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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs il taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, AID acts
gently Yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever gro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt il
its action and truly beneficial in ip
effects, prepared only from the mos.
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 500
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gista Amy reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try il. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co,
siS FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ~. VIEW roax. n.y.
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PASSED By THE HOUSE,
The n. and NJ. Railway and the Mu.h.
bach Bills.

In the Virginia house yesterday the bill
charterlng the Richmond and Manassas
railroad and the measure providing that the
state shall sell her interest in the Richmond
Fredericksburg and Potomac road both
passed after a weak fight had been made
by the opponents of the two bills. The house
passed the MushSach anti-gambling bill last
night and also the general appropriation
bill.
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An interesting instance of the prevailing
price of property in what may De still
regarded as a residence section of New
York city was given recently in the amount
paid by the Metropolitan Club of that City
for the site of its new club house ut the
corner Of 9Th avenue and Goth street. The
frontage on 9Th avenue is ninety feet, end
on 6Oth street one hundred and fifty feet.
Nearly half a million dollars was raid
Tor this lot. and IL 1t Is a perfect obIonx
the price per square foot reached the h:sh
figure OF S5. For business locations in the
lower part of New York city as mlcn as
800 per square foot has been paid
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The Spring Activity.


The snowy blizzard Of last week was a
rather rude interruption to the progress
which spring seemed to be making in this
locality. As the season of the latter, &C.
cording to the calendar, did not begin until
this week, the mild weather of the early
part OF the previous week may have been
regarded as an intrusion upon the domain
OF winter. which warranted the rather
heroic rebuke which was administered.
however, there have been but little I'M err
ruptiOns to the tide of spring activity
which has set in, and which it Is hoped
will gather force and volume as the season
advances. and will bring the longed for
activity to all branches of the bull ling
trades. The work that is going on now
and is in course of contemplation is not
OF speculative character. People are
building now because they have the money
which they wish to spend in this way. or
else the needs Of their business require
larger and more convenient buildings. The
real estate dealers find that there is a grow
ing inquiry for houses and lots. and alto
gether the outlook for the coming season
is good deal brighter than it has been
There is a feeling Of encouragement and
cheerfulnesS noticeable in the market. and
it may be said that the period of depression
Is gradually coming to a close In this City
Some improvements.
A house is to be erected at 1908 NJ street
by VIM. A. Kimmel. 1t will be three stories
stone will be used in the construction of
the front up to the second story, when
brick will be employed. There is TO be a
circular bay window. and the roof Will be
covered with tile.
The residence at the northeast corner of
18th and l streets. recently purchased by
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, is being re-
modelled. An addition four stories N heig hit
will be added to the rear
The Shepherd residence, at the corner Of
Connecticut avenue and 18th street owned
by Mrs. Washington Mclean, is being ,e-
modelled and repaired.
III. Bradley Davidson will build five three
story and basement residences at 31st and
streets. from plans by George s. Cooper
architect. They Will have bay windows,
fronts of bum brick and Indiana time stone
and tiled roofs.
Plans have been prepared for a three
story and basement residence to be erected
on 18th street between and U streets for
Mrs. McCandlish. 1t Is 70 have u press
brick and Humn1elstown brown-stone frcrt
The plans have been completed ty w j.
Palmer. architect, for the four-story build
ing which Naval Lodge. No. T. of Masons
proposes to build at the northwest corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street
southeast. The front is TO be built Of stone
and brick.
Three three-story houses are to be built
on De Sales street for Mr. Thomas DarLen
The fronts will be built of stone and brick.
and the houses will have all the improve
ments.
Plans have been made for remod4ling the
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CONSULTATION rREE

ofhce hoq-s: Q TO IL an, to p.n-. Q 70 q
pm. Sundays 2 TO IL m. Il
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FOUR BLOCKS IN RUINS.
"Jones Woods and Many Houses In New
York City Swept Away by Fire.

"Jones Woods and Many Houses in New
York City Swept Away by Fire.
New YORK, May 17.-Fire starting in
wooden buildings at avenue A and Six
ty-eight street, known as Jones
Woods to-day spread over four blocks
between .Sixty-seventh and Seventy
first streets, avenue A and the East
river, causing over 100000 damage.
Fifty horses were burned to death and
number of persons were injured.
Twelve minutes after the discovery
of the flames the enormous dancing
pavilion, the two tiers of seats and gal
leries of the Woods were a mass of
flames. A stiff southwest wind carried
the flames toward the river. Then the
wind changed and again turned the
flames toward avenue A. The fire
seized the fiimsy buildings and in five
minutes the great wooden towers at
the entrance of the Woods" in avenue
A were burning, together with the line
of buildings along Sixty-eighth street.
The buildings on the north side of Six
ty-seventh street also caught fire.
Mrs. Mary Reilly, widow, was in
jured in jumping from the window of
her home. Fireman Richard T. Moore.
in going to the fire, was thrown from
his truck, the wheels of which passed
over and fatally injured him. Bat
talon Chief John Fisher was also
thrown from his wagon and severely
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Doctors Tricks.

A curious case of ''cure by sugges-
ton" is reported from a large German
hospital. A girl of eighteen was under
the impression that she had swallowed
a frog which was alive in her stomach,
and often jumped almost up into her
throat. The doctors had vainly tried
to cure her of this illusion, and she was
rapidly dying when it occurred to one
of the medical men to put a tube into
her mouth in which small frog had
been placed. The lively creature
jumped almost Immediately out of its
prison house on to the table in front of
the girl, and a youthful student put it
into spirits, labelling the bottle ''ex-
tracted from stomach" The moment
the girl saw the creature a beaming
smile spread over her pale face, she
took food at once, and greedily, and is
now completely cured.-Westminster
Gazette
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FAILED To AGREE.
Republican Senators Caucus, but the Result
Eruitlesa.


Fruitless.
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Ali
son presided over a conference of re-
publican senator's at the capitol yester-
day, about two-thirds of the member
ship being present. 1t was continu-
alton of the discussion which occurred
at Senator Sherman's house on Monday
night.
Senator Dubois announced his inten-
ton of publicly declaring in favor of
speedy action, and when several sena-
tors took issue with him he said his
Judgment relative to the effect of the
silver repeal was as good as theirs last
fall, and he intended to follow it.
The conference broke up without any
action being agreed upon, but these
senators. who believe in early action,
seemed to be in such large majority
that they felt the policy would now be
to consider the bill with view of en-
gaging in only legitimate discussion of
the various schedules.
Senator Chandler advanced the sug-
gestion that the debate would consume
from thirty to sixty days on whatever
lines it might be conducted and said as
that was the case there was no neces-
sity for resolving upon any particular
course at present. He also argued that
there was no question of flibustering
for the republican conference to con-
slider, as there were no senators who
desired to engage in filibustering.
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MISSOURI DEMOCRACY.
Tho State Convention at Kansas City De-
ciares In Favor of Silver and Places .
Ticket In the Field.

The State Convention at Kansas City De-
ciares In Favor of Silver and Places .
Ticket In the Field.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 1.-THE Mis-
souri, state democratic convention that
met in this city Tuesday, got through
with its work yesterday afternoon.
Some of the ablest men of the party
were in attendance at the convention.
among them Gov. Stone, ex-Gov-
Francis and congressman Bland, Hall
and Tarsney. The committee on resO-
lutions had lively time and finally
brought in two reports on the silver
question, the majority, led by Mr..
Bland, demanding the free bimetallic
coinage of both gold and silver and the
restoration of the bimetallic standard
as it existed prior to the demonetiza-
ton of silver in 1873, and should it be-
come necessary to readjust the stand
ard. The minority report, championed
by ex-Gov. Francis and several other
st. Louis delegates, favored the reaf-
firming of the Chicago platform and
the state platform adopted two years
ago. After long fight the convention
adopted the majority report by large
vote. Judge Black was renominated
for the supreme court, w. L. CARING
ton for superintendent of schools and
Joseph Finks for railroad commits
sioner
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Made of Sturdy stun.

A Contemporaries boy made his ap-
pearance at Cincinnati recently on his
way to Roanoke, Va, after a years
wanderings. 1t seems that he lived il
Roanoke with a brother, his parents
being dead, and becoming dissatisfied
decided to go to New Orleans to see his
aunt. When he got there he found that
she had moved to Chicago. 1t took him
two months to get to that city, only &c
find that his aunt had gone to st. Paul
Then the boy relinquished the chase
and found employment in the Column.
bian exposition until its close. After
that ne worked a month at doing odd
Jobs, and then began to make his way
back to Virginia. Sometimes he
walked, and occasionally benevolent
stranger paid his transportation, and
at last reports he was confident of
reaching home safe and sound. A boy
of such energy ought to amount to
something when he becomes man
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Nellie got down on her knees and be-
gan scraping away the leaves with her
fingers, and the other children followed
her example
The old lady sat watching them with
the tears trickling down her cheeks
Saturday morning I'll bring over
the rake, and these rose bushes need
trimming" Fred said. with business
like air.
Moilie slipped her hand into the old
la6y's as she rose to her feet
do you like pinks?" she whispered.
'Tll bring root over and plant on his
grave"
They were his favorite flower" the
old lady said, with little choke in her
voice.
There now" said Nellie, I've made
a nice place for the flowers OF course
you'll want to put them on his grave
your own self"
AS she knelt over the grave with the
flowers Nellie whispered to the others:
Don't you think we ought to go and
leave her alone with him?"
And even Fred nodded YES"
She seemed to have forgotten all
about them until Nellie whispered:
We're going now, ms'am Good-byl
And we'll bring some water for the
flowers tomorrow and Fred will fix the
lot all up"
The old lady clasped her hands as if
she were praying:
"Good-by. children! God bless you.
shall never forget all your kindness"
''Good-by." and they stole softly and
reverently back through the fence.
Have TO leave 'em out till to-mor-
row." Fred said. looking at the pickets
They talked it over and over on the
way home, and they made a plan, but
they didn't tell soul about it until
Decoration day, so I'm not going to,
either.
They met on Saturday and rehearsed
for the celebration and Fred didn't
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Nothing succeeds like success" ran
the saying, but there are times when a
lack of success has been of great value.
In the time of William III. Mr.. Treden-
ham, poet, was taken before the Earl
of Nottingham on suspicion of having
reasonable papers. lam only a poet"
protested the poor man, land these
pages are only my roughly sketched
play" The earl, however, carefully
looked over the papers in question be-
fore iberating the poet. Finally he
returned the sheets to the delighted
author. II have heard your state
ment." said the earl, gravely, land 1
have read your play. As cannot find
the least traces of a plot in either the
one or the other, you may go free"
With this unflattering tribute to his
innocence, the poet departed with his
plotless play.-Youth's Companion.
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orator-ohi a wonderful man!-to come
and make the speech. And the Cranes
Corners band and the band from
East Milbank met twice a week in the
old brick Westinghouse and practiced
till their lips were sore and their
arms ached- And now the school
trustees had decided that after the
bands and the orator and the few old
veterans, and the citizens who would
Join in the parade, the children should
march in line. The girls were all to be
dressed in white with blue sashes, and
to carry bouquets, and the boys were
70 carry flags for the soldiers graves.
The graves were all to be marked be-
forehapd. and after the orator had
spoken the band was to strike up some
real stirring war tune and the children
were to march up the narrow, grassy
walks and on each soldiers grave the
girls were to leave a bouquet and the
boys to plant flag.
After school was out they all walked
together as fer as the corner, and the
teacher told them they would meet
and go over it all together Saturday
afternoon, for Decoration day was only
next Tuesday and it would be awful
not TO have everything go just right.
Then she went into the house where
she boarded, and the most of the chill
drcn said goodnight and turned down
the west road toward home. There
were just Mollie and Nellie Dent and
Lazlu and Fred Ashley who kept Cd
straight up the road Say" Lulu
said. when they were by themselves,
cit wouldn't be but q little out of the
way to go round by the cemetery.
Lets go"
-'All right. the other girls said, and
Fred said he'd just as soon So they
went on. the longest way round. till
they came to the dear old-fashioned
cemetery 1t was surrounded by
high board sence. painted white, like
The tomhstones peeping oyer it You
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thought twas some old man. But mere
Furgot I'd been away ten yearl
Ihad 70 come, Joe Had to come
Fur one more Thirtieth o May,
To see the boys nd help 'em some
In keepin' Decoration day.
But whar re bound fur this time joel
To set the fiagsl Wen both on's go
Nd mark the end o. the march that's done.
Nd call the roll o. the boys that's gone.
Say, Joe, you n me have come SO near
The still place where
They're camped, that we can almost hear
EN- answer their names from Over There:
There's lest ten graves Irmember m all
Ten men that's answered detail call,
Five flags fur me, nd five fur you
What's all the rest fur. Ten'll do
Nd whar's the rest OF the boys today
There should be twelve on's countin' you
hope they amt took to stayin' away.
That amt the way they ulster do.
~Tain't right! They all had orter come
10 mark the graves fur Moria day,
No matter 4 work Is pushin some
Why Joe! You're cryin'l What ais We. Joe'
WHAT'S that Good Lord! That can't be SO!
All dead but US? Why. Joe-but thar.
That co uldn't be, outside o. war
Did fall in battle! Yes-your right
We've all been in a long. hard fight
They fell in battle Yes. that's sol
Nd that's the way tCe'Ue got TO go
An Joe, I'll bet
Not one o. them boys ever let
The oolors outeu is sight,
Well Joe, we've got these flags TO set
Here's ten fur me nd ten you keep.
Theirs two o us is walkin' yet
To stan guard over them that sleep,
But which OF us two Joe. dye s'pose
Will set the flag fur the next that goes,
James c Purdy in Kate Fields Washington
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| could catch glimpse OF graceful Will
lows and matted rose bushes between
the pickets. At the front the big white
gates were fastened with a paddock,
and the steps that usually served to
scale the fence had been carried away
to be painted in order to present a
more creditable appearance at the cele-
| bration.
AS the children stood wondering how
they could most easily get in a neat
little old lady came round the corner
of the churchyard and joined them.
She stopped and looked when she saw
the steps were gone. The children
, noticed she carried a crutch and was
lame.
"How can get in?" she asked, ap-
pealingly.
The children looked at her and then
at one another.
''Oh, say. Lu," Fred began, suddenly,
don't you remember there used to be
some loose pockets over on the other
side? Maybe l can take them out. and
we can all get through in that way"
Come on; let's see." And Lulu and
The old lady sat down on the grass
and smiled at Mollie and Nellie.
I'm very tired. children" she said,
apologeticallv She held little bunch
of lilacs and syringas, which she laid
down in her lap.
The children smiled back at her
sympathizingly.
II try to come to his grave every
year." the old lady continued MY
boy, you know, he was killed in the
war"
"A SOLDIER the children said under
their breaths
Yes, a soldier, and brave one, too,
even if it is his mother who says it. He
was only eighteen. He enlisted younger
than they meant to take them, but he
was large and full grown and he was
wild to go. Oh, those were terrible
times, back in '63-terriblel-terri
and tear trickled down the old lady's
cheek.
I'VE always intended to have a stone
with his name and the company to
which he belonged, and Died in de-
Tense of his country at Vicksburg'-
stones used to cost more than they do
now, and then fifteen years ago we
moved away. and after that we didn't
seem to have good luck. John-that's
my husband-and l used to come here
every year to Roberts grave; till eight
years ago John died, and I've been
coming alone ever since"
The children were silent, and Nellie
was wiping her eyes on the corner of
her checked apron. Finally Mollie
asked, softly:
DO you live far from here?"
Eyes, it's days journey. and I'm
getting so old and SO lame that each
year I'm afraid | won't be able to come
the next"
Just then Fred and Lulu came back.
'Oh, we've found splendid place to
get in. Come on" they cried.
Nellie helped the old lady to her feet
and Ike pit at her side, while Mollie led
the way with Fred and Lulu. She told
them softly all about the old lady's boy
soldier.
They helped her carefully through
the fence where Fred had pulled out
the pickets, and then followed her
slowly down the soft green paths, be-
tween graves covered with myrtle and
star-like, blue flowers. She brought
them into forsaken corner to a grave
covered with rose briars and hidden
under last years dead leaves. Then
she sank down and said, piteously:
"rll have to rest"
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Swept the Valley.

CHIPPEwA FALLS, Wis, May 1.-THE
loss by the flood of Tuesday night and
yesterday morning in the Chippewa
valley will aggregate about $500, 900,
the heaviest losers being the Omaha
and the Wisconsin Central railroads,
which lose bridges and tracks. The
dam at Bloomer let an ocean of water
into Duncan creek, which became a
raging river and took with it dozens of
little homes and great quantities of
lumber, and flooded and ruined the
contents of many houses in this city,
where the loss will be upwards of $780,
900. The water is now receding and
the worst is over.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-25
Stabbed His Wife to Death.

OswEGo, n. ", May 17.-Alanson
Hyatt, So years old, and his family
moved several years ago from his farm
to Clark street, Wayerly, to allow a
daughter to attend school. Subse-
quently Hyatt wanted to move back to
the farm, but his wife refused and they
lived apart. Yesterday Hyatt went to
his wife's home, crawled in a cellar
window, went up stairs, and with q
dirk knife stabbed her four times in
the back, once in the side and twice in
the neck. Then he cut his throat and
died Immediately. Mrs. Hyatt died
about o'clock.
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CAUSED BY POVERTY.
A Mother Murdered by Her Son Who Com
mits Suicide.


NEW YORK, May 17.-Lena Sansmul-
Ter, aged 90, and her son Charles, aged
so, were found dead last night in their
rooms in a tenement house in East
Twelfth street, their threats cut from
ear to ear and their heads almost sew
cred from the bodies. A blood-stained
razor on the floor told the story
of murder and suicide. The old
lady was in her night dress and
her position indicated that the
son had taken hold of her head with
his left hand as he used the razor with
his right. AS he lay on the floor, the
weapon was still in his hand He had
evidently cut his own throat instantly
after killing his mother. On table
were found IL cents, and in box SAIL
A bank book indicated that there was
Sic to the sons credit. He had been
out of work for some time, and it is
supposed fear of poverty prompted the
trapedy
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Lost with All On Board.

CowEs, Isle of Wight, May 17.-News
reached the Royal Yacht club squadron
to-day that the cutter Valkyrie, former
ly owned by Lord Dunraven, after
which the famous Valkyrie was named,
has foundered off the coast of Africa,
all those on board of her being drowned.
Lord Dunraven sold the Valkyrie 10
an Italian gentleman, and she recently
competed in the Mediterranean regat-
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school around by the cemetery that
night The teacher had been telling
them that afternoon that all the ar
rangements were made to have a
big celebration Decoration day. 1t
never had been celebrated at Cranes
Corners before, but when the Cranes
Corners folks undertook to do a
thing they did it up brown" Es-
quire Tonnley and Deacon Miles had
been up to the city and engaged great
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-25
In a Commercial Age.

Tommy-Why do they say that the
pen is mightier than the sword?
His Pa-Because one can't sign checks
with a sword.-Chicago Tribune.
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Tins highest mountain in North
America is Mount st. Elias, in Alaska
seventeen thousand eight hundred and
City feet.