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Mr.. Funston (Kan) supported the measure,
declaring that is Was in the interes, OF every
business man. whether be were q farmer, a
mechanic or . merchant
Mr.. Henderson 1o~a), speaking for the bill.
SAID that there was a growing intelligence
among the farmers. And the farmers wanted
this legislation ard they knew what thew
wanted. He did not claim that this legislation
would give the farmers the measure OF relief
that thev expected. but il would free them
from some Of their tronble
Mr. lsylor III agreed with the gentleman
.hat the farmer was an inte.igen: man: ard If
ne were intelligent he did noi need this leclsls-
Non to protect him. There was no. 10 per
cent OF the farmers in favor of this bill
MI. Cummings (NY.) characterized the bill
as one that swept over all state lines aud pro-
posed TO give the government OF the United
State the power TO interfere with individual
contracts in the states
Mr.. Coombs N. " was antagonistic TO the
bill. which he contended would not only limit
the markets Of this country, but would cut us
of from foreign markets
Mr.. Hatch. after a few other centiemen had
spoken. consumed the few minutes remaining
for debate. He denied vigorously suggestion
tna' De had not been vigilant in pressing
the bill He had pressed 1t GU
every occasion. His work was ended. He
hai stood by this measure as LOYALTY and
Hniy as he had ever done 20 any conviction
OF his manhood. Now il was with the repre-
senatives Of the people OF America.
Let them make their own record. But as
sure as the world existed, this proposition could
not be defeated today. IL might be DELAYED.
but II was as sure to come from the demand OF
the people as the sun was to rise and set every
twenty-four hours.
THE BILL DEFEATED
Mr.. Hatch's motion to suspend the rules and
concur IN Senate amendments TO the anti
option bill was defeated; yeas, ia; nsys. l2s-
not the necessary two-thirds vote in the affrma-
tive
The Senate amendments to the Agricultural
approximation bill we're non-concurred in and
the bill WAS sent to conference.
DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL AGREED TO.
Mr.. Dockery ono. } called no the conference
report on the District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill.
In connection with this report Mr.. Dockery
submitted some figures. The estimates for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1894 were
30. 1S3. 5if. The bill, agreed upon. appro-
rriated S5,41S. 223-a reduction OF 81 $40 $40
The Senate had increased the appropriations of
the bill as il passed the House to the amount of
S620.000.
The Fifty-frst Congress had appropriated
Sll, $4,000. The FiFtv-second Congress mad
appropriated Sl0.7S5,O 900, a reduction Of over
S7ll, 900.
The conference report was agreed to.
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BON
MARCHlE
Don't Do III

Don't think Of going out on TIE zvenrs
20 see tie inaugural parade without coat
or care. T. your winter cost is too
jeayy. or not good sIa0ugA. let Us sell
-ou one CT the latest style spring coat,
o. csVes- Prices are exc-petoaaly ,ov.
We Will inaugu-ste >pecisl sale o.
than s1n.1--nx
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Name.

followinF are the opening and closing prices Of
wire TO Corson . Mccartney. l4I9 r street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-01
CAPITOL TOPICS.
AN ABANDONED INVESTIGATION.

During the first session of this Congress
committee was appointed to investigate the
causes leading to the alleged depression in
agricultural matters. The cotton part of
the investigation WAS gwen TO Mr.
George (of Mississippi and the re-
mainder to Mr.. Casey of North Dakota. No
report has been made nor VIII there be this
season. Mr.. George stated yesterday that
he found 1t Impossible in the time at his Gis-
posai to make such a searching Investigation
as he desired and had secured a continuance.
be will undertake the work early next session.
Mr.. Casey is out Of the city and it is not known
what progress. If any, he has made.
GOV. RUSSELL ON THE FLOOR.
Gov. Russell of Massachusetts was on the
floor OF the House when the anti-option bill
was defeated During the roll call on the
measure he held quite a reception, being intro
duced to members by Mr. Hoar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-01
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
DUPLICATE PAYMENT OF r.xrs

DUPLICATE PAYMENT OF TAXES.
The Commissioners receive every day letters
from people who declare that they hare paid
their taxes in duplicate and ask for refund
Before any refund can be made an immense
amount of red tape has to be gone through with,
and oftentines the applicant gets tired Of wait
ing and gives it up in despair, or else il barred
by the statute of limitations.
Collector of Taxes Z. g. Davis in an opinion
to the Commissioners today says: Taxes are
levied for the support Of the government and
not for private gain. And when q citizen.
through error or from any other cause, pays his
taxes in duplicate or overpays, said duplicate
or overpayment should in my judgment IRE
gardiess of lapse Of time) be refunded to him
with as little delay as possible after application
and presentation of satisfactory proofs"
Assessor Trimble, referring to the same class
Of cases, says: Whenever an honest claim is
fully and satisfactorily proven, and the proper
person to whom the money should be paid is
clearly established, do not think that the Dis
trict Of Columbia should plead the statute Of
limitations in order to avoid the payment"
Indictments by the Grand Jury.
The grand jury today found indictments ss
follows:
Samuel Wilkins, larceny from the person:
Edward Corners alias O'Conne r., do; joseph
O'Leary, alias Daniel Mcdonald. housebreak-
ing; Maria Garnett, alias Laura Garnet. do. +.
Mary johnson, alias Emma Turner, do.; VIM.
Sidney. assault with intent to commit q rape:
Edward shepherd, do; Isaiah Hawkins, as,
sault with intent to kill: Toney Anderson. do.
The following cases were ignored: BENJAMIN
F. Ftzsimmons. for causing the death of Chas
Bolden on September 8; William Brent. house
breaking, and John Lahne, embezzlement.
Rushing the Appropriation Bills.
The remarkable rapidity with which the Sem
ate handled two appropriation bills today after
they had been agreed upon in the appropria-
tons committee is probably without prsce-
dent.
The post Office bill was sen. to the public
printer at ii O'Clock this morning before the
measure had been reported to the Senate, but
this was done shortly after that body had as
sembled By O'Clock the bill was returned
from the government printing Office compiled
for the reference Of each Senator and about
the Senate
The Indian appropriation bill was reported
shorty afterward and SAINT immediately to the
printing once to be put In type, and u expected
back BY 3 clock this afternoon
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DISTRICT IN CONGRESS-.

rrv n,s-,,,- On, 10,
T.. - ,. ND. 'onrAsi'
80, oeio'e auJournmeht YESTERDAY Mr.. NC
,'n, i'ou 'le COMMITTEE on the District OF
A. tepo, 'eu ia' o'aoiy 'ne OH 70 amend
Comnsnr a ' ne hi,t uSaa !" .oIumoa hail"aS
that the comnanv is antborized in sd5;.;or
to the privileges heretofore granted 70 construct
single or double track railway, with the
necessary switches. turnouts and other me-
aesi'es, IN .ne District OF Columbia.
the intersection Of the r.;Iwav aaiS 80 AZ
pany and NJ street east. and running
thence east on NJ street extended to
the Eastern branch river. where the said
company is authorized to construct and MAIN
tain free bridge Of at least forty feet in width
across the Eastern branch river on such plans
as the Secretary Of War NAV approve and
thence on y street still extended east to the
venue Eins inlmeoiateiy 10 the west OF the race
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-01

W. E. sha6sr has purchased Of r. w. Brown
ing for tl2, GO part lot 2, square 4ss-2s feet
inches q = bstvssa 6tA and e6h s1rssU Sershr
Wool
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browns IRON BITTERS CURES DYSPEPSIA
u Malaris. Biiousness and General Debility Gives
aids digestion. tones the creates
petite. The best tonic for Nursing Mothers. weak
women and children. :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-01
Srr1rsH Spz,ss NEwxARKErs.

Handsome ,ine Of Ladies' New Mil.
tsry Cape NevrIsrEe.s. in he vartors
tan sud mixed tan and cray shades. reg
ular SO and slc styles. and Jus. the
thing TO wear ever an old dress on o,di-
NARY occasions.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05
The Kinds Of Insects.

The great majority of persons have no
idea of the numerous and singular forms
of insects. They are all called "bugs"
by most people, yet not one-tenth of
their number are really bugs. These
latter are classed by themselves and are
called Hemiptera. Beetles are not bugs,
being totally different things, and form
what are known as the Coleoptera,
which means sheath wing, because of the
two large plates on the back that cover
the true wings, which consist of thin
membrane. These covers are called
elytra. The butterflies and moths form
another one of these orders, being called
Lepidoptera, or scale-wing, on account
of the tiny scales with which the wings
are covered. No doubt many of the
readers of this article have noticed the
powdery substance which comes off but
terfy or moth on handling it. These are
the scales, and, should any reader possess
a microscope and place the wing or
part of one under it, think he will be
repaid for his trouble. The "dragon
flies" and ''devil's needles" form the
order Neuroptera, which means vein
winged. So it is with the flies and the
bees, wasps, and ants, the flies being
called Diptera, i. e., two-winged, and
the bees, wasps and ants, Hymenoptera,
or mountaineering. 1t will probably be
said by some that ants have no wings;
but this is only the case with what are
called neuters or workers, the male and
female being provided with wings. The
total number of different kinds of in
sects that are known at present is over
two hundred thousand, of which beetles
alone number one hundred and twenty
thousand-this being about twice as
many as all the other known animals
together. 1t is estimated that the actual
number of different kinds of insects in
the world is over one million.-[P Popular
Science Monthly.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05

THE Smithsonian Institution makes
an exhibit in the Department ct Ethn0-
logy in the Government building at the
Worlds Fair that gives an excellent idea
of the physical peculiarities and modes
of dress of the native peoples of this
country and of Alaska. In series of
glass cases there are shown life-size
models of these natives, each dressed in
the manner peculiar to the tribe he rep
resents. 1t is a fact seldom appreciated
that an Indian woman in carrying a
child has the child strapped to her back
looking in the opposite direction, while
with the Esquimaux woman the child is
so placed that it can readily look over
the woman's shoulder. Rows of other
cases contain large displays of the hand
iwork of these natives.
TRAVELLERS in our Southwest, and es-
pecially in Mexico, find striking re-
semblarce between the domestic archi-
lecture there and the same architecture
in Palestine. There are old towns in
Texas, Arizona, and California that arc
so like such places rs Bethlehem and
Bethany that if photographs of them
were thus labelled not one observer in
twenty would be the wiser. The low,
| flat-roofed house of adobe with small,
deep windows and doors, the rude bal
comics and stairways in the courts, the
narrow, Uttered streets without yards,
the fountains, pools, and palms in en-
closures of houses of the better class,
even the occasional low dome and slender
tower are characteristic of both coun-
tries. The Spaniard got his architec-
tural ideas from the east, and the per-
sistent survival of the type of these
models after several centuries is markedly
obvious wherever he has built.
Two English gentlemen of the cloth
travelling in the Orient were recently
made the victims of a curious trick of
the telegraph. While in Persia, near the
Armenian frontier. they sent message
to the British Consul at the town they
were approaching announcing that 1.-TWO
English clergymen" would reach him on
Wednesday. On arriving at the town
| they found that the Consul was absent
and that no preparation had been made
to receive them. 1t appeared that the
message as received ran: 'Two worth
less wretchcs will reach you on Wednes-
day."
THE Department Of Peace and Arbi-
tration of the Worlds w. c. Il. U. has
obtained the original set of resolutions
drawn up by the Friends Society at
Reading, ON the death of William Penn.
They are on exhibition in the Peace dis
play ut the Worlds Fair.
SIR HENRY TRuEMAN WooD says that
American electricians and machine
builders outrank the British. AS Sir
Henry is secretary of the British Com
mission to the Worlds Fair, this is cal
culated to give the British electricians a
mild shock
ACCORDING to Canon Farrar, about
1000 clergymen of the Church of Eng
land are out of employment. Another
writer declares that about an equal num-
Der are miserably undergrad.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05

hat; that's SO, I intended to pay the
chief for it. pay him well; that's SO,
here's the money"
"Peeconowah refuses" growled the
chief surlily. "P, econowah must have
his hat. The great spirit sent tito him.
1t brings him good luck. Peeconowah
feels that some great chief OF the pale
faces once wore this hat! Peeconowah
needs no gold. The great chief at
Washington provides for him! Peecon-
owah has spoken"
AS he listened to these words, Joshua
Merritt was obliged to rest his nand on
Gin-Ghi's shoulder to keep from falling.
Sir, cried Hetty with solemn visase,
IF Peeconowah speaks the truth you
must return this hat. Captain Waldron,
I'm sure. would SO order"
The Kickapoos gave forth a loud
chorus of grunts of satisfaction. Joshua
looked dazed, for an instant his fingers
refused to clutch the brim OF the Ma
poleon hat, but he saw that he must
obey, and with a groan OF disappOint-
ment that touched Hetty's heart. the
Englishman lifted the Napoleon hat
from his head and handed it back to
Peeconowah-
At Mrs. Waldron's invitation, Joshua
now mounted his horse, and followed
by the bewiIdered Gin-Ghi, accompa-
MED his rescuer to Fort Reno. where
Capt. Waldron gave his steamer ac-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05
The Soldiers Pace In Marching.

Apropos of marching, Colonel Hutton
reminds us that the marching value of an
army is that of its worst regiments rather
than Of its best, for we cannot afford to
march so as to outmarch our worst regi-
ments and thus deplete them of their
men. The rate of marching laid down
in the infantry drill, 1S92-that is, 100
PAGES of thirty inches per minute-gives
rate of miles 720 yards per hour, Gr,
including five minutes halt, 3 miles 22O
pards per fifty-tive minutes. This pace
is, in the opinion of this officer, obvi-
ously too great for the movement of
larger units of command than battalion
or perhaps of weak brigade without
baggage train. 1t is universally accepted
by continental authorities that the rate
for marching under campaigning
conditions is two and half
miles per hour, including five to ten
minutes halt. The French, who have
the tradition of being the best marchers
in Europe, lay down in precise form the
rate OF march for their infantry at two
and forty eight one-hundredth miles per
hour, including ten minutes halt, giving,
therefore, two and forty-eight one
hundredth miles in fifty minutes, or
eighty-seven and five one-hundredth
yards per minute. The Alpine Chasseurs
the pick of the French infantry, who
take special pride in their marching
powers--march at the rate of five kilo-
meters or three miles and one tenth per
hour, including ten minutes halt, or three
and one one hundredth mile - fifty
minutes.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05

quaintanoe . real soldiers welcome.
but the daintiest cuts OF wild turkey
and prairie fowl and the most delicate
and tnsidious punches which Hetty
Waldron could compound failed to lift
the gloom from Joshua's heart He was
literally bowed in sorrow. and when he
presented himself at the Captains
quarters the NEXT morning he seemed
to have grown old in a single night. 1t
was pitiful to note the deep lines that
the gall and NORWOOD Of disappoint-
ment had eaten into his face. In a 81.
lent and mechanical sort of way, Joshua
Merritt entered into the sports organ.
lied by Capt. Waldron to help them get
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05
ellis Mark

The signature Of the cross-the
mark which persons who are unable
to write are required to make-was
not always confined to illiterate per-
sons; for among the SaXons the mark
OF the cross, as an attestation of the
good faith of the persons signing, was
required to be attached to the sigma
lures of those who could write, as
we'll as to stand in the place of the
signatures OF those who could not
write. The ancient use of the cross,
was, therefore, universal. 1t was,
indeed, the symbol of an oath, from
its sacred associations, as well as the
mark generally adopted; and was,
doubtless, the origin of the express
sion God save the mark" as a form
of ejaculation approaching the char
acter of an oath.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05
The TALE OF A HAT:
Or, Josh Merritts Mania-Written for This
Paper.
by JULES VERNE.

soul was yearn ng for; the hat that he
had searched for in every corner of the
world. Upon the lining Merritt had
read the woids. Prince Louis Napoleon
10 his friend, William Smith, New York,
April II. 1887"
Did Joshua Merritt give wild yell Of
triumph! DID he kick his long legs high
IN the air? Did ne draw out his wallet
and spread crisp bank notes in Peecono-
vans lap? No, none of these. He
calmly turned to Gin-Ghi and COM
manded him to give the chief Of the
hlckapoos, Peeconowah, or odd Fox
Fond OF His Hoe" plug Of Sweet
Virginia tobacco.
Joshua Merritt. ESQ.,, OF Liverpool,
the famous collector. was a very astute
judge OF human nature, and as he sat
there on the ground, with his gaze riv-
eted upon the face of odd Fox Fond of
His Hole" he felt both instinctively
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05

IT is alleged by the life insurance
companies that the average length
of human life in this country has in.
creased from 4l.9 years twenty-five
years ago to 1919 years at the present
time.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-05

AMHERST COLLEGE was founded in
1921, "mainly for the purpose OF edu-
eating poor and pious young men for
the ministry"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Iiquened Gases.

All the liquefied gases except oxygen
and hydrogen have been frozen by self
evaporation in vacuum. By evapo-
rating liquid air in vessel surrounded
by liquid oxygen, Professor Dewar sue
ceeded in reducing the air to clear,
transparent solid. 1t has not been de-
termined whether the oxygen Of the
mixture is really frozen or merely en-
tangled among the particles of solid
nitrogen in some such way as rose
water in cold cream, or water in the
solid gelatin of calves foot jelly. AL
though pure oxygen has never been
frozen, it is possible that when mixed
with nitrogen its freezing point is raised
SO that the two solidify together. Sci
ence.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
a Nebraska Editor Draws the Line.


Volume I. No. 9 of The Moslem World
is upon our table hammering for an
exchange. 1t is published in New York
by Colonel Mohammed Alexander Rus
sell Webb, and has an advertising pat
ronage that insures it's financial sue
cess. Its purpose is to spread the light
Of Islam i'll America" The light Of
Islam is what we want, but in spread
ing it don't put it on too thick. We
cannot get to believing in Mohammed
all of sudden. 1t takes time to sub
due and overcome the prejudices that
were inculcated in earlier years. 1t
isn't so hard to believe in the divine
mission of the prophet or to observe the
seasons of prayer or give aims when
you have them about you, or to keep
the fast of Ramadan, but when it comes
to the pilgrimage to Mecca that do set
tie it. If it takes q trip to the orient
as a condition for securing ,crnal life
and the possession of harcm in Hal
lelujahland withdraw from us the
Light of Islam" and We'll take the
doctrines of the Christian Bible in
"ourn. Nebraska State Journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Oak Wood.

The oak is historic wood. AS early
as the eleventh century it became the
favorite wood of civilized Europe, and
specimens of carving and interior finish
have como down to us from that early
day, their pristine beauty enhanced by
the subduing finger of time. The early
oolonists brought with them to the
shores of America their love for this
wood, and here, too, the oak acquired
historical interests.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
A Family Popularity.

Literature certainly runs in the
Greensmith family. The two daugh-
tiers write poetry that nobody will print
the sons write plays that nobody will
act, and the mother writes novels that
nobody will read. y
And what does tho father writer"
ooh, he writes checks that nobody
will cash. Press and Printer.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
N = 8 :: Wy RorfoIkzWestern R.H

5OHKDULR IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 10, lss
w1sfBouND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY,
eaVU Q. IN: wv ashington and Chattanooga limitouj
for Bristol and beyond. Stops ut Chlis
tiansburR and RAD lord, also at prineipa,
stations west of Raoford. Pullman slceperr
to New Orleans and Memphis Dining car
attached
7:2C m. for Radford, Bluehcld aud Pocahontse
4:40 r. N. THE CHECAGO EXPRESS for
Bluefeld, Pocahontas, Kenova, Columbus
and chicago. Pullman BUFFET Sleeper Roanoke
10 Columbus without change.
noarH AND 1AsTBoUsD. LEAVE RoARoKE DAILY
lloc q. m. for Petersburg, Richmond ant
11;t0 q. m. for Washington. Hageretown, Phlla
dclphla and New York.
1155 =. m. for Richmond and Norfolk. Pclna.
sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk and Lynchburg
to Ricl mond.
1880 p. m. CWashington and Chattanooga lin
lted) Tor Washington, Hageretown, Philadel
phia and New York. Pullman slecpers Il
Washington, Philadelphia and New York via
Shenandoah Junction ano Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. Stops only at principal sta
tions.
Durham Division-Leave Lynchburg (Unio1
etation) daily3:1 p. IN. for South Boston and
Durham and intermediate stations.
Winston-Salem Diveion-Lcavc Roanoke Union
staticnl daily 1910 p. m. for Rocky Mount,
Martinsville, Wineton-Salcm and interme-
diatc stations.
ofHce or to W. b. BEVILL.
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke. Va.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-10
III YOUH HACK ACHES,
Or you are all worn out really good foi moth
ing, 1t Is general debility Try
BhOWN'S IRON IITTERS.
II will cure you, cleanse you, liver, and give
good appetite.

ONCE OF ]. r. Greer, County Judge, Green
ls9l-Gentlemen: Twentythree wears ago I
was attacked with infiammatory rheumatism,
was attended by the most eminent physi-
clans in the land. ! visited the great sara,
toga Springs. n. Y, and the noted Hot
Springs, Of Arkansas, and many other water
ing places, and always consulting with the
local physicians for directions, finally came
TO Florida ten years ago.
About two years ago had severe attack
OF rheumatism, was confined to my room for
twelve weeks, and during the slime l was IN
duced to try i. y. p, lPrickly Ash. Poke
gredient was good for impurities OF the blood
after using two small bottles 1 was relieved:
at four different times slice have had slight
attacks, and | have each time taken two
small bottles OF + p p, and been relieved.
and consider 1t the best medicine Of It's kind
Respectfully, j. f. GREER