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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-08
SARAH CONES AND coSQuERs.

After an absence OF four years Sarah Bern
hallt Is PACK again IN New York. Time ever
.hN.nus OF yontn, has treated her gently. de-
rating nothing from her personal charms,
eNVi seeming 10 enrich her resources by an in.
erase 81 physical power. intellectually. OF
course sie 4 now IN the very fnlln1ss and riDe-
Mss Oh her prime, ard az no period OF her career
IA, she been more absolute mistress az ,.,,r~v
,ffl9c known 10 her craft. She proves that in
t.e domain ot romantic mc!O-drsnn She 4. stiii
ail- 70 Hold her Own against all rival. HDr
pay, SariOn's Ia IOsca. which liss baen r,1,,e
iAlhillar mere By the ambitious and infeiligent
EFFORTS or Fanny Davenport ha, never Leeo
really played until now. Sardon devisaJ -
character Of tiOria with special sTe 70 ,he
giIts OF Sarah Bernhardt. ~ " 'iA'
HER ELABORATE WARDROBE.
Her coming here eclipsed any passe,as- ..,.,
mas arrived az this port since the founiafion ~
the government In the matter OF trunlS ~
Drought IN. Nearly everybody Remembers Az
arrival OF Mr.. Blaine IN the fall OF lSss. 1'hhe
distinguished Secretary OF State, with ncsr1o
an ms family, bought in thirty-fonr
truhhs' winch was considered by lie
customs department; as the largest pcrson@I
lagsage np 10 date. Rernhardt discounts even
hlm- Her baggage numbered ~ trunks and
Two or three dogs. her personality is quite A.
sstounilng as Was that of Dir. Blaine. All her
traps were conveyed to the Gilsey House.
where she had taken up her quarters.
WIT snE cRiS6ED THE QUESTION.
She has however decided to move 20 hsr old
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-08

Joshua T. Page. = commercial traveller Wno
was permanently injured lna COLLISION VI wy
lTootlva Bridge cars on December, >. lSs3' gov
a verdict OF si2JOJ to-day IN the supreme Court
ngaln.t Tho cities OF New York AMI BrookIyh.
, 1891-12-30

museum of that institution, in a glass jar
two feet high and a foot wide, an entire
human head is preserved in alcohol, and
once every week a woman comes, gazes
upon it, weeps and addresses it in the most
endearing terms.
1t is a strange case of morbid affection.
The face of the horror is slightly wrinkled
and yellowed by time. The alcohol has
caused the lips to draw back and expose
the teeth in CHASTITY stimulation of a smile,
and as the eyelids are similarly drawn the
cold and fishy eyes glare at the spectator
with a look which makes visitors hasten
from the spot after a single glance-all but
one. She remains some time alone, and
only the attendant at the door hears her
sobs and broken terms of sorrowful love.
Seven years ago that head was on the
shoulders of a Mr.. Packard, a fine speci-
men of stslwart manhood. One day a ter
rible pain Frustrated him, and all the usual
remedies failed. He went to the hospital
and the physicians decided that he had l.
NOR Of the brain. 1t progressed so rapidly
that he died before his system could be put
in order for an operation. His wife re
manned with him to the last, and only con
sented to an autopsy on condition that the
head should be preserved as it now is. and
that she be allowed to visit it weekly. The
physicians naturally supposed she would
her mind, but not so. The grisly
horror still stares through the clear glass,
and the sorrowing widow comes to gaze
and waan
, 1891-12-30

secure a one-flfth interest in the Plaza
hotel site, which belonged to her father.
The litigation in itself would not attract
general attention were it not for the strong
side lights of supernaturalism thrown on
the stage of the inquiry.
More years ago than most folks now liv-
ing care to remember, Anderson had as a
clerk in his cigar store a girl named Mary
Rogers, who was celebrated for her beauty
and fondness for unrestricted pleasure. One
day strangers found her mangled corpse in
Weehawken. Tn subsequent hunt for the
murderer agitated the whole country, and
the reader who is DESTROYS for the details is
referred to Edgar Allan POe's story, Marie
Roget, in which, under a hin disguise of
fiction, the facts are presented with start
ling vividness. Anderson, as well as others,
was accused of being the assassin, but no
absolute proof could be brought against
him. He was married, the father OF a fam
lily and not happy in his domestic relations.
a favOrite son named William died young,
as he claimed, because of the mothers neg
lect. \ separation followed, and the old
gentleman took up" with an actress, who,
despite the illegality Of their connection, is
said to have made his last days comfort
able.
The tragedy of Mary Rogers taking OF
and the death OF little Willie materially
changed John Anderson's mental view.
He began to dream dreams and to have
visions. Waking or sleeping the pretty
cigar girl and the lost son were his con-
slant companions, and the fact that he
claimed to see them and that he frequently
called his friends attention to their pres
ence is one Of the collateral factors in the
present complicated litigation.
The case Of Tom Guthrie may more
largely interest those engaged in psychical
research, because the appearance OF the
apparition is vOuChed for by several repu-
table witnesses. In 1872 Guthrie, a negro,
just about of age, slew Joseph McNeal, al
octogenarian, white, who protected his
feeble old wife from criminal assault. The
assassin was captured, tried and hanged
after making confession. On the gallows
Guthrie closed his farewell speech with the
, 1891-12-30

The presentation by Sir Edwin Ar
mold of the manuscript of a meritorious
and intrinsically valuable poem to the
Lotos club recalls an incident that
marked the visit of Henry Irving to this
city in 1899. Like Sir Edwin, Mr.. Irving
had been an honored guest at a Lotos
club banquet. The enthusiasm of the
lotos eaters is boundless and their hospi-
tality is proverbial. Sir Edwin, in the
enthusiasm of the moment, presented
the club with the manuscript of a poem
for which he had been offered a large
sum of money. Mr.. Irving, after enjoy
ing the hospitality of the club, insisted
on presenting each member with an an
nual pass to the Lyceum theater, in Lon
don. The limitless possibilities of such
a presentation impressed certain mem
bers of the club to such an extent that
they undertook the ask of prevailing
upon each member to send a note declin-
ing the proffered favor. Mr.. Irving's
impulsiye generosity was thereby saved
from very expensive consequences
New York Times.
, 1891-12-30

S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, WIS, yeas
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism,
his stomach was disordered. his liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduced in
flesh and strength. Three bottles Of
Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd. Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had a running sore on his leg OF eight
years standing. Used three bottles OF
Electric Bitters an seven boxes Of Buck
lens Arnlca Salve, and his leg is sound
and well. John Speaker, Catawba, o.,
had five la:ge fever sores on bis leg, doc
tors said he was incurable. One bottle
Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's
Arnlca Salve cured him entirely. Sold at
A. f. Roedel's drug store.
, 1891-12-30
Al FIRST.

II | should fall asleep one day.
All ovcrwOrn
And should my spirit. from the clay,
Go dreaming Il the heavenward way.
Or thence be softly borne,
Ipray you, angels. do not first
Assail mine ear
With that blest anthem. oft ~rehcarsed,
Behold the bonds Of Death are burstl'
Lest / should faint with fear.
But let some happy bird, at hand,
The silence break:
So shall | dimly understand
That dawn has touched IA blossoming land.
And sigh myself wake
From hat deep rest emerging so,
To lift the head
And see the oath flowers bell OF snow.
The pink arbutus, and the low
Spring beauty streaked with red,
viii all suffice. No o~therwhere
lmpelled TO roam.
Till some blithe wRnderer, passing fair,
VIII, smiling, pause-of me aware
And murmur, welcome homer
SO sweetly greeted l shall rise
To kiss her cheek:
Then lightly soar in lovely guise,
As one familiar with the skies,
Who finds and need not seek.
Amanda +. Jones In Century.
, 1891-12-30

When more food is taken into the
stomach than can be appropriated for
the purpose of growth, repair and func-
tional activity, all the organs of di-
gestion, assimilation and excretion are
overtaxed to dispose of this superfiuity.
Additional labor is put upon the kidneys,
lungs and other excretory organs, to
eliminate unused material which has
served no end in the human economy.
And this strain long continued leads
to an impairment of vigor, and not in
frequently to chronic disorders which
puzzle the best of physicians to over,
come.-Hall's Journal of Health.
, 1891-12-30

remark. ~ will come again" Several
weeks after the execution boys at play near
the building where the body had been dis
sected heard II voice assert, 81 am Tom
Guthrie"
No further disturbance occurred until
recently. Now it is claimed that the ne
gro's shrouded skeleton haunts the scene
Of the hanging and of the murder. Writ
ten statements have been made to this eff
feet by at least three persons. DIR. Add
son Harlan met the spook and fired at it
without effect. Professor Thomas HALEY,
a well known music teacher, encountered
it while returning from singing school,
and Harrison Gentrey, a planter of excel
lent reputation, while driving to a train
saw in the. road before me Tom Guthrie
as plain as | ever saw him in life. He
pressed his hand to his neck and shook his
head, and while looked at him began to
disappear, and in less than half a minute
there was nothing where he had been
standing -
, 1891-12-30

The latest achievement of the pedo-
meter is to measure the amount of space
ones chin travels over in the course of a
day. 1t was reported that a New York
woman recently tied a pedometer to her
chin and found to her great surprise that
she had talked twenty-five miles between
breakfast and lunch. She was so embar-
raised over the result of the reading of
the pedometer hat she would not tell
what she had been talking about. 1t
might have been the children, it might
have been the servants, but more than
likely it was a talk with some lear friend
Advertiser.
, 1891-12-30

Commencing Sunday, Nov. Is, a Wa
bash through Pullman. car service was in
auguratcd in connection with the Rock
Island from Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo and other Colorado points to St.
Louis. These Puilmans are OF the new
est and choicest design, and will leave
Denver daily on Rock Island No. 40, at
$40 D. ~. arriving in St. Louis at !
o'clock on the second morning, at which
point direct connections will be made in
Union depot with limited trains for all
points East, South and Southeast.
Remember. only one change of cars
from Denver to New York, Boston and
other far Eastern points. Sleeping berths
can be secured by addressing
G.. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent.
1927 Seventeenth street. Denver. Colo
, 1891-12-30

Our readers will notice tie advertise
ments in these columns of Chamberlain Il
Co., Des Moines, la. From personal ex-
perrence we can say that Chamberlain $
Cough Remedy has broken up bad colds
for our children, and we are acquainted
with many mothers IN Centerville who
would not be without it In the house tor a
good many times its cost and are recon-
mendiug it every day. -Centerville SD
Chronicle and Index. Twenty-Five cent,
fifty cent and 81 bottles for sale by drug
Rists
, 1891-12-30
FROM THE TOMB.
Are These Ghost Stories
Worthy of Belief?
sTRANGECASEOF JOHN ANDERSON

A Murdered Beauty and a Lost Son
Haunted His Waking and Sleeping
Hours-PeopIe Who Have Seen an ES-
ecuted Assassin.
As long as the world lasts people will
claim to have seen ghosts and other people
will assert that the claimants have been
the victims Of self delusion or of receptions
originating with interested parties.
50 the controversy will go on, never set
tied according to established rules of evi-
dence, but at the same time possessing a
fascination both for the scoffer at and the
believer in supernatural appearances.
Two cases now challenging the public
verdict are OF more han ordinary i'm
portance. The first is that of Millionaire
John Anderson, a New York ~tobacconist,
who died in Paris a decade ago, and whose
strange experiences are being recounted in
court during the progress of a suit brought
by his daughter, Mr.. Laura Appleton, to
, 1891-12-30
Now TRY This.

1t will cost you nothing and will surely
do you good, if you have a cough, cold,
or any trouble with throat, chest or lungs.
DIR. Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds is guaranteed to
give relief or money will be paid back.
Sufferers from la grippe found it Just the
thing and under its use had a speedy and
perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at
our expense and learn for yourself Just
how good a thing 1t is. Trial bottles free
at A. Z. Roedel's drug store. Large size
80 cents and 81
, 1891-12-30

The restlessness that animates some peo-
pie is well developed in "A typical wanderer
who stopped recently at Dallas. He has
Travelled for fourteen years, crossed the
country from New York to San Francisco,
worked his way through South America,
and has been a fireman, a policeman, a rail
road man, a sport, a drummer and n sol
der. He says that the world has used
him pretty well so far, and that he intends
70 Mander Around until he dies.
, 1891-12-30

The ingenious novelist could not in
vent a queerer hiding place for a will
than one reported from real life by the
Maine Farmer. The will was tackled up
on the partition of a wood shed, a piece
of brown paper tackled owe it, and there
it remained for years, no one but the
author surmising its SILENTLY. After the
testator died, in clearing out the shed
the brown paper was removed and the
precious document found.
, 1891-12-30
A Preventive for Group

We want every mother to know that
Group can be prevented. True Group
never appears without a warning. The
first symptom is -hoarseness; then the
child appears to have taken a cold or a
cold may have accompanied the hoarse-
ness from the start. After that a pecu-
liar rough cough Is developed, which is
followed by the Group. The time to act
is when the child frs, becomes hOarse; a
few doses OF Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy will prevent the attack. Even after
q rough cough has appeared the disease
be prevented by using this remedy as
directed. 1t has never been known to
fail. Twenty-Five cent, fifty cent aud 81
bottles for sale 10y druggists.
, 1891-12-30

A single hair is a sort of history of the
physical condition of an individual
during the time it has been growing, if
hair from the beard or from the head
and scrutinize it and you will see that it
shows some attenuated places, indicating
that at some period of its growth the
blood supply was deficient from over
work, anxiety or underfeeding.-Na-
tional Barter.
, 1891-12-30
Whooping Cough.

There IS no danger from whonpiDg
cough when Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edv is freely given. 1t keeps the cough
loose aud makes expectorauon easy-25
and so cent bottles for sale by druggists.
, 1891-12-30

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter chapped hands. chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t if
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction OIL
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by A. +. Roedel, druggist.
, 1891-12-30

If YOU are going East for the holidays.
see that your tickets read via the Bur,
%linPton Route
, 1891-12-30
Cucumber and
Elder Flower Cream

Is not IA cosmetic in the sense in which that
term Is popularity used, but permanently
beautihes. 1t creates "A soft, smooth, clear, vel
vety skin. and by daily use gradually makes
the complexion several shades whittier. II Is "A
constant protection from the effects OF sun
and ~ackhead will never come while you
use IL. 1t cleanses the face far better than
soar and water, nouTishes and builds up the
skin tissues and thus prevents the formation
of wrinkles. 1t gives the ~reshness, clearness
and smoothness OF skin that you had when IA
little girl. Every lady, young or old, ought
10 use II, as II gives a more youthful appear
ance to any lady, and that permanently 1t
contains no acid, powder or Rlkali, and is as
harmless as dew and as nourishing TO the skin
as dew is TO the flower. PRICE, L. Ask
your druggist for it.
SAMPLE BOTTLE mailed free to any lady
on receipt Of 10 cents in stamps TO pay for
postage and packing. Lady Agents wanted.
MRS. GERVAISE GRAHAM" Beauty Doc
tor" l03 Pearl street, San Francisco
, 1891-12-30

The smelter Is an assured tact. but not
so much so as the new passenger service
put on by the Burlington Route Oct. II
, 1891-12-30

The Chicago, Union Pacific & North
western line offers the best accommoda-
tons to the travelling public en- route from
Cheyenne and Denver to Chicago.
Through trains, fast time, magnificent
sleeping cars, elegant dining cars. c~olonist
sleepers. reclining chair cars and hand
some day coaches.
, 1891-12-30
S9l---HOI.IDAN


Is9l---HOLIDAY RATES---ls02.
As usual the Union Pacific offers to the
travelling public cheap rates during the
holidays Of '9l-'92.
For detailed information call on or ad-
dress c. w. SWEET,
Agent Union Pacific System.
, 1891-12-30
qhrouah Pullman Service.

The fnest ColcrY IN the city at
the Washington market.
, 1891-12-30
A CHRISTMAS or NEW YEAR's
DINNER

At home is something to be remembered.
Go home and partake OF the coming one;
it may be your last chance. Exceedingly
low rates via the Union Pacific.
For full information see
Z. W. SWEET.
Agent Union Pacific System,
Cheyenne, WYo.
, 1891-12-30

Shippers ~consign your time freight via
the Chicago, Union Pacific Il North
western line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03

pigs. I've spoke you a. fair a. know ow,
and you give good 'eed cause IL Mulveney
stops skrimshanking, gets out O. hospital, when
we're In the fort, lay your lives will be trouble
That was Ortheris' peoration and 1t caused B
company to be christened the bootblack bril-
gsde. With this disgrace on their slack shout
ders they went to garrison duty at Fort Amar
under three officers, who we're instructed to
twist their little tails. The army, unlike every
other profession, cannot be taught through
shilling books First man must suffer, then
ne must learn his work and the self-respect
that that knowledge brings. The learning 10
hard, in land where our army 10 not . red
thing that walks down the street to be looked
at, but living. tramping reality, liable to be
needed at the shortest notice. when there Is no
time to say: Hadn't you better9" and won't
you please?''
The company officers divided themselves into
three. When Brander, the captain, was
Maydew was hoarse he ordered the Junior
subaltern Ouless to bucket the men through
squad and drill till Brander could 60 on again.
Out Of parade hours the old soldiers spoke to
the recruits as old soldiers will, and between
the four forces at work on them the new draft
began to stand on their feet and feel that they
belonged to good and honorable service.
This was proved by their once or twice resent
ing Ortheris' technical lectures.
Drop it now, lad" said Learoyd, coming to
tne rescue. Tn pups are biting back They re
none SO rotten we looked for
"Ho, yes! You think yourself soldiers now
cause you don't fall over each other ON p'rade,
don't you? You think cause the dirt don't cake
of you weeks end to weeks that you're
clean men. You think cause you can fire your
rifle without more nor shuttin' both eyes you re
something to fight. don't you? You'll know
later on" said Ortheris TO the barrack room
generally. "Not but what you're little better
than you was" he added, with q gracious wave
OF his Guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
Prevalence Of Gambling.

In an article on 1.-THE prevalence Of gam
bling In the October number Of the Forum
Mr.. W. Il Curtis, editor Of the Spirit of the
Tunes. says:
1T is safe to say that there never was a time
In the history OF the world when gambling was
SO rife among all classes Of people As at present
In fact, many legitimate branches of business
are tinged with the hue Of speculation. Those
persons who do not bet on horse races or in
stocks crafty their speculative tendencies by
dabbling IN rural town lots, in mining shares
and in various other so-called business enter
prises, the methods Of which are really yaria-
tons Of the methods Of gambling by the rou-
lette wheel, with twenty eagle birds instead of
one. The same class of men who in the last
century, wagered thousands and hundreds of
thousands on the turn Of a card or on the
emptying of a dice box now speculate in the
stock produce or the cotton exchange and on
horse racing, which is at present the greatest
Of all gambling games"
Mr.. Curtis, after citing figures to show the
vast scale on which betting is carried at horse
races and In lotteries, presents some interest,"
ing views on the moral effects Of this vi a unon
those who indulge in it persistently. "A bold
gambler" he says, lis great man gone wrong.
and gambling is a instruction of courage and
energy and enterprise and Of most of those
attributes that make men most manly. The
same mental qualities that enable a man to
carries his fortune, or the stock quotation that
will make him beggar, viii lead him to face
Death unfinchingly at the call Of glory, of
honor or Of duty; will bring him first over the
breastworks when a forlorn hope caves an
army. and will nerve him to risk his life for
others at the throttle, in the surf, amidt fame
and smoke or in hospital"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
ROADSIDE SKETCHES.
Picturesque Scenes on a Tramp in
the Country.
THE ROUTE TO FOLLOW.
rakoma Park. silver Spring and Sligo Mill
Through Beautiful Woodland stretches-In
the soldiers Home Grounds-On Sligo
Branch-some Commanding Views
Written for The Evening Star.


ENoR TRAMP TO TAKOMA PARK, Sill
Il yer Spring and Sligo Mill. take Brightwood
avenue at Florida avenue. thence to Whitney
avenue to and through Soldiers Home Park, to
Rock Greek Church road, to Blair road to Car
roll avenue (Takoma) to lower Silver Spring
byroad, to Clagets road, to Sligo Branch road,
10 Sligo Mill road. to Blair road, to PIney
Branch road, to Brightwood avenue, to city.
Condition of the roads-Brightwood avenue,
good; Whitney avenue, good; Soldiers Home
drive, good; Rock Creek Church road. good;
Blair road, good, except in vicinity of Takoma
and Lamonds, where 1t is bad; Carroll avenue,
fair; Lower Silver Spring byroad, bad; Clagett
road, fair: Sligo Branch road, fair; Sligo Mill
road. rough in spots: Piney Branch road, good;
Brightwood avenue. good
Taking Brightwood avenue at Florida avenue
proceed to Whitney avenue, by which the
western gate Of the Soldiers Home grounds is
reached Not far from where you entered the
last named avenue you passed, on the left, a
neat little brick structure. which is known as
Whitney Avenue Mission, union church
N THE SOLDIERS HOME GROUNDS.
Moving in a northeasterly direction along the
West driye of the Home some attractive scenes
are witnessed. In the vicinity Of the lakes the
scenery Is especially fine. A couple of the
most charming of the views are here repro
duced, which will be readily recognized by the
visitor
Perhaps should inform you that TIE swans
seen in the lake view, that look so natural and
dlsport 50 gaily, are of the tin species.