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IF IT'S NEWS To YOU

IF IT'S NEWS To YOU
That we've reduced all of our 33 AND
eICENT CANDIES TO p CENTS. it's
news that is worth profiting by. The re-
duction is for ten days only. so the sooner
you profit by ii, the more opportunities
you'll have to profit again
SHEETZ. 10TH AND F SITS. N. W.
Write or telephone Mr.. F. Freund, the
Caterer. SIS 10th street. for your Ice Cream,
Water Ices. Pastry. etc. Prompt delivery.
Parties who contemplate furnishing their
home should see the multiplicity Of beauti-
full and useful things left over from the
Milne stock at 1229 G street northwest.
They include easy and ornamental Chairs,
Sfdeboards. Writing Desks. Tables Lace
and SILK Curtains and Draperies. Wall
Papers and Interior Decorations at prices
far below the cost to manufacture
Fine Portraits. Kets Kemethy's S. IlU9 Pa .av.
Mems Derby Hats. 81, Si.5O and 500.
Latest styles: extra value. Soft hats, all
sorts. JOc. up A. T. LEWIS. +s5 18th street.
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The WadswOrth Snle,

The sale of the personal effects by c. G.
Sloan K Company in the Wadsworth resi-
dence, 18th and / streets northwest. opens
Thursday at 1870 a. m. On exhibition to-
morrow from a. m. until ) p. m. The sale
is made by order of VIM r. Travers and
VIM. A. Duer, executors, to close the estate
of the late NJ. l.. Travers. Catalogues
ready.-Advt
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BLOOD POISONING

And every Humor of the Blood. Skin and Scalp,
with loss Of Hair. whether simple. scrofuous, Ill
cerative or hereditary. speedily. permanently and
economically cured by CUTICURA REMEDIES when
the best physicians and all other remedies fail
Complete home treatment for every humor Sold
everywhere.
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EXCURSIONS TOMORROW.

Mt. Observation-Disclosures leaves at 10 am.
MT. VCrnon-By Pennsylvania railroad
every hour daily.
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LOCAL MENTION.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast Till 3 pm. "Wednesday.

Forecast Till pm. "Wednesday.
For the District of Columbia and Mary
ard, generally fair. colder tonight and
wednesday; northwesterly winds.
For Virginia, fair; colder tonight and
Wednesday: northwesterly winds
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature, Al: conci-
ticn, 2; receiving reservoir. temperature.
80; condition at north connection, 4; con-
d.tion at south connection. %; distributing
reservoir. temperature, 80; condition at
iEfaent gate house, 80; effluent gate house.
g.
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|. Attend the great exhibition at Bowling &
Company's, 612 + street. tomorrow of Euro
pean art treasures. Send for catalogue.
, -Advt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-13

The opportunity OF viewing the magnifi-
cent European art treasures, the exhibition
OF which opens at Bowling & Company's
81 E street. tomorrow. should not be over
looked. Send and get catalogue-Adyt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-13

The Throat.-"Brown's Bronchial Troches'
act directly on the organs OF the voice
They have an extraordinary effect In al
disorders of the throat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-13

d important sale OF household furniture to-
morrow at 1919 10th street by Bowling &
Company, commencing at 10 o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-13

Trustees sale of houses Nos. 11O6 and HOS
Sth street southeast tomorrow at 4:30 O'Clock
D. N. See advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-13

Phillips Dfgestible Cocoa Contain
ali the nutritious and fat producing proper
ties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-13

In Bengal, India, there are three harvests
reaped every year--peas and oil seeds in
April, the early rice crop in September and
the great rice crop in December.
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Beyond Description
THE MISERY BEFORE TAKING
THE HAPPINESS AFTER TAKING
HOODS SARSAPARILLA

Il have been in poor health for 20 25 years.
and have been taking doctors medicines more or
less all the time. l did not get much relief. My
blood was In bad shape and my system was all
run down. / thought l must die. but noticing
several testimonials in the papers in behalf Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla l bought three bottles and
found that it did much good that con-
tinued taking 1t. 1 without appetite, sloth-
fully sleepy, and had headache most all the
time. In fact l cannot describe my feelings
After using bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla found
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Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures

1t was doing me much good, and I cannot
praise the medicine too much for what It has
done for / am a disabled soldier 60 wears
old, and was afflicted with many ailments. includ
ing kidney, bronchitis and catarrh. Since using
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla 1 am like another
man. think Hoods Sarsaparilla saved my life :"
u. H. BISHOP. Box 400, Hammonton, N j.
q, HOODS PILLS prompt and efficient yet
easy In action. Sold by all druggists.
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CITY ITEMS.

HOusekeepers, Boarding Houses
Hotel. and Cafes, Attention.!
The immense stock Of Groceries, Teas
Chocolates Condiments, Wines, ETC., nov
being sold at No. AIT 7th street, will con
tinue for a few days only. This stock 4
fresh and desirable and will be sold les
than the cost of production. Do not mis-
this rare opportunity of buying goods a
your own prices Everything must be sold
s. H. MURRAY, Alt 7th st. NV.
Assignee of Willard Metzger. It,
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ARKANSAS AND ARkANsAw.
FRO BE ooNTrsUrp.J

The Latter Pronunciation GIvsn tho Pref
orenoe In tho State.
The much-mooted question as to the
current pronunciation of the name of
the state of Arkansas was referred for
settlement to Representative Clinton
X. Breckenridge OF that state. He
practically settled the question by pro-
nonncing the word "Arkansaw." Sem
ators Jones and Berry and all the rep
resentatives from the two states pro-
nounce the name as Mr.. Breckinridge
does.
In discussing the question, says the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Representa-
tive breckenridge said: Formerly the
name was spelled 'Arkansa' and Ar
kanssa.' a final s. was attached to
the name by the French, presumably
for appearance, but not for use. Per-
haps the nearest approach to the prop
er pronunciation is expressed by the
spelling with final W. but this was
a little too broad. The legislature of
Arkansas, to settle this question of
pronunciation, passed resolution de-
claring that the name of the state
should be pronounced as II spelled
'Arkansaw.' 1t can hardly be said
that the question Of the pronunciation
OF the name marks degrees Of culture
among the residents of the state. 1t is
only those who are strangers In the
state and who have recently removed
thither that pronounce the name as It
Is spelled, and they do so not in igno-
rance, but because they have not ac-
quired the. habit Of pronouncing the
name as the natives.
Years ago, when Millard Fillmore
was vice president OF the United States
two senators from our state disagreed
on the pronunciation of its name. One
called his state Arkansas and the
other 'Arliansaw,' and each insisted
that he was right. The controversy
reached the vice presidents ears, and
he was in n quandary how he should
designate the STATE when recognizinG
either. of the senators. He eompro-
missed the matter, and very nicely, too,
by saying the gentleman from Arkan-
sas,' when the senator favoring this
pronunciation addressed the chair, and
by saying the gentleman from Arkan-
saw when he recognized the senator
who adhered to this pronunciation"
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Little was said about it during the rest
OF the week. On Saturday morning
Cullen went into town, repairing to
Dabney's Office ut corner of Hancock
street and the courthouse square.
Good morning, Cullen" said the
lawyer. "Tve been expecting you"
"Howd'ye, Arthur? Yes, thought
I'd consult you about this will of ia
ther's."
Nothing could have been more sur
prising to me. I'd heard at one time
your father was not well Satisfied with
you for some cause or other, but L
thought he had become entirely recon-
ciled. Indeed, he seemed to me, dur
ing his last three or four years, to be
particularly fond Of you-more so, 1
suspected, than of Wiley"
"Yes; brother put him against Ham
nah, making him feel for awhile that
/ had lowered the family by marrying
her, but he got over that, at least so
IT appeared, in less than year He did
make his will, so mother told me, but
she said on her deathbed that he had
destroyed it. Not long before he died
he said to me distinctly that he would
not leave will anu that brother had
counseled him SO, suggesting that he
and could divide the estate without
resort to the court. Rather suspicious
looking thing, isn't itP"
"It is, indeed. Was your father en-
tirely in his right mind?"
Entirely; and there isn't doubt
but what he believed the truth of what
he said. Vie was devoted to our baby,
and seem as fond Of Hannah as he
was of Sister Julia. Is it possible to
do anything, do you think?"
mot that / can see, unless it can be
shown that your father at the time of
executing the will was not of dispos-
ing memory, or that the influence Of
Wiley upon him was such as he was
not strong enough TO resist"
Neither of these could be estab
lished, l suppose-the first certainly
not don't doubt that brother had
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wives; but it was easy to see that o.
all their ministrations those of Cutler
wore most acceptable to him. Will
Cullen he sometimes held brief consul
tations which ended abruptly wher
Wiley came In. Yet he professed tc
have equal affection toward all o.
them, held to his faculties until neal
the last, and died calmly, as if he
knew full well that vain would be any
attempt to Withstand an enemy who
was irresistible.
Waiting upon him so long, added to
her other troubles, seemed to have
well-nigh prostrated Wiley's wife.
When they went home after the burial
Hannah said;
"Oh, Cullen! Sister Julia looked
dreadfully in the graveyard to day.
She's been declining fast since fathers
sickness began, and never saw her SO
bad as she was to-day"
"Yes, she's going very fast, Did you
notice that brother didn't go anigh her,
and that she had to lean on the arm OF
Mrs. Plume? l declare was ashamed
of him.
ut didn't look we'll"
Look we'll? 1t looked just what it
was, heartless. Well, poor father has
gone now, and as soon as and brother
can have q settlement, am going my
way, and I shall let him understand
that want him to go his. False as he
has been to me, and shameless in his
treatment of you, the shabbiest of his
whole behavior is what he has put up
on Sister Julia, for whom l have more
pity than for any person / ever knew.
l actually believe he'll be glad when
she dies, as she's going to do, and that
before very long"
"Oh, Cullenw
81 tell you it's so, Hannah. l can't
get you to understand Wiley. He
never cared for anybody except him
self since he was born, and he's always
been regarding me as n thing in his
way. He tried his best to get father
to give him more than his share of the
property. Mother told me that, and
she told me that Sister Julia's remon-
strances more than anything else pre-
vented its being done. Father, towards
the last, said he had been intending to
make will, and would have done so
except that brother said there was no
use, as we could divide the property
between us without the expense of ad-
ministration. You mark what / say;
he had motive for that interfering,
and in some way he'll try to get the
advantage of me-"
81 hope not. Oh, l hope mott"
GAS soon as it is decent to do so, am
going into town to consult with Arthur
Dabney in the case"
Arthur, they tell me, is getting to
be q good lawyer and doing very we'll"
THAT he is, and, besides, is as fine
fellow as lives"
1t pleased her to hear him speak so
favorsbly of one who had been his
rival.
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possession of the paper, and either
kept father from destroying 1t or made
him believe that II had been done"
ut dates back to July, 1880, l no.
ticed. That was not long after your
marriage, If l don't forget"
"Yes; about q month"
'Your father had acquired some real
estate since then, hadn't hep"
"Yes; he bought another plantation
on the river and the place beyond me-"
That's lucky, rs far as II goes.
You'll be entitled TO your portion Of
them. as they could not pass by
the will For the rest, Cullen,
am sorry to say, Us 1t seems now, you
haven't much of n case. AS for your
father saying he had no will, that
would not amount to n revocation even
il 1t could be made clear that he so be-
lievcd. But | tellyo now that I'll get
out OF Wiley some of that property or
I'll mar his enjoyment OF It. I've no
doubt that when he's made aware Of
the general Indignation that already
has begun TO manifest itself he can be
driven TO some sort of compromise"
THAT Is what | won't have, Arthur
II am rightfully entitled TO any part
Of the estate it's the half of II.
wouldn't wont that IL | believed
fathers last wishes were that should
be excluded from It, know they were
not Therefors my brother Wiley may
save himself the trouble of proposing
compromise on any other basis. For
the sake Of my family and my fathers
memory, will fight this paper If you
should ever think it worth while, but
I'll fight it openly"
"Cullen, a man like you is of the sort
most liable TO be maltreated II you
had withstood Wiley at the start and
asserted before your father the in1u-
ence which, equally with Wiley, be-
longcd to you, this gross injustice
might not have been begun. And now
you talk about not fighting this except
on an open field, knowing that it Is a
fight Of altogether another sort that
has put you down. would not coun-
sci to any movement that would be un-
fair, but regard 1t as important, nee
essary, indeed, that Wiley should be
driven to apprehension by-well, IL
nothing else, by hints which mean to
throw out before Mr.. Watson, his law
yer, that he is strongly suspected Of
unfair practices himself. and that l
have, as do have, q strong hope 10
find the clew that will lead TO their
detection"
"All right, Arthur. know you'll do
the right thing. Mr.. Watson Is an old
lawyer and, they say, 6rst-rate one;
but l am entirely willing to trust the
case with you"
"Thanlsy, Cullen. II things should
occur appearing to need specially able
management, I'll let you know, and
then advise you to retain Seaborn Tor
rance"
"Well wait awhile on that. Don't
make any decisive movement of any
sort yet. III tell you why. Wiley |
don't know It, but he has wife who Is |
the very best woman know. and she
is dying by inches. don't believe
she'll live three months longer |
think sight Of her, so does Hannah,
and won't have her feelings torn up
on account of domestic strife. II Mr..
Watson intinntes any sort of compro-
mise, refer him TO me- wouldn't be
to have one little homely
chat with Wiley, now that our parents
'-N ao~1 ~''1 20. - ~, '-r-~... ..,iSN-
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;5syz(iIisgs!sSN
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[ Observation-Disclosures,
9o1Es~ros ~ sLSS~s.rI o,sv..,1.
CHAPTER IIL-CoNTINUED.

The person just now referred to was
worthy of their praise. The Marstons
had been reduced considerably In the
establishment they once kept, partly by
injudicious management, mainly by
debts which the head of the family as
surety for some Of his neighbors had
been forced to meet. In this condition
Julia, the plainest and not the young
est Of the Marston girls, was induced
to take Wiley Amerson, who was well
enough looking, tolerably hammered,
known to have made considerable
money in trade, and to have excellent
expectations from the death of his IA
ther, now well stricken in years. The
marriage had not been happy. The
health of the wife, poor to begin with,
was not helped by the life led with q
man far more selfish and coarse than
she had believed. She was thankful
that she bore no children, much as
she needed the comfort they often i'm
part. Her husband got from the con-
nection what he had counted on, bet
ter social position. With his own ac-
cumulations and the few thousands
come with her he built the nice two
story mansion on Clarke street, and
deported himself as well as he could
learn how in the circle to which she
had lifted him. He showed much
pride in the adornments which she
made about the house, and the trees
nd l,y l..
front yard. Finding In time that she
had been married TO man whom she
could not respect and therefore could
not love, the strength of her charac-
ter enabled her TO endure his society,
and to seem to ignore some low
Irregularities which he took not very
/. much pains TO hide from her. Dis
gusted with his vulgar snobbishness
and that which he had injected into
his father, she became fond of Cullen
for his openness and hearty simplicity,
and wished TO live on entirely affec-
tionate terms with him and Hannah,
but, yielding to her husbands In
functions, she observed the restraints
which she saw were unavoidable, yet
strove not to hide her wish that rela-
tions were different. She he'd been in
the habit Of making brief calls when
on the way to or from the plantation
beyond, and Hannah, as often as Gull
len consented, had visited her in town.
Only in one matter did she act con-
trary TO his avowed wishes; that was
the old gentleman's hostility to Han
nah and his consequent threats to cut
Cullen off from an equal share in his
estate. More than once, joining with
her mother-in-law, but employing
greater plainness of speech, had she re-
monstrated with him, and there was no
doubt that her bel lvior was the main
influence which began the change in
his attitude. When all prejudice
seemed to be removed at the birth of
Hannah's child, she was free to express
her heartfelt qualification. Hence
forth things went on as smoothly as
could be desired. 1t was not possible
for Wiley and Cullen to make a show
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A POEM.
Of all who walk upon the earth,

OF all who walk upon the earth,
Or sail upon the sea,
There's none mark with such concern
As me-
Because, though there are many men
OF parts-in their degree
When closely scanned they are not quito
Like me
The even's star, the dying day,
Winds wandering minstrelsy-
BY whom are these 80 sadly marked
As met
Most courteous wights there are, no doubt,
OF charming gallantry;
But still, TO please the incest tastes
Takes me.
To careless ears these works (perchanoe),
WIN smack OF vanity;
But bear In mind I'm speaking now
OF me-
Some men have reason, huge and strong,
They frame philosophy;
But STILL to settle things Just right
Takes me.
And, hence, OF all who walk the earth,
Or sail upon tho sea,
There's none mark with such concern
AS me.
-Williston Fish, in Puck
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CHAPTER ".

The burial was on Thursday. On
the afternoon of the second Monday
thereafter, being the first Monday In
that month, Cullen was called out to
his gate by one Of his neighbors on
his return from town, who, after some
conversation, rode away.
"What did Mr.. Haddocls want, Gull
len, dear?" asked Hannah. "You look
serious, as. II he had brought bad
news"
They're not as good as would have
preferred to get, Hannah; he says
brother propounded to-day, in the
court Of ordinary, fathers will"
SIS that SOP Why, heard father
tell you he wasn't going TO leave any
will"
80 you did"
"What do you make of it?"
Nothing, except that l believe a
fraud was put upon him; for father
was n man OF truth. l knew from
mother that he made a will shortly
after our marriage, but she told me
just before she died that he had de-
stroyed it. Perhaps he destroyed an
other paper, believing it was that"
did Mr. Haddock tell you what was
in itP"
"Yes; he heard Mr. Flint talking
about it on the street. He was one of
the witnesses, and the only one that
was sworn. The others were Owen
Carruthers and William Lilly. Mr.
Lilly is dead, and Owen is sick. Mr.
Flint said that this place and the ne
groes and stock on it are left to me,
besides two thousand dollars in money
to buy more land with; the rest goes
TO brother"
"And what do you suppose thatwould
amount to?"
81 couldn't say, but considerably
over hundred thousand dollars"
"And what that left to youp"
about seven or eight thousand"
"Wasn't something left to Pearcep"
"Of course not. Pearce wasn't born
when the will was made"
almost nothing oyou, and nothing
to the child that was named after him,
and that he seemed so fond of"
The sight Of her disappointment, of
her grief and shame, made him sick ut
heart. He went away from her for
awhile. When he came back, she said:
"I wonder Mr.. Flint would have wit
messed such will, Cullen; he always
was-at least always thought he was
"A good friend of our family"
"0f course he was, and is. Such as
that doesn't hinder a person from
merely signing his name as witness to
business paper. Generally, at least
often, witnesses to wills know nothing
Of what's in them. In this case Mr..
Flint didn't. Haddock says he heard
the old man say that he berated broth
er In the ordinary's Office about 1t, tell
ing him it was shame, and that IL he
had suspected what was in 1t he never
would have signed. And brother an
swered, so lie said, that he intended,
II l didn't make too much fuss about
it, to allow me something more; he
didn't say what"
"And what are you going to do about
it, dear2"
81 can't say yet; but will take moth
ing from brother as gift"
Wouldn't you make a compromise
with him Of any sort?"
mo. And now, Hannah, beg you
not to interfere You see that under
stood Wiley better than you did"
SIo fo~N"~a w. rcnlv. brt he could !
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possession of the paper, and either
kept father from destroying It or made
him believe that 1t had been done"
ut dates back to July, 1880, l no.
ticed. That was not long after your
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of affection which neither felt, and
vhich each knew was not felt by the
other. Yet they behaved with decent
civility whenever they met, and their
wives came TO trust that their family
relations would become as they ought
TO be. The father, as happens often
with old men after the death Of their
wives, lapsed sensibly from the vigor
which hitherto he had maintained.
During this while he seemed to have
grown more and more fond Of Cullen
and Hannah. AT the beginning of his
last rapid decline, three years after,
Julia, her husband making no oppo-
sGion, suggested that Hannah should
stay with them in the house, as her own
strength was not sufficient for con-
slant attendance upon his increasing
needa. This wss doro ~ w9S c--.o-
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/ think. I shall not go near him, al.
though shall not go out of my way to
avoid him. Irather look for him to offer
to hand me over the money legacy with
out waiting the year the law allows
him. Well, I've got little other busi-
ness downtown. I'll go to that, and
then move on back. Good-day."
From the window Dabney regarded
him, as he went on down the street.
Yes" he soliloquized; "Hannah
could not but prefer such man to me;
but | doubt If he loved her as well.
For the sake of both, mean to do my
best to ferret out and bring to light
this villainy,"