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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-28

MEETING or THE STOCKHOLDERS
Of the Capital Traction Company fer
the election Of directors will be held at
the Office OF the company, Union Pas
seHger Station, on "WEDNESDAY. TIE
18th OF JANUARY, 1871
The polls will be opened at 1870 a. m
and elcsef az l .. 70. G. 7. DUNLOP,
President
c. N k0oNEs. secTetsry.
ds24-f5t-exSu
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-28

The announcement has been made Of the
marriage on December s, at Alexandria.
Va, of Miss jamie n UIImer and Robert
z. Smith, jr- both Of this place The bride
is the daughter of Mr. Rudolph UIlmer. a
clerk in the War Department, residing at
1904 Prospect Avenue. The groom has but
lately returned from the Philippines,
where he witnessed the exciting changes
attending the Dewey victory. He is the
son of Robert z. Smith II is understood
that there was considerable parental op-
position to tbe match The ceremony in
Alexandria was performed by Rev. Z. II.
Luscke.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

HEADQUARr PUBLIC COMFORT.
Rooms sos and 509. Fifth floor. the
Evening Star BuiIding-AII parties
wishing 10 furnish accommodations to
visitors during the Inaugural are re-
quested 10 cali at headquarters Or send
description OF quarters, stating number
Of persons that can Re supplied with
rooms, with and without meals. etc, also
list Of prizes per day.
n / WELLER. Chairman.
Public Comfort Committee.
dezS-1mo-em
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-28
As II BY Magie

The sluggfshnees Of Suit sailing has
been changed in twtnkiing into tie
b1stle OF extraordinary demand
A genuine legitimate saks retiac-
ton has turned your attention to Suits.
There's nothing TO apologize for IN
the values-they are superior and SUI
Perb. Their sIowness is due solely to
the general condition that has placed
overeoats uppermest IL mind. But such
inducements as are nov held out are
coEqueripg. DO you gendsrg
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Picked figs come from California.
New York spent 100000 last year in
inspecting and cleaning bakeries.
Flatirons, when new, must be heated
very slowly, or they may crack.
In a short time the japanese popula-
ton of San Francisco viii reach 90
600.
Blond women need a little borax TO
keep their locks golden; 1brunettes am
monia.
When a pipe springs leak rub the
place over with soap until the plumber
arrives.
Meat should not be eaten more than
twice a day. Once is enough if the
constitution be strong.
Large, ocean-going vessels can go up
the St. Lawrence river as Ear as Mon
treal. over 1000 miles from the Atlantic
ocean.
The attempt made in Manchester,
England, to bring about the notifica-
tion Of phthisis has proved successful.
In the first six months SEC cases were
reported.
NJ. Dussand, French inventor, has
combined a photograph with tele-
phone in such manner that message
spoken into the telephone is impressed
upon wax register at the receiving
end, in case. the person TO whom il is
addressed happens TO be absent. The
registered message can az any time be
turned into speech by setting the pho
nograph in operation. A similar device
has been employed in Germany by an
other inventor. Herr Poulsen.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11
A PAIR OF TROUSERS.
Comedy in Two Acts with Great
Possibilities for nm Interest,"
ing Third

Just as the North State street cleo
trio car slackened its speed at Ran
dolph and Dearborn the other morning,
says the Chicago Times-Herald. young
man at the lower end of the car jumped
off ahead Of the other passengers. leav-
ing, in his haste, paper parcel behind
him. When the conductor passed
through be noticed it and turning to a
woman who was rising from her seat
he said;
as this yours. madam"
"Yes," she calmly replied, extending
her hand.
~ beg your pardon" said lady op-
posite, that parcel belongs TO a young
man who got off before the car stopped.
II dropped on the floor and when he
picked 1t up he laid ii here beside him. "
Its no such thing" protested the
other woman, shat package belongs
20 me-"
The conductor hesitated a second,
then with manner worthy Of judge
Of the supreme court, he said:
Madam. if the parcel is yours, you
can have no objection 70 sayingwhat is
in IT,"
The woman turned red.
That's none Of your business. Give
me my package"
Not until you tell me what 81 con-
tains."
We'll. II you must know, it's-it's
some of my wearing apparel"
The conductor slipped the cord of,
and unrolling the paper. revealed a
pair of light tweed trousers. Holding
them up to the public gaze. he said
with an expression of ill-disguised
amusement and contempt:
DO you wear theseP"
The bafled woman retreated as
hastily as possible. amid the laughter
and jeers of the few interested passen
gers who had listened 70 the brief con
troversy.
She put up big bluff, said the con
ductor. hut il didn't dork. That's tn,
kind Of individual who goes home viii
more than she's paid for every time sh,
goes shopping, and don't get caught
! neither
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11
RAILWAY STOPPED BY LIONS.
ro savage Beasts Ate Twenty-Eisht
Men and Delayed Construe-
lion for Months.

cnsakinc in the house of lords OF the
progress of the Uganda railway Loro
Salisbury mentioned that among the
unexpected difficulties encountered
were a pair of man-eating lions, when
Stained the works for three weeks be-
fore they were shot, says the LONDON
Spectator. AS some 5000 men were 81
work ON the line, thex intimidation By
two lions seems almost incredible. 1ei
a. is a fact that so dreadful was the
pressure exercised by the constant at
tacks Of this pair of man-destroying
wild beasts, aud so cumulative the fear
raused among the Indian laborers by
the sight and sound of their comrades
being carried off and devoured, that
hundreds OF these industrious work
men. trained on similar duties under
the service Of the government Of India,
abandoned their employment and pay,
and. crying out that they agreed 10
work for wages, not TO be food for hons
or devils. rushed to the line as the
trains for the coast were approaching,
and. flinging themselves across the
metals, gave the engine drivers the
choice either Of passing over their
bodies or Of stopping TO take them up
and carry them back 10 Momoasa'
Many Of these were not timid HIM
zoos, but sturdy Sikhs. Yet the cir
cumstances were SO unique, and the
scenes witnessed from week TO week
80 bloody and appalling, that their
panic and desperation are no matter
for surprise. Lord Salisbury under
stated the facts.
Though the works were stopped for
three weeks, the lions campaign last
ed. with intervals OF quiet when one
or the other had been wounded, from
March till the end of December. In
this time they had killed and ate q
Indians. and IL is believed al least twice
this number OF natives. Swahilis and
the like, besides wounding and attack
ing others. They attacked white engi-
neers. doctors. soldiers and military Of
ficcrs. Abyssinian askaris, sepoys, bun
niahs, coolies and pnrters. Some they
clawed. some they deYoured, some iheA
carried of and left sticking in thorn
fences because they could not drag
them through. AT first they were con
tented TO take one man between them.
Before the end Of their career they
would take man apiece on the same
night. sometimes from the same nut or
campfire. The plain, unvarnished tale
Of this .'prehistorie revival" Of the po-
sition originally held by man in the
struggle for existence against ravenous
beasts is set out az considerable length
and detail In the Field OF February II
and February "a by Mr.. J. II. Patterson,
one Of the engineers Of the line, who
after months OF effort and personal
risk. succeeded in breaking the spell
and killing both the lions, which the
natives had come 10 regard as devils
that is. as equivalent 70 were-wolves,
and guided by the local demons.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11
CATARRh
Ely's Cream Bam

Easy and pleasant q
use. Contains no in
furious drug.
II lie quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at once.
Il Opens and Cleanse
the Nasal Passages.
AllaYa Inflammation.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
II You are troubled with pains,
fainting spells, depression of spirits,
reluctance to go anywhere, headache,
backache, and always tired. please re-
member that there is an absolute
remedy which will relieve you of your
suffering as IT did Mrs. Rice. Proof
Is monumental that Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the
greatest medicine for suffering women.
No other medicine has made the cures
that it has, and no other woman has
helped so many women by direct advice
as has Mrs Pinkham; her experience
Is greater than that of any living per-
son. II you are sick. write and get
her advice her address is Lynn, Mass
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11
THE FREIGHT BUSINESS.
IL l. Not Hhphaxard Thing ne Many
of the Uninitiated
suppose.

Most people have an idea that freight
is the last thing that railroads look
after. Many profess 10 believe that q
piece OF freight once started on its
Journey is allowed to loaf along al It's
own sweet will and pleasure, stopping
where II wishes and staying as long az
IL likes, and only bringing up at It's
destination when there is nowhere else
10 90. saws the Lewiston Journal
When YOU have waited day after day
for that piano which was shipped
month ago, you are ready 10 adopt that
opinion. But don't be In a-hurry. When
that piano box shows upin Poughkeep-
Sic at the time il should be in Port
land. the Poughkeepsie agent does not
uncase the instrument and give a Sc
ries Of box car recitals for the next two
months. You may think he does. but
he doesn't. Not bit Of itl There is
no welcome anywhere for the Wander
ing willies Of freightdom. No agent
wishes to be caught with missing
freight piled up in his yard or house.
The truth of the matter Is, the rail-
roads are constantly punching laggard
freight in the ribs and admonishing it
20 move on.
1t Is an interesting study 10 see how
the railroads handle their immense
freight business. To the outsiders q
freight Office seems like confusion
worse COMPOUNDED. but to the men who
have been trained to the work il is all
as simple as a problem in short di.
vision. No matter how far from home
a car is, il is always in touch with the
home Office. If the car has had bad
luck and one Of its trucks is sprained,
the home Office knows about IL and
sends an order to have il placed in the
nearest car hospital and doctored up
20 working condition. The Office knows
just what the car is earning, and II il
thinks it's travelling expenses are get.
ting too big II shifts its route OF calls
Il home. 1t is only once in awhile that
car gets away from the home Office
altogether, and when one does there
is no sleep for anyone till the runaway
is found and started in the right direc-
ton.
Asser you have listened TO freight
agents description of the elaborate
plans taken to look after freight you
win marvel that a single package ever
goes astray.
But-the man who Is waiting for
that piano knows tibet II does.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11
HELP FOR WOMEN
WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED.

~ do not feel very well, am 50
tired all the time. l do not know what
is the matter with me.
You hear these words every day as
often as YOU meet your friends just so
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signif-
can't words yourself. and no doubt you
do feel far from well most OF the time
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, WIS,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bear
ing-down pains, headache, backache,
and had ali kinds of miserable feelings,
ali of which was caused by falling and
inflammation of the womb, and after
doctoring with physicians and numer'
Gus medicines she was entirely cured py
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11

snirking up TO his mother one day,
Tommy said:
MA, haven't been a good boy since
i began going 10 Sunday sehool?"
'Yes, my lamb" replied the mother
fondly.
~And you trust me now. don't you.
MAJ
Yes, darling
"Then what makes you keep the
mince pie locked up in the pantry tn,
same as ever ?''-CoIlier's Weekly.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11
BADLY Mixed

Wen either have to get a new girl
or a new ice man, George"
Let IL be a new ice man. then.
What's the troubie2"
This ice man is so good looking
that he makes Maggie nervous. Yes
terday morning she got so mixed up
that she tried to get him to put the
ice in the stove oven. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-10-11

Heals and Protects the Membrane Restores the
Senses OF Taste and Smell. Large Sue, 90 cents a.
Druggists or BY mail; Trial Sire, 1C cents by mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-15

finding a champion and by shifting the
scene of carnage The hatred of the aver
age burgher for England easily prompts
flight to any other sovereignty when
once it is inevitable that the Boer indie
pendence is to be destroyed. The United
States would afford most satisfactory
refuge.
But does not this statement of the errand
of these delegates tend somewhat to throw
damper over the preparations for receiv-
ing them? Can there be any very great
enthusiasm in the interests Of men who
come to ask the United States to plunge
itself into bitter warfare for the sake of
a remote people, with whom 1t Is bound
by the slenderest of sympathetic ties only?
The bait of possible annexation Is not
tempting. The United States has all 1t
cares to assimiate just now in the line Of
alien peoples. The task in the Philippines
is not so easy that this country would care
to become involved in the tangle of African
politics. straighten the snarl of sovereignty
and then undertake to manage truculent,
illiberal. dogmatic people, whose most
prominent trait is a determination to yield
to no will but their own and whose present
troubles are due to a sullen. undemocratic
conservatism. Even could annexation be
effected without a fight. this program
would be repellant to the average Ameri-
can.
The failure of the Boer delegates mis-
sion is foreordained. If it should embrace
this proposition of intervention and annex
alton its reception will unavoidably be
such as to expose the unflinching purpose
of this country to hold hands off in this
struggle while revealing the desperate
state of the Boer mind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-15
The Errand of the Boer Delegates.

Tho New York Herald today. on the eve
of the arrival of the Boer Delegates from
Europe. prints a special from Pretoria.
under date OF March %. descriptive of the
errand Of these men who are now about
TO tour the United States in the interest Of
Intervention and who had then just left
the Transvaal There is no explanation of
the age of the matter. now approaching
two months. but 1t may be excused on the
ground Of the difficulties in the way of the
mails caused by the British Gordon around
the Transvaal The interesting part of the
special IS contained in the following para
graph. which deserves to be read with
close attention just at the present juncture
Il have the highe st authority for making
the statement that. rather than see their
country conquered by England. the COM
nissioners are empowered to ask the
over the republics. this protectorate to
tend. II desired. toward eventual annexa-
lion as territories or states"
This proposition may well be believed. 1t
l. absurd enough to have emanated from
Pretoria. especially In view of the we'll
nigh desperate character of the defense Of
the Beers. II Is natural desire to have
the United States assume the war by de-
claring a protectorate. with the possibility
OF annexation in view. Nothing would
Please the Beers better than to be relieved
Of the burden Of the ho1el-s1 strife by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-15

The gratifying announcement was made
Yesterday that opposition to the passage
Of the District code had been withdrawn
sufficiently TO permit that measure to be
taken up in the House at an early date
and pressed to passage. 1t was felt that 1t
would. be disgraceful to permit any indi-
vIdual member of the House, especially in
the face Of an almost unanimous report
from committee. to block the passage Of so
important an enactment as this, endorsed
by virtually every interest in the District
affected by it. To yield to such opposition
To the extent Of pigeon-holing the bill for
the session and perhaps the Congress would
be TO encourage the personal filibuster and
possibly lead to endless trouble in the fu-
tUre. Doubtless there are opportunities to
amend the code to adjust 1t to the clearest
view Of the local necessities. But the prin-
ciple should be adopted at the outset to
yield as little as possible to individual i'm
portunities based upon personal ends. Such
amendments as are adopted should be rec
commended by high considerations of merit
or need and fortified by evidence that they
are demanded by the local interests In
volved. The code can not be satisfactorily
patched in passage. OF course 1t would be
q great accomplishment to secure the en-
actment of system of laws. whatever
might be the necessity of later adding to it
by amendatory legislation. Yet it Is to be
questioned whether the Judgment of this or
that member of the House is to be as con-
fdently accepted on such matter as that
of the distinguished jurist whose work for
ten years this code represents, not to speak
of his long practice with the hodge podge of
laws now compacted into harmonious and
effective and equitable form in the proposed
code
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-15

lief that the best interests 2h Me city lie
in the Exclusion Of buildings from
the resrvations aDd<their location upaQ
Pennsylvavia avssue. where they will form
in the aggregate grand display of govern
mental utilities. Thus far the expression OF
this sentiment has been more or less scat
tered, for there has been but little occa-
sion for the subject to be debated by the
people in their assemb,ages. 1t would be
well. however. for definite expression OF
public opinion to be voiced at as early
date as possible, in order that the views OF
tho people may be laid before Congress II
ever the Centennial avenue scheme is
pressed to consideration.
This is matter that affects the people OF
all the sections alike. Those of the north
east show their public spirit by perceivinS
in somewhat remote proposition, geo
gr hicaIly considered a menace to the
general park system. There is a disposition
oI the part of the defenders of the Mall
avenue plan to point to the location OF the
public library in Mt. Vernon Square as
an excuse for this later proposition to tres
pass upon the reservations. The library
enterprise. however, was in most peca-
liar, not to say a delicate. situation. Ihe
gift of beautiful, commodious building. the
first essential OIL Sucn an llStitutioH' was
conditioned upon the provision of a site.
Congress was indisposed to grant the neces-
sary means to buy the land and as last
resort. definitely acknowledged to be
sacrifice. the people consented to the occu-
patton of Mt. Vernon Square in order that
the gift of a library might not be lost. Mt
Vernon Square was not regarded strictly
as part of the park system. being merely
the open space at the intersection OF sew
eral streets, and being uncut by drives.
But this necessitous invasion of the park
principle should not stand to excuse the
proposed trespass upon the Mall for pur-
pose that appeals to no practical thought
and serves no good end. The one case
was of a surrender to gain that which will
be of inestmable benefit to the whole COM
munity. The other is an intrusion upon the
parks to afford a possible means of saving
the government the cost of the building
sites which it will inevitably need in the
near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-15

"Are you the person who was continually
signing for the sunshine and the roses?"
asked the stern-looking stranger.
81 am" answered the poet. meekly.
"And the honey bees, and the blooming
meadows. and the clear blue skies?"
81 believe 1 have alluded to such institu-
TONS
well, / merely wanted to tell you It's
lucky thing for You that you didn't live in
less enlightened period of the worlds his
tory Look at this thermometer. You've
got your sunshine and your clear blue skies
and l hope you're satisfied. But desire to
remind you that if popular intelligence
weren't so far advanced you'd be in trouble.
II folks thought your incantations had
brought this on you'd probably be up be-
fore a citizens committee to show cause
why you shouldn't be taken out and burned
at the stake. Allow me to congratulate
you. sir. You're lucky man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-15
Our Display of White Goods Numbers
ManV Thousands of Pieces.

Every foreign and domestic loom been brought this depart
No make of has been sighted Everything saabe and
demand has found here Prices which other has
yet made are made by u.s. For instance, offer
One Of White Victoria inches wide-a splendid
T Sn5 '? spe @G AMY and every use None better at oc per
Fine Soft finished Persian Lawns The quantity here lmtedn
all about This number has seller
yard. On Of this small lot M
the price. ,A W.
of eNrane quality sheer India Lnon. In this line
can supply many and those that purchase from this assort
We have punched big lot of White Goods 5 and pieces of
kind of Lace Striped Lawns Dotted Checked and
Striped Dmite Corded Piues, Fancy Madras and other
which sold from yard and made the DIV
An assorted lot of Pin Dot Swisses width and nRc
sheer. These goods actually AOSo
We have this department line Persian Lawn
Baste and Swiss Null which inches wide and bear Ozc
the value of yard We the choice Of AHS
of White French Organd fine and sheer and
yards wide It's grade that should be worth yard
We bought them large quantity, which enables OQc
special lots English Long Cloth and Nainsooks only
each I2yard lengths The Long Clot which
worth have specialized sI1o The Nansook 81 2O
which worth $1Z5. we have specialized at %AoO>
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-15
Undesirable Immigrants.
From tho New York Herald

Everybody in creation wants to come to
America and we can't blame him, but this
country ought not to be dumping ground
for the lame and halt and blind and some
thing should be done to limit immigra ton.
Ireland poured one-third Of her population
on our shores. and in two generations they
have become a strong and healthy element
At first they built our railroads. but later
they retired into politics. Then came the
Italians, and now Japanese coolies. The
Chinese also are coming in squads to wash
our linen. We have good digestion, but we
have been Diverted. 5n2 good dose of re-
striction 10 needed to set "a right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-15

Chicago and Cleveland have declared war
against the billboard nuisance and propose
to make vigorous effort to have it abated
The practice Of permitting bills and adver-
Using signs to be put up In any and all
sorts of places has been carried to extremes
In those cities and the consequence Is the
Disagreement of pleasure grounds and parks
and the Haunting in the face of the public
OF Objectionable handbills. If public opin-
ion can be awakened and crystalized the
practice can probably be stopped. Those
cities are not the only ones, however. which
have suffered from this nuisance A little
stricter regulation concerning these would
meet with public approval.