The times., 1901-04-05
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

captured from the insurgents, has been
sent to Colonel Bingham, Superintendent
of Public Buildings and Grounds, from
the Philippines, and is now hanging on
the wall of his office in the State, War
and Navy building. The portrait repre-
sents the ex-leader of the insurgents full
face, and costumed as civilian, with
lurid red cravat tied four-in-hand style
about his collar Beneath the picture is
the following inscription:
Eel Eggregio Presideute del Gobierno
Revolutionario Filipino, Cuidadano Sor
Emelio Agunaldo Fanny"
A detachment of the Forty-seventh Vol
unteer Infantry. under Lieut.. William
Ray Harrison, attacked and captured a
Filipino village last year, and in one OF
the rooms of the barracks, in which had
been quartered an insurgent officer, Major
Ramora F. Santos, the portrait was
found The barracks were burning at the
time. and Lieutenant Harrison had but
time to cut the portrait from the frame
and make his escape. Lieutenant Harri-
son was formerly an employe in Colonel
Bingham's office.
About the middle of yesterday after
noon drayman unloaded several boxes
and two bags in front Of a store on Fif-
teenth Street, Just above Pennsylvania
Avenue He carried the boxes into the
store but discovered that the bags be-
Iouged elsewhere. Asking the stOrekeep-
er TO keep an eye on them, he piled the
bags against lamp post and drove off.
with the intention, he said, of returning
in an hour or more.
The bags were insignificant except for
one thing. In large, red letters on the
exposed side they bore the word Pea
nuts" and above some legend about
Jumbo" and Best Crop" The bags
did not remain unmoested long, espec-
tally as n rent in one of them. from which
protruded enticingly several nuts, offer
ed the worst sort of temptation. The
torn place was a small one, but not too
small for the mischieyous fingers of
little darkey who happening to he pass
ing by He extracted handful of the
peanuts and enlarged the hole enough
ia admit his whole hand The youngsters
of the neiShborhOod were soon aware of
the free peanut treat awaiting them, and
stole around one by one to get pocket
ful The hole was soon widened and
peanuts began dropping upon the side
walk. where they became anyOneS prop
erty. 1t was close on to nightfall when
the drayman returned for his bags. He
found one intact, but the other only half
fUll and ripped across the top so much
that he lost nearly the remaining half of
the contents when loading it into the
wagon.
'Dey walnut perticuIar good peanuts"
said one OF the little boys. fer dey wahnt
roasted But We didn't have ter pay fer
EN-.
Il generally know what kind Of wealth
er prevails before / get up in the morn
ing said a merchant who lives Just
across Pennsylvania Avenue from the old
power house site. Il can tell by the cars
Of the Mount Vernon and Alexandria
Railway, which turn just opposite my
house. In the morning when l lie in bed
and hear those cars so around the curve
/ can tell almost precisely the tempera-
ture. IF It is a sharp, cold day the wheels
sing, and the colder it is the higher
pitched is the note they make. The speed
they make on the turn has something TO
do with it, but / have got 50 now that /
can detect the higher note that comes
when the weather is cold When it is
wet and soggy there is only a muffied.
low tone, and If there is rain there is no
note at all. IT is very rarely that the
wheels sing al all in summer
Every effort is being made In the Con-
gressional Library-to take proper care of
the large and valuable collection OF
maps. There are still a great number of
them lying around on desks, and even
though they are classified they are not
so arranged as to be really useful as part
of the reference department of the Lii
brary. The problem of getting the maps
arranged and put in some sort Of shelves
that will protect them and make them
easy of access when wanted was taken
up by Superintendent Green, and he final
ly devised a special kind of case which
was particularly adapted for holding
them. it is about feet by 8 feet by 4
feet and Will contain a large number OF
drawers, which can be pulled out at both
sides Maps laid in the drawers under
special methods of classification will be
easily referred to, and there will be less
wear and tear on the maps This Is a
great consideration, as many of the maps
are extremely valuable because of his
toric associations, and could not be re-
placed If torn or worn out. About
dozen of the map cases have been dcliV-
cred and a dozen more are expected in a
day or So. There are somewhere near
1900 maps to be taken care of. and a
large number of cases Will be required to
accommodate them all. As n result of
the newly devised method of caring for
them the maps viii become readily await
able. which they have not been in the
past.
a Leiated April fool joke was played
upon the crowd that gathered at the cor
ner Of Eleventh and + Streets yester-
day afternoon. The street was thrunged
with vehicles, and the sidewalks were
filled with people. Just as northbound
Eleventh Street car approached the cor
ner, which is usually crowded with sell
ers Of flowers, the agoniZed wailins of
dog seemed to come from under it. AS
the dog shrieked traffic on the street came
to a standstill, and everybody looked
around The mOtorman stopped his car.
and the conductor got off and peered
under the side. me car was Iow-bodied.
and a guard rail underneath made it
impossible for him to see anything. Dur
ing his investigation all was still but
when he started to signal the car ahead
the canine yell began again. Another in
VestigatiOn followed. while an interested
crowd gathered around. Nothing was to
he seen under the car, but. supposiug that
the poor little dog must he caught in the
ploW or under the guard rail, the con-
ductOr ran the car ahead few lengths
bolicaI, and the crowd shuddered Just
then one OF the flower venders strolled
down + Street, and the dog yell trans
ferred itself from Eleventh Street to F.
and followed him down to Tenth The
conductor shook his fist at the vanishing
ventriloqUist, while the crowd laughed at
the joke.
SECRETARY ROOT MAY STAY.
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