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That High school Inquiry.
70 the Editor OF The EVENING STAR:


In reply 70 Punctualitys suggestion that the
committee on buildings should hurry up the CON-
pletion OF the high school building would ask him
70 first show where or how the school board or its
commfttf has any authority IN the premises under
the act providing Tor the erection OF that and the
ether two school buildings If he will be so kind
as to point out the authority, have no doubt the
committee VIII be happy To exercise to the fullest
extent TO secure the completion of that and the
other buildings In time for the opening OF the
schools CTrfzRN
DEEDS IN FEE have been FLED as follows !:
VIM. II. Vernon 20 Maria L. Pearson, west half lot
4 So az: $3.50 Henry r. Elicit ct al to Charles
A. Schneider lot 49, sub or lots IL Is and I6 So 49,
s.. Henry r. Elliott ct al TO Mary L. Pearson,
pt lot IS. in sub OF lots H. Is and &C. So 49, 81 500
Mary Z Pearson TO Cathartne A. Reed,
lot IS, sub OF so. lis: A,5O0 Charles
p. p. wToe etaL TO Margaret Riley. lot g.
in sub OF original lot I. SD SOS; N.i75 Samuel Fl.
Walkerto Slrah Robinson, sub lots - and H. sub So
"a; $52> james Kane 10 Charles T. Drawn, pit lot
-, So s3s; $sS6 w. Syphax 10 c. G. Glover and T.
Hyde, sub Is, 81. is9: slos5o0 r McMeen, pts. s
and ., 50 554, Sass 81 X McMeen TO B. IL Warner,
same property, $50. c. ". Clark TO George Ma
son. sub. 43. So 1872 $40 90. W. j. Williams to r.
H. Plunsner, pt II, 81. 10; s2ea C. e. Glover ct
al trustees 10 n. D. B-a;nar1. subs 81 ana IS. So
$50: ss.osa +. T. Browning 10 John Henry Brown,
RS 81 "a; 500 silly Smith 70 2. a r. r. X
CO.. 66-1eo acrcs on Alex Branch b. O. r r.
0sosA Mary X Pearson 70 cathesiae A Reed,
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Hanlan's victory Over Trickctt,

following so closely upon his no less decisive
overthrow Of Boyd, should be taken as settling
beyond any possibility Of cayil his immense SUI
periority over any oarsman Of the day-indeed,
1t Ii not too much to say that such another oars
man never has been seen in the aquatic lists.
AS yet no one has been able to extend the
Canadian wonder, and the public Is not likely to
know the full measure Of his ability unless some
such plan is adopted as that proposed four
years ago. and large purse Is offered for an
exhibition race against time, with bonus for
every second that the record il lowered.
Hanlan was averse to such q project
when 1t was first advocated, but he can
no longer plead the excuse that such an
exhibition would prevent him from making
matches as no one In his sober senses would
now think Of tackling him. The time which
Hanlan would show, say, over the Saratoga
course, would be much lower than any one i'm
AGNES. There was, We believe. q "triai" rowed
on one memorable occasion at Toronto, early OF
misty morning, In which Hanlan made such
time that his startled trainer. on seeing him
coming up two minutes or so before be was due,
shut up his watch and, with great presence OF
MUD, shouted, You didn't go round the stake
boat, did you? to which Hanlan, with equal
presence Of mind. replied, No. missed It In
the fog" It would be interesting to see the
champion turned out to beat the record. while
painting Time splashed after him In vain.
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Representatives Of the trades unions OF all
building wofkmen. such as stonecutyers, stone
work on any building where any class Of nom
union n1enfafe emYloyed.
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.sI4ow are you getting along7" asked widow
of her late husband, who appeared to her at
midnight as . ghost. Ghost-''Vefy we'll In
Then you afe In heayen7" s06. re.
qesde Batter. 8 S
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from England.
WHY THE CITY GREW WESTWARD.
Nearly this whole section was in the early
days of Washington owned by Daniel Carroll
Thomas Law and the Greenlear family. The
comparatively slow development Of this part Of
the city is attributed to the fiatterng prospects
which 1t had at the beginning. As 1t was un,
doubtedly contemplated that 1t should be the
principal part of the city. these large land own.
ers held the land mp to high price. asking Al
much a. 50 cents foot for 1t In the poorest 10.
calities. West Of the Capitol, along the line OF
Pennsylvania avenue, property could be bought
for few cents per foot. So the people were
driven west, where they could get land. 1t ID
Hill that healthy reaction has set in, and they
point to the steady march Of Improvement dur.
Ing the past few years in support Of this asser-
ton.
SHIPPING IN THE EASTERN BRANCH.
From the time the city was laid out up "a
about 1840 all the shipping business of Wash.
ington was done In the Eastern Branch n
1915 and '16 there was q company In this city
called the Importing and Exporting Co.," o,
which William Gowan was president, and which
carried on large trade with the West Indies
England and France: This company loaded
and unl0aded their ships in the Eastern Branch,
by means Of scOws and fiat boats, before the
requisite number Of wharves had been built.
They imported sugar and molasses principally.
Tor which they sent back wheat and tobacco.
They built brig, at the foot Of 4th street east
which they called the James Monroe In honor Of
President Monroe. About the year 1900 James
Barry came here from Dublin, Ireland and
built large brick building which is still stand
Ing on Cd street, between N street and the
Eastern Branch, and there carried on an ex-
tensiye business Ia baking hard bread for army
and navy use This bread be furnished 20 this
government and TO France and England, for
which p0rppee ~ bird md owned i Jarxo 6eof
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Odd Statistics Of Suicide.

DIR. O'Dea gives statistical tables OF
The rate of suicide in various countries
Mt the present day. These are very
puzzling. Among twenty-one selected
nationalities, including the United
States, only two show higher suicide
rate than Switzerland. The two are
Denmark and Saxony. DR.. O'Dea
makes no attempt to explain this pre-
eminence, nor does he find anything
surprising in the high rate of Switzer-
land. We confess that it surprises us a
good deal. For every seven suicides
occurring in Portugal, for every sixteen
occurring in Ireland, for every forty oc-
curing in the United States, there oc-
cur two hundred and six in the land of
the Alps and of Lake Leman, the land
to which men flock from the ends of the
earth, to be braced by the strong fresh
ness of its mountain wind, to inhale the
sweetness of its pine fragrance, to have
the eye frightened and the heart glad
dened by the glorious intoxication of its
beauty. Nations" says DR.. O'Dea,
"whose members are most given to
compromises with their own and Others
passions, who are most sensual, willful
and impulsive, and who are least con-
trolled by religious feeling, are liable to
have high rates of Suicide" Are Che
Irish, then, less willful and impulsive
than the SwissP Are the Swiss morally
or religiously inferior TO the Portuguese P
''The ratio of suicide to population,
the world over, is chiefly governed by
political and industrial cduses.'' The
italics are DR.. O'Dea's. He certainly
does not mean that the worse the po-
litical and industrial conditions, the
lower is the rate of suicide; and yet, if
prosperous conditions, political and in
iustrial, check suicide, would he have
US believe that Portugal and Ireland are
politically and industrially more IA
vored than Switzerland 1t seems
probable that the mercurial tempera-
ment of the Irish, and the stolidity of
the Portuguese, tend to keep down the
suicide rate; and we fancy that the
prevalence of suicide among the Swiss
may be accounted for by the keen, as
piring, sensitive character of the peo-
pie, and by consideration of the infiu-
ence of sublime mountain scenery, with
violent contrasts between winter and
summer weather, in producing morbid
conditions of mind.-London Spectator.
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Old Strawberry Beds.

Strawberry vines that have been per-
mitted to cover the ground and have
borne one good crop of fruit, will not
pay the labor of wedding out, and as a
rule should be plowed under as soon as
the crop has been gathered; but if one
has neglected to set new bed the past
spring, and desires to grow enough for
family use, two or three rods of the old
bed may be saved and made to furnish
another year what fruit is wanted for
home use.
One of the easiest and perhaps the
best way to clean out an old bed, is to
spade in the vines, leaving rows about
a foot in width and four feet apart. A
good dressing of manure should be
spaded in with the vines; and the rows
of vines left standing should be we'll
cleaned out, leaving neither weeds or
grass. Some believe it best to NOW of
the tops of the old vines, but as we have
never tried this method we cannot
speak of its advantage from experience;
but if the vines do just as well bv so do
ing, it would be an improvement, be-
cause it would lessen the labor of weed.
ing out, which is the one great draw
back on continuing an old bed; not
only is it a very tedious task to weed it
out in the first place, but the wedding
must continue until cold weather, or
the grass will become so thick that it
will greatly lessen the crop the next
season. If the land be in good condi-
ton, the space spaded up will be well
covered with vines before cold weather
sets in; if so, then next spring the old
vines may be spaded in to make paths
to stand in while picking the fruit
If one has strawberry bed away
from the garden, and it has been kept
clean of grass and weeds, it may be left
over another season without cleaning
out; and it will perhaps furnish half a
crop another season without expense,
except the use of the land; but if in the
garden, this should never be done, as it
nils the ground with weed seeds, which
will take many years to get out
A strawberry bed in the garden
should under no circumstances be per-
mitted to stand over the second year
without being kept as clean of weeds as
it is the first year We know that the
temptation is great to let it stand,
hoping to have time to clean it out,
which in many cases never comes. The
decision should be made within two
weeks after the crop is gathered; and if
it is decided to let it stand another year
the work of cleaning out should be
commenced at once, - Massachusetts,
PIoughman.
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HosrErrER McGINN1s and the Widow Flan-

HosTErTER MCGINNIs and the Widow Flap
Jack, with whom Hostetter boards, have had
a falling out, and his landlady no longer
sings Meet me where the flowers droop,n on
the square piano in the parlor for him. The
Misunderstanding occurred In this way:
When Mrs Flapjack handed him his piece of
buttered bread at the supper table, he no.
ticed that the butter was spread decidedly
thin. He scraped the butter with his knife,
and finally said 81 wish you had been my
mother when ! was a wild, wayward child. .
"Your motherln exclaimed the widow. Yes (;
you lay it on so very light can't perceive
it. replied the wretch, holding up the piece
of bread and butter, "but my mother used to
Law it on so thick and heavy with strap, that
l can feel it yet" The intimation that the
widow was old enough to be McGinnis' moth
err, is what put the fat in the fire, and now there
is no more talk among the other boarders
about Hostetter and the widow contempt at
ing the Preparation of matrimony. Il Grds
SiftiHqS.
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A New Phase of the Watermelon
Question.

Watermelons are not supposed to be
very nutritious, however delightful to
the palate; but case has just occurred
in which man subsisted for more than
a week on the escuent fruit. A man
named Jose Manuel Rivera started in a
canoe off the coast of the Isthmus of
Panama to take q cargo of watermelons
to the Island of Otoque for sale. A gale
came up and drove him out to sea, and
all his efforts to reach the shore were
unavailing. For more than week he
drifted about, living entirely on the
watermelons, which served him as both
food and drink. At the end of that time
he saw steamer, and, hosting his shirt
on the paddle, made signals which were,
finally seen from the ship, and the wait
was picked up. a.l-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-09

Profanity is an expensive luxury in
New Jersey. If the offender is over
fourteen years of age the penalty is fifty
cents for each "swear word" or four
days Imprisonment in the county Jail.
If the speaker of Objectionable language
is under that age, his parents or guardi-
ans are held liable for the fine. Manu-
facturers who employ children who
have not reached their fourteenth year,
are responsible for all the bad words
used by them. At fifty cents word,
half a. dozen oprofane little wretches
could soon run up an unpleasant bill of
costs for manufacturer Chicago
Inter- Ocean. rJr.. o z.
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Nutritious Eood.

\ The pleasure of living isJfhcreascd by ju-
dicous selection of nutritious food. The true
epicurean will avoid diet not pleasing to his
palate aud satisfactory to his stomach. An
invalid suffering from dyspepsia VINO finds this
or that gives him greater or less stouachc
suffering, heartburn, etc, should choose the
ones lesA aggravating to his feelings. The
consisting principally of soft boiled eggs,
toast, beef cooked rare, baked potatoes
and warm new milk, using as atomic DIR. Guy
sott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla, a medi-
cine highly recommended as strengthening to
the digestive organs.-TimeS Correspondent.
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Mrs. MARIA L. WlNToN, of Batavia, O.,
writes: 81 believe / suffered more from dys-
pepsia than any woman living 1t just seemed
that no kind of food would rest on my stom-
ach. Ny habits were very irregular and my
generally health consequently broke down.
Several medicines tried relieved me at first
but soon got worse again. / was recon-
mended to give DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock
aud Sarsaparilla a trial. 1t has now been
three months since quit taking it and have
not suffered any symptoms Of dyspepsia since,
and my habits are now very regular"
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The real old harvest apple of our
grandfather's days is to be found no
more.
The farmer who leaves his pillow to
rot in the fields all winter is usually .he
one who finds most fault with the con-
dition OF the country.-M J. Herald.
The Gardeners MONTHLY says: "Let
the laundry folk on every wash day
pour the boiling-hot soap-suds about
the roots of peach trees. This will de-
stroy the insidious little fungus which
produces the 'yellows and other dis
eases, and finish the Larvae of insects
which are injurious to the trees"
Red ants are said to like lard bet
ter even than sugar; for this reason, if
the red ants are troublesome in kitchen
or store-room, set a plate well grea ed
with lard in the room. 1t will soon be
covered with them, and you can dispose
OF them; put the plate back and keep
on doing so until they are exterminated
~ y. Post.
Marble Cake: Oight.) One cup
sugar, half a cup each of butter and
milk, whites of three eggs, two cups
flour, one and a half teaspoonful of bak.
ing powder. Dark.) Half cup each
of brown sugar and moiasses, one fourth
cup each of butter and milk, two cups
of -four, the yelks of three eggs. one
and half teaspoonful of baking pow
der, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon,
cloves and allspice.
--BeefSteak Pudding: Line your ba-
sin with thin suet crust. For a small
pudding take three-quarters of pound
OF rump steak, cut in thin slices with
out fat or gristle make q powder of
pepper and SALT dip each slice into it
and lay it round in layers in the basin
until nearly full. Fill up the center
with oysters or mushrooms, tie it tight
and boil for three hours; add water in
the saucepan as required, but it must
not reach the top of the pudding basin.
Fill up the basin with good stock. ~
y. Herald.
"A correspondent of the Queensland
er supplies that paper with the follow
ing on the subject of potato growing:
- L tried an experiment with potatoes
this autumn. as seed was scarce. took
cuttings of potato tops and planted them
in the wet weather, and they took root
and bore better crop than the original
root. Some of the seed potatoes were
growing strong before set them. so
slipped off the superfiuous shoots and
planted them, with very good results;
and any one with small supply of good
seed may largely increase it by this
simple method"
One objection to large farm, OF
sufficient capacity to meet the wants of
q great farmer, is that it concentrates
all the crops and all the manure at one
point In harvest time short hauling of
hay and grain saves valuable time, and,
when manure is to be drawn. short dis
tances to the fields from the heaps or
sheds very much lessons cost. 1t lis
better to divide on large farms and have
two or more separate points of concen-
tration in distribution, and thereby save
great cost to team work. And too, it
is very wise to divide the farm buildings
as to not have them all burn at one fire.
These are general considerations. In.
Y. Tribune.
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If you feel dun, drowsy, debilitated, have
sallow color Of skin, or yellowish-brown spots
on face or body, frequent headache or dizzi-
ness, bad taste In mouth, internal heat or chills
alternated with hot Pushes, low spirits and
gloomy forebodings, irregular appetite, and
tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid
liver" or "biliousness.n In many cases of
oliver complaint" only part of these symp-
toms are experienced. As a remedy for all
such cases Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery" has no equal, as it effects perfect and
radical cures. At all drug stores. ..... .
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INresponse to an inquiry for court-plaster
the other day Detroit druggist handed out
piece about six inches square and asked the
boy if he thought that would do 81 dunno"
was the doubtful reply. "Who is it fori"
"For father" Didn't he say how large a
pieces" "No; but [ know that isn't half
large enough. Ma hit him with the whole
side of the washboard at once, and that won't
begin to cover the clipl"-Detroit Free Press
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PERSONAL

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., Marshall, Mich, will
send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro Voltaic
Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for
thirty days to men (young or old) who are at
ficted with nervous debility, lost vitality and
kindred troubles guaranteeing speedy and
complete restoration of health and manly vigor.
Address as above. N B-No risk 10 incurred,
as thirty days trial Is allowed
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Prejudice Kills.

eleven years our daughter suffered on
bed of misery under the care of several of the
best land some Of the worsD physicians, who
gave her disease various names but no relief,
and now she is restored to us in good health
by as simple remedy as Hop Bitters, that we
had poohed at for two years, before using it.
We earnestly hope and pray that no one else
will let their sick suffer as we did, on account
of prejudice against so good medicine es
Hop Bitters. 1.-THE Parents. telegram.
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s#t"Figures are not always facts" but the
II cDntrovertible facts concerning Kidney
Wort are better than most hgurcs. For in
stance: at is curing everybody" writes a
druggist. "Kidney-Wort is the most popular
medicine we SELL" 1t should be by right, for
no other medicine has such specific action on
the liver, bowels and kidneys. Do not fail to
try 1t.
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YOUNG or middle aged men suffering from
nervous debility, loss Of memory, premature
old age, as the result OF bad habits, should
send three stamps for Part VII. of Dime Series
pamphlets. Address WoRLD's DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y
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New YORK doctor says there is an unu-
sual amount OF ozone in the atmosphere this
GEAR but that's no excuse for a man to steal
} fellows umbrella. Detroit Free Press.
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"BUCHUPAIBA." Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney Diseases 81. at Druggists.
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Paul Boynton figures up that he has
saved seventy-two persons from drown
ing in his day, and the largest reward
ever offered him was a silver plated
watch worth about three dollars.
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BAD temper often proceeds from those pain
1ul disorders to which women are subject. In
female complaints DR.. II. v Perce's Favor
lite Prescription" is certain cure By all
druggists. .....
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FRAZER AXLE GREASE continues to lead all
competitors by big majority. All dealers.
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IT is downright mean, the way we serve our
teeth. In childhoodwe cut them, and in old
age drop them
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VERY like it: Tutor" What, what Mum.
6lest How do you translate semetipsuma'
Master Mumbles with some slight hesta-
tom" Half tipsY, sir l'-LOndon Punch.
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THE Boston GLOBE brings this item: Chas.
S. Strickland, Esq, this city, was cured of
rheumatism by st. Jacobs Oil.
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So THEY have got corner on tan-bark,
have theyl Well, well; that accounts for
the different favor of clearinghouse coffee
of late.
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CB- Every color of the Diamond Dyes is per-
feet. See the samples of the colored cloth at
the druggists. UneQualled for brilliancy.
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THE st. Louis Globe Democrat says: Mr..
Charles Refs, No. 1911 Second Carondelet
avenue, this city, was cured by st. Jacobs OIL
after sixteen years suffering with rheumatism.
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SOME hotel clerk must have originated the
expression: There is always room at the
top."-Boston Star.
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ATLANTA has a pretty female shoemaker;
but such an institution cannot last.
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1T is always agreeable after you've told q
funny yarn to have somebody in the crowd
remark that he always liked that story
R0sfon Post
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The Burr family have had reunion in
Maine, which reminds the New York Times
that the Burrs always stick together.
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"RoUGH ON RATS" Clears out rats, mice,
reaches, bed-bugs, vernin, chipmunks. 15c.
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WHAT Adam said on beholdng the first sun
Use: "Go West. my sun, 60 West.n
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The shrewd old man told his amiable little
boy that it was better to waste other peoples
time than his own.
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Coo A WEEK In your own town. Terms and
UUU S. outhtfr Addrs II Hsllett Co. Portland. Me-
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A DAILY paper says Coney Islander was
shot in the brawl. Now, what part OF the
human anatomy is that