49,. haso-e
Judge Ball tonight 'O'
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
DOMESTIC MATTERS.
a Few Notes of Interest to the House.
wife.


wife.
Moisture is the great enemy Of the
Piano. and it cannot be, too carefully
guarded against
Skim milk is very useful for wash
Ing floor tiles, and gives them a better
appearance than hot water.
New linen is very hard to work up
on, and If not previously rubbed with
yellow soap is apt TO break needles.
When cleaning greasy boots rub
them over with ashes before backing,
and they will brighten more quickly.
When making cold water starch, II
put to soak few hours before mix
ing 1t will be found 10 be much
smoother.
When a lamp wick Is a trihe tight
for its tube and win not move up and
down easily, draw one or two Of the
threads from one side.
To make the cutting of beeswax
quite easy, have a jug Of boiling water
in which to dip your knife frequently
70 keep it hot.
A good varnish for linoleum-A little
glue diluted in water "a pennyworth
to a pint Of water) makes a splendid
yarnish for oilcloth.
Glasses that are used for milk
should be thoroughly rinsed in cold
water before they are washed. Hot
water drives the milk into the glass
Color taken out of linen by careless
washing or otherwise may be restored
by immersing the articles in a solution
of one part Of acetic acid to twelve
parts of water.
Excellent lamp wicks may be made
out Of mems soft felt hats, by cutting
them into slips the width you want
your wicks and letting them soak II
vinegar for a couple Of hours, ther
drying them.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21


fists. Masters said: There is no rea-
son for my fighting; / do not believe
in it, While l will always defend my
self from assault and resent an in
tended insult I viii under no circum-
stances engage in an arranged fight.
1t is against my conscience"
The cadets at once voted Masters a
coward and cut him off from all COM
radeship. His roommate secured 9TH
er quarters and the ostracism was
made complete.
1t is mid July at the academy, one
month after the opening scene of this
story. The first-class men are drilling
with the heavy "seacoast guns"
which frown over the parapets near
the north pier The third-class men,
standing in detachments by the cais-
sons and light field pieces on the ar
tiilery plain, are waiting the ringing
trumpet signal, "Cannoneers, mount"
In front Of the white-tented camping
ground, under the shade of the great
elms. are gathered hundreds of spec
tators, mostly women and children,
waiting eagerly for the yearlings' in
spiriting artillery drill. The trumpets
sound Mount" and the cannoneers
spring to their seats on caisson and
! timber chest. There are four horses
/ two leaders and two at the pole for
each piece and its attached timber. On
the extreme left of the battery is the
field rifle, TO which Cadet Masters is
assigned. He has sprung to his place
on the timber chest and is sitting
! there with folded arms, facing for
ward with his feet upon the pole be-
/ tween the flanks of the rear horses.
On either side Of him. facing to the
rear is another cadet, his companion
cannoneer for the drill. The horses
/ drawing the Timber chest and its at
/ tached field piece ae a recent govern
ment purchase. They are absolutely
new to the drill and are restive and
frightened. The two enlisted men.
whose duty II is to ride one leader and
one wheel horse and to act as drivers
during the evolution, have slipped to
the ground for a moment to adjust
a twisted trace.
At this instant there comes from be-
low the hill. where the senior cadets
/ are at work with the great guns the
heavy reverberating boom of the gi-
ant twenty-ton smooth bore. The four
mettlcsome horses attached to Cadet
Masters feld-piece and Timber jump
forward without the warning of a
fraction of a second hurting the two
enlisted men to the ground and dash
ing forward in wild fight over the ar,
tillery plain dragging as though It
were but a feather, the ammunition
chest and the three inch rife The two
cadets who are Masters fellow can
uoneers. with the ease born Of train
ing, Jump from IL, timber chest clear
Of tnc laundering wheels Of the trail.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
CLERICAL ERROR CAUSES MERRI
MENT.

A clerical error has caused much
amusement among regular republicans
at Glasgow. On Saturday Delaware
Clark and Jehu Davis were to have
been voted for by the secretary for
delegates to the state convention, at
Dover. The weather was bad and a
number of men congregated at the
place where the polls were to have
been opened II was suggested that
since there was no contest an election
be held. Immediately tickets were
written out by Senator Samuel AL
richs. Mr.. Alrichs wrote the name of
Harry Ellison in place OF Jehu Davis,
having seen Mr.. Ellison's name men
toned as a delegate in the news
papers. The mistake was not discov-
cred until after the polls closed. Now
the joke Is on Mr.. Alrichs. Mr.. Davis
as was intended, went as a delegate tc
Dover Notwithstanding the mistake.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
NO CLUE no MorHER

The police have found no clue tbal
would lead to the identity of the p1otbel
.oI the infant left at the home of Rob
.ert Ferguson, No. 1914 Wasbingto,
street last evening. Although N,
babe was well and warmly dressed. ,
note was pinned to its coat. whict
would lead to the belief that its moth.
er was destitute and unable to car,
Tor IT, II has been placed in the st
Michael's Day Nursery. pending an in.
vestigation.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
sLADE STILL IN ouARANTINr

The schooner Nellie NJ. slade. which
passed up the Delaware river nearly
Two weeks ago, is still in quarantine
below Philadelphia. DIR. NJ. J. White
OF the United States Marine Hosnitot
service Is authority for the statement
mat there is not a single case of sick.
ness on the boat, and why CAPTAIN
James Montgomery and his crew of ten
men have been detained twelve days /.
a mystery. II is understood that ther,
Is plague at Santos, Brazil, from which
port the slade left.
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
VIII PosITIVRLY lave A rEAnL

J. Albert Curry has received a letter
from Horace S. Fogel, sporting editor
OF the Philadelphia Public Ledger. and
president of the Atlantic League. al
Mr. Fogel's suggestion. Mr.. Curry mas
made arrangements with the athletic
committee Of the Rrownson Library
Association to meet this afternoon
with officials Of the Atlantic League
With a view Of making some arrange
ments for the use Of the Front and
Union streets baseball grounds for the
coming season. Mr.. Fogel states posi-.
lively that there will be league team
mere TINS season, which has already
been formed
Evening journal., 1900-03-21
NATIONAL ISSUES ANNoIrNcEn


NATIONAL ISSUES ANNOUNCED
The Nebraska democratic platform
inspired and approved by Bryan. IL NOT
written by him, must be regarded as
the formulation of the national issues
for his party; he being its dictator. In
deed he has the right to be such. since
he is its creator.
The platform, as almost any political
platform must, in spite Of its ruling
purposes. contains some propositions
that loyal citizens Of the republic can
and do approve; but in the main il is
anti-American, copperhead, socialistic
anaTchistic and vicious. Il is TO be in
ferred that the democrats do not do-
sire any naturalized Englishmen to
vote their ticket since they declare I'm
favor Of the Beers now at war with
England.
The Nebraskans favor amendments
to the Federal Constitution authorizing
an income tax and the election ot
United States senators by direct popu-
LAT VOTE lhey oppose government by
injunction" and favor arbitration fer
labor disputes. They approve municipai
ownership Of franchises and the princi.
pie Of the initiative and referendum
They favor liberal pensions TO soldier,
under proper restrictions; the construc.
tion and fortihcation Of the Nicaraeus
canal by the United States: unceasins
warfare against the trusts. and III,
free coinage Of gold and silver at th,
l6 to / ratio. They condemn the Ding
ley tariff law as oppressive and extor
tionate and the Porto Rico tariff bin a.
violation Of organic law and a breacl
Of good faith.
The declaration upon the mone-
question is so glaringly populistic tha
it calls for reproduction verbatim:
Instead Of system which woult
chain our nation to the gold standard
and compel it to participate in all III,
disturbances which come to European
Evening journal., 1900-03-21

nations, we demand an American finan-
cial system, made by the American peo-
pie for themselves, to be secured by the
Immediate restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage Of gold and silver al
the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, with.
ont waiting for the aid or consent Of
anv other nation