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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-17
A Rhllasanhic Rama

Philosophic Remark.
From the New York Tribune.
A social philosopher remarks that man with
a quail-on-tosst appetite and beef-stew purse
will never get rich
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.

CLOSING OUT AT AUCTION AT THE NEW
~ York Art Store. SOB 9TH ST. NV. The iar1est
risty OF Pictures md frames in she cit consstin Of
Paste s. &c.. framed and ntrsmed. A so large
riety OF ra1nes OF Gus sizes, styles ard finish
SAILS SATURDAY FOUR AND EVEN O'CLOCK
PM LIZ. L. PULVER per A. 2. PULVER, Atty. l.
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LOB sALE-l3rH ST. NV. BET. W AND
II Flo-tds ave-, 2sto.y 6-room b-ick house:
n. n PARhER.
---rS 1918 q. n. ".
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L'oR sALE-sPECIAL.


i have lust received q telegram from the owner
Of hous- No. l12S .d to sell sc 30 iInme-
d1ste purchase. This Of the
ever offered TO secure splendid home q good
fng Investment at . sacrifice The nouse is nearly
new. bsy-window. 3 storiss and basement; large
cheerful rooms; pantries and closets; reception Ia
with onen gra-e I'd liante Renting to a select ten
ant 81 $40 month. The location Is convenient and
near the .aSnloaaDe section OF the northwest. Ab-
stTdet 70 GATE Parties looking bargain find
nothing beJte-.
IL DAVID d. STONE Sf4 and So; r =. NV
E,OR SALE-NEw EIGhT. ROOM HOUSE on ..3D
St nea- Was n ngton Circle r6, 200
si1-ryom hous- on ID St 50. 500; monthly pay
ments II desired.
Nine-room IA Use on ST bet. LIST and ID SITS.
s6.5O0 j. r. HERTEO ORD. 14l9 G. st. Inhl7-3t
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Sror PAr1se RENT
VERY CHEAP.
EASY TERMS.

We have two modern houses near
Dupont Circle; bails OF brown stone and
brick; Ell her Of which would make .
Desirable home for the possessor. Has
three stories and basement; contains
nine rooms and bath. With all modern
improvements: three rooms deep ;hested
by furnace; electric bells; electric gas
lighting; handsomely papered; cabinet
msnteis. &C. : lots are 1880 70 clean.
wen-psred alley. Price b but u. 600.
cHAs. EARLY.
COS l4ta.
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Not I'm His Confidenco,

Not I'm His Confidenco.
From Good News.
Csller-'Is Mr.. Bizzy IMP"
Office boy-"No. He's Just gone out"
Caller-"How soon will be be bsck?'
Office boy-"He didn't happen 10 msntiou
that. You see, am not one Of the firm yet. "
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Fon sAIE-1oTs.
WESLEY HEIGHTS"
WESLEY HEI1Hrs,"
WESLEY HEIGHTS"
Opposite the American University.
Which IL to cost ten million dollars.
And Mass. ave.. 100 feet WIDE. extended,
Running toie
Is minutes from Dupont Circle.
80 minutes from White House.
The best investment in the northwest
part Of Washington and overlooking
the city. Scenery grand.
500 lots already sold to the best Glass
Of investors.
Why place your money where You
only realize from 3to per cent when
this investment will not pay less than
from 20 to 1000 per cent. Small cash
payment. balance on long time.
JOHN F. wAaGAMAN.
mh3-1m 200 18th st. NV.
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A PttaaGcEE
Without name-ny new subdivision at KEN
S1NGToN-the healthiest and most improved
SUBURB around Washington. want 4 name
for it. though, and will 0ire $500 building lot
for the best one Contest Closes April 10. If
You are thinking about a Suburban Home
WEST END PARK and KENSINGTON should
claim your attention. Send for q ctrcula,
about them.
HI. n. C9 9PPPP: 7O6 9Th ST: N. w.
mhl7
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LroR sALs-I0TH ST. NV, A VERY COM
Il p,ese 2-s.6ry Groom brick house: papered
throuzhous; good, dry ceLsr; heated by fun ace
s.sbs Kitchen IN cellar. al~oone nrss door
both with rsrgs. conplste this be bought Tor
e. 800. Inquire o. NJ. N. PAREEE,
Inhl5-.}t l4ls II .. n. ".
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During The early hours Of the morning
echnstdsr sat upoa The edge Of bis cot and st
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tAOR SALOON SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
ulc re new homes at Lakeland. Nd.
Two -, 200 cottages, tirs S,Ocash and 400 per mr.
Two e. 5o0 co.,.se., 70 g s25 cssh md S25 mo.
Two "A. 0vcottasss, $50 iOrs .e45 cash and as mo-
All Of the above COTTAGES CONVENIENT the Sta
fences out suidinss &C., lots that contain L. 900
ier. q xrouna ~, Ssiand ssasustea sig1s piles fr2m
also the line OF the proposed boulevard and electric
railroad To Baltimore 1t hasa beautiful lake. stores
pes Office. schools enurchee kc Commrtatior ickets
TO WASH. only "a cents each way Apply 70 EDWIN
N. .. m ct LAksland InQuirs for I. J. CiDLE.
Supt. mh7-Sm
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11
Court Fools.

Charles the Simple had jester
named jean, who, one morning tried
his masters nerves by rushing into
his room with the exclamation:
"oh, sire, such newsl Four thous-
and men have risen in the city.
"Whatl" cried the startled King.
"With what intention have they
risen?"
aWell," replied the Jester, "prob-
ably with the intention of lying
down again at bed time, sire"
Although there are many exam
pies of the license which testers were
allowed, instances are not wanting
of their delicacy and courage.
For example, when the feet of
Philip was captured or destroyed
by that of Edward III, there was
no ono at court bold enough to com
municate tidings of the disaster to
the King, except court fool.
Going into the Kings chamber,
the fool began muttering.
"Those cowardly Englishmenl
The chicken-hearted Britonsl'
Chow SO, cousin2 How so2" ask
ed Philip.
"Why, because they have not
courage enough to jump into the
sea, like your French sailors, who
went headlong from their ships,
leaving those to the enemy who
were not brave enough to follow
them.
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The First Plano.

No one can tell exactly who made
the first piano for the reason that it
has gradually "evolved" from an in
strument as much itself as one could
well imagine. In the twelfth cen
tury it appears to have been a
gigantic dulcimer, which was mere
ly an oblong box holding series of
strings arranged in triangular form
across its center. In the thirteenth
and Fourteenth centuries the
"clavichord," another musical mon
strosity, had developed from it, and
was used well mp in the eighteenth
century. About I'LL Christofali,
of Padua, invented a real piano, but
is said to remind one of coal box
when compared with the elegant
and perfect toned instrument OF
to-day.
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Counterins on John.

@Are you the marriage license
clerk2s inquired comely country
damsel of the young man who dishes
out that sort of emotional pabaIum
to hungry victims.
Il am, Miss, responded the young
man with the soft snavity a pretty
girl is alwayssure of bringing to the
surface OF a man, old or young.
HAS there been a man in here
to day after a license2" she asked.
''Three or four. Miss; times must
be getting better.
Il mean red headed man" she
explained, ignoringthe young mans
illusion to the improved condition
of the times.
Yes, Miss; the last one / gave
out was to red headed man. Here
it is" aud the clerk opened the
book; sJohn F. Gullion to Miss
Mary NJ Duster.
That's the man she exclaimed,
and that's me. Now / want one
myself Makeitoutquick, for Nary
NJ. Duster and Henry Hooker.
The clerk was quick about it.
"How much is ite' she asked as
he handed it to her.
Gone dollar Miss. .
"Did Gullion have to pay that
much for his2" she asked, laying
down the amount called for.
Certainly; that's the legal price,
Miss.
"Well, / wish to goodness it was
So, John Gullion has been courting
me for two years, and he is the
stingiest man 1 ever seen. That's
the first money he ever spent on
me, and he wouldn't have spent
that if 1 hadn't been sharp enough
to let him get the license before I
gotone for me and Henry. Henry's
out now looking for preacher and
I'm to meet him at the hotel right
away. Good-by. I'm everso much
obliged to you" and she started out
with rush, but came back in a
minute.
"oh," she said, "if John Gullion
brings that license back when he
hears how l have fooled him, please
don't give him his dollar again. viii
your" and she looked so pleading
and SO pleasing that the young man
swore John should never see his
dollar again.
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is Stnnlditr Cnltlrnted.

There are some persons in the
world whose stupidity is such that
il appears to stranger to be a
quality of mind stndiously cnltiva-
ted, and not one which arises from
low order of intelligence or gross
ignorance.
A woman of this class, well dress
ed and apparently gifted with ordi-
nary reasoning powers, opened a
shop door in an uptown street
recently to make an inquiry.
This is the conversation that
actually took place:
"Tm looking for No. 2OO-street.
said she. as this it2"
"No replied the clerk, who step
ped forward. "This is No. 100.
No. 200 is five doors further along"
"on this side of the street?'
"Yes, on this SIDE"
81 see the store across the way is
No. 1919. Is il next to that2"
"No, madam; it is on this side of
the street. The even numbers are
on this side, the odd on the other.
ooh, yes, sec. Thank you; but
why are the even numbers on this
side the odd on the other2"
The clerk looked 10 see if the
woman was really Sc ious. Finding
her to be SO, he said, with a bit of
sarcasm in his tone.
"Really / don't know. 1 did not
number the houses
as it that high stoop house or
the English looking basement with
the drab shades at the windows"
continued the eirrepressible question
er.
But she received no reply. The
clerk gazed YEARLY ont of the door,
and the woman left to prosecute
the investigation for herself.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11
She Had Time.

He was the proud and naughty
guard at the railway gate and there
were two ladies who disliked to be
separated very much.
"Good bye" said the one with the
valise and the red pasteboard box
tied with white string.
"Good- bye" replied the one who
had no luggage.
"Be sure and tell mother good
bye for me, won't your"
eyes, and you must be sure to
give my love to all the folks"
"I will. They will be sorry that
you couldn't come with me-"
al know ii; but you will explain
just howit was. certainly wanted
to come"
"You won't forget to lock the pi-
ano SO that baby won't put buttons
and scraps into the strings2"
eyes.
"And shut the windows when it
rains2"
@Of course
"Well, 1 must hurry. Goodbye" :"
@Good bye"
Then they kissed and parted and
the traveller with some difficulty ex-
tricated her ticket from the valise.
just as she got to the guard she
gave little scream.
"ohl" she said, athere is SO me-
thing 1 want to say to her; will L
have time2p
"How long will you need2'' he
asked, as he looked at her ticket.
"Just half a minute.
"oh, then you have plenty of
time. It'll be 10 hours before your
train starts.
aBut the time table says it goes
at 9 o'clock
aYes'p, but it is now just one
minute past s"
she-If there is anything 1 do
detcst it's a firty woman.
He-Humphl why not a firty
man2
he-oh, well, a man has some
excuse. Women are SO attractive,
you know.
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TRUMPPIELT cALLS.
RAMS Horn Sounds Warming Note
to the Unredeemed.

" Auc OHfouctl1ous
Gold always. has a market.
The devil loves a moderat,
! drinker.
A fool carries his name in hi
mouth.
1t is easy to be, but hard t,
appear to be.
The good never loose by being
persecuted.
If you want to get happiness
try to give it.
The wren has a sweetcr song thar
the peacock.
All churches have some member.
who talk too much.
The smallest sin is big enough
TO hide the face of God.
Self deception is one of tho mos
deadly ofall dangers.
There is no easy place anywhere
on earth for a lazy man.
The religion that has no joy in ii
does not come from God.
The man who makes his own god
has Que that is merciless.
There is as much love in warn.
ing as there is in promise.
God is robbed whenever one man
gives another light weight.
Torment begins when a sinner
finds out that God secs him.
Nothing is SO certain as that the
meek shall inherit the earth.
The great question is not how
long we are going to live, but how.
The yoke of Christ is easy. The
way of the transgressor is hard.
Thcre is no commandment of God
that does not begin with love.
There are two ways of telling a
goose; by its gabble and its walk.
The man who never prays for
any body else, never prays for him
self
Find a man who has no hobby,
and you will find one who is not
happy.
Nothing will do more to improve
the looks than sunshine in the heart.
When you look for a window
in Heaven, look through Bible
promise.
Wherever christianity goes, the
devil will be found before and
behind it.
When God Furnishes, it is only
because there is nothing else that
he can do.
Until we are willing to have sin
put out of our hearts, Christ will
not come in.
The devil agrees with the man
who says he can't see any sense in
being religious.
The higher you raise little man
tho more he shrinks.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11
Look Here.

Did you know that Harper Bros.
are selling Furniture right down at
manufacturers prices2 Only think
of It'll 6 feet Extension Tables for
S2.75; Oak Cupboards, feet high,
Is inches deep, S498; solid oak
Bedsteads, S1.65; hard wood Dress
ers, 1922, German Plate Glass,
S49S; solid oak High Back Dining
Chairs, &c; large size High Arm
Rockers, S1.2S; Double Woven Wire
Spring Mattresses, S140; Full size
Baby Carriages, Reed Body, Steel
Wheels, So 81; Refrigerators from
Ss up; Curtain Poles, trimmed COM
plete, 1Sc.; Lace Curtains SOC. per
pair; Window Blinds 1Oc.; Parlor
Suits upholstered in imported crush
ed plush, S22.50. Everything in
the furniture line; all new stock
and latest designs to select from, at
lowest prices ever offered. We
positively will not be undersold.
No matter what others offer you,
we will always make our prices the
lowest.
Very respectfully,
HARPER BRos.
The Low Priced Furniture Dealers.
Point Pleasant, w. Va.
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Like n Book.


Man is something.lgke book
Gilt embossed to gaudy look,
Bound in calf or bound in cloth,
ShOd perhaps with some of both,
Named or titled to appear
Very grand as well as dear.
Such as care for outward show
Wear rich garments as they go,
But to others little matters
Haspings loose and cloth in tatters.
Still with men as tits with books
Tidy covers help their-l looks.
Much a man is like a book
Glanced at, read, then shelved or shook.
What a coursel Once throned in state,
Now dethroned and out OF date;
Shabby now what once was grand,
Battered. bent and secondhand
Man and book alike are strange
Till within the readers range;
Till are pierced the binding boards
Ne'er are shown the secret boards:
Shown, we take or let alone:
Thus it is our choice is known.
Smirched perhaps and all unclean,
Pages of the heart are seen;
Or perhaps they're clean and pure,
Filled with "David's mercies sure:"
II my heart be like book
Only print that's pure I'll brook.
Edward Vincent
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ONE LITTLE GIRL.
Her Persistence Drives a Blatant Fakfr
to a Desperate Siep.

to Desperate Step.
a rough looking man withsa sin
gularly hoarse and unpleasant voice
was crying some of those interest
ing mechanical toys in Fourteenth
street. says the New York SIN. He
had a big green frog that jumped
about in a delightful way, a man,
woman ard child combination that
jerked over the fiogging in stately
way, and horse, circus ring and
ringmaster to set a nursery in a
frenzy.
He shouted these toys and by
way of variety denounced the troop
of ragged children that gathered
about him.
aGet move on ye," said he. aye
don't bny nothin'. There amt the
price of stick of candy In the hull
sof yez. Clear out.
an this in no unpleasant tone,
and SO effectively that the particu-
lar crowd of ragged infancy was
continually changing its identity.
But there was one little girl who did
not go; she was a pretty miserable
looking spectacle for such a cold
day. She had holes in her stock
ings, and such thin dirty wrap
that she might almost as well have
none at all.
She stood quito close to the man
with her eyes large and wistful, and
with finger in her mouth.
The fakir directed his volley of
sarcasms at her particularly several
times, but she did not seem to hear
or see. She had only eyes for the
man and woman and child and frog
combination.
When the fakir wearied of at
tending to her directly, he discharg-
ed upon the crowd at large. When
it would disperse he returned each
time with what seemed to be grow
ing irritation to the little girl.
But she remained rooted to the
spot with her finger in her mouth
and few tears rolling from her
eyes down through the stains of dirt
on her cheek.
"Be off wild yer,' said the fakir.
$50 home to yer nam. Wot ye
doin' day like this with bare legs?
Clear out!"
She paid no attention TO him, but
looked steadily and sadly at the toy.
AT last the fakir picked it up from
the sidewalk and showed it into her
arms.
aGit out, will yer" said he, in a
terrible voice. "Takc yerselfaway.
YEN ruin me trade" and he fell to
winding up another toy and setting
it in motion.
The child had fed at full speed as
soon as she realized that she had
the toy.
And the fakir went on bawling
and threatening, as though gentle
ness were something of which he
knew nothing.
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THE FERNoR CRITICISED.
The Barn Club Resolves Il Adhere to
tha .moerntic FInfform.


The Barn Club RESOLVES to Adhere to
the mocratic Platform.
The D nam Club, Of Hunting-
ton, Wes irginia. considering the
matter sbe appearances of the
Honorab William Al. MacCorkle
before III Ways and Means Com
mittee he United States House
of Repre- etatives, in advocacy of
a tariff Q eoh having heard that
gentlema address touching his
reasons SO doing, at meeting
held at j Hall on October 3. 1893,
.unauimo adopted the following
resolutio
WHERI The National Conven-
ton Of q Democratic p:srty at Chi
cago, on inc 22nd, 1892, adopted
the folio ag as a part of its plat
form
ave ounce Republican pro-
lection t r fraud as robbery of
a great majority Of the American
people for the benefit of the few.
We declare it to be fundamental
principle of the Democratic party
that the Government has no consti-
tutional power TO impose or collect
a dollar for Tax, except for the pur-
pose of frevenue only, and demand
that the collection of such taxes be
imposed by the Government only
when honestly and economically
administered.
ave denounce the Mckinley tar
iff law enacted by the 51st Congress
as the eliminating atrocity of class
legislation. We endorse the efforts
made by the Democrats of this, the
Sind Congress, to modify its most
oppressive features in the direction
of free raw materials and cheaper
manufactured goods that enter into
general consumption. and we prom
Use it's repeal as one of the beneficent
results that will follow the action
of the people intrusting power to
the Democratic party" And,
WHEREAS. A Democratic Presi-
dent and Vice President. q Demo
cratic Congress, and Democratic
Governors and Legislatures were
elected on said platform, therefore
be it
Resotued, That any departure
therefrom, either actual or implied,
any misrepresentation or misappli-
cation of said platform, is unworthy
of the name of the Democratic
party, and any such departure, mis-
representation, or misapplication is
but an acknowledgment that the
Democratic party secured control of
the general and State governments
under false pretenses, and is not
deserving of the confidence and
respect of the American people.
Be it further
Resolved, That West Virginia needs
no protection to her coal industries
nor does she ask it. Be it further
Resolred, That copy of the
foregoing resolutions be forwarded
to the Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee, to the Honorable
L. T. Neal, candidate for Governor
of the State of Ohio, and the Hunt
ington Advertiser for publication.
I'll. v. REEcE, Pres,
G. R. WYATT, Sec.
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o mighty, mighty river. flowing down SO deep
and calm.
With the mills upon thy fingers and the ships
upon thy palmI
Tell me why thou never failest. never growest
weak and small,
But with ever swelling current bringest down
thy wealth TO alp
Quickly then the river answered: Praise the
little mountain spring.
Ever sparkling, ever gushing, for the precious
gifts bring.
Far away among the forests. where the moss
les deep and cool,
There the mill huns In crevfce and the ship
swims in pooli''
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11
Sound In silence.

Walking where all the ways seem wondrous
still.
Isuddenly was aware IT was not So
The silence WAS web of sound, below,
Above that did the earth and heavens fill
The wood-hid thrush. the field sparrow's sliding
trill,
The dominant insistence of the crow,
The shrill of crickets and the voiceful how
Where curve the river currents down the hill;
The wind amid tho pines, the faroff call
or boys at play, the hayers at their task,
With creaking carts, the lowing cows-they
Were present. like the face behind the mask.
The silence swarmed with noises-nay, waa
blent
With many musics for my solacement.
Richard Burton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11
Lack Of Education.

Woman-What is that man in the
street calling out?
Girl don't know whether it's
charcoal or Strawberries.
Woman should think by this
time you ought to be able to tell the
difference between charcoal and
strawberries.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11

Tramp-@The woman in that
house treated me just as my own
mother used to-.
Walklong-"set up good warm
meal, chr"
Trampl@Nope. A pan of water
and cake of soap"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11
Sometime They are 10 Slow.

The police who were sent TO break
up a prize fight werea little slow in
getting to their destination. But
that this kind of negligence is not
the inyariabIe policy of the officers
is shown by the way in which they
snapped up a couple of curbstone
evangelists recently.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11
l lip cut and
Greater grasp on wisdom

There doesn't seem to
be much change in,you since your
marriage.
FIickers-ChaDgea Why, L
haven't enougbt change to buy
cocktail. so 'eIp me GawdI
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-11
Wiser Than he Was.

Two West Point cadets, trim, gay
and pigeon breasted, were walking
along Midway.
sob, say" exclaimed a Larrabee
street hoodlum, @why don't cher
take off yer corsets?"
The patrol wagon came moment
later. 1t carried to the service
building:
/ hoodIum with with
1 broken nose,
2 black eyes,
lip cut and a.
Greater grasp on wisdom.