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The extraordirthe 1896 Colunplaced it head aiits competitors.deny that othermade, but the Cthe perfections a

of them all. Studetail at our sisevere daily use

hirers at theAcademy. To hithe good points ilbia is to know o

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J. Hart Brittain

452 Penns3CtrD SOMETIMES BETRAYS.

Sene of the Vagaries for Which Lov-ers Are Guity.

From the Chiengo I d.'41.I know a well-built, well-groomed man of

the world, with a strong, masculine face. a

splendidly athletic figure, standing six feetthree inches in his stockings, and statelyand dignified in his bearing. His enrap-tured wife finds no word so expressive 01her appreciation of his charms as "Kitten.'She. by the way, is a Juno. and he, not tcbe outdone In matters of the heart, alsccalls her "Kitten." So it is Kitten andKitten, until I am sure they have forgottenthar the'English language possesses propeiPcuns In general usage in polite society.Then there is a fat man with a pudgy

face and protruding figure. Nothing seemF

to satisfy the soul -of his doting wife butBird!e. Birdie he Is, Birdie he must be,tl-ough 'all the world blush for It.Then I cannot forget one of my dear

friends, whose husband, twenty years hersenior, is a hard-headed business man.know that she is a most devoted. lovingwife. a-.d that when her passion for him isat moderate height she contents herselfwith "mall tweetees,"and "cunning single.,but when it rises to flood tide. she castsipon hIm the most loving and languishingglances an.1 calls him "Crow."Another tall, gaunt, raw-boned, ill-favoredJ

friend is also worthy of passing mention.His hair is carrot-colored and scraggly,his neck so thin that it resembles nothingso much as a snarl of strings, while hishands, feet and anatomy generally call u;visions of 'ichabod Crane. His affectionates-pouse could find no name for him that scpleased her fancy as "Puddin." She scold-ed him as "Puddin" and loved him as "Pud-din." As "Puddin" he was cowed, driveriand bullied, and as "Puddin" he was coax-ed. wheedled and caressed.

It is surprising that a delicate, refined,bighbred woman could best express helardor for her husband in the wordi"Snooks" and "Shoppy," yet I have knowisuch to be the case: and ft would seem asthough a dignified professor might objectto being called "Hubby," but I have seerhim respond to It with a smile so wide thaithe Cheshire cat wasn't in it.One prominent literary man rarely ad-

dresses his tiny young wife as anything but"Kid." which is not inappropriate, if some-thing unmusical. But it is usually the verylile man with the enormous wife whoseebulitions of sentimental tenderness caronly find eipression in calling her "Baby.'These are by no means the vagiries 01

youth and inexperience. -'-

I was once traveling in one of the West-ern tates, when a groom of about seventycame aboard with a blushing bride of per-haps sixty-five. They soon became oblivious,and this conversation was heard:He-"Whose ittle lammle?"She-"Bof of u."And perhaps all are familIar with theoverheard conversation between the Con-

cc rd School of Philosophy professor anihis young bride, the Rssar graduate:V. G.-"Darlr~g*"Professor--"What, darling*"V. G.-"Nothing, darling--only darling."Professor-"Darlingr

A Soldier's Self-Qaer'iaee.In Sir Evelyn Wood's "Reminiscences"

touching instance of courage and self-sac-rifice is given. One day in June. 1855, a de.tachment of English marirnes were crossingthe Woronzow road, under fire from thRussian batteries. All of the men reacheiShelter in the trenches except a seamanJohn Blewitt. Ah he was running a terrifiwoar was heard. His mates knew the voieof a huge cannon, the terror of the armyand yelled: "Look out' It is WhistlinjDick!" But at the :noment Blewitt wasstruck by the enormous mass of iron on thiknees and thrown to the ground. He calleito his especial chum: "Oh, Welch, save me!'The fuse was hissing, but Stephen Welcdran out of the ttenches, and seizing thbgreat shelL, tried to roll it off his comradeIt exploded withy such terrific force that noian atom of the bodies. of Blewltt or Welelwas found. Even in that time, when eaclhour bad its excitement, ihis deed of herobem stirred the whole English army. One o:the oilcer's searched eut Wcleth's old motheiin her poor home, and undertook her support while she lived, ad the story of hideahhlpd hs orades to nohler coneop

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ary popularity ofibia Bicycle hasid shoulders over

'Twere folly togood wheels are

alumbia combinesnd improvementsdy them in everyiow rooms or inby learners and

Columbia Bicyclewve been explained I

ri the 1896 Colum-I every latest im-hieel making. -_

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Local flanager,iivania Ave.

NOT IN 1IlS IMBRELLA.But It Was Found Eventually and theTwo East Siders Missed a "Scrap."

From the New York Tribune.The man got on the cable car at Chan.

bers street and Broadway, bound uptown.It was a rainy night, and he carried anumbrella znd had his trousers turned up.He took a seat w*ll forward. When theconductor came up for his fare the manhanded him a cnin. As he did so it disap-peared. No one heard It drop, and neitherknew what had become of It. The conduc-tor Icoked for it on the floor. Then hemade every cnein that part of the carinove, so that ie could raise the woodengrating. This, natutally. put all in a balhumor, but the money was not to be found.The conductor went out on the back plat-form. as if content to consider the affair a-losed incident. No one noticed whether he

r-ng up the fare or not. Soon the passen-ger, who had begun to fidget, beckoned tothe conductor."I want my change," he said. "I gaveyou a dime.""I didn't get your mcrney," was the an-

swer. "I want your fare.""Yicu did get it. I handed you a dime and

you dropped it. G've me my nickel or I'llmake trouble for you."The conductor had a temper of his ownand was new ready to meet the angry pas-senger half way. "If you don't pay yourfare ll put you off.""You'll have some fun doing that. I'll gobail. You'd better give me my change."The co-aductor caught hold of the man asif to put him off, but was roughly shaken

away. The occupants of the car becamedeeply interested, and the women who werenear the thick of battle moved away."Aw. they won't scrap." said a youngEast Sider to his companion. "They ain'tgot it in 'em."~"Perhaps the dime dropped into your um-brella." ventured a man who was carryinga violin case."That's so," said the passenger who wasabout to be ejected. He seemed heartilyglad to get out of the affair with honor andlwithout violence. Admiring glances werecast at the man with the violin case, andnis elevet r.ess vas audibly commented on.The umbrella was parjly opened, and sev-eral persons peered into it to see the dime.But they didn't see it. and the owner of theumbrella felt about for the coin ina vain.The cotacuctor had also seemed pleasedrat the prospective ending of the trouble,but now he felt called on to renew his ef-forts to put off the man who hadn't paidhis fare."The money touched your hand, didn'tit T' demanded the passenger."Yes: but I didn't have it.""If it touched your hand it was in yourcustody. That's good law, isnt't- it?"' in-quIred the man, looking at the other pas-sengers. The involuntary jury disagreeden this legal question."I ain't got the money, and 'that's allthere is to it." said the conductor in surlytones. "Come, you'll have to get off.""Maybe the money dropped into thie. foldof your trousers' leg," suggested a passen-ger just at this moment, pointing to themar 's turned-up trousers. A search quick-ly revealed the dime, it was handed to theconductor, the change was given and thetwo East Siders left the car- at- UnionSquare, probably disgusted.

THE BOX OFFICE- CLERK.How Hie Sills Tieket. So as to liake

* the Thin Honse Look Fall.FrmteBeston Travller'.The box office man of one of our thea-

-ters let me into a little secret the other daytlaat pr<.ves the existence of gray matterand science behind the theater window.We were speaking of the depressing effectof small audiences, when he remarked: "Iassure you that it is a fine art to distributea small audience so that the people in itwill not feel isolated. If the ticket-sellerIknows his business he will so apportion a

tolo ulL This is done by ma a--quaintance with his chairs and the scienceof distribution, four or five people beingseated here, as many more there, and twiceas many there, the object being to makea little collection of heads visible in which-ever direction one looks, and the squads sogrouped as to cover the beggarly array ofempty benches by bringing th'e heads inrarnge of one another,a "A clever man will seat an audleno of.three hundred i:o that it' will look like oneof six or seven hu..a.-a~"

SPA4S POSIT STATED'

7e Spanis Premi'rpraes s n

Will Repress. Hotile Demeeatmions-Mediattom of a Pereignex-

Werler Defended.

The New York *orld printed ihe follow-Ing statement of the policy of Spain re-

garding Cuba and Congress, by the Spanishprime minister:

"MADRID, March 4."We have, as yet, no official notification of

the intentions of the American government,and cannot, therefore, take cognizance of orprotest by note against any of the proceed-ings of the Senate and House of Represen-tatives of the United States. We have takenno official notice whatever of the procead-ings and speeches in Washington during thepast week."Nor have we sounded the. European

powers or courts regarding their supportin any form. All we have done is to show tothe American government and to Minister.Taylor that we have endeavored to enforceresp'ct for the American legation and con-sulates, repressing so sternly the disturb-ances that we have ordered the Madrid,Granada, Barcelona and Valencia univer-sities closed, and we will close all universi-ties. schools and establishments whosestudents dare to make demonstrations hos-tile to the United States. We will send toprison and prompt trial all the authors andpromoters of such disturbances. We believethey are prompted by the advanced repub-li!cans.

Able to Quell Demonstrations."Nothing will be omitted on our side to

show our desire to preserve cordial relationswith America. I am convinced that wepossess suffic!ent means to quell any hostiledemonstrations. The government of Spainregrets and has made all the amends pos-sible for the manifestation already made ofthe Indignation which the speeches at Wash-ington naturally excited among the ever-loyal people of Spain."The situation now is one of extreme dell-

cacy. Tndeed, I cannot define how far it ispossible for the government of Spain to per--mit the amicable and careful mediation of aforeign power, however honorable and dis-.interested it may be, w!thout incurring thegrave risk of being accused of submittingto outside ifiterference, pressure and dicta-tion in the midst of a civil war. The UnitedStates are a great power, and until theyrecognize the object and encourage the almsof the insurrectionists in Cuba they arefriendly to Spain. After the recognition ofthe belligerents in Cuba by the UnitedStates it would be Impossible for the govern-ment of Spain to accept the good offices ofPresident Cleveland or to permit any inter-ference whatever."Nevertheless, I still hope some meanswill be found by the President to avoidalienating the friendly relations with theUnited States, which Spain has shown thisweek that she prizes highly.

The Vote In Congress."I am fully alive to the significance and

the possible consequcnces of the vote ofthe United States Congress to the' rebelsas well as to Spain in her relations withthe United States, especially in cannectionwith the right of search on the high seas,and In the matter of privateers and illibus-terlng expeditions."The only new and seemingly warlikepreparations yet made by Spain are madesimply with a view to equipping a fleet ofwarsh!ps and trans-Atlantic steamers tochase filibusters, and to guard the coasts ofCuba. That is the sole object in view. en.Weyler having said that he has had enoughtroops, only the usual reliefs will be sent toCuba until autunn. and no naval demon-stration Is conternpated."The elections will not interfere with theaction of the government, as it intends toconduct them in a tolerant spirit for allparties. fair representation being arrangedfor even the West Indian constituencies.Besides, in every imperial and internationalquestion the Spaniards have always shown

a patriotic spirit.Defending Weyler.

"The misapprehension concerni-ig Gen.Weyler's character and methods as a sol-dier originated in a misstatement of factsin his career and of his assignments andinstructions. Both in Cuba, twenty yearsago, and in the Philippine Islands sincethen,- Weyler has only carried out the or-ders of his chiefs."Before he left for Cuba the last time I

saw and spoke to him, and approved hisviews. Consequently, lie has simply actedin harmony with the requirements of thiswar, in which the insurgents have not onlydefied the rues of civilized warfare, buthave violated the provisions of the treatyof I7%') between Spain and the UnitedStates, and of the protocol of 1877. respect-ing the lives and property of all real an:l al-leged American citizens in Cuba."I am determined- to carry out the ad-

ministrative political reforms already votedby the cortes as soon as the Isacification ofthe island permits, and even such economi-cal tariff reforms as may be consistent withthe interests of both the colony an'l thegnother country."But it. is imposstble to attempt refrmnsduring a civil war er under any foreign

pressure in the present condition of theisland."When Marshal Campos was sent to

Cuba as governor gener.ii the governmentwould certainly have allowed him to in-stitute th'e reforms if hie hadi deemed themadyisable. But lhe soon discovered that itwas impossible to do so."We cannot admit that the slightest

ground exists for the "ecognition of thebelligerency of the Cuban insurgents. whoseso-called president, the Marquis of SantaLucia, and the members of his executivecouncil are nomads, like the rebel bands,ever on the move. For instance, they werenear-ly surprised and captured this week bya Spanish column in the province of LasVillas. CANOVAS DEL CASTILLO."

CAPITAL CITY GUN CLUB.

ElectIon of Oi~eers - Interest In theComing Rockville Tournamnent.,

The annual meeting of the Capital CityGun Club was largely attended by themembers, nnd much enthusiasm was mani-fested1 over ihe bright prospects ahead ofthe organization. Officers for the ensuingy or were unamimously elected as follows:President, Capt. G. C. West; vice president,B. L. Osborn; treasurer, James M: Green;secretary, Arthur S. Mattingly, while theveteran pigeon shot, William Wagner, wasagain chosen captain. R. ;W. Barker wasmade the fifth member of the executivecouncil. The treasurer's report showed theclub to be in a very healthy financial con-ditken, with several hundred dollars to itscredit in bank and no indebtedness. Itwas alse reported that there were severalthousand birds on hand for the approachingshooting season, with -an ample supply oftraps, electric poles and all the parapher-nalia needed in a first-class gun club.Improvements have been made in the

cozy and comfortable' club house at thefoot of 21st street, and an additional housesecured near it for the storage of trap-shooting materials. An appropdiation of$100 was made with which to purchaseprizes for -the season's shooting matchesof the club, and a committee was appointedto arrange the program and handicap theshooters. This committee has decided ona dhandicap that will allow every shooterto shoot as he please without being boundby annoying rules or restrictions.Commencing with April 1 the traps willbe out at the club grounds at the foot of21st street every Tuesday and Saturda-

at 2:30 p.m. The meeting decided that imany member. of the club as could pos-sibly do so should attend the tournamentof the Rockville Gun Club, April 17 and 18,because of the meritorious object it had inview, the proceeds of the tournament to beglevoted to replenishing the depleted quailsupply of Montgomery county.It was alao announced that- a number ofapplications would be made by well-knownsportsmen at the next meetingIn connection with the coming tournament

at Rockvihl the Rockville Gun Club hasappointed a committeecnstnoWin. E. Burford,MrAthr C-mcand Mr. Cluskey Cromwell to represent itin Washington. A number of merchantshave indicated .that they will make dona-.tions of articles fort prizes and the loversof snpr re takring nmach ierest Ithat1-

AFfA9S 1iiLEX DRIA

oal am17erswuouNndtes of General In-

Another Dame 3alJs club and Eatry

.Kovements Among the Politiciano

-In the Pollegcourt-Notes.

The Sunday school class of Mr. T. C.O'Neal gave him aatfrprise party at hisresidence, on -Prince !street, last night, theoccasion being his .,ementy-seventh. birth-day. During the evening they presentedhim with a gold-hqaded silk umbrella.Iusic, recitations. and other pastimes were

indulged in. A recitation, entitled "Overthe Sea," was delivered by Mr. JosephRamsay, and was well received. Amongthose present were Messrs. Samuel F.Slokeley, George $chwarzman, JamesWells, Harry Sissop, Joseph Ramsay,Henry Aystrike, John Schwarzman andAlonzo Wolfred.

Base Ball Team Organized.Another base ball team has been organ-

ised in this city. The team !s composed ofyoung men under seventeen years of age.The following have already been signed:E. S"-pson, C. Brenner, R. Smith, E. Ar-nold, J. Coffman, H. Miller, C. Crump, J.Riely and J. Burroughs. The base ballseason in this city will be an unusually in-terest!ng one, as games have already beenarranged with sevel'al strong amateurteams of Washington.

The "Lily Whites" Organize.The white republicans. of this city have

formed a new po.itical organization, thename of which is the "Lily Whites.' Theleaders claim that they are making quite aninroad in the demccratic party, and thatthey will carry the city hy a -arge major-ity at the coming elcetlons.

Made an AnsignmaIent.Mr. J. Lee Lash yesterday made an as-

signient of his cigar factory, stock, etc.,to Mr. R. M. Latham, for the bienefit of hiscreditors. The amounts of the assets andliabilities are not given in the deed, but itis said that ;its stock of cigars and tobac-co will pay off all indebtedness. Mr. J. G.Lash is named is a preferred creditor fora debt of $800.

Police Court.Mayor Thompson had only one case be-

fore him this morning for trial. JumboGrady. a ten-year-old negro noy, was

charge:d with attcmpting to cut a smallwhite boy n'amec Petur bchoeti with aknife. The case was continued until 7o'clock tonight.

Noten.The funeral of the late H. K. Powell took

place yesterday afternoon. The intermentwas in the Methodist Protestant cemetery.Rev. J. H. Butler conducted the services.The depositions in the case of the libel-

lants against the steam dredge Morganwere taken before Commissioner J. S. Fow-ler yesterday.There will be a called meeting of the

board of police commissioners tonight inthe mayor's office. It is expected that busi-ness of importance will be transacted.Mrs. Thomas, who was boritally -assault-

ed by her husband ahbQvt ten days ago, asmentioned in The Sta't. continues to im-prove, and her phystcians have stronghopes of her recove.ry..,The joint committee an streets and public

property have corple.el the drafting ofthe building inspe Ilon11'bil, which will besubmitted to council 'liesday night.State Senator deo. A. 3ushback and

Delegate May have returned from theirlegislative duties at Iiuthmond.Miss Sallie Pattpn uf Staunton is the

guest of Mrs. George 4. French on NorthAlfred street.Mr. Wythe Whit* of the telephone ex-

change has returned fvom a pleasant visitto Richmond.

PA4VIN~k PlNSIONS,

il Pamsed to Ma the Pa-iment byCheck, bes.-Mail.Action was taken by the House yester-

day, the effe.ct of which is to provide thathereafter all pensioners of the UnitedStates shall be paid by .checks sent themthrough the mail, and which breaks up thepractice becoming so common of pensionerscalling at the pension agencies in personand receiving their quarterly payments.The bill, which was passed by the House

yesterday, repeals section 4784 of the Re-vised Statutes, prescribing the manner ofpaying pensions. In this section authorityis given pension agents "to take and certifythe affidavits of all pensioners and theirwitnesses who may personally appear be-fore them for that purpose, in which casethe check for the pension, when due andpayable, shall be given direct to the handof the party entitled thereto, if desired,and not mailed to his address." Thisprivilege has resulted in recent years inserious abuses, the veterans frequently fall-ing into the hands of sharpers, confidencemen and others, who manage to relievethem of a large amount, if not all, of theirquarterly payments.In the report accompanying the hill1 it is

stated that the evident intention of the lawwas to accommnodate those pcnsloners whoresided iri the clties at which the pens'on1agencies were located. Statistics show thatbut ten per cent of all the pensioners availthemselves of the provIsion of obitainingtheir checks in person. ContInuing, the re-port says:"The custom of social intercoturse that

was at first occasioned by the meeting upon'pay day' has been displaced by the bane-ful practice of designing men and women,who prey upon the weaknesses of theveterans and surround them with pitfalls ofvice and temptations, into which they fre-quently soon deposit the pittance which agrateful government has provided for theirsupport and the maintenance of their fami-ilies."The custom prompts thousands to visit

the agencies from long distances, at great-er expense than their incomes warrant, andleads to habits that 'are inljuious to theirmorals and ruirrous to their purses. Thedesire to be early 'in line' to receive theirpay keeps hundreds upon the streets or inshelter in the corrIdors of the agency. Af-ter a nIght spent in cold corridors or uponthe streets, waiting for the pay day of themorrow, many fail e~asy victims to thosewho for a small fee cash their checks, orby poisonous politeness lead them to drinkand debauchery. from Which they emergePenniless into the pres'ence of the policejudge.'"As the proposed legislation will whollyabolish personal payment and establish the

universal rule of payment by checks trans-mit'ted through the mail, and as it~s objectis the protection of the veterans and tneirfamilies, the bill was Passed without ob-jection.

- Deelines AI& RlIqsonsibility.Capt. J. A. Pei$ ho was recently

elected to the chahynmanship of the uinancecommittee, which swas-thosen at the meet-ing presided over '>y' mtr. E. B. Weibourn,at Mt. Carmel Chgch)i few days ago, tomake arrangemenis f the emancipationcelebration, has declinedl to serve in such acapacity, and has -vA-o#Pted The EveningStar to notify the pablic, that he will not beresponsible for any'debt's that might be in-curred.,'or for an? flon'ey that might becollected by persons :twrpresenting them-selves as coming fqom.ihim.-

Rasedy and lMeck~tm Matched.Pat. Raedy and 14ite*Peckthami have been

matched to fighth fore the heavy-weightchampionship of the distrtct of Columbia,fornierly held by Billy McMillan. The con-test will take place in Virginia on the 31stinstant.

Merchant Tunifer Banquet.The Merchant Tailors' Society ill have

their an'nual banquet the 12th instant at theRaleigh. Distinguished speakers are to bepresent and leading iHghts of thre'raft fromother cities 'will be among the gbzests..

- Counsel Fee. Allowed.iIn the divorce e a~e -of George Cornell

against Mary L. C4rnell, Judge. Hagnertoday directed Mr. Cornell topay $40 coun-sel tees to his wife's atttorney, Mr. P. M.Brown~,.'The comlplainant,- a herdlc driver,c12ax=e= hs wifea with cret.

POLITiCAL SPEECHES

-TMeBile Onirad -by .60 il-:

Th Campaiga of Ediention to Be

Pursued by BethParties.

The government printing office will havemuch more than usual to do with the com-ing campaign. The country is expected tobe literally papered with documents, and inthat great shop will be done most of theprinting. From year to year, since the.phrase "educational ,campaign" has beenplayed upon the amount of printing torpolitical purpose has steadily grown.During the last campaign about 8,000,000

speeches were printed, put in wrappers andsent forth for the enlightenment of aneager public. The result of all this educa-tional influence was not entirely satis-factory to the democrats, but this will notdiscourage them nor destroy their faith inprinters' ink.

Millions of Speeehen.The calculation is that this year several

million more copies of speeches will be cir-culated than there were last year. Thenumber is usually about equally divided be-tween the two principal parties, and be-sides what Is done from the governmentprinting office there is much printing doneby private contract later in the campaign,when the rush is on.There has been practically no let-up in

the distribution of political tracts rincethe last election. The enlisted missionariesof the silver faith and of the gold faithhave been on a paper basis all I hesemonths, and have so rapidly increased theper capita circulation that it is estimatedthat two-thirds of the carpets of the coun-try are padded with these learned tractsat a ratio' of.utter impartiality.

Documentary Arguments.But these tracts are formed in very small

part of congressional literature. The con-gressional paper is just now beginning theresumption of circulation. The greatestfatth is had in the efficacy of documentaryarguments. The sending out of the printedspeeches of Congressmen in great quantitiesdoes i ot usually begin until the campaignhas opened. But now, when the campaigncommittees are just organizing, and will notbegin their work for many weeks, and whilethe nominations are yet all to be made, hun-dreds of t-ousands of speeches are beingordered. The silver men expect to send outfour or five millions of the speech of Towneof Minnezota. A hundred thousand of thesehave already been printed, and againct thatthere have been printed 100,0") of the spenchof Turner of Georgia, sustaining the goldside of the controversy. Seventy-five thous-and of Fowler's speech, and about the samenurnler of Tillman's, have been ordered.These are unusual orders so far in advanceof the actual campaign. *

Silver and Gold.When the campaign is regularly on it !s

expected that there will be a lively contestto keep up the parity of- circulation be-tween the speeches of Dingley and Turner,republican and democrat, on one side of themoney question, and Crisp and Towne,likewise representing the two parti-s, onthe other side of the question. Dingley-sspeech will undoubtedly be circulated bythe republican campaign committee whenthe active work begins, and it is likely thatsound money committees generally willavail themselves of this very business-likestatement of their side of the case. Towne'sspeech is regarded as the best of the ses-sion on the silver side of the guestlon, andit will undoubtedly have the largest circu-lation. His and Crisp's will be the offsetto Dingley's and Turner's.

OtIher Speeches.The A. P. A. speeches will all have im-

n.ense circulation, if one may judge fromthe experience of last Congress. At thattime one Senator alone bought and distrib-uted a million copies of Linton's speech.Quite a number of speeches on the Cuban,

Venezuelan and Armenian affairs are beingsent out, but this seems to result from lit-tle more than the pride of authorship andpopular interest in the subject, withouthaving any relation to partisan politics.The subjects are not thought to furnish thcmaterial for partisan advancement. Thereis a demand for the best speeches on allthree subjects without regard to the partyto which the author belongs.Mr. Frye's eloquent and unexpected out-burst of eloquence on the Armenian ques-tion has attracted much attention antimade him the favorite on that subject. onthe Cuban question the greatest demand isfor the speeches of Vest and Sherman.Vest's speech that is most sought is thatwhicb, like the speech by Frye, was an im-promptu outburst.

WITH 200 STORIES.

Extraordinayy Sky-Scraper an Plan-ned by Architects.

From the New York World.A capitalist of this city submitted the

idea of a buildin~g 200 stories hiefh to a firmof architects.At first they regarded the idea as vision-

ary. "Examnine it 2arefully." said theirclient, "and make yo)ur report."The architects didl so. Trhey concluded

that tIl ir part of the work was practicaland practica'ble; that a 200-story buildingcould be erected, provided the vast sum ofmoney necessary to construct it was forth-coming.Its plan. as drawn, somewhat resembhles

that of the Eiffel tower, that wonder of thelast Vars exiosition. But this building willbe nearly :hree times as ihigh as the Eiffeltower, and its construction presents vastlygreater difficulties..The structure will occupy one large city

block. It will. of course, be built of steel,just as the buildings that are now consid-ered tall na btuit of steeL. The frameworkof these buidings is like that of a bridge.The bridge is placed on end and surroundedby an outer wall of stone or granite.In the 200i-story building the bridge will

be longer, that's all.It will have 120,(i10 square feet of space

on each floor; 24,.N0,IXJ0 square fee: ofspace on the 200 floors.It will contain 10J0,000 separate ofiees and

suites.It will accommodate 400,000 people under

one roof.Necessarily, the first question to be an-

swered in planning for this sky-piercingstructure was: "How wvill people reach theupper stories?"The answer is: "By electric elevators."It is the purpose of the projectors of the

building to gather on its commodious floors200) distinct communities of husiness men.On one floor will be the jewelers, on anotherthe hardware dealers, on antother the hnr-ness makers, and so on, So the condluct ofgreat interests will he s'mplified, an'd morework can be done in that building In fourhours than can be accomplished elsewherein an ordinary work day of eight or tenhours.

Robberies Repsorted,W. Henson left his vest hanging in the

l'all of Page's Hotel February 18. When hereturned for it he found that some oneq hadtaken his gold watch, and he has asked thepolice to look out for it.Richard Dean of 710 D street complains

of the theft of a gold watch and chain.J. T. Tekoski, 1853 7th street, has reported

to the police that a pair of black trouserswere stolen from his shop )esterday.H. M. Maya of 307 Missouri avenue com-

plained to the police this morning that asuit of clothes, a watch, breast pin and a-pocket book, containing 13.75 in money,were stolen from his house yesterday.

A New Methodist Church,St. Paul's Church, Dupont Circle, the en -

terprise inaugurated by the MetropolitanMi. E. Church, has become independent.Rev. Stowell Bryant has been invited tobecome the first pastor. Dr. Hugh John-ston will preach his closing discourse to-morrow morning, and in the evening theSunday school will hold its first missionaryservice. There will be fine singing, andBishop Hurst and Mr. Edward Gurney ofToronto wll speak.

The eleventh congressional republicanconvention met at Cuero, Texas, Thtlrsday,and elected delegates to the St. Louis een-vention. Mcrtnley is probably th, favor-ite,

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At a meetirg of the Central High School[ter-ry and Debtting Society held Wed-iesday afternoon officers were elected as

'ollows: President, Mr. Prurton; vice presi-lent, Lieut. Home; secretary and treasurer.'apt. Hoge; sergeant-at-arms, Herbert B.tuller. An es-ay on "Tnae Russian Railroadystem" was read by Lieut. Howe, afterrhich there was a debate o'n the question.''Resolv'er, That the government shouldit own and control the -railroads." Theaffirmative was supported by Messrs. Eur-ton and Julihn, and Messrs. Norris and3kcott upheld the negative, and were:warded the dezision of the judges, whowere Mr. Harry English. Miss Eva Pittstd Miss Seaver.-The regular meejing of the Junior Club.ahich occurs every other Friday evening.sas held at the home of Miss May Hall,L4501 H street, last night. Guessing con-tests nere in order during the first part ofthe evening, then dancing was indulged intnd refreshments were served. Those pres-nt were Misses Pease. Clark, Moore,ones, Knight and Shoenborn, and Messrs.Chase, Morris, Capt. Hoover, Capt. Hoge,L~ieut. Howe and Maj. Fox.At the last meeting of the . Pt DeltaLambda Debating Society the subject,"Resolved. That an cath is binding unslerall circumstances." was dlscussed, and thefollowing officers elected for the thirduuarter: Miss Allace Beaver, president;Miss Mildred Dean. vice president, andMiss Victoria Ludgnte, secretary andtreasurer.At a meeting called in the interests of theBibletic meet. which was presided over byMr. Harry English. head of the departmentof ar athematics,- the following committeeof three, one each from the sophomore.junior and senior classes, wss elected: Mr.Philip Tindall, '96; Lieuit. Farrow, '97, andMr. Fred Albert. '98.The ('entral High School Orchestra, un-ier the direction of Mr. Sherburne, teacherof Greek and Latin, is arranging for a dra-matic and terpsichorean entertainment.which is to be given on the 9th of nextmonth. The program will include a curtainraiser, "Breaking the Ice," by Miss GraceRess and Mr. Robert Test; "Lend Me FiveShillings," by High School talent, and aprogram of fourteen dances, the gausic forwhich will be furnished by the CentralSchool Orchestra.Rehearsals are now being held for the-production of "Lenid Me Five Shillings,"which is under the stage direction of Mr.Test, who is assisting Mr. Sherburne in theenterprise. The cast of characters, as se-lected by Mr. Test, is as follows: Mr. HarryEnglish as Captain Phobbs, Mr. Guy MeloyasCaptain Spruce, Mr. Harry H. Platt asMoriand. Mr. Daly as Sam, Mr. Robert TestasMr. Golightly, Miss Grace Ross as Mrs.Major Phobbs, and Miss Helen Biddis asMrs. (Captain Phobbs.The ch'.ss tournament between learnsfrom the Central and Eastern schools wasbegun Tuesday night at the home of Mr.fieprin, 926 B street southwest. -Messrs.Brown, Kumnmeli, Heiprin and J!ulihnrepresented the Central and Messrs. lark-an, Snell, Story and ilurst the Eastern.Out of the eight games played the Easternteanm won five and a half and the Central.team won two and a half, the individuzallcores being. Central-Brown, lost two:Relbrin, lost two: Kummell, won one andirew one, and Jullhn, won and lost one,Iastern-Parkman and Story each winningtwo; Snell, lost two, and Hurst, won oneand drew one,

Eaterm.On Tuesea appropriate exercises, at-tended by 'the entire school, were held inemorial of Williath Parsons, one of lastrears graduates, who died last week.A maeeting of the teachers was ealledWednesda afternoon to discuss the ad-

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lkge to such students as require he eon-stant use of the library books. 'naer thepresent plan they are required to obtait acard of permission every time they want areference book. At the regular weeklymeeting held on Thursday afternoon thesame topic was more thoroughly disensed.and it was finally decided to grant such aprivilelre.Mr. Philip Gerry. direco-r of the Glee Vlub,has not yet decided on the other two mem-bers of the second quartet.The latest organization at this school is aclub that goes under tle name of the tHigFour Pie Devourers. which meets at I k--monico's each recess for practice,

Business.An orchestra of ttelve memberm has becn

started at this school lately through tiesefforts of T. Brook Amiss. The membersand the instruments they wifl plar are asfollows: T. Brook An-:, violin; I. Monroe.violin; George Mueller, violin; Miss Hfunter.banjo; Miss Fearson. maindolin; Alvin V.Quinter, cornet; M1-s Troup. guitar: Mr.Cohen. vilolin, and Miss McGill and Me-Lean have not as yet. decided upon the in-struments they will play. Miss Doughuertyand Mr. Hooker will act as accompanists onthe pl~no. No regular director has as yetbeen appointed, and until the position is fill-ed Mr. Amiss will act in this capacity.All of the second-year English sections are

claiming the record f'or the amount ofstudying required of them in one night. OnuMonday they were given the first half ofMontgomery's English listory to go ovetrfor Tuesday. and then given the Other hlalffor Wednesday. 'ITntrsdlay they -wer'e re-quired to memorize twenty-nine stanzas ofpoetry from Horatius.The publication of the Balance Sheet. the

official school paper of tile Business, Is dle-layed this month on account of the Fick-rness of Robert L. Stone, the editor-In-chief.Miss Robinette will soon linaugurat' a

scheme for raising money for the hoeneta ofthe library. which wi he similar to that ofthe Eastern school last'year, by uwhic'h theymanaged to raise three hundred and somseodd dollars. During the past week she com-pleted the labelIng of the books and cata-loguing them according to the D~ewey sy-s-tern.At a meeting of those interested In the

High School track and field athletic sportsthat are to occur in the early part of spring,as requested by the i'entril athletic c'ommlt--tee, a committee of three to represent theschool was elected to meet the commItteesof the other three s.'hools. Mr. EugeneGough. Capt. Newton e'er'-ee -and SergeantDana White were tnianimously chosen asrepresentatives of the Business.The united work of tile boys' and girls'

glee clubs is very satisfactory, and b~otjuorganIzations are prospering finely. uanclerthe careful directionu of Miss Daisy D~e,:er'.

"Fete.A change of teacher. haa recently oe-

curred at the schlool b~ecause of the resige-nation of Mr. Kane, wh-o taught Latin anudGreek. He resignue-l to accept a .sinmilarposition in New Yoric.The vacancy has bseen filled by the ap-

pointment 'uf Mr. Dales.On Tuesday morning of last week the

senior girls, under the diretion of Mrs.Walton. spent an erjoyable hour with thelate poet. Etegene Fl-It. Miss Lyddanegave a brief sketch of his life, followed byMiss Coyle, who reeced "'1ke .Dual." andmMiss Charles. who renxditel "The NightWind." Miss Lockwood then sang P-'eldi'spathetic I oem. "Little Hoy Blue." and MissJchnson recited "The Blench-legged F'yce."Miss Davis conclude~d the hour with therecitation of "Wintkenl. Blinken and N.od"and "Seeing Things at Ni rht."Mrs. Taylor, the teacher of physical ctul-

ture and elocution in the Cleveland Schoolof Art, then gay~e cn informal talk.A movement Is on foot at preaent for thepurchase of a flag, an't subseriptions are

now in order. No flag baa waved ovecr thebuilding for the past Iwo years, and asthe government WutI not provide one thepatriotic pupils have undertaena to procureone thetmselvt..The sophomore class has formed a mew

secret organization. known as the L. J. C.Mr. Jackson Is the prweident.The Current History or Topic Club held

its weekly meeting Wednesday after dis-missast. All present joined in. a discussionof the Cuban question.

Application was made yesterlay for a re-celver for the Barnyard & Sons' Companyof Waterbury. Conn., -maanufacteress eshears. The concern is canitalized at Pna