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The evening times., 1900-01-20
IN THE POLICE COURT.
MANY Cnses Disposed of by Judges
kimbaIl and scott.

In the Police Court today the following
cases were disposed of by Judges Kimhall
and Scott. Michael Kelly, Thomas Nc
Kean. Joseph Robinson, Charles Rodgers,
and Charles Parsons were each charged
with being idle and suspicious characters,
without visible means Of support. They
were arrested in Benning yesterday, haV-
ing Just come in on q freight. Joseph Rob-
inson. the only colored man Of the party,
impressed the court with his honest inten-
tions and was released. The others were
each sent to the workhouse for ninety days
Susie Young was positive that she was not
disorderly in Second Street northwest last
night, but the policeman said she was and
a wOrkhouse sentence OF. fifteen days was
imposed. John Campbell, an old man. was
charged with being a yagrant. He told
the court that he had just completed
workhouse sentence. and thought it was
strange that a gentleman should be ar
rested on the street" A sentence Of fifteen
days in the wOrkhouse was imposed, TO
enable him to get sober.
Junior Williams. cOloTed, was charged
with carrying concealed weapons. The Of
fence occurred in September of last year.
ln default of a $50 fine he was sent to
jail 4Ol lDuI AlOuluS- Colbuti 1OltHldAs
colored, pleaded guilty TO assaulting two
colored girls, Lucy Crowley and Lizzie
Shelton. Jail sentence of three months
in each case was imposed. William Pan
nell paid a fine of IS for neglecting TO
procure a tag for his dog. He was further
ordered to get the tag at once. This cost
him 81 more. Judge Kimball said that
after imposing a few fines of s. he thought
delinquents would be more prompt in Sc
curing their license.
William Hutchinson was convicted OF
stealing bicycle valued at $50 belonging
10 Frederick r. Klotz. A sentence of
ninety days in jail was imposed. Nathaniel
Fairfax was fined $50, with the alternative
of serving 120 days in Jail, for being
caught with revolver in his possession.
Jesse b. Flynn, conductor on the Bright
wood railroad, was the complainant
against William Jones. colored, whom he
charged with stealing pair of gloves. A
fine Of s. was imposed, with the alterna-
tive OF serving fifteen days in Jail.
The Consumption of Postage Stamps.
statement showing the number of
postage stamps, stamped envelopes, and
postal cards sold during the last quarter
of the year 1899, compared with the sales
OF the same quarter in 1898, has been re-
ported by the Postofice Department BY
that showing the total sales for the last
quarter of last year were S24 297 646.25, an
increase of 81, ,456, ,952.71, or 1129 per cent.
A singular feature of the table is the in
crease in postage-due stamps issued. The
number accredited TO the last three
months in 1898 is 1906, go, against 5,344,-
80, representing in value 81, ,5S4, an in
crease of 26 per cent. This wide differ
ence is thought to be due TO a circular is
sued by Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Madden directing postmasters to
watch the mails carefully and attach due
stamps whenever mail matter is under
paid
The evening times., 1900-01-20
Henry T. Hnr,e,,s FnnernI.

The funeral Of Henry 7. Harvey, the eldest son
OF Mr.. George W. Harvey took place this after
noon at 8 O'Clock from the residence Of his faith
er. 923 Massachusetts Avenue northwest. The
iuterment was private.
The evening times., 1900-01-20

Columbia ThestTe-Charles DaltCn in The
Sign Of the Cross" afternoon and evening
Lafayette Square Opera House-Strakosch Com.
pany in Carmen afternoon, and ''Mikado''
night.
Grand Opera House Ching Ling Foo and vaude-
Vile: afternoon and evening.
Kernan's Lyoeum-'' Australian Burlesguers;
afternoon and evening.
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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The Car victim Identified.

The eolored man. who was found crushed to
death in a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad car
Thursday morning was today identified as Thomas
johnson, whose home was in Virginia.
The evening times., 1900-01-20
lexington Citizens to Meet.

The regular monthly meeting Of the North
Capitol and lexington Citizens Association viii
be held Monday evening at the Church of the Unit
ed Brethren. corner North Capitol and streets,
at 1:3O O'Clock.
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Marriage Licenses Issued,

Marriage licenses were issued today to: Henry
c. Wbitlock and Roealind s Resin: Thomas Bel
ford and Maggie Brown; Robert Edward Brown
and Ida Blanche Bailey
The evening times., 1900-01-20
Ube Gpenina Gintes
SATURDAY. JANUARY 20, 1900.
The weather Indication,

For the District Of Columbia-Fair and cooler
tonight; Sunday .ar. with temperature ranging
between % degrees and 40 degrees; fresh south
west 10 west winds. There are 10 indications OF
hard freezing weather in the next few days.
The evening times., 1900-01-20
NnrnI nmcers Retire.

Medical Director J. VI. Flint. Medical Director
G. . Beardsley, and Pay Director Edward Nay
have been placed ON The retired list 0i the 1ayy.
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TENPERATIRE
lie sUN AND MOON.

Temperature al ! p
Lowest temperature, q. ni.........-...-......4l Al
Highest temperature, ) P. m....................jI
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THINGS THEATRICAL.

After all, only stars poor in purse or in
talent go about the country badly sup
ported and. therefore. inefficiency in a
company is acknowledgment. generally, OF
the latter difficulty; occasionally, of the
former. That Mrs Fiske, who will be
seen in Becky Sharp next week at the
Lafayette, has surrounded herself with
such artists as Maurice Barrymore, Au-
gustus Cook, Robert V. Ferguson, Charles
Plunkett, Wilfrid North, William F. Owen.
and Zenaide Williams reminds one anew
that she does not shine because OF the
nearby darkness. Mrs. Fiske always has
been scrupulously careful of the manner
in which are acted the most triflng bits
In her productions. And this fact, almost
as much as her own work, stamps her a
genius.
The evening times., 1900-01-20
AuTSFNlFNTS TO-DAY

Lamps lit P. VI
Lalute out tomorrow. A. W.
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TIDE TABLE.

New LIST and 30th Full 18th
First qu4rter.......sth Last quarter.........25t 30
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Terry McGovern, the game little
pugilist who recently defeated George
Dixon, has been engaged as a special
feature for the performances to be given
next week at Kernans by Clark Brothers
Royal" BurlesqueTs. Twice daily he will
spar with his partner The two should
excite a deal of interest among the
patrons of the Lyceum, and undeniably
will strengthen what already appears TO
be an exceptional bill. The speciality peO-
pie to be seen include the Escamillo
Brothers Tenley and Simonds, Emma
Weston, the Magani Family, Castellat and
Hall, Charles Falk and Charles Lillian,
Coulter and Starr and Minnie Reinhart.
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STREET LIGHTING.

lw tidc-.....-...........5: An. and 5:41 P
igh tide....-.........1l: II :0S An. and Ill pm.
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sun rises Ills An. sun setS........5:07 P VI.
Moon rises .I0:O4 pm. Moon sets...............
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Minnie Palmer. fresh from her London
successes. will bring a breath of the 'alis
to the Grand tomorrow. when she makes
her vaudeville debut in this city with a
sketch that is said to be as brilliant as il
is enjoyable. The new bill also will in
troduce Genaro and Bailey, cake walkers;
the Three Goldens. who do a little of
everything; Stephens and Taylor. who
present sketch. entitled His Uncle's
Nephew" the Brothers Melrose. acrobats;
the cara Trio. which offers a decided
novelty, and the Biograph. Ching Ling
Foo, by the way, packed the Grand TO the
doors this afternoon and there is every
prospect that the occurrence will be re-
peated tonight. The Chinese magician has
enabled Manager Chase TO break three OF
his own records.
The evening times., 1900-01-20

In reviewing Stuart RobSon's production
of "Oliver Goldsmith" recently, George
Ade was prompted to write of Augustus
Thomas, its author, as follows:
| must confess that find il difficult to use tenn
perate language in speaking of the work Of Mr..
Augustus Thomas. While the men who own most
of the theatres and actors in America are de-
voting themselves to melodramas borrowed from
Europe or French farces rocking with indecency,
Mr. Thomas has continued to write clear, high
grade American plays. All OF them have been
good Some OF them good that they
failed He has made a compromise with the slow
wit Of the public, as every dramatist must, but
he has never yielded TO the demand for salaciOuS
episodes. lie is distinctly all right.
Such praise from Chcagos famous
critic-author betokens a deal of charm in
the new piece, which will be done next
week at the Columbia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-04
THE CHILD'S MIND.
Let Him Look Into Every Phase of Tn-
 dustriaI Lif&.

Expand the ehild's mind by showing from time to time scenes from all sides of life. Take him today to studios and let him see how pictures are made; next week to silk factories, to learn the poetry of labor, and afterward to a brick yard and an iron foundry, not forgetting the claims of great churches and monuments upon an eleyating edu- cation. The attenuation of city and country is delightful stimulant. When travel is possible we should give the child glimpses of mountains and sights of the sea, and let him become ac- guainted with mountaineers and fisher men, even as he ought in town to know something of the ways and thoughts of the workmen, so that he may come to feel sympathy with all sorts of people and understand the merit of labor. Experience of this kind is worth far more than theoriz- ing in school books. It Is not particu- larly interesting to child to read that he should be grateful to all the people who supply him with his daily com- forts--to the farmer, the baker, the manufacturer and the builder. Bu: when he sees how grain grows and is converted into flour; how furniture is wrought from blocks of wood and thread woven into cloth, the whole history Of the objects about him is re- yealed The different parts of life be- come connected and he gets q sense of the thread of harmony that runs through it all. And he has a moment of satisfaction, coming through a feeling Of kinship with the world. which is more useful than gratitude upon general principles.-Florence ce Hull Winterburn in the Woman . Home Companion.
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NAMES BIRCH TREES.
Constables Responsible for Their Origin
 in That State.

Norway (aaine) Correspondence of the New York Times: Since the paper makers commenced to build big sul- phite mills in the Maine woods the price of spruce timber lands has doubled, and in some cases trebled. Next to spruce, the timber in greatest demand is clean and thrifty white 5ircb, which is sawed into bars and sent by the shipload to Scotland to be i dsed for thread spools. Nearly all the factories in the United States, and more than half of those in Great Brit ain, obtain their spool stock from Maine. According to A. A. Burleigh of Houlton, Maine, who has spent the best part of his life in the woods as lumber operator, Maine's birch trees are due to the spiteful conduct of two employees of the Maine land office. Some French Canadians in 1920 squat ted on state land near the Penobscot river and deied all efforts to eject them. Finally, in 1925, two special constables were sent to the place from the land office in Augusta, with in-
  ing the Frenehmen. The constables. after turning the families out, set fire to the houses and haystacks. Twelve hours later the French village was a smoking mass of ashes, and the big gest forest fire ever known in the state was sweeping north, burning off more than fifty townships of old-groWth d damage to the state lands. Many square miles of hackmatack timber were also burned over, the fire eating ten feet into the black peat logs that had been accommodating for years and years It is tradition that, after crossing Aroostook county, the fire leaped the St. John river and swept over New Brunswick, terminating in the destruction Of Miramichi, where l20 persons perished. The survivors were forced to flee into the Gulf Of St. Lawrence, where they stood neck deep in the water for two days and 8 night, while deer, caribou, moose, bears and wolves swan around them, seeming to seek protection from their enemies. After the fire had burned itself out and the land had absorbed the alkali of the ashes, about 5000 00e acres came up to wild cherry and white birch saplings. For more than ten years the two species struggled for control of the territory. Then the black knot, which had been imported from Europe, killed off the wild cherry trees, giving the birches the right of way. About 50,000O00 board feet Of spool bars are now shipped out of Maine every year and the supply is still large.
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BLIND MAN AT THE RACES.
AS Interested and Excited as Those
 Who Can See.


 Who Can See.
 T was out at the race track one day last winter" said a merchant, when WAS aeeosted by man who was holding the hand of a little boy. It was a former friend whom I had not seen for years and who had become totally blind He told me that he rec ognized my voice, and while we stood there talking tue bell rang from the track. They're going to start! he ex- claimed, excitedly. Come! Let's get into the grandstand as quickly as we can! After we secured seats I couldn't help expressing surprise at his eager ness. Oh, that's all right he replied abstractedly. I bet I'll get nearly as watching him through the next race became convinced that he was telling the truth. To begin with, he fired a yolley of short, sharp questions at the boy, and in that way obtained a good general idea of the situation. Then he leaned forward like a man about to spring. I never saw such an attitude
 
 To say that he seemed to be listening doesn't begin to express it. He seemed to be literally absorbing everything that was going on around him. His chin was lifted, his lips were a little apart, red spot came and went on his cheeks, and I could see the big veins in his neck throbbIng like ar engine
 
 couldn't get rid of the feeling that he was exercising some unnatural, super human faculty. After the race was run he dropped back, relaxed, and sat there listless and inert until the next tap of the bell. Later, when we were in the street car, tried to learn some thing of his experience He smiled good -naturedly, but found difficulty in making me understand. I get a lot of pleasure out of the races he said, and can follow some of them almost as we'll as if I had my sight. l can't tell ex- actly how it Is done. I suppose my brain has become trained to catch hun- dreds of little eues-the shouts of the people on the track, the exelamatjons IT lHe cF0Wd, the eneefS and ld0gnS and groans and curses. the chance re- marks of passers; yes, even the clatter of everything means something to me, and although it builds up a pie ture in my mind, feel it somewhere in he air, and I get so excited that for let all about being blind. oh no,' he said, wouldn't miss the races for anything "-New Orleans Times. Democrat
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 WITH THE FUN MAKER.

Every time doctor collects fee hs adds to his i1l-gottep gains.
 If you see a man walking out of the house with an umbrella under his arm, that doesn't mean storm, necessarily" Crimsonbeak-Well if it's my umbrella he's walking out with, it does.
 Questionable Guest-Waiter. an in great hurry, and would like to taow what there is that you would require the least time to bring me? Waiter Well, I dunno, sir. unless it might be y'or bill, sir!
 And what do you call the little brother that the doctor left last week at your house?" inquired Johnny's teacher as the smell boy appeared at Sunday school. We hain't give him any reg'lar name yet. Pa calls him a little pink bunch of yell, was the re- sponse.
 Father" said the boy who was look ing pensively at the sunshine and lux ariant foliage which told of approach ing June. What is it? Where do you suppose General Funston would be today if his father had punished him 50 that he was afraid to go in swimming?"
 The following note was recently re- eeivea by an employer from an absent workman: "Honored Sir: am sorry to say cannot say when I shall be well enough to be able to come back to work. The doctor says I have in- formation of the left lung which I hope will meet Fith your approval. :"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-04
 Skating on Water.

According to Prof. j. Joly of Trinity College, Dublin, skater really glides about on q narrow finn of water, con- 5inualiy forming under the skate, and fesaming the solid form when relieved of pressure. He shows that the pres sure under the sharp edge Of the skate, along the short portion of the steel curve which is at any moment In con- act, Is great enough to Iiquefy q thin !ine of ice, and this gives tue skate its 'bite. When the ice is very cold. the pressure is sometimes inadequate to reduce the melting point sufficient ly, and then. as all skaters know, 1t is difficult to make the skate bite. For very cold ice Prof. Joly recommends hollow ground" skates, because the effective pressure increases with the thiRness of the edge.
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OFT THEIR TIPS FROM CROOKS
Bank onciais rake Means to Protect Their Treasure from Thieves.

Bank officials Take Means to Protect
 Their Treasure from Thieves.
 It is said by police official at city hall headquarters that soroe of the city banks, whose hoard of surplus cash has been increasing largely of late, have been experimenting with an ex- pedient long in use by the Bank of England officials of paying known crooks for information of any contems plated raid upon their vaults. The Bank of England's first experiment of this kind dates from 1850, when the directors of the bank listened to a startling proposition made by ditch digger" The laborer told the directors that he had discovered new and un- suspected method of getting into the cellar vaults, where the gold and sil- yer bars were kept, and that he would sell his secret to them for money. The directors hesitated, believing that they had taken every precaution against loss from the vaults in putting up heavy masonry, with plenty of iron bars, and by manning the building with armed watchmen. But finally they granted the man, who seemed to talk fairly, a chance to try his plan, and & night was named for the undertaking. At the appointed time a committee of the directors descended to the cellar and heard peculiar scratching sound under their feet. Two hours later the floor opened and the ditch digger bobbed up sereneiy, like the evil spir- It's in the spectacular drama. All around them lay bars of precious metal, totaling in value G3,000,00O. The man explained satisfactorily how it was done and as reward the direc- tors assured him an income from life on an investment of $10,000. The crook was content and it is believed he remained honest ever afterward But other craeksmen were tempted by his luck to try the same game and the directors were inundated with sugges- tions and tips on new methods of bur- glary and how to prevent them. Among other things, they paid $20,000 for a process, invented by young chemist, for copying the ink, paper, water marks and designs of the bank notes so perfectly as to defy detection. The directors found they could use his sys- tenn more satisfactorily and more profitably than their own in the pro- duction of their currency. Despite the fact that these expenditures have run up into big figures in the last half century the directors of today say that all the money was we'll invested.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-04
Where Livingston llled.

Some time ago the Royal Geograph- ical Society decided to nlask the spot ln Africa where Dr. Livingston died by a substantial cairn with a ptonze plate bearing a suitable inscription. Now it is stated that q cireniar Ras been is sued by Mr. H. NJ. Stanley, asking for contributions toward feni for Q much more elaborate memorial Mr Stanley Is anxious to raise 95. 900 to provide a substantial monument in beonze. New York Post
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ESTIMATE SIZE OF THE SUN.
Comparisons Show It to Be a yery
 Large Affair

The earth on which We stand is, no doubt a mighty globe, measuring as it does S,G00 miles in diameter, yet what are its dimensions in comparison with those of the sun? If the earth be rep resented by grain of mustard seed, then on the same scale the sun should be represented by a eocoan.l. l1er- haps, however, more impressive e T. ception 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 our heavens, pursuing as she does a majestic track at distance of 240,00 miles from the earth. Yet the sun is so vast that if it were a hollow ball the moon could revolve in the or bit which it now follows and still be entirely inclc5ed within the suns in terior. For every acre on the surface of our globe there are more than 10000 acres on the surface of the great lum- mary. Every portion of this illimit- able desert of flame is pouring forth torrents of heat. It has, indeed, been e9e4ndteu lHdL IL lHe neat WHICH Is iH- cessantiy flowing through any single square foot of the suns exterior could be collected and applied beneath the boilers Of an Atlantic liner, it would suffice to produce steam enough to sus- tain in continuous movement those en- zines of 30,000-horse power which en- able a superb ship to break the record between Ireland and America.-Pear. sons Weekly.
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The worrys Tobacco Frodue,

Although tobacco first became known to fhe civilized world through the dis soyesy of America, where the natives cultivated and smoked ityet about two- thirds of the worlds yearly product of tobacco is now produced iii the east ern hemisphere The total product is estimated at 1,9o0,000.ea0 pounds, of which America produces 650. 100000. Cuba, whose tobacco is reckoned the finest Of all, produces only 62,000.0O0 poands, being far exceeded in respect to quantity by the state of Kentucky, whose product is put at 1st.e0e. .ooO pounds.