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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25
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HAD FAST TRAINS EVEN THEM.
high Spced at Wbfch tho Expresses Trav-
oied Fifty Yoars Ago.

oied Fifty Yoars Ago.
IL anybody were asked what compar-
1son exists between the speed Of rail-
road trains now and fifty years a~o he
would probably say that hardly any
| can be mado.
Tho difference, however. is far loss
than is generally supposed. In Nav.
1S4S, the Great Western railway cn,rine
Great Britain was driven by En,rinccr
Almond from PaddinTton TO Didcot.
fifty-thrco miles, in forty-scvrn min.
utcs, starting and stopping. When wo
consider that the brakes in those days
were very crude this is pretty fast tray
cling.
Nor was this done once, but repeat
edly.
The broadgauges expresses are frc-
quently timed at the rate Of mile in
forty-cight seconds, Or scvcnty-fivo
miles an hour, and oven Il higher max
imum was attained for short distances
The Bradshaw for 1913 shows that
the morning express was timed to leave
Paddington ut 0:50 O'Clock and start
ngain from Didcot Mt 10:47. Allowing
tour minutes for the stop at Didcot tho
train must have been officially timed at
mile minute.
L he railway records show that tho
traiu often arrived under time.
These facts should silence a great
many persons who pratc about the pho
nomenal progress recently made in rail-
road matters III general and rapid tram
sit in particular.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25
q BRAVE GIRL.
licroiBm OF Waitress In u Turning
IIOtCi.

AhcToibnh ot "RhrtR3 Ill turning
IIotc!.
1t does not require either mature
years or an exalted position in life to
develop tho qualities that make q
hero or heroine. Ono Of the bravcst
and most rcsolutc deeds that we havo
over rcnd Of WAS performed only recent
ly by girl Of sixteen who was serving
IA dining-room girl in q ho,cl at IIur-
per- Kan, says Youths Companion.
At four o'clock on the morning of tho
; 10th Of November Il fire broke out Mt
, this hotel. In It's rooms slept thirty
seven guests. strong wind was
blowing, and the fire spread rapidly
In ono Of the ROOMS two dining-room
girls were asleep. One Of them, whose
name Is Maud Schcrmcrhorn, woke half
sutfocatcd by smoke. lIcrcompanion was
inscnsiblc; and Maud, though herself
half-suffocatcd, helped the other out Of
the window, and herself lcapcd out,
cutting her flesh badly on the glass as
she did so. She dragged her companion
to place where she would be safe.
Then she saw that the flames wcro
enveloping tho house, and that tho
guests had not been alarmed
The task Of doing this she took upon
! herself. Breaking through q fastened
lower window, md again cutting her.
; self severely, sho crcpt back into tho
hotel, tho halls Of which were thick
with choking smoke. she could not
! walk upright against the smoke; but
! getting down on her hands and knees,
| her face to the floor, she crcpt through
! tho corridors, from room to room.
alarming all in the house
Everywhere she left IL trail of blood
behind her from her bleeding ncsh.
When the last guest had opened tho
door of his room in response to her
coll, he found her lying helpless in n
pool Of her own blood.
Though no himself was half-smOth-
cred, this guest picked up tho girl, and,
cropping his way, reached tho street
with hor In safety. No life was lost in
the fire; but is is said that several peo-
pic would undoubtedly have persisted
but for this heroic girls efforts
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25
SURNAMES IN IRELAND.
Murphy tho Connn,onoat, But Smith Holdl
It's Own.


It's Own.
One Of tho curiositics Of recent
pathological literature Is tho appendix to
tho 1893 report Of the British registrar
general, which bears tho suggestive
title: "Surnames in Ireland" From
that compilation ono who has an eve
for the curious may CLEAN facts and
figures for most interesting article.
For instance, IT Is shown that tho most
common name on the Emerald Islc Is
Murphy, the number Of persons, great
and small, who bear that cognomcn
being $4,000. The following come next
in frequency: Kelly, $4,000; Sullivan,
$4,000; Walsh, 41,700; Smith, 33, roo;
O'Bricn, 33,400; Byrnc, $4,000; Ryan,
$4,000; Connor, $1,000; O'Ncil, "0,II0,
and Reilly, 10000
The cOmpilcrs Of the article under
consideration, says the Albany Argus.
have very nccommodaingly made q
comparison Of the above with the com
mOncSt names in England and Wales,
which shows the following interesting
figures: CommoncSt names in Great
britain, exclusive Of Scotland and
Ireland, Smith, 253,Ga0; next, Jones,
242, 100; next following hcing Williams,
Taylor, Davies and Brown, liz the order
as given In Scotland the order Is:
Smith, Mcdonald, Brown, Thomson,
Robertson, Stewart and Campbell.
The tables show that in Ireland many
of the old Celtic names appear both
with and without prciixcs "O' and
Mac" For tho benefit OF those Of our
readers who may never have seen tho
explanation | will say that as a rulo,
"Mac" or enc" means ''son Of" and
that 80" stands for "desccndant Of"
AS far as local distribution is con-
cerned, the Murphys are most nrmer.
GUS In Carlow and Wexford, Byrno in
Dublin and Wicklow, Kally in kildare,
and Sullivan In Cork and Kerry.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25

for q cyclone to blow dust in tha eyes Of
those ConfederatcS! God grant ihat tho
stupidity which prevails in WY may
seiZo those southern generals NOW; thag
they may not reap this offered alvan.
tagc. May they be blinded! God, tnis is
terrible!
"Thcrcl They SEQ it. Thcy are lrc-
pairing to march through IL There they
40. Hear those cheers :ri.t ych0l yril.
They 'ro noar it. They're t., it. Our men
arc breaking on tho II ht Of Che gap
There goes q rogimCnt, :; whole briGaUo
on tho loft. Heavens, how those gray
coats leap forward! It's" splendid HiGht
if they aro ConfodCratos. Thny know
it's all up With us Thc whoio rt@ht Of
tho army is giving WA hru!l.>1, ~c~C;
tering .pcllmoll over {. field, chased
by tho southorncrs pour q vo!loy upon
volley after thcm.
"Stop and ralIyl Nc! No ono could
rally troops Oh tho hrc"st Of Niagara.
But there's q crumb of oomfort---thoSo
mon nearest this way ar hcnding back
like wrought iron. They aro not break
ing. Good. There 'sa fa 1t hope for tho
left. But, O Lord, wha ST tho left with
tho right and center gono"'
And now comes q spec: !cic, contrast
which must always stand out .p!cndld
monument of heroic endurance i'll tho
great cemetery Of war-tHn spectacle Of
an s,' army, ono half routed, -anc, driven
'iNe ary leaves before tho wind, tho ro.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25
Ono Of I.incOln'S huSwcrH.

Speaking In u recent speech Of GER
tain Washington experiences in Lin
coins time, Mr.. Depcw said: "While l
was there Mr.. John GanSon, Of Buffalo,
was member Of congress-. Ills face
and his head were hairless and polished
like billiard ball. He was IL demo
crat, but supported the president. The
conditions of tho army wore very blue
In the cast and in the west. GnnSoI
came in ono day and said: Mr. Prcsi
dent, am rislsing my reelection in sup,
porting your war measures. The cam
paign seems very unsatisfactory. Of
course will not give out anything You
tell mo. What is the situation at the
front9' Mr.. Lincoln, In his searching
and sad way, looked at him for Il mo-
mcnt rs If he were about to reveal tho
secret OF tho whole army, and then
tumbled Ganson out Of the reception
room by saying: 'Ganson, how clean
you shavc.'"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25
The TiYst Metal.

Gold, because 1t was found pure and
fairly tractable, was probably the first
metal used by man. Copper, It is true,
Is found as metal, but only in one
comparatively restricted locality. Oc.
casionally gold fish hooks have been
discovered In graves In New Granada
In mining tunnel in Cauca a gold
hook was found In 1882 fifty feet under
the surface OF the ground and beneath
what must have the bed of river
Copper fish hooks have been found in
many of the ancient burial mounds Of
Peru.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25

The largest salmon caught in British
waters during the last twenty nve
years, according to Mr.. II. Ffuencll,
was one caught in tho Tay which
weighed seventy-one pounds. There
arc plenty Of instances Of fish between
fifty and sixty pounds, and fcw above
sixty. In Youell's British Fishes" is
the statement that q salmon Weighing
eighty-threc pounds was for sale In
London in 1921. It seems to bo fact
that British salmon do not run as big
aa formerly,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25
Costumes OF tho GpaniarlJ.

The wcalthicr Spanish women dress
worry plainly, few wearing Iunncts in
the street, adorning their heads with
lace instead, although those who dress
for state occasions follow the latest
Partisan styles. The men are dark
eyed and usually wear sort Of cape in
winter, which thrown over their shoul.
dcrs gives them a military ,f;p;;;:;,i;;ii,,,.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-04-25
bathrooms Two Thousand yob ra o,,

A villa has been mearthed at Bos-
corealc, on the slopes Of Vesuvus.
where tho decorated bathrooms aro in
such good state of preservation that
even tho pipes and taps are in their
original places, and tho tepidarium
could almost be used to-day without
any assistance from the plumber.
The Washington times., 1895-05-25
WEST END NEWS AND GOSSIP

tits stated that dynamite fishing Is going
on above the Aqueduct bridge, against
the fishing regulations A cartridge filled
with the stuff is lowered to the bed of the
river and exploded No noise is made,
but the concussion kills all fish within
hundred yards of the explosion.
The barges No 120, j. j. Alexander,
Fannie Flanagan, No. 75 and Agnew have
arrived in port.
The Virginia Memorial Chapter, st.
Mary's Guild, gave very pretty Japanese
tea, at It's headquarters, No 3017 o street,
last evening.
Mr.. James A. Anderson, seventy -four
years of age, died yesterday morning at
the Georgetown Home for Inclr Jlcs { T an
affection of the throat. His remains were
removed to his late home, No. 413 n street
northwest, from whence the funeral vii
take place on Sunday evening. The inter
ment will be in tfe Prospect Hill Gene
terry.
Mr.. James H. Fowler, of No. 2449 street,
after long period of illness, died yeSter-
day afternoon. His funeral will take
place at 3 O'Clock Sunday afternoon from
the Baptist church, and the burial Will be at
Rock Greek Cemetery.
The wedding OF Mr. George F. Ellis, of
| this city, and Miss Julia A CahIl OF Penn
sylvaDia, is announced for next Wednesday
| The affair, it is said, will take place al
| the home of the groom elect on Thirty-iifth
| street, Rev. DR.. Stephens, of Marlboro,
| officiating.
The Washington times., 1895-05-25
Notes From the Courts.

William Berney and W. f. Lester, as
assignees of Elias H. Kirlin, who failed in
June, 1898, yesterday sued Peter Fersinger
for the sale of lot 2S, square 617, and
lot 291, square SO, to recover a $32
Judgment.
French & French yesterday filed bill
asking for the sale of Parts OF "Beall s
Adventure" and of Fife Enlarged" to
satisfy their Judgment against Thomas C.
Pole and Benajmiu C. Pole, of the American
Energizer Company, for $265.
A motion for a new trial was made
yesterday for Alice Price, convicted of
arson in attempting to burn the Girls
Reform school.
Hess Mason and George Price, convicted
of housebreaking on Thursday were yester-
ay sentenced to ninety days in Jail each.
Patrick Scanlon, of South Washington,
charged with housebreaking and carrying
away q box of nails and other articles
on February %, plead guilty yesterday and
was remanded for sentence.
Charles Mccarthy yesterday applied for
letters OF administration upon the estate of
his brother, Daniel Mccarthy, who died
May IT, 1895. The property consists Of
$500 personality and some real estate.
The heirs are the petitioner, and his sisters,
Mary Mccarthy, Elizabeth Killigan, and
Catherine 0'Neil.
Thomas W Smith yesterday got a
Judgment in Judge Bradley's court for
81 200 against Arthur Z. Randle.
The suit OF A. NJ. Cleggs against Edward
| F. Parr for S21 GOO damages on breach of
contract came up for trial before Judge
Bradley yesterday and will be heard
further to-day.
The Washington times., 1895-05-25
SMALLPOX HOSPITAL PLANS
Work on the Building Will Be Begun
Some Time This Summer.
Forty Patients Can Be Accommodated
I'm the Place, Which VIII Have All
Latest Sanitary Appliances.

The District viii in the early future be
able TO boast of a desirable acquisition
in the form of an institution where people
SO unfortunate as to be infected with
smallpox may have comfortable and de-
cent quarters during the period required
for treatment. 1t viii supplant the pest
house, which lately did duty as hospital.
Under the direction of the building in
spector, the plans for the new buildings
are being prepared by Draughtsman Brad
ley, and by the first OF June both the
plans and specifications will be ready and
advertisement for proposals to construct
viii be made Immediately thereafter.
The hospital building VIII cover an area
of 5000 square feet, representing mean
dimensions of 50x1OO feet. 1t VIII COM
prise a central part containing separate
wards, with four wings radiating there
from for general wards, so constructed
and located that each ward will have
direct sunlight at all houTs of the day.
The hospital proper VIII be a one-story
structure, containing two general wards,
two conyalescing wards, three separate
wards, two conlmOdious rooms for nurses
convenient to every ward, two linen rooms,
one receiving room, one d-distributing
conveniences and appliances.
All Of the wards viii be ventilated by
means of fireplaces in each and venti-
| lating registers. They will be heated by
steam The lavatories Will be practically
detached from the building, though not
| in fact, owing to the method of ventilation.
The main corridor viii be cOmmodious
well lighted and ventilated by large dormer
4 windows.
/
The hospital viii ordinarily accommodate
/ thirty five patients, with the most scien-
/ tific distribution of ward space, though in
cases of emergency 1t will accommodate
| forty-three without over-crowdiDg.
In addition to the hospital proper, there
| will be detached buildings, as follows: An
| administration building containing kitchen
and quarters for laundry, physicians and
nurses; a disinfecting plant, stable and a
| cottage for suspected cases, the whole,
| excepting the cottage, to be enclosed by a
| brick wall seven feet in height.
The hospital building will be constructed
| of red brick in the French chateau style
Of architecture, perfectly plain, but ef-
| fective
Assistant Building Inspector Ashford is
also at work on the plaus for the engine
house for Company No. 2, to be located on
the lot recently purchased on Ohio avenue
and ID street northwest. He hopes to have
the sketch completed by the first of next
month The house will front on ID street,
and will be of the best and most conmodi-
| GUS design
The Washington times., 1895-05-25
STILL GROWING.
The Evidence Is Convincing.

Among the many whom DR.. R. A. Walker
has benefited, Mr. W. L. Carney, who lives
at No. 1919 Tenth street northwest, and
Mr. j. w Mobiles, of No. 320S Sherman
avenue northwest, may be mentioned.
These gentlemen can be seen if de-
sired Hundreds of references may be OBJ
tanned by calling at the office. DR.. Wal
ker succeeds where other physicians fail
in the cure of all disorders of the brain and
nervous system, diseases of the skin and
blood. catarrh, asthma, consumption, dys-
pepsia, malaria, rheumatism, neuralgia,
hemorrhoids, diseases of women, loss OF
vitality, sexual weakness, and all affec-
lions OF the lungseI throat, heart, liver,
stomach, kidneys, bladder, bowels and
other organs.
Young rmiddle-agedmens suffering from
the effects of their OVID foll1es, vices or
excuses, or men contemplating marriage
who are conscious OF any impeachment or
disqualification, or~those who feel their
youthful vigor and power declining, should
consult Dr. Walker who has been the
means of restoring hundreds OF such un-
fortunates TO health, strength and happi-
ness
DR.. Walker may be consulted free of
charge, personally or by letter. His we'll
known sanitarium, at 1411 Pennsylvania
avenue, adjoining Wizards Hotel is open
daily for consultation and treatment.
Office hours, 10 a. m TO 3 p. m; Wednes-
day and Saturday evenings, TO 8; Sun
dtgs, 10 to IL.
Charges for treatment very low.
All interviews and correspondence sa-
credy confidential No cases made public
without consent of patients
The Washington times., 1895-05-25
cuEMnYIM only s.. rs ton. Pure and clean
SIkMUkiN ARTHUR B. SMITH, main
ff0AI Office. Mass ave. and st me-,
UUHL and 9th and sIs. NV.
I,ohona 1O7I
RErLY oF THE WILLOW.
Mrs. MoxIey Claims She Has Proper
Adm Mustered Husba nd y Estate.

Mrs. MoxIey Claims She Has Properly
Administered Husba nd's Estate.
Mrs. Emily A. Moxley, widow of the late
B. F. Moxley, yesterday answered the
suit of her stepdaughter's husband, j.
Henry Turner, of Baltimore, which charges
that she has not properly administered the
estate left by her husband for the benefit
of his children.
She denies that she was directed to in
vest the estate in United States bonds and
apply the income TO the support and edu-
cation of the children. She has not re-
ceived the sums, about $4,000, charged
against her in the bin.
The money was collected by James A.
Reilly, executor of the estate. She re-
ceived from him small sums -$25, $50
and S75 at time-of which she. kept no
account. The money was used for the
children, and the total does not exceed
$4,000.
She admits that she advanced money
to her son George, but it was to save
him from ruin, and proper charge was
made against his interest In the estate
Her daughters live with her, as stated in
the bill, but they pay their own expenses
The Washington times., 1895-05-25
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The Washington times., 1895-05-25

The big boom in the marriage license
business at the District clerks office
Is not the only interesting result 10 be
expected from the court of appeals decl-
zion that the Edmunds antipolygamy law
applies to the District of Columbia. The
act is undergoing continued study by the
ATTORNEYS and new features may be re-
ported at any time.
The latest is the penalty for failure TO
make return of marriage license. 1t viii
be remembered what a figure this failure
Oh the part of Rev. DR.. Paxton, OF New
York, cut in the Breckenridge trial A
Similar failure on the part OF minister
here may cost him two years in the peni-
Tertiary or 81 ,000 fine, or both, in the
discretion Of the court. The time within
which the return must be made is not
fixed, but the Interpretation by the courts
IN such cases is that it must be attended
to within a reasonable limit.
LIMIT OF TIME.
Two months would usually be the time
allowed and six months the extreme. A
number Of cases are known when this limit
has been greatly exceeded and some where
no return at all has been made. This is
sometimes very embarrassing, as it be-
comes difficult in prosecutions by the govern
ment involving the marriage relation to find
proof of the marriage. The application OF
the ne W law isexpected to be Of considerable
value on this account.
The return is TO be made, Of course, by the
person officiating at the ceremony and it
must contain the full name of every person
officially connected with the marriage.
Another question brought up is what per
sons are authorized to administer the rites
here. 1t has been generally supposed that
only some duly authorized priest of re-
Iigious sect had the authority. The ques-
ton whether it must be a Christian minister
has not heretofore been raised, but the ex-
preston minister of the gospel is now
held by some TO exclude alike the Jewish
rabbi and the Hindoo, Mahometan OF
Chinese religious leader. On the other
hand some are ready to believe that the
civil marriage may come TO be authorized
as a result of the new law.
CANNOT BE COMPELLED.
Further. it is provided that the hus
band and wife may testify one against the
other. but cannot be compelled to do so.
ANYTHING that is excluded undertheconlmor
law as confidential is also held sacred
here.
Marriage within the fourth degree OF
consanguinity, as fixed by law, is held to
be incest, punishable by from three to
fifteen years in the penitentiary-
The widow is to have a third Interest
in all her husbands lands, unless released
by herself, and where lands are taken II
exchange 10y the husband she can, Withif
n year. make choice between the original
lands and those given in exchange. In case
of a mortgage before marriage, she has
her dover except against mortgagee.
When the husband mortgages his lands
and the wife does not unite, the wife
nevertheless loses her dover right as
Rgainst the mougagee. This is the exact
contrary TO the law hitherto in force anc
NAV cause considerable litigation.
10 case of a surplus after payment OF a
mortgage. the widow is entitled to he
dover interest in the surplus. A divorced
woman loses her dover.