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dark faces. They jabbered away in Span
tsh. sending words to urge on the spawned,
monish their lazy husbands, who were riding
in the vehicle. with cob pipes between
their teeths.
Two bears tramped along behind the
wagons like veterans, and a thin girl sat
astride Of a little long cared mule, with
monkey crouching in front Of her. Several
ed behind. gathering flowers from the
woods. One Of them. a bright. chubby
little fellow of five, who could. unlike any
where / stood sketching the disappearing
train and breathlessly asked to know what
was doing. Before could show him
and he asked: Mister. is any soger in the
hill; man him say one Is buried where
pulled my flowers" He thought my wheel
S he sca@pered on down the s grade.
striking his hips with hands to initiate a
horses gallop.
wild thickets lined the roadway and ex-
tended unfenced over the rugged. untamed
mountains, a bushy-tailed red fox came out
OF the underbrush and trotted along be-
Gore me for some distance.
Then 1 heard low. prolonged believing
behind me. and when / looked around saw
bull come out of the bushes and com
mence to paw up the dirt and dust. and
with shake Of his shaggy head started
after me.
The grade descends very rapidly right
there and was no wider than the room taken
by two wagons: while on the left-an un-
handy side for a wheelman-was a steer
embankment.
The old fellow meant business and was
coming for all he was worth. ! dared not
look around. but ] got in a fatter position
and held the wheel In the road, trustine
to Providence for the rest
1 had more to fear from the rapidity OF
the descent than from the bull. for at the
rate was going, had left the road,
should have been buried In the sand in the
creek head first up to my heels.
l had no time to speculate on the proba-
btltty of turn In the road or Of its being
blocked with a team; but there was no turn
I thought my time had come, but right
enough held on to the han lie bar with q
death-lilKe grip, and whirled around he
angle within a foot OF the edge.
/ glanced behind me for the first time
since the race started. just In time to see
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
MISTOOk HIS MAN.
The 8arkeeper Thought the Ffnancier
Was Deadbeat.


Was n Deadbeat.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch
There is plenty of money in the coun-
try" he said. pouring out about four fin
gers Of rye. What we need most just now
Is the restoration of public confidence. /
nave just now come from the street"
Another gentleman nodded his head ap-
provingly, and the barkeeper listened to
"Ninety-fve per cent of the public bust
ness Is done on credit. Did YOU ever think
upon cash."
The barkeeper glanced nervously up and
1own the bar and cautiously removed the
las long as my neighbor has confidence
IN me Things go on all right. As long as
nave confidence In my neighbor his word is
as cash. Now where is all this currency?'
anat was evidently what the barkeeper
was thinking about for he slowly pushed a
check for 10 cents toward the speaker
1t is locked up" continued the man. an
swering his own question. 1T is boarded by
the scared banks and the worse scared
small investors. Money is getting tighter
and tighter every day. 1t is as much as a
man can do to scrape enough together to
buy drink"
The barkeeper winlsed significantly to the
other man and began to play with some
thing behind the bar
Nobody trusts anybody else. Public con-
ndence is completely undermined"
AT sign from the barkeeper the boy who
was polishing the brass work softly locked
the door.
Now, for example," continued the finan-
cier, intent on his own ideas. IF / had a
certlfed check In my pocket at this moment
Tor $1,000 and had no currency wherewith to
hquidate the price of another drink
You pay for that drink you've had" said
the barkeeper savagely, land we'll talk
about another. And what's more we don't
want no more CUFF about credit and con-
hdence' In here. See?"
AT the same time the smart seryitor
brought out a stuffed club about as big as a
bologna sausage and brought IL down ON the
bar with a whack. This startled the finan-
cier so that he knocked the empty glass OF
the bar as he stepped out of range. The bar
keeper was evidently accustomed to the
Bowery, and had no appreciation for finance
or financial conversation unaccompanied by
a club.
"W-w-what the - do you mean, sir?'
stammered the fnancier He turned red
and pale, and then said: This is an insult:
it's gross insult and I'll report you to the
proprietor"
He took out big wallet full of bills and
checks and drafts with a trembling hand to
pay the score. The several gentlemen In the
room looked Indignantly at the barkeeper
ana the boy quietly unlocked the door. The
barkeeper apologized to the crowd and very
humbly to the offended gentleman, and then
opened a bottle of wine on the solemn prom
Use that nobody would say anything about
II. For thought he wuz a-goin' to do me
surei See?''
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6A6 ltS Ant SlCk.
Unprecedented Number
of Deaths.
Prevalence of Diarrhea and Cholera
Infantum.
ignorance of Mothers the First
Cause.
Physicians Advise the Use Of
Lactated Food.
Infants Thrive Best Upon 1t, and 1t 10
Easy to Get

There was never time for mothers 10 be more
careful than now
Nearly third of the deaths in Chicago for
month past have been deaths Of bsbiesi Chicago
Is not an exception Diarrhea and Cholera infan.
tuin are now more prevalent IN every city in the
country than ever before at this sea, on.
The cause Of this state of Affairs is imprope,
feeding.
Hail the deaths in July. August and September
every year are Of children under i've wears old
Yet il was never intended; and the Investigation
of health societies everywhere has shown TIM,
there is no reason but The ign rance and careless
ness OF mothers. for such an ABNORMAL loss of life
in early years
Mothers whose breast milk Is faulty should
understand that lactatei food Is the food thai "a
nearer mothers milk than sny other. And they
should never fail TO use 1t in preference 70 any
other. 1t mas been shown In every Investigation
that babies fed upon lactated food live longer aud
thrive better than those brought up on other diet
Lactated food makes vigorous well-nourished.
active babies when other foods fan. II contains
the very elements for easy. perfect nutrition.
Long trials have shown il to be perfectly ad apted
to the age of growth, when the digestive organs
are making enormous demands to meet the needs
Of growth and development
For upward Of eight years have been familiar
with lacisted food" says the weD-known Boston
physician. DR.. c. p. Thayer. land my imm edlaie
professional friends and myself have il always at
hand" One cause Of the high esteem OF the food
among physicians lies in the known cleanliness
and scrupulous care used in its preparation.
In lactsted food the combination of the neces-
sary elements of pure. healthy mothers mix Is
accomp ished. Using pure milk sugar az basis,
there Is combined with Il the richest elements OF
barley, wheat and oats. which by long subsection
to high steam heat under pressure have eeen p
fectly cooked. Combined with the other elements
OF the food, the result Is a homogeneous product
that is easily assmisied by the feeblest stomach.
Infants thrive upon it; they grow plump, strong.
bright eyed and clear skinned
The child who is puny, pale and sallow Ia likely
TO become an adult OF inferior mental ana phys-
cal powers The child that Ii brought up on lac
tsted food starts life with everything In favor Of
health Physicians Of all schools recommend lac
tated food; thousands OF mothers who have used it
praise 1t; babies like 1t; IL Is within the reach Of
simple homes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02

from Australia, sardines from italy. stand
side by side on the shelves In the United
states the canning trade has kept full pace
with the wonderful development of the
country. Its extent may be judged by TAX
ing the statistics for one single product
green corn. In 1892 the pack reached the
enormous total Of "a, 600 cans
To certain vegetables 1t Is not practicable
to apply the processes described, because
the high temperature injuries their appear
ance. Accordingly, to kill the bacterial
germs, certain chemical agents are intro
duced into the cans or bottles, such as
boric acid and saccharin, but most of all
salicylic acid. These preservatives are con-
sidered injurious to health when repeated
doses Of them are taken. Furthermore
the same qualities which enable them to
prevent the action of heterogeneous also
hinder the normal functions of the digestive
ferments in the stomach Of the person who
eats the foods containing them. Thus they
are harmful by delaying digestion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
His Courage Failed Him.
From the Dalton CGa) Citizen.

Recently. in the lower end of the county,
a bachelor whose locks were silvered by
the SHOWS of sixty winters, was married.
The event brought up recollections in the
minds of some of the old people of the
neighborhood of a time before when the
bridegroom came near embarking upon
the sea of matrimony, but failed through
sheer tini.dity and bashfulness. Every
thing was in readiness for the consum-
nation OF the nuptial vows; the house was
lighted, the guests assembled and the we'd
ding supper spread. but the bridegroom
never put in an appearance. 1t was simply
a case of faint heart ne'er won fair lady
He had driven up to the front gate with the
marriage license in his pocket, but seeing
the house crowded with the wedding guests,
his timidity got the best of him and he left
the locality as fast as his horse could carry
him. His conduct was the joke of his
friends for many years, and only the other
day did he finally gather the courage to
make a second attempt 1t was not, how
ever. the sweetheart Of his youth
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the enraged bull half around the turn, then
plough two great burrows In the roadside
and go headlong. rolling over and over
through the bushes down the embankment.
It was enough to excite laughter, but !
didn't laugh.
Before reaching Uniontown / could see
the black clouds in the west forming for
a storm. / was In sight of the city and had
no occasion for hurrying. so logged along.
An old colored man, all unmtndful of its
approach. went tottering along under a
load Of bean poles he had cut In the noun
tains before me, with his hat swinging in
his hand and the two punches of white kinks
over his ears abobbing to his feeble steps,
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head toward the sky before him. as IL to
bar any further progress
This lofty height doubt presents n
splendid view of the surrounding mountain
Gus country. but could not see IL. / was
wheeling among the clouds and 1t was ap-
probably colder.
As / approached the summit was star
tied as II by IN apparition. A strange fig
ure stood In the road. When / got close
enough ] saw II was but a mortal He
said he was Zeb. Why. Zeb Cutler, of
course. Had walked from Sudville since
. O'Clock. begoshi was going to make II
TO Granville before noon "ur spill sump-
thin" He looked II. He wore his whisk-
ers on his neck from his chin to his miss
ing collar button.
Granville Is funny, tired kind If place,
where one could just loll around and whittle
store boxes and smoke stogies
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stones over the long. dead roadway. telling
The miles from Cumberland to Wheeling
The pike Il not the road 1t was years ago.
when the four-horse stage coaches and the
6atns Of Conestoga wagons claimed the
way, before the time of railroads.
Then IL was kept In order. men were en-
pioyed for that express purpose and used
Syatem and Judgment about roadmaking.
1t II IN only fair condition now. at places
In good repair. But II IL fast going to ruin.
And where q few dollars would sand
beIr half q dozen years hence.
This road, leading across the Alleghanies
10 the Ohio. was at its zenith busting with
0fe and business. when the iron monsters
eame laboring through the mountains. But
the cheaper rates for merchandise and fast
- travel for passengers soon drew the trade
from stage and wagon, and they had to
abandon the pike for the lands Of the west
nrn reserve.
Before its downfall. this artery to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
TREASURE INTRANSIT
How Silver and Gold Are Shipped
From Point to Point.
SINGLE SHIPMENTS OF MILLIONS
Precautions Taken in Handling
Large Amounts.
COST OF TRANSPORTATION

HEN THE FINAN-
cial stringency be-
gan to be seriously
felt the receipts OF
the express company
which handles the
governments treas
ure in transit fell off
rapidly. Now the
business has picked
up a little. because
the Treasury Depart
ment Is hurrying out
national bank notes
to be put into circu-
L. a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02

The b b. L. Extra Session.
Row statesmen meet In summer heat
With wisdom wide awake;
But for Butts. the Bromo man,
How hard their heads would achA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02

From the indianapolis Journal.
You can never make me believe that
have a SOUL" said the bright young man.
You may be right" assented the old
clergyman. THE Lord sometimes makes
mental idiots. and I see no reason why he
chose"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02


ORNING DAMNED
brightly and urged
me along the streets
Of Cumberland into
the country on my
W ay to Pittsburg,
when ] had to do q
little scorching to
get the kinks out of
my muscles.
I was soon on the
old national pike and
riding along the rus
ty, pyramidal iron
mile posts, standing
like SO many tomb
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WORDS
ARE
SILVER
DOLLARS
AT
@R1GAMSg0

When they take the shape OF promises 20 pay ~
furniture and carpets. We want TO urge upon you
tie ACCESSIBILITY Of furnishing your house now fss
winter. Make up your mind that your house shall
he comfortable all the way through. The little
oriblets that you pay once q week. .
month. Will scarcely be missed-snd In the end you
viii Ice happy In the possession of completely fur
nished house. Tell us what you need-ten IN how
much you desire TO pay-aDd how often-thats all
there Il TO IL. Remember, have but price
cash or credit-no notes TO sign. We have never
shown such a complete stock Of Parlor Furniture
before. Suites in Wilton hug. Tapestry. Broca-
telle. Gilt. &C. Our prize offer 10 the choice be-
tween two seven-piece Parior Suites for So. SO
one is upholstered In plushthe other I'm hair cloth.
Your promise to pay buys one any time. n you
need a Bed Room Suite you viii End nearly q
hundred styles first noor to select from.
There is here In solid oak-bevei glass IN bu-
resa--our price sl3-cash credit. II you need q
carpet for the psrlor examine the Brussels sell
at so cents per yard Splendid Ingram Carpet. IS
cents per yard. We don't stop with simply sell
ing Il to you've make Il and lay Il your floor
free Of cost-no charge for waste In matching ns-
Find some other dealer who will DO well
by you. II you need Extension Table sen
six feet long for $50. Woven Wire Springs.
si.15. Forty-pound hair Mattress q. You'd
never guess that we kept Stoves-but We do-Au
sizes. We are complete house farnishen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02

Do NOT WEAR impermeable and tight-httinR
hats that construct the blood vessels Of the SCALP
Use Halls Hair kenewer occasionally and you win
Not be bald
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
THE NATIONAL PIKE.
A Wheeling Trip From Cumberland
to Pittsburg.
SKETCHES BY THE RIDER
The Remains of a Once Famous
Highway.
NOTES BY THE WAY

Written for The Evening star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
Plausible Logic.

GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02

The process of preserving food by can
ming dates back to a patent taken out by
Pierre Antoine Angilbert in 1923 His
method did not differ essentially from that
in use at present. The food with some
water was placed in a tin can and a lid
with small hole in 1t was fastened on.
Heat was then applied, and when the LIQUID
In the can boiled briskly and all air was
expelled the hole was closed with a drop of
solder. Preserving foods in bottles is an
older invention. but the method adopted
for that purpose was the same in prin-
ciple. the filled bottles being exposed to
the action Of boiling water. Pease and beans
were put into bottles raw. This process
was devised by a Frenchman named APP
pert in 1870 He received a prize of IL 600
francs for it from his government.
A Wrong Theory.
For a long time 1t was supposed that the
food thus treated was preserved because
air was excluded from 1t. This was a mis-
take. Some Of the bacteria Of putrefaction
can live entirely without air. But no bac-
terra can survive the action Of boiling water
for more than few minutes. All such
germs in the can or bottle having been
destroyed, and the receptacle being her
meticaly sealed, preservation of the con-
tents is assured. The exposure of the bot
ties to the boiling water Is. in fact, equiv
alent to the modern principle Of steriliZing
become one of the worlds great industries.
Canneries dot every country of the earth
and their products are found on every table.
All manner of food is canned and sold at
prices which bring it within reach of the
humblest pockets. Vegetables out of season
are no longer a luxury of the rich The
common laborer may today have a greater
variety Of food than Queen Elizabeth could
have enjoyed with all the resources and
wealth of England at her command In the
American grocery pineapples from Sinsa.
pore. salmon from British Columbia, fruit
from California, pease from France, okra
from Louisiana, sweet corn from New
York. string beans from Scotland. mutton
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Then he thought of Molly. 1t was un
fortunate for her that she had married him
This made him gloomier. He had ruine<
two lives instead of one. Poor little girl
How would she feel as the wife of a clerk
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porting gold. Silver. which weighs so much
more than gold III proportion to Its value
is still more expensive In handling. The
express company receives 81 for each 81. 0O(
of silver handled between Washington and
New York or Baltimore or Pittsburg. From
st. Louis to Colorado the express company
If Congress should attempt to put the
900 100000 silver dollars now in the treasury
vaults into circulation by shipping them
through the country the express company
would receive at least $4,000 for handling
them A year ago, when the Treasury De-
partment shipped $20. 900 in gold from San
Francisco to New York. 1t would have had
to pay the express company $685. 800 for the
haul at contract rates. But San Francisco
is outside the contract territory Of the
United States Express Company, and the
Treasury Department sent the gold east
as registered MALI at a cost OF a little
less than $500.
The banks which receive money from the
Treasury Department get the benefit OF
the departments contract rate with the
express company. The commercial rate for
to Kansas City is SIPS per s. 900; the govern
ment rate is Is cents per 81 900. The Treas
ury Department Is saving nearly quarter
Of a million dollars every year by the re-
duction Of the express rate for handling
currency from rs cents to Is cents.
The biggest shipment Of currency handled
by the United States Express Company fol-
the government was $l5O00,0OO shipped from
Washington to New York four years ago
It was In bills of large denomination and
they were packed in two small boxes. For
this haul the express company received
$3.50. The largest gold shipment handled
at one time was SO 900 taken from Phila.
delphia to New York a little more than a
year ago. For handling this shipment the
express company received $500. The gold
was stored in two safes which were sent in
special car under heavy guard. Every
effort was made to keep the time of ship.
ment a secret The fear Of train robbery
Is always in the minds of the officials OF
the express company. The shipment OF
these large amounts IL what makes the con.
tract of the express company profitable
They bring the aggregate of money
handled by the express company up to
fully 500, 900, 900 a year. The United States
Express Company has not lost anything
on its contract with the government yet
But eternal vigilance is the price of its Sc
curtty.
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-30
ROCKA AY BEACH.
Two of the Largest Hotels De-
strOVed by Fire.


RoCKAwAY BEACH, L. l., Aug. 90
ROckaway Beach, the famous summer
and pleasure resort, was visited by an
other disastrous fire early this morning
The place had hardly recovered from
the conflagratlon of last fall, when
nearly every structure on the beach
was destroyed by the flames.
The fire was discovered in the seaside
station of the Rockaway Beach railroad
at 2:51 a. m. The flames originated in
the top story. Sergeant Wolfert, wife
and two children, Section Foreman
Anthony Roop. with his family, ana
five railroad gatemen were asleep at the
time on the second floor. Tney were
aroused with difficulty. WoIfort saved
his two children, but was badly
burned. Mrs. Wolfert jumped from the
second story window and was followed
by the five gatemen. Ali sustained
serious injurious. A hurricane pre-
vailed at the time, and the flames spread
with amazing Tapidity. Daly's hotel
caught fire. The building was filled
with summer guests, none of whom had
time to dress themselves, and they fled
from the structure in their night clothes.
The residents quickly fiocked to the
scene, and, with visions of last years
disaster still fresh in their minds, be-
came panic stricken. The fire depart
ment is not an efficient one, all its para
phernalia with the exception of one new
fire engine being of the old-fashioned
style. No headway could be made by the
fremen and volunteers, and Daly's
hotel was soon in ruins. Louis Rey-
nOld'S hotel, in the rear of the railroad
station, was then attacked by the flames
and also damaged. At this time the
wind changed, blowing in the direction
of the new Seaside house. 1t was the
largest hotel on the beach, and had
forty-flve guests within Its doors. These
people were tumbled out with little
ceremony, and the fire department de-
voted all its energies in all endeavor to
save the hotel. but without avail.
Heavy rain began falling at 4:15
o'clock, and this caused the flames to
be eXtinguished. The damaEe will be
very heavy, as ali the burned structures
| were entirely new.