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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
TAK0MA FLOATS
WATER BOMBS,
A SECOND ISSUE OF $4,000 SOLD.
Credit Of the Town shown to He
Good by Price, Obtained.
Extension 81 the Sys-
ten.

The Maryland portion OF the town Of
Takoma Park has noated an issue Of
$4,000 water system bonds. The issue is
the second the town has made TO build
its water system. the first for s50.0cO
having been foated a little more than two
years ago.
Takoma's credit is excellent in the
financial world The bonds are 4 Der
cents. and Takoma has only 500 inhabi-
tants, and yet the first issue was soId
fo. 1o4. The issue OF $4,000 low aoated
has been taken by the Washington Loan
and Trust Company at par The town
has never in its history failed 10 meet an
obligation
The System Self-SupportinE-
The Takoma water system has been in
FUN operation now for little more than
a year u is more than seIf-supDorting
and The residents OF the town generally
are having the service installed rapidly.
so that IN short tine there Will be q
very good surplus each year
1t is not vet possible. however. 10 make
extensions out of the revenues Of -he srz-
TEN and 'he new bonds have been found
a necessity
It is hoped that in a short time a duplf-
Gaze engine and pumping service can be
installed as il is found that this viii De
Necessary TO the fun success Of The gvs-
tenn
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
Mr.. EDDY'S LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
He Il Expected 10 Return 10 His Post
at ConstantinOpIe.

CONsTANTINOPLE. Jan. 9.-spenccr
Eddy. secretary OF the Unitef States En-
bassy here. has been given a four months
leave OF absence II is sail here that
he viii Lot return 10 Constantine
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
TO DEVELOP TRADE IN ORIENT.
4 Commercial journal to Isc For
eiEn Characters in Printing.

CHICAGO, Jan. s.-Fitzherbert Leather.
a Well-known commercial editor and gen
eral writer Of Seattle, is in Chicago. com
pleting an organization TO publish the
~AmcTican-Asiatic,-- a commercial monthly
journal the duty OF which will be the de
velopmert Of American trade in the
Orient II viii be the first commercial
periodical In the United States i'm Orien-
tai cha -acters.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
PRESIDENT CANNOT ATTEND.
Invited To BHnauet of philadelphia
Manufacturers Club.

Senator Penrose called 1T the White
House this morning with a delegation
from the Philadelphia Manufacturers
Club TO invite the President TO attend the
annual banquet of the organization on the
2ath OF the present month.
The President announced that he re-
GREETED his inability to attend.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
T IE PRESIDENT TO MAKE
STATEMENT ON SCHLEY CASE.
EHnectcd 90 tnnnuncc His DrcIsinn

Expected to Announce His Decision
This Afternoon.
A statement Of the Presidents future
acticn in regard to the SchIsy case may
possibly be made at the White House this
afternoon.
Il is expected that the President viii
announce therein whether he viii take
action on Admiral schley's appeal or
whether he will await the recommcala-
tion Of Attorney General Knox or whether
he viii refer the case Jointly to Secretary
Long and the Attorney General
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
AWAITING ADVICES FROM HOHH
Miss Mary Lego StiI at tho House
nf nt.le.ltiom.

oE Dcteation.
Mary Lego. the eiEhteen-yoar-old girl
who cried herself into the House Of De
teution last night because the man Who
brought her from New York had deserted
her. will remain a lodger a; that iusriyu-
tiou until her friends in New York ea2 boz
communicated with and arrangement
made for her return 90 -hat city.
Miss Lego vas found "a; the corner OF
sixth and O. streets northwest last night
with tears streaming down her CheCEE-
she was without funds and without q
nIarc 90 sleep. She had walked the
streets in search Of work and finally
hurst into tears from exhaustion and mel
sornoIv. She wa taken 10 Police Head
0usrters ami from there sent 90 tne House
OF Detention as she is "a stranger ia tHc
ef,v and has no friends or relatives here
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09

pie and that his non-return will De
due 10 dissatisfaction on the part Of Sec
re,ary Hay because OF Mr.. Eddy.s utter
failure in negotiations for the release OF
Miss stone.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
Nr. Eddy's worl. suti.factor,.


The fact that Mr.. Eddy. who is charge
d'anaires OF The American legation al
C0nstautinople, has been granted four
months leave Of absence from his post
as such was readily admitted al the state
Department this morning Il was also
explained that this leave was granted with
reluctance by the department and only
upon the urgent request Of Mr.. Eddy
The United States Minister to Turkey.
Mr.. Leishman. has recently returned TO
his post at ConstantinOple, after an ex-
tended leave, and il was felt at the De-
paTtment that Mr. Eddy was entitled 70
the comparatively short leave requested
The greatest satisfaction Is expressed
by the officials Of the State Department
al the work done by Mr. Eddy looking to
the liberation Of Miss stone. he will re-
turn 20 Constaatinopie al Tie expiration
OF his leave.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
CLOSING DEBATE ON THE
NICARAGUA CANAL MEASURE
The Hepburn Bill Expected to Reach Vote at q Late
Hour This Afternoon.
MR. CANNON MAKES The PRINCIPAL
ARGUMENT IN The DISCUSSION TODAY

business proposition and should be con-
sidcred from d business standpoint. Mem
bers said for four hundred years this
canal has been talked about. For Gods
sake, lets stop talking and do something
now" and now for the first time in the
history OF the project il was possible for
the Congress TO 20 on with IT,
Mr. Cannon said he had been friend
Of the canal and was now in favor Of
canal
In view Of an that occurred Nr. Can
non said he was satisfied that no man
in the sound OF his voice regretted that
a canal bill had not been passed in the
FifJy-sixth or any previous Congress.
Il wait for a response. but hear none.
he said. Then a truce to this kind Of
argument"
Not II Sacred Bill.
Mr. De Almond sustained Mr.. Cannon-s .
position, but went further. and suggested
the adsisability Of referring the bill back
to the committee
He said the House ought not 10 Iogis-
late as If the present bin were a sacred
document. ], could 2 amended. He said
he was tired of IegisIaung in the House
and letting the Senate fix matters up.
The trend OF discussion today was stiH
in the direction OF allowing the President
to select the route. as provided in the
Morris amendment. The course was
ad-ocated by Representative Wooten.
SDarEman. and others
Representative Adamson Dem. GaJ
framed the bill as reported without
amendment
Closed by Mr.. Hepburn.
Representative Hepburn closed the gen
eral debate On the bin at 2.2o o'clock
this afternoon. The discussion Of the
amendments was then taken -up under the
hye-minute rule
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
COllOquy With Mr.. Hepburn Adds
Spice to the Proceedings.
WARNING AGAINST SPECULATORS

Mr.. DCtrmOnd Not Inclined to Re
That IL Can He Amended-Drift
Seems To Hc TOvHFd Allowing the
President to select the Route.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09
Count CaSSini Receives No AdViceS
From His Government.
CAUSE OF THE DISTURBANCES.

RuSSia's HiEh-HHnded Proceedings
in Taking Possession Of Treaty
Port OF NieuchwanE-Strict Ord
rrs sent Commander Barry To End
the TrOubIeS-May Have Serious
COHsequenccs-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-09

Fair tonight ana FRIDAY Light winds
mostly south
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
BRIGHT REpARTEEs.
How Ready wit ana Native shrewd-
ness Change an Unpleasant situ-
alton Into the Opposite.

There are some people who, when
anything calculated to annoy or dis
concert them Is said, are so embar-
raised that they remain speechless.
Others are equal to all emergencies,
and by q "dexterous leap of thought"
on the spur of the moment, say what,
and what only, can extricate them
from their uncomfortable situation.
This is repartee, and represents
shrewdness and genuine wit COM
bined.
The eminent Greek scholar, Rich
ard Person, was once engaged in a
discussion with gentleman, at q
dinner party. The gentleman re-
marked:
"Dr. Person, my opinion Of you is
contemplate"
"Sir," was the response, II never
knew an opinion of yours that was
not contemplate"
During n visit to one of his friends,
Sheridan was asked by maiden lady,
whose years were not many more
than her ways of being disagreeable,
as he was about starting for n
walk
"The weather is not suitable for
you to be out, madam" he said.
Presently: 1T has cleared up" she
remarked.
"Yes," he replied. 1T has cleared
up enough for one, but not enough
for two;" and she remained in the
house.
Several women called upon Louis
XIV. to congratulate him on the re-
covery OF his son from a severe i'll
ness. One of them observed:
Had he died, we should have lost
our ALL
The remark did not appear to the
monarch in the light OF compli-
ment, and he frowned Noticing the
cloud on his brow, another woman
quickly added:
THAT is so, for our good king
would not have survived his sons
DEATH"
ut is shame" John Randolph
once said in the senate, that the
bulldogs Of the administration should
waste their time in worrying the
rats of the opposition"
| The members constituting "the op-
position" groaned, Kissed, and called
him to order. The presiding officer
ruled that he was in order, and Ran
dolph, springing to his feet, pointed
at his antagonists and screamed:
"Did say rats? Imean mice, mice
Mr.. Pres!dent."-Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
It's the Men.

The bell ringers of n certain church
usually leave the question of tips
to one of their number, and the mat
ter could scarcely be left in better
hands.
If the visitor leaves the belfry as
rich as he entered it, it is not be-
cause Jim-as we all call him-has
not dropped pretty significant hint.
On one occasion visitor fancied he
heard y strange creaking which
seemed to proceed from high up the
tower.
at seems to me-" he remarked,
"that there's something up there
wants oiling."
"Nay, nay" said Jim. "Tain't up
theer, it's doom here!"
What d. you mean?" asked the Wis
itor.
swell, We see, sir" calmly ex-
planned Jim, "that theer creaSing
'allus comes on bout 'lowance time.
None of us has had a drink this
mornin', an IL anything wants oilin'
faint the rope-it's the men!"
The men were promptly "oiled,"
too.-Cassell's Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
Typical of Genius.

A pretty story comes from Rodez,
in the south of France, where lately
n banquet was given in honor Of Nine.
Calve, who was born in those parts.
Some one took IL into his head to In
terview Nine. Calves father, hale
and hearty old peasant of abouE>so
years of age, who Is immensely proud
of his famous daughter. In speaking
of her to the interviewer, he pointed
to the rose trees in his own garden.
''Look at these" he said, most of
them are covered with blooms, but
here is one tree which has borne only
one rose. 1t has spent all its strength
in producing perfect blossom. That
IL the history of my daughter and her
ancestors. She Is the supreme flower
Of hundred forgotten generations =
|-Chicsgo Record-Hersld.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25

tors, It did not fall, but remained as
firm as though it were rooted to the
ground.
Everyone wanted to know how such
a wonderful trick was done and the
young man solemnly answered that
he had magnetized the cane, and that
1t was his deep study of magic and
magnetism which had led him to
make the experiment. Finally, how
ever, he revealed the secret.
Before / offered to do the trick
he said, 81 fastened to my trousers
near my knees piece of wire sc
thin as to be practically invisible
WhcnI sat down and began to stroke
the cane 1 began gradually to move
my knees away from each other, and
in this way the wire was drawn out
to its full length. The cane was Their
leaning against 1t and naturally it die
not fall when I took my hands away
m. Y. Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
PRODUCERS ATTACKED.
4 Free Trade Demand for Tariff Re.
duction Regardless of Dis
criminatiOn.

An exchange frantically demands
that "the duties be cut down so that
there can be n wider exchange of
goods and foreign markets opened
for our products" Doubtless the per-
son who wrote this confused demand
has not and will not stop to see what
would be the logical result of carry
ing his demand into effect. To reduce
American duties on some Of the arti-
cles embraced in the reciprocity
treaties would be to open our mar
kets to the goods of foreign COMPETE
tors. Take the article of glass: The
glassmakers in the United States are
making more than enough to supply
the home market. The output Is so
large that the competition of the
trust and the independent companies
has caused break in prices. With
the present duties it is not profitable
to import window glass. Cut the du-
ties in two, and the glassmakers in
France and Belgium would export
considerable quantities OF glass to
this country, but no glass would be
shipped from the United States to
those countries. They have no ex-
tended market for glass as has the
United States. Consequently all that
the cutting of the duty on glass
would do would be to give the for
eign glassmaker better chance in
our market. There are some people
who call such n reduction Of duties
reciprocity, says the Indianapolis
Journal.
The foregoing illustration in regard
to glass applies to quite number of
articles i'm two or three of the recip-
rocal treaties now before the senate.
Many of the proposed reductions OF
duties are on articles which we pro-
duce in abundance, and in the pro-
duction of which there is home COM
petition sufficiently sharp to make a
price at home regardless Of the duty
imposed. We would not export a dol
lars worth of goods under such
treaties that we do not export now,
while the cut in the duty on many
articles proposed by the reciprocal
treaties would open our markets to
foreign competition. That is not the
reciprocity which, in the words OF the
president, is the hand-maiden of pro-
lection, but the yielding of our mar
kets to foreign competitors without
any advantage whatever, but at the
loss of part Of the home markets.
II there are articles now paying du-
ties which should be on the free list,
let them be put there, but the indis-
eliminate cutting of duties without
the certainty of corresponding return
is not reciprocity, but free trade. AS
for the assertion that the indiscrim-
mate cutting of duties would open
the markets of the world to us, it ia
not entitled to consideration.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
MIDwINTRR FOOTBALL.
new Form OF This Favorite SPORT
with the Fun Left In and Hard
Knocks Taken Out. ~

For those who like to play foot
bali on the milder days of the win
ter, and who want lively exercise
without roughness or danger or tho
necessity of special clothing and yet
with plenty of fun and excitement. .
game which has recently been con-
trived is admirably adapted. It's
great advantage is that 1t needs no
specially prepared field or elaborate
lines, md that five on side arc
plenty to make good sport, while a.
few as three, or as many, II the
field be large enough, az II on q
side may play. Take, for example,
a game where there are five players
on side: AS team against ks. All
that is required is a fairly level space,
regular oval pigskin football, and
two goal posts, the size of the regu-
lation goal, but with the crosspiece
only a yard from the ground. Tho
field for a game of Ave on a side
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
; TRICK WITH A STICK.
It IL N0vel and Amusing and Any
Briaht boy Can Easily Learn
TO Perform II.

"Give me a cane and l will make it
stand unsupported in any position !
please" said young man at an
evening party recently.
A cane was handed to him, and, sit
ting down, he placed it between his
knees. Next he stroked it up and
down two or three times, meanwhile
mumbling some unintelligible words,
and then he took his hands away,
leaving the cane in n slanting posi-
ton. TO the surprise of the specta'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
How EIeph.nts Are Fed.

Elephants in the British army in In
dia are fed twice day. When meal
time arrives they a<e drawn up before
piles of food. Each animals breakfast
includes ten pounds of raw rice done
up in two pound packages. The rice Il
wrapped In, leaves and then tied with
grass. At the command "Attentioni'
each elephant raises its trunk and q
package 10 thrown into it, capscious
mouth. BY this method of feeding Aoi
. single grain Of rice II wasted.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
The RAIL FENCE.

II roves the farm all over.
With Acknowledgements feet.
Hero close beside the clover
There Just beyond the wheat.
Along the fallow fragrant
For woodland ways 1t makes.
And many a sylvan vagrant
AS boon companion takes.
1t loves the woodbine tangles.
Invites the milkweed pod
And all its sunny angles
Laugh out In goldenrod. -
Beneath the creviced rider
The cricket's shrills close hid,
And from the stake beside her
Complains the katydld.
The squirrel is its lover,
And unafraid and fond
Are bobolink and plover
OF the genial vagabond.
or all around, above II.
IL has the confidence,
And man and nature love IT.
The homely old rail fence.
Charlotte Whitcomb. in Youths Com
panion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25
GROWTH OF ONE INDUSTRY.
DEVELOPMENT Of Watch Manufactur-
Ing illustrates BENEFITS of n
Protective Tariff.

The watch industry well illustrates
the history of the benefits OF pro-
tective tariff, writes Serene +. Payne
in the International Monthly. We i'm
ported nearly all of them from Switzer-
land. Since watches were luxury we
imposed duty Of ten per cent. upon
them, d mere revenue duty. One day
congress increased this duty to 25 per
cent. ad valorem. Then it was that
American enterprise took the matter
up. A factory was built, a few foreign
watchmakers we're imported as teach
ers and the boys from the neighboring
farms and villages were called to learn
the mysterious and delicate handicraft
of matchmaking. The American boys
were quick to learn, and, as often hap
pens, were not satisfied until they
knew more about the subject than
| their teachers.
Then followed the weary tension Of
| muscle and the ever-present desire to
employ the brain in the daily task.
Gradually the thought was worked out,
| and In turn it developed delicate ma
chinery, with muscles of iron and
nerves of steel, capable Of making the
| fine mechanism of the watch. The
machine proved more delicate than the
human hand, ard moved with such
| eternal precision that it seemed almost
imbued with human thought. The re-
suit was that the delicate parts of a
watch were produced, with each part
fitting every other part. and when
these were assembled together they
formed better watch than the hand
of man had ever be fore fashioned. The
machines. multiplied. The price of
watches went down almost to song.
The new watch found its way into
the housc<bf the American farmer an
artisan; X crossed the sea, even t..
Switzerland. In the cradle Of the
watch industry of the world-Geneva
1.-The American tourist will see
placards in the windows: american
watches sod here" and IL he inter-
views the shopkeeper and can disguise
his nationality he viii learn from him
that the American watch is the best
in the world"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25

Then says the "parson":
Don't congratulate yet. Yer've
just tried and nearly hung me fer n
crime never done. Jest think of the
anxiety I must have suffered. Don't
yer think yer owe ME sorter recon-
pense? 1 don't want much. It's only
that yer let Denis go, IL he promises
to git away at once. He confessed ter
this of his own free will, which shows
some pluck anyway"
The president commenced ter look
Uneasy, and more so still when he saw
Nelly walkin' quickly towards 'em.
"Yer see, it's like this ere. OF
Blacks COLDS been snickered, and
someone's got ter be punished fer it.
Imagine, il yer can, what pretty
pass things would take IL we once
took IL inter our heads to let 'em of.
No, we can't make no exception in
this case, anyhow. Miss Bell" he
said, turning to Nelly, "this amt
quite the place fer ladies, and hope
yer won't take it as unkind II we
arsks yer ter go away. AS matter
of fac we've got some very unpleas-
ant bis'ness ter get fixed up"
Up ter the present Nell had not
dared ter look At the prisoner.
II tell yer, Mister President, yer've
got the wrong man. The 'parson' amt
took nothing
"No. 90 we've found out; but
Denis has confessed"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-01-25

DFor the first half of the fiscal
year the governments receipts ex.
ceeded its expenditures by about
SIS, 100000 As the excess will be far
larger in the second half, congress
will go right ahead with its pro-
grammc to reduce the surplus. This
is one Of the important questions
which is before our national legis-
lators. Secretary Gage has estimated
that the surplus will be in the neigh
borhood OF $1o0,00o,000 for the year,
on the basis of present taxes and du-
ties, and congress will keep these fg-
ures in mind. The great volume of
receipts Is, of course, an evidence of
business activity, but some Of the
taxes which produce them will have
to be reduced by the present con-
gress and others will be removed
st. Louis Globc-Democrat
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-03-11
STREET FAIR.
Bigger, Greater Attractions Than
Ever Before.

In 1901 the A. o. u. w. and Red
Men of Mt. Sterling joined in their
efforts and gave the most success
full weeks entertainment in the
way of Street Fair in the history
our city. At the close of the fair
they announced they would give
another in 1904 and to carry out
that promise they have taken the
initiatory by effecting permanent
Organization. The date will be
named later.
The following are the officers
and committees
PRESIDENT. l.. Conroy.
Vice President-Sam. Levy.
Treasurer-Walter Harper.
Secretary-Sam. p. Greenwadc.
Assistant Secretary-Clarence f.
Thomas.
Executive and Finance Commit
tee-Howard Anderson, G.. +.
Sledd, r. S. Stokley, r. j. Hunt.
Committee on Arrangement
c.. Il. Wilson, ID. j. Holland, Henry
Watson.
Committee on Subscriptions
j. w. Taul, M. II. Hainline, John
j. Walsh.
Committee on Decorations and
Parade-W. r. Nunnelley, N. V.
Engleman, ABB. Oldham.
Committee on Privileges. r.
Hainline, John A. Conroy, H. r.
Prewitt.
With the experience of last year
the public may expect greater
things for 1902. The carnival
feature, so excellent and satisfac-
tory of last year, will be greatly
improved until it may be ssaid no
city in this broad Southland has
ever surpassed the A. o. U. w.
and Red Men in their entertain
ment of 1902.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-03-11
New Officers of the MT. Sterling
National Bank.

The following are the
directors: b. f. Cockrell, VIM. S
Lloyd, c. o. Moberly, j. G. Trim
BILE, Charlton Evans. Mr.. Cock
rell was elected President and Mr.
Lloyd Vice President. David
Howell was elected Cashier, Thos
d. Jones, Assistant Cashier, and
Dan Priest, Individual Bookkeeper
We feel confident that under the
new management the bank will re-
tain it's former prestige as a relia-
bic and prosperous institution.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-03-11
Public Sale of Blue Grass Land.

On THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1902
at 10 o'clock, sharp, | will offer
for sale Io5 acres of Blue Grass
Land belonging to Jennie and Liz
zie Cox, better known as the
M. Cox Farm. Said land is on
the Spencer pike, five miles east
of Mt. Sterling. If not sold on
that day it will be rented. Terms
made known on day of sale.
For further information, call on
VIM. SLEDD, Agt.
3It Mt. Sterling, Ky.