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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-05
SPECIAL NOTICES.
1~FsLT STRIP YOUR DOORS AND
g. MINDOWS


N<SFsLT STRIP YOUR DOORS AND
fo1 PROBABLY AREA aiy recognize the ne
cessity of Weather Strips for outside doors
and windows. Felt Weather Strips the
beet CheIpes. in the end. although they
cost more in the beginning. The cold and
wind they keep ou. will lower your coal
bill considerably yet make the rooms
warmer
Felt Strips are vastly superior to rubber
strips for various reasons. Felt Strips do
not becom, hard, brittle and un?liable in
winter ro- melt in sunm.--like rubber.
Say the word and We will send you an esti-
mate for putting in the strips-or you can
put them In yourselves. All Widths for
different parts of doors and windows. Ordi-
nary size for doors and windows. 3 to Sc
per foot.
BAEBER & ROSS.
'Euilders' Rardraren
COR I1TH AND q SITS. Nv. oc5
xNSDoN'r ECONOMIZE ON THE GLASS.
Upon the size and quality of the glass in your
dence 70 great extent. nothing adds more to its
appearance than larye clear French plate rlass.
glass. 0ld Stores and honses revlassed:
CHAs. Z. -fiopGkIN,
"Expert Handler or Plate Giass"
9l3 1th st. IL. oc,
WHO SHOULD YOU AsKf'
80 Who should you ask about the phonograph?
Why, asx its users They can tell You all abont 1t.
TEere not much to exulain-so wonderful in
point Of ability To accomplish work-yet simple
IN operation that any Intelligent person use II.
Come to US, and we can exp. ain 1t all IN a minute.
nff ssf c I fpsnx s v
Ed. EAsIoN. Pres. RF. F.CEoMELIN. Sec. = w.
The reathsr is likely to BE- fair; northevly
- cinGs; colder Thursday morning; udrmer
op Friday morning.
There Is but very little profit in selling
North Carolina Cypress Shingles at - per
thousand; less on Florida Cypress Shingles,
which are better costliec and more durable.
Yet We sell them at the same price as n. C.
SHINGLES. viz "a per loo. Other yards
ask more.
Shingles are not the only articles on which
we are lower. Take these d example:
Best Gang-sawed Lumber, al. l5 per
100 SO. #.
41fan. Flooring. 81. 30 per 100 SO. IT.
Best Winch siding. 81 per 100 50. It
Lfbbey. Bittinger Miller.
The Peoples Lumber Yard.
Cor 9th and n. Y. ave- NV oc5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-05

RSTHERE WILL BE MEETING Or THE
So, bar of the District of Co u nhia at the Cir
cult Court room TOMORROW AFTERNOON at 3
O'Clock to take action upon the death Of Linden Kent
kA SPECIAL COMMUNICATION OF HI
- ram ram Lodge, No 10, F. 4; A.. NJ. will be
gona attend tRe he ners e our late BROTHER Charles L.
1t. JAS W. wRENN Secretary
6. U. o. OF o. FALL MEMBERS OF
O> Free Grace Lodge. No. G43. are hereby
notified to attend their regular meeting ONIGHT at
the bur al of deceased brother John Racks Sun
day October D. at2 O'Clock p m JAS. II. SCOTT. p s.
RA. z. THORN HAVING BEEN IN OUR
- employ as driver. with authority to deliver
goods and collect money for same and having left US
without giving notice of his intention do and
is now trying to solicit trade for another Arm,
hereby give notice that all connection with m is
severed. and all persons who indebted to
tined not TO pay any money to him. Earnestly request
ing continuance of the confidence and patronage of
oc5-3t Dexter s srEAM LAUNDRY
R@TO The PUBLIC.
49, The Brodix Publishing Company have no
authorized a2ens for The Home MAGAZINE in the city
Of Washington any par. Of tho District other thai
Granville Fernald and Jas. +. Addison.
We are com, O. led t, make this announcement from
the fact that of citizens being defrauded
by unauthorized persons. 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-05

SECRETARY TRACY has gone to New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-05
kSTHE FIRM OF
KENNEDY & FICKLEN,
Real Estate Brokers.

Has. by mutual agreement dissolved. C,
CLRlCH KENNEDY, successor to tile real
estate interests continues business a: the
same offices. COS IL n st. NV. those look
ing for good investments or houses flr sale
or rent will find il 20 their advantage to call
and see my list of properties. Money to
loan no delay where real estste security is
good. oc:-3ts
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
His Hair Like a cfrcassian Gtrl,s.

Charles r. Cummins, of Montague,
Lewis county, is a freak, in that he has
a head of hair like that of the Circassian
girl of side show fame, and is going to
join circus. Mr.. Cummins is son of
Foss Cummins, and was born ON Oct.
10, 1852 He has always resided in Lewis
county and is farmer by occupation.
His hair, unlike that of his four brothers,
has always been very heavy and curly,
and for this reason has been kept closely
cut. Six months ago lady friend per-
suaded him to let his hair grow to a suit
able length, in order that she might be
provided with frizzes that would not
have to undergo the curling iron process
occasionally Inside of three months the
hair had grown about three inches and
was hard to manage, but the growth was
allowed to continue, and now the hair
will average seven inches in length. 1t
is, in all respects, as before stated, SINH
lar to that Of the Circassian girl, and
Mr.. Cummins being unable to find hat
large enough, is compelled to so bare
headed The hair is as fine as silk. dark
brown in color ami inclined to curl. -
Rome Sentinel.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
In Nelly's Memory.


Standing alone in peaceful section of
Prospect park is big oak. 1t is known
as 'Nelly's tree" and an inquiry of any
of the blue coated policemen will elicit
its history.
Fifteen years ago the tree was visited
by the young girl after whom it is
named.
The spot at which it is located, Battle
Pass, is historical one. Here a short
but decisive engagement between the
American and British troops occurred
during the war for independence.
Tackled ON the side of the tree facing
the roadway, blackened and furnished
by time and the elements, is nickel
plate. Delicately engraved on this is
one simple word-"Nelly."
A score of years ago IA society belle, a
member of one of the best families on
the heights, was the victim of consump-
ton. All one summer she was dying.
Day after day when her strength and
the weather permitted, it was her habit
to go out to Prospect park and sit under
the grateful shade of the noble oak.
A short time after her death her father
fastened tho silver plate to the tree in
memory of his beloved daughter. New
York journal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14

After summer drought all water
tanks and cisterns should be examined,
and if need be repaired; but in every
instance well and carefully cleansed be-
fore being allowed to fill up again with
water. Mischief is done and disease in
duced and propagated by the use of bad
water, because the sediment, if not
washed out, becomes mingled with every
fresh influx of water A very general
and most virulent and fatal epidemic Of
diphtheria and severe attacks of typhoid
fever have been known to be produced
by the neglect Of this essential duty.
The necessity for frequent cleansing of
cisterns cannot be too strongly insisted
on.-Hall's Journal of Health.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14

She would do all that an more for the
dear, good Rip, an she would nut open
t basket till they were miles away, for
fear. anybody should recognize him, an
we were real good and kind soldier-men,
we were, an she bonds me a bundle o
notes, an then cooms up few of her
relations anfriends to say good-by-not
more than seventy-five there wasn't-an'
we cuts away.
What COON to t three hundred an
fifty rupees? Thot's what can scarce
Inns tell you but we melted it, 1t was
share an share alike, for Mulvaney said:
IF Learoyd got hold Of Mrs. De Sussa
first, sure twas l that REMEMBERED the
sargint's dog just in the nick av time
an Orth'ris was the artist av JANUS that
made a work av art out av that ugly
piece av i'll nature. Yet, by way av a
thank offerin that | was not led into
felony by that wicked ould woman, I'll
send thrife to Father Victor for the
poor people he's always beggin' for"
But me an Orth'ris, he bein' cocBney
an bein pretty far north, did nut see
it i t Same way We getten t brass
an we meaned to keep it. An soa we
did-for short time.
Noa-noa, we niver heeard a wo'd
more O. t. avid lass. Our rig'mint went
to Pindi, an t canteen sargint he got
himself another tyke instead O. t one
at got lost so regular an was lost fol-
good at last.-Rudyard Kipling.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
Princess vietoria,s Engagement.

The engagement of Princess Victoria
of Prussia to the Prince of Schonburg-
Lippe is a very suitable one and has
given great satisfaction in her family.
1t has been arranged for some time, but
at the earnest desire of the Empress
Frederick it was not announced until
after the second anniversary of the EN-
peror Frederick's death. Princess Vic
toria is a very lively and impressionable
young lady, and has given her family a
good deal of anxiety on account of her
matrimonial entanglements. She is not
pretty girl, but very pleasant, witty
and clever and most popular, and has
now quite recovered from her passionate
attachment to the unlucky Prince AL
exander of Battenberg, which at one
time threatened to produce very embar-
RAISING compications.-London World.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
SUSIE
, "A lsde girl has died, they say

"A lIrfle girl has died. they say
Only sixteen,
Weep If We may-bend low as We pray;
what does it meanf'
But we cannot weep. though the child be
dead.
And hearts beat sore;
Life droors pnwed by yon stirless bed,
BY the Swallowed door,
Listen God fashioned house-He said:
Build it with care;''
Then softly laid the soul of a maid
To dwell in there
And always he watched it-guarded it So
Both day and night;
The wee soul grew as your lilies do,
Splendid and white.
1t grew, say, as your lilies grow,
Tender and tall;
Till God smiled Now, the house is too low
For the child and small"
And gently he shut the shutters one night,
And closed the door;
More room and more light to walk upright
On fathers floor"
More room and more light for the maid you
know
- Only sixteen;
y And on Gods high row, where angels go,
She smiles between.
A. II. Begbie in Good Words.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14

a white flannel suit is becoming to
some men. comfortable this weather for
any man, and it is one of those aesthetic
cases which gem the desert of monotony
in masculine attire. But the white
flannel suit despite its dazzling luster
and its GOODNESS has its drawbacks.
The other day a young man, whom
do not know, attracted my attention by
the sheen of his raiment. He wore u
white flannel suit, and in the blazing
sunshine he walked an exception to the
rule, cool looking man. was behind
him, but as he strolled along the street
slowly l gradually caught up with him.
AS came close l noticed that black
line extended across the back of his coat
diagonally from his left shoulder. A
strange place to put seam and so con-
spicuously, l thought.
The black line, like fly on bald
mans head, fascinated me. AS | drew
closer and closer to it was puzzled still
more, for / discovered that the line was
wavy and abruptly ended about three
inches from the edge Of the sack coat.
Then all at once recognized the true
nature of the line-it was long, ripping
black hair!
All that be needed is that man who
wears a white flannel suit should con-
fine his attentions to blondes. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
Fruit Instend Of Flowers.

"Send fruit to your departing friends
on steamers instead of flowers" said the
purser of an Atlantic flyer. Fruit is
never so delicious as when eaten on the
water, and with the new refrigerators it
can be kept perfectly fresh from shore to
shore The flowers wither over night,
and are tossed overheard as soon as pos
sible after their fragrance has been
sucked up by the salty ir."-New York
World.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
salutation Is Enough This weather.

A down town physician advises: Dur
ing the hot weather we are having now
people should be careful with whom
they shake hands The moisture from
one hand may possess the poison from
disease. The pores Of the skin are open
and this poison may be communicated
easily. There isn't much sense in this
indiscriminate hand shaking, anyway.
The Americans indulge too much in
the habit We shake hands with every
stranger to whom we may be intro
duced, and shake hands again five min
utes later on separation. We perhaps
never see the person again, and have no
interest in that person beyond being
civil out of compliment to the one who
introduces. This indiscriminate hand
shake is nuisance, and besides, as |
said at the start. it is dangerous this
sort of weather. Chicago Tribune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
NLrs. Chnnt,s Adrice to Girls.


"These are the last public words
shall speak in Boston for a long time, ."
said Mrs. Laura OrmistOn Chant to sew
eral hundred young persons gathered
around her. 81 want to ask you to keep
up the standard Of gentlemanly and lady
like behavior that l see around me, as
well as to preserve your good looks. How
are you going to keep up this standard?
Well, by avoiding certain youthful vices.
Some of these you know very well. Eat
ing your dinner in hurry is one. Snug
Cling your breakfast into your stomach
is another Reading in bed is a third,
and even worse is smoking in bed. In
order to take new ideas into our minds
we must read, but reading at the wrong
time does no good. Some people wonder
at me for doing so much work and never
appearing tagged out will tell you
how do it. laugh heartily. love
to laugh. l sleep soundly. l love to
sleep. l eat well. l should say I love
to eat, but you might consider me greedy.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
just What He Wanted.

Gus De Smith, wish had appealed
for postofice, or clerkship, or some
thing of the kind.
Ferguson-What good would that
have done you? You would have been
left out in the cold.
De Smith mopping his perspiring
brow)-My dear boy, that's precisely
what l want.-Texas Siftings.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14
A HighIy Educated Cat.

Mrs. Ellen Platt, wife of ex-senator
Thomas G. Platt, has large hopes for the
future of the cat. She is of the opinion
that the Tabbys and Thomases have
been shamefully and cruelty neglected,
and that if given half chance they
would distinguish themselves. One of
her pets is big. beautiful Tom, Julius
by name, who has been trained to do a
number of things, and gives evidence Of
possessing superior ability. Julius eats
at first table, occupying a chair at the
left Of his gracious mistress. He has his
own napkin, with bit of silk garter
and silver clasp to hold it about his
neck, and whenever a lnorsel is handed
to him he makes acknowledgment by a
profound and respectful inclination of
the head. He has never been known to
drop crumb on the floor or capsize a
dish He drinks bullion and eats ice
cream, finger rolls, mint and any game
or fish in season. Julius travels with a
colored maid Mrs. Platt has had nu-
merous offers from museums for his pur-
chase, but declines to put a price on his
Maltese Overcoat.- Exchange.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14

In water telephone recently patented
in England, the apparatus employed for
the collection of sound transmitted
through water between ships has been
improved by constructing an apparatus so
that any pressure caused by the increased
density of the water has no effect upon it.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-14

Francis Bennoch, whose death is an
noulced in London, was well known in
New York and Boston. He was bust
ness man, with literary tastes, and was
Hawthorne's intimate friend. He was
Julian Hawthorne's godfather, and knew
Longfellow, Bryant, Bayard Taylor and
Emerson.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-13
An Untaueht diplomat.

''You know, Nick" said his mother,
ga gentleman never asks for things, no
matter how badly he wants them.h
''Why doesn't hep said Nick, opening
very wide his round four-year-old eyes.
Because it is impolite and greedy.
That is why it annoys me SO to have you
ask your Uncle John, whenever he
comes, if he has brought you candy.
Remember. now, you must never do it
any more"
but it's my candy-he says so-and
he wants me to have it"
..Then he will certainly give it to YOU,
and you must wait his time for it. If /
ever again here. you ask him will not
let You have it. Sopromise me that you
viii not know my little boy wants to
be gentleman"
Nick made the promise with a very
sober face. He was the normal small
boy, not little angel, yet he had been
trained "upon honor" and felt that a
promise once made could not be broken.
This is the way he keptit. When Uucle
John came again, his nephew, after greet
ing him, leaned meditatively against
his chair and said, d,tsYou. didn't bring
anything but yourself this time. did you,
Uncle John?"
eyes, did" said Uncle John with a
laughing shout; 81 brought whole
pound of candy, and after that / wish
it was two. "-Harper's Young People.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-13
"Rusted.. Not Broken.


Doubtless our unlettered friends have
fine distinctions in the use of words, for
which we do not give them sufficient
credit. A new pupil in a colored school
took shattered lamp chimney to show
her teacher.
"Ah!" said he, '.your chimney is
broken, is it?"
mo, sir she answered, Its busted -
In her distinction of terms lay all the
difference between confession of guilt
and an assertion of innocence. The
word "broken" she understood to mean
that the lnishap had occurred by her
own fault; and in correcting to t'busted''
she meant to imply that some unknown
agency, a current of cold air. perhaps,
had caused the break
Here is distinction as clear and real
as we make in more scholarly terms
Youths Companion.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-13
Uses for a Bottle of Gold Paint.


A twenty-five cent bottle of gold paint
is a capital investment for any woman.
She will find dozen occasions for its
use every week of her life. Perhaps she
chips some bit of japanese or other,
fancy porcelain in dusting; brushful
of gold paint over the chip will make
everything right. A gilt picture or mir
ror frame may be bruised or tarnished;
call in the little bottle again and remedy
in five minutes and for a fraction of a
cent,a damage the cabinet maker would
charge dollar to repair and keep your
frame couple of days besides.
By the by, you girls who are clever
with your paint brushes, did you ever
spend a few dollars at the damaged
counters of the large Japanese stores?
Do you know that you can buy for a
trifie lovely delicate vases and bits of
oriental wares that would sell for many
dollars were it not for a crack or chip
somewhere. Buy them joyfully, take
them home tenderly and spend half an
hour with your paint box, filing up the
nick with flour paste, plaster of paris OF
putty. Any of these will take color
nicely, and if carefully painted and
dried the vases will be practically as
good as the best.-New York Press.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-13
wealthy Men and Directors, Fees.

"eaith5 meH and Directors Fees.
The money making people of Wall
street were startled few days ago by a
report that Russell Sage had gone away
from directors meeting without col
lecting his fee of five dollars Investiga-
tion proved the rumor to be unfounded.
3-Uncle Russell is a director in about
twenty corporations, and he never misses
directors meeting if he can help it..
The usual custom is to pay each director
that attends meeting five dollars. Ere
quently the money is handed to the di-
rectors in the form of a gold piece as they
enter the meeting room. At other times
the directors get their money just before
leaving the room. Some days one man
Is summoned to three or four directors
meetings If he happens to be J. Pier
pont Morgan he viii attend the meeting
of the greatest importance If he hap
pens to be Russell Sage he will attend
them all.
Mr.. Sage does not believe in neglecting
any of his official duties, and he considers
the collection of his five dollar fee as part
of his official ,daty. Mr.. Morgan occa-
sionally accepts the fee when it is handed
to him and passes it over to clerk or to
the porter of the building if he chances
to be near. Mr.. Jay Gould pays no at
tention whatever to the customary di-
rector's fee. The modest cashier who
tenders him a paltry five dollars does not
even receive the courtesy of glance
New York Times.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-13
Ameriea,. R.rlIest pIsceverer.

Among pref Columbian discoverers of
America the claims of the Norsemen, or,
properly speaking, the Icelanders-who,
by their low stature and features, are
somewhat different from the character
istic Swedes and Norwegians-and of
the Welshmen under Prince Madoc are
fairly well known, but those in favor of
an Irishman, st. Brendan, bishop Of
Clonfert, in Kerry, are not SO familiar
to. us, although they are to the French.
According to eleven different Latin
manuscripts in the National library,
Paris, one of which dates from the
Eleventh century, st. Brendan left Ira
lee bay about A. d. $50 on a mission to
the undiscovered country which he be-
heved to exist beyond the Atlantic. The
vessel he embarked in with his compan-.
ions and provisions, including five pigs,
was caught in current, and after a
voyage of many weeks he landed in a
strange country, where he taught the
natives the truths of Christianity.
After seven years he returned to Ire
land, and subsequently tried a second
voyage to the same country, as he had
promised to revisit it, but was baffied by
the wind and tide He died in the odor
of sanctity in 57S, aged ninety-four years.
The curious thing is that when Cortez
invaded Mexico he found the natives in
possession of some of the doctrines of
Christianity, which they said had been
taught them by a stranger clad in long
robe, who came to them from the Holy
island beyond the sea in s'boat with
wings" many centuries before and prom
ised to return to them. The advent OF
Cortez was in fact hailed as fulfill
ment of this radition.-Lippincott
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-13
Islands OF the Sen.

Some mathematician of leisure has
been estimating the number of islands
in the world, and has succeeded in count
ing some hundreds of thousands. He
says there are over 1000 island under
the flag of Japan. Strangely enough, he
makes no reference to the Thousand
islands OF the st. Lawrence or to the
thousands in our own Georgian bay,
some of (which are of considerable size.
1t was among these beautiful wooded
little islands that the Huron Indians
took refuge when they were assailed in
1649 by their implacable foes, the Iro-
quois. Among the labyrinthian chan
nels the Iroquois could not successfully
pursue them, and those who escaped to
the islands saved themselves from the
determination which ibefell their friends.
Toronto Truth.