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Face All Broken Ont

was at one time ashamed to be seen, be-
cause my face was al broken out with blood
disease. ! tried all remedies in vain, and
about two years age, sent for your book,
"Howto Cure Skin and Blood Diseases" !" which
was worth $50 to me. am glad TO recon-
mend your great CUTIt,URA REMEDIES and
hope all who have blood diseases will send tor
your book. JOHN A. GRAGG
Anniptnn Mo
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EVERY ing ssredientsemployed in produc-
ing Hoods Z arsaparflla is strictly pure,
and is the be st OF its kind it is possible to
buy. In the course of preparing Hoods
Sarsaparilla everything is carefully
watched withta vieW to attaining the best
result.
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Excellent Pasture.

Instead of putting their horses on green
pasture. owners of horses now feed them Man.
haitian Food, Red Buli Brand). By doing SO
same results, and can work their horses right
along. George Sehroth d Co. are wholesale
agents for this valuable food.
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The River.

The rivei fell slightly yesterday and in
the afterpO IN registered nineteen feet six
inches. Itjs expected to rise again this
morning.
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Two horses q sme on my place. Owner call
and pay chars Is. John F. Cooper, 1927 E
street.
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DIED.
BEHAN-In this city, February 23. Mrs.
Margaret Behan, a native OF the Parish
Ballyheigne, County Kerry Irei and, aged
SO years.
hD- Funeral from the resider ce of her
daughter, Mrs. T. E. O'Hallorarl, 1919 n
street, on Wednesday, February e5th, at 2
2. NJ; thence to Cathedral, where funeral
services will be held No flowers.
GRlESEL-In this city, February :23, Anna
T., wife of Jacob Griesel, a natips of Ger
many, aged 81 years, month an 3 days
HS-triends and acquaintance an respect
fully invited to attend the funers /, which
viii take place from her late resa lence ]
street. between Seventeenth and Eiel ,teenth
this afternoon at O'clock
MCNEAIeIn this city, February "a ,Archi-
bald McNeal, native of Pennsy ivania.
75 years, 8 months and days
Er Funeral private.
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PorTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL iCoRPoRATIoN
Boston.
30 Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases. y
Cd pages, so illustrations, and 100 testi-
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Cuticura r asolvent

The new Blood and Skin l'urifier, and greatest
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the blood OF, all impuril les and poisonous
elements, and thus rema we the cause}. and
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huinor and disease of the skin, scalp and
blood. with loss of hair, whether itching,
burning, scaly, pimpiy, and blotchy whether
simple, scrofulous, hereditar 7, or contagious,
when physicians and all othe remedies fail.
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MAIN YARD AND OFFICE, 1910 SEC.
lN1 ond street. Branch Yard, corner Twelfth
and j streets
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Ladies Patent Leather Lace Ties, with tan-colore
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pIMPLES, black-heads, chappea! and oily skin
~ cured by CUTICuRA MEDIC ATED SOAP
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I-ye ON SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK z.

We shall make our regular Spring Opening Of
Mems SOFT and Stiff Hats. We shall also dis
play on that day Dunlaps Spring Shapes.
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swEEPfNG THE STREETS.
The Contractor to Be Held Strictly to [
Terms of His Contract.

The Contractor to Be Held Strictly to the
Terms OF His Contract.
The Commissioners recently notified Super
intendent Arnold Of the street sweeping de-
partment to hold the contractor of street clean
ing strictly to the terms of his contract with
reference to the hours Of sweeping the streets.
The Commissioners had received many COM
plants from citizens againct the sweeping OF
streets in the day tire.
In his reply to the Commissioners Super
intendent Arnold says that the streets
have not been swept during the day since
April last. The specifications attached to the
street-sweeping contract calls for all such
sweeping to be done between the hours of 10 p.
IN. and am. during the summer and 10
pm. and a. IN. during the winter. No change
of hours is made except by direction of the
Commissioners. and then only during the win
ter season, when it Is made necessary to sweep
during the day on account of freezing
weather. 1t frequently happens that owing to
stormy weather that route scheduled to be
swept once a week has to lay over several DAYS
or a week longer before it is again reached.
In such a case the work required of the con-
tractor is doubled, by reason Of the accumu-
lated dirt, and for which he received
no extra compensation, bat consumes much
more time and is compelled to work beyond
the hour for finishing in the morning, 80 that a
strict compliance with the terms of the con-
tract cannot always be demanded, although it
is followed as nearly as possible.
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BEER RAN BY GALLONS.
Serious Fire at the Christian Moerlin Brew
in, Ciucippoti

Serious Fire at the Christian Moerlin Brew
cry in Cincinnati.
The mammoth establishment of the Christian
Moerlin Brewery Company in Cincinnati was
largely damaged by fire Thursday night. The
portion burned is the main structure of the con-
Germ, which fronts on Elm street just below
McMackin avenue. 1t is a four-story brick
building with a frontage Of 800 feet and ex-
tends back about $50 feet to an alley in the
rear. The entire department was called out
except the reserves. The flames had gained
terrible Roadway and spread great light,
drawing thousands of people to the scene.
The fire started in the middle of the building
at the fourth floor and spread in every direc-
ton. The quantity of water poured on the fire
flowed down into the fermenting cellars until
the weight became great it was feared the
bottom and other holes were cut through the
floors above, and beer, half fermented, ran
down the driveway in rivulets into the street.
Thousands of gallons Of beer was thus wasted.
The aggregate loss will approximate 500, 600
and is covered by insurance.
Henry Smith and several other members Of
volunteer fire company were working on a
portion of the roof when Smith stepped close
TO the edge to look over and call to some one
below. His foot rested on the weakened cor
nice. which gave way under his weight, and the
woodwork fell, carrying him headlong to the
yard of the house adjoining the brewery at the
north end, striking his head on the brick pave
ment He was picked up, placed in a patrol
wagon, but died before reaching the hospital
Smith was twenty years OF age aud lived with
his parents on Price Hill.
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OVER IN GEORGETOWN THERE ARE

h'ER IN GEORGETOWN THERE ARE
" about 200 nautical Micawbers, waiting for
something to turn up. Great hunks they are.
and slowly rotting away under the influence OF
the heat and the rain, and their Inhabitants, for
the Aicawbers are inanimate, look anxiously
for the news that viii mean bread and comfort
10 them; that is, il there can be comfort
In life or n canal boat There they wait,
large colony Of men. women and chill
dren, patient IN the knowledge that no
amount OF anxiety can hurry the coming
Of the welcome waters that are to I'LL the banks
OF the old canal and float them of in their
hard business For two years these poor folks
have been stranded. living along as best they
could, sticking to their boats as their only sure
homes. in the hope that the long delay OF TO
pairs to the canal. made necessary by the food
Of 1889, might at last come TO an end. working
as opportunity offered in the over-crowded city,
where competition in labor is so great and
where men with families have little chance
unless they have spent their lives in this sort
Of endeayor. Although only canal boatmen,
they were out Of their natural elements when
they left the decks Of their hulks or the dust Of
the towpath and went into the fields or the
streets and abandoned the whip and the tllsr
for the pick and the shovel
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Inc bOstOn FeStlNal ORCHESTRA
The Boston Festival Orchestra gave two en-
joyable concerts at the Academy of Music
Thursday. At the matinee the attendance was
very light, but at night there was a fairly WELL
filled house, although neither audience was as
large as the excellence of the program justified.
The work of the orchestra was, in the main,
satisfactory, although there was observable at
times an indecision and lack Of precision. II
was not like the firm and compact perform
ance Of Mr.. Nikisch's band, or for that matter,
OF our own Georgetown Orchestra. The
soloists were Miss Adele Aus der Ohe, Miss
Rose Stewart, Messrs. Winternitz, Mollenhauer
Herbert and Whitney. Miss Aus der Ohe's
abilities as pianist have been fully recognized
in this city and her PLAYING Of the Tschaikowsky
concerto was all that could be desired. For an
encore she gave Liszt's arrangement Of the
Spinning Song" from the Flying Dutch
man." Miss Rose Stewart came unheralded,
save by the announcement OF excellent work in
Richmond a few nights ago, but she received. q
veritable ovation at the conclusion of her sing
ing Of tho mad scene from Lucia" She has q
voice of pure tone and great hexibility. She
sings with perfect precision, not slurring run
or cadenza, but giving each note clearly and
distinctly. What appeared to be lacking was
expression, although that may have been
shroudsd by her nervousness, which was-very
apparent last night For an encore she sang
Ardit 9 'Daisy," and she subsequently sang
two songs-Chadwick's Thou Art So Like q
Flower and Tauhert's "Bird in the Wood
Messis. Winternitz and Mollenhauer were
pleasing in their violin solos, particularly the
former, who fully justified the praise that had
been given him elsewhere. Mr.. Herbert's ex-
cellence as q 'cellist is well known and he
played Servais "Fantasie Characteristique" in
such manner as to win pronounced encore
in response to which he gave nocturne by
Chopin. Myron Whitneys notable bass voice
was heard to excellent advantage in Men
deissohn's I'm o ROamer" and in the aria
from the ''Magic Flute" As an encore to the
first he sang the 1.-Two Grenadiers.''
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ssd Story Of Governor's Daughter.

Mrs. George Z. Bond, who claims to be thu
eldest daughter Of ex-Gov. Marcy Of New York,
visited the mayor Of Chicago on Thursday "a
secure transportation to New York. She 10 q
woman of middle age, with hair prematurely
gray and features. eace regular and handsome,
battered and spoiled by climatic and alcoholic
influences. She wept freely as she related Der
sad story. She had married printer narasd
Bond and was disowned and cast OF BY her
friends and relatives for that Act She did NOT
live happily with her husband aud he 6nally
deserted her in Colorado. she had ssarshed
Chicago only to ind that he had died s few
days before she reached the city. She wjp be
Furnished with the needed transportation
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FROM THrRrY-FYRsr STREET wEsrwARD.
Just when the canal is to be opened for the
running Of boats through to Cumberland is a
matter Of much doubt, although there have
been promises made by the company that the
craft might be made ready for active work by
the lst Of August. The water was to have been
let into the upper stretch from Cumberland to
Willamsport last Saturday, and work is being
pushed all along the line in making small re-
pairs TO the gates and banks A dredge is being
built at each end for use in the canal, and each
should be ready by the LIST Of June. That at
this end Is row lying in Rock creek in . state OF
partial completion, the sections Of il having
been put together as the craft lay in the mid
ole Of the creek at the end of the canal. This
dredge. however. Is so large that IL will have to
be taken apart at every rise in the caual. and
there Is u prospect Of = great many delays that
may put the openiii Of traffic OF until next
spring
There are . good many repairs necessary at
al points on the line in the way of gates and
locks and sluices, which have become badly
broken during the two years Of disuse. The
first ~atergste in the canal at the east end 10 Ia
. picturesque state Of ruin. and the stream
comes tumbiing through it in . way TO make
the heart Of an artist thrill
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iaxily to and fro in the current and perhaps
serve rs cradles to lull the inhabitants to sleep.
Gang planks that have become imbedded Ia
the ground at the shore end serve a. thresh-
oids, and front doors half a. high as q man
are the main portals Of these stranded castles.
Dogs run about the decks and bark at men and
other dogs ON the grassy towpath. and chickens
peek at the worms that have found hiding
places In the cracks of the wood and roos!
down In the shallow holds. The song of the
rooster Il to be heard on every hand and
cats curl up on the roofs Of the tiny
cabins and sun themselves. Sun-bonneted
women with worn faces, to be disoerned in the
shadows OF the tunnel-like head-gear, walk
YEARLY around the little domain attending to
household matters, hanging up clothes, or
shooting away neighbors poultry. or throwing
out dish water, or pairing potatoes into the
canal Men lounge lazily around here and
there-not many of them. to be sure, for most
OF them. to their credit be it said. are OF q
work or looking for stray Jobs
The domiciles of these people are surpris-
ingly small. They consist OF two parts, one
usually used ~ the sleeping apartment, and
the other, the middle cabin, which is sported
by the larger boats. wherein the cooking and
washing and general family work is done.
These large boats have also a third cabin at the
bow, usually for the accommodation of the
stock, but there are few bouts on the canal now
that have these luxuries in such condition thai
they can be used for nything but the roosting
OF chickens or the stabling Of . very occasional
Gov.
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The news was spread through the commu.
nifty. and before many minutes the reporter
had his hands full. An entire family had come
down the towpath, under the guidance of the
mother Of the young man, and was perfectly
willing to be photographed. The result il
somewhat unique. The young woman wanted
it known that the little girl was her sister, moi
her daughter, and the boy was neither her
brother nor her son. She wanted to know in
turn when she could see the pictures. and
seemed quite disappointed because they were
not forthcoming at once.
1t will be some months before this queer COM
munity is broken up and scattered over the
waters of the raging canal. The work OH such
Improvements is always slow and the in
habtants of the sad little colony on the southern
edge Of Georgetown will probably keep on
waiting and expecting until the summer is well
past and the hardships of another winter begin
to stare them in the face
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The Landing of John Smith.

Hundreds of visitors from various points on
the peninsula were present at jamestown Island
Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of the
landing Of Capt. John Smith and crew. There
were number Of gaily decorated crafts
anchored off the island, which gave to the
usually quiet James the appearance Of bus
Ting harbor. The faculty of William and Mary
College conducted the exercises. Prof. William
L: Blob of Roanoke delivered an Grafton, Prof.
Wharton of William and Mary College read an
original poem, and President Lyon G.. Tyler OF
William an Mary delivered the closing address.
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LOOKING WEST FROM AouEpucr BRIDGE.
The story Of the sufferings Of these people
would make pitiful tale, and half Of it will
never be known by those who have not taken
a peep into the regions at the southern edge of
the old town across the creek. where the
canal boats lie huddled together in the sleepy
perspective of buildings, sheltered from the
wind and the storm and shut out from the
world Of work. Now that there is q prospect
OF an early opening of traffic again on the
canal there Is = more active scene to be OBJ
served in this community AMI there
are what are slangily termed 'signs
Of life" A STAR reporter journeyed
through this interesting region the ether
day in search of indications that the colony is
waking up They were to be found on every
side. The men are rousing themselves from
their long lethargy and are to be seen potter
ing away on the decks, patching holes or help
ing to draw the boats down TO the points where
repairs are being made. while women are tax
ing things out of the holds Of the boats, and
oil are making ready for the change that can
not come, in the course Of things, until the
middle Of the summer.
A snapshot camera helped to transform the
walk along the towpath into . picturesque
history and many were the unique views that
were TO be had. Indeed there il hardly a place
in the District where many scenes from real
life could be found that would look better on q
Photographic print There il q melancholy
about the rotten Old hulks and the simplicity
Of life, and the patience Of the denizens. a. eI-
pressed by their sad faces and meager appear
snees, that forms a distinct atmosphere to be
found only in this graveyard Of hopes and
plans. The waters in the canal are very
low, almost stopped in their flow
and the boats are stuck fast in the mud that
some Of them will never sail or be towed again.
The word sail was slip that is warranted by
the feeling that one obtains from q passage
through this place The entire absence Of
animal life, beyond that of the human beings
who exist. the grass In the towpath and the
general lack Of signs that usually accompany
tine line Of a canal make the spectator think un-
consciously Of the shipping Of some old worn
out seaport town that will never revive. IL is
almost . case of . deserted village.
OF late, Of course, things have been q little
more animated and there is less of an air Of
desolsteness than there has been during the
past winter, yet it is bare and grim enough
when the well-to-do spectator looks over the
sides Of the bridges that 60 across the canal
and sees the long lines of crumbling homes
that have held hund. sds Of lives for two long,
dreary years
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lime, and whom shs stopped runnin' ths old
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THE FIRST GATE.

Just above this gate are a number of un-
Inhabited boats that are left vacant only be-
cause they ere too rotten for sheltering human
beings. They are stranded and are tilted OF
their keels and lie with their noses poked an
psalingly into the air. A tiny shaaty stands
on the extreme brink and holds, no doubt, a
family driven from the lesky cabin Of an
abandoned boat There 10 scarce room enough
IN 10 for two people TO pass each other and yet
II is the castle Of an exile from the canal
The boats sre tied TO the vhArves or to the
banks wherever they CHANGED 10 foat when the
waters fell after the food Some Of them found
convenient quarters and are well protected by
The high walls Of great ware house or factory,
while others are out in the open with nothing
TO shield them from the elements Slight lines
that would apparently be insufficient 70 hold q
dog 10 his ksnnsl are all that prevent the craft
from moving Oh. except In the shallow places.
where there 10 something stronger than rope
20 serve - an anchor, the weight Of The boat
itself buried deep in the mud Of the bottom.
There are places. however, where the drifs Of
s@nd and mud has not been 20 bad and the
water y quite deep. sad here The boats swing
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1aANCERY SALE AT AUCTION.

ORIGINAL LOT 9. SQUARE 636
Near United States CAPITOL 30 feet inches 'front.'
north side of south street between South Capitol
btreet and Delaware avenue. and
ORIGINAL LOT3, SQUAhE WEST OF SQUARE %.
l;o fcot on 18th street northwest and extending
By virtue 81 decree Of the supreme Court Of tbs
District OF Columbia passed In the Of Pepper ct al
aga.nst Webb et a.. 145, equity docket Q. will offer
tor sale at public auction in front 81 the respective
PARCELS the days and hours mentioned the follow
ing deari real estate and pysises situated IN the
In HOHDAY, June FIRsI. lnol. At sIX
O'CLOCK y. tie oTtxips, lot numbe.sd 2, u the
On TUESDAY, jUNE SECOND, 1851, .at tbs saps
hour, the original lot 3. IN square WEST OF SQUARE
H. This lot 10 also unilnpfoyed and 10 located the
southwest corner Of 2th and strests northwest b.
Ing boundsl On the vess ~ Rock creek.
ferrs OF sas: One-third (21 Of the purchase money
TO be Tad in GOSH the residue IN equal instsnsnts
six tive and eighteen moufns from tue DAY sae
the purchasers 20 give TOR such deferred paymenfl
their proissory notes tndoec o. pecured TO the safs
seon o. the trustees, bsasinw intesest x the rate Of
PEI ceuiam per snnnp tIoE the day Of tho ttie
TO be TStnined unt Al Of the purchase money and in
tersst q rad. any purchyser shal tail to comply
yt1h the tssns r. ale within ss2 uQ days fss.,
yegy q and real the propesty y respsct 70 which =
fsult ads - the fsk and e9st q the defautng pur
ehsseg: Al eo9ysEan5ng and rscoediny 70 b q bpF-
sh''.s' 80. s'&iliIta 8 WKsSlr f g - a
LATINx1 SLOAN. AlcsaoassrA nyS<u. tk.ssdu
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boat had lifted herself out Of the mud and was
empty. 1t cost me dollar and twenty-seven
cents, and it would have cost me six or seven
dollars to have pumped tho critter out"
Here was genius in the wilderness: A natural
philosopher who had applied an abstract prin-
ciple of science to a homely object of utility
In life. This man would have made money at
anything else but canaling, although he de-
clared later in the conversation that he had
tried srocsrying and had been burned out ''by
the Yankees endurin' the war;"
inst then an odd little denizen Of the colony
appeared, hanging to his mothers apron
strings. and penny and a vast amount OF in
ducement transformed him into not overwill-
ing model for the camera. He first made dash
Tor liberty up the slope Of the gang plank and
into the cabin. too quick even for the instan-
taneous shutter of the machine. But his
mother followed him, and judicious applica-
ton of some mysterious element brought him
out at last and the cut above shows how he
looked as he stood on the deck Of his father
mansion, watching for the ''little bird"
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The knights of Honor,

The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor, at
Wednesdays session in New Orleans heard the
reports Of officers, which show that there are
2,573 working lodges with a membership of
$4,000 Knights of Honor in good standing.
The benefit fund has balance on hand of
Sl23.0 and paid out during the year to
widows and orphans the sum of 3.533, OOO
The general receipts for the year amounted
to $4,000, and there is a balance OF S5l, 900
still due to this account
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New Building. for the week.

During the week ending yesterday there were
issued from the Office Of the inspector Of build
ings thirty-four permits for dwelling houses,
aggrsgating tn cost elS0, 800. OF this amount
the northwest is credited with nine new dwell
ings, aggregating in cost e5s, 400, the northeast
nine at Gas, 900, the southeast three ct es,6o0.
four ct tls, 500. During the wssk two s1Abiss
we're erected in the northwest, aggregating in
cost d ,875, one in the southwest at ooooand
one In the northeast ct e700.