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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05

and his clothes, and he went away. TWEEN
ty-four hours after got line from him:
Come up to the Rue de la Loire. have
found your man."
You may imagine that didn't lose much
time in doing as he asked me. While l
couldn't really believe that the thing was
to end in the simple way his letter made
out, none the less the fact that we stood
a good chance now of putting our hands
on the $4,000 came home to me.
.'Bigg," said /, you'll be set up for
twelvemonth, and he'll be off to New York
to marry a Yankee-that is, if he doesn't
close on that pretty bit of goods up at the
Hotel de Lille. Was there ever such a
town."
1 found Jim sitting on a dirty bed in
dirty little house near the boulevard end
of the street he lad named. He didn't
look a all hopeful as I'd expected he would,
and the cigar that he held in his hand had
gone out. --'ss .,>'~>--
Well" says he. you got my letter."
"Why should l be here if 1 hadn't" says
"Ah, true" he went or; land I may as
at the MaisoH dor, up in Montmartre."
How did you find that out?" I asked
Il traced him by his stick" said he; IAN
orange wood cane, with globe of silver
and little map of the world on top of it.
Is that it?''
''The same." cried I.
and he wore hat of black felt. large
beyond usual?'
HE did that"
Then he's at the Maison dor; and how
we're to get him out, God knows
why, what's the difficulty?''
81 don't like the house." says he, shift
ing his eyes curiously.
"But what's the matter with it?''
ooh, there's nothing the matter with it.
except that a good many who go in never
come out again. I've no fancy for that
myself"
Jim says I. you haven't got heart
of rabbit What nonsense you're talk
ing. Take me up to the shop and let me
have look at it,
Il was going to suggest that" says he.
It'll be dark in an hour and no one to
tread on our heels. u. 1 know the woman
who keeps the cabaret at the back of the
place. and it was from the top of shed
in her garden that looked down into the
lower rooms"
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rom the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Yhe new woman has been reduced to
the composite. The New York Sunday
World has taken what it considers the
twelve most advanced women of the day.
and made of them composite photograph.
The World selects Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Frances E.
Willard, Mrs. K. B. Grannis, Lady Henry
Somerset, Mrs. Annie Besant, Rev. Anna
Shaw, Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, Mrs. Mary
E. Lease, Lille Devereux Blake, Nine.
Sarah Grand and Mrs. Mary Livermore
OF its production it says: 1T will be seen
at once that the composite new woman
has a strong face. It is an intellectual
face and--it is said with some regret-pos-
sibly a stern, unyielding face Yet it is a
face that indicates character and progress
sion.'' The predominant feature is the
mouth, which is a sad, fixed mouth. In
fact. the face is only saved from acdfty
by its earnestness. Is not here a lesson
that our tasks in life should not be allow
ed to take therefrom all its cheer?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
A NEW ENTERPRISE OF WOMEN.
selling Supplies on the InstalImcnt
Plan With Two Profits.

Selling Supplies on the InstalImcnt
Plan With Two Profits.
From the Philadelphia Record.
There are many ways of earning living
in this big city. Not very long ago some
| wideawake woman hit upon a new idea,
which proved so successful that not less
than a dozen others have followed her
lead, and are making wages far in excess
Of the best paid female workers in the
ordinary branches of business.
These women make house-to-house cam
vases in different sections of the city,
chiefly among the houses of the medium
poorer classes, and sell orders for goods ON
a half dozen or more of the large retail
dry goods and general furnishing houses.
They charge commission on the orders,
and, as an inducement, their patrons pay
for the goods on installments. The
women have agreements with the houses
on which they sell orders for goods for a
certain commission on the sales, and their
orders are held as good as cash, and hon
ored as such.
They find ready customers among the
large class Of people to whom it is g con-
venience or advantage to make purchases
in installments. The customers gladly pay
the commission charged in exchange for
the installment privilege and the business
firms profit in the increased business di-
verted to their stores The double COM
Inls SlOH TecelFeu Dy the women amounts
a handsome profit on every sale.
They assume the risk of course, of de-
faults in the payments of their customers,
but it is very rare that they are subject
to losses of this kind. Since engaging in
the business they have developed a regular
trade, and, by the exercise of judgment in
soliciting new customers, reduce the risk
Of loss to a minimum
Women are peculiarly adapted for this
business. They deal altogether with Gus
toners of their own Sex, work during their
own time, and are their own "bosses."
1t is not unlikely that the idea may be
enlarged upon in time to come by business
houses willing to adopt such methods to
increase their trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05

who didn't appear to have washed her
face for fortnight, was in talk with a
girl who had a guitar in her hand-sl
who made her living, 1 don't doubt, by
capering about before the scum in the
bar. They left off when we came in, and
then Jim fell to parleyIng with the wo-
man, and a fine noise they made of it.
"She thinks you're mark said he to
me in the middle of it, give US the twenty
franc piece, and see if that will cool her."
I handed him over the money and they
got to work again. This time the woman
took it different. and when I'd whispered
to him to promise her twenty francs more
when we were through, she left off talk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
GRANTS CARTRIDGE MATCHSAFE,
The Much-Prized Souvenir of n sam
Francisco Policeman.

The Much-Prized Souvenir of n Sam
Francisco Policeman.
From .hc San Francisco Chronicle.
Police Officer c. Gould of this CITY has in
his possession a matchbox which was pre-
s'Lte1 to him by Gen. IT, s. Grant during
his visit to this city in 1870. Officer Gould
was detailed by the chief of police to act
as the special bodyguard of Gen. Grant
during his tour of inspection of San Fran
cisco. Every day Officer Gould would re-
port early at the Palace Hotel and he new
er left the generals side during the trips
made around the city.
On the day that Gen. Grant visitad the
banks, public buildings and business houses
he was greeted everywhere by vast crowds
az Officer Gould frequently had difficulty
IL clearing passageway for the nero At
clock in the evening the carriage bear
Ing the general and his guard returned to
the hotel After the general left the car
rage GAull We attracted by the glitter of
metal cartridge Oh the seat OF the We
hitle. 1t ! 70 ed to be a matchbox made out
of Two rife snells. Five ordinary matches
were in the case, which made on the
princip.e or q. telescope, one shell fitting
OYER the other. Both shells had oeen ex-
plcded; the dent Of the firing pin was plain
~ visible. The larger shell bore the mark
IF. So. No. H. on the end The smaller
one, which acted as the cap, was unmarked.
The matchsafe measured two and a half
inches when closed.
The general was in his room by the time
Officer Gould reached his apartments His
orderly carried message in, and in a few
minutes the hero of ApponlattoX appeared,
ard inquired what his bodyguard required.
Officer Gould held out the matchsafe. For
a minute Gen. Grant looked at it in silence.
and in his kindly manner said to officer
Could
You may keep it. Some day you may
learn the history of the shells from which
i made this ma tchboX. Good night
From that day Officer Gould has treas
ed the matchbox. AS to the history of
the shells. he has never found out how they
came into possession of the general. 1t is
pcs s;ble that some of the generals COM
raGes may know the history of the curious
souvenir which it's present owner regards as
taliSman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Dread Possibilities. :

From the Boston Transcript.
Some awful questions in law are raised
by landlord down in Maine who has
taken possession Of the false teeth Of q
tcarder who did not pay his board bill
Is it lawful also for mans cork leg or q
woman's wig to be attached? Can too
tired lodging house keeper detain an old
beau's glass eye? May a person with 9
rubber nose wake up some morning to find
that board bills are not to be sneeZed at?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05

One of the Wonders of Physics.
From the Albany Morning Express.
An experienced mechanic who was asked
what he regarded the most wonderful
thing fer general utility, replied
''The tracking of ear wheel is the most
wonderful thing to me in the whole range
of science and invention. Here are two
rails. up hill ard down hill, around sharp
curves and along false taugents, and upon
them flies al more than a mile a minute,
without jar jostle, a dozen heavy cars
drawn by an engine weighing sixty tons.
Passengers realize no danger, yet there is
only the little flange of the wheel between
them and eternity. An inch and a half of
, steel turned up on the inner side OF the
wheel Folds up the whole train securely
to the rails as if it were bolted there in
grooves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05

From the New Yori, World.
Hills-'I don't see you in the surf often
Do you prefer hot baths:"
Banks-'No; but I've been obliged to
take no end of them
Hills-"On doctors advice?"
Banks-"No; on my bankers. Between
wife, four daughters and an overdrawn
bank account, l haven't been out of hot
water for ten minutes in a month"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
A Unique Find.

A lapidary in London recently found
a tiny amethyst imbedded in the very
center of a nine-carat diamond which he
had been employed to cut. There is no
record of any such thing having happened
in the history of diamond cutting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05

O!Aef Ldse, Ldpeer Co.,
Mich, writes IT not
infrequently have an at
tack of the headache.
1t usually comes on in
the forenoon. At my
dinner 1 eat my regular
meal, aud take one or
two of Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets imme-
diately after, and in the
course of all hour my
headache is cured and
no bad effects. I feel
better every way for
having taken them
not worse, as is usual
after taking other kinds
of pills. Pleasant Pei
lets are worth more
than their weight in
gold, if for nothing else
than to cure headache"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-05
Call It a Craze.
AN ALARMING STATEMENT
CONCERNING WOMEN.
HOW BAD HABITS ARE FORMED.

The Ney York Tribune saws: 1.-THE habit of
taking headache powders is increasing to an
alarming extent among great number of wo-
men throughout the country. These powders as
their name indicates. claimed by the manu-
facturers to be- positive and speedy cure for any
form of headache. In many cases their chief
ingredient is morphine opium cocaine or some
other equally injurious drug having a tendency
to deaden pain. The habit of taking them IS
easily formed, but almost impossible to shake
off. Women usually begin taking them to re-
ieve raging headache and soon resort to the
powder to alleviate any little pain or ache thev
may be subjected to. and finally like the NOR
pline opium fiend, get into the habit of taking
them regularly, imagining that they are in pain
IT they happen to miss their regular dose"
In nine cases out of ten, the trouble is
in the stomach and liver. Take simple
laxative and liver tonic and remove the
offending matter which deranges the
stomach and causes the headache. DIR,
Pierce'S Pleasant Pellets are composed
entirely of the purest, concentrated,
vegetable extracts. One Pellet is a
dose; sugar-coated, easily swallowed;
once used, alatuys in taaor. They posi-
lively e,l,s sick headache and remove
the disposition to it.
Mr.. E. vARGAsoN of Otter Lake. Labeey Co..
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Gray Hair

thing of the past when Nattans' Crystal Dis
toyery is used Guaranteed to restore gray OF
faded hair TO It's natural color in 3 to 10 days
positively not dye. Stops the hair from falling
out, arrests dandru and makes the incest dressing
for the hair one can use. No poison No seqi-
ment. No stans. Price, 81. Trial size, SOC.
KoLB PHARMACY. SOLE AGENTS. s5s 7TH
ST. NV. Sent, express prepaid, to any part OF
the country receipt of price. jd26-u
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--Guaranteed TO give as much
wear and service and satisfaction as
any $40 Couch ever made. If it
should fail to do so we will gladly
reupholster it free OF cost.
40 Black Bsssemer Steel Springs are
used in the s.at-whlch last has spring
edge all around.
Tie fame is made of hardwood that
will resist the inr1ads of the moth like
cedlr-and that exillas o,Ior, as the
pine or poplar frames all do.
No Excelsior IL used in upholsering-
the understanding is of M Moss, with
soft cotton top.
The Wardrobe Box part is lined.
-ln French stripe cretonnes
or figured denims.
I'VE have Wardrobe-lined
Box Couches for as little as SS-but
We cannot give them Our guarantee.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-18
CHICAGO MARKETS.
The Roar.l of Trade.


Chicago. April 1.-THE wheat marker
got suddenly excited during the last If
teen minutes on change, on the cash
bids which developed here and at New
York. May sold az 5714c. against 56'ac last
night. The following we're given as rca-
sons for the squirt. Sales Of coca bush
els here for s4apment East at equivalent
20 May prices. sales Of a round number
OF ear loads from = 10 81. in addition
70 the above 20 go TO a Michigan miller
and other smaller lots for country mill
ers ard sales reported from New York OF
thirty -four boat loads. including twelve
at Outports. With cash selling 10 miilers
at IA over May The hig feature % the
situation was the claim THAI outside Of
Chicago there IS practically no visible
wheat for export or for interior domestic
miilers.
Trade in wheat appeared 20 ~ much IN
doubt this morning There was nos
enough outside buying 10 greatly encoar-
age iocal buyers. On the other hand
the hears were tirrtd because the past
two DAYS export sales were getting risky,
There Was no influence Ia the cables
Routine news was soxneW hat builiSh
Northwestern cars were fst compared
with ~ year ago. Western markets
all told had I-e.00 bushels receipts
against @seso bushels last year. owing
20 the opening 81 navigation the forward
res.o~ts on the Rallic and sundry ship
meats gave 2542ea bushels in Russia
and Argentine. Minneapolis dispatches
were Nullish En- tone regarding eash
wheat and fc0r. The faaF leading ports
and New Orleans cleared Tor the DAY
sS-fxsa bushels IN wheat and four. ON this
ne market made its beSi rally % the
morning The rains over the Southwest
and favorable growing conditions over
most OF Ghe country gave the bears en-
s.,urs cement. At HTst prices were little
changed With sales Cor Aay at ssstasF5sasc.
followed hy a zip - 5s's se@sc. and = fair
rally % 5sASc. Before III s'clocS s. second
sin 70 sSsc. and a second bulge - $50
NFas made. Later the market held quiet
~ sssSs. where Nav closed for twe days.
showing sze Improvement from SATURDAY
There was a surprise n wheat the iaSt
hour. Rait6c and suDiry shipments were
..ow~es,tesi To read sSTssa bushels. ca
thts The crowd hroks Nay 20 ssasc. WHe1
<rvr York reported eighteen hoat loads
for sxport ard @sAea bushels Ne red
At Nav price there was al attempt 70
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WATER FRONT NOTES.

Steamer waIla walla will arrive this
morning from San Francisco.
Steamer Aka viii leave O-oan dork
tomorrow morning al o'clock for Alasks
steamer Rosaue had our about thirty
tons % general freight from this port for
Victoria last night
Steamer Idaho brought in about seven
fy-f3ve tons Of potatoes from Whi{bv ISL
and In sails port last night.
The schooner Maggie c. Russ VIII ar
rive on Saturday az kerry's mill 80 load
lusuher for san Diego. Cal.
Steamer willapa viii leave Srhwahach-
eFts wharf Saturday morn iUS for Alaska
Win freight and passengers.
Tug B.z LEFT yesterday morning Tor
Tacoma In tow the barge AJAX from ina
r.ort 20 Waatcogn FOR q lead ~ Eron Tor
fhe Tacoma snie3fer.
TEE saNoss W r. Frfcknl wha~h has been
az West Seattle gor the g.AS; week clean
ing her bottom. uill clear today FOR the
halaut fishing aanES
Steamer AI-k5 was ~ the bankers yes
thraaV taking or q cargo o. 50 tons ~
coal. which she VIII take 70 Alaska for
use on the American fleet IN those Ma
te~s.
schooner Annie. Caut. Marta. arrived
IN port yesterday from PORE Townsend
far Supplies ard hsse szG W3l leave for
another halI5ut fishing cruise along the
coAs,-
s.aarse~ oueen win leave Osean Hra-k
tAis morning Tor san F'ranetscs w1tb a
fun caisSo ~ freight and the fo@ioREug
Messengers from THIS port; Mrs. p Arm
strong Mss Armstrong. Lon Noise. ~
~ Niras3oW 3 SEaeTs. M<s l. Salta.
Hslen Ing&lls, AIRS. SAraa J. Wool. x. y.
collins A. J F1tuRr. -. T. Nclso8 and
wige. E. T. Rowell. r ~. eSenung aai
VIE NIxS lsesa fso<sge- Mrs CAPT. n Gill
NOR. r Eagpfarecslt. Roy 81. JOHNS Mrs.
= " s. iona. AIRS. Fla1ays1a- Mrs. L.
sSfasilsar.I Mrs r. J. Shelby, n (. Harris
ans wtfe. = II Fhess. s. J killer. Mrs.
Il l. Cs8rk and two csszl}reH- n. tsre~n
ana fagu3y. Capt q. i. Gilmore. v. r.
Soy Ms tsauae Troap aud child. l. NJ.
tsverer ard wife, Mrs. 4. = Spcf sword.
q w Petersen. Nlsas2za Smith. " sllAasli
I.o1shar1ine. =. Lewis
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MARINE NEWS.

HoqUlam. Wash. April 1S-Arrived-
From san FranciscQ- strs Del Norte and
Point Iona. the latter for Cosmopoiis.
PORT Townsend. April Especial Ar
riveri-Schocner Joseph Russ, from Cham
peric0, Mexico.
San Francisco. April 7-Arrived-I1naa-
iiils, Victoria and Port Townsend: blk
Germauis. Seattle: schr Amethyst Co
Guile river; sh Spartan. Seattle: schr J.
VI. Coleman. Willana haroor hktn g &
Funk. New Westminster: sChr Helen Y
kimhaN. Tacoma schr Azalea Gray's
harbor. Clcared-Costa Rica, Nanaino:
81 Falls of Haliadale. Bristol. schr Pio-
ncer. Nakek Deparfet-Schr Charles
Hansen. Gray's harbor. Freights and
charters-Am TX Gen Fairehild. coal
from Nanaino 20 San Francisco. Br sh
Lonsdale. now a. Blakcley. lumber.
thence 70 Valparaiso. =. q. Pisarua
range. Am bk Sea King. coal. from De
parture hay 20 San Francisco: Am schr
W : Phelps. salmon from Nushsrak
Alaska. 70 san Francisco
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The Wool Market

Boston. April 1.-THE American Wool
and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow
eff II were not for transactions in for
eign wool. the volume Of business done
this week would foot up a light total
Free purchases of Australian. however
combined with a fair trade I'm South
American woods. brings the aggregate OF
the weeks transactions up to quite re-
spectacle figure. nearly 3.5G000 pounds
Prices In domestic woods still fail TO re-
spoud to the improvement previously
quoted abroad A steady feeling pre-
walls however. and we know of no con-
cessions whatever That have been made
In selling prices. Transactions have
been effected az precisely the same fig
ures as were quoted two weeks ago for
exactly the same woods. Some OF the
newly shorn woods are on the way 10 this
market. and some. notably California.
have been sold here at prices which GER
tainly show no further easing on"
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buy. Then May wheat went up ihsc. "a
sIAsc. fn few minutes Last prices were
ssa<M5s1tc for May. Sac for July. Scalp
Ing short holders we're punished
Corn was weak almost sl' day. bat
closed about i-fsc ever the closing figures
OF yesterday May opened at from $40
SIC. and worked down TO 451sc. win
recovery 70 ss1zGE@.e IN sympathy with
the advance In wheat
There Was big business doing In oats.
and the market closed ts61.c lower than
yesterday Liberal selling caused the
decline May started az ssssc. declined &c
2se. sold up 10 exsk T2sssc and dropped OF
TO TIC and rallied TO @Ac. at which
price II closed.
Trading in provisions was light and
fluctuations narrow. Pork ranged from
S- AiaESf2 39i+. and closed at Slz39. or &c
decline for the day. Lard is zExc lower
for May. and unchanged for July. Ribs
showed no change IN either the May or
July delivery.
Closing Quotations.
Wheat-April SIC: May. 57isN57isc.
corn-April s5lsc; MAY. 45A@ffss1sc.
oats-Ap.fl. Z91kc: May, 2si4c.
Pork-April SIS: May. SEQ.
Lard-Aprfi. s. 81: May, 6s7.
Ribs--April. $50. May, ss-so.
Bariey-52c.
Rye--CnchangeG
Fiax-T3s
Timothy-S5
Live stock.
The snailness OF the supply OF cattle
stood In the way OF lower prices, as ar
rivals for the first half OF the week foot
UP less than - So. a reduction OF 5000
mead from the corresponding time last
week Very common 20 strictly choice ma
tive beef steers sold at s51fs the bulk Of
sales being between s. and 81. Extra
beeyes were steady at ST. I567s.2s: the de-
cline in British markets checked the ex-
port trade There was a very good call
for butchers and Gamers stuff at 81
GA2o
Hogs-Paekers paid Tuesdays adj
vanced prices rather reluctantly today,
and long before noon sellers were, calling
the market weak and 5Nl9c lower. A
small part OF the supply was sold early
at unchanged prices and as the entire
supply, including the swine left over from
yesterday. did not reach over z GEO head,
neither local packers nor Eastern ship
pers were able to do much buying. Sales
were at a range of 81 s0fl5-z 5 for heavy
the bulk going al s.. loffs.15; light weights
sold at si.75fs5.o5. chiefly at si.2sff5.o5, and
common 10 choice mixed found buyers al
81. s5a5 TO-
Sheep-Exporters state that good for
eign outlet is out of the question until
prices decline as in English markets.
Dressed meat. firm. and shippers too.
are not doing much. Today's market was
weak and lower. inferior 10 fancy sheep
were as low as s250H5: Texans selling
at s. Jan2S and Westerns S.25at4.I %:
lambs sold at S3.soQ5.5a.
Receipts. cattle. $3.50; hogs. 1890; sheep,
1890
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SkAGIT RIVER ROUTE.
WEEKLY TIME CARD

steamer city of Champaign or Steamer
Clan Mcdonald
Leaves Lilly, Bogarius IL Co.'S dock. Sc
aaItle-Monday, April Is, at u midnight /:
Wednesday. April IT, at u midnight: Sat
Leaves Mount ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
April IL al Z a. m. Friday. April 10. at ?
a M Sunday. April u. at II a. m. con-
nectng AZ Seattle with the steamer Mary
T. Perley for Tacoma and Everett
freight and passengers. Calling al Ed
monds, Richmond. Tulalip. Stanwood.
Florence, Fir, Skagit City, Mount Yer
non and Avon.
LILLY. BoGARD1TS & co, Inc,
Owners and Managers. Seattle.
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PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO.

Dispatch steamers from Seattle as fol-
lows:
For San Francisco via Port Townsend
and Victoria. at a. IN. passengers re-
ceigsd on board at a. m.) April = s, Is.
Is, - and "a
For Alaska-ApriI 3. s. 10 and . a,
3 a. m
From San Francisco for Victoria and
Puget sound ports. at a. M. April ). 10.
Is. %, Is and 50.
Tickets may be obtained at the Office OF
the company at Ocean dock. Seattle
GOoDALL. PERKINS a. CO..
General Agents. San Francisco.
j. F. TROWBRIDGE. Act. p. s. Supt..
Seattle.