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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-02-13
Queer WcddinE.

ff~ 'ff lna.s.lIle Cogrier-laurnaI-
There recently took place IN This neigh
...-aa4 90 wedding which was as start
..s a- any oae could wish. ID seems that
... ull. had peculiar notions about we'd
..a-- and she had made up her mind 20
-a.y her marriage different from the or
....rs ceremonial There were 10 be no
attendants except the maid Of honor the
....s- sister, and an the appointed hour
..r family c8ugreealed about large
-.-fE ,ger. the oldest growing on the
...a'Eg place. where the al frescO service
... ra fake place Al the same tiua che
i..- and groom, maid Of honor and the
'...-.nfu came from tie housr. ana
..ru they reached The tree they climbed
!. and The ceremony was performed amid
u .-.a.- II TIC LuMlr branrNLs.
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Automobiles for Hire.

Consequently when the agent of a firm
of builders OF this modern exponent Of
rolling luxury felt the Westinghouse
pulse, ne wired mis- employers: NO fever;
beats normal and steady; symptoms ia
VOrable.
As a result one hundred automobiles
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-02-13

Excitement produced an increase II
rashness, and the Mere Woman few over
the pavement through the iron gates IN
front of the State, War and Navy building
and crossed the tracks so near the fender
OF a Georgetown car that the mOtorman
nearly had heart failure.
Steady, steady" can't the nautical
admonition OF the teacher Remember
the rules Of the road. or yOu'll get me ar
rested Did you know that you r. the first
woman 10 run an automobile in Washing
ton?"
The vehicle had pursued its erratlc
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-02-13

- t'.,rs Weekly.
H.g DO women hesitate 10 tell their
tt,. i.y common consent IL Is regarded
4. ''ry rude and bO0rish 20 ask a woman
. ',Enrc-l question regarding the num-
~ NJ her birthdays. Yet there should
L' Do difference OF the point, and retl-
'.i'r upon the subject IL hard 10 explain.
a--'-li Tor some reason connected with
mess. which may find IA accumuIatlng
se@!E = handicap, = man Is usually very
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lie SuccImbed.

From Collier 5 Weekly.
Yes, sir, I have come to ask you for
the hand of your daughter"
For Isabel's hand?'
Yes, sir. 1t is a mere formality, /
know, but we thought ii would be more
pleasing TO you 10 have me go through
with it,
Whats that? a mere formality?'
THAT is what | saba mere Formally"
And may l inquire who suggested that
asking my consent TO my daughters mar
riage was only a mere fOrmality?'
1T was lSabeTs mother, sir"
"Oh. Then | have nothing more TO say"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-02-13
new FOULARO GOWNS
Spangled YOkes and the Use
of Gold Braid.
HOW TO MAKE OVER OLD GOWNS

HeliOtrOpe l. the Leading Color of the New
More Involved Construction and show
Mnny New ideas-Laces "a Great Fad,
Principally the Light French for VIII 10
and Black ilats-Scarfs for the Corsagc.
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have been placed at the disposal OF the
Washington public. and the individual
who can Walk half dozen squares down
town or IN the vicinity Of swell Dupont
Circle without seeing from one to a dozen
OF these arisIOCTats Of the vehicle family
had better hustle "a the nearest oculist.
Congressman Sibley makes his daily
trips 10 the Capitol in al automobile,
which he brought with him from his
Pennsylvania home. SO does Senator
W0lcoit. who rents one Of the most ap-
proved models by the month. Dir. WI
T.nS-FanS, Wbo never lets anything pro-
gressive get past h.n. has made his Off
cisl calls for the past month In a loco
mobile. Even eN-QEeeu LilIuokalani has
an automobile now
The builders have left 10 excuse for
hesiJaUCy on the part OF the WOuld-be
customer. 50 far az the variety Of the
vehicle IS concerned.
AL she latter has TO DO is 10 sign the
slip OF paper which subtraCts several con-
tigu0us figures from his bank account.
The manufacturers have done the rest
There are bTC-ghams and ViCtOriss. Ia
dies shopping phaetons and run-a-bouts,
stanhopes and goIf-,raps, hansoms and
surreys. cabs. delivery wagons. and ON
nibuses. Every vehicle except a wheel
barrow is 10 be seen, and every individual
trap is finished to the height of wheeled
perfection
II you are hiring one Of them, they
throw IN a driver in the smartest OF liv-
ery-gray whipcoTd. with a long overcoat
Of dark blue cloth. and a leather cap
II you want TO learn the arr of running
an automobile, an instructor will be fur
nished you, who, in five lessons, il you
are a pupil of ordinary intelligence, and
have a sOupCOn more than ordinary grit,
viii teach you the ropes, or the wires,
rather. speaking electrically.
4 Mere Woman was graduated the
other day. and gained a r. A.-which,
translated in this case, reads-Bachelor OF
Automobiles.
Her instructor was an eTstwhile mem
Der Of the navy. who carried an honor
able discharge" IN his overcoat pocket and
a confusing vocabulary of nautical terms
at the end Of his tongue.
You'll do" he remarked. encouraging
", as ne left her at the door at the end
Of the fifth and final lesson. IAN you
need IS practice. and TO remember not to
get the propello: mixed up with the rud-
der. or the anchor chain afoul OF the bow
spirit"
But this is getting the automobile be-
fore the storage battery.
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Learning ia Run One

Learning ia Run One.
Propelled thither by the motive power OF
a desire to learn to manage one of tbs
I fascinating vehicles. the Mere Woman re-
I paired 10 the place where they are kept
| An anxious fear or two permeated heI
! frame. and belied the expression of blase
! assurance. which she practiced before heI
mirror as q preliminary bluff. Thoughts
Of the hitherto wasted accident policy,
tucked in the upper Ieft-hand pLgeon-hole
Of her birds-eye maple desk, struggled
with memories Of the never-to-be-fOrgot-
ten wild attempts and Knockout blows
which had been her lot i'm her attempt TO
master her innocent looking. but tickle
tempered wheel that was built like a
watch.
"Still, other women have learned to
drive an automobile. and why not T.?
was the Darius Green-like mental argu-
ment with which she gripped the ends OF
her departing courage and made known
her desire to the manager
He was q ser.Ous-lOOking man. and the
gravity with which be coUrteously inquired
if she knew anything whatever of The
manipulation necessary in prOpelling ~
automobile sent her heart with a dis
walking shoes. and elected the incOherent
information that although her roommate
al boarding-school took electricity TO cure
nervous prost-ation and her second cousin
was running an electric light plant out
in Iowa. the !aind Of the Mere Woman
was a blank on the subject Of volts and
amperes and the laws Of Faraday as ap-
piled to the running Of an electric car.
riage, but that she had hoped there'J be
somebody brave enough to risk his life
that she might learn.
Never mind" said the manager sooth-
ingly. our head man was chief gun
Hers mate on the Gloucester at Santiago.
I'll send him out with you. He's bravery
persOnified"
Automobiles Amt so different from
horses" sagely remarked the instructor
as his pupil sank in limp trepidation into
the seat Of a handsome StanhOpe and he
prepared to get up on the left, or driving
side, of the vehicle. "A gentle hand is
better than a rough one Your left hand
placed lightly but firmly on the motive
lever, your right lightly on the steering
lever, your right foot firmly against the
brake, and your left heel planted on the
reversing lever, and it takes but a cool
head and a few gentle touches to take
YOU safely through the most crowded
streets"
The instructor gave a push forward with
/ the lever under MS left hand, the register
at the dashboard showed % volts and The
2l0o pounds Of upholstered elegance beg an
to move. A whirring sound caused The
Mere Woman to jump nearly out Of her
seat She thought it was her heart, but
the instructor explained that he motor
always made that buzzing noise, and as
sured her that one soon got used to it.
The circular drive back of the White
House was decidede upon for the arena
and under the skilled guidance of the in
structor the automobile fairly few to the
SCENE Of acrioD
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Frees TIE Sss York PTsss.
HE began life breaking stones on the
railroad"
And lived 70 become cashier Of q bank"
And later on returned 10 breaking
stones In 4 lailya
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Need for a Light Touch,

| Gently, gently; remember NY instruc-
| lions" quietly demonstrated the teacher.
as his excited pupil, in her first unaidad
attempt 10 guide the thing, had, in put
| ting on the power, given A desperate
| shove, that pushed the lever up 10 eighty
volts. Sac grabbed the steering lever as
II 1t were her last hope of salvation and
ground a keep off the grass" sign into
the sod some six feet out Of the road.
| The unexpected maneuver nearly caus-
| ed The runaway of a team of trottars.
and IL amused trio of small boys with
skates hung over their shoulders.
''Hully gee, look at de lady in her hus-
bands coat" remarked one of them.
Don't pull on the lines" was the i'm
pertinently superiuoUs advice of another.
| Some Of MS pupils rashness impaired
| Itself 10 the teacher. for he spent a quar-
ter Of an hour showing her how TO back
out OF her prediCameEt-a lesson which
Usually comes fourth on the list.
| They don't ordinarily take hold as en-
ergetically as you did" was the doubtful
| ly complimentary explsna lion.
| Never an easy task, 'CraWfshing." with
a couple OF thousand pounds OF automo-
| bile occupying considerable space under
and about you, takes added difficulties
4 LlLLD teStlAs BAt TIE Nt4A4lei y aS patent
and fun OF the bravery OF a man-behind-
the gun, and the pupil full of the courage
of despair.
The first two manipulations failed 10
| bulge The vehicle but the Instructor. hav-
| ing discovered lie pounds OF feminine
pressure on the brake. and requested its
removal. the third attempt brought a sub
| mlsslve response, and the huge carriage
| swung safely out into the road.
| shes game" sententiOusly observed
the third small Roy. as the trio resumed
/ their way 10 the skating pond, walking
/ backward that they might not miss any
| OF the fun.
| Half a dozen trips around the circular
course followed. During the first three
| OF these the Mere Woman described a Sc
QuenCe Of inebriaIeG curves that would
| have caused the envy OF a pitcher or q
crack baseball team. but the discretion
I OF the other occupants OF the drive and
! the WatChful care OF her instructor pre-
vented any fatal accidents
When she finally realized that the vehi-
| Gle responded 10 her touch with the IN
| Simultaneous ease OF well-kept bicycle
| she was told 10 run the carriage over into
Pennsylvania avenue.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10
MONTANA TO THE 'FRONT.'

Chicago Tribune Kansas City corne-
s~pondence: A group of New York men
was i front of a hotel bar. The man be-
mind was working like a section hand
pouring ingredients into "a row of lone
glasses. The look of disgust betrayed his
The men We're telling each
other how they wished they were at the
seaside or some other place where the
pace was good n fast. Then came the
pink and yellow and crimson looking
DRINKS with straws in them. When they
had gone away the bartender turned to
his colaborer and sneered:
l thought everyboe said that New
Yorkers We're high rollers?'
Amt they?' asked the man washing
h glasses.
High rollers? They look square cut To
me. l dom think they could roll if a
regiment was pushing them. The first
bunch that come to this bar ordered self
Ger lemonade. n that buncn has been
drinking the same eve since. Another
crowd gets stuck on THE claret lemonade
poison, and I've wasted more time mixing
circus drinks than it would take to serve
$40 worth of real dpinks."
DON'T they drink anything but lem
onade?" queried the assistant barkeeper
1.-TWO of 'em came in with a westerne1
yesterday n got three Scotch high
balls, which put 'em out Of business"
The barkeeper served a couple OF
straight whistles to some delegates from
Montana.
"Thsse are the boys that knows what's
good for EN-" he commented. "I guess
them pink tea fellows from New York are
afraid of VI BOOZE"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10
ROOSEVELT AND THE TRAMP.

Philadelphia Press Theodore Roosevelt
came to town last Saturday in a parlor
car. He was driven to his hotel In a
coupe. He dined to the music of a hidden
Hungarian orchestra, amid he white of
spotless napery, the glow of June roses
and the adulation to which the governor
of New York of right is entitled.
Weary of the pomp Inc ceremonial Of
his welcome, Theodore Roosevelt slipped
away from his hotel about bedtime and
walked slowly down Broad street. In
the shadow of an electric light he paused.
Beside him stood another man. This
other man was neither reassuring in ap-
pearance nor savory of presence. If he
needed a squar meal as badly as he
needed a. shave he must have been raven
ously hungry.
Theodore Roosevelt eyed him with sus-
picion and moved toward h curb. The
other man faced him, straight and SOL
dierly in all his shabbiness. He held out
one hand, and with the other touched
his battered hat with military salute.
"How do o do, c~oIonel?" he said.
"You seem TO have the advantage of
me-" said Governor Roosevelt.
81 held your horse for you dow there
by the sunken road when you got off to
get a drink at the spring." said the
tramp. I was a Rough Rider, sir"
st remember the incident said Theo-
dore Roosevelt. ''but I can't place your
face You don't look wealthy. Is there
anything I can do"
Colonel" interrupted the tramp. 81
helped you get a drink in Cuba. Can
you-"
Roosevelt's hand slipped into his pock-
ct. A bright half-dollar lay in the other
mans palm.
'Thank you. colonel" said the tramp.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10
BICYCLE RECORDS 0 X

Boston, Mass, July 9.-Eleven worlds
records We're broken by John Nelson of
Nelson covered IS miles so feet during the
two hours riding. Four men started, he
other three being Charles r. Miller of Chi
w. c. Stinson of Cambridge. Bobbie Wat
hour of Atlanta was gro entered for the
race. but was unable to ride. Nelson's
hours and h was over q mile ahead Of
Stinson at the end of the 30th mile. Pierce
made 63 miles rs laps; Miller, 20 miles 2-S
laps and Stinson 81 miles Is laps.
The records made by Nelson today We're:
26 miles, 1929 Us: q miles. 45:15 3-5; 20 miles.
47:s7 As; 80 miles, 50:l2 rs: 81 miles, 52:26 %;
40 miles, 1:OS:46 3-5: II miles, 1:10:s6 2-5; a
miles, 1:12:25 As; 42 miles, 1:l4:l6 4-5; A
miles, 1:l6:0s rs; As miles. 1:17:5s as.
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EASILY

bishop of London half a century ago,
a man of much wit. IN also q a
keen appreciation of wit in other peo-
pie. whatever their walk in life might be.
:, Once when a new church in his diocese
was to be consecrated the bishop received
several letters complaining that the arch
itect of the new church had disfigured
the interior and exterior with useless
gewgaws." Consequently the bishop
went down to the little town to max an
inspection OF the building and summoned
the architect to meet him there.
The bishop could find nothing amiss
with the exterior of the church, nor with
the interior. until just as he cached the
chance he hooked up and saw four wood
en- images apparently guarding the pull
pit.
'What da those figures representa-" he
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10
A CONSIDERABLE BURGLAR.

Lewiston Journal: I was doing news
paper work in Portland at the time that
Dennison, the burglar poet. in the Maine
state prison, was shot by Policeman
FIRTH.
Dennison, detected breaking into a
residence had first shot It'll policeman,
but not seriously. Then the policeman
with his heavier weapon brought down
the burglar.
A few of the newspaper men who hap
pened to be about at that time of night
gathered around Dennison while his
wound was being treated. He talked to
US in a most entertaining unexpectedly
self possessed while the physicians We're
probing his wounds. He explained that
he used to be a newspaper man himself,
and therefore felt a fellow feeling for the
craft.
But all at once he interrupted himself
and asked if he had hurt the policeman.
"No,'' replied one of those present,
.'the bullet only went through his cloth
ing"
"Has he a family ?" asked the wounded
burglar.
"a wife and children"
won't you ask him to step in here?'
When the policeman entered the room
Dennison, with great feeling in his tones,
said:
"Sir, | ask your pardon for having shot
at you. I look on all policemen as foes
to me, and 1 feel myself justified in shoot
ing them ordinarily. But If l had known
that there was a family dependent on
YOU I would have let you hOo me into
shoestrings before I would have pulled
a trigger"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10

Caoke and his Tamplany braves nv
their brutal treatment of David B. Hill,
who was plainly the idol of the demo-
cratic convention because of the honesty
of his opposition to free coinage, earned
the contempt of every state delegation
in the Kansas City convention. When
such fellows as Croker are hailed as
chiefs of a political party 1t is time for
decent Americans ito withdraw and vote
the republican ticket.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10

"This country will never be prosperous
until the silver issue Is settled and set
tied right shouted the democratic chiefs
four years ago. Hundreds of thousands
of good men believing that to be a sim
cere utterance voted for Bryan. But now
Bryan himself accepts a nomination on a
platform which specifically declares
anti-imperialism Ito be the is
sue and relegates silver to the rear while
his party would relegate it out of sight,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10

Thai stale and exploded lie about a
Secret treaty with Great Britain finds ,
place II the democratic platform, Sec
rotary OF State Hay has specifically de-
MED the existence of such a treaty and
explained h utter impossibility of if
ana Lord Salisbury. in a recent speech,
declared that England stands alone in
the. worlds diplomacy. The senate COM
mietee on foreign affairs knows of, no
such treaty. No treaty could exist with
W.T. the Affirmative action of the senate,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10
NINE DEAD.
Arkansas Family Dimes on Toadstools
and Are Poisoned.

Little Rock. Ark. July 9.-News reached
here today that LII entire family Of MIN
county, from eating poisonous toadstools.
supposed to be mushrooms. The victims
are: ~ ~
w. J. FINK. aged 20.
MRS. MARY LIE FINK. aged 20.
JOHN p. FINK, aged IS.
KEAKLE aged Is.
SIGIE FINK, aged II.
VEIL FINK, aged 8.
ROSE LEE FINK. aged III
L FINK, aged z
INFANT CHILD.
The family ate a hearty @fnners whi.h
Included the supposed mushrooms. All
were taken violently Ill and none reecv-
cred.
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Had the democratic party not been
committed to a reaffirmation of the in
cendiary and lawless platform Of 1896,
Bryan would rave been placed on the
shelf and some pronounced goldite nomi-
mated for the presidency last week. But
with such a platform for a handicap no
prominent democrat would accept the
nomination. Pattison. Harrison, Camp
bell, McLain, Senator White, Whitney
and Hill al begged to be excused.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10

There is nothing in the democratic
platform which has the ring of honesty
and patriotism. 1T is a collection of
planks each appealing to the prejudices
and ignorance of the people on some par
ticular subject in the hope of uniting all
the forces of discomfort and lawlessness
against the republican ticket. On every
subject principle has been sacrificed to
expediency. The document is replete
with falsehood and demagogy.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10

The national democracy treated the
silver republicans of the same quality of
democracy served up to them at Ana
conda two years aso. Principle cuts no
figure in democratic councils when spoils
are to be distributed. No wonder every
silver republican with brain and con-
science has gone or is going back to the
regular organization.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10
CHILI,S WAR

aid from Lima, Peru, says: Garland's
new pamphlet, treating of the war indem-
nifty collected by Chile from Peru and DO
livia since 1879, has made a deep impress
sion here. Figures are given which show
that by 1885 Chile will have received from
nitrates and iodine from the PERUVIAN
province of Tarapaca, Twenty-Five hundred
and fifty million CHILEAN dollars, and from
Bolivia six hundred and fifty million dol
lars. Thus the war indemnity paid to Chile
a greater sun than France paid to Ger
many.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10

In order to establish a drain for pa-
1r.otism the democrats intended to nomi-
n1te their ticket ON the 4th of July after
reading the Declaration of Independence,
Ut was a good idea, but its Hypocrisy was
exposed when the convention ~ref,,sad !,
single cheer for Admiral Dewey ON the
mention Of his name.
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OF A FOOL KILLER"
CHICAGO MAN GOES THROUGH
NIAGARA WHIRLPOOL.
Peter Niessen Qualities as a Dime Mu-
scum Attraction Is a BOOK
keeper by Occupation.

Niagara Falls, July 9.-Peter Niessen OF
Chicago, or Mr.. BoWser as ne styles ann NJ
the Niagara today in the presence OF about
10 O persons, in his craft. The boaI was
towed to a rock about g miie apove ai me
American or Canadian side who might
have been disposed to interfere wltn the
Shortly after 3 O'Clock Mr.. Bowser was
seen in his boat. A little later James La,
Bland pulled up in a roWboat ana uow ,n.a
the current. AT 1867 the start down stream
was actually commenced, but the hckie
eddies kept the Foolkiller drifting about
and started for the final plunge, He passed
under the cantilever bridge and the boat
was going at the speed of atralfl. He
waved his cap, and the crowd saw a trace
on the crest of a smooth wave and at
times dive into the leaping spray and dis
appear.
like a hoop. rolling and plunging until it
passed a bend in the river and the most
perilous part of the journey had been
passed. The craft kept on the crest of the
of the whirlpool. Shooting into the whirl-
pool the Foolkiller swung around ind went
down like z,a a fishing ash nsx POP p m put rose pa agaan
and his boat circled around the whirlpool.
Shortly before s o'clock the Foolki!er was
carried C I;ne uosunt 4 to tine verge hv eo OF tae t nap phn m aan
on shore, who hauled him In. His first
question was:
The Foolkfller is 20 feet long and 4 feet
deep and Is made of Pinch pine, with four
alright compartments. The keel weighs
1850 pounds.
Bowser warmed himself at a fire built on
the shore and put on dry clothing and APP
peared to be little worse for his mad ride:
rapids are. I would never have made the
trip" he said.
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inquired.
The four evangelists. my lord, re-
piled the architect.
bishop.
u YOU think so. my lord?'
THAT'S the way they look to me-" said
the. bishop. decidedly.
John, called the architect to a man
who was at work on one of the pews,
bring Your chisel and open the eyes OF
the evangelists.''
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cratic convention when the name of
Admiral Dewey was mentioned by
Dockery of Missouri. He ought to have
mentioned A%guinaldo if he desired the
roof of the building to be lifted.