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charnctrr md rhysiognomy.

The American Modern Language Asso-
,-fstion met recently at Columbia Univer-
sitv. aud an observer states that so far as
appearances went the members might
have been stock brokers or railroad man
ayers. They were college professors and
instructors. belonging TO a distinct class
IN the community. yet there was nothing
about their dress or appearance to iudi-
cate that they were different from any
company OF business men.
1t is lust possible that the observer in
question was less keen of perception than
he might have been. for the men who make
IN the association in question are GER
1ainly different in type from the average
stock broker or merchant. The variation
s. subtle but unmistakable. a life given
10 study and research generally gives a
man q different air from one spent in oc-
tive contact with men and the study OF
The stock market. But there is much less
difference in the outward garb OF men IN
general than there used to be, and il is
true enough that such a company as that
described would wear the conventional
business earb. with nothing to distinguish
them from thousands Of other men walk
j,g in the streets of New York. There
VAS a time when this was not so.
ON the stage, where outworn types are
ant to linger longest, we still see the be-
spectacled professor of mathematics, long
haired and absent-minded; the scientist
with his butterfly net and broad-brimmed
hat The portIy and side whis1ered banker
and the farmer with iH-ftting clothes and
untrimmed gOatee But, as matter ol
fac these typical figures are now rare.
The thin. dreamy looking youth with
spectacles. whom you take for q student
may turn out to be a keenwitted dr.
GOODS salesman. and the young man VOL
would suspect OF prizefghtng may be 4
teacher OF English literature or the author
az The last romantic novel. There is M
longer a. distinctive garb for the variou
professions, and. as Washington knows b.
experience il is not always easy to tel
al a glance whether the convention whicl
bappqns TO be in session is composed o
Bsptist clergymen OF orthodox conviction
or physicians who believe in Darwin an
not much else. The typical statesma
has almost vanished from the halls c
Congress. and some Of the members
our local Board OF Trade look as il the
might be doctors of divinity.
To a close observer of human nature I'll
study Of faces affords a neyer-failing souT'
Of amusement and instruction In tn
country We have had such thorough mi1
Iug-up Of natlonalties. classes. profession
and traditions, that the pure type Is rar
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
Lawyers License,

To The Editor Of The Times:
wish 10 thank you for your Just and dis
eliminating words regarding the MOlileuN case,
and particularly for your stand against Mr.
O,borue's attack upon Mrs. MolineuX. have
beep waiting 90 see ii some one with the soul and
bravery of a man would not take this up.
Can Won predicate much OF a community and OF
Jury where such a thing could pass unrebuked
1t is not mere sentimentaiism, but sn enduring
fsct that the best men respect women, and IN
,-,n,eu's genuine helpeSsness none but towards
viii attack them Was 1t not enough Tor the
,,y,,secuiiou to seek a verdict that would cost
lie prisoDer MS lie without stabbng TO the heart
me woman he had marriedG Was she also on
Trials And are all persons unfortunate enough
fo he drawH into a criminal case. in whatever
manner 10 be at the mercy Of an opposing eoun
seI-their Characters on trial, subject 10 any
vicious charge OF insinuation he may choose e
maker
lie case shall Promuigate ISLANDERS, Willy anS
ineult witnesses. ard be they innocent OF othe
g-iSe inaict wounds upon their regulations tina
mev never be healed? Is there no redress for sucl
things. Il hVAAN-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
BRADSTREEFS WEEKLY REPORT
The Aggregate Business of the Coun-
try in Good Volume.


NEW YORK. Feb. IL radstreet says.
Satisfactory adyices as to expanding
spring trade in dry goods and kindred
lines come from a number Of markets.
That the aggregate business Of the coun-
try is OF good volume otherwise is. how
ever. indicated BY detailed reports OF in
creases in trade. as compared with last
year, confirmed BY satisfactory earnings
of railroads, by fair gains in bank clear
ings. and by reports Of better demand for
money in commercial channels.
In fact. unseasonably mild weather has
had an appreciates effect upon several in
dustries notably those engaged in the
manufacture Of footwear. IN discouraging
sales OF the same, actually causing the
shutdown Of some rubber Manufacturers,
and also in the lumber and ice business
"Higher prices for ice seem absolutely
certain and IL is interesting TO note that
complaints Of a short crop come not only
from the Hudson and New England river
valleys. but from points as far north as
3 Nova Scotia.
/ ANY review OF trade would be incom-
plete if il failed 10 take into account the
existing situation Of our export trade. Not
withstanding the heavy shrinkage in ship
ments of agricultural products. notably
breadstufis animals, provisions and cot
ton. there is an actual gain shown IN me
total Of January exports over year a=o
and in fact over every preceding Janu-
ary recorded. due 10 largely increased ship
ments Of American manufactured goods
Imports are steadily expanding, ana I'm
( proved buying power is indicated by The
quantity Of luxuries now arriving Janu'
ary receipts Of champagne at New fori
are reported to have been the heaviest eVel
I recorded in that month
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
THE PRESERVATION OF FORESTS
Investigations Proposed by the De-
pnrIntenI OF AEricuIture.

The Division OF Forestry Of the Depart
merit Of Agrlcultura. has selected sou h
crn California as the field for exhaustive
Investigations for the purpose of securing
accurate knowledge OF the relation Of for
ests 90 the volume of streams. This has
become an important question in those
parts OF the United States where there axe
extensive numbering interests, and has
caused d wide diversity OF opinion among
scientific men. The best center for the
coming experiments has been decided to
be the watershed in the San Bernardine
Mountains where the Mohsve River has its
source
4 comprehensive study Of the several
distinct types Of country in the region will
DO made. the food capacity OF streams will
be carefully noted ard every detail that
viii give information fer future reference
/ viii De noted. In the district there ar5
/ three types OF land, the brush-coyere1
district OF Holcomb shed. the denuded for
/ est land and that now covered by heavy
1 virgin forest called the Deep Creek shed
/ Early next summer II is intended 20 eN-
! pertinent along the same lines in the *
( tremC distribution OF the trees OF tn
/ Rocky Mountains for the benefit OF tree
( planter on The plains. the successful
( growing OF trees Icing largely matte
/ Of these hes, adapted to the conditions o
| climate and soil. There is reason 10 be
! lieve that the trees Of the Rocky Noun
/ tairs. being accustomed 10 az arid region
! will grow well en- the plains, and posi-
/ tive information on this score is desjr
ebie
The Efforts OF the Government to in
ducc the adoption OF cons aryatiye lumber
ing ia order To preserve the forests fTo-
/ destruction. have been appreciated by th
I numbering interests There IS, therefore
reason 20 feel that no great harm viii l.
done 10 the immense forests Of the Pacih
slope. as the people realize that they al
| the agents OF their own wealth. aud il
10 their interests TO look out for the fO-
|
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The connection between costly floods
and the destruction OF forest areas has
long since been established. Nature in
tended her wooded acres for other pur-
poses than supplying lumber and fuel.
Dense growths of trees and underbrush
tend to regulate the accumulated snow and
ice when the vernal period approaches,
thus holding back great volumes of water
and preventing rivers and their tributaries
from being oyertaNed a. carriers When
the trees are cut down. leaving immense
stretches Of mountainous country practi-
cally bare the first warming sun Of spring
reaches the unshielded snow, converting it
RAPIDLY into water and pouring it into the
natural drainage arteries faster than they
can carry il away. The necessary Jesuit
is the sudden upheaval OF the ice, the for
nation OF gorgcs and consequent damage
at every city or village along the naviga-
bic waterway.
The movement for forest preservation,
, becauce Of The aceumulating penalties 81
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17

Out OF a hundred faces you may see III 'ne
street uinety-uine are mixtures Of at least
two or three types. A mans occupation Is
often determined. net by his natural bent
brr nv circumstances. and in this country
circumstances and heredity are often de-
cidedly at variance Thus we find the de-
scendant of a long line of country clergy
men compelled 10 be a. merchant or me-
chanic; the intellect, self-conuol, and
constituencies inherited from his ancestors
may If he falls into the right place. make
him d rich man. or they may pauperlze
him In the ordinary course OF things he
would have gone into one o! the protes-
sicus Again. we find crude ambition in the
son of a farmer which leads him to become
o physician. when he is about as well fitted
for that occupation as his fathers oxen are
to compete with thoroughbred ace horse
! II be happens 10 live in "A place where there
( are 10 physicians eNcep- himself. he may
make a good living. though his patients
viii have a vceful time OF IL. And so II
I goes In addition 40 all this chaotic con-
. Hict between character and circumstance
yye have the curious phenomenon Of the
/ man who inheriJs face without The char
/ acter which goes with it. He may have
/ mind sensitive TO all beautiful things. in
1 herited from some refined ancestor, anc
! with it the face OF ploughboy; or he ma!
come of refined aud intelligent parents an'
be q barbarian. Hence the student o
physioguomy quickly learns 90 judge mt
not by their features so much as by thei
! expression TO see the difference betwee'
the mans face as il was given to him a
birth. and the character which is shapin
I tbst ga.a Ia taNa.t irSaIf
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
DUN's TRADE REVIEW
business Hampered by Labor
Troubles in Chicago.

Troubles in Chicago.
NEW YORK. Feb. 17.-Dun's weekly re-
view II trade says:
Bus iaess continues larger than ever at
this season i'm amount OF payments and on
the whole as large as ever in retail de-
liyeries. though new transactions do not
yet give assurance that e viii hold al the
same rate. Conditions affecting new orders
and contracts have changed in some re-
spects most favorably. while other changes
tend 10 restrict operations for time. but
a conservative jul gInent Of the conflicting
tendencies appears TO warrant strong hope
Monetary fears are cleared away 10y
the remarkable increase IN nanutactureo
evDorrs which exceeded in January by
81 $50 600 the heavy decrease Of SIC, t0'"v'
IN exports OF the great staples. Though
Z imports also increased 3O-z per cent ir
( January. the excess Of exports over i'm
ports was 81 .Te3 500 in merchandise. ant
ret exports or gold amounting 10 $3.lta.oI
I for the month relieved urgent needs ID
/ Europe
| important branches OF business arr
/ hindered By labor troubles, Of which Jh,
building trade strike or Chicago EfIe rs th'
! greatest number OF contracts Tor industrial
Z products, and the labor and wages 81 tho
/ greatest Humber OF men
The rise Of cotton 10 = &c has caused
such increase iu receipts aud IN purchase
for export that reaction would ordnarll.
follow Goods have been further ad
vauced The rise IN wheat also brings 90
larger Western receipts. but Atlantic eN
ports in two weeks have been only $50,
41S bushels against Z, 1872 49t last year
The price closed l-2c higher foT the wees
Railroad earnings on the Baltimore an
Ohio and some other lines are surprising
/ large. and on all roacs reporting for IA
( first week Of February, 10 per cent large
than last year and 2l.5 per cent larger tina
/ in 1898.
The suit OF Mr.. Prick against the Car
| negie company 10 obtain an accountn
/ and settlement. disclOses enormous profit
made when prices OF steel prOCucts double
last year. but when peace was kept hy IN
gigantic iron and steel combinations. Tha
, results Of great importance may Spin
from a contest Affecting he control OF s
, many iron works Is evident The ne
2 sheet steel company has united owners
s $50 mills. il is said but four widciy-hnoT
concerns controlling siNty-Gye mills. re
] fused 10 iOin
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
Stocking superstitIons
Grom Notes and Querie-.)

(fTOm NOtc0 anN VNVTIt7.I
On the Welsh border 10 used 60 he considered
that the rcst precaution against wi,hcraft was to
wear the left stocking wrong side out lhi, leads
rs 10 another kind Of superstition connected with
the harmless, necessary hose-their value, when
properly worn or arranged as charms OF q pro
tectious against sickness or pain. II you viii only
take the trouble when you 20 10 hod 10 cross
,o,,r stocLings and shoes you will be quite safe
from the grip or cramp. Again. il you hang your
Stockings crossyse at the foot Of the bed, with a
min stuck in them you need have no fear OF night
marc. tbe bag has holy horror OF cross and pm
W;sescres have also been heard 20 declare that
If YOU viii always put your left stoekins and
shoe on first you viii enjoy immunity nom tooth
ache This however, Che most supetsuuous ol
mortals viii likely take leave to doubt
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
SILK-SPINNING SPIDERS.
Interesting Facts Reported by a Con-
sui in Venezuela.

Consul Plumacher IN a report tc the
State Department from MIrac1ibo. says
thar large siIk-spinIius spiders are found
i'm the palm trees u Venezuela Some
produce white, some ellov. silk The TX
ha- been made into sSudAcrchjeis- a COPS
CI the report. tOgelu-r with a specimen
O. SIX which accompanied it, was re-
fc4r,d 10 the pepari n-nt % Agriculture.
Under T1te II JaEus~, .. i5t=, the
eu5umologist SAYS JhIJ silk produced IN
this way cannot be made valuable com
nc IiSNy. because OF tle Troublesome
necessity of keeping h. spiier= separated
To- event their deyuIT-nE each Cher
Their food being 'nsc-is. this also If
wolves considerable labor in Supplying
then Attempts &c atC.zr Ihe silk o. 4
EfoCa. scar spider or tn same specie
SCTlc years ago result I III the discovers
thai he product was more expensive Jaar
ordinary silk.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
AFTER THE CORPORATIONS.
Chicago Tying To Prevent Evasion
of T=Xe-.

CHICAGO. Feb. 17.-Chicago corpora
tions have succeeded IN evading the pay
ment of millions OF dollars in taxes law
fully due, according to figures Of the Chi
cago Teachers Federation Committee
which for The past six weeks has been in
vestigating the tax books. How this was
done and By whom will be made known
to the public at D meeting to be held in
Central Music Hall. and disclosures OF an
important nature are promised by Miss
Catherine Goggiu and Miss Margaret \.
Haley. who have been making the re
searches.
The railroads, the committee asserts. are
the greatest offenders, but many other
large corporations will come in for good
share of attention at tie meeting. among
them being the People Gas Light and
Coke Company and the street railways.
THE Peoples Gas Li,lt Company owes
! in taxes this very minute over 100000,
] said Miss Haley
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
AN ADVERSE REPORT.
General Wilson Against the sale OF
Certain Government PROPERTY.

General Wilson Against the sale OF
Certain Government PROPERTY.
General Wilson. Chief OF Engineers OF
the Army. has submitted 10 the Secretary
of War an adverse report on the bill au-
rhorizing LiyyIefeld, Alvord < co, 90 Pur-
chase the plot OF ground at the foot Of
Twenty Street on the Potomac
River. the extreme western part OF POtO-
mac Park
Littlefeld. Alvord & Co had leased the
property Of the War Department and had
constructed i wharf upon it, under an
agreement made in 1892 They sought by
the bill TO obtain by purchase permanent
possession Of the ground General Vii
son was ordered by the Secretary of War
to look into the matter His report has
been forwarded 20 the Committee on the
District Of Columbia for the Senate. The
report strongly condemns the policy Of al
lowing private individuals 10 encrOach Oh
the Government reservations. He say.
that for some time the advisability OF dis
possessing those who hold Government
properly under lease has been considered
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
The Editors Mistake.



Editors have their troubles. one OF these men,
who prcsidcs over the destinies Of Western
newspaper. is mourning the loss OF two sub
scribers One wrote asking how to raise his
twins safely, while the other wanted to know
how he micll rid his orchard OF grasshOpperS.
The answers vent forward by mail. but by aC-
cident the editor put them in the wrong envel-
ones so that the with the twins received
the answer:
Cover them carefully with straw aud set fire
10 it, and then the little pests, after Jumping
ia the flames for a few minutes, will be speed
ilv settled"
And the man with the erasshoppers told
TO s'eive castor Oil and rub their gums with z
bone
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TO MOVE BY SPECIAL TRAIN.
Offices Of Two Corporations tn LeaV'
Chicago for New York.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-THE offices and Of
fee force Of tire American Tinplate Com
pany and the National Steel Company will
be taken to New York next Thursday. A
special train of four Pullman cars and four
express cars. having on board seventy-ifVe
employees of the American Tinplate Com
pany and twenty-five of the employees OF
the National Steel Company. together with
the books aud Office furniture OF both con
Germs. Will leave Chicago over the Penn
syIvania Road and run on express schedule
direct to Jersey City. The passengers and
freight will be ferried to Manhattan and
there installed in new offices in the Bat
terry Park Building at the lower end of the
island
The primary cause of the migration O
The two concerns to New York is the fac
that the laws there are easier on corpora
lions of their character.
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AN ANTITRUST PAPER.

Hts FIRST Issue Promises 10 BE N Note
worthy One
CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-As an echo oil the
antitrust conference comes the announce
Iaent that the American Antitrust Jour
nal VIII appear tomorrow. W. T. Biggs
is the editor and Daniel L. Bruce, the
business manager. some $4,000 copies of
The paper will be spread over the country,
but the management is prepared to print
~. 600 copies IL necessary. II is hoped that
the paper will be self-supporting
Volume ]. No. l. will contain the full
proceedings of the recent conference.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
THE BATTLEsHIP KEARsARGE.
The vessel VIII BE Ready to Go Into
Commission Next Tuesday.

COMMISSION NcAA AhtSuNH'
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Feb 1.-THE
battleship Kearsarge will be ready to go
into commission next Tuesday. A force OF
men is working on the ship day and night
in order to have every detail complete b.
that time The ship IS finished, and it only
remains to clean her up. The admiral s
quarters and the officers wardrooms are
completely furnished.
The officers quarters of the kearsarse
are the finest on any battleship in the
world. T. is said. All of the guns are
aboard. and if Captain Folger decides to
take the ship out on February 20 10 test
the suDerimposed turrets the vessel will
be ready.
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GcncrnI MoIineux,s Letter.

The manly letter of General N'iineuN
TO the public. published in New York TINS
morning viii touch the heart OF every
American Who has a spark Of sympathy
for human suffering in his nature. or VINO
is normal enough to resent vindictiNe per
secution Of crushed and broSen-hearted
women in open court by officials whose
proper business II is to see the law yindi-
Gated. but who do not thereby acquire the
right TO indulge personal malice or TO prac-
tice cruelty and brutality for which they
cannot be held accountable by any power
save that Of enlightened opinion.
General MolineuX thanks the authors OF
suggestions that popular subscription
should be started to aid him in the de-
fence Of his son. now under sentence oil
death. but says. Il owe no man dollar
and | neither need nor desire any assist
! ance Of such character. 1 feel and am
amply able in health. strength. and the
| courage natural to a man 10 sustain al
the burdens that God has placed upon me
/ until He wills otherwise"
It is a terrible burden indeed that ha.
/ been placed upon this brave Old man. and
whatever may be the ultimate outcome o
his and his famlly's troubles. there art
| weary months Of agcnizing suspense be
J fore them. He and they are justly emit
tIeo to the sympathy and pity Of all goo
| people.
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Form the Chicsgo Timc5-licrald1
s.s,v.'' said the man who had been in tho day
beforc. Il thought YOU told me that WAS com
nlete set OF RGdyar,, Kipline's works that sou
III was the bookseller replicd-''as compel
* anv ,et that can be had NJ the present time.
..WeU. I can't and tiiat story about Richard
Carmel in It,
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LOST INTEREST IN LIFE.
4 JU=GIer's Wife Dead. He Commits
Suicide.

Suicide.
NEW YORK. Feb. Flour days ago,
p man and woman went to the Hotel Ira
falgar. at 10 TO us West Fourteenth. They
registered as Prince Muro and Lottie West.
They we're theatrical people and the wom-
an had been known on the vaudeville stage
as a singer and dancer, while the man
was a hand balancer. They were man and
wife The woman WAS very i'll when they
arrived AT the hotel ana died the follow
ing day.
After her funeral the man declared that
ne had no more interest on earth since hts
wife was dead. He said that they had
recently come from Havana. Yesterday aft
ernCon the clerk OF the hotel smelled gas
in the hall. He traced il to Muro's room
and burst in the door He found MurC
dead ia bed. An ambulance surgeon from
Bellevue Hospital said that Muro had
been dead for some hours
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
Mnshington,. Masonie RegaIIa.


From the indianapolis Press.)
The regalia worn by Washington as a Mason
Is owned in G0odlsnd Kan. it consists 81 an
apron and baldric and is the property Of NJ.
J. T. Smith, who has lived IN Goodland num-
her of years He received the regalia by inlteri-
lance from an ancestor, who got II from John
Robin Macdonald. TO whom it was presented by
Washington himself.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
Thr ncnrnrcd PnbIic.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dcaler)
''They have a new play In New York. which
The critics say Is sane and clean
'.What theatre Is IL atE don want TO biunder
into gppiDW II -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17
CURREE4 HUNOR.
InfoTErttnhIr.

Fram the Philadelphia rrc.-l
''You don't get much chance TO ride ycur wheel
this weather.
- eussy You alreos, forge, yon iaye wheel
oh. no. I'm sin paying J1e ia-taliuienls-'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-17

From the indianapolis PJcss)
Mrs Wicl-vire-iiave YOU ever read aholt the
automobiles operated by aleonCl-
Ms Iusbford-No. but / have married one.
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, r,oneIrss Tndertaking.

Grom the Detroit Free fress-)
D.. Il n man wouldn't tell z lie,
-. Iito George Washington did. would he be
ore,t man like Washington was. ~
Pgng-I don't know, my son. o'n 'nih~
.-,,- 81 them ever tried