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Playing Two Parts in Real Life.

From the Boston Gazette
handsome Boston woman. whose manner
of dress is more or less criticized as being too
young makes out good case for herself with
an apt little story. 1t is worthy the attention
of women who compute the age AID make an
inventory of the costumes of their sisters who
being neither girls nor brides insist upon wear
ing hats and bright colOrs when their advisers
would have them affect black and seal brown
and invisible green. Mrs. Tailor-made had
been prevailed upon by a conventional sister
and numerous advisers to buy what one OF the
dear five hundred friends called ''chaste
/ bonnet flat arrangement with wide strings
which tied i'll large bow under her dimpled
chm. Its color was a sad brown. and an i'll
nocuouS ornament of dull Jet was its only gar
niture. She declared that that bonnet should
last her a lifetime. and carefully preserved it
in bandboX. One rainy day, when she was
obliged TO go down town. she Happy OPP
! portunltv to make a concession to prejudice.
and preserve the curl III her hat feathers. by
wearing the bonnet. She PIT ii on with a de-
murc veil and a waterproof cloak. and stopped
at a dressmaker to leave an order for some
! buttonhOles. The next day dawued bright and
clear. She dOnnCd her dark red taior-made
gown, her Directoire hat and Hadng veil and
calling at the dressmaker's was greeted with.
"Ah. here Is the garment. hope your mother
will like the buttonholes."
1he seeSioli vi the Ncst NliSlnld JOINT leSls-
!atlve committee on the Gubernatorial contest
which was to have begun yesterday. was post
poned until about the Goth. owing to the fact
that the members of the committee and the
witnesses TO be examined could not get in readi-
ness at the time first specified.
All the Offices of the Postal telegraph COM
pany i'll Connecticut were attached by United
States marshal.
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues have de-
termined to attend the centennial in New York
April 30.
Rev. Joseph Lear. Of the Virginia conference
Methodist Episcopal church south. died in Pc
| tersburg Tuesday, aged eighty years
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GREATEST invention of the age. Bachrachs
patent scarf: nine ties i'll one, SOC 1928 st.
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GIT KID OF those Pimples by taking Pages
sgrsaparIl!a. MERrZs DRUG STORE.
1914 street.
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II LBS. CoRSLD BEEF. Soc. at NEW YORK
MARKCE. Sd and Indian. ave. NV.
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EXCURSIONS.

GREAT FALLS and CABIN JOHN BRIDGE
" steam packet VALLEY forzy Viii mahe trap
day. leaving hlg and canal st.. Gee TgetUNu. at
m. hare 5Uc Grand bass fishll. Tor charter. tele-
phone Cumberland boat house. apll-.U
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FRIDAY ONLY. Nickel Stcm-Winding Watch,
worth IS. for =I.7j. at I. HcFFA's. iO9 9TH Ii. W.
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BUT IoUU coal. Cole and Wood from JOHN
sCN BEOIHEks. the leading firm Ill the Dis
trlCt.
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FUsSrLL's CAFE. 1879 Ny. avenue. the cheap
est and most EeniceI d,nlns-room IN the cItv.
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LADIES AEu tE:s.! AIS : DREssES. ready made.
Ets>t spring ~ty!,s. 10 f;hulOusiy low prices
IASUFAclUBING EsTABL.slINEST.
glS 9TH st. NV
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UsE REX FUENITUEE PoLIsH-S Sold by 7. Han
sOH Hiss Mig TO-. Slj 18th NV. also druggists
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IHE Il. AND o. ROUTE 10 NEW YoRK.-The ay-
ersge time Of the Baltimore and Ohio trains to
New lOrk l. faster than those OF any other line
lie baltimore and Ohio trains run through
without change OF transfer. and no extra charge
is made FOR fact time. Sec Baltimore and Ohio
timetable; this uaaer
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MARRIAGE LICENsEs.-M Marriage licenses have
been issued by the clerk Of the court TO A. Mel
lon Eice. Of Chelsea. Mass. and Mary :. Tay-
lOr; John X. Newman and Lulu 5. Bell: James
Williams and Annie Frazier.
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DoS'r FAIL to read t. Goldschmid's adyt on
page 4.
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EINNEY'S Co,ToUND SYRUP OF BUCHU positive
cure for all diseases of the kidneys. bladder,
and urinary organs. 9Th and sts. NV.
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NEHL OSE-PKICE CLoTHING House. ST. 9TH
street formerly Oak Hail.. 10th and + streets,
Il hOlclHE out Nere inducements for men.
youths and boys. See the new advertisement
u another column
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Tor WALL TATEE and window shades go to
Il. ". Hendcrsou'S 1Il3 / street NV.
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HE ADvERTIsEMEST OF Fitch, Fox 4 Brown
OF desirable property for a lawyer or patent
or pension attorney, for sale at a low figure.
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GARDEN Ho~FS. terra Gotta and iron vases
sCt;ces and chairs. SHrrD & Bro. 49, 9th ST.
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DIZZY, TIRED FEELING.

For hrst-class spring medicine my wife and
tmnk very highly of Hoods Sarsaparilla. We both
took 1t last spring. 1t did great deal of good and
We felt better through the hot weather than ever
fore 1t cured my wife Of sick headache and relieved
me Of dizzy tired feeling. We shall certainly take
HOODS sarsaparilla again this spring.. H. PEARCE
Supt. Granite Ry. Co., Concord, n III.
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ALL-WoOL TECCSERs To ORDER,
$500.
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SOLID ANTIQUE Oak BedStead. Bureau, with
bevel glass and Washstand. so.
pieces of same, including woven-wire
spring. pillows and good cotton top mat
treSS. 80.
Straw Mating from &C. to Soc
lee Chest, and RcfrigcratOrs. -. 10 to $50.
Baby Carriage from : , to so.
Special bargains IN every departmet at
SINGLETON X FLETCHER'S
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HOODS SARSAPARILLA.

For five years was sick every spring. but last year
began in February to take Hoods Sarsararilla used
five bottles and have not seen sick day since"-
W. SLOAN, Milton Mass.
MY son was afflicted with the worst type of scrofula
and on the recommendation of my druggist l gave
him Hood Sarsararilla To-day he is sound and WELL
notwithstanding it was said there was not enough
medicine i'll Illinois to effect cure."J CHRISTIAN,
Illipolis Ill.
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Transfers of Kenl Estate.

Deeds IN fee have been filed a. follows:
W. A. Smoot to W. /. Williamson. subs and 9.
81. 49,; =. \. y. Pardon TO ]. W. Waite
meyer, pr :. 81. III; $500. r. l.. Il. Clarke
to James l. Smith. lot 80 D. and l.. 5 sub Pleas
ant Plains. &c; S2.924.2j Maria c. Peet TO
Chas- Thompson, sub -, 50. 27l; Is. 600. W. s.
Nernam To Geo. l.. Willard. lots 5 and 6. blk 3
BrOokland: :. b. +. Leighton II al to Ham
nah Z. Ferry. lot Is. blk 10, do; 1900
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OUR EXPENSES are lower is the reason we can
sell cheaper street China Store 1910 ST.
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LOCAL MENTION.
The Weather.

For the District of Columbia. Virginia
IVES: Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina.
Georgia. eastern Florida. western Florida and
Alabama. fair; warmer: southerly winds
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CIT she Best Pages Sarsaparilla: will posi-
lively cure all blood dist asses
MERITS DRUG STROE
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a Great Telescope.

From the Philadelphia Times
Alvin Clark, the big telescope-maker of
Cambridge, is now preparing to construct a
telescope that will surpass in size. and proba-
bly, in power, anything ever dreamed of in the
widest flight of the astronomers imagination.
This will be IA i0-inch telescope for the obser-
vatory of the University of Southern Califor-
MIA. c. f. Spence, of Los Angeles, has guaran-
teed the price asked by MIR. Ciark-Sl0O, 600
and the contract is now being formulated
with President Bovard that Will insure its
completion. 1t is to be placed on the top of
Wilson's Peak, one mile above the level of
the sea. said to be the finest site for an astro-
nomical observatory in the world This i'm
mense lens will collect one-fourth more light
than that of the Lick telescope and is. there
fore, proportionately more powerful NJ Nam
tots, OF Paris, will cast the discs for the lenses
as he is the only man competent to attempt the
task. Should Mr., Clark receive the glasses to
work upon this fall he thinks he would be able
to finish the undertaking in 1892, and whenever
the work begins he will remove his workshop
to the Pacific coast, the climate there being
much more favorable to the delicate work of
testing and polishing the lenses. Besides this,
the lens would be nearer its destination a not
uncomfortable item, it cost 81 600 to take the
Lick lenses from Cambridge to California when
they were completed.
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A GaStrOnOmic Freak.

From he Boston Post.
Bon-vivants i'll London are being treated to a
new sensation. There is now Gastronomic
club established in Oxford street and the men,
bers of it will have the opportunity to acquire
an unexampled practical knowledge of the way
the world lives. without being put to the ex-
pense of travel to obtain 1t. The new club be-
gan its career with an Italian dinner. strictly
limited to the dishes and wines native to Rome
and Florence. and served We may suppose. by
King Humbert's subjects. If the plan is fol-
lowed until the nations of the world are ex-
hausted, no one can complain of any lack of
variety i'll the fare at Oxford street, but per-
haps when 1t comes to China or to India the
line will be drawn; certainly in these cases the
native dinner ought not to be undertaken with
out a preliminary educating process. We shall
look with interest to see how this delicate ques-
ton is solved by the gastronomes.
Medical View of Nursery Discipline.
DIR. Edwin A. Clarke i'll BabyIood.
Not long ago l had an experience that awak-
cned III my mind a train of thought which.
though not in any sense new, impressed me
strongly. In the practice of the medical pro-
fessOn we see side of life which is not so
prominent from any other standpoint. | was
called to attend child of eight years severely
ill with that most deadly and contagious dis
ease. diphtheria. In the treatment Of this NAL
ady 1t Is well-known fact that the eXpedients
for relief and for promotion oS recovery in the
way of sprays, gargles. and kindred applica-
tons, are multifold as they are valuable
This little girl had been allowed her own sweet
way i'll all things, and now, when she most
needed to be controlled, she was absolutely I'M
controllable. A request to open the mouth
even, was answered by an outburst of passion:
medicine. however palatdble. was rejected: in
fact, nothing could be done for her relief un-
less the means met her approval. without such
a struggle to exhaust the little one and so
the benefit derived from the treatment was
nearly or quite counterbalanced by the fatigue
entailed. Under these circumstances the out
come of the case and tie result Of thc treat
mcnt can be easily guessed by any one who has
had any experience with this disease.
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SPRING STILES. Mems Felt Derbys. Il so and
g.. eXtra value. \. I. LEWIS. i35 9TH street.
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I.OU
60. extra value. y. I. LEWIS. i35 9TH street.
SPECIAL SALE Of Inatungs. refrigerators and
baby carriages. The best oak chamber suite
IN the market fer 80. at ". Fl. HOEKEs.
GARDEN AND STREET HOSE
Hose reels and fixtures
Get the best for the MONEY!
GOODYEAR krBBER Co.. 300 9th ST.. near Pa av
\ Coop INVESTMENT, Purchase a bottle of
Page Sersaparii.a for 75c, and get rid of that
tired, languId feeling.
MERITS DRCG STORE
Gas FIXTURES. G. \ MUDDEMAS 1906 f st.
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I'M VI y ItNfEN =
Under Metropolitan Hotel.
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HOODS SARSAPARILLA

sold by all druggists 81; six for S. Prepared only
by c. l. HOOD Il CO., Lowell, Mass
100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR
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ALL-WooL TRoUsERs TO ORDER.

HANEURGER'S.
Under Metropolitan Hotel.
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l5O-PEoPIF-l


Matinee rrices. -. %. ..lc undsI
square IEeatcr. New York.
The Press., 1889-07-18
A VALUABLE LOVE LETTER.

MT. Meyer, the special examiner of the Bureau of Pensions, told of man who lives up in Butler County. He is paralyz- ed from sunstroke received while on the march to Washington to the grand review after the surrender of Lee. Not man could be found to assist in proving his claim. All his comrades of the march were scattered or dead. There was not a scrap of paper of official record. ; II am satisfied" said MT. Mayer, s'that here was genuine case. His story was always consistent, and then he was com- paratively helpless paralytic. He could move about little, but could do no work. I tried ill every imaginable way to get him to recall something that would give me a clew, but visit after visit to him brought nothing.
 "I finally asked him one day if he ever wrote letters home, and if he might not have written about that time.'.
 "'Why, yes, he said, T used to write to my sweetheart
 And where is she now?. asked.
 There she is.
 "'Did you ever save any of those letters, madame ? inquired. [Just as though a tied up in ribbon.
 "'Why, yes I believe all the letters he ever wrote me are upstairs now, she re- piled. Pretty soon she came back with a worn and faded package of letters and among them letter from her then sweet heart, describing the very incident of the sunstroke. He had written her as soon as he had recovered sufficiently and told how the day was oppressive and the march to Washington was hot and dusty, and how he had been overcome with the heat and had fallen out by the wayside and had lain under tree all day long while the col umns were marching by.
 ''That letter to his sweetheart saved the day. It got him his pension. He had been trying since 1865 until recently to SC cure it. It was case in which became profoundly interested, and rejoiced with them. "-Chicogo NeaUs.
The Press., 1889-07-18
ARRESTED ON A STRANGE CHARGE.

The crown prosecutor of Wolverhamp- ton, England, is in quandary. The police there have in custody young man who IS undoubtedly worthy of severe punishment, and yet his crime is so entirely novel that he will probably not be punished at all un- less the old statutes against witchcraft are revived, in which case he might be con- fortably roasted before slow fire.
 The young man, whose name is Lewis Albert, is graduate of Oxford university. Soon after he left college he became inter- ested in mesmerism, mind reading and hypnotism and, as result of natural gifts or close study, soon became so expert that he travelled about giving exhibitions of hls power.
 He acquired a wonderful influence over the will power of certain classes of people, and established such reputation that he might have made his exhibitions very prof. itable, but for an unfortunate penchant for the flowing bowl.
 This brought him so low, that three months ago he turned up in Wolverhamp- ton in rags and without money or friends. Then he began to hypnotize with ven geance.
 Small shopkeepers, usually woman, be- gan to discover that the contents of their tills very mysteriously dwindled after visit from the urbane stranger. Just what his method of procedure was none could tell, but when they found on comparing notes that their losses invariably followed the visits of the polite Albert, they set the police to watch him.
 Then some startling discoveries were made. His custom was to enter shop, make purchase of some trife and put down 8 copper in payment Then the hyp- notizing or mesmerizing process must have been brought into requisition, for the shopkeeper, in every case, took up the coin and handed out the change for sovereign, which the young man promptly pocketed.
 In only one case while the police were on his track was there failure to befog his victim in this way. The detective who followed him about was mystifed for long time, being utterly unable to account for the hallucination which invariably seized Albert's victims and led them to mistake a copper coin for gold sovereign, and it was only after discovering his professional record that he began to understand it.
 Albert's last victim was youth of nine- teen, the attendant at the box office of a theater in Wolverhampton. He stepped up to the window boldly, asked for shil- ling ticket, handed the boy dirty scrap or newspaper, ana recelVeo us cnaASe, without the slightest hesitation on the part of the boy, four sovereigns and nineteen shillings. While walking off with this he was arrested by the officer who had been shadowing him for two weeks.
 The boy in the box office was dumb. founded when his attention was called to the scrap of newspaper ill his cash box and still stoutly insisted that the gentleman had handed him five pound note. He remembers, however, that a peculiar sen. sation came over him which he described as sort of numbness, when the man first approached the window of the office. .-St. Louis Chronicle.
The Press., 1889-07-18

A WodAN's DISCOVERY 'tAnother wonder full discovery has been made and thattoo by a lady in this country. Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood it's severest tests, but her vital or, gans were undermined and death seemed i'm minent. For three months she coughed in cessantly and could not sleep. She bought oi us bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery fol taking first dose that she slept all night and with one bottle has been miraculously cured
 Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz Thus write w. 0. Hamrick & Go. of Shelby, N. C.-Get free trial bottle at E. K Tafts drug store.
The Press., 1889-07-18
JOSEPH M. WADE'S NEW VENTURE.

Joseph M. Wade, formerly manufac. turer of Rockville, now of Massachusetts, is publishing new magazine entitled, Greeley, Ca journal of natural science. J For several years MT. Wade has published successful trade journal, "Wades Fibre and Fabric" and while in Norwich he is. sued '"The Oologist" for several years, finally selling the magazine to Providence publishers. His new magazine is not only strictly scientific in part, but it also dips extensively into the shadowy realm of met aphysical and spiritual speculation. He says:
 The editor of Greeley" is perhaps as unbiased and as free from prejudice ol bigotry as any man can be in this age o1 selfishness. He has sought knowledge wherever 1t was to be found, caring not what this one or that one might think ol say. Truth was what was wanted regard less of cost or consequences, and investiga tion has been prosecuted wherever it seem ed possible to find knowledge that would benefit mankind. He has found nature great school for the student, and one from which vast amount of knowledge may bt gleaned that can but christainize it's pos sessor. The crowning wonder of natures handiwork. as revealed to us, is in the ma terlallzlng Of those who are commonly sup posed to be dead. So perfectly is this done that no skeptic even can detect the difference between the materializations anc persons in the flesh with the same sur roundings, and this is why the cry of fraud is often made by ignorant people. We know of no means of proving that material ization is what it is claimed to be, excep by keen perception of right and wrong through intuition, and by Identification and by such means we have had what ap pears to be abundant proof. If material ization be trick of the medium, or man ager, then does the most stupendous en gineering feat sink into significance 1T comparison. We have seen loved ones rise from the carpet slowly and surely materializing within few inches of us, the body and drapery materializing and the hair growing rapidly the while. We have seen them dematerialize in the same way and have talked with them even when they were apparently half way throughtne floor We have seen them materialize and dema terialize as quick as flash, both from the walls of the room and the floor.
The Press., 1889-07-18
NEAL DOW's LONE ADVANCE.

We have forgotten where this episode of the war took place, and the gentleman who related the story to us several years ago is now beyond our reach. But it is good hs- tory and ought to be recorded. Perhaps some reader may be able to supply the names and dates which we omit.
 The federal and confederate forces were preparing for battle. The federal com- mander and his staff, seated upon their horses, were consulting near the right of the line, drawn up in the edge of the woods. Gen. Neal Dow was standing in front of his command, very small man, with tremendously big hat on his head and monstrous sword dangling on the ground at his side, 8 picture such as one seldom sees outside the comic collections. An aide told Gen. Dow (perhaps he was only Col. Dow then) that the commander wished to see him. Gen. Dow strode down the line, the soldiers laughing at the sight
 "Gen. Dow" said the commander, "you will march out into that opening wonder, take position on that knoll and hold it until further orders" "-something to that effect In sight of the entire right wing of the army Gen. Dow went marching into the opening, his long, heavy sword clanking on the ground behind him, his big hat mak- ing him look like a grasshopper under a toadstool. The commander heard the army laughing and looked for the cause. "Who is that walking across the open ing2" he asked.
 ''That is Gen. Dow, said everybody. An aide was sent to bring him back.
 'Gen. Dow," said the commander, "why did you get out there alone? Why did you not take your command with you?'
 'Dear me, General" said Dow, ''I beg thousand pardons. "I didn't know you meant for me to take anybody with me- You didn't say so, you know. - Washing ton Post