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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-18

DR.. Parkhurst is justified in suspecting
tendency on the part Of better New York
to backslide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-18
DOIan'S Diet.

"Oi hovn't eaten anytEin' today" re-
marked Mr.. Dolan, but glass av milk,
an OF drank thot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-18

"Ef a p'liceman," remarked Uncle Eben,
"could keep is eye on er bad citizen ez
Industrious ez er bad citizen kin keep is
eye on a pliceman dab wouldn' be nigh SO
much COINS on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-18

No other house DOES-EYER DID-or EVER
WIIL-sel1 such STERLING QUALITIES for such
LOW prices WE QUOTE.
SAKS AND COMPANY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-18

That was peculiarly sagacious dog who
brought the donation to the poor Tt knew
without being told that 1t wasn't his kind
of pound party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-18

permanent circulation much more
,han the combined circulation of
the other Washington dailies- As n
News and Advertising Medium 1t
has no competitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-18
sIm the Mems Corner"
AT
PERRY'S.
Last of the 39c. Shirt Sale.

All good things have an end. The big
ger the bargain-the speedier the end. We
have Just Is dozen Of those 29c. WHITE
DRESS SHIRTS left. And when they are gone
that Is all until the 6 months will roll around
egain-August first. We entered the field ,
with every one Offering a special shirt at a
rpecial price-but none of them have eQualed
our value at our price. Ours have pure
linen bosoms-are full proportioned and care
fully made. II you wait until this sale II
over as good shirt will cost you soc. at
least. Now you Will save the difference be-
tween q half dollar and
80 Cents.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
PACIFIC LAND GRANTS.

No More Patents to Be Issued tho Roads.
washington, March 0.-Secretary
smith has determined no more patents
Tor land granted the subsidized rail-
roads shall be issued until there has
been settlement of the debt due the
government from these roads. An at
tempt was made to get a resolution to
this effect through Congress, but it
failed. AS soon as the resolution was
presented Commissioner Lamoreaux Of
the general land Office Immediately sus-
pended all work upon the preparation
OF Lists Of lands within the grants, and
none were sent to the secretary for ap-
proval while the resolution was pend
Ing. Afterwards when Congress ad-
5ourned the commissioner felt impelled
to go ahead with the patenting OF lands
to the Union and Central Pacific roads,
but with the announcement Of the sec
rotary that he will not approve any fur
Their patents to these roads work will
again be suspended. Secretary Smith
will in short time make an order to
that effect and give his reasons for
such action. He says that he thinks 1t
just that no more patents should be
granted when the roads owe the gov
eminent such large sums. 1t has been
stated that a suit for mandamus to
compel the secretary to continue issu-
ing patents will be brought by the rail-
roads. When this was suggested to
Secretary Smith to-day he said that 1t
would be time enough to begin work on
the patents when the Courts granted
such mandamus. The lands affected
are within the grants to the Union and
Central Pacific between Omaha and
Sacramento. 1t is also thought the
lands within the grant to the Oregon &
California road will be affected, as 1t Is
operated as part Of the Central Pa
cific railroad system.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

washington, March 0-Not one mer-
camille ship flying the United States
aitfoush many cargoes destined for
America passed through In British
ships, says United States Consul Gen
sral penfleld at Cairo. Egypt, In re-
mort 10 the state department upon the
Suez canal traffic. o ,, =,
nasae,s nagsIng through the canal was
y a,n heina ten In excess OF the pre-.
"rT,no wear, and the receipts amounted
~ ainost s15,OOO,OOO. The number Of
. ~ msine the canal In 1874. twenty
s sn AGO was only 1,2G4. These hg-
y !,raa compared with those Of the pres,
w. dav show how completely the canal
has reyoIutionized the traffic between
the far east and Europe.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

1t was musical burglar who en-
tered the residence Of Oscar Remmer
OF Chicago, and plundered it OF silver
plate and jewels. No one was In the
house when the robbery was commit
ted. The neighbors In the adjoining
fats heard the burglar in the house,
because he entertained them with a
performance on the piano. Mrs.
Greedy. who lives In the fiat above,
heard the music. al wondered who
was playing in Mr.. Remmer's Hat. ;"
she said. "because II has been so still
down there, owing TO the absence OF
the family for several days. When
the piano sounded at first. 1t caught
my attention and / listened. 1t was as
II some one was trying 1t. After rum
ming over tho keys few times there
was pause and then the person be-
gan playing one OF Bach's fugues."
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
CLEVELAND IS HOPEFUL.
Has an Idea That the Next Monetary Con
ference May Amount to Something.

Has an Idea That the Next Monetary Con.
ference May Amount to Something.
Washington, March 5.-The Presi-
dent told Representative Bartholdt and
epresentatives-elect Clark, TreIoar
and Burton of Missouri few days ago
that he was greatly encouraged by the
recent action Of the British House of
Commons in regard to bimetallism and
another monetary conference.
1T looks like business" remarked
the President. 1.-THE instructions given
the British delegates to the last none
tary conference were only around the
edges. They did not mean anything
Now 1t looks as IL the English dele
gates to the next conference may be
expected to come with the intention of
accomplishing something tangible
They put me down as stubborn on this
financial questio continued the Pres
ident, but l am not stubborn at all.
have some positive views on finance
and cannot get rid Of them"
And the President went on talking Of
his great desire to do the best thing for
the country, disavowing any personal
feeling or arbitrary attachment to any
particular proposition. He said he
would willingly yield his views II any
thing better were offered, and he
thought that the financial question
ought to be taken out Of politics and
considered from business and patri-
otto standpoint only.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
TO BRIDGE THE HUDSON.
Plan. for tn. Big structure at New Yor,

Plans for tho Big Structure at New York.
New York. March 5.-The board OF
directors of the New York and New
Jersey bridge company met today at
the company's office. 214 Broadway,
and received the report of Consulting
Engineer Theodore Cooper.
Mr.. Cooper presented general speci-
fications for the proposed suspension
bridge over the Hudson River. he
prefaced his report with a statement
saying In part: a..
aThe main purpose for building this
bridge Is to get a paying revenue by
transferring the traffic of the railroads
on the west bank of the Hudson River
to the city of New York. A bridge In
capable Of satisfying the demands OF
these railroads could not be financial
success"
Engineer Cooper's specifications are
comprehensive. The capacity OF the
bridge calls for six standard railroad
tracks upon one level. Its general des-
eruption is that Of steel wire suspen.
sion bridge, stifYened BY longitudinal
orders extending from tower to tower.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

In his new published work, "Korea," Mr.
Henry Savage Lander tells tale of the
telephone. Some months before he arrived
In Seoul a foreigner had visited the king
soliciting orders for installations of telc
phones. The king, being much nstonished
and pleased at the wonderful invention, I'm
mediately, at n great expense set about
connecting by telephone the tomb of the
queen dOwager with the royal palace
Many hours day were afterward spent by
his majesty and his suite In listening al
their end of the telephone, and Waterman
was kept all night In case the queen dow.
ager should wake up from her eternal sleep
But not message or sound or n murmul
even was heard. The king WAS disguised
and the telephone was condemned as O
fraud by his majesty of Chosen.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE.
Spe culations of Some Aged People as to
What 1t May Re.

What 1t May Be.
- Barthelemy Saint Hillaire, the famous
French scholar and politician, who recently
and physical vigor, has been telling the In
evitable interviewer how 1t Is his days have
been 50 long in the land. 1t is, we are told,
early to bed and early to rise," with
steady work during waking hours, says the
Every grand old man seems to have a Sc
Gret OF his own. Mr.. Gladstone, we be-
neye, attributes his longevity to his habit
to his giving thirty-two bites to every NOR.
s sel 81 g., food: Oliver Wendell Holmes pinned
late Major Knox Holmes t sw6re by the tr RI
cycle, which in the end was the cause Of
bis death. DR.. p. H. Van der wyde, an
himself "as an example OF the benign infiu:
shce or the study and practice of music"
oaa assd ~ give the credit Of their
genee in ali these things One old lady, Of
reachtd the age Of SO, or fhereabouts main:
tained that single blessedness is the real
eii bl6.h vitae and she ascribed the death Of
that he had committed matrimony in early
life. NJ Ferdinand de Lesseps believed In
that IN his boyhood he agot a little bored
with too much horse" The grand Francois
seems seen ITO, to think hdn that one can hardly have
the subject as follows: 81 shall always feel
ter, Who from my earliest Years il made H me
share his keen passion for horses, and 1
am still convinced that daily horse exercise
has In large measure been the means of
enabling me to reach my Saith year in per-
feet health Carlyle was also a great Rider
not only rode, but, We believe. groomed his
horse himself. On the whole, 1t must be
concluded that the real secret of longevity
ls sound constitution prudently husband
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
oovERNMsMe YgLEaaApH.
Development of the syston In Great Ri.
L tain.

Development OF the systom In Great Br,
tain.
Washington, March IA sketch
showing the great development of the
telegraph In Great Britain since It
passed under government control In
1871 as result of Gladstone efforts is
given "A report to the state depart
mebt from United States Consular
Clefk Martin at Southampton. He
SHOWS that all of the separate COM
Panles lines were taken by the govern
ment In 1870 for Ell, 100000 and that
IN tne year succeeding the government
Dullt 5000 miles of wire to connect
the various systems. As an illustration
OF the results Of their policy the re-
ports show that while in 1870, the total
number Of kilograms handled weekly
by all offices was estimated at from
l2S,OOO to 215,00O, In 1893 the total ex.
ceeded 100000, and the number sent
annually exceeded 100000. In 1869,
the English press service was 22,OOO.-
wv words; now 1t amounts to O,OOO,-
wv words; thirty-six times morerthan
formerly. The present press rate Is alb
surdly small as compared with the tar
III prior to 1870 and in place of sending
seventy-fve words per minute one way,
tne wires now carry 500 words a min
ute and six messages are sent stimuli
taneously on one wire. The service is
performed with perfect punctuation, the
average time Of transmission of a mes
sage being about seven to nine minutes
as against two and three hours in 1870
The rate Is twelve cents for twelve
words, paid in stamps. 1t Is not posi-
BILE to calculate the cost to the treas
ury Of the telegraph service because Of
Its combination with the postal service;
but the English government does not
consider 1t as a means of revenue, but
rather as a means of helping trade and
informing the public.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

Referring to the action Of the House
of Commons on the monetary question,
Senator Teller says:
at is certainly very favorable and
encouraging The government man
ayers would not have consented to the
passage Of any such measure IL they
were not convinced that the bimetal
lists had majority In the House of
Commons, and if that Is SO 1t is the
first time there has been such a major
ity there. There is equally favorable
news from France. In the French az
sembly the finance minister recently
spoke In hopeful confidence Of what
may come from another national mon
etary conference, and Mr.. Wolcott has
cablegrams from Paris which encour-
age US to believe that the instructions
to the French delegates, IL another con-
ference Is held, will be a great deal
more liberal than those given to the
delegates who went to Brussels"
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

Yokohama, March 10.-On Thursday
last the japanese captured the coast
Forts near Yin Kow, the port for New
Chwang. The forts held out after the
capture Of Yin Kow. On Saturday the
nrst division of the japanese army at
tackled force of 10000 Chinese under
General Sung. For four hours fierce
battle waged, but the Chinese were de-
1eated after losing 1000 killed or
wounded. The japanese loss was only
ninety killed or wounded.
General Nodzu, who succeeded Field
Marshal Yamagata in the command Of
the hrst Japanese army, has been pro-
NOTED.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
ANOTHER MINE DISASTER.
Eight Men Probably sufocated at White
Oaks, New Mexico

OAKS, new hexico.
Socorro, N. NJ, March 1O.-Eight min
ers are supposed to have lost their lives
In the Old Abe coal mine near White
Oaks, New Mexico. to-day.
The eight men are imprisoned In the
mine and may have escaped with their
lives, but the chances seem to be that
they met frightful death by suffoca-
tion.
The shaft house of the Old Abe mine
caught fire shortly after noon and in a
few minutes the flames were communi-
Gated to the shafting and other work
ings In the mine.
The fire ragged so fiercely that only
one man In the mine at the time was
able to escape. That man was q. II.
Wilkinson, who happened to be stand
Ing near the mouth OF the mine ana
was thus enabled to save his life.
The others were working In the rear
chambers Of the mine. Their only
means Of exit was the shaft, or incline.
and the fire prevented them from reacn-
ing daylight In this way.
The work Of rescue was commenced
by heroic hands without delay, but
there was little aid that could be ex-
tended to the entombed men, as the
heat Of the fire prevented the rescuers
from entering the mine.
Notwithstanding, everything possible
WAS done In the way Of preparations
for entering the mine when the cir
cumstances would permit.
The men Will be reached. 1t Is hoped,
nv tomorrow morning, and their
friends are hoping that they may have
escaped death In the more remote por-
lions Of the mine.
How the fire originated Is not given
In the dispatches.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

New York, March ia cable dis
patch to the World, dated Toxic,
Japan, March 10. says:
China has been informed in general
terms OF the conditions upon which
Japan VIII consent to peace Japan has
been notified that China is ready to &C
cept these conditions and to sign a
treaty.
Ihe correspondence by means Of
which this agreement was arrived at
was carried on through the United
states ministers to the two countries,
Minister Edwin Dunn at Toxic and
Minister Charles DENLY at Pekin."
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
IS Gent Patterns
Tor 10 Gents

Thess patterns retail In fashion bsusafs and
h er1er 70 Increase tho demand srnonG str nc
ers W oaer them 70 tho LADY raaders Of as
papo9 fog tAs remarkably low price Of onl, 10
6feSs 1eeA. Postage one cent eItra-
The patterns sre all of the very latest New
Yerk dtyles, and are unequpled for style Aecu
rsoy kAt, simplicity and economy. For ~ enty.
four yeaEs tAese patterns have been used the
.as ne number Of yards Of material required,
the number and names Of the different pieces ID
the pattern, how to cut and At and put the gar
men1 together-sre sent with each pattern,
With picture Of tho garment TO go by. These
patterns are complete In every particular there
being . separate pattern for every single piece
Of the dress. Youf order will be filled the same
day II II received.
Order patterns by number and give size I.
hchos
EveH pattern guaranteed to be perfect
9K1Y All GLOVE YITTIH0.
To got get BUST and BREAST measure, put
tho tAps measure ALL Of the way around the
body, ever the dress close under the arms.
Price Of each pattern, 10 cents, when
ordered On coupon printed below.
fostaSs one cent extra on EACH pattern
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
British Troop. In Guinea.

New York, March 5.-A special dis
ratch to the World from Caracas, Ven
ut Is known that in obedience to In
.tructiops from London, the govern
mant OF British Guinea II massing
troops on the frontier.
|This government fearing an attack
IN IJruani, Is sending troops there In
at is reported that President crespo
no. asked for the moral support OF the
other South American countries 10 nis
stand against British aggression.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
can not reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease
and in order to cure 1t you must take in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure 1,
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Halls Catarrf
Cure is not a quack medicine. 1t was pre-.
scribed by one of the best physicians In this
country for years, and is a regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed OF tho best tones
known, combined with the best blood puri.
ners, acting directly on the mucous sur.
faces. The perfect combination of the two
Ingredients Is what produces such wonder
ful results in curing Catarrh. Send for
testimonials, free
F. J. CHENEY 81 CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family pills 2Ec
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DEr1ANDED.

A general banking business is done by
the human system, because the blood de-
posts in its vaults whatever wealth we NAV
gain from day to day. This wealth is laid
up against :" a rainy day" as reserve fund
we're in condition of healthy prosperity
if we have laid away sufficient capital to
draw upon in the hour of our greatest need
There is danger i'll getting thin, because it's
sign of letting down III health. To gain
in blood is nearly always to gain i'll zoloie-
some flesh. The odds are in favor of the
germs of consumption, grip, or pneumonia,
If our liver be inactive and our blood I'M
pure, or if our flesh be reduced belozO a
healthy standard. What is required is an
increase in our germ fighting strength. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enricles
the blood and makes it wholesome, stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds up the strength. medicine which
will rid the blood ofits poisons, cleanse and
invigorate the great organs of the body,
vitalze the system, thrill the Whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
of it, is surely remedy of great value. But
wien we make positive statement that %
per cent. of all cases of consumption can If
taken in the early stages of the disease, be
CURED with the Discovery, 1t seems like
a bold assertion. All DR.. Pierce asks is that
you make thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth fhis assertion
BY sending to the Worlds Dispensary Med.
ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, you can get
a free book with the names, addresses and
photographs of large number of those
cured Throat, bronchial and lung diseases,
as we'll as of skin and scrofulous affections
by the Golden Medical Discovery" They
also publish book of 100 pages, being q
medical treatise on consumption, bronchitis,
asthma, catarrh, which will be mailed on
receipt of address and six cents in stamps.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

....sts AsphaitsA asd Kept CIsaa Evsn
b the j oorsst Qeartsrs.
foreigner coming to Berlin will be
impressed almost at once by the OK
cellent streets. and further by the ex-
csIleut manner In which they are
tsken care of. Almost everywhere
chew are asphalted, even where they
ara narrowest, and not only in the
middle Of the city, but far out into the
.nburbs. This work has been done
IN the most substantial manner. This
department OF city affairs Is intrusted
N skillful officers. who perform their
duty according to the latest scientific
principles. In the center of the city
= large tract Of street is now beins.
torn up for new horsecar tracks, and
It is an instructive sight to see the
fine scale upon which the work is
done. The foundation L. at least q
foot in depth of the hardest possible
mixture OF small stones and cement,
Upon this, by means OF monstrous
rollers and other machinery, is placed
the asphalt, which Is not more than
half an inch In thickness, but which.
on account of the strong subwork.
wears like tho everlasting rock. 1t
seldom needs repair, says the Phila-
delphis Telegraph, It does not run
away in hot weather, and does not
rut under the heaviest kind Of traffic.
This adds materially, OF course, to the
beauty OF Berlin, and facilitates tho
work OF cleansing the streets, another
department OF municipal administra-
ton which is attended to in the most
effective manner Clesnsers in uni
form are constantly at work in all
parts Of the city, who with broom and
brush heap up the refuse before the
curbs, to be hauled ore to the city
farms during the night. At intervals
each day water carts are driven over
the streets, and boys follow after with
sq1eegees, which they propel by long
handles, washing every particle OF
filth away.
The excellent condition OF the
streets oil. Berlin Is one Of the reasons
why tie city has none of those dis
tricts which have come to be called
"slums." While London and Paris,
not to mention the Italian and Spanish
cities and some cases nearer home.
suffer in notable manner from the
congestion Of the poor at these points,
where they live crowded together
under the most unhealthy surround
ings, this is not to any extent true of
Berlin. There are districts in the
east and north where the poor live
together, but In nothing like the mis-
cry and squalor which one will find
elsewhere. The streets, es already
remarked, are aspbalted and they are
clean. They are nearly everywhere
wide. There are none OF those little
dark alleys which exist in other
cities. The houses are well built and
sound. Ono could pass through these
districts time and again and did he
not see the children on the sidewalk
and the women with their heads out OF
the windows it might scarcely occur
to him that he was among the poor
people. The fronts Of the houses are
OF very handsome masonry, harmoni-
Gus in architecture and In no important
respect different from the houses in
many wealthier sections OF the city.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

chicago, March 0.-The frst direct
On.A s,,ch from the Inflated steamer
mai .ns. rosched Chicago last night. The
niDs was one Of the number which
pe cSchh oen washed ashore after tne
nau p n contained books. newspagers
wrec .,,ro S6O letters addressed to Chi
sna . su and persons living In the West
casoan 700 showed the effects Of the
Ins vster Some Of the addresses wefs
illseible.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

Teacher-If one servant girl could
clean room In two hours, how long
would 1t take two servant girls to do
1t?
Little Girl-Four hours.
Ieacher-Wrong. It would take
only one hour.
Little Girl didn't know you was
'alkin about servant girls that was
strangers to each other.
The Meeker herald., 1895-03-16

Too often 60 together. Refrain from swearing
II you are suffering the fortunes of rheuma-
nsm, and seek the aid Of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which will expe TIE rheumatic virus
from your blood. Kidney and mnlarial COM
plants, dyspepsia, constipation, neuralgia
and biliouBness are all relieved by this sterl-
which should be kept always on hand for