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inquiries have to be made on the quiet, as there is no police regulation that makes the occurrence Of Q contagious disease without a proven pedigree a crime, but no connection could be found. After much inquiry the attend ing physician said: 'tThis case is either one of spontaneous generation or of murder; it cannot be spontaneous gen. eratien, therefore I think it is mur- der.n About ten days later it ap- peared that the man whose death has just been mentioned had been in= sured for the sum of five thousand dollars. This is nothing remarkable in itself, but the policy was payable to the nephew of the dead man, and is out of all proportion to his earnings, and the deceased did not pay the pre- miums, while the beneficiary did. In one word the man stood between another and what was to that other comfort able succession, and he was bill of 1 expense as long as he lived. Is 1t too much to suspect that man who was willing to speculate on the death of an- other, to begin with, would cog the dice to his advantage when he found himself able to do so without the least danger of detection?
 The third case is just repetition of the second except that the death cer- tifcate reads s.pyemia. The meaning of the two things is the same. In this case the man who had an interest In the death was Philadelphia sporting man, who, by the decease of the nearer heirs, was the residuarY legatee of 8 i man who had the use of an estate for life. This case presented the same im- nossibie questions for solution as the last. Eow it could happen that two such cases as these could occur in the space of three months without the least apparent connection with any other cases, in city where the records are made with any sort of care, it is hard to see, and when the two sus- picious cases are the only ones that happen in a whole year, that cannot be accounted for, it is worse than blind ness to deny the inference that such cases need looking after"
 While no distinct charge has been made, there is no doubt in the minds o1 the few men who know all the circum- stances that some one in this city is prepared to sell, for his price, the means of death to anyone to whom he thinks it safe to sell.
 The idea might be advanced that the cost of the plant would make it difficult for anyone who did not have very large trade to afford to go into the business of making poisons of this class, but against this may be urged an equally obvious fact that the whole outfit of the manufacture would not cost one hundred dollars, and that the cost of running the same is nil. 4 much more serious difficulty would be the getting possession of the first cul fures, but this could be done in this city by entering any of the laboratories devoted to this class of work as a stu dent and then starting the cultures in the tubes prepared for his own use by this devoted student of science.
 The law of the case would require that the man selling to anyone the cul-
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earth's surface as does the Shark, that is to say, he lives in St. Louis.
 The secretary of the Hoo Hoos is de- nominated, in the feline vocabulary of the kittens, the Scrivenoter. His is a great responsibility. This assertion is made on the authority of a person who also lives in St. Louis when he is not tra9el:oe for lumber firm or doing something else. His name is Smith George K. Smith-and he is proud of 1t. The Smiths are in reality descended from that Tubal Cain whom the histo. rians allude to in measured phrases as but the reader will doubtless prefer to consult the Hoo Hoo ritual whence these details are purloined. Mean
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 A Negro Girl Evangelist.

South Carolina has prodigy in Claretta Norah Avery, ten-year-old negro girl, who is most remarkable preacher. Both blacks and whites have been converted by her. She has won derful memory for sermons and can re- peat an hours discourse word for word. She can barely write, but she seems to have committed the whole of the New Testament by heart.
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JAPAN'S COURT.
European Manners and Customs Largely
 Observed.


 Observed.
 Some interesting particulars concern ing the court of Japan are gwen by writer in the Revue des Revues, who has recently been on visit to Tol1io. The emperor Mutsu-Hito, who is now thirty-three years of age, has powerful ly contributed to the introduction of European manners and customs among his people, and in this he has been cor dially seconded by Empress Hoyo Sama, to whom he was married in 1869. Only two years after their marriage, she allowed herself to be drawn through the streets of the Japanese capital in an open carriage, which fol- lowed one in which her husband was seated, and in 1890 she positively dared to sit side by side with her husband in the same carriage. Considering that former expresses were never, under any circumstances, allowed to brave the public gaze, the amount of courage necessary to accomplish such feat was considerable. The empress for merly wore the Japanese national cos tune, but she now dresses like a fashionable lady from Paris or London. The adoption of the European costume. however, was no easy matter, for no one of the rank of dressmaker was al- lowed to approach the imperial person. The difficulty was got over by finding a young lady of the same height and build as her majesty, so that the process of being measured could be gone through by proxy.
 A CRY is what the heart says when
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qn 1t Q common
 among the pig Tens in France,
 and is almost, or quite, unknown ia this country outside of the laboratories and all the attempts { 0 identify io with any of the local barnyard plsgues h a V e been ZGuS1ceeSS-
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lures Of disease germ s should
 protect himself by providing a pro e r state ment for his in- tending custom CT, and a lawyer has expressed an O pinion that anyone did his whole duty in f1,a ,.~N.,o,eoo i4
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A Successful Season.

That's very blurred picture you carry in your watch" ..Yes, it's composite photograph o1 my summer engagements Life.
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A CRY is what the heart says when the lips cannot speak
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
School hygiene.

DIR. Chaplin, Of New York City. be-
lieves that one OF the most active
sources Of spreading contagious dis.
eases among public school children
Is through their outer clothing. The
garments come from all sorts OF
homes, and are usually piled together,
whether wet or dry, in an unventi-
lated place, that makes an excellent
incubator for disease germs, especially
those OF diphtheria. In some cities,
where school buildings are crowded,
this same clothing is sometimes hung
in the schoolroom itself, or in the
wardrobe room, where it Ia placed, 10
used for an extra recitation room.
There should be q room for wraps
that Is thoroughly ventilated, and q
place where they can be dried in wet
weather,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
New Pallndromes.

Uncertainty about spelling words
is something that has not been cured
by typewriting machines. Some Of
the machines spell worse than lead
pencils or pens In the hands Of re,
porters not entirely great. For small
people, who are backward about
spelling, u few words have been con.
structed that can be spelled back.
ward or forward and answer tho same
purpose. They are AIDA, Anna, bah,
bib. bob, bub, civic. dad, deed, del.
fled, derived, dewed, did, dood, ecce
eve, eve, eye, cog, gig, gag, level.
madam, Maram, noon, non, Otto,
pap, peep, pip, pop, pup, redder,
refer. repaper, reviver, rotator, sees
selles, sexes, shahs, sis, siris. semes,
stellets, tat. tenet, tit, loot, tot, tut,
waw and welew.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
Oh Production In Psnnsytvanla.

The oil fields OF Pennsylvania have
produced during the year 1894 about
30, 900, 600 barrels OF oil. During
the year 1893 the total product was
81, 600, 900 barrels. The oil was sold
during 1898 for O. cents, and last
year for 81 cents a barrel. In all
about 800 new wells were drilled in
1894. while In the previous year only
1000 new wells were prepared. The
demand for Pennsylvania oil showed
no 0-G.S....- $3.50. .... ~. :.
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
THEIR nSELF DENIAL WEEK
Some Lntherans Opposed 1t as Saver
ing Of Phariseeism.
But 1t Carried in the Synod as Well
as ii Mission Sunday-An Anni-
versary.

Hagerstown, Nd. June 7--The Home
Mission topic occupied nearly all Of to-day's
session of the synod. resolution re-
commencing that the Sunday preceding
Luther Sunday be set apart as home
missions Sunday and that the week fol-
lowing be "self denial week for the sake
of missions was passed, although the
proposition met with adverse eommeut in
many quarters, "self denial week being
compared TO fast days, PhariSeeism and
Cathol olieism.
The synod decided on an annual appor-
tionmeut of S45 900 among local synods
as the assessment for home mission work.
A resolution of Rev. H c. w Heisler, OF
Denver, Colorado, advocating more secre-
taries in the home mission field did not
receive much approval inthe synod and was
referred to the home mission board
The report OF the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society was adopted.
The synod listened to greetings from the
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionar ~
Society through its president, Mrs. A. V.
Hunter, OF Columbia City, Ind, and from
the Presbyterian general assembly, through
Delegate Samuel McLanahan OF Baltimore.
Rev Mr.. McLanahan indicated similarities
between Presbyterian and Lutheran tenets:
and in his replying speech, p resident Bangher,
OF the synod, was appIauded when he said
he was glad the Presbyterians were inter
ested in a contest for the integrity of the
scriptures and glad that they had over
sight of their seminaries. They were right
in saying that Presbyterian pulpits were for
Presbyterian ministers.
Tonight the anniversary of the Home
Mission board was celebrated, the pro-
gramme including addresses by Revs. G. H
Heindel. D. D., Albany, N Y; J. W Kapp,
Richmond, Ind, and S. B. BdmitZ, d. D.,
DeS Moines Iowa
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

In its determination TO make its special
souvenir school edition as representative
as possible, The Times invited the co-opera-
ton Of every teacher, from the humblest
position in the graded schools to the highest
in rank and Importance.
That This was appreciated is shown by
the earnest niannerfn which the opportunity
has been availed Of, and il VIII be more
clearly proved by the wide variety OF
educational topics treated in the edition,
and by the thorOGghness and accuracy with
which every department of public school
work VIII be dealt
What The county schools are doing for
the cause OF education is very little known,
except 10 parents who live in the suburbs.
Air. Alphonso 0. Stafford, principal of The
Ivy City School. VIII in the special edition,
tell something about county school work.
His earnestncss of purpose is seen in a letter
written by him 10 Tie Times, in which lie
says:
''Your special edition OF The Washington
Times, TO be devoted exclusively TO the
public schools of the District of Columbia,
VIII be q newspaper enterprise somewhat
surprising too1r conservative community.
Your enterprise aims TO call attention to
what is GeaTest and nearest to all residents
OF our city and its suburbs-the public
school; which effort in itself viii conlmendit
20 many more readers than any subject that
the press ofthe city could possibly giveus.
The effect OF such an enterprise is
strengthened by the fact that each teocher
becomes a historian of this unique history
thus giving dignity and Importance 10 tie
statement Of the subiect-matter far be
yond that which would be given TO the
compilation OF two or three disinterested
writers.
Not only VIII this special edition call
attention to the wonderful development
OF our schools, the need Of increased facili-
ties and larger appropriations, lat will
give the general public an idea of the
teachers work from their point of view,
their training and culture, and their ability
towuteint terse, vigorous Engl.sh interesting
accounts of their profession THIS should
make the edition literary gem verify of
preservation among the souvenirs Of the
year
''The county teacher viii appreciate this
opportunity TO bring to the attention OF
the public that part OF our school system
which is litile known and in which there is
the most labor-the county schools.
II conIncnd The Times for rs ,,cvotion
10 the pubic cause, upon rs progressive
methods, It's cntcrprising Journalism, and
wish il great success in this effort
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
EARLY CLOSING POPULAR.

1t is as interesting as it is gratifying to
note the increasing popularity of the early
closing movement. When it was first
mooted. some years ago, the only ypersons who
were pronounced in favor of it were the
clerks to be benefited. Now not only
they, but their employers and customers as
well, are equally well pleased to close stores
and counting houses at 3 and on Satur-
day at 1 O'Clock during the heated term.
The reason for this change in sentiment on
the part of two of the classes directly inter
ested, ii is not difficult to find. So far as
the employers are concerned they have dis
covered that their clerks work with greater
alacrity, are more attentive to their duties
and in many other ways show their ap-
probation of the conside ration shown them
in exacting less labor from them while the
dog star rules. Customers see that they are
waited on more promptly and treated more
courteously by clerks not all exhausted by a
long, hot days task.
Those who hesitate to join the procession
do so from false motives. They fear that
their business may, perhaps, suffer because
some near by competitor has decided to keep
his store open few hours longer. II
these tinid people were to go TO those
employers WHO have tried the plan for sew
eral seasons they would soon be convinced
that so far from losing anything by the
change they viii actually gain by it. 1t is
one of the occasions where the bread that is
thrown upon the waters returns thousand
fold
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
HARRISON LEFT FOR HOME
Finished His Eastern Trip With a
Visit to Wanamaker.
But Few Visitors Saw the ex-Presf-
dent w hiIe He OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
None Were Politicians.

Philadelphia, Pa, June General Har-
rison left Philadelphia homeward bound at
4:3O o'clock this afternoon via the Penn
syivania. He viii proceed to indianapolis
without stop and is due in that city at
12:45 p. m, tomorrow.
General Harrison spent the night at John
w anamaker's country home, and this
morning he walked and drove around the
surrounding country. After luncheon, Mr..
WaDamaker and his distinguished guest
droveto p Philadelphia, takingin the romantic
drive along the banks of the beautiful
WisSahickon.
They came straight TO the Union League
in this city, where the few members OF the
club who happened to be present Were
introduced to the ex-President. From
the League Messrs. Wanamaker aud Har-
rison walked TO the Pennsylvania railroad
station accompa uied by John Russell
Young.
The two Philadelphians RENAMED in
conversation with General Harrison until
his train started.
The ex-President says he will return
east in August when along with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mckee, and her two children,
he viii go to cottage in the Adiroudacks,
where he will spend the balance Of the
summer.
Gen. Harrison saw only two or three
visitors at Mr.. Wanamakers country home
this morning. These included William
V. Mexican, who was largely instrumental
in inducing the General to purchase his
cottage at Cape May. According to Mr.
Wanamaker, nOne of General Harrison's
visiturs were politicians or men inter
ested in politics.
Harrisburg, Pa, June 7.-Ex-President
Harrison passed through Harrisburg this
evening on the st. Louis express, en- route
TO indianapolis. The exp residsent was in
the dining car with party OF ladies when
the train passed Ex-Collector Cooper, of
Delaware county, who happened TO be at
the station waiting for Philadelphia train,
saw Mr.. Harrison and quietly slipped in TO
the car to pay his respects II was not
known among politicians and Legislators
at the capital that the KIP resident was going
through and nobody else was at the train
to greet him.
New York, June Tt has become known
that exp resident Harrison gave sit
tings for his portrait TO two different
artists during his stay in this city. Be
sides posing for Eastman Johnson, he also
sat" for Charles Aver Whipple, whOsI
studio is in the Sherwood building. The
picture, when finished, is TO grace the ex-
2 residents Indianapolis home. The
picture represents Mr.. Harrison in the
act of delivering his recent speech at
Carnegie Music Hall.
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
THE CABINET AppoINrMENTs.

President cleveland's promotion of At
OF State was expected, but his selection
of Judge Judson Harmon to succeed MI.
0lney after the many rumors of other
probable nominations, was complete
surprise. inasmuch as his name had never
In any way been connected with the
office. Both appointments are charac-
terstic of the President One is the
promotion of the most unpopular man in
bis Cabinet, and the other the exalta-
tation OF a comparatively obscure attorney
to one of the most important offices in
the country.
1t goes without saying that there win
be 10 change in the conduct of either the
State Department or the Attorney Generals
office. Possibly. in the absence of the
President the individuality OF Mr.. olney
may make itself manifest, as did that of
Secretary Gresham in the Allianca af-
fair, wbile the President was duck hunting.
But ii may be expected that trusts viii
thrive and Jingoes will howl without in
the least disturbing the complacency of
the admi mist ration. which, of course,
distinctly and exclusively means President
Cleveland.
The one gratifying thing about this ad-
inistration is that if it fails NO one
will be responsible except the 2 resi-
dent Should it succeed. he alone will
be entitled to the credit, for il is Cleve-
Landscape, from the cuckoo that marks
time in the White House, to the robust
gentleman who signs execut i've docu-
ments.
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
oUREDUcAT1oNAL1S INSTITUTIONS

Washington glories in its schools and
universities. More than any other agen-
cies they have helped to make the National
Capital one of the most delightful and re-
fined of abiding places. They are rapidly
making il the educational Mecca of the
whole country Other cities may boast,
Of vast and venera BILE inst it utions OF
learning, but they do not surpass ours in
number, variety, earnestness, or the
quality of the education impaired.
Our colleges are noted for the excellence
OF their methods, and the high standaru
of their curriculum. Our medical schools
are recognized the world over, and our
law schools have given many notable names
TO the American Bar, and lowered many
OF our business men with that knowledge
which is their best safeguard, so long as
humanity is begjrt by human weaknesses.
In private academies we are especially
rich, and their excellence is a matter OF
national notoriety
Educators everywhere know that our
public school system is second TO none,
and that there is none better managed or
more far-Teaching in its beneficial results.
All this has helped to populate Washing
ton with a class of residents of which
any city in the world might be proud, and
parents who have the welfare of their
children at heart will in the future come to
US in larger numbers.
Just now our schools and colleges are
particularly in evidence, for the season
OF commandments is abroad in the land
Blessed season of commandments! 1t
comes to us with the flowers and the
sunshine, when all nature is at her best,
and the heart of youth and old age is the
most buoyant. 1t is a season OF high hopes
and lofty ambitious, when brave young
hearts are looking forward with hopes TO
noble deedsiu life's sbattle, when the wisdom
of maturity is being addressed to the re-
ceptive mind of earnest youth. 1t is the
sweetest age of man and OF woman.
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
WALKER SUED FOR DIVORCE.
Real Estate Agents Wife Commence
Various Proceedings.


Various Proceedings.
Mrs. Genevieve E Walker has brought
suit against Col Barlow l.. Walker, the
real estate man, for divorce. The papers
in the case are not public.
Mrs. Walker at the same time renaws
suit brought some time ago asking for
an accounting from her husband for SOL
10S, which she inherited from the estate
of her father and turned over to him to
take care OF.
She says he has bought real estate with
it. and by deeds to his clerk, Paul ] Brandt,
and deeds of trust from Brandt to himself
to secure S25, 1000 to A. c. Walter, his
brother-in law, has attempted to put the
property beyond her reach.
| Since her last suit was filed another
step has, she declares, been taken to
| complicate the title TO the real estate by
| Mr. Brandt making another deed of trust
| for the benefit of the Virginia lahama
Company.
In order to incldde this company in the
proceedings she yesterday by her next
friend, James K. Kelly, filed another bin.
| She asks for an accounting from her
| husband, a personal decree for money psed
| for which there is now nothing to show. q
| full discovery of all the facts connected
| with his business transactions with ter
money and the title to the property bought
| with it
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
EXCLUDE THE GOODS.

Just how much Of pTison-made German
goods IS imported into this COUNTY, has
proba bly, never been definitely ascer.ained,
tenoughisknow warrant the assertion
that they come into dangerous conlpeti-
tion with The honest labor of the United
States. Now comes the news from the
American consul at Annaberg that
fn certain prisons in middle Germany
themanufacturc oedolls has been begun and
the product viii proba bly, be largely
shipped here He suggests that tteps
ought 10 be taken to prevent such i'm
port alton.
There can be no question that the honest
worEingnien and women OF the United
States are entitled TO just such protection
as this consul suggests. It should take but
few days after Congress meets to pass
the necessary legislation to bar out all
foreign prisan-made goods There are, as
the consul points out, two ways TO ascer-
tain the facts: one byconsu liar invest igation,
the other by compelling declaration on
the invoice as 10 whether the goods are
prison-nlade or not.
Ihe con Industry OF the United States
Is yearly growing in extent and import
ance, Notwithstanding the competition
from Germany, which even under ordinary
circumstances is very great 1t is be
cause the domestic product is superior to
the foreign and on account of the greater
ingenuity Of our artisans in the use of
IHbor-saying machinery that the in
dustry here flourishes in the face of desper-
ate competition 1t would be little less
than criminal TO bring the thousands OF
men and women engaged in it to wage on
almost hopeless struggle against foreign
prison labor.
Here is case in which the great labor
The Washington times., 1895-06-08
BRIBERY ATTEMPTED IN COURT.
Blandtshments of a Twenty Dollar BIZ

Establishments of a Twenty Dollar Bill
Tried on Prosecutor Mullowney.
A man stalked into Assistant District
Attorney Mullowney's private office in
the police court yesterday, aud, slipping
crisp $50 greenback into Mr. Mullowney's
coat pocket, requested the prosecutor to
noIle pros. a case ofassault.
Mr.. Mullowney Gqoly withdrew the biz
from his pocket, stared at the stranger for
moment and then, throwing the money
on the floor. started from his chair with
the intention of giving the man a sound
thrashing, but on second thought he ordered
the owner of the bill TO depart in a hurry.
Mr. Mullowney later brought the matter
to the attention of Judge Miller, who
advised him to prosecute the audacious
would-be briber, but Mr.. Mullowney. at
tributing the matter to the mans ignorance,
let it drop.