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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-01
UNDERWEAR BARGAINS.

The distribution Swiss
than offered
200 Ribbed
and white
English them well
trimmed shaped Ike the desirable
200 Swiss Ribbed
&c but
claim them worth
Oss P.lah Royal samples
goods.
surplus
aby19c
lavender
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-01
CENTS A GLASS

Mercy to prove to you that our prices are lower
than my others In the city. Our already
WONDERFUL REDUCTION SALE AZ
FOSDS you . great opportunity to supply
your PERFUMERY, BRUSH. SOAP. DRUG
and miscellaneous wants for little or nothing.
Never were prices 10 ridiculously low.
Thousands have taken advantage Of our
offers so far this week Do not delay purchss-
Ing. Everything's affected. II what You want
Ii not In this list ask for it. TIN cost from a
THIRD to HALF LESS THAN ORDINARY
PRICES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-01


w hik Drooms Ureatiy hedaced
Extra Fine Quality whisk Brooms,
with white handles and velvet trim m
minGs. Were IS cts. and 81. Now DOC
Large Whisk Brooms, which were 1511
to % cts. each. Now............. 10
Handsome Travelling Brooms, with n
cases, which were Is cts. Now. go. LUG
Other Brooms at equally great reductions.
Hooss W...sssrr B Ss.II:::
Hot Water Bottles. l. or SGT. size. 90
We're 81 20. o. 45 and 81. 65. Now. 900
TNrushaa <N-a.tl, os,,oos
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
This From Kentucky,

Some new people from the Ohio side
had moved into a Kentucky town and
occupied house not far from where
Uncle Glen, an old colorcd man. had
lived for years. Two or three weeks
later Uncle Glen was making Il gar
den for me, and l was talking to him.
How do you like your neighbor,
Uncle Clem?' l asked.
He shook his head doubtfully.
What do you mean by that | in
quired, when | saw he had no further
answer
Il spec dey's Ohier tackles" he
said vaguely.
why, 1 thought they seemed to b.
very nice people,
"Mebbe dey is, n mebbc dey amt.
Leastways, dey ain't my kind
"Why not?"
Gaze dey amt
But they must have done something
to make you dislike them?"
Didn't they come fun Ohicr:" he
asked, as if that settled it.
"Yes, but that isn't all
well, Kunnel," he said. when l had
corncred him, "dey insulted me-
Not Intentionally, | am sure, Uncle
Glenn"
"Kunnel," he said, leaning on his
hoe, Use gwine to leave it to you.
Last week Chuesday, de pusson what
Ibis dah wuZ in de sto' by de pos
office, settin' on kaig O nails wild Il
crate full O. chickens iis' about boilin'
age, what he had got often de train,
from somers, and dey was settin' out
by de do, jis on de inside. Erbout da3
time l walks in de sto' wild Il bucket
in my han an stood waitin' minute.
De pusson look at me querrls like, an
l tech my hat to him. Den he look
agin and den he look at de chickens.
an den he gifts up an comes over an
sets down on de crate. Now Kun
nel," and Uncle Glen jabbed the hoe
down hard, "ef dat amt 'tenshunal
an insult, what do you call it?'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
A 0O7-Pounder.

Citizens of Indianapolis have had ali
opportunity to behold the greatest liv-
ing man n avoirdupois who ever strobe
the green fields of this rotuud earth
His name is John Hanson Craig. ana
with his wife and 3-year-old child he
has been visiting James Anderson and
James Mcpherson, relatives. Craig a
home is in DaEville, Hendricks county.
Ind, but he has been in the show bus
mess since his babyhod. In answer
to Il question, he said:
Il now weigh 907 pounds, and am
81 years old. At birth l weighed II
pounds; at II months l weighed II
pounds; at 2 years, 206 pounds. AT
that time l took the $1,000 premium
at Barnum's baby show, In New Yorl;
city, in the year 1853. At > years
weighed 3O2 pounds; at i3 years. 4OJ
pounds; at 20, 6O1 pounds: at -, I2i
pounds; at u, 1853 pounds; at 2S ia
pounds; at 20, 791 pounds; at 30, SOC
pounds; at 81, S36 pounds; and my
present weight Is just 9O7 pounds.
am six feet five inches high. measure
eight feet four inches around the hips
Is inches around the ankle. - inches
around the knee, &c inches around the
thigh next to the body. require +
yards for a suit of clothes, and three
pounds of yarn for pair OF stock
ings. s.'-Indianapolis Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, OCTOBER IA. 1898
A Lovely Romance and Queer Mistake
Made by Miss Lillian Russell.

Made by Miss Lillian Russell.
A story told by Broadway photog
rapher shows that while marriages are
made in heaven his studio has at least
once proven Il very effective matri.
monial agency. About six months ago
Il pretty young girl, named EStcllc
Sailer, entered his studio to have hcl
picture taken. Through the careless
ness of the assistant, the plate upon
which her face had been Photographed
was not removed before a young man.
named George Brent, came in The
RESULT was that he was photographed
upon the same plate. AS the proofs
are simply numbered and rarely eX
amined until after the original has
seen them, the mistake was not diScov
cred until the next morning.
Almost simultaneously the two young
people came in to see their proofs
Handing one envelope to the girl, an
other to the young man, the photogra
pher waited while they opened them.
OH exclaimed Miss Sailer, blush
ing as red as a rose.
THE deucew from Mr.. Brent rs he
handed the proof back to the photog
rapher.
Instead of one face there were two,
turned toward each other, and so close
together that they looked almost as
though they We're kissing. By this
time the originals of the pictures, hay
ing recognized each other, We're laugh
ing over the mishap. After making
an appointment for another sitting
they went out together The photog-
rapher never supposed they would see
each other again. But to prove how
mistaken he was, one day last week
they came in together, she all in white
silk and a bridal veil, he looking az
proud and happy as Il man should
look with so sweet a bride. They had
been married that morning.
Another story, which comes from the
same source, is about two well-known
comic opera singers. One day last
winter Della Fox had some pictures
taken for Paniandrum. Wanting to
blacken the Japanese wig which she
wears she asked for a black puff. The
difference between a powder puff and
a black puff is that one is used TO!
powder and the other for lampblack.
After Della Fox left Lillian Russell
came in to have her picture taken for
Girofle Not noticing that the puff
used by Miss Fox had been for lamp
black, Supposing it to be powder, Lii
lian picked it up and literally sprinkled
herself before she discovered the mis-
take. A blood-curdling scream was
heard from the dreSsing-room. Think
ing that she was ill, everybody in the
studio rushed to her assistance. There
stood Lillian with a smudge of black
on her pretty little nose and her face
and shoulders, suggestive of burnt
cork specialties. With the combined
efforts of three people, and under the
cleansing effect of a bucket of hot
water and a plentiful lather of soap,
Lillian was soon restored to her pris-
tine loveliness. But she didn't have
her picture taken that day.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
BRYANT'S YEAR OF OPULEMCE.
Negro Bar Der Who Outshone t".non
for n Brief Period.

for n Brief feriod.
John Bryant was one of the most
noted characters that ever struck the
Sound. He would attract attention
anywhere. G. a. RideOut, the colorcd
attorney, who has known him for
many years, says that twenty States
might be travelled over before Il finer
specimen of physical manhood could
be found. He was tall, straight, well
proportioncd, a shade darker thali
olive and always faultleSSly dressed.
Just about Il year ago Bryant was Il
barber in Helena, Mont. He invested
i'll IL lottery ticket and drew Il $4,000
prize. H. gave up his trade, came to
Seattle. purchased the Blue Front
saloon G.. Jackson street. He rcaprd
Il golden harvest in his saloon. Money
was no object to him. He purchaser
everything that struck his fancy The
finest clothes. made by the most fash
ionablc tailorS. were none too good for
the cOlorcd CrocSus. Suits running
from SO to S12J were the order of the
day His shoes were all made to or
der in the East, and if they cost less
than SO Il pair were deemed unworthy
to be worn. He fancied beaver hats
at $50 apiece, silk underwear at $40 Il
suit. shirts at $50 a dozen, necktics.
kid and dogskin gloves and silk hose
by the dozen. His canes were num-
bcrcd by the score, all of the costliest
make. He paid $40 for silk umbrella.
He had Il gold watch made to order
in Chicago at a cost of $500; and on
his costly watch chain hung diamond
horseshoe fastened to a gold book,
costing $500. His diamond stud cost
$500 and his sleeve-buttons 5000. He
paid $500 for the solitaire on his fin.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14

Persons who have been following
the recent events in Siam, and who
have read in the newspapers state
mcntS regarding foreigners in the en-
pirc of the King of that country. will
be interesting to learn that one of the
most influential and trusted Of these
is Il Baltimonean, who is now Surgeon
General of the SiamcSe army. phys;-
clan to the household of the King, and
at the head of large educational inSti-
tutions which he has modelled, with
the Kings consent and cO-operation,
after prominent Baltimore institutions
of learning. This man is DR.. T. Hay
ward Hayes, of Baltimore. who not
many years ago was a struggling drug
clerk in this city; who later graduate
in medicine at the University of Mary
land, and went to Siam as n medical
missionary of the Presbyterian Board
of Missions No foreign officer in the
service has greater influence with the
King than Dr. Hayes. The doctor is
also an accredited minister of the
Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. ID. w. Glass, of this city, is an
intimate friend of DR.. Hayes, and
knew him well when he was Il strug-
Cling student ut the Maryland Uni
vcrSity. DR.. Hayes first cOnfidrd to
Mr.. Glass his desire to become a Pres
byterian missionary, and it was Mr..
Glass who introduced the now distin-
guiShcd SiamcSe-Amcrican to Dr.
Mitchell, of the American Board of
Missions.
In offering his services as a mission
ary, he said he wished to be sent to
the most uninviting field, for he was
willing to suffer- if need be, for the
Masters cause. He thought Siam too
easy Il field, but the board insisted on
his going there.
The first year he performed 5000
surgical operations, and met with sur
priSing success in handling his cases.
so much so that the SiamcSe looked
upon his work as miraculous. The
King of Siam heard of his wonderful
cures and sent for him, and. stating
that his services We're Indispensable
to the Government of Siam, offered
him the position of SurgcOn-Gcnerai
of the army, with power to establish
Government medical institutions and
hospitals similar to those in the United
States, and also Il Government medical
school. The King offered him Il salary
of $1,000 and perquisites. Part of this
salary Dr. Hayes turns over to the
Mission Board. DR.. Hayes, in accept
ing this Siamese appointment. told the
King that he could not give up preach
ing Christ and his Gospel, and the
King replied that he did not want him
to do so, saying he simply wished the
doctor to inaugurate the work without
surrendcring any of his religious prin-
cipleS, or his work for his faith.---Ralti-
more American.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
Turns Itself Inside Out.

1t is on record that tiny animal,
which is common i'll English ponds,
can perform the very acrobatic feat
of turning itself inside out The ami
mai is merely cylindrical stomach
with Il mouth at the top, surrounded
by Il number of long tentacl"S. from
which its name of Il hydra has arisen.
If the mouth of hydra be stretched
too much by food which it has at
tempted to swallow, it turns itself out,
thus gets rid of the unpleasant NOR
sci and then regains its former condi-
ton. At one time it was believed that
if one of these animals was turned i'll
side out it remained in that state and
performed all the functions of life.
Later researches have shown, how
ever. that when turned inside out, the
animal Immediately strives to regain
its normal condition, and dies if pre-
vented from so doing. Another extra
ordinary gift of the hydra is its power
of rcparatiOn of injuries and reproduc-
ton of new individuals out of por
tions into which it has been accidan-
tally or naturally divided If tcny;-
Gle be cut off, an entire animal is
formed out of it. If the body is cut
in half. it will join together again
should the parts be placed together,
and if not. two individuals will Jesuit.
And should parts of one individual
he placed on the cut surface of anoth,
or they will grow Ogether.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
Queen Victoria's Bracelets.

All the worthy women who wear
brooches made of the portraits of de.
parted friends set in narrow bands of
gold will rejoice to hear that the same
alfcctionate style of adornmcnt is af-
fccted by Queen Victoria. The number
of miniatures with which she tcStifics
to her family affection is not less than
,hirty-three. They are pictures Of
grandchildren, taken in infancy or ear
ly youth, and mounted in three brace
lets. Each picture is set in Il narrow
frame of gold, and in one bracelet, set
in pearls and coral, the size of the set
lings varies from onc-half to three
quarters of an inch. These thirty.
three royal infants look delightfully."-
like any other thirty-three well-carod-
for babies. 1t is pleasing to note that
caps prevail as headgear instead Of
crowns, and probably the royal hands
which are hidden grasp nothing more
awc-inSpiring than rattles. They ar.
as harmless and innOcent-looking n set
of children as could be gathered to-
gether in Il country village.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
Wjne-ISOrn wit,

Inventors have solved the most
unique and difficult problems under
the inspiration of liquor. The first
effects of alcohol are eXhilaraying-
fancy and wit are generated in minds
ordinarily the dullest. Men and wo.
men have done and said things when
drunk of which they deemed them.
selves wholly incapable, and of which
they had no memory after the effects
of the intoXicant had worn off. Men
who under ordinary circumstances
could not utter half Il dozen connected
sentences in public have become fluent
and eloquent speakers in the genius
of alcohol Let those persons drink
more and they become stupid; the
mentality that was so sparkling is IL
biank-chaos reigns where all had
been light and brilliancy.-New York
Advertiser
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
Reyiying the Xyayside Inn,

The bicycle has produced some
queer changes. 1t is restoring the way
side inn, among other things. Along
certain country roads not far from
Boston, which are much frequrntcd
by whcclmen, and especially along
those in the direction of the beaches,
there are little summer restaurants
or cafes which derive the largest part
of their income from passing riders OF
bicycles. Ice cream, chowder, coffee,
cakes and that sort of thing find Il
ready sale to parties of heated wheel
men, who sit upon open platforms and
gossip with the waiter girls, who are
generally nice sort of country per-
sons; and presently they fare along
the road again, quite like cavaliers of
old-Boston Transcript.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
About Sleep for Women,

A physician, who is a specialist in
nervous diseases, says that women
should sleep at least nine hours at
night and one hour in the daytime A
woman will plead that she hasn't time
to lie down for a few minutes in the
daytime; and she will infringe upon
the hours of the night, which should
be given to sound, healthy, needed
sleep, in order to finish some piece of
work which could as well be completed
On the morrow. She will rush and
hurry all day long, and then, when the
household is huShed in slumber at
night. she will sit up to read the daily
paper. thinking she will not have to
pay for the time she is stealing from
the health-giving sleep that comes be-
fore midnight,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
Sea Water as a Medicine.

When a bather at Coney Island the
other day accidentally swallowed big
gulp of sea water and then rushed off
to get drink of whiskey to take the
taste out of his mouth a successful
medical practitioner who had witness
ed the performance said:
That man is either Il grccnhOrn or
4 fool. Otherwise he would have ta-
ken merely Il sip of lemonade and al
lowed the sea water to do its work.
AS a matter of fact, one of the most
beneficial features of sea bath is the
salt water inadvertently swallowed by
bathers. 1t is a wonderful tonic for
the liver, stomach and kidneys. In
many cases it will cure biliouSnesS
where all drug preparations have fail
ed 1t is peculiarly effective in ordi-
nary cases of Indigestion, disordered
stomach and insomnia, and has been
known to produce excellent results
in many cases of dyspepsia. Sea Wa
ter is full of tonic and sedative proper
ties. 1t isn't palatable or tempting;
but neither is quinine or calomel. You
never see an old sailor who is bilious,
dySpeptic or Il victim of insomnia, and
why? For the reason that an ocean
of good medicine spreads all about
his ship, and he doses himself copious-
ly with it whenever his physical mech
aniSm becomes the least bit de-
ranged"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14

A dcmure-looking little man ap.
preached the naughty clerk in gro.
Gerry store and meellly asked if he had
any coffee to sell.
Cert" said the young man. I'VE
have ground coffee"
NO other kind?'
Nope. This is the best ground cof
fee on the plarket.
But l don't want It," and the little
man braced up. 81 got some sugar
here the other day with sand in it,
and | don't want coffee with ground
in it. You must think 1 want the
earth"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
LOVES MIRACLE.

4 miracle sweet love hath wrought.
Nor as your jugglers ut the fair
yc done, when they have dcftly caught
Fresh roses from the wintry air.
Not so, my masters. Love hath done
Something beyond mans ken. His skill
Exceeds the might of any one
All things are subject to his Will
What he hath done is this: A maid
Passed by me Dit seems yesterday
And forthwith at her feet | laid
My heart and fervently did pray
And then? Good sirs. would you believe
This miracle: Most graciously
She then consented to receive
The gift. and whispered she loved me.
--Flavel Scott Mines, in Harper's Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
Easily ExDIaineu.

"Mrs. Witherby-I see by the paper
that fewer IriShmen came to This com
try last year than ever before.
Witherby-Yes. That's because most
of them are over here already
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14

Master Meadow-"Pop, I wish you'd
buy me a bicycle"
Father Meadow-"Can't afford that
my boy; but never mind, the next time
we have any tools to sharpen I'll rig
up a saddle so you can turn the grind
stone with your feet."-Good News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14

son theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berland.
Nos; !, 2, and ldaily except Sunday. Nos. 5
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only
No baggage car will be hauled en- trains Nos
5 and g. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
Mayer Superintendent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-14
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE,

SCHEDULE.
The record-union., 1893-08-29
Charity Begins at Home.

EDS. RECORD UNION: Can you tell me
why it is that contractors for the extern
sion of the street railway system in this
city give the preference to San Francisco
men over Sacramentans in employing
laborers?
/ have made a personal inquiry into the
matter, and l know that out of the fifty
or so men employed on the work but two
are Sacramentans. The foreman IA San
Franciscan has been discharging Sacra-
mento men right along until to-day but
two are left.
To-day the best team IN use on the plow
at Twentieth street was taken Off because
the owner-a Sacramento man-was not in
with the foreman. His name is Gaucher,
and he lives at Twenty-third and 2
streets. But the laying off of one team is
nothing to the great imposition that is
being practiced against Sacramento men
generally who live here. are trying
to raise families here, and who depend
upon their daily labor for bread for their
wives and little ones.
Surely it is wrong to import laborers
here from san Francisco while we have
honest, intelligent and industrious men
at home who are anxious to get work.
Beside, these contractors pay higher
wages to the imported men than to
others. Is this meant as an insult to
Sacramento labor?
I have in my possession the names of
many representative teamsters and la
boring men Of this city VINO will bear
me out in what I have said.
1t cannot be that the Central Railway
Company has anything to do with this
discrimination against Sacramento labor,
for that company has 20 depend on the
people Of this city for its support; but
cannot the officers of the company do
something for their townspeopIe in this
matter? l.. L. n.
Sacramento, August 2Sth.
The record-union., 1893-08-29

wants the aid of draughtsman and an
engineer, and it should be granted both at
once, for this is too important matter to
justify any dilatory proceedings. But we
can easily understand what the commits
sion will recommend; it will secure suf-
fcient fall by sinking deep pits to receive
the outtall. That means of course chem
lcaI deposition in these cemented pits,
the casting out of the affluent, and the
handling Of the solid residuum for fertil-
lzing purposes or the disposal oft by fire.
And this, in our opinion, as the RECORD
UNION argued two years ago and more,
is but just what must be done-it is the
only thing Sacramento can do, except
one, and that would be, after constructing
new sewers and abandoning cesspools, to
lift all the sewage to a hight and dis
charge it in pipes overland to tide water,
or into the river, and the latter we will
not he permitted to do under the laws.
Besides, the chemical deposition is far and
away the best for sanitary reasons. for
cleanliness and for cheapness and
rapidity.
The record-union., 1893-08-29
A SUICIDAL POLICY.

It may or it may not be that gaming can
be better controlled through leave to op-
crate publicly than through efforts TO
suppress. On that point we are aware
that there is wide division of sentiment,
and that many good citizens hold in favor
of regulation through publicity. guaran-
teed by payment for immunity from pros
ecution.
But gaming is prohibited by the declar-
alton of the laws of the Commonwealth,
and no municipality can afford to rise up
and boldly attempt to nuIify a State
statute. The fate of nullihers has been
uniformly sad. We say now to this
people. without at all discussing the
question whether gaming can or cannot
be suppressed, and while insisting that
gaming is no more a Sacramento afflic-
tion than in other communities of like
size, that they cannot afford to declare by
ordinance, nor by any sort of seeming or
dinance, that a State law shall be rendered
nugatory.
# that is done, let us say-though the
sentiment appealed to is not the lofti-
est involved in this matter-and the ques
tion Of Capital removal comes before the
people, the seat of government will be
voted away from Sacramento with swift
ness. If the attempt referred to is carried
ont and the ouestion of CaDital removal
first comes before the Legislature, that
body will certainly send the question to
the people, and in way to leave no legal
loop-holes OF escape.
If the retention of the seat of State gov
ernment is important to Sacramento, the
very last thing she can afford to do is to
attempt the proposed act of notification
of the laws against gaming.