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The Washington times., 1894-03-25
Aunt Ennily's Idea.-

but to those gone mad, but who chooses his
own time to visit, and comes sometimes un-
announced, has arrived.
I care not so very much for any Of the
"ologies," )" nor have been through q college;
vet there has been an Easter thought in my
heart for many and many year. 1t is the
cleverest, sweetest, dearest thought OF all the
many thoughts ever have cherished. It is
founded on faith, the same kind Of feeling
have that tonight is going to be followed
by tomorrow, that Winter will be followed
by Spring, that sowing will be followed by
reaping. 1t Is all very simple and easy to me,
since am no more scientis. than l am
theologian. Therefore do not feel called upon
to demonstrate every step OF the way which
have come; I only know once CROPPED and
was heavy Of heart. My Easter thought has
taken me through many hard place in triumph
over doubt and fear, even lighted up that
dark day Of trouble, when the light went out
OF the tabernacles of clay that once held my
beloved ones. Indeed, since then, when my
Easter thought became fixed within my soul.
no one, however dear, has ever died. Oh.
the joy OF that! Iexpect to find all who really
belong to me because of kinship of mind and
feeling somewhere some time. Do not ask me
how; it is not my business to tell you. am
not called to preach. nor to meet anybody's
doubts with 81 know or Il do not know"
l believe. 1t is higher to have faith even in
material things than to have to say of every
thing, Il know" Only the egotist ever dares to
say II know" We trust our nearest and
dearest. True, sometimes they do deceive us,
but so long as we trust them we are happy.
We are all human, but trust, which Is kind
OF faith-leads to peace, quietness and happi-
ness in the heart and in the home.
The clearest; the dearest and most uplifting
thing in the sacred book is the answer to the
question: Ii a man die shall he live again?
The answer is in the Easter tide. Christmas
IS full of promise. but Easter is the sign OF
the fulnllment of the promise. Every budding
leaf and blossoming flower repeats the proph-
ecy Of what shall be- Sometimes it is a
long and troublous way that weary feet and
heavy hearts must go: but when they find this
rest, how comforting it Isl AUNT EMILY.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
FOR GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH
Important Meeting To-day on that Subject
in Typograp phical Temple.

Important Meeting Today on that Subject
in Typographical Temple.
The International typographical Union
committee on government ownership and
control of the telegraph and the auxiliary
state committees will hold meeting to-day
at Typographical Temple, 429 street north
west. III o'clock.
The auxiliary state committees were Sc
lected from the membership of Columbia
Typographical Union to assist the committee
OF the International Typographical Union,
and most of the states are now organized.
The duty of the members of these committees
is to present the question of government
ownership and control OF the telegraph to the
Senators and Representatives of their re-
spectiye states, and endeavor to convince our
law makers of the wis iom of attaching the
telez raph to the postal service.
Reports will be presented as to the progress
made and the present condition of the meas
ure. and Congressman Picker. OF South Da-
kota; Mcguire. of California and Simpson. of
Kansas. have promise to attend and deliver
short addresses. Although intended only as
4 committee meeting. members of Columbia
Union and Others interested in the subject
are cordially invited to be present.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
The Times is live paper for busy people.
Odd Items from All About.

A divorced woman has no legal right to use
her ex-husband's name on visiting cards.
A Hartford man is described as having no
more influence than the letter "p' in pneu-
monia
The tallest trees in the world grow in Australia
They are species of marsh gum, and some are
said TO exceed 800 feet in height.
A pious St Joseph girl who desired to make a
special sacrifice during Lent forbade her beau
TO call more than six evenings in q week
Paper has been made from banana skins, bean
stalks, pea vines, hair, fur, wool, asbestos,
husks, hen plant and every kind Of grain.
The word hairbreadth, now used for an in
fnitesimal space, was once a regular measure
1t was the width of sixteen hairs laid side by
side.
There is a mountain in Oregon which is slowly
moving into the Salmon river. 1t will in course
Of time dam the stream and make a large lake.
Col. Bush, of Monroe county, No., is the proud
possessor of the tallest mule in the state. This
boss kicker is II hands high and weighs 1,635
pounds
globe of water fell near London in 1916, strik-
ing a gentleman sitting on his veranda and COM
pletely drenching him 1t is known in history
as "the water meteor"
Frank Rausel, Of Cheboygan, Wis, has sue
ceeded in domesticating sea gull, which is now
running about his farm with a brood of chickens,
of no earthly use to anybody
The sect of Jains in India are the champion
long-distance fasters. Fasts Of from thirty to
forty days are very common, and once year
they abstain from food for seventy-dve days
The Washington times., 1894-03-25

q curse, and II we abolish all prohibitive
liquor laws, how shall the curse be removed?
The question cannot probably be answered at
present. Most things, however, have their
limit Of value, and it might be a question
whether even the soul Of drunkard were
worth saving at the expense Of the liberty,
the morals and the health OF an entire COM
munity. But something very near to an
answer can, think, be approximated. Let
US enforce the common law we have. Let US
wipe out forever from every statute-book in
America those prohibitive liquor laws which
an experience Of sixty years has proved to be
worse than worthless, and even worse than
useless, because they not only cannot be
enforced, but enlarge, by stimulating. the
alleged evils they pretend to abolish! These
laws emphatically have not lessened the manu-
facture, sale or consumption Of liquor. Like
most admirable servants, liquor Is apt to be q
bad master if allowed the upper hand or per-
mitted to get into politics. Liquor has always
properly been. and always properly will be, a
subject of revenue, or, as it is called, excise,
and this excise is most conveniently levied in
the shape of licenses
Admitting freely all that can be said about
the horrors which liquor can work, sociolo-
gists, as well as Samaritans, know that no
public evil can be dealt with abstractly-
dragged up by the roots and exterminated in
single swoop OF virtue. Sinful as the liquor
iuuuStIy may DC, us dUeoiute anu suuucn an
limitation would throw millions out of en-
ployment and put starvation into the room
Of competence in countless homes, to remain
until, by the slow labor OF economists and
publcists. capital and labor had readjusted
themselves to the new condition. And the
literal Interpretation OF statutes at present
upon the statute-books of certain American
states would send fathers of families to state
prisons to serve out terms Of sixty or hun
dred years. under cumulative sentences
which more than cover the natural
lives of men. Fortunately. however. the
drinking of liquor does not destroy either the
body or the soul. The best evidence obtain
able by medical industry intimates that
while, as everybody knows, the temperate
outlive all other classes. even the babitually
intoxicated man may and does, outlive the
rigid and inexorable total abstainer who re-
fuses to his organism the stimulant which
overworked or overstrung human systems
sometimes insist upon.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
Secrets Safe With a Woman.

Contrary to general opinion, says the Lon
don Daily News, We believe that a secret is
safer with a married woman than with a
married man. A man says: Il viii tell no.
body; not even my WIFE and straightway
goes and tells her. Very often it leaves her
cold. though exciting to him. so it is safe.
But married woman is much less inclined
to tell her husband. First. she knows she
cannot trust him-for does he not blab to ner?
Besides. the secret often seems to him so
humorous. so unimportant or in itself 50
obvious. that he lets it out without thinking
of it. Besides, a woman has Il pleasure in
knowing what her husband does not know
(aiid possibly would not care to know. while
a husband, in the goodness Of her heart, likes
to carry bit OF tattle TO his wife.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
WHO Began This Fight ~

Crossing field one day. President Lin
coin. it is said. was pursued by an angry bull.
He made for the fence, says LIES Calendar,
but soon discovered that the bull was over
taking him. He then began to run around a
haystack in the field. and the bull pursued
him: but, in making the short circles around
the stack, Lincoln WAS the faster. and. in
stead of the bull catching him, he caught the
bull and grabbed him hy the tail. 1t was a
firm grip and controlling one. He began to
kick the bull and the bull beloved with
agony and dashed acrossed the field, Lincoln
hanging to his tail and kicking him at every
jump. and. as they flew along Lincoln yelled
at the bull: Darn you, who began this
fight?'
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
Riker Still Wants Ror6s

The mandamus case of Carroll L. Riker. of
Chicago. who seeks to compel Secretary Car
Isle to award him all or part ofthe $50, coo 900
bond issue, will probably be heard in the
court OF appeals in the latter part of the May
term. The appeal was filed March T. and the
record is required by law 10 be flied within
forty days OF that time. The Chicagoan and
his counsel are determined TO carry the ease
to the United States Supreme Court if an ad-
verse decision IS rendered by the appellate
court. Mr.. Riker is expected to be again in
Washington in a week or fortnight to consult
with his counsel. Attorney George A. King.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
Begging with Bandagcd Arms.

Inconsistent and mendicant young men now
go about town with bandaged hands or arms
in sings. telling innocent folks irreconcilable
stories and recent injuries by machinery The
bandaSes and slings are usually neat, but
doubtless professional eye would detect
something amateurish in their STYLE 1t NAV
be taken for granted that an amateur band
age conceals a whole member, because free
medical and surgical treatment is SO easily
obtained in New York that no really poor
man has to have his wounds dressed at home
or by unprofessional hands.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
Not Circumstance TO the Street Car Hogs.
rErorr the Ne,v ENGLAND Hnrnestenh1

tFrom the New England Homesteadl
The heaviest hogs are grown in Burlington
county. y. j.. where one farmer in 1888 raised
sixty hogs averaging 420 pounds each. Three
weighed over 500 and forty-four over 400
pounds. The hogs were fed on skinned milk
the same county raised drove of twenty
averaging S72 pounds. including the extraor-
dinary weights of 1919, 1855. 1895. and 1925
pounds. The same farmer killed hog in
1888 which dressed 1880 pounds. In 1873
thirty-seven pigs averaged 4l3 pounds. which
was then an unprecedented local record. A
hog named Columbus, with a live weight OF
1852 pounds, was slaughtered in New York
city in 1859. The skin was saved and stuffed.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25

No. |.
lot SOLID OAK CHAMBER SUITES, with
cheval dresser, 1sxiO French plate beyeled mir
DAYS $3.50,
No. 2.
lot SOLID OAK CHAMBER SUITES, with
1Sx2i French plate beveled mirror Worth
s225 SPECIAL PRICE FOR THREE DAYS,
$3.50
No. 3.
a5 SOLID OAK CHIFFoNIEREs, with large
drawers Price, GIL SPECIAL FOR THREE
DAYS, S1.75-
No. &.
so SOLID OAK BEDROOM TABLES, a4xa4-inch
tops Worth 81 SPECIAL FOR THREE DAYS,
No. 5.
100 SOLID OAK BEDROOM TABLES, 16x1G-
, inch tops. Worth 81. .25 SPECIAL FOR THREE
DAYS, 75c.
No. 8.
lot OAK WARDROBES, with drawer. Worth
SIS. SPECIAL FOR THREE DAYS, SS.15.
No. 7,
SOLID OAK SIDEBoARD, / large and small
drawers, double closet. l6x24 beveled mirror in
DAYS, sia5O
No. 8.
lot s-feet EXTENSION TABLES, solid oak
Regular price, s7.25. SPECIAL FOR THREE
DAYS, $3.50
No. 9.
! lot SOLID OAK HIGHLY POLISHED DIN
ING CHAIRS. Regular price, Sl.15 SPECIAL
FOR THREE DAYS, 500
No. 10.
llot OAK DINING CHAIRS, high back, woven
cane seat Price, s1.75. SPECIAL FOR THREE
DAYS, Sl.l5.
No. II.
lot SOLID QUARTERED OAK HAT RACKS,
with French plate heyeled mirror. Regular
price, SIS SPECIAL FOR THREE DAYS, $3.50.
No. II.
Hot CoUCHEs, upholstered in French tapes
Price, s2I. SPECIAL FOR THREE DAYS, $3.50.
No.l3.
Hot FINE CoUCHEs, upholstered in silk broca-
telle,with heavy G-!n-h fringe. Price, s25. SPE-
GAL FOR THREE DAYS, Sl6.55.
No.14
lot CORNER CHAIRS, mahogany finished,
frames upholstered in Wilton rugs and silk
brocatelle. Worth from $3.50 to So. SPECIAL
FOR THREE DAYS, s. 20.
No.i5.
5-piece PARLoR SUITE. overstuffed, up
hostered in silk brocatelle, silk plush trimming
Worth SO SPECIAL FOR THREE DAYS, Sf7 So
No. is.
G-piece PARLoR SUITE, consisting of sofa
divan, arm chair, rocker, 9 side chairs, up
holstered in silk tapestry. Regular price sS4
SPECIAL FOR THREE DAYS, S52 80,
No. IL.
6-piece PARLoR SUITE, mahogany finished
frames consisting OF sofa, divan arm chair,
rocker, side chairs, upholstered in silk broca-
telle. Regular price, $50. SPECIAL FOR THREE
DAYS, S55.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
Senators and Such.

Senators Faulkner and Pasco enjoy the cur
rent illustrated weeklies.
No member of the House is more at ease on the
floor or more familiar with all the rules that
govern that body than Representative Burrows
He is calm and felicitious of expression and has
thoroughly judicial mind
Gen Sickles. Of New York, is vieing with
Representative Springer in wearing bouton-
nieres A pretty bouquet of violets adorns the
left lapel of his coat these Spring days
Senator Wolcott is one Of the best dressed men
in the Senate. His expression and apparel both
indicate the enjoyment Of unalloyed financial
prosperity: He has lost all interest In silver
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
Procrastination.
From Town Topical
He was learning to play the guitar,
His mistress to serenade;
But ere he could tinkle bar
Another had married the maid

The Times has ten thousand enthusiastic
friends. It is already in the families of these
friends; hence its value as an advertising
medium.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
Baby Carriages.

100 BABY CARRIAGES just received of the
celebrated Haywood make, bicycle or wood
wheels, patent brake Ranging in price from
So 30 TO $40
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
S. Kann,
Sons & Co.,
I'll Market Space
INACCURATE THEIR
Great
Easter
Sale
Tomorrow, Monday
MARCH %.

The prices on Silks, Dress
Goods and Remnants are
phenomenal. The Saturday
"Star" of yesterday and the
Sunday "Post" of today con-
tains a complete list of every
thing advertised. 1t will pay
every reader of the Sunday
Times" to peruse each and
every item.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
PERSONAL.
FOR RENT-HOUsEs.

e1Q y. J. AVE. NW.-NEw BRICK HOUSE;
OIO a IN i;.newly papered; 9 rooms; s35 per
month; also. ~ Mass. ave. NV, Z room brick
house, a. IN. l.. -. 50 per month. T. BRoSNAN,
Real Estate, corner y j. and ST NV
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wANTED-R0oMs.

w JyANTED-BY MAN AND WIFE, AT ONCE,
w 9 rooms furnished for light housekeeping
in respectable neighborhood and at reasonable
rates. Address j. ]. s., The TINES.
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No. H..

6-piece PARLOR SUITE, mahogany finished
frames, consisting OF sofa, divan, l arm chair,
rocker, side chairs, upholstered in silk broca-
telle: Regular price, $50 SPECIAL FOR THREE
DAYS, S55
The Washington times., 1894-03-25

1t often happens that parents punish chill
dren for things they do innocently and which
mean nothing to the childish mind bat only
everything to one who knows; and l often
wonder at what age it is best TO begin to teach
these little ones to know the value of all
things they are impelled to do. There is,
indeed, an analogy between training children
aud cultivating flowers. One may kill either
by too much attention as well as by too little,
or even make either grow crooked /
wouldn't give cent for a yard full of
flowers too choice to be gathered l
believe in gathering one or more every
day to put in a little glass bowl or
vase on the breakfast table. 1t was Leigh
Hunt, that most charming writer. who said
any poor man could glorify his breakfast
table with cut flower land make it as refined
u meal as the morning repast of a king In
this country he is king and she is queen who
owns little home with grass in front and
a snug little yard behind it. and who also
knows how to enjoy it, using it without abus-
ing it.
can see my royal flags. feur de lis. way-
ing their green blades as 1 write, and really
think they ought to be in almost everybody's
garden Come to think of it. everybody has
his-to be grammatical, her-to be realistic
ally true-favorite flower, and that is just the
one you, my friend, should have in your door
yard.
1 have gone about among the preachers and
teachers somewhat this week. Their altars
will be decked with lilies and the music will
be grand, and the service is more solemnly
beautiful than on any other day of the year,
and there is no need to go outside the
church" their answer is. But is there not?
The thought I was in search of was not writ
ten alone in ceremonials of the church, but
something for everyday application among
the people, many Of whom will not be
in any church to-day. Some will be
kept at home from illness, some
from poverty, some frem pride, because
they have no new clothes to wear, some from
some from unbelief. because they
cannot see beneath the cold veneer that SO
many very good men so unconsciously wear;
and others will not be there because a guest
who is never invited, mover welcome::aDywhero
The Washington times., 1894-03-25

No. |.
lot SOLID OAK CHAMBER SUITES, with
cheyal dresser. 1Sxi0 French plate beveled mir
ror Worth SOS SPECIAL PRICE FOR THREE
DAYS, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

A LII PARTIES HAVING ROOMS, FURNISHED
~ or unfurnished, with or without board will
hear something to their interest by addressing
E. W, Times oifice.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25

500 ROLLS WHITE, FANCY, AND COTTON
, WARP MATING, ranging in price from 1aa11sc to
b0c.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
LOST.
MONEY TO LOAN.

HONEST PARTIES CAN GET SMALL, LOANS
II at once National Loan and Investrnen,
Company, els ST. L W A c. CLANCY, Sec.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
FOR RENT-ROOMs.

| SSQ N j. AVE NV FUR ROOMS FOR
OCC gentlemen, s6 per month I. BROSNAN,
Real Estate, corner y. j. ave and G ST.
| ENOR RENT Two NICELY FURNISHED
! Il front rooms; all modern improvements:
| splendid location; near car lines. "a ST NV.
| ENOR RENT-NICELY FUR FRONT ROOM,
Il with board; terms reasonable. AIS 2d St rw
The Washington times., 1894-03-25

THE PEOPLES CHURCH, 423 G ST NV,
Il opposite Pension Office Rev Alex Kent pas
tor, will speak at 1l:l5 on .'The City Without
Church" Senator VIM. PETER at $50 D. m, on
"obstacles in the Way of the Poor" Seats free
All welcome.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25
FOR EXCHANGE OR SALE.

07n ACRES OF LAND NEAR MUIRKIRK STA
O(U tion, B. & o. r r. On line of electric car
and boulevard Well timbered: wood enough to
pay for land. No ground in immediate neigh
borhood for less than S10o Can be bought at
So per acre. See A. BEHREND, 6l7 Z ST n W.
The Washington times., 1894-03-25

G-piece PARLoR SUITE, consisting of ! sofa
divan, arm chair, rocker, side chairs, up
holstered in silk tapestry Regular price, SS4
SPECIAL FOR THREE DAYS, So 50
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-18

down upon an intruder with it's immense
staring, yellow eyes, it Is q most unearthly
looking animal, reminding one more of
the gnomes and imps of fable than of any
creature of flesh and blood. 1t makes a
snug little home under the roots of the gil
ant bamboo canes of Java, where the hus-
band and wife, who are never far apart
bring up their queer little families.
They are very dainty animals and al
ways make sure that their food is fresh
and good by killing it themselves. They
will touch nothing that has been partly
eaten. They live upon small lizards, OF
which they are very fond, but will eat
shrimps and insects il nothing better is to
be had. They never drink a second time
from the same water. The tarsius seldom
makes any noise, but sometimes gives a
single sharp, shrill cry, which it does not
repeat. During the day it is always fast
asleep, but at night it appears quite
lively, springing about and climbing ev-
erywhere, 1t is easily tanned and is very
gentle, loves to be caressed and petted,
and in return it ticks the hands and face
and creeps about the person of its owner.
When q stranger draws near it's cage it
tries at first to stare him out of counte-
nance by fixing its great Owllike eyes
upon his and never winking or moving
them away If this does not answer, and
the intruder continues to draw near, the
tarsius will draw up it's lips and show
set of beautiful, regular, sharp teeth, but
it never bites. 1t laps water like dog or
cat, bet much more slowly, and it cats
great deal for so small an animal. 1t has
a great aversion to light and loves the
darkest corner, where it will sit up like
squirrel and hold it's food long time in
it's fore paws before eating 1t.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-18
SAME OLD TRICK.
Banker Howsrd, of Gainesville Saved
from Swindlers.

Banker Howsrd, of Gainesville Saved
from Swindlers.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 1O.-Chief
Hill, of the police department, yesterday
frustrated scheme of two confidence
men to bunco w. H. Howard, banker
of Gainesville, Ca, out of $4,000, and
captured two "gold BRICKS" weighing
ninety-seven and ninetY-fve pounds each.
The bunco men had received an intima-
ton of the intention OF the police and
escaped. The plot laid was the worn on
of rich mine. friendly Indian, etc, De-
spite its age, Mr.. Howard came to Chat
tanooga ready to buy bricks and invest
in the supposed mine. Luckily, Chief
Hill learned of the deal before it was
consummated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-18
Stock Law Notice.

GEORGlA-Terrell county.
Ordinarv's Office, March %, 1894.
"A lawful number OF freeholdtrs of
the 115Oth district, G. NJ, of said
county, hayin- filed their petition in
writ ng for an election in said district
in order to determine whether the
stock law sNall 90 into effect in said
district, notice is hereby siven that
said petition vi be heard and passed
upon on Thursday, the oath day of
April, 1894, at 10 o'clock P. m. at the
Ordinary's office in Dqwso.., Ga.
J. w. ROBERTS, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-18
las oWLISH EYES.
So the Tarsius Tcrrorizcs the superstitious
Natives OF Java.

The animal moss dreaded ia Java is pci-
ther the wildcat, nor the black leopard, ncf
even the rhinoceros, nor the royal tiger,
all of which are to be found there bus
strange as it may appear, harmless lit.9o
creature no larger t,.an common SPUR
rel, which is called by the natives nal
mag and by English speaking people the
tarsius. 1t is indeed weird strange an
imal and is regarded with so much dread
by the superstitious Javaneso that they
will abandon place altogether rather than
live in it's neighborhood.
AS it suddenly appears at dusk moving
noiselessly about, showing its queer face
amid the leaves of some tree and peering
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-18
Good Prisons to keep out OF.

The prisons of Morocco are the worst
In the world. No care or attention what
ever is given to the prisoners. They are
left dependent on their friends for food,
and If they have no friends the govern
ment provides only bit of bread OF
handful of grain daily to keep them alive
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-18
Appleton, S. c., July II, 1891.

Mr.. W. H. Barrett, Augusta, Ga.
Dear Sir:-I have used your H. II. P.
in my family for Indigestion, dyspepsia
and liver com plant, and regard it as the
finest preparation of the kind [ have
ever used.
Yours truly, MARSHALL HILL
Sold by w. G. Kendrick.