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a DoUBT1NG THOMAS,
Don't you believe that the
WASHINGTON AND ARLINGTON RAILWAY
STUCK
viii be
PAYING INNESTMENTf

STOP AND THINK.
Even now. without any convenient Of roach.
ins Arlington Cemetery thousands Of peop. so there
annually. When this road is completed Arlington will
and vii rival Mount vernon IN THIS respect.
IL tins road dupncates the e,r~rienCs Of the other
electric railroad lines which into the suhurts
VIII carry looO0 people the river each pleasant
sunday.
Not only will the travel over this road he EXTENSIVE.
rapidly as tue opIsse side OF the DEVELOPED
nrm n~'ns brought within street travel Of Wash
tie well known that the Virginia side opposite tbe
portisn OF t1s city u one OF the mot
Quires rapid transit facilities.
The FIRST HALF MILE
W roAaled has teen srAded, Alone viii comrnsncs
AsiiAS the rails this week. and
CARS WILL BE RUNNING
IN les than ninety days from Arlington the Aoue-
isrrsd in oarettss the Washington and oeoreto~n
IN the mean time work brdse ncro.. the Poto-
ma ma 81 the hree -ist-rs' will he pushed and the
ME ARE Al H6KiztD 81 the M..sins-on and
Arhnston Railway Company 10 ufrr Tor sac s5 90
The capita this c,.npanS 4. ISi,.a l,v the -, NJ
Congress 20 thre- ,iol arse uoO
I,ny nNe Thousand - 600 winch stl refnAips
u lie placed
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
The stock can lie suits ribed uner the following
y, H., 49, ~ l ~ me Quarter leu Der cenium
AMI IN such amounts the board Directors OF sad
We every reason 20 believe tina, ,lt, ,tok viii
o. one OF the est and most substantial Investments
stocA on sale at Offices Of
ROBINSON q LODGE
Investment and Real Estate Brokers4
SO and 80 Atlantic building. a,S and 500 p ST.,
orb. JANIS kINTZ
se9-m.w.s.lm ll3 s. fairfA, ST.. Alexandra. We.
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'I'dE LAsI INDIAN HEAD TRIP OF 1HE SEASON.
INDIAN HEAD AND RIVER VIEW.
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT Il.
The Palace Steamer
sAM'L J. PENrz
VIII leave th st. wharf e. ~ p IN. Home ct IL p m
Tickets 25c.
No Questionable parties allowed on boa, or grounds
L. 8. RANDALL.
sell-1 Proprietor
TOMORROW.
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 10.
ON THE GREEN LAWNS OF
MARsEALL HALL
September is here. Thrice harry time hest por-
ton of the various year. in which Nature reloiceth
smiling IN her works. lovely, to full perfection
brought"
Pale in her fading bowers the summer standa,
Like new Niobe with c=sped hands.
Silent above the flowers"
Sunday, Sept. IL. at IL m. 80 and p. m sharp
the CHARLES MACALESTER to MARSHALL HALL.
WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD BAND.
PROGRAM SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER -. 1891.
Psrtl
i. March. Centennial. Conterno
= Me ange. .Za;ap ia. List
3. Waltz. Bid Me Good bye. Tosti
l. Shlah Dahce..-. hananA....--.... ..-... Nissud
Part2
3. March. Our Naval OH cers., Bennett
u Poipourr .... The Bohemian Girl. Balfe
.. Romsnza. 80. Call Me Thine own........ Haleya
D. Patrol Guard Mount Eilenberg
Part 3
9. Waltz. ........ Danube Waves Iyanoyici
TO- Aria. Non eyer............. Mattel
IL Caprice.....- The Darkey's Dream Lansing
(By request.)
L. Galop.. All Aboard Robinson
Mr.. A. W. SCHROEDER Conductor.
The Green Lawns of Marshall Hall never looked
prettier than on this beautiful september Sunday.
The new buildings add largely to tie atractyeness Of
the hall No peasanter pace Tor spending . restful.
enjoyable Sunday can Oe found.
ROUND TRIP-TICKETs. 25 CENTS
Children. on Sundays and through the week, Is
cents.
COL JOS. C. McKIBBIN. CAPT L. L BLAKE,
1t Marshall Hall. Com'dg Nacales,er.
A TTENTIoN.
SECOND SELECT FAMILY EXCURSION
OF the season
LONE STAR BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION,
To RIVER VIEW,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER ID
SEPTEMBER ID.
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER Ii
STEAMER sAM'L J. PENTZ
Leaves eth st. wharf at and $3.50 p. N. sharp.
Tickets. admitting gent and lady. 5Oc Admitting
lady, pc.
GraHd display Of fireworks, prize bowling. Every
thing trst-class. No crowdinE. selo-3t
RIVER VIEW.
LAST TRIPS OF THE SEASON OF THE PALACE
STEAMER sAM'L J. PENTz
The last Wednesday. SEPTEMBER ID. Will make
three trips. 9;+5 AIM, Las and 6:i5 p N. Tickets
Pc.
The last Family Day. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER
Il. Two trips, 9:45 q. m. and l. As H. Tickets lOc
Last Indian Head Trip. stopping at River View
going and returning. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER L..
leaving 645 p IN. sharp. Tickets, nc.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER ID. the Lone Star Bene-
ncial Association will give their Second Annual Excur
sion Of this season to River View, leaving ct and
$50 y. N. sharp.
Steamer and grounds lighted BY Electricity.
The Best Meals furnished on the Potomac r.yer or
anywhere else for only 50c. No Vusseronuas p~rtass
allowed on boat or srounda
For chartsrA &C.. call or address
sell Z. 8. RANDALL Proprtstor
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CITY ITEMS
G. Wilmer & Co.,

q Wtmer q Co.,
1918 Pa. ave.,
EXTENSIVE RETAIL GRocERs-
The largest house and stock Of Fine I'm
ported and American Goods in the West End.
Our prices are lower than elsewhere.
We deliver promptly.
With capital and large experience We al
most defy competition.
Only the Finest Wines and Old WHISTLES
handled. It'll c. WIrN.R Co.
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An Invention Making Sewing a Pastime,
Wheeler Il Wilson's New High Arm No. o.
1t charms on sight Its use enrapturea
Office 437 9Th street northwest. dll-tr
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fe23-str

Get Your Sugar Supplies at SUGAR House,
ISL 7th st. 1t
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1t GREAT CHINA AND JAPAN TEA Co.
DIR. G. w. Benson, the well-known Balti-
more Specialist i'll Skin Diseases and Diseases
Of the Nervous System, has opened an office in
Washington, b. c., for the treatment OF all Skin
and Nervous Diseases and Catarrh. We utilize
electricity in treating these diseases, and in re-
moving superduous hairs, warts, moles, marks
tumors and all blemishes. DIR. Benson or his
partner, DIR. +. .. Mannakee, can be found
every Wednesday and Friday. from am. to
$50 p. m, and every Friday night from $50 to
8, at their office, 1912 q st. NV. Baltimore Of
fee Ell N Howard st., every day. je20-s
Buy u Machine With u Reputation
Earned by Forty Years of Faithful Service.
Examine our New High-Arm No. 9. Its silent
rotary motion free from the heavy, rasping ac-
ton of shuttle machines.
WHEELER l. WILSON MIRO. Co.,
fe23-str 437 9Th st. NV.
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We Sell the Johnston Condensed Milk. two
for Is cents. 73l 9TH st.
1t GREAT CHINA AND JAPAN TEA Co.
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PROPOSALS.

I lErAk. AIEN. Or A .iE INTEnlOR, MAsHINts-
~ ton. Sept. g. lsSl--Sealed proposals for furnish
IN and lutin IA position about - iincal feet,
or less OF board walk the roof OF the Pension Os
su ng al Noshin t.a, ID. c.. will be- reeiN ed tic
Department until ONEUl O'CLOCK y. M, FRIDAY,
oCToBERstCoND. 1H,l. when they will he orened-
Blank forms ol PROPOSAL obtained
phi at the once Of the chief clerk Of the depart
mint. Nhere specincatlons aud dra wings may bs
spected GEO. CHANDLER. Acting SECRETARY.
- 10, 10. q
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PRoFosALs FOB BuILpINe AIS ADDITIoN %

proposals FOB BUILDING AN ADDITION 10
Washington Asylum Ofhce Of the Commissioner,
D G.. Warrington. .: G., seItenssr y ls,l wssa,sa
Proposals VIII Dc received n this once untn LIVE
NJ. ON THURSDAY. skPIkABkk ~, lc1sl. ior
constructng addition 20 the Female Mork House,
on the grounds Of the Washfneton Asylum. blAok
forms Of proposals and tossther with
al necessary Information, can " oDtAnsd upon ep-
pcafiop therefor once Of the Inspector Buid
tngs Of tbs District OF Co umpA and only oaas uIoe
% reject any and al blas j. W: DOUGLASS. J. ".
ROSS. b. y. ROBERT, oommiaslonsrs. D. q sl0-0
DkoPosALs FOR THE COLLECTION AND m
Commissioners Of the District Of COLUMBIA. Msshtns-
csived 4 this ofscs until noon OF TUESDAY, TIE
TNENTY-sECOND INSTANT. Tor tbs collectsoa
Wsshington and rs hnnedisis suburbs fer TIE unsa-
Ptrsd portion Of the errrsn, n.csl yssf The Coz
which may b sssn upon application It this ojkca.
obsaissd. torstbsr With al nsoss.sry tnfernsfioa.
RS sxS i E1oSEsf, oon S e ~ p sSss
q COLUMBIA $50
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GRoCERs. ATTENTION.

Central Sales Office. 639 La ave.
Special telephone SIS.
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STAGE EXCURSIONS.

Iriing4on sosa,sr. Home IN M a,sbin Joi,n
Bridges. 10 m. M. SOC: 70 s5c Zoo Park and
Legation butdingB. p.m &c. Navy lard Barracks
and Departments, with suide. l0c-
No visit complete without ride our great skin
hand Tally Ho- Leaves 5l3 18th st. n ssl-tr
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FUTURE DAYS,

THE MYSTERIOUS CLUB WILL GIVE THEIR
i First Grand Moonlight and All-n;ght Excursion
River View MONDAY, SEPTEMBER IA. 1891. The
steam SAMUEL j. Pentz will leave her wharf 1t $50
and 81: 80 y. m, returning Ct II and AIN.
This Ciup viii spare NO pains expense 20 make
this the grxndest Affairs Of the Tickets.
20 cents.
All our friends are invited. se1l-3t'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-10-17
The HOuseh older and the Rat.

A householder who had been greatly
annoy ed by rats in his cellar brought
home trap and set it where he thought
it would do the most good. Next day he
was made glad by finding that he had
caught very large rat He was about
to put the captive to death when the rat
protested
This is by no means fair and just. ]
entered this trap to prove my confidence
in your integrity. No one could be more
surprised than | was when | found my
self prisoner.
After due reflection the householder
liberated the rat, but only to find. two or
three days later, that the number had
greatly increased, and that his stores
were fast being carried away by whole
sale. Catching sight of his former pris-
oner, he said:
"You depended on my integrity, and
restored your liberty"
Exactly"
Il depended on your integrity, and you
nave wrought still further damage to my
property"
"Oh, but you must understand, my
lear sir, that rat in trap heap diff
ferent from rat at liberty"
MORAL:
You'll see it whenevera judge suspends
sentence on bad man who has promised
TO reform.
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The Antiquity of Civilization.

We can not but be struck with the i'm
mense antiquity of civilization in west
ern Asia, whence, as center, trade, art,
and literature spread westward to the
Greeks and Italians, and eastward to In
dia and China. The monuments show
us that at least as early as $500 B. G. dis
tinct civilizations existed in Chaldea, in
Syria, and in Egypt. 1t is true that the
early date which has been assigned tc
Menes, by scholars who reckon 80 years
as the average reign of an Egyptian
monarch (whereas the dated reigns often
do not exceed five or six. rests on no Sc
cure basis, and extravagant estimates,
based on equally unsafe deductions, have
been offered by some of our cuneiform
scholars, who would carry back Aka
dian civilization to 1000 B. c.. but these
extravagancios do not discredit the facts
which are deduced from better data, and
which show that even earlier than the
period usually assigned as the time when
the pastoral Hebrew patriarchs found
their way along The Euphrates and
through Syria to Egypt, there were or
ganized States, walled towns, chariots
and horses, riches of gold and silver,
bronze and iron, of corn, wine, and oil,
not only among the Akkadians and in
Egypt, but also in Phoenicia and in Pal
cstine. e.-The Edinburgh Review.
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What n Wise Woman Says.

That orris root has sweeter and more
permanent fragrance than any other per-
fume powder.
That nothing is so beneficial to the
complexion as bath in cream every
night while you stay in the country,
leaving it to dry on the face, and for a
night cap big glass of rich country
milk taken just before you go to sleep.
That your diamonds should be washed
in boiling hot suds, rinsed in cold water
clouded with ammonia, and dried in
jewelers. sawdust.
That almond meal is better for the face
than any soap except CASTLE.
That the woman who never complains
gets ten times as much sympathy in her
trials as the woman who frets about
everything, from the shoes that don't fit
her feet to the husband that dies and
leaves her penniless.
That your dress waists holds then
shape better if folded away in drawer,
and are delicious to wear if they are
wrapped in perfumed covers.
That the woman of to-day worries
more over the shape of the seams in her
bodice than over her souls salvation.
That the useful girl never gets married
becarse she can't be spared.
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loveller, the birds sang sweeter, the sky
was bluer. and the grass greener, than it
ever was before.


Brunei, the famous engineer, was in
debted to an insect for great and useFu'
invention. He was in a shipyard ON.
day, watching the movements of an IN.
sect known as the teredo navalis in Eu4
lish, the naval woodworm-when a br!,
liant thought suddenly occurred to hiI;'.
He saw that this creature bored its way
into piece of wood upon which it WIS
operating by means of a very extraori-
nary mechanical apparatus. Looking at
the animal attentively through micro
scope, he found that it was covered in
front with pair of valvular shells; that,
with its foot as a purchase, it communi-
Gated rotary motion and forward inn
pulse to the valves, which, acting upon the
wood like a gimlet, penetrated its sub
stance, and that, as the particles of wood
were loosened, they passed through a
fissure in the foot and from thence
through the body of the borer to its
mouth, where they were expelled.
Here, said Brunei to himself, "is the
sort of thing want. Can l reproduce it
in an artificial FORM" He forthwith set
to work, and the final result of his labors,
after many failures, was the famous bor-
ing shield with which the Thames tunnel
was excavated.
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FIRST AMERICAN ANARCHIST.
James Few's Uprising to Overthrow
Government in Colonial DAYS.

James Few's Uprising to Overthrow
Government i'm Colonial Days.
There is a general impression that the
Anarchist is foreign importation, and
that Johann Most is the first of the An
archists of this country. AS a matter of
fact, the first Anarchist in the United
States was an American of English an
cestry, and he lived very long while ago
as we Americans reckon history.
James Few was his name. He was
thrifty, industrious carpenter, born in
South Carolina about the middle of the
last century. His parents We're simple,
honest people, and he was their only
child. As he grew up he became their
support. When James Few had grown
to manhood there came a new Governor
to the Colony of Carolina. He was Gov.
ernor Tryon.
He had a way of clapping on extra
taxes upon every pretext, which was
something the simple people of the col
ony could not appreciate. In fact it be.
came very difficult for them to get
enough to eat, and drink was out of the
question if they were to pay the taxes.
Now, you may sometimes reduce a mans
rations and he may not hurtfully object,
but wiseacres let mans propensity to
drink severely alone, or else prepare for
squalls.
To James Few the conduct of Tryon
seemed an outrage. He had no book
knowledge of any sort, but few years
later great many others, who did have
great deal of knowledge, agreed with
him and started the great revolution that
founded the United States.
But the first anarch went further. It
seemed to him that law was the cause OF
all the trouble. He thought if all the
governors were abolished the people
would get along very nicely by them.
selves. They needed no government to
collect taxes; in fact there should be nc
taxes. He did not stop with thinking.
He talked to his companions at his work
bench until he had won over a great
many of them.
One day a friend of Governor Tryon's
was brought before him accused of sew
eral heinious offenses. The Governor
made farce of his punishment by order
A''o pi'S 1ii"oIiSi w pay u MT VI oIic
penny for each otfense This was tho
last straw. The good loyal people be-
came indignant. James Few and his
companions felt that the opportunity had
come to test their theory. They armed
themselves and set about capturing the
Governor. But a rumor of the proposed
uprising reached the capital. Summary
measures were taken. The troops were
called out and the followers of James
Few fell like the summer grass. James
Few himself was captured and without
even the farce of trial was hanged to
forest tree.
The people at once dispersed, but the
seeds OF the great revolution were sown,
and few years later grew up and over
turned the old form of government.
But poor James Few was not the only
one who suffered from his unselfisn
desire to help his fellows. The little
property which his domestic virtues had
enabled him to accumulate was confs-
Gated and his aged parents were obliged
to end their days in an aImshouse.
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People who Are Finally Convinced OF
the Inventors Superior Skill.

People VINO Are FINALLY Convinced OF
the Inventors Superior Skill.
When Robert Fulton started from New
York to Albany on his steamboat, August
z, 1907, he left on the shore an incredu.
lous and derisive crowd. 1t was not be-
iieved that the trip would be completed /,
most of the spectators looked to see the
vessel sink as soon as it started. This
few who had confidence in the inventor
We're by no means sure he could do all he
had promised, and they were surprised
with the rest when the journey was safely
made at speed of five miles an hour
That was the first practical success OF
navigation by steam. Fulton's energy
and skill made a triumph of what had
previously been only a series of expert.
ments. If he had listened to public
opinion he would have abandoned the
scheme long before he secured the COM
bination of means by which it was car
ried out. The same general misgiving
existed concerning the railroad over 90
years later. When the mowers and reap
ers came, in 1836-37, they We're looked
upon with like distrust The telegraph,
few years later, was not thought to be
adapted to any useful purpose There
was only grudging and uncertain well
come for the first sewing machine in
1916. All of these and other important
inventions were given to the world under
adverse circumstances. The popular
mind was not favorable to such change,
and did not have any faith in their prom
ised advantage to society.
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What n Modern Gun Can Do.

Unless one is actually brought into
business relations with the great science
of modern warfare it is difficult to con-
ceive of the terrible power of the latest
and largest guns. These engines of de.
struction, weighing 10 tons, hurl pro.
iectile of solid steel 16 inches in diane
ter and nearly 4 feet long at a velocity OF
2,079 feet a second. When tested re-
Gently one of these guns sent a shot
through 20 inches of steel armor, s inches
of iron, 90 feet of oak, feet of granite
II feet of concrete, and 3 feet of buck
Comparatively, locomotive weighing
100000 pounds would have to spin along
the tracks at the rate of 1876 miles an
hour to strike blow equal to that pro
jectile. Think of the damage wrough.
in railroad collision where the train
speeds along at the rate of 30 miles an
hour and one may calculate the destruc-
tiveness of modern ordnance. ce.-Boston
Traveller.
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RAIN SUPERSTITIONS.
flow Moisture May he Conxed From tl,r
Unwilling Clouds.

flow Moisture May he Conxed From thr
Unwilling Clouds.
In the Caucasian province of Georgia
where a drouth has lasted long, mar
riageable girls are yoked in couples with
an oxyoke on their shoulders. priest
holds the reins, and thus harnessed they
wade through rivers, puddles, and
marshes praying, screaming, weeping.
and laughing.
In district of Pennsylvania, when the
ground is parched with drouth, some
girls strip themselves naked and led by
an older woman who is also naked, they
steal harrow and carry it across the
field to brook, where they set 1t atloat
next they sit ON the harrow, and keep a
tiny flame burning on each corner of it
for an hour. Then they leave the harrow
in the water and go home.
similar rain charm is resorted to in
india; naked women drag plow across
the field by night. 1t is not said that
they plunge the plow into a stream or
sprinkle it with water, but the charm
would hardly be complete without it.
Sometimes the charm works through an
arimal.
TO procure rain the Peruvians u ID tc
set a black sheep in field, pour chica
over it, and give it nothing to eat till
4; n fell.
n district of Sumatra all the women
O. the village, scantily clad, go to the
river, wade into it, and splash each other
with the water. A black cat is thrown
into the water and made to swim about
for a while, then allowed to escape to the
bank, pursued by the splashing of the
women. In these cases the color of the
animal is part of the charm being black
it will darken the sky with rain clouds.
SO the Bechuanas burn the stomach of an
OK at evening, because they say, the
black smoke will gather the clouds and
cause the rain to come The Timorese
sacrifice black pig for rain, a white or
red one for sunshine. The Garos offer a
black goat on the top of very high
II tntain in time of drouth.
Sometimes people try to coerce the rain
go,i into giving rain. In China hugo
dragon made of paper or wood, repre-
senting the rain god, is carried about in
procession; but if no rain follows it is
cursed and torn in pieces. In the like
circumstances the Feloupes of Senegam.
bia throw down their fetiches and drag
them about the fields, cursing them till
rain falls. Some Indians of the Orinocs
worshiped toads and kept them in vessels
in order to obtain from them rain or sun.
shine as might be required; when thei,
prayers were not answered they beat the
toads. Killing frog is European rair
charm. When the spirits withhold rain
or sunshine, the Comanches whip slave /;
if the gods prove obstinate, the victim is
almost f1ayed alive. Here the human
being may represent the god, like the leaf
clad Dodola a-Golden Bough.