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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-09

Jacob Bros, 1929 Pa. ave. NV
Gerome Desio. 1923 Pa ave. NV.
ID. h. Stonebraker. 1909 Pa ave. NV.
d. Hagerty, 1908 Pa. ave. NV.
Ihos. A. Ladson, 1909 Pa. ave. nv.
franklin Co., 1927 Pa. ave. NV.
J. 7 Petty, Gao N St NV
i. u. Cross, IT,, foot 4th st. east
A. Honrighaus, sos p St NV.
u: A Mcknight. 1416 F st NV.
VIM NJ: ellison. prop. the Hamilton.
randall Hagner. 1878 NJ ct. NV
Z. -. Watson. 49S Maine ave- sw
d ); Acoinelly, Central National Bank.
Y. =. thompson, 6sl Pa. ave. NV.
frof. 5. M. Shute, 1891 Q st. nv.
u. X. Shute, M. D., 1891 Q st. NV.
8. N. Shute, jr., 1871 Q st. NV.
+. n. Parsons, 2l0 lst St ae.
Z. ii. Parsons. 1l2 st. Sc
DR.. Robert Reyburn. 2l29 + st. NV.
+. A. Sitter, cashier Lincoln National Bank.
Geo. J. johnson. 713 Market space.
Geo. s. Rggles, 2425 10th st. NV.
Franklin II. Hough. 925 Fst NV
Robert J. Boyd, 1898 Pierce place.
Jacob Frech. 5ls l. at me-
T. +. Schneider. 933 + st. NV
VIM. A. Hungerford, 1908 Lincoln st.
e. D. Pearson. 1894 NY, ave.
q. l.. Wild a Bros. 7O9 7th st. NV.
John Rupert 4 Bro, I'll 7th st. NV.
voigt Haas, 7l3 7th st. NV.
H. Z. White. 1929 N j. ave.
Sam Gassenheimer, 9th st. and Pa ave.
Andrew j. JOyce's Sons. 4l2-4l6 l4th ct. n. ".
a. u. Whiting, SIS 10th st. NV
II. ID. Boteler, 923 Pa. ave. NV
L. H. Callan. 472 La ave.
George W. Cochran 4 Co., llI5 Pa. ave. NV
u. ID. Barr, I'LL Pa ave. NV.
W. l. Staub, 1929 32d ST.. W. Washington.
Moore Il Leding, llO9 Pa ave. NV.
Z. Mayer, HOS Pa. ave- NV
Judd d Detweiler, 400 18th st. NV.
J. Z. Detweiler, 5O4 l Ut. NV.
+. NJ. Detweiler, 5O4 / st. NV.
Daniel Hannah, COB 9th st. NV.
Harrison Crook, MD, $685. 18th st. NV.
Thomas E. Ogram, 1911 Pa. ave.
James p. Young. NJ d., 1886 NY. ave.
Mrs. Carlisle L. Patterson, Brentwood.
Admiral David ID. Porter, city.
L. H. Hopkins. 939 F ct. NV.
c. A. Rosenbusch, 1901 10th st
+. Z. Malone, 709 18th st. NV
E. Z. Upham, 1914 Caroline st. NV.
A. Grouard, sec. e. Wash. Cit. Assn, No. 8.
Rev. V. +. Schmitt, St. Joseph Church
Rev. Jas. +. DOnahue, 313 I'd ST. ne.
Goodwin Y. Atlee. 109 F at. me-
Samuel Yorke Alice, 1424 N. Y. ave.
Alvey A. Adee. 1919 18th st.
H. Warren Smith, 1926 l st. NV.
Jas. +. McElhone, 1918 VT ave.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24
IL scroll inscribed, z piuribus unum.

is scroll inscribed. q Pluribus Unum,
legend, United States Of America: Ex!
cirque, ..
The Quarter-EagIe Of 1908 shows some
change; on the diverse is the Liberty
head, above is the word Liberty in .
curved line and below is the date. The
Reverse remains as before. After this
year (1s0s) the coinage Of Quarter Eal
giles was discontinued to and through.
1920
There was but one coinage Of Half -Ea7
giles for each Of the years 1908, 1909,
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915, the
design being the same as that Of the Sec
ond issue Of 1907, the only change being
in the date. No gold coins of this de-
nomination were issued in 1916 or 1877.
In 1918, and to 1928, inclusive, the
Half-Eagle retained the same diverse,
with change Of date, and the general de-
vice Of the Reverse is as before, except
that it has, as Exergue: Five d.
The Quarter-eagle coinage was resum-l
ed in 1921, the piece being patterned
after the half-eagle, namely, obverse:!
Liberty head with turban bearing the
word Liberty" thirteen stars around
the edge. Reverse: Eagle with United
States shield on the breast, three arrows
and an olive branch in the talons, q
scroll above inscribed @E PluribusI
Unum.. Legend: United States Of
America. Exergue, @2H D." These,
same designs were continued, the date,
alone being changed for each years
coinage, on the quarter-eagle up to the
year 1884, though in 1922, 1923 and 1928
none Of these pieces were issued.
In 1929 there were two distinct coin,
ages Of half-eagles, both similar to the
issue Of 1s1s-2s, but the size Of the coin,
was reduced one-sixteenth of an inch I'M
diameter. No further changes were
made until the year 1884.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24
CHAPTER TX.

And We we're to be married on Friday!
What would Edna think when she knew
what would she say? I could not keep
nv promise to her; it was impossible.
Dame Fortune had turned her wheel in
Ey faver, and I believe that I wss being
drawn onward by fate.
That I was simply mere puppet IN
the hands of Mrs. Hargreave-a weak
woman, with one foot in the grave
never once occurred to me.
went to Coaltown. saw my employers,
and informed them that family affairs ne
cessitated my Immediately relinquishing
nv clerkship. offered no explanation.
There was none demanded.
Probably they guessed by my manner
that some good luck had como to me; at
any rate they agreed to let me 60. was
able TO wind up my affairs in few hours,
handing over my stool and desk to q
young fellow clerk who, we'll knew, was
longing to step into my place.
After hurried dinner ordered . car
rage to convey me to Langdale Grange.
It vas about three miles distant; the
roads. being hilly. rendered progress diff
6cult and slow.
On Thursday evening quilted the
Grange earlier than usual, in order to
make arrangements for the marriage,
I called on the vicar Of the parish, OBJ
tanned the license, and appointed half
past 10 the following morning for
the ceremony, stating that I wished
il to be conducted with the greatest pri-
vacy.
It was between and O'Clock when
I returned to Glendale House and, a.
entered the portico the first snow Of the
season was beginning to fall heavily.
Invent upstairs to the room had al
ways occupied. It was one Of those
called in the Glendale establishment .
French ROOM" because it served the
double purpose of sitting and bsd room;
thick Algerian curtain divided the
apartment into two.
A cheerful fire was burning in the RTats.
I turned up tho gas, lit . cigarette, and
sat down contemplatively in my easy.
chair.
A bachelor to-day. . married man TO-
morrowl I was not sorry to have these
Few hours to myself. Events seemed to
have been rushing me on 20 fast had
had literally no time for sober thought.
had done Of late. I reviewed my past
life.
Il had been by NO means that of saint,
but saw little in the retrospect with
which to reproach myself. In the midst
Of my self-communing I began TO think
If sdna. Her image rose vividly-so
persistently-befors my minds eye that I
resented il. I got up impstiently, dung
away my cigarette and went = he tahls
IN which stood my wrifine- d. IeRssel
t and took from . sscrss dAv8@Uh9e
had plaeed It six years lgo-tho eae
only letter I received ffon Edna Lyntun.
It consisted Of but . few lines zenouncing
ne and my love forever, assuring me hsf
iscision was unchangsabls and askinR,
a. The only favor could render, ut /
would refrain from Writing Or making
any attempt to 80 hsr. I snsvsrsd her
.etter, but that reply came baek unopened.
made several attempts to ~ her. but IN
vain.
At lask bitterly wounded IN nv 1--we
ana prids. did my bsst to forrct har.
Hev had succeeded? All, how indeed!
Even nev, With that cruel ls1tsr befors
NJ eyes. I Owned to myself tAae, deep
and passionate ~ vas my lave fee
siAoSeie. thon vns pnpeo3 u tndee1es
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24
He Wanted a Wife.

While Kate Cummings sat on her
fathers moving machine, at the farm
up in Winnebago County, Wisconsin,
cutting the late clover for seed, she
won the heart of Rufus Sloan, farm,
hand. Rufus had pitchfork and was
tossing the hay where the sun had
cured it sufficient to demand Q turn
ing. He knew all about that. and
could save clover for feed or seed
equal to any man in the county, but he
didn't know as much as q child about
winning q woman's heart. Every time
Kate came around, driving the team
steadily and pushing the sickle q little
farther into the standing grain, Rufus
would throw kisses to her and bestow
other little attentions upon her. She
did not like that, and said so. Rufus
asked her to stop the horses. as he had
something to tell her. She complied,
and then he said he wanted wife and
offered her the proposition. She re-
fused him with scorn, and he jabbed
her with the pitchfork. Kate scream
ed and the horses started. Rufus, in
the hurry of avenging unrequited love.
got on the wrong side of the mower,
and bounded Like q deer when he'
heard the rattlety-clp of the sickle
bar right behind him. Kate saw her
advantage and she chased him around
the field, screaming that she would
NOV him down and cut his legs off
with the machine. She had . fair
field ard no favor, and II there had not
been An occasional stump in the way she
would have undoubtedly done ~ she
threatened After Rufus had raced
around in front of that moving ma
chine for about half an hour he man
aged to reach fence and escape. He
was arrested and tried for assault,
and Kate brought her wounds, left by
the tines Of the pitchfork, and had the
pleasure Of seeing the young man sent
- .ns1
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

A GENTLEMAN who wrote concerning g,
the price of board in q country town is
said to have received this telegram I'M
reply: Board, go . week, includingt
washing up the carriage and piano.
aesnt Robinson He wrote in an-s
sver that, though both piano agent
and carriage needed cleansing, he wssl
not accustomed to such charges in q
board bill, and soon after learned that
the original copy had run thus: Board
$40 Q week, including washing, use of
carriage and piano. Agnes Robinson. =
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

Ek stateA that the German ElssaEj1
Company Of Madrid has in contempla'
tion the installation Of . plant for slec..
THO plowing on . large property in thd
central part Of Spain.
EVEN great metropolitan journals
slip sometimes. Awritsr in the London
Daily INe,cs alluded to "the best things
Cardinal Newman had said sbout
Charles Kingsley.' After the ssntened
had journsyed over the cable and
through the New York HeralGs COM
posing and proofreading rooms it camS
out the best things he had said abous
Charles Kings leg.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it ispleasant
and refreshingto the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromp ON the Kidney1
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the syg-
tenn efectually, dispeb colds, hsad
aches and fevers and cures hahitnal
constipation. Syrup Of Figs i ths
only remedy Of IT. kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and %
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial mits
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to al and have made 4
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs il for nls IN 60o
and 81 bottles BY al leading drug
gistA. Any reliable druggist vho
may not have It on hand viii pro
cure II promptly for any one Who
wishes 10 ty T. Do not aeesPe
any suhstitute.
c1LAFORkIN ~ SRUP e.
ar A1nnuoQl AAfs
49, - pOek ~
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

An amusing case Of absent-minded'
ness happened at Chesaning, Mich, -
the south-bound train palled out. A
lady in the rear car franticslly jumped
to her feet, clapped her hands to her
head and ran for the platform, from
which she would have thrown herself
but for the Intervention of the conduct.
or, who seized her around the waist
with one arm and pulled the bell cord
with the other. It was afterward ex-
planned that the mother in the excite
ment 20 make the train had forgotten
her baby and left it lii the deTo,.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

adverse criticism Of the artistic; but
while we cling to our national emblems
IN their simplicity and cleanness. no other
coins can equal ours In chaste beauty.
The original gold coins Of the United
States were the Eagle Of ten dollars, to
weigh 270 grains, the HALF Eagle, and
the Quarter Eagle. These latter, proper
tionate in weight to the ten-dollar piece,
were authorized by act Of Congress dated
April Q, 1892. All three pieces were re-
quired to be Of q standard twenty-five
carats fne, or nine hundred and seven
teen thousendths.
The first return of eagles from the
coiner Of the mint was on September %,
1795; the diverse bears q bust of the
Goddess of Liberty, wearing the liberty
cap, from under which the hair is flow
ing. The bust faces to the right, above
1t is the legend, Liberty" with five
etars at the right, and ten at the left
around it on the edge Of the field. Date,
h795. The reverse shows an eagle with
widespread wings, laurel wreath in
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

G. W. GuyxN, Of Truckee, CAL,
makes the following unique political
announcement: II am . Dependent
candidate for the Office Of road overseer
b and for District No. 5-dependent
apon the voters of said district. I am
pre-eminently sound upon all the lead
,ng questions, from the tariff all the
way down to Who struck Billy Pattsr-
Ionr and il elected will do my duty,
Ind il dsfeated will submit without
kicking.'
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24
ColoDolistic HOnor.

Colonel, let me have . dollar for .
few Minutes
Cant do It, Colonel. I Just Dor.
rowed one myself from the hostler."
well, thatu do"
sBut I've done gone ond spent it,
~Au?s
'~An but twenty cents"
well, let mo have that
sNo, let's 60 In here and take one.s
II can not 60 with you, Colonel, un-
der the circumstances. You set 'em up
the last time. As . man Of honor !
must return the favor. Let me have
the money ..s- I,s-7.
Here. noble hrother, taks h.-Ksss
faecku &fafa LosisNll - -
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24
&C WeHl WeNl"

WeHl WeHI"
That's the way you feel after one or
two of Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets;
have done their work. You feel
well, instead of bilious and consti-i
pated; your sick headache, dizzi-
ness and indigestion are gone. It's
done mildly and easily, too. You
don't have to feel worse before you
feel better. That is the. trouble
with the huge, old fashioned pill.
These are small, sugar-coated, cas-
lest to take. One little Pellets q
laxative, three to four are cathartic-
They regulate and cleanse the liver,
stomach and bowels-quickly, but
thoroughly. They're the cheapest
pill, sold by druggists, because you
only pay for the good you get
They're guaranteed to give satis4
faction, every time, or your money
il returned. That's the peculiar
plan all DR.. Pieroe's medicines arg
sold on. =
Can you ask more2
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

Few princssses In the royal and semi
royal honses Of Europe are so sensible
as the Princess Maria Ann Of Portugal,
who is about to marry an untitled doc
tor of medicine. In reply to IN init
mate friend who asked her recently how
she could marry . man Of such low
rank when so many princely suitors
were at her disposal, she said: Il pre-
fer to marry . man without . name
rather than Q name without . man."
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

Wiz q Chicago man 10 physician)
And do you really think he cannot
live?
Phyiofan-Madam, he cannot
Ohicaeo Man-Who can't fvsf
PhyGcisn-You can't You cannot
live untn morning. Shall We ssnd for
Q ministerf
Chicago man-No. but You ~ ssad
for Dobbins.
Physician-wbat d" you v1pt vitS
him?
Chicago Maa-Want to ssll M .
lot.-Arkay,eaac Trareler. ~
A1AwYER dspsads on yae1e - -
1900 |anA deeds. Nes6Aoat ~.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

IFwe can believe Nova Scotia sea
captain, the sea serpent. or at least a
sea serpent. is dead. The captain
nvers that he saw the CARCASS of the
monster floating on the water. and he
gave q minute description of him.
Granting that the captain is not ro-
mancing, he neglected . great oppor-
tunity to make q great name for him
self, to get much money and to do an
incalculable service to science. He
should have towed the dead monster
into harbor, and thus he would have
been the center Of tho marine sensa-
ton of the season.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

Symkins Don't you think, Mrs.
6nobkins, that I trisd to kiss my wife
ct the kitchen door tonight, as I was
leaving, and-
Hrs. Snohkns-W course she did
not object.
6ymhns-Object? should say abe
didi She said that she didn't want
people 10 be installing her for the
6Hed giEl-Wsst 6Aore.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

ONE Of the standing properties in the
prison of Uskub. Macedonia, is . collec-
lion Of large ants. Fifty ants placed on
The body Of . man chained to the floor
10 that he can't move limb or head.
will cause - extreme torture - can b
devised.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

TREAsu11s in heaven are treasures
lorev6r, but treasures On this earth ~
lply treasures for . little while.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

No Opium In Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION,
Cures where other remedies fail. Sc
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24
THE SCIENCE OF COINS.
RELATION OF NUMIsMArIcsr To
HISTORY AND EDUCATION,

d. d e are no
coins known to
the world more
universally beau
tiful in design,
more perfect in
their manufact-
ure, than those of
our own United
States. Some few
there are that in
yife. and fustlv-
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

A GREAT mistake perhaps was made whea
DR.. Sherman named his great remedy Prick.
y Ash BHrERs; but it is presumed that at
hat time all remedies for the blood, etc I,
we're called Bitters. Had he called 1t Prick
wash tsRegulator," ssCurative," or almost
.nything but Buffers, it undoubtedly would
AVE superseded all other preparations OF
dmilar character The name Bitters Is mis-
eading; it is purely medicine, and cannot
10 used - Q beverage.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

II We can believe Nova Scotia sea
captain. the sea serpent. or at least a
sea serpent, Is dead. The captain.
avsrs that he saw tho CARCASS Of the;
monster floating ON the water, and hel
gave . minute description Of him.,
Granting that the captain is not TO
mancing, he neglected . great oppor-.
tunity to make . great name for hin-,
self. to get much money and to do~0
incalculAb.s service to science. He
should have towed the dead monster
into harbor, and thus he would have.
been the center Of the marine sensa-
fiop ~ fho saasNn
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

The young girl In Baltimore who
put arsenic into the coffee Of hsr neigh
bors, thus killing two and perhaps
three Of them, explains that she did It:
sjust for fun The aggressive quality Of
the Maryland brand Of fun il such that
this ambitious exponent Of it will be
sent ~ prison for life Is . means Of re-
straining her dangerous exuberance.
TIE German papers which had bel
gun to rsvile Prince Bismarck have.
ceased their invectives against himii
since he threatened to publish List Of
the writer's Who were formerly in his
pay, with full particulars respecting
the money which he gave them.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

THERE Is moro Catarrh IN this section o.
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable For great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful It acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case II
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials F. ]. CHENEY h Co., Toledo, o.
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

M1sHE. BIacfS6saf, . Cenfsdsrats
soldier, was wounded BY . Federal
bullet, whish entered his breasA passed
through his body and lodged In his
back. On June -. 1890, Just twenty
six years aftsr the wound vas sseeived,
the bullet worked it, way out Of his
back near the spine. II was round,
weighed exactly ono ounce. and was Of
the variety known among Confederates
"a sbuck and ball"
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

The breaking out Of the influenza IN
iceland has caused considerable panic,
As the consequences Of the disease
there have been serious. OF the ST.
100 inhabitants In 1S43, 1900 died Of
the influenza, and In 1879 f,500 per
sons were carried off by the disease.
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24

HUE yesGzrsse1sa a1oae ~ ~
tan b stsrnal, bsesaap ths power thas
6aused The death has been overcome b
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24
Was Indignant.

man W08f1nR uumD6r OI D8OR0o
went into . Chicago saloon, kept by .
German, and, calling the proprietor.
esid: =.
Il had come in here to take drink
1t your bar, but have discovered that
] should not pstronize you
well, how vas dot?"
Because, upon looking round after
coming in, I see that You have an avn
ing made In imitation Of the flag Of my
country. It II . shame, sir; . miser-
able shame. I fought for that flag
fought for it while you were doing the
work Of . slave In An oppressed en-
ipire. I stood in trenches knee deep
in water, watching for the enemy.
while you occupied bed Of straw In
your masters stable. Now you come
70 this blessed country, where there Is
no slavery, and, With the freedom
which we grant you, get money enough
to start . saloon; and how do you re-
pay this country for the chance it has
given you? The first thing you do II
TO take the blessed emblem Of the ~
public and use It for IN awning. I say
Il Il . Ghsms, and, furthermore, I say
that You aEe m ingrste-e man that
has no heart Of appreciation
The German was staggered.
IVY, main frient, I NO thought mo of
H. / dond wander brink de vlag q
ID guundry in diserase.s
sbut you have done Il. Look at that
svning."
Mem frient, Let me dell you dot I
msind no harm. I hobe You viii nod
hold ID againsd my house"
How can I help it,"
II dell you. You have somsdinU
init me-bottls wine"
-An right; - you seem to be psni-
tent IN join you"
When the fellow had gone. the Gen.
man stood for time with his elbows
On The bar, and then, muGing, said:
Il Do bo1isf dot man hat made fool
of mysGlk k"-lskansaso IFaysler.
Oar = b sid that . young man il
Dodge City times., 1890-10-24
PENSIONS f.; .;;;..;: +; ,t:::s: :: =:

titled to sl2 mo: Iee 90 .hen you Get your money.
0VEAn NM HARn -~0N
The Press., 1890-02-27

Among the delicacies which graced Queen Victoria 5 table at Christmas was a turtle one. hundred years of age, which had been brought from the Ascension Island week previously by the govern. ment cruiser Wye. So thoroughly did her majesty enjoy the soup produced from the fat of the reptile that the Wye has just been dispatched to Ascension-a distance of many thousand miles-for further supply of turtles. It is not every one who is thus able to make use of a man. wal for the purpose of gratifying an inordinate craving for turtle soup.
The Press., 1890-02-27

Some one at Forestville, in this state, has placed railroad torpedoes in several oi the coal-bins of the citizens, either as 8 stupid practical joke or for malice. Thus two stoves have been blown to pieces and one boy has lost his eyesight in an attempt to explode torpedo with hammer. Mean while, throughout the whole town, not 6 shovelful of coal goes into the stove unti it has been examined.
The Press., 1890-02-27
PRENTICE MULFORD.

The Engineer of the Wakefield, Mass, rat tan Works, c. N Young, says: In all cases of bihousness accompanied with those terri ble sick headaches, have found no other medicine that seems to take hold and do the good that your Sulphur Bitters does. It is the best family medicine made.
The Press., 1890-02-27

the result is a collision, whether looming thro' the rye,' or not. Life is full of collis- ions. We are constantly colhding with some body or something. If it isn't with our neighbors it is with some dread diseases that "knocks us of the track" and perhaps dis ables us for life. Women especially it seems; affiicti0ns than mankind. In all eases of nervousness, bearing-down sensations, ten derness, periodical pains, sick headache con 5female irregularities" and "weaknesses," Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription comes to the rescue of women as no other medicine does, It is the only medicine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee, from the manufacturers, that it will give it will be refunded. See gataTantee on bottle wrapper. F
 Copyright, 1888, by WORLDS DIS. MED ASSN.