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THE HOLE IN THE WALL.
What Led to the Origin of the Senate
Restaurant.

Interview with Capt Bassett in the Ohio State Journal
''Tell me about that hole in the WALL
well, it was one of the famous institutions
of our early days. I'll give you a full history
OF it-something that has never been told in
print 1t had its origin in ham and bread.
| One of the Senators suggested to John Beall,
who was sergeant-at-arms away back in the
| thirties, that it would be good thing to have
| a little luncheon set near by the hall, where
| hungry Senators could run out and get bite to
| eat. So Beall's wife boiled hams and made
bread and Beall brought them down and set
them up in little circular room just north of
the rotunda and the east side
OF the corridor. Soon he added pickles,
nuts, salads and such little delicacies,
| and the place became very popular. Then
somebody suggested to Beall that there ought
! to be bottle of whisky there. and after the
whisky had been procured there came de-
mand for gin, rum. brandy, wine and all sorts
of things. In a little while the place became
a regular saloon. There was no bar. of course,
not even a sideboard, the bottles and demijohns
being set in rows on the shelves. For a long
time the Senators used to go in there and help
themselves to whatever they wanted and the ex-
pense was run In under the contingent account,
as horse hire or something like that. After a
time the stock got so large and popular that
it was no uncommon thing to see a dozen
Senators and their friends in there drinking
anu having Soou times. Inc little room, not
more than twelve or fifteen feet in diameter.
and taking its name from the fact that il was
simply hole in the wall, lighted only by one
window, often badly crowded, and good
deal of confusioL resulted in the arrangement
of the stock, so that the Senator who had a
favorite brand Of liquor had much trouble in
finding it. Thus it became necessary to put a
man in charge, and after a time the expense
became so great that it was not easy to work
it off in the contingent account. Then the
Senators were required to pay for what they
got, and after this was done the popularity of
the Hole in the Wall'' fell off very rapidly
But it was kept up till some years after the
Senate moved into its present chamber in 1852
1t is good thing, I'm thinking, that the walls
of that dark little room dumbr'
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RAILROADS.
IINHE GRFA

VIE GREAT pprxxsr,v,x,, po,-rr
HE f MS9fTH ~kST ANR SSsTSsTEES
80 n EfITcT PHcEMBER 10, tisss.; ~ :
Y99ERSsEK sixTH AND B srhfEfs AS fof:
Paiins9 Sesti61ied Cars At 3 SO a-m aIily Fast
Es s,espS daily to GHsPna ,0e 81 b2Ss
& b caes9s s TO s. sSgs daily % &
sssrns csrs q TO c sS ana Ss
sieePer Tor I oGhisve h and Memphs faSas E1
s s sss i 20 hsS ss
For Ere eaSsndasSs and kOcSs.,e ES dsis Sf Buff
fnlo and S Sia daily except saturday Loop
For Wiliismsp0rt. Lock Haven and Eimirs at 8 :5oa
F., n N ds1 I EXCEPT S SUNDAY SUI :, oo
u foam, zoo. 40: 10; 90 and il scp;m. on
ns Eo2 neS FapTes 800 ,; psa aPq
SaTs 40 An dsiiy. except Sunday, sod LAO p
For Boston without o6shse 800 pm everyday.
For Brooklyn Y all through trains connect at Jer-
direct transfer % Fulton street sToiins double
For 'ffs iShHss NsS sio co II and IL
ana zoo, Al Q, 90 s 10, 1000 andil 20 , q.
n and sSO go Pn m m asS t1S 500
Psrior Cars $50 sm week days and S;45 pm
For BsiiimOre Sss, 30. s,lo, 200. go. $50
al;9 9 and nd II LA 20 "a 1905 200. S45 slo'
m On sunday, 300. COS. go II: 40 an a.
FOG 3;45, 4:1o. GOO. 7;4o. s:l0 1000. and
For POpes Greek Line. 30 am. and 40 pm daily,
For Annapolis, 7;2o and 900 am IL :os and 4 40
pm daily, except Sunday Sundays, 300 q M
LExANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG Rail-
HwA1, p AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON
For Ae1andria, a 80. 6;35. pr, s 40. As, lo:57a
m; l. O4 noon 90. 4 :25, 5 100, , 90, COS. : .O1
i9;g2 and II ~ I. N. ON Sunday at $50. 9:45
Accommodation for Quantico, rs a. IN aud 500
=. m week days.
For Richmond and the South. 30. lo:57a m daily,
,, and 600 p: m. daily, except Sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, eos, z .O5
$500, $40, 1915. IL :07 a. m: L 20 500, 3 :23
5:lo, $50, :05. 1882, 10 AZ and IL .O5p IN. on
S::}2 and 1912 y. m.
Tickets and information at the Office norleas. cor
ner OF 18th street and Pennsyl md the
station, where orders be left for the clecking of
bsSgase 10 destination from hotels and resisrnces
CHAS. E PUGH. MOOD
General Manager Tdl1 Gen I~s Agent
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PROFESSIONAL

A RRIvED-TKE Gypsy MEDIUM, NM IAFFI
"A SOB 10Th ST NV. ILL.,
Consult her in Love. Marriage, Divorce ma h,.,
ness: You will he more than satisfied cxnsas 80
single to marry with best results Restores Sst lowe
Brings The separated together Removes en- ,s.
ences, jealousy Olives the nervous and de,,n lnIu-
better condition. Tells what you are bette f,feS "a
and how to succeed in business. Having G.psr ,
by inheritance ana tradition. she never s ~ gs
satisfaction. sNe
Rours-9 q. m. to p m. koat.
DROP. CLAY, WONDERFULLY GIFTED cram
with second sight and veil Every hidden
yea,ed. Receivers lost stolen property. fnSs ~
den treasures. Gives lucky numbers CanssS 1890
marriages Brings separated together: Give .,sscy
III business. Removes all family TROUBLES so
OF others, judge not all alike. the @
vince the most skeptical. Strangers from Syn-
will time and disappointment by cslp ~ ne
only genuine cla4ryoyant in this city, IS be ~, we
where all others fail and adyertises only wzs
SittinRs, JOc. Life-reading by mail al
81. Name, lock of hair, date Of birth HoQ,sss o.
Open Sundays from i to pm
d;l9-tolfes 421 ede
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MAN WITH DOUBLE HEARr.-A Trenton,
y. j., special TO the Philadelphia Press says:
The Mercer county Medical society devoted
the better part OF its session this afternoon to
an examination of William King the colored
minstrel who has the reputation Of having two
hearts. The colored man is about forty-five
years of age, and has been an old traveller. The
examination proved that he has a divided
heart such as is found in the lower animal king
dom. The heart beats are percep tible on both
sides, excepting that the sound is less per-
ceptible on the right than on the left. He
claims to be able to drop his ribs like a set of
reaction blinds, but this was detected to be
caused by his control of the oblique, transverse
and rectus muscles. He claims that he can
change the locality of his double hearts, but
this was pronounced piece Of jugglery, the
result Of long practice. He caused his pulse
ON his temple to cease beating for q period of
sixty seconds and the physicians pronounced it
a successful effort. King is now in the county
jail for being drunk and disorderly.
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OCEAN STEAMERS
GHoRT ROUTE TO LONDON, =

Z. nOhl ~
- NoRDDEUTSCHER LLOYD S. Gm
last Express Steamers.
- To Southampton uOndun. Hayre), Benen
Aler We'd, Jan. ,, ESQ am; Eulda, Ner Ian
9 noon: Elbe, Wed- Jan. 10, q a. Ia; Ven We
Sat, Feb. ., fam. Hiiis'
Comfortable staterooms. excellent table laxur;ous
saloon appointments. Prices LIST cabin. nh us
ward BERTH according to location: I'd czlla 49,
st5 Penn. ave. BEALI' BRONX & CO lS Dohhqg tOP.
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Bradstreet's summary of failures in the
United States shows the following comparison:
Failures in 1888, 1857, against 9,740 in 1887
and 10, 56S IN 1886.
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS
.RNoN! MI. VERNON!

Mt. VERNON. MT VERNON.
STEAMER W w CoRCORAy
Leaves 7thstreet wharf daily Except Smda for NJ,
vernon and River Landings far down . GlyTnont
at 10 O'Clock a. IN. Returning, reaches NslinrtoS
about 3:30p. m 'on
sl6 L l. BLAKE. On tain
NOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
Il NEW IRON STEAMER "NAKEF1ED.
Leaves 1th-street wharf ON MONDAYS, THtESDayS
AID SATURDAYS at a. Il. Returning TrNDAIS
FRIDAYS and SUNDAYS p. m. touch mrs Rixcr
Landings as far Nomini Greek, Va, st Cene1ts Rsy
AID LeoDsrd.own, Md. Connects with b I'd n n :,
Shepherds. See schedule JOHN b. PAU6ErT Al
Z. ". RIDLEY, Manager t,5S
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PRINTERS.
MCQUEEN & WALLACE,
WI BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS
110S-1116 St NV, south side.
BRIEFS, TESTIMONY. RECORDS, PETITIONS
PROMPTLY AND ACCURATELY PRINTED
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FAMILY SUPPLIES.

BRIDAL VEIL"
SPRING WHEAT PATENT FLOUR
is the Premier Flour Of the World
The only Minnesota Patent now made from all old
wheat For sale by the following well known grocers
JOHN H. MAGRUDER, 14l7 New York ave-
CHAS. i. KELLOGG, Masonic Temple, 9th st.
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R. A. WALKER, 1900 9TH ST.
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article guaranteed nrst class money refunded
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The Delaware legislature convened yester-
day. the republicans organizing the house in
accordance with the action Of their caucus.
The democrats organized the senate.
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THE WEEKLY STAR

reading public who desire 70 be ken. advised ).
in every respect a frst-class family Journal Ie
news is carefully collected and may be depended
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oorrespOndents enable 1t to lay before LIS readers
every week al I'm pOr'An' nappen'ns'' ''' ~"~
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-02-02
AN EXCELLENT LESSON.
How Young Woman Was Cured O
Mailing Fun of Old peopie.

How Young Woman WAS Cured of
| Mailing Fun of Old People.
| Once when travelling in a stage
coach, met young lady who seemed
to be on the constant lookout for some
thing laughablo, and not content with
laughing herself, took great pains to
make others do the same.
| Now, travelling in q stage coach is
rather prosy business. People in the
situation are apt to show themselves
pcevish and selfish; so the young lady's
good humour was, for time, very
agreeable to the travellers. Every old
barn was made the subject of a passing
Joke, whilc the cows and hens looked
demurey on, little dreaming that folks
could be merry at their expense. AMI
mails are not sensitive in that respect.
They are not likely TO have their feel
ings injured because people make fun
o! them; but when we come to human
beings that is quite another thing. So
it seemed to me; for after awhile an old
woman came running across the fields,
Swinging her bag ut the. .coachman, and
in II shrill voice begging him to stop.
The good-natured conchman drew
up lis horse, and the good old lady,
coming to the fence by the roadside,
squeezed herss;. through two bars,
which were not only in horizontal
| position. but very near together. The
young lady in the stage coach mado
some ludicrous remarks and the pas
sengers laughed. 1t seemed very eX-
cusable, for in getting through tho
| fence the poor woman had made
sad work with her old black bonnet,
and now, taking n seat beside Il we'll
dressed lady. really looked as if she
had been blown there by whirlwind.
This was u new piece of fun, and the
girl made the most of it. She carica-
tured the old lady upon card; pre-
tended, when she was not looking, to
take patterns Of her bonnet, and in
various other ways tried to raise u
laugh. At length the poor woman
turned pale face toward her.
"My dear" said she, 'you arc
young, healthy and happy; I have been
so, too. but that time has passed.; am
now decrepit and forlorn. This coach
is taking me to the dcath-bcd of my
child. And then. my dear, / shall IN =
poor old woman. all alone in the wortS
where merry girls think me II very
amusing object. They will laugh at
my old-fashioncd clothes and odd ap-
pearunce, forgetting that the old
woman has u spirit that has loved and
suffered and will live forever"
The coach now stopped before poor
looking house, and the old lady fcehly
descended the steps.
How is she?n was the first trembling
inquiry of the poor mother.
just alive" said the man who was
leading her into the house.
Putting up the steps the driver
mounted his box, and we were upon
the road again. Our merry young
friend had placed her card in her
pocket. She was leaning her head
upon her hand; and you may be as
sured / was not sorry to see II tear
upon her fair young cheek. 1t YVES u
good lesson, and one which | hoped
wonld do her good.-Salem (Mass.)
Gazette.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-02-02
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
Origin of the Popular Custom of wcnrin
Them Mt Weddings.


The custom of wearing orange bios
SONS at weddings is of comparatively
recent date with us. 1t came TO us, like
most other female fashions in dress,
from the French, who in their turn had
derived it from Spain. In the latter
country it had long obtained, and is
said to have been originally of Moorish
origin. There is, however, an old
Spanish legend which gives n different
account of its introduction. According
to this, soon after the importation of
the orange tree by the Moors, one Of
the Spanish Kings had specimen of
which he was very proud, and of which
the French Ambassador was extremely
desirous to obtain an ofTshoot.
The gardeners daughter was aware
of this and in order to provide herself
with the necessary dowry to enable her
to marry her lover she obtained slip,
which she sold to the Ambassador mt n
high price. On the occasion of the
wedding, in recognition of her graft
tude to the plant which had procured
her happiness, she bound in her hair %
wreath of orange blossom and thus in
augurated the fashion which has be-
como universal. As the orange was
introduced into Spain at Il very early
period by the Moors, this legend sufli-
ciently establishes the antiquity OF the
custom as far as that country is con-
cerned, although many centuries
elapsed before it spread over the rest
Of Europe. Up to forty or fifty years
ago it was the practice for ladies to be
married in hats or bonnets; and the
fashion OF dispensing with the bonnet
seems to have established itself after
the example set by Queen Victoria on
the occasion of her wedding in 1S4O.
Her dress was rich white satin
trimmed with orange flowers, and on
her head she wore n wreath OF the
same blossoms, over which, but not so
as to conceal her face, beautiful veil
of Honiton lace was thrown. For some
years after this, however, bonuets were
still often worn at weddings, the or
ange-flower wreath, natural or artifi-
cial, being placed on them, and not di-
rectly on the head. 1t is probably not
more than thirty years ago that they
were finally dispensed with, and the
wreath and veil substituted. Even in
Germany the time-honored chaplet of
myrtle, to which there are so many al
lusions in literature and poetry, has
now been discarded in favor of orange
flowers; and there seems little reason
to doubt that this custom, now become
universal, and pretty and appropriate
in itself, will continue to be followed
for long time to come. Annual Reg
istn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-02-02
THE FOOL FRIEND.
How He Manages to Annoy Those IL
Ought to Encourage.

How He Manages to Annoy Those He
Ought to Encourage.
"What q world of meaning there is
in this expression fool friend?' He is
easy to find and difficult to shake.
got into his clutches recently" The
Stroller overheard the remark and
asked for the story. The man who had
been the victim was yet quite pale and
nervous after long siege of sickness
which threatened his life. Imust omit
names, but this was his story: when,
after weeks in bed, / was able to take
the air again. started to the car to
come down to my office. Before going
block l met one of these t. friends.
She first asked string of questions,
kept me standing till was faint, and
was just telling me something to take
that would be good for me- when | got
loose and went on. An old man met
me, and after putting me through the
catechism, wound up by telling me
to take good care OF myself etc.
At last got into the corner of
car and pulled my hat over my eyes.
Hello, --, are you out again?'
came from the other side of the car.
knew it was the voice of another (. f.,
but l had to speak. Then the party
changed seats with II man next to me.
He told me how near II cousin of his
came to dying with the same ailment
/ was recovering from. He told me
what TO take to get strong, and wound
up by generously telling me to take
good care of myself. He stuck close -
me till l got off the car. My phv'-ciah
told me to get my thoughts on some
thing else. and forget my sickness, but
/ could not. Every one talked with
for IL week made me live the trouble
all over again in my mind. They
seemed to forget that had paid out
nearly 300 for good advice from my
physician, apd that 1 had drug bill
of half as much more. How needless
is the advice OF aquaintances on the
street coruOl's after all this" After
hearing this tale, shall jog myself
often VIXEN speak with any one who
is sick 81 convalescing for fear shall
get or the (. f. list l have about made
up my mind that advice which is
neither asked for nor paid for is not
cten appreciated. Chicago journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-02-02
FARM AND FIREs,pe.

NO better food for chickens, young
Or old, than milk, sweet, sour, or but
termillS. 1t is beneficial II occasionally
seasoned with red pepper and little
alum. 1t is said to prove good remedy
for gaps.
Never feed animals or poultry for
thirty-six hours before killing, nor give
water for twelve hours. BY so doing
it will be easier to dress them, and a
saving of food will be the result If a
large herd or flock is to be slaughtered.
Sweet Fritteps: One pint of milk,
three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two tea
cupfuls of flour, three stifliy beaten
eggs, one-half of saltspoonful of salt
two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder.
Drop in u kettle of hot lard and fry
brown. Eat with sauce.-Good House
keeping.
Fish Gems: Take any remnant OF
boiled fish, chop it fine and add the
same amount of bread crumbs soaked
soft in milk; also two eggs beaten and
n spoonful of butter; season with salt,
pepper and chopped parsley. Bake in
n buttered pan twenty minutes.
--Mosses and lichens injure trees,
not by depriving them of nourishment,
but by atfording hiding place for in
sects, as well as by shutting out light
and air. Whitewash made from fresh
lime will remove them, or they can be
taken off with q tree-scraper. After u
rain it can be done most easily.
"A tablespoonful of liquid ammonia
to each gallon of soft water used to
water the plants will serve as an admi-
rable fertilizer. Weak manure water
is also good. This latter is made by
allowing water to stand few hours on
stable manure. Care should be taken
not to have it too strong. Keep the
earth moist, not wet. Do not water
often, but thoroughly when it is done.
Whom an animal has the scours it
indicates indigestion in some form. 1t
is not desirable to attempt to give
medicine unless you know the cause of
the difficulty, and the safest remedy is
to diet the animal. A warm mash of
bran twice day, with no other food,
will sometimes effect cure If the
animals are not thrifty, with the coats
rough, the allowance of Il pint of lin
seed meal once u day will often i'm
prove them rapidly.
Tho glass or porcelain egg is
dangerous substance in the nest at the
winter season. III the weather is Sc
we're the egg may be intensely cold,
and if the warm body OF the hen comes
in contact with it she will be chilled to
the extent of the heat she must impart
to the cold substance. Then, again,
the eggs in cold weather are more lial
BILE to be broken in the nest. by roll.
ing against the glass egg, than would
be the case in summer. Farm and
Fireside.
A physician who is connected with
an Institution which contains many
children, says: There is nothing
more irritating to II cough than to
cough. For some time / had been so
fully assured of this that recently de-
termined, if possible for one minute at
least, to lessen the number Of coughs
heard in a certain ward in the hospital
of the institution BY the promise of
rewards and punishments / succeeded
in inducing them simply TO hold their
breath when tempted to cough, and in
Il little while | was myself surprised to
sec how some of the children entirely
recovered from their disease. .-Balti-
more News.